MAERSK and PIMK Rail offers an intermodal solution for a logistics link between Burgas, Varna, Plovdiv, and Sofia

The largest company for sea transport - the Danish Moller-Maersk in partnership with PIMK Rail, brought freshness and hope for modern, fast, quality, and ecological transport service in Bulgaria. Since last week, the logistics giant has been serving the line between Burgas and Plovdiv. From the second-largest city in the country, there will be a daily connection with Sofia, which will be realized by trucks.

The intermodal service is performed by one of the leading logistics companies in Bulgaria PIMK Rail and allowed to avoid the use of 34 trucks between Burgas and Plovdiv with just one railway course.

The first shipments started on July 22, and the goal is for them to be used, both for the export and import of goods from and to Bulgaria.

The first clients for the transport services are the Danish network of furniture and home goods stores ЈYЅK and the manufacturer of paper and packaging Mondi Group.

In the case with JYЅK, after the arrival of the containers at the intermodal terminal in Plovdiv they will be directed by trucks to the logistics base of the company in "Bozhurishte", which has been opened in 2019 with an investment of €107mln. It`s the delivery center of the company for Bulgaria and Southeastern Europe.

The contract between MAERSK и PIMK Rail is for one year, for the time being, and is the result of three years of work on this project.