Logistics companies experiment with wine shipment by rail to China
August 7, 2017 Category Foreign trade, Weekly
China is set to receive its second rail shipment of French wine this month as European logistics companies work to ensure they can deliver the product unaffected by railroad conditions. The second shipment has left the transportation hub of Duisburg, Germany, and is expected to arrive in Shanghai around August 21. The shipment was jointly made by JF Hillebrand, which specializes in the transportation of wine, beer and spirits, and the InterRail Group. The rail journey is about 13 days shorter than sea freight. The main challenge for such wine shipments is the varied temperatures during the journey, which range from -2º C to 58º C. The container is fitted with a protective foil liner system, called the VinLiner, which regulates the temperature and humidity of the contents. It keeps the temperature between 9º C to 32º C, and the temperature of the wine under 29º C. No bottles or labels were damaged during the first shipment. “We are pretty confident that we can work out a solution for wine transports for at least spring and autumn,” said Jannson Chan, JF Hillebrand Group’s Area Director for Greater China. G-force data loggers found the maximum force exerted on the containers was 2G, the equivalent of a rollercoaster, which did not damage the bottles.
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