Russia's container transit traffic is growing at an unprecedented rate, and the China Europe train plays a key role. From January to November this year, the freight volume of China EU trains increased by 43% year-on-year, thanks to competitive charging prices, relatively short transportation time and good service.
The Russian side predicts that in 2021, the Russian railway may transfer a record more than 1.1 million containers, and there is still capacity potential. According to the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the transit transportation of Russian railway containers should increase by three times before 2024.
Mikhail brinkin, an expert at Russia's Higher University of economics, believes that the total amount of transit containers in China and Europe is estimated to exceed 50 million TEUs, and 1 million is only a small part.
In addition, China has replacd Japan and South Korea as the main origin of Asian goods. Data show that from January to November this year, 13817 China Europe trains have been operated, transporting 1.332 million TEUs of goods, an increase of 23% and 30% respectively year-on-year.
It is worth mentioning that the ratio of the number of return trains to the number of outgoing trains will reach 81% in 2021, which means that the phenomenon of "empty box" in the return of China EU trains has become a thing of the past and a two-way equilibrium will be further realized. Moreover, the hot demand even caused congestion at some railway exit ports.
The head of a logistics company said that after the second half of the year, it sometimes takes 3 to 5 days for Xinjiang Alashankou railway to leave the country.
German news agency recently reported that the number of China Europe trains has increased against the trend! At a time when sea freight at ports has increased sharply and air transport capacity has been severely compressed, China EU trains have become a new driving force for China EU trade.
German "economic weekly" said that more and more companies are involved in Eurasian railway freight. It is reported that DB cargo, a German railway freight company, established DB cargo TransAsia, the largest Eurasian freight railway company in Europe last month, which can realize the direct connection between China and 18 European countries.
