Improved Freight Advantage of Power Stone--China Railway Express

At 10:30 on January 18, 2022, with the whistle of the train, the China Railway express (CR express) 75010/09, carrying 50 pcs of 40-foot containers full of Quanzhou local products, slowly departed from Quanzhou East Station. The CR express (Quanzhou-Moscow) successfully started, which reminded people of the CR express again.

As early as 2011, China's first CR express, Yuxinou, created the history. Since then, in order to promote the long-term development of the "Belt and Road", China has signed "Agreement on Deepening China-Europe Railway Express Cooperation" with many countries, and the CR express (Xiamen) also started on April 21, 2017. It only takes 15 days to travel from Xiamen to Moscow, which undoubtedly further promotes the external development and foreign trade exchanges of Xiamen enterprises.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Transport of China, from January to the end of November this year, a total of about 14,000 CR express traveled, transporting 1.332 million TEUs, an increase of 23% and 30% year-on-year respectively. This is the second time since last year that the number of CR express has exceeded 10,000.

Except the increase in trade volume between China and Europe, rail transport is undoubtedly an environmentally friendly mode of transport at a time when all countries are emphasizing low carbon and emission reduction. The carbon emissions of rail transport are about 95% lower than those of airplanes and more than 80% lower than those of road transport. For every 40-foot (12-meter) container transported, the carbon dioxide emissions of trains are only 4% of those of freighters.

Rail transport is both economical and timely. The operating time of the CR express is one-fourth of that of sea freight, and the price is about one-fifth of that of air freight. It can facilitate the transportation of bulk e-commerce products, light industry and high-tech electronic products that require delivery sooner. This provides a more convenient and faster transportation method for our solar brackets.

Because of the emergence of CR express, shipping is no longer the only option for transporting large quantities of goods. Since 2020, the global shipping and air shipping capacity has been hampered by the global outbreak of the 2019 COVID-19, resulting in a sharp increase in shipping freight. For example, the price of the China-Europe route before the epidemic was more than 2,000 US dollars per 40-foot large box, even if the price exceeded 10,000 US dollars after the epidemic USD per 40ft big box and space is still in short supply. CR express has become a new favorite in international trade and transportation because trains are transported in sections and passengers do not need to be quarantined. In 2020, CR express will operate a total of 12,400 trains and send 1.135 million TEUs, an increase of 50% and 56% year-on-year respectively; 2021 From January to May 2019, China-Europe freight trains opened 5,991 trains and sent 573,000 TEUs, an increase of 49% and 58% year-on-year respectively.

If it is said that the post-epidemic trade demand and green logistics between China and Europe are the potential for the future development of CR express, there are also some drawbacks. For example, the popularity of China-Europe trains has directly led to the normalization of port congestion at home and abroad. In the overseas transportation section, various unpredictable geopolitical factors in 2021 have also added some uncertainty to the passage of China-Europe freight trains. However, as long as the operation efficiency of border ports is improved, the CR express still has a huge advantage in the foreign trade market, and our company will continue to take this train and use this fast and economical transportation service to provide overseas customers with high-quality products.