‘Standard transit time for Silk Road trains is approachable’
INTERVIEWTwo companies have launched new services from Lodz in Poland to Chengdu in China, with a twelve-day transit time. For trains transiting between Europe and China, such a delivery time used to be luxurious, but...Read more
China to launch new bullet freight train service at 250kph
China will launch its first regular bullet freight train service. The first test run was completed on 12 July, with two trains running between Chengdu and Kunming in West China at the highest speed of...Read more
No BRI, no problem: Italy just got a new connection to China
Despite Italy likely leaving the Belt and Road Initiative, rail freight services to China are on the rise. The Italian Society for Import and Export (SIIE), deployed its first blocktrain from Milan, in northern Italy,...Read more
Vietnam invests in new rail line to connect with China-Laos railway
Vietnamese infrastructure investor DEOCA Group and Laos oil trading company PTL have signed a joint venture agreement to conduct a study on constructing a railway between Vietnam-Laos. The main target of this agreement is to...Read more
Chengdu enters 3-day lockdown: what’s the status of rail services?
LOCKDOWNOn 1 September, 12:00 pm CET (18:00 Chinese time), the city of Chengdu entered a three-day lockdown following China’s zero-covid policy. The Chengdu Central Container Terminal will take some strict epidemic restriction measures for the...Read more
Chengdu-Chongqing shuttle first train to connect economic region
A new shuttle now runs between the Chinese hubs Chengdu and Chongqing on a daily basis. It is the first freight train servicing the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, a business region and hot spot for China-Europe...Read more
Double celebration in China: 50,000th train leaves to Europe
Right before China transitioned into the New Year according to its calendar, it saw another reason to celebrate. On 29 January the 50,000th China-Europe train embarked on its journey towards the west.Read more
No real facts indicate that transported chemicals are used for drug production
Assumptions around the possible use of chemicals transported via the China-Netherlands rail connection to produce drugs are incorrect. The companies involved in the route and the Dutch police have contradicted such claims, which were made...Read more
Research on possible drug chemicals transport Chengdu-Tilburg train
A police research has started to find out if there are illegal drug chemicals transported on the the daily New Silk Road connection between Chengdu in China and Tilburg, the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad has...Read more
New China train from Nanjing rolls into GVT terminal of Tilburg
On Friday 4 June, the first train from Nanjing in China arrived in the Dutch hub of Tilburg. Under the presence of several officials, it rolled into the terminal of logistics company GVT in the...Read more
Holland Pavilion in China promises growth for Dutch businesses and rail
Since its establishment in 2018 until today, the Holland Pavilion in China has provided an eastwards gateway to many Dutch businesses. Roland Verbraak, General Manager of GVT Group of Logistics, foresees that the specific enterprise...Read more
New direct train Europe-China reaches Liège daily
Following the direct line between Liège and Zhengzhou (2018) and between Liège and Yiwu (2019), the Belgian port city now has a third direct link with a Chinese hub: Chengdu. This new Europe-China train was...Read more
First Chengdu train arrives in Liege, destined for UK
On Sunday 7 June the first train from Chengdu in China arrived in Liege, Belgium. It was a test shipment organised by Chengdu International Railway Service (CDIRS). The train carrying over 7 million worth masks...Read more
Tilburg-Chengdu now available for LCL shipments
From this month onwards, Dutch logistics provider GVT Intermodal offers LCL shipments to and from China from its terminal in Tilburg. This benefits customers with a shipment smaller than a container load. GVT Intermodal serves the...Read more‘You have to be smart to stay on the New Silk Road’
Under the new circumstances, companies must come up with smart solutions to stay on the New Silk Road. Hubs are a fundamental part of that. This is the view of Imad Jenayeh, Senior Business Development...Read more
Blockchain in Chengdu first cross-border platform
In the Chinese province of Sichuan the first cross-border blockchain platform was put into operation on 20 October 2019. China Europe E-One, as the system is called, is dedicated to the multimodal transport system of...Read more
Chengdu-Luxembourg Express takes off
A first train between Chengdu in Central China and Bettembourg-Dudelange in Luxembourg has departed this Sunday 20 October from the Chengdu Qingbaijiang International Railway Port. It happened in the presence of vice-prime minister of Luxembourg...Read more
New Silk Road makes for new connection Chengdu-Wroclaw
A new railway line is launched on the New Silk Road, connecting the southern Polish city of Wroclaw to China. The new service facilitates container trains from Chengdu, in the capital of Sichuan province, to...Read more
Chengdu-Budapest linked by direct line
A rail freight service between Chengdu in China and Budapest in Hungary has been established. The new China-Europe express train left the Chinese hub on Friday 9 August and is expected to arrive fifteen days...Read more