In week 8, the China-Europe freight train operated smoothly, and the handling efficiency at ports fluctuated slightly. At the main ports of the China-Kazakhstan border, Alashankou and Khorgos, the trains stranded for about 5-7 days, and at the China-Mongolia border, Erenhot, the train will be held up for nearly 7-15 days. In terms of the overall transit time, the whole shipment from Xi’an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Yiwu and other stations to Duisburg and Hamburg is 16-23 days; from Chengdu, Xi’an, Chongqing, Hefei, Guiyang and other stations to Moscow is 10-18 days, and to St. Petersburg is about 18-25 days.

Reported by industry insiders, several booking platforms released plenty of spaces this week, as Xi’an Free Trade Port released 7-8 batches of trains to Russia in late February, which eased the worries on the vacancies. Along with the recent reduction in market volume and the arrival of the traditional off-season, the spaces in early March seem to be relatively abundant. Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi’an and other stations have successively announced the booking price of public trains in March. Overall, the spot freight rate has little fluctuation, and some routes have showed a small increase of about 5%.

According to CCTV news, to better meet the demand of international intermodal transport and adapt to the change of the freight source structure of the train, China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. Has implemented the measures of expanding the capacity and increasing the tonnage of the China-Europe freight trains. In January, China-Europe trains achieved remarkable results in terms of capacity expansion and tonnage increase, with 757 trains departing, with a full capacity rate of 83%, and the volume of container cargo shipments further increased. At the same time, the railway department strengthens the transportation organization of the return train, and requires the rail companies at ports to strengthen the communication with the foreign counterparts. It is suggested that they should avoid breaking up the train formation at the overseas stations when reloading, and use the original formation as much as possible to run the return train, so the wagons can be in full circulation. In January, the China-Europe return train opened 653 trains, up 9% year on year.