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The First Trainwith Assembled Containers of China-Euro Railway Express (Chengdu-Euro Railway Express) Returning
Updated:2018.02.15

  At 8:00 on February 12 of local time, the first train with assembled containers of China-Euro Railway Express (Chengdu-Euro Railway Express) returned from Tilburg, the Netherlands, marking the convergence of China-Euro Railway Express upgrading to version 2.0.

  The train loading 4 cabinets of kitchen utensils, air mats and other foreign trade goods is heading for Urumqi, Xinjiang, where these foreign trade containers will be replaced by domestic ones which will then be sent to Chengdu.

  It has been learned that the goods-assembled mode of the returning train of China-Euro Railway Express (Chengdu-Euro Railway Express) has solved the problem of low return rate and achieved channel sharing as well as a new win-win cooperation model of the Express. Next, Chengdu and Urumqi will give full play to the advantage of customs clearance of Urumqi and radiate the regional advantages of Central Asia, channels of China-Euro Railway Express (Chengdu-Euro Railway Express) and the innovated system of free trade area, so as to jointly improve the regional cooperation relations and further integrate the resources of the two places for system co-creation, industry interaction and coordinated development of the free trade zone.

  In accordance with international standards, a China-Euro express usually needs to be loaded with more than 41 containers which should be in a queue, often requiring more time that scheduled. According to relevant regulations, a container’s position in a train is fixed, so it results in more logistics costs for the empty containers cannot be replaced. In order to effectively integrate the energy resources of China-Euro Railway Express, Qingbaijiang Area of China (Sichuan) Pilot Free Trade Zone follows the miniaturization and high-frequency development trend of international and domestic trade orders, further exploring the functions of Chengdu International Rail Port. With the guidance and coordination of Chengdu Customs, it is to strengthen cooperation with Urumqi Customs and its railway company to study the innovative transport and supervision mode of China-Euro Railway Express (Chengdu-Euro Railway Express) in Urumqi and come to an agreement on them.

  On December 17, 2017, the successful moving of the test train withassembled containersof China-Euro Railway Express (Chengdu-Euro Railway Express) has achieved the sharing of cargo positions between Chengdu and Urumqi and between Urumqi and Europe, promoting the transformation of queued containers into assembled ones.

 

 
 
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