Lianyungang, Jiangsu: China Europe Express Helps Central Asian Countries Embrace the Sea Lianyungang | Express | China Europe Express
Nanjing, September 17th (Xinhua) - Kazakhstan, located in Central Asia, is the world's largest landlocked country, and the sea was once the aspiration of young Kazakhstani people on the Mahe River. In 2022, he came to work at the China Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation Base on the coast of the Yellow Sea. For over a year, he has witnessed firsthand the China Europe freight trains passing through the base and the continuously rising logistics data, and cannot help but feel that his dream has come true.
The Sino Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation Base is the first economic and trade cooperation entity project launched after the "the Belt and Road" initiative was put forward. Since its inception in 2014, it has continuously improved infrastructure and improved management level, and has become a platform for transit transportation, warehousing logistics and trade between Central Asian countries. From January to August this year, Lianyungang operated a total of 418 China Europe freight trains, a year-on-year increase of 6%; Ship 40930 TEUs, an increase of 2338 TEUs year-on-year.
The Sino Kazakhstan logistics cooperation base filmed on September 16th. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yin Gang
Nowadays, over 80% of Kazakhstan's daily consumer goods imported through China, as well as its advantageous trade commodities such as minerals and grains exported, are distributed and distributed through the Lianyungang Port, opening a window for its development of cross-border cooperation. "The railway, road, and sea transportation networks of the two countries are intertwined, forming a huge logistics system. Through this system, high-quality agricultural products, minerals, and other commodities from Kazakhstan can be quickly transported to China, while industrial products from China can also be continuously transported to Central Asian countries," said Ma Hejiang.
On the electronic screen of the digital dispatch center of the base, the destination, source, and cargo information of the China Europe freight trains departing and arriving from Lianyungang are clear and dynamically updated. "With the help of intelligent remote control systems, the efficiency of container loading and unloading operations at the base has been significantly improved, greatly saving labor costs," said Zuo Xuemei, General Manager of Lianyungang Zhongha International Logistics Co., Ltd.
More than ten kilometers away from the China Kazakhstan logistics cooperation base, vehicles continue to flow in the SCO International Logistics Park, and industries such as modern logistics, new materials, and new energy are steadily developing.
The SCO International Logistics Park, filmed on September 16th. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Wenhui
The SCO International Logistics Park is one of the few comprehensive port logistics parks in China that can simultaneously utilize multiple intermodal transportation modes such as sea transportation, river transportation, and sea rail to achieve rapid distribution of goods. "Last year, the opening of the logistics park to Tashkent international rail intermodal freight train was of great significance in opening up the southern route of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge," said Li Haitao, General Manager of Lianyungang Yuangang Logistics Co., Ltd.
In order to improve the quality and efficiency of operation, in recent years, Lianyungang's China Europe freight train operation model has been continuously innovated, introducing a "bonded+export" mixed container model, which utilizes the idle space of export containers to allow small batches of goods to "ride on the wind"; Innovating the "vehicle ship direct pickup" zero waiting mode can save 75% of transfer operation time and 60% of related costs.
"The efficient and convenient China Europe freight train is becoming a widely acclaimed international public product," said Yu Wujun, General Manager of China Railway Container Transport Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch. Nowadays, the transportation products of China Europe freight trains have expanded to include building materials, home furnishings, grains, minerals, machinery and equipment, photovoltaics, automobiles and other products, cultivating and forming characteristic special trains such as ferroalloys, cotton yarn, coil steel, and potassium fertilizer.
Recently, 50 vehicles of books produced by South Korea were transferred through Lianyungang and transported to Uzbekistan via the China Europe freight train. This is the result of this year's cooperation at the Lianyungang Seoul International Logistics Service Promotion Conference, adding new goods to the transportation of the Lianyungang China Europe freight train. More new cooperation is currently under negotiation.
"This year, Lianyungang China Europe Express continues to show a good momentum of both quantity and quality. In the future, the railway department will increase the route layout and transport capacity allocation of Lianyungang China Europe Express, continue to strengthen the seamless connection of the logistics chain network of trains, ports, routes, etc., unblock the land and sea intermodal transport routes, accelerate the cross-border flow of factor resources, and inject strong momentum into the high-quality joint construction of the" the Belt and Road "." Chen Jun, director of Lianyungang Operation Department of Xuzhou Freight Center of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said.
Connecting mountains and seas, traveling in both directions. The rapid China Europe freight train is injecting a continuous stream of power into Lianyungang's efforts to build a window of east-west integration and an international cooperation hub.
