Faster than by blue water; time = money
I am surprised that Russia let the inland rail opportunity slip by and stood by why China picked it up.
Surprised you didn’t read the part that said “Delivery was organised by Changjiu Logistics, HAO Logistics, Far East Land Bridge and DB Cargo, taking 20 days to cover the 9 832 km route via Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany to the distribution centre at Zeebrugge in Belgium.”
The Russian railways may be perfectly happy to let the Chinese do all the organizing with their gettting a major portion of the profits by virtue of the mileage on their tracks.
Volvos made in China?
Gustavus Adolphus the Great must be turning over in his grave, at about 1,500 RPM.
Quick! Hook him up to something and make us of his spinning![:)]
Versus 60 days by ship. These are luxury Volvos, made in Volvo’s plant in Daqing, China. Far East Land Bridge is a Russian company, part of RZDL, which is part of Russian Railways. The others are Chinese (2) and German.
The routing is controlled by China as they are marketing it. China has a Northern alternative via Russia that it avoided this time and it took the shortest route through Russia on this second route. China is building or hoping to build a third route that will traverses Iran and avoid transit through Russia entirely. Parts of it are in place. They are missing a link across Afghanistan but have already started on Afghans new rail network via Khzakistan. See map below.
http://www.bruneleuropean.co.uk/china-railway-freight.html
China will pick the route that serves it’s National Interests and that might not be the route that is most advantageous to Russia.
I roll? Considering the way this Swedish army band is uniformed and the march they’re playing they must be talking about a kaiser roll.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJWFTtbie7A
By the way, these guys are GOOD!
Swedish meatballs roll pretty good too! Maybe Volvo makes them.
Ever see that “Married with Children” episode where Al brings home a giant air conditioner he picked up at an Army surplus store…it is still wrapped up and marked “Rommel”. He says " yeah and it’s a Kaiser!
No dammit, I missed that one! Can’t imagine how, I loved that show.
Firelock76- You can find that episode on U Tube, or a clip when he rolls it through the front door.
Wanswheel- What is it about ABBA that I just could not warm up to?
It has been stated that at one time that ABBA was virtually the entire economy of Sweden.
The company was started in 1927 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SKF, the Swedish ball bearing company.
Ball bearings- Swedish meat balls, see it’s all connected.
Next thing you know there will be Swedish meatball ball bearings made in China being shipped to Belgium via Russia accompanied by ABBA music.
Being of Italian extraction I’d have to say there’s no way Swedish meatballs could compare to my grandmothers!
However, I have to give credit where it’s due. THIS “Swedish Meatball” was pretty darn good!
One thing that is kind of cool about food dishes is to look and see where they originated via Google. I think the sauce in Swedish Meatballs bears an amazing similarity to the sauce in the Russian dish Beef Stroganoff which is popular in Sweden as well. I wonder if one dish was the inspiration for the other or it’s just coincidence.
BTW, if you ever shop at AKEA store they make Swedish Meatballs there and serve them to customers. My brother loves them there…though I think AKEA could do a better job making them.
An interesting Food Competition might be your grandma’s Italian meatballs vs Swedish ones vs German ones, called Königsberger Klops which have a cream sauce that uses capers.
My grandmother would have kicked their butts!
But she would have been very gracious about it, she appreciated good efforts and wasn’t a gloater.