The producer of medical products – Medline International – has managed to reduce its CO2 emissions by using rail transport in its supply chain.
This environmental development is the result of collaboration with Transfesa Logistics. The company has started using the operator’s intermodal rail services between Germany Cologne and Spain Valencia. The final destination of the Cargo is the city of Algete, Madrid.
Before deciding to move on rail, the cargo went exclusively by truck. By using the combined traffic, the CO2 output of 602 tonnes has dropped by 350 tonnes.
Tobias Rost – Sales Development Manager at Transfesa Logistics – says, “We are very grateful about the customer’s trust in our services. Medline makes a strong statement to take responsibility for the climate targets.”
Using rail traffic as a centre of our supply chain is the essential focus of Transfesa Logistics. This is in line with Medline’s commitment to the SDGs, specifically, goal 13 on “Climate action”.
The company considers that the future of logistics will entail a higher percentage of rail in transporting goods. Therefore, the intermodal traffic builds a good possibility in linking different transport modes.