Lianyungang International Railway Express Service Surpasses 17,000 Trips

From: Lianyungang Daily Updated: 2025-07-13 05:44

On June 30 at 18:00, a freight train carrying daily necessities, office supplies, and machinery departed from the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) Logistics Cooperation Base. Passing through the Khorgos Port, it headed towards Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and other Central Asian countries. This marked a new milestone as Lianyungang Port's international freight service, operational since 1992, reached a cumulative total of 17,023 trips with 1.3959 million TEUs handled by the first half of 2025.

As a flagship project and iconic brand under the "Belt and Road Initiative", the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) Logistics Cooperation Base has established an all-weather, high-capacity, green, and secure international logistics corridor through its China-Europe/Asia Railway Express services. This network plays a vital role in stabilizing global industrial and supply chains, earning recognition as an internationally accepted public good among participating nations.

The accelerating growth of Lianyungang's international railway services stems from systematic upgrades in planning, coordination, and operations. After years of development, the network now connects through 5 border ports, covers major Central Asian regions, and transports over 400 cargo types including consumer goods, home appliances, pharmaceuticals, and construction materials. Lianyungang leads China in transshipment volumes for ferroalloy, potash fertilizer, and cotton yarn from Central Asia. Innovative models like "sea-rail-air" multimodal transport and "bonded+export" mixed container shipping have made it renowned as the nation's most comprehensive, efficient, and high-quality railway express operator.

"The international railway service has become an invaluable asset for enterprises going global, transforming inland areas into open frontiers," said Ge, General Manager of Lianyungang China-Kazakhstan International Logistics Co., Ltd. The service not only bridges "mountains" and "seas" but also drives regional development.

In the first half of 2025, the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) Logistics Cooperation Base, positioning itself as a core node of the New Eurasian Land-Sea Corridor, successfully integrated Uzbek potassium sulfate into its return cargo system and launched Lianyungang's first "one-container-through" wheat transshipment service from Kazakhstan. The recent commissioning of the Aktau Port Container Hub pilot project on the Caspian Sea coast has formed a "three-node integrated hub" system with the Lianyungang base and the Khorgos-East Gate Dry Port, further enhancing China-Kazakhstan economic cooperation and international logistics efficiency.

Leveraging its strategic position at the intersection of the "Belt and Road Initiative", Lianyungang's international railway service will continue strengthening the New Eurasian Land-Sea Corridor's role. By utilizing advantages in international transshipment, sea-rail intermodal transport, and being one of Central Asia's most accessible seaports, the service aims to sustain growth in east-west transshipment volumes while maintaining stable operational expansion.