Velenje - Slovenian home appliances maker Gorenje will be supplied by a new dedicated train from the Port of Trieste, which will deliver raw materials and components to Velenje twice a week. The first delivery with the Hisense train was made on Tuesday, the company said.

"The new line is very important for improving the transportation system of our Velenje factory and for maintaining a stable supply chain," Hisense Europe president Hanson Han was quoted as saying.

In the future, the new train line will also ship end products from Velenje to Trieste and from there all over the world.

The Trieste port has been chosen by the logistics firm Cosco, while Slovenia's Koper remains the main port for Gorenje, the company said.