China News Service, Guangzhou, June 26th, title: Guangzhou Railway: Bigger and stronger international material supply "through train"

  Author Zeng Yong He Tingzhao Guo Jun

  On June 21, a train of 7570 international trains loaded with construction machinery, furniture, food and other goods departed from Changsha International Railway Port and exited the country via Erenhot Port. It is expected to arrive in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, on the 27th.

This is the first China-Europe train from Changsha, Hunan to Mongolia.

  The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Railway Group on the 26th that since the beginning of this year, under the situation of making every effort to prevent and control the epidemic, the Guangzhou Railway Group has focused on the "four guarantees" goals and tasks, strengthened the organization of international train transportation, and made the international material supply bigger and stronger. Through train", to ensure the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain.

In the first five months of this year, a total of 506 China-Europe trains were operated in the three provinces of Guangdong, Hunan, and Qiong, a year-on-year increase of 48%; in particular, 108 and 110 China-Europe trains were operated in April and May respectively, and the China-Europe trains in the pipeline were refreshed for two consecutive months. Monthly opening record.

The train routes cover Europe, Asia and Africa

  In March this year, Guangzhou Railway Group cooperated with relevant local government departments to strengthen the top-level design in response to the transportation difficulties and "blocking points" of international trains, and promoted the further expansion of the scale of Guangdong China-Europe trains.

In May, 73 China-Europe freight trains were launched in Guangdong, an increase of 47 trains and an increase of 181% year-on-year.

  On January 6, Hunan Province launched the first international freight train on the China-Laos Railway.

As of the end of May, the Huaihua area had shipped 228 international freight trains on the China-Laos Railway, about 42 million tons, which further promoted the economic and trade exchanges between China and Laos.

  At the same time, Guangzhou Railway Group is actively running international rail-sea combined transport trains.

On May 9, the group company launched the first "Huaihua West-Vietnam Haiphong Port" sea-rail intermodal train, and Hunan Province entered the "friend circle" of China-Vietnam international sea-rail intermodal transportation for the first time; on May 13, the first "Nansha Port— The "Chengdu-Europe" sea-rail combined transport train has opened up a new channel for the "Sui-Rong sea-rail train + China-Europe train (Chengdu-Chongqing)" Asia-Europe sea-rail combined transport; on May 18, the first train "Zengcheng West-Manzhouli-Shu "Salei" international train, this is the first China-Europe train that runs from Zengcheng West Station, a highway-rail intermodal transport hub in eastern Guangzhou, via Manzhouli Port.

  On May 30, a China-Africa rail-sea intermodal train loaded with "Made in Hunan" industrial products departed from Zhuzhou North Railway Station and was shipped to Burkina Faso, a western African country, via Guangzhou Nansha Port.

This is the 10th China-Africa rail-sea intermodal train that has been launched in Hunan Province this year.

Sustain the growth of multi-point shipments

  Scientific and reasonable line layout and transportation coordination are important guarantees for the high-quality development of international trains.

At present, 11 international train departure stations in Changsha, Huaihua, Zhuzhou, Hengyang in Hunan Province and Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Jiangmen and other places in Guangdong Province have operated international trains.

  At the same time, the Guangzhou Railway Group has comprehensively strengthened the planning and layout of the departure station and the planning and construction of the surrounding infrastructure of the logistics park, and expanded various types of trains such as international parcel trains, cross-border e-commerce trains, and return trains to further create efficient and efficient trains. Collection and distribution system.

  Withstanding the international situation and the impact of the global epidemic, Guangzhou Railway Group has always maintained a strong momentum of joint shipments from the four outbound ports of Manzhouli, Erenhot, Alashankou and Khorgos.

Since March, Guangzhou Railway Group has once again increased its efforts to ship goods through Horgos and Alashankou ports, achieving a steady logarithmic growth in the number of trains.

In May, 60 China-Europe freight trains traveled through these two ports, an increase of 44 trains year-on-year.

  At the same time, Guangzhou Railway Group also provides customized services for major factories.

For Huawei factories to use sea-rail combined transport to transport goods to Mongolia, the first direct international train from Guangdong to Mongolia was opened; for foreign trade factories in western Guangdong, the first direct China-Europe train from Jiangmen north to Duisburg, Germany was customized.

Speed ​​up the organization of China-Europe trains

  The China Railway Express has continued to transport production and living materials to countries along the "Belt and Road", playing an important role in global epidemic prevention, ensuring the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain, and promoting domestic and international dual circulation.

  In order to speed up the organization of China-Europe freight trains, the Changsha Freight Center of Guangzhou Railway Group has established a four-way communication mechanism between railway freight, platform companies, customs, and the park to speed up the organization of goods sources, optimize the operation process, and realize the rapid and seamless connection of transportation, inspection, and transshipment to ensure that China and Europe The train runs safely, stably, efficiently and smoothly.

  At present, the Changsha China-Europe freight train is rich in goods, including hardware tools, bedding and electromechanical products from the Pearl River Delta, balance cars, motorcycles, lamps, shoes and hats from the Yangtze River Delta, and ceramics from Hunan. , automobiles, machinery parts, daily necessities and other items.

The main sources of goods for the return train are wood, high-quality milk powder, cookies and bread from Europe, as well as cotton yarn and mung beans from Central Asia.

  "The Hunan market has a huge demand for European pine, Korean pine, spruce, birch and other timber." Zheng Feng, general manager of Hunan Zhuowei International Trade Co., Ltd., introduced that with the active contact and great help of the railway department, the company has become a Changsha company. A major customer of China-Europe freight trains importing European timber.

At present, Changsha has become the fourth largest port for China to import timber from Europe.

  Since the first China-Europe train in Changsha on October 30, 2014, after 8 years of market cultivation, Changsha North Station has now formed a stable channel with 8 to 9 round-trip trains per week, showing that the traffic volume is increasing year by year and developing steadily good posture.

Changsha China-Europe Railway Express has opened 10 lines to Hamburg, Budapest, Minsk, etc., and its logistics services cover 30 countries, forming a new pattern connecting Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and radiating the central, eastern and southern regions of my country. Economic and Trade Bridge.

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