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Fibre2Fashion
26-05-2025
- Business
- Fibre2Fashion
China rail freight volume grows 3.6% in JanâApr 2025
China's national railways transported approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of cargo in the January–April 2025 period, marking a 3.6 per cent year-on-year increase, according to China State Railway Group Co, Ltd. China's national railways moved 1.3 billion tonnes of cargo in Janâ€'Apr 2025, up 3.6 per cent YoY, with daily loading averaging 180,000 carriages. Rail-water container volumes rose 19.1 per cent to 5.38 million TEUs. Cross-border freight surged: China-Central Asia trips up 21 per cent, China-Laos volumes rose 7.6 per cent, and China-Europe service remained stable. The average daily loading volume rose by 4.7 per cent to 180,000 carriages. Efforts to improve logistics efficiency included the launch of 119 new multimodal services and a 19.1 per cent increase in rail-water container volumes, which reached 5.38 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), as per Chinese media reports. Cross-border rail freight remained strong. China-Central Asia train trips rose 21 per cent to 4,725, while the China-Laos Railway handled nearly 2 million tonnes of goods, up 7.6 per cent. China-Europe Railway Express operations remained stable. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
South China Morning Post
14-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China-Europe rail link woes, Trump's unlikely online star: SCMP's 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week's news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing Last week, China's leaders made promises to support the China-Europe Railway Express – an overland freight link that has become a symbol of Beijing's ambitious drive to recreate the ancient Silk Road. But the reality is that traffic along the intercontinental rail link has been declining for months. Nuclear physicist Liu Chang, who is conducting research that is considered crucial to achieving viable nuclear fusion energy, has left Princeton University for a position at Peking University in Beijing. Photo: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) After more than a decade in the United States, nuclear physicist Liu Chang, whose research has been crucial in the journey to achieve fusion energy, has left Princeton University for a position at Peking University in Beijing. China's third most senior official, Zhao Leji, has reappeared in public after missing the end of the country's main political event due to ill health. It was the first time in decades that the NPC closing meeting was not attended by all members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
South China Morning Post
11-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Russian goods seizures cause havoc on China-Europe rail link: ‘big impact'
Last week, China's leaders made promises to support the China-Europe Railway Express – an overland freight link that has become a symbol of Beijing's ambitious drive to recreate the ancient Silk Road. Advertisement But the reality is that traffic along the intercontinental rail link has been declining for months, as a wave of Russian goods seizures causes logistics companies to lose confidence in the project, industry insiders said. 'We have not dared to ship [goods via the railway] since November,' said Andrew Jiang, general manager of freight forwarding company Air Sea Transport in Shanghai. In October, Moscow banned a series of goods from being transited through Russia, with a focus on dual-use items such as mechanical and electronic products that could potentially be used by Western forces in Ukraine. The new rules affected thousands of containers being shipped from China to Europe via the vast rail link . About 80,000 20-foot (six-metre) equivalent units of goods per month pass along the railway, which cuts through Russia on its way to the European market. Advertisement Many China-based freight companies only heard about the rule change weeks later – by which time Russian authorities had already impounded large amounts of their cargo.
Associated Press
18-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Zhejiang's China-Europe Railway Express: The 11th Non-Stop Spring Festival of 2025
Video: As released by the Jinhua International Communications Center (JHICC), Jinhua International Land Port Hub in China had a busy Spring Festival of 2025. Zhejiang's China-Europe Railway Express has continued to play a crucial role in facilitating international trade, as trains filled with essential goods such as daily necessities, parts for new energy vehicles, imported milk powder, and candies have been making frequent trips between Yiwu West Station and Jinhua South Station. Notably, this marks the 11th consecutive Spring Festival during which the Zhejiang's China-Europe Railway Express has operated without interruption, underscoring its importance in maintaining a steady flow of goods, even during traditionally quieter periods. In January, the service recorded an impressive total of 306 trips, transporting 25,536 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of goods. This represents a 6.6% increase in cargo volume compared to the same period. Meanwhile, at the construction site of the China-Europe Railway Express Hub Project at the East China International Intermodal Port, over a hundred large-scale pieces of equipment are operating simultaneously each day. This project, with a total investment of 10.6 billion yuan, is a key initiative in the expansion and network enhancement of the China-Europe Railway Express. Once completed, it will significantly increase the annual shipping capacity of Zhejiang's China-Europe Railway Express to 10,000 trains, contributing greatly to the growth of international trade and the improvement of logistics infrastructure. The China-Europe Railway Express has been in operation for over 10 years. The radiation range of the Yiwu platform has expanded to over 160 cities in more than 50 Asian and European countries and regions. Over the past decade, the China-Europe Railway Express has played a pivotal role in enhancing trade connectivity between China and Europe. It has not only facilitated the efficient transportation of goods but also strengthened economic and cultural exchanges between the two continents. The continuous expansion of its network and the increase in dispatch capacity underscore its growing importance in global trade logistics.
