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Mars Logistics, one of the leading logistics companies in Turkey, added a new line to its existing lines in intermodal transportation, which is an environmentally friendly transportation model. With the line that will run between Turkey and Czechia, it will make round trips 3 times a week and a total of 216 equipment will be transported.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - Operating with the awareness of social responsibility since its establishment, Mars Logistics has added a new line to the Bettembourg and Duisburg intermodal lines, which has been operating since 2012. Safe, economical and environmentally friendly deliveries will be made with the line where round trips between Halkalı and Kolin will be arranged 3 times a week.

Mars Logistics board member Gökşin Günhan, who spoke about the advantages of Intermodal transportation, said: “Intermodal transportation, which we have implemented and successfully carried out with the slogan of Optimum time, maximum environmentalism, is preferred due to its reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, its safety and the amount of cargo carried at one time is excessive.”

96 Hours Between Halkalı And Kolin!

Speaking about the Halkalı-Kolin line, which has recently started operating after the Halkalı-Duisburg and Trieste-Bettembourg Intermodal lines, Günhan stated that the line that will serve between Turkey and Czechia will have round trips 3 days a week and underlined that the deadline is 96 hours from the terminal to the terminal: “As Mars Logistics, we always strive to take the services we offer to the next level, and without ignoring our social responsibilities, we develop new services by turning to nature-friendly transportation systems. With our Halkalı-Kolin line, which we have started to use, we will organize mutual voyages 3 times a week with a 96-hour deadline. With our Halkalı-Kolin line, we add a new route to our Intermodal service, which we have been providing for many years with the assurance of Mars Logistics, to meet the needs of our customers.”

Günhan said, “As Mars Logistics, we have been providing intermodal transportation services since 2012. Significantly less carbon emission is achieved with intermodal transport compared to road transport. With our Halkalı-Duisburg and Trieste-Bettembourg lines, we prevent an average of 1.5 million trees from being cut down per year. " He also underlined the contribution of intermodal transportation to the environment.”

Investment Worth 15 Million Euros 

Containers loaded with goods purchased from various points in Turkey in the Turkey-Czechia Intermodal transport system, where 15 million Euros worth of self-owned wagon and swapbody investments are made and the entire organization is managed by Mars Logistics, will be transported between Halkalı-Kolin by train services. In the transportation to be carried out with 45 swapbody and containers, services will be provided to countries such as Poland, Eastern and Southern Germany, Austria and Slovakia besides Czechia.

Investments Will Continue

Saying that one of the most important points in Mars Logistics is to respond to the demands of customers, Günhan stated that important companies of the white goods, health and textile sectors, especially Turkey's leading automotive and spare parts manufacturers, show great interest in intermodal transportation on this route and He stated that they opened this line based on the demands. Expressing that they will continue to invest in intermodal transportation, Günhan said “Intermodal transportation, which stands out with its advantages in many areas, especially in the environment, will be a transportation model that we will increase our focus in the coming period. I can gladly say that we have new railway investments that we are working on and will announce in the future.”