Multimodal transport services along the Silk Road

Bridging Europe and Asia. Along the Silk Road – Gebrüder Weiss positions itself as an expert in transport and logistics solutions between Europe and Asia.

The revival of the former Silk Road as a transport route between China and Europe: Gebrüder Weiss has been pursuing this strategy for many years, using land, air and sea routes. Under the motto ‘Bridging Europe and Asia. Along the Silk Road’, the international transport and logistics company now provides information about its entire range of services from Istanbul via Teheran and Ashgabat to Shanghai. "The network between Europe and Asia is becoming increasingly important for our customers. This is why we are also investing in local services and personnel in the Central Asian markets," says Wolfgang Niessner, CEO of Gebrüder Weiss.

"We follow the customer"

In the coming years, economic growth in Central Asia should benefit above all from the Chinese infrastructure initiative "One Belt, One Road". This also creates attractive new sales markets for European export companies. In order to reach the regions efficiently, Gebrüder Weiss offers not only transport services via transcontinental air and sea routes, but also intermodal solutions to China and groupage freight services to the Caucasus and Iran.

With its own branches in Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and China, the logistics expert ensures consistently high standards of quality locally. "We are a logistics partner and provide our customers with the necessary structures to ensure that the flow of goods into these regions takes place smoothly," says Wolfgang Niessner.

For further information about the Gebrüder Weiss "Silk Road", visit: www.gw-world.com/silkroad/

About Gebrüder Weiss

With over 6,000 employees, 150 company-owned locations and an annual turnover of
1.28 billion euros (2015), Gebrüder Weiss ranks among the leading transport and logistics companies in Europe. In addition to its core business of overland transport, air and sea freight and logistics, the company also operates a number of highly specialised industry solutions and subsidiaries under the umbrella of Gebrüder Weiss Holding AG, based in Lauterach (Vorarlberg, Austria). This includes logistics consultancy x|vise, tectraxx (industry specialist for high-tech businesses), inet-logistics (software solutions for TMS transport management), dicall (communications solutions, market research, trainings), Railcargo (railway transport) and the Gebrüder Weiss parcel service, GWP, a shareholder in the Austrian company DPD. This bundling of services allows the Group to respond to customer needs quickly and flexibly. Having implemented a variety of ecological, economic and social initiatives, the family-owned company, which has a history going back 500 years, is considered a pioneer in terms of sustainable business today.

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