September 30 (SeeNews) - Germany's DB Schenker Logistics said on Monday it is establishing its own domestic land transport network for procurement and distribution in Turkey.
The company also said in a statement DB Schenker Rail began offering this month a service known as the DB SCHENKER Bosporus Shuttle with three pairs of trains each week between Germany and Turkey. The trains cover the 2,300 kilometer stretch between Nuremberg and Istanbul in five days.
The first two phases of the company's network expansion in Turkey are completed. The third phase will be operational in the beginning of 2014, the statement said.
The first phase extends from the starting point in Edirne via Istanbul to the distribution nodes Bursa and Izmir. The second phase encompasses transports between Eskisehir, Afyon and Antalya.
Phase three, beginning in Istanbul, extends from Ankara to Aksaray and Mersin all the way to Ganziantep, with further route dispersal in up to eight directions into the interior from the respective node.