20.06.2023
Artikel Nummer: 45666
Intermodal service launched between Gansu and Kunsan
The new service connects the northwest China’s Ganzu Province with South Korea via rail and sea. The first freight train left Wuwei (Gansu Province) on Thursday, 15. June 2023, carrying 15 40-foot containers loaded with 300 t of magnesium chloride.
The train is now on route to north China's port in Tianjin, where the freight will be transloaded onto a ship and further delivered to Kunsan.
The maiden train marks Gansu’s launch of a new the East Asia international rail-sea intermodal transport route, the Chinese government said. With the new service, China is expanding its import and export routes along the Belt and Road. (ben)