A train loaded with furniture departed from Chenzhou Land Port on January 2 to Felixstowe Port in the United Kingdom through Shenzhen Yantian Port in Guangdong province. It’s the first Hunan-Guangdong-Africa rail-sea intermodal train launched this year.
Xie Zhiyu, general manager of Chenzhou Hunan-Guangdong-Africa International Logistics Co., Ltd., said that with the increasing number of trains, the types of goods are becoming more diverse. The Hunan-Guangdong-Africa rail-sea trains are closely connecting Chenzhou Land Port with foreign markets.
In 2024, Chenzhou Land Port handled 100 rail-sea intermodal trains, with a year-on-year growth of over 28%.
As a national production and service-oriented logistics hub, Chenzhou Land Port continuously expanded its international route network. Last year, it launched five high-quality sea-rail intermodal routes connecting Apapa Port and Onne Port in Nigeria, Mombasa Port in Kenya, Dar es Salaam Port in Tanzania, and Yangon in Myanmar via Nansha with Chenzhou.
These routes became major logistics channels connecting the world, providing a solid foundation for promoting international exchanges and cooperation.
“The functions of the land port have been significantly enhanced, not only in terms of logistics connectivity and smooth trade, but also in terms of functional breakthroughs and service improvements,” said Cao Shijie, chairman of Chenzhou International Land Port Development Co., Ltd.
Currently, Chenzhou Land Port has achieved through bill of lading services for the Hunan-Guangdong-Africa rail-sea intermodal logistics corridor, tailor-made multimodal transport solutions for enterprises, and effectively promoted the continuous reduction of international trade operating costs.
This not only brings convenience and benefits to import and export enterprises, but also expands new space for the development of international land ports.
Next, Chenzhou Land Port will accelerate the construction of an international and high-level land port logistics system, continue to promote the efficient, high-quality and high-level operation of the Hunan-Guangdong-Africa rail-sea intermodal trains, accelerate the construction of the Hunan-Guangdong-Africa rail-sea intermodal train assembly center, enhance the types and service capabilities of international multimodal transport business, helping the development of the port industry. It will also effectively reduce logistics costs, provide more convenient and efficient commercial and logistics channels, thus making new contributions to the high-quality development of the economy and high-level opening up to the outside world.
Chinese source: rednet