(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) China-Europe trains have grown against the trend
China News Service, Beijing, May 2 (Reporter Zhou Yin) China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the China Railway Group) reported on the 2nd that from January to April this year, China and Europe trains will operate a total of 2920 trains and deliver goods 26.2 Ten thousand standard containers increased by 24% and 27% year-on-year respectively, and the comprehensive heavy container rate was 98%. National Railway Group said that since the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia, China-Europe trains have achieved growth against the trend.
According to the National Railway Group, in April this year, the total number of China-Europe trains, the number of outbound trains, and the number of return trains set the highest monthly records. In April, the total number of China-Europe trains reached 979, and 88,000 TEUs were shipped, up 46% and 50% year-on-year, respectively, and the overall heavy container rate was 97.8%.
The head of the freight department of the National Railway Group said that the stable operation of China-Europe trains has become an important transportation link connecting China, Europe and countries along the “Belt and Road” during epidemic prevention and control, and has become an important support for stabilizing the international supply chain in special periods. Compared with air and sea transportation, China-Europe trains carry out section transportation, which does not involve personnel quarantine and has unique advantages.
The person in charge said that the contrarian growth of China-Europe trains has contributed Chinese strength to the global anti-epidemic. At present, the epidemic situation in Europe is still relatively severe. The demand for local life and epidemic prevention materials is relatively strong. Many materials choose to be transported by China and Europe. In this regard, the National Railway Group attaches great importance to the special deployment of the international cooperation in epidemic prevention materials into the key guarantee transportation, to ensure that the transportation should be done. Since the first trip of China-Europe Pan Lei Yiwu on March 21 with the export of European anti-epidemic materials, China-Europe International Express has shipped a total of 660,000 pieces of international cooperative anti-epidemic materials and 3,142 tons, mainly reaching Italy, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Lithuania and other countries, with these countries as nodes and then allocated to more European countries, effectively promoted international epidemic prevention cooperation. (Finish)