The shipping volume of Hefei sea-railway combined freight trains this year exceeded 10,000 TEUs

At 8:00 on the morning of April 8th, a freight train carrying 100 TEU cargo set off from Hefei North Railway Station and headed for Zhoushan Port of Ningbo,marking the delivery of "Hefei-Ningbo" TEU exceeded 10,000 this year,with a year-on-year increase of 48.50% in the number of containers.

The train is fully loaded with solar cell modules, car spare parts, freezers and other products manufactured by local enterprises in Hefei. The "Made in Hefei" goods will be exported from Ningbo's Zhoushan port to India,Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Pakistan and other countries along the Maritime Silk Road aboard ocean-going freighters.

Since the "Hefei-Ningbo" sea-railway combined freight train was operationed in 2015, the cargo volume has been increasing year by year and the source of goods has been gradually enriched. From the original single light industrial products such as clothing, it has developed to various manufacturing products such as solar photovoltaic panels and home appliances. In march, "hefei -ningbo" mountain sea rail transport trains starting ningbo zhoushan port terminal, transit time is increased by more than 62.5%, original trains run time shortened to 20 hours, realized the "ten classes a week" normalized operation, further shipment for weaving dense transportation network, effectively play the "railway + port" the advantages of large capacity, large depth, highly efficient, It has become an important measure for Hefei to connect with Zhoushan Port of Ningbo and connect the "Maritime Silk Road" channel.