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DHL Gets 676 48-tonne Rail Coaches to the Tracks

How do you get 676 passenger coaches, each weighing 48 tonnes and measuring 24.5 metres in length and 4.5 metres in height, from Hungary to Egypt? According to DHL, it’s an extraordinary, heavy-lift shipment via land and sea.

As previously reported by BBN, DHL has been tasked with the transportation of 676 passenger coaches from Hungary to Egypt over the next 32 months. DHL Industrial Projects, a unit of DHL Global Forwarding that manages complex project logistics, deep-sea chartering activity, and heavy-lift cargo, is supporting Dunakeszi Járműjavító Kft with the transport of the largest order of rolling stock in the history of Hungary.

The team will manage the end-to-end transport via rail to the port of Koper, Slovenia, where they integrate the cargo into their charter carrier network. From there, they’ll deliver the coaches across the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas to the port of Alexandria. The transport of all 676 passenger coaches began in February 2021 and will run for 32 months.

Due to their size, transporting passenger coaches presents a particular challenge for ensuring safe delivery via sea and rail. Large projects like this involve complex logistics that can take months – and even years – to plan and prepare. DHL’s industrial projects experts tap into their experience and local knowledge to understand the infrastructure, equipment, roads, and regulations at the ports and other touchpoints to design the safest and most efficient route between Hungary and Egypt.

“This record-breaking order of rolling stock is putting the Egyptian Railway on the right track in terms of modernization.Mr. András Wein, CEO of Dunakeszi Járműjavító Kft

Egypt’s historic purchase is also the largest order of rolling stock in Hungary’s history, where over half of the coaches are being manufactured. Hungarian company Dunakeszi Jármujavító Kft, owned by TMH International AG and Magyar Vagon Zrt, is building the coaches at its production site in Dunakeszi.

This project is further testimony to the fact we offer the exact expertise required for this extraordinary transport.Viktor Arany-Szabo, DHL Industrial Projects Manager at DHL Global Forwarding Hungary

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