The primary freight practice left Hefei, the capital of China’s Anhui Province, on Saturday for Tiburg within the Netherlands loaded with 82 containers. The route is an element China’s bold One Belt One Highway undertaking.
Marking the launch of a brand new rail cargo service between the 2 cities, the practice will journey for round 15 days earlier than arriving at its vacation spot, Xinhua information company reported.
The China-Europe freight practice service now has 20 routes linking Hefei with eight international locations together with Germany, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands and Russia. Statistics confirmed whole of 194 China-Europe freight trains have departed from Hefei to date this yr.
A brand new China-Europe freight practice left Hefei, E China's Anhui, Sat, heading for Tilburg within the Netherlands. The practice, carrying 82 TEUs of cargo, will journey round 15 days earlier than arriving on the vacation spot. It marks the launch of a brand new rail cargo service between the 2 cities. pic.twitter.com/FKv5YRZ10c
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Initiated in 2011, the China-Europe rail transport service is taken into account a big a part of the Belt & Highway Initiative (BRI) to spice up commerce between China and international locations taking part in this system. The bold multi-trillion-dollar initiative was introduced by Chinese language President Xi Jinping in 2013.
Greater than 140 international locations and worldwide organizations have inked agreements on collectively constructing the undertaking since then.
The BRI goals to spice up connectivity and cooperation between East Asia, Europe and East Africa. It’s anticipated to considerably increase world commerce, slicing buying and selling prices by half for the international locations concerned, based on skilled estimates.
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