On March 11th, a special liquid bag container train loaded with high-quality edible sunflower seed oil from Central Asia successfully entered the Xianglushan Station of Wuhan Bureau Group, achieving the goal of the Central Asia freight train (Wuhan) directly transporting imported edible oil to the hinterland of Central China through liquid bag container mode for the first time, and also marking the official entry of the “Central Asia Xianglushan” return train into normal operation. The smooth arrival of this train is not only an important innovation in cross-border railway transportation mode, but also builds a smoother logistics bridge for deepening economic and trade exchanges between Central Asia and central China.
The application of liquid bag transportation technology has opened up new ideas for cross-border liquid goods transportation. Compared to traditional canning and barrel transportation methods, liquid bag containers directly fill edible oil into disposable environmentally friendly liquid bags. With the support of standard containers, door-to-door transportation can be achieved throughout the entire process. A single box can load 26 tons of liquid goods, ensuring transportation safety while significantly reducing logistics costs. This model effectively solves the pain points of high loss and cost in long-distance transportation of liquid goods such as edible oil, allowing high-quality agricultural products from Central Asia to enter the domestic market with higher efficiency and lower cost, truly enriching the daily dining tables of the people.
Normalize the operation of trains and continuously improve the comprehensive service capabilities of China Europe Central Asia trains. Since the beginning of this year, Xianglushan Station has been closely focusing on the goal of high-quality operation, continuously increasing the frequency of train services, enriching the types of transported goods, and improving the comprehensive service level, making cross-border logistics channels more stable and smooth. The return trains have achieved normal operation, which has changed the situation of one-way transportation in the past, made the channel utilization rate higher and the transportation organization better, and also continued to inject strong momentum from the railway for the high-quality co construction of the “the Belt and Road”, highlighting the responsibility and responsibility of the railway in serving the opening up pattern.
The promotion of innovative transportation modes will bring more tangible dividends to the development of enterprises. After the success of liquid bag container transportation in the transportation of sunflower seed oil, it will gradually expand to more categories such as vegetable oil, food grade liquids, chemical intermediates, etc., further expanding the service scope of railway cross-border freight. The railway department will also continue to explore the operation mode of “public trains+enterprise customization”, optimize the supply of transportation capacity according to market demand and enterprise characteristics, improve transportation efficiency while continuously helping enterprises reduce comprehensive logistics costs, and use logistics upgrading to help the industry improve quality and efficiency.
When the wind is good, it’s time to set sail and ride your horse, whip your whip, and kick your hooves. The non-stop Central Asian trains not only connect cross-border commercial exchanges, but also carry the development expectation of mutual benefit and win-win. The railway department will continue to base on the channel advantage, adhere to innovation driven, constantly optimize the train organization, upgrade the service quality, and use more efficient and stable cross-border logistics services to connect internal and external, benefit the people’s livelihood, so as to promote the coordinated development of regions and high-quality joint construction of the “the Belt and Road”.