A new rail-sea freight service has been launched this week to link Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi province, to Europe. The route traverses the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea to connect northwest China with several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The route’s first freight train loaded with clothes, bedding and sports apparatus, left Xi’an on Wednesday.
The train will pass through countries like Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic before reaching Mannheim in Germany. It will cover a distance of 11,300 km, according to a Chinese news agency.
This new route provides a new transport option for international as well as domestic logistics and trade companies, said Yuan Xiaojun, general manager of the Xi’an Free Trade Port Construction and Operation.
A new rail-sea freight service has been launched to link Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi province, to Europe. The route traverses the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea to connect China with several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The route’s first freight train loaded with clothes, bedding and sports apparatus, left Xi’an on Wednesday.
Currently, there are 16 freight train routes from Xi’an to Europe that cover 45 countries and regions. Xi’an launched over 790 freight train services to Europe in the first quarter of this year.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)
