Way from China to Europe

Air Cargo Advantages  short times of transportation  long distances  fast cargo handling  fast forwarding  exact on time  high safety standards  less susceptible to interference  suitable in crisis situations Disadvantages  very high costs (12 times more costs for fuel than shipping requires)  risk materials are excluded from transportation

Air freight transport records the strongest growth of all means of transport with increasing tendency. (1000 million tons per km)

Ship Advantages  low costs  very enviroment-friendly  very high cargo capacity  no place is wasted Disadvantages  long transport time  long transport way  low speed  often delays  Just-in-time delivery is not possible

 The intensive commercial exchange between the continents would not be conceivable without huge transport achievements of the sea cargo.  70 percent of the worldwide goods streams moved on water.  Hamburg is the biggest harbour of maritime logistics turntable.

Train Advantages  Faster than shipping  Existing railway-system  Providing new Jobs  More flexible  Environmental protection Disadvantages  service and maintenance  unflexible transportways The Distance between Peking and Hamburg is 9.992,0 Km by train.

Truck Advantages  more flexibile than trains Disadvantages  climate-damaging  environmentally unfriendly  enormous amount of time  high costs

Typical Products Ship  Cars  Machinery  Electronics  Textiles Air Cargo  sensitive goods (animals, plants etc.)  goods on time  clothing  perishable goods (e.g. food)  higher-value products

Typical Products Train  Cars  Machinery  Chemicals  Steel Truck  If any: very dangerous goods