On May 12, a rail-sea intermodal train carrying polyethylene from the United Arab Emirates, coconut sugar from Sri Lanka, and casual shoes from Vietnam departed from Qinzhou Port East Station and headed for Chongqing Tuanjiecun Station. As of the same day, the container cargo transported by the new western land-sea corridor this year has exceeded 300,000 TEUs, reaching 303,000 TEUs.
Qinzhou Port is the hub of land-sea intermodal transportation in the new western land-sea corridor, and in recent years, a large number of goods from the western part of the mainland and ASEAN countries have gathered here. "This year, the export goods of the new western land-sea channel are mainly auto parts, motorcycle parts and generator parts produced in Sichuan, Guangxi, Chongqing and other places, and the imported goods are mainly shortening from Indonesia and pulp from Vietnam, and the categories of transported goods have reached 1,143." Huang Jiangnan, director of Qinzhou Port East Station of the Nanning Bureau of the National Railway Nanning Bureau, said.
At present, the coastal railway company of the Nanning Bureau of the National Railway promotes the joint office of the port and road enterprises in Qinzhou, Beihai and Fangchenggang, and shares information such as shipping schedules, berths, goods, and mechanical labor in real time, which improves the efficiency and accuracy of loading. At the same time, it will promote the integrated operation of the Qinzhou Railway Container Center Station and the automated terminal of Beibu Gulf Port, jointly incorporate them into customs supervision, reduce port connections, and save transportation costs of more than 100 yuan per container; Promote the implementation of 35-ton wide-body container launching and other rail-sea combined transport projects, reduce the dismantling and packing, container transfer, empty container transfer and other operational links, to achieve "one box to the end", reduce logistics costs.
It is understood that at present, there are 21 rail-sea intermodal trains in the western land-sea new corridor, covering 72 cities and 152 railway stations in 18 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the mainland, and 503 ports in 121 countries and regions around the world.
Reporter: Cen Qin
Source: Guangxi Daily