ROHLIG SUUS Logistics has expanded its logistics offer to include transport to the East (to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan). The GoEAST package is attracting increasing interest not only from companies in Poland, but also from all over the world. ROHLIG SUUS’s activities have also opened the door to the East for the entire Rohlig Group.
A package of regular logistics services to the East has been available since 2013. Initially, it was mainly dedicated to clients from Poland and Western Europe, but now it is used by exporters from all over the world. Clients from the Rohlig & Co. group have joined this group of companies.
– To our surprise, companies from all over the world are increasingly interested in ROHLIG SUUS services – not only from Europe, but also from Asia and both Americas. Clients value us because we understand and know the Eastern market, and at the same time we have a sufficiently developed service that we can offer them the widest possible choice of means of transport on specific routes. Western companies often feel insecure in the East; finding a reliable logistics partner who will efficiently navigate the local markets is not an easy task – said Dariusz Korczyński, Director of Eastern Market Development at ROHLIG SUUS Logistics.
The global Rohlig & Co. group, despite being present on all continents, has also not decided to enter the Eastern markets on its own. Currently, it has entrusted the handling of its clients’ shipments in these directions to ROHLIG SUUS Logistics. Thus, the Polish company, a strategic partner of the group for years, has for the first time opened the possibility of transport to the East to global Rohlig & Co. clients.
Canada – Russia
Transport of electrical equipment for a hydroelectric power plant in Russia
The transport route led from southeastern Canada, across the Atlantic Ocean, to Eastern Siberia. Initially, the 13-ton cargo traveled by train from Pickering near Toronto to the port of Montreal. There, it was reloaded onto a ship and, after traveling 8,000 km by sea, it reached the port of St. Petersburg. Here, it underwent the required transit procedures, which were supervised by employees of SUUS Logistics (a subsidiary of ROHLIG SUUS Logistics in Russia). This was a key, but not the final, point in the entire supply chain. From the port of St. Petersburg, the cargo was put back on a train and, after traveling 4,650 km, reached the city of Krasnoyarsk, where it underwent customs formalities, and was then directed to its final destination – a regional hydroelectric power plant. The cargo was delivered 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
Brazil – Ukraine
Transport of agricultural machinery
This was a dedicated multimodal transport using sea and road freight. Full-container loads set off from a port in Brazil to reach the port of Algeciras in Spain, where they were reloaded onto trucks. By road freight, the goods reached Poland, where, after another reloading, they set off on the next leg of the journey – to Ukraine. The weight of a single machine sometimes exceeded 7 tons and, due to its design (lack of structural solutions or equipment facilitating safe transport), it posed a challenge for the technical department supervising the transshipments. The coordination of customs formalities, customs transfers, and import declarations was carried out by ROHLIG SUUS, with the participation of the shipment recipient, entirely in Ukraine. Additionally, the sender of the machines in Brazil, thanks to the mediation of ROHLIG SUUS, received a guarantee of payment for the goods before releasing them to the final recipient.
China – Russia (St. Petersburg)
Air transport of hydraulic systems for passenger car production
A single batch of goods contained 15 cargo loads with a total weight between 3 and 6 tons. The transport time was 3 days each time, despite the fact that the order was executed during the peak of shipments in the pre-Christmas period.
Turkey – Russia (St. Petersburg)
Non-standard transport for a British ship equipment supplier
The project was fully implemented by full-truckload road transport on the route: Turkey-Poland, Poland-Russia (St. Petersburg). It was a complete anchor system with equipment for a ship being built at a shipyard in St. Petersburg. One of the trucks carried 4 anchors weighing from 2 to 4 tons, and the other three trucks were filled with chain. Due to the need to optimize costs, reloading was carried out in Poland, and the entire operation was performed at the modern ROHLIG SUUS logistics center in Czeladź. Due to the weight and size of individual elements, specialized cranes were used for loading. The SUUS Logistics team was responsible for coordinating customs formalities, customs transfers, and import declarations in Russia.
China – Russia (St. Petersburg) / Ukraine
Long-term contract for logistics services for one of the leading household appliance manufacturers.
The scope of services includes sea and road transport, customs clearance, deconsolidation, and transshipment of goods. The flow of cargo from China is divided into two directions. Part of the goods is directed directly to Russia – to the port of St. Petersburg, and part by road to Ukraine, after prior transshipment of containers in the Tri-City area. The operator is responsible for organizing transport and comprehensive customs service.