China-Europe freight train trips soar in January - 60% yoy increase

[TaiShang]

The number of China-Europe freight trains hit 1,165 in January, up 66 percent year on year, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed.

This was the ninth straight month that China-Europe freight train trips exceeded 1,000, according to the company.

The freight trains carried 109,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers of goods last month, surging 73 percent from a year earlier.

The freight trains have played a crucial role in stabilizing the international logistics supply chain, promoting Sino-European trade and helping with the global fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

Some 9.97 million pieces of anti-epidemic supplies, weighing 80,000 tonnes, have been sent to European countries including Germany, Poland and Belgium by the trains since the epidemic outbreak, the company said.

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[maverick1977]

train takes 18 days to reach europe, where as taking china sea route to Europe takes 36 days ... what a drastic shift of sea eoute reliance, undermining The threat of naval blockade

 

[TaiShang]

train takes 18 days to reach europe, where as taking china sea route to Europe takes 36 days ... what a drastic shift of sea eoute reliance, undermining The threat of naval blockade

China aims for multi-modal transportation. BRI is both land and sea connectivity.

Sea connectivity includes the Arctic, as well.

What is essential is to speed up international trade with greater amount of goods existing and entering Asian markets.

 

[hualushui]

The railway specifications of the former Soviet Union countries affect the customs clearance time, and their railway maintenance level also has some problems, which will lead to longer time and lower efficiency.

 

[TaiShang]

President Xi Jinping to host China-CEEC summit - Global Times

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) in Beijing on Feb. 9 and make a keynote speech.

The summit, proposed by China, will be held via video link, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Tuesday. Leaders or high-level representatives of CEEC, as well as representatives of China-CEEC cooperation observers will be invited to attend the summit.

 

[fallstuff]

What is the cost of moving a ton of freight by sea over train ?

 

[siegecrossbow]

What is the cost of moving a ton of freight by sea over train ?

Freight by sea is cheaper and more efficient. There is a strategic angle to rail transport.