seetao.com learned from Tianjin Port that as of April 26, 2021, Tianjin Freight Center has issued a total of 144 China-Europe freight trains, 7736 vehicles, and sent 226,000 tons of cargo, an increase of 18% year-on-year. The normalization of the China-Europe Express train has effectively opened up the supply line for epidemic prevention and control, and has also promoted the development of the Belt and Road to a higher level and deeper.

According to Xue Feng, deputy general manager of Tianjin China Railway United International Containers Co., Ltd., through the creation of three brands of "China-Europe Express, Bulk-Consolidation, and Cold Chain Transportation", the focus is on the development of multiple container trains in the northwest region. At present, the number of trains arriving and departing from the central station is about 10 every day. In the first quarter of 2021, a total of 84,500 TEUs have been handled in the Tianjin Container Center Station, an increase of 30,000 TEUs over the same period in 2020, an increase of 55%; a total of 1.23 million tons of goods have been delivered, an increase of 42 over the same period in 2020. 10,000 tons, an increase of 52%. The substantial increase in freight volume shows that the implementation of relevant policies such as "road-to-rail" and the development of transportation methods such as sea-rail combined transportation are gradually showing the effect of promoting China's economic development.

According to Sun Kai, manager of the Tianjin Freight Center Sales Department under China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the railway department has strengthened the linkage with ports and shipping companies to grasp the transportation information of ships in a timely manner to provide data support for the opening of China-Europe trains. At the same time, within the railway system, the Tianjin Freight Center also actively communicated with the Manzhouli, Erenhot, Alashan and other port stations in a timely manner of the delivery plan, and continuously optimized the organization of the China-Europe Express. Editor/Tian Zengpeng