MSC starts Asia/Europe rail service

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MSC, the world’s second largest container shipping company, has launched a combined sea-rail Asia-Europe service via Russia. In this respect, it is following the lead of its 2M partner, Maersk Line, which has been offering railand combined sea-rail services between Asia (mainly China) and Europe for more than a year.

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