China-Southeast Asia corridor keeps growing, a chance for other markets?
The intermodal corridor connecting China and Southeast Asia has increased its volume by 10.5 per cent this year, amounting to 424.000 TEU. The corridor, officially known as the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, connects inland...Read more
Southeast Asia speeds up rail connection with China, for fruit’s sake
Vietnam has officially delivered its first batch of lychees to China via rail. The train left from Bac Giang in Vietnam and arrived in to the border city of Pingxiang in China on 15 June,...Read more
China ramps up rail links in South East Asia, this time it’s Malaysia
China delivered the first batch of goods by rail to Malaysia on 8 June. The cargo was shipped from Chongqing, China, to Padang Besar, Malaysia, with a reported delivery time of 13 days. Although not...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
China-Laos Railway: new fruit service to celebrate first anniversary
The first train loaded with fruit coming from Thailand and Laos entered China on 2 December. The train departed from the Laotian capital Vientiane and reached China via the Boten-Mohan border crossing.Read more
Vietnam regains position on BRI with another line to China
A new rail freight service between China and Vietnam was launched this week. On Tuesday, a train departed from the Chinese hub of Xi’an in the direction of Hanoi, realising the first Vietnam railway connection...Read more
China takes another step closer to Italy
A new Silk Road route is now connecting China with a hub in Melzo (Milan), in Italy. The service is powered by Italian shipping company Contship Italia and German rail freight company Bahnoperator GmbH.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 moreChina’s focus on southeast Asia: a new link to Vietnam
A new rail freight link has been launched between China and Vietnam. It connects the Chinese Silk Road hub Chongqing and the capital of Vietnam – Hanoi. The route is part of the New International...Read more
Nurminen puts major exporter on Eurasian tracks
An export train full of sawn timber departed from Kotka, Finland, towards Chongqing, China, last week. Nurminen Logistics set up the train for Versowood, the largest Finnish producer and exporter of sawn timber. The transiting...Read more
Duisport shakes hands with PSA to enhance Eurasian transport
The fast-developing rail freight transport between China and Europe led Duisport and PSA Northeast Asia Supply Chain Pte Ltd to join forces in a joint venture. They sealed an agreement to establish a company under...Read more
Panda-Sprinter connects port of Brake directly with Chongqing
A new service has been tested for the shipment of wood pulp from the German port of Brake to the Chinese hub of Chongqing. The new line is the product of cooperation between DB Cargo...Read more
First shipment of frozen poultry on rail from Russia to China
A new type of freight is running from Russia to China by rail. The first batch of frozen poultry has been shipped from the Selyatino terminal in the Moscow Region to the Chinese city of...Read more
A hitchhike on the train from Urumqi to Rotterdam
This month Rotterdam was the final destination of the first groupage cargo train from China. After departing from Chongqing last month, it picked up wagons in Urumqi, the border region of China to head for...Read more
Agroexpress brings Russian food products to Chinese market
RZD Logistics and the Chongqing-based platform company YuXinOu established Agroexpress, a specialised railway service for delivering Russian food products to China. They plan to conduct a series of shipments from Russia to Chongqing by the...Read more
Mannheim-Chongqing Shuttle arrives in China
The first train on the new railway link between Mannheim and Chongqing has arrived in the Chinese city on 17 November. It completed a journey of 11,200 kilometres, carrying 41 containers of 40 feet. The Mannheim-Chongqing...Read more
Vietnam and Thailand connect to New Silk Road corridor
Other than export products from China, products made in Vietnam and Thailand are now shipped by rail to Europe, after being moved to southwest China’s Chongqing municipality by road. It is the first southeast Asian...Read more