Auto & Transportation

Unprecedented, Shanghai will open a China-Europe train. The reporter learned from the Shanghai Customs that the first train of the "Shanghai" China-Europe Express will depart from Shanghai on September 28, exit at Alashankou, pass through Poland, and finally arrive in Hamburg, Germany. It is well-received by international trade by sea and air. Companies that are nervous and suffering from soaring prices have added a new logistics option.

The "Shanghai" China-Europe train is collected by Shanghai Oriental Silk Road Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd., a platform company under Orient International Group. The first train will be fully loaded with 50 40-foot containers. The source of goods will come from more than ten foreign trade companies, including clothing and shoes. Caps, glassware, auto parts, precision instruments, etc., have undergone two rail changes at the Alashankou and Malašević ports in Poland, and arrived at the terminal in Hamburg, which took only 12 to 13 days. At the beginning of the operation of the train, it is planned to open one train every week.

Previously, most of these export goods were exported by sea, and some precision instruments had to be transported by air. Taking the European shipping route as an example, the current freight rate of a 20-foot container has skyrocketed from approximately US$5,000 before the epidemic to US$17,000. Time-consuming is also full of variables. For example, the shipping time for the South American route has been extended from the past 35 days to 55 days, and companies have to wait at least two months for booking. In contrast, the timeliness and price advantages of China-Europe Express are prominent. According to the company's introduction, a 40-foot container on the "Shanghai" China-Europe Express has a freight rate of approximately US$11,000.

Zhao Honglin, deputy director of the Shanghai Customs Port Supervision Office, introduced that the China-Europe Express is one of the important transportation methods linking the supply chain of China, Europe and Central Asia. Strategic significance. In mid-August this year, after Shanghai Customs received the first supervision task of the China-Europe train, it immediately established a special working group to carry out investigations and surveys, and docked with the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, China Railway and other departments and Alashankou Customs to discuss port openings and site selection. , Business processes and other matters. The Shanghai Customs, which is in charge of the China-Europe Railway Express, is subordinate to the station customs. Under the guidance of relevant functional departments, it has organized and carried out the entire process of declaration, inspection, release and other tests for many times. Chai Yan, deputy director of the station customs, told reporters that the station customs has set up a special window for the declaration of China-Europe trains and special inspection posts, and adopted measures such as appointment inspections to ensure that the goods listed on the class are available for inspection, quick inspection and quick release, and are equipped with on-site inspections. And video surveillance inspection methods are designed to further reduce the overall customs clearance time of goods.

Shanghai and its surrounding areas have a large number of modern manufacturing industries, and export demand is strong. Shanghai’s pivotal position has made it a concentrated source of goods in the country. In addition, Shanghai’s local digestion of imported goods is extremely large. The three superimpositions are the functional advantages of Shanghai’s foreign trade. Incomparable. Wang Jinqiu, the person in charge of Shanghai Oriental Silk Road Intermodal Transport Co., Ltd., revealed that when it was learned that Shanghai was going to open a China-Europe train, a large number of foreign trade companies in Shanghai and surrounding areas were greeted with "timely rain". At present, a large number of sources of goods are going to the "Oriental Silk Road" platform. The company is clustered, and the supply of goods has been basically scheduled for this year. Due to the urgent needs of foreign trade companies, the platform company is already striving for the relevant departments to encrypt the frequency of opening the "Shanghai" to two to three columns per week next year.

In addition, the China-Europe Express "Shanghai" is also working hard to break the problem with returning trains to drive imports, especially to promote the import of high-value commodities such as red wine, luxury goods, and high-end equipment through cross-border railroads. For example, a large amount of high-quality milk in Europe does not need to be refrigerated when it is sealed and packaged, and the shelf life is 35 to 40 days. However, if you take the China-Europe Railway, the whole journey will only take two weeks, which will ensure that the milk has ample shelf life. It is reported that the first "Shanghai" train is likely to become the "Bond train" when it returns. It is expected to depart from Hamburg in October, carrying exhibits such as German audio, large-scale sanitation vehicle locator, and nuclear magnetic resonance instrument supporting equipment. Hurry to the 4th CIIE.