China Rail

Japan-China-Europe container sea-rail service launched

China Rail has opened a container sea-rail route from Japan’s Nagoya port to Europe, via Wuhan, China.

The service began on 2 December 2020, with some completely knocked-down parts from Toyota Motors’ Nagoya headquarters being shipped to Wuhan’s Yangluo port.

The containers arrived in Yangluo on 8 December, and the following day, were taken to the railway station.

On 11 December, the freight train departed from the Wujiashan Station of China Rail’s Hanxi depot in Wuhan, transcending the fog and...

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China Rail launches Japan-Mongolia sea-rail service

China Rail has launched a sea-and-rail service to transport containers from Japan to landlocked Mongolia, via China’s Lianyungang port, 500km north of Shanghai.

The first train set off from Sino-Kazakh Logistics Cooperation Base (SKLCB) in Lianyungang in China’s Jiangsu province, carrying containers loaded with second-hand cars and construction materials, among other items. The containers had arrived by sea, from Japan, and will be railed to Ulan Bator, around 2,000km northwest of Lianyungang.

The...

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China-Europe rail freight bucks Covid-19 trend

China State Railway Group Company (China Rail) said that container rail freight to Europe grew in the first quarter of 2020 as Chinese manufacturers resumed operations after the Covid-19 outbreak.

Demand for medical protection equipment, much of which is manufactured in China, resulted in higher container volumes being railed to Europe.

According to China Rail 1,941 container rail trips were made from January to March, transporting 174,000TEU. Compared to 1,688 trips, 147,458TEU, in Q1 2019....

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