East China’s Jiangsu province has given full play to the role of China-Europe freight trains to buffer the impact of the epidemic, as is evidenced by the year-on-year growth in the number of trains operated and TEUs shipped in the first two months of this year.
An international freight train carrying more than one thousand boxes of COVID-19 vaccine reagent bottles pulled out of Lianyungang China-Kazakhstan logistics base to head for Kazakhstan recently.
Ni Anxu, Deputy Manager of Operation Department, New Silk Road International Container Development Co., Ltd.
We automatically complete document review, customs, railway data comparison, etc. through the information system, so as to ensure the continuous and stable growth of China-Europe freight trains.
In the warehouse of the Suzhou International Railway Logistics Center, the operators were skillfully driving a forklift to pack goods.
Wang Jifeng, Warehouse Operator, Suzhou International Railway Logistics Center
I work 8 hours a day
basically non-stop
there are 6 TEUs
that need to to be loaded and unloaded
avenging 17 tons per TEU
Since early this year, the Suzhou China-Europe freight train has made every effort to undertake the goods transferred by sea and air. Auto parts, daily necessities and other "Made in China" commodities are continuously shipped to countries along the Eurasian route, providing important support for ensuring the stability of the international supply chain and industry chain.
Statistics show that from January to February, the number of trains and the value of cargo carried by Suzhou China-Europe trains increased by 131.82% and 229.89% year-on-year respectively.
Zhang Fan, General Manager of Suzhou International Express Freight Company
The exported products are mainly
electronic products
and daily necessities produced locally in Suzhou
Affected by the epidemic
production has not resumed in foreign countries
According to the Shanghai Bureau of China Railway Group, since the first China-Europe freight train between Suzhou and Warsaw opened in September 2013, the Yangtze River Delta region has launched 18 China-Europe freight train routes to connect 37 cities in 20 countries in Asia and Europe.
In the first two months of this year, Jiangsu recorded 193 freight trains on the China-Europe freight route, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%. 160 trains were Europe-bound, an increase of 11.6% year-on-year.
