Auto & Transportation

On July 28, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Urumqi highway-railway intermodal international freight train, loaded with 204 tons of fabrics, cotton yarn and other goods, slowly departed from the Urumqi International Dry Port Area, and will be transported to Kashgar Railway Station by rail. Exit the country at Shitan port and finally arrive in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. After many real order tests, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway-railway freight train was officially dispatched.

It is understood that this train adopts the international multimodal transport method of container "rail-road" throughout the whole process, which has achieved a new breakthrough in the new multimodal transport channel of the China-Europe (Central Asia) train. Compared with the traditional route, the "Zhongji-Ukraine" channel saves about 5 days, is more timely and economical, and provides a more convenient and efficient channel for business exchanges between my country and Central Asia.

Road-rail combined transportation refers to the transportation of domestic goods delivered by the whole-process transportation operator from the place where the goods are taken over to the designated location by using two modes of transportation, road and rail, according to a road-rail combined transportation contract. It is a combination of road and rail transport. Usually, containers are used as transport units. Through one consignment, one payment, one document, and one insurance, the road and railway section carriers jointly complete the entire transportation of the goods.

"With the advantages of China-Jizhou-Uzbekistan road-rail combined transportation, the advantages of railway transportation and road transportation can be effectively combined, which greatly improves the transportation timeliness. The whole process saves 3-5 days compared with the traditional international railway combined transportation mode. The customs transit declaration mode is supported to simplify the whole process of customs clearance, so that our company can truly feel the 'saving worry, effort and money'." said Li Tiehui, manager of Jiesite Logistics Co., Ltd. The normalized delivery of international freight trains for China-Jiangsu-Ukraine road-rail combined transportation."

It is understood that the development of road-rail combined transport in the Urumqi International Dry Port Area has obvious advantages, which can realize the open source and diversion of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains, and further enhance the logistics hub function of the dry port area through the "collection and consolidation" model, which can effectively alleviate the problem of China-Europe in the inner section of Xinjiang. The pressure of train traffic, make full use of the advantages of long-distance railway transportation and highway flexibility and convenience, and improve the cross-border traffic efficiency and traffic capacity of assembled goods in the dry port area. At the same time, it can further enrich the ways and means of cross-border transportation in the dry port area, improve the capacity of intra-regional cargo formation and the radiation effect of the cargo source distribution center in the dry port area, and help the development goal of "collecting goods, building parks, and gathering industries".

"We have undergone many real order tests since last year, and established the customs' "one ticket to the end" business model and supervision process to ensure the normal operation of China-Gyria-Uzbekistan highway-railway transport." Wang Jixi, chief of the first section of Wuchang Customs Supervision, said.

Based on the comprehensive promotion of the normalized delivery of China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine "road-rail combined transportation" in Xinjiang, the comprehensive improvement of cross-border logistics and transportation capacity in Xinjiang is an important measure of Urumqi Customs' independent innovation this year. Wuchang Customs took the initiative to strengthen the communication and coordination with the general customs office and the transit customs, and set up a special work class to solve the problems existing in the secondary customs transfer process in a timely manner, so as to realize the seamless connection of customs clearance and supervision business. Provide relevant business guidance to the declaration enterprise and the carrier in advance, send personnel to track and assist the enterprise to fill out, review and release the documents in the customs transfer link, so as to ensure the accurate and efficient inspection and release of the document flow. In addition, do a good job in physical goods supervision, sealing, inspection and other operations, implement the "7 × 24 hours" customs clearance service commitment, improve the overall customs clearance efficiency, speed up and increase efficiency for enterprises, and promote the normalization of the "China-Gyria-Ukraine" international multimodal transport project Pilot run.

The "China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine" highway-railway combined international freight train will further strengthen Urumqi's pivotal role in the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and further improve the new pattern of Xinjiang's opening to the outside world. In the next step, Wuchang Customs will continue to optimize the supervision mode of road-rail combined transportation, improve the pertinence of helping enterprises, and make every effort to promote the normalized delivery of China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan road-rail combined transportation, so as to promote the high-quality operation of China-Europe trains.