Since 2023, the Belt and Road economic and trade cooperation has reached a new high, among which Chongqing Orchard Port provides reliable solutions for global logistics and transportation. Recently, the PIL-New Land-Sea Channel Jiang-Rail-Sea combined transport African train departed from Yuzui Station of Orchard Port, Chongqing. The special train carried a total of 76 TEUs of polyester chips and motorcycle accessories, with a value of nearly 15 million yuan. After the train departed from Chongqing, it was shipped to Nigeria and Mozambique in Africa via Qinzhou Port in Guangxi.

Relying on the new land-sea channel, it is expected to arrive in 40 days, and the timeliness is about 10 days longer than the traditional method. The smooth operation of this train marks an important step for the New Land-Sea Corridor Operation Co., Ltd. and PIL on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, and honest cooperation to effectively promote the construction of the New Land-Sea Corridor in the West and promote a new development pattern of dual cycles.

In order to ensure the smooth delivery of this train, New Land-Sea Corridor Operation Co., Ltd. gave full play to the advantages of the operation platform, actively organized the supply of goods, provided customers with a full chain of customized logistics services, and promoted the realization of the linkage effect of channel + trade + industry.

According to public information, PIL is a world-class shipping company whose business covers China, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, South America and Oceania, and its service network covers more than 500 locations in 90 countries around the world. At the same time, PIL is one of the earliest foreign shipowners to participate in and support the construction of the New Land-Sea Corridor.

As early as 2017, when Chongqing and Guangxi promoted the construction of the Yugui New Corridor, Taiping Group cooperated with Yuguixin (Chongqing) Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd., the predecessor of the New Land-Sea Corridor Operation Co., Ltd., to jointly develop logistics products and continuously expand Logistics routes and dense logistics networks have made positive contributions to the construction of the New Land-Sea Corridor. In December 2022, the two parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The smooth holding of today's event is a powerful practice of the two parties' agreement to jointly build global supply chain services and help inland foreign trade companies reduce costs and increase efficiency to improve the efficiency of the entire chain, which will facilitate the cooperation between the two parties. The opening of a new prelude also marks a new level of PIL's assistance in the construction of the new western land-sea channel.

Gu Youyi, Managing Director of Pacific Shipping China, said: The smooth delivery of this special train marks that Pacific Shipping has reached a new level in multimodal transport services. PIL has always taken interconnection as its mission, and we will actively promote multimodal transport services such as iron-sea, river-sea, and river-sea across the country, and continue to provide customers in mainland China with more efficient, safer, more convenient, and more sustainable Comprehensive logistics solutions and shipping options. In 2023, our intermodal cargo volume will reach 10% of the total volume of Taiping Group.

In the next step, the New Land-Sea Corridor Operation Co., Ltd. will continue to play the role of a cross-regional comprehensive operation platform, further link airlines, integrate resources, open up markets, and develop together, better serve the internal and external double cycle, ensure the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, and promote regional economic coordination develop.Editor/Ma Xue