Xinhua News Agency, Nanning, April 3 (Reporter Xu Haitao) The reporter learned from China Railway Nanning Bureau Group Co., Ltd. that in the first quarter of this year, a total of 170,000 TEUs of container cargo were sent by rail-sea intermodal trains in the Western Land-Sea New Channel, an increase from the first quarter of last year. 62,000 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 56.5%.
According to reports, with the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on January 1 this year, the logistics and transportation of the new western land-sea corridor have become more prosperous.
Since the beginning of this year, "Southeast Asia-Qinzhou-Xi'an" and "UAE-Qinzhou-Lanzhou" and other rail-sea combined transport routes have been opened, and the categories of cargo transportation and logistics services have become increasingly diversified.
According to statistics, up to now, 34 railway arrival and departure stations have been opened for rail-sea intermodal trains in the new western land-sea channel, and the normalized trips to Beibu Gulf Port-Chongqing, Beibu Gulf Port-Sichuan, Beibu Gulf Port-Yunnan, Beibu Gulf Port-Guizhou, Beibu Gulf Port - Guidong/Guibei and other routes, the destinations of the new western land-sea channel have been expanded to more than 300 ports in 107 countries and regions around the world.