{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Intercontinental Rail Freight","description":"A freight forwarder books a rail-to-rail shipment from Shanghai to Rotterdam: cargo travels by Chinese state railway to Kazakhstan, potentially transfers between rail gauges (1520 mm in Russia/Kazakhstan versus 1435 mm in Europe), undergoes Russian customs inspection and border procedures, is transloaded onto European standard gauge, and reaches destination. This mode saves time versus all-sea routing but demands expertise in national railway regulations (RZD, KTZ, DB), customs instruments (TIR,","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/intercontinental-rail-freight","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-10T07:49:44.782066","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_freight_transport","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/intercontinental-rail-freight","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Intercontinental Rail Freight · A freight forwarder books a rail-to-rail shipment from Shanghai to Rotterdam: cargo travels by Chinese state railway to Kazakhstan, potentially transfers between rail gauges (1520 mm in Russia/Kazakhstan versus 1435 mm in Europe), undergoes Russian customs inspection and border procedures, is transloaded onto European standard gauge, and reaches destination. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_freight_transport"}