Red Sea shipping is blocked, and the demand for land transportation channels is heating up! How to choose between railways and highways?
Red Sea shipping is blocked, and the demand for land transportation channels is heating up! How to choose between railways and highways?
Since November 2023, ships in the Red Sea and nearby waters have been attacked many times. For safety reasons, many shipping companies have decided to suspend the navigation of their container ships in the Red Sea （agent shipping china） and change their routes around the Cape of Good Hope.
Shipping companies are currently choosing to avoid the Red Sea passage, which means that sailing time will be extended and shipping capacity will be reduced, which will lead to a sharp increase in shipping prices. Looking at the rising sea freight prices and unknown delivery deadlines, cargo owners have expressed that they are under great pressure! At present, some cargo owners have turned their attention to China-Europe freight trains and China-Europe cross-border road transportation.
Deng Guo, vice president of railway and road transportation in Greater China at CEVA Logistics（ agent shipping china） a subsidiary of France's CMA CGM Group, said that since the Red Sea crisis, CEVA's China-Europe land transportation volume has increased by about 30%. "Many shipping customers are considering alternatives. Road and rail products offer greater flexibility and better timeliness, so there has been an increase in customers traveling to Europe via road and rail transport."
Logistics channels between Asia and Europe mainly include sea transport （ agent shipping china）channels, air transport channels and land transport channels. Generally, customers do not have particularly high requirements for transportation timeliness and the cargo volume is large. Due to the nature of the goods, it is not very suitable for air transportation. It is usually recommended to use sea transportation and land transportation.
The Asia-Europe land transportation corridor includes China-Europe freight trains and road transportation. So compared with sea transport, what are the characteristics of China-Europe（ agent shipping china） trains and road transport?
China-Europe freight train（ agent shipping china）
China-Europe trains refer to container international railway trains that operate according to fixed train numbers, routes and other conditions and travel between China and Europe and countries along the “Belt and Road”. Passing through China, Russia, Poland, Germany, France, Spain and other countries, the transportation network covers the main areas of the Eurasian continent.
Compared with sea transportation, China-Europe freight trains are faster in transporting goods, especially for goods currently delayed due to the threat of the Red Sea and with tight delivery deadlines. This is a more secure and efficient choice. In addition to sea transportation, compared with air transportation, the advantage of China-Europe freight trains is that it is more cost-effective.
Take "Yuxinou" as an example. As the earliest China-Europe international train in the west, it starts from Chongqing, exits through Alashan Port, passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland to Duisburg, Germany, and implements a customs inspection. Accessible across the board. The whole process saves more than 20 days than sea transportation, and the journey is shortened by half. Compared with air transportation, it is not limited by cargo capacity, and the transportation cost is only about one-fifth of air transportation. It is very suitable for goods with large volume but high added value. There are advantages.
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