Recently, the situation of shipping trade has been frequent, and more and more shippers have shaken their trust in sea shipping. In the Belgian tax evasion incident a few days ago, many foreign trade companies were impacted by irregular freight forwarding companies, and a large number of goods were detained at the port, but also face a huge fine.
However, the recent container shipping market still has not reversed the trend, although Hapag-Lloyd and other shipping companies have played the card of raising prices. Maersk seeks business chain changes, strengthens supply chain services and other strategies, and many shipping companies have added ports of call and frequencies in Chinese ports, but it is still a drop in the bucket. The North American route should be weak anyhow, and Southeast Asia is also difficult to survive. For example, Vietnam’s exports to Europe have directly increased 60% off.
The current leading shipping companies in the shipping industry have to admit that the era of "great voyages" has passed, and the downward trend of shipping is an indisputable fact.
Crisis-ridden, China Railway Express is a beacon
Affected by the shipping industry, the freight forwarding industry is facing a crisis of confidence among cargo owners. The obvious question is thrown to the freight forwarders and cargo owners, continue to trust the shipping company or change the transportation route?
China Railway Express is naturally a logistics method that maintains a continuous upward trend in international trade. It can be predicted that the transportation capacity of China Railway Express in international trade will go further in 2023. For foreign trade companies and freight forwarders, China Railway Express will not only a life-saving straw under the contraction of seaborne trade, but also a long-term partner who can maintain stable cargo transportation.
A week before China's visit to Russia this year, the first China-Europe Railway Express ran from Beijing to Russia. Obviously, the China-Europe Railway Express has played the role of "ambassador of friendship" in the diplomacy of the two countries. The China-Europe Railway Express is the vanguard of China's trade with other countries, and it is an important guarantee for trade and economic development under the support of the "Belt and Road" policy.
With the strong support of policies and transportation capacity, the China-Europe Railway Express has more advantages than sea transportation on some routes, which can solve the urgent needs of freight forwarders and foreign trade companies.
When the pandemic was raging in 2020, the China-Europe Railway Express has withstood this big test. Both sea and air transportation were paralyzed, especially the pressure on the transportation of medical supplies suddenly increased. Fully accepting the sources of air and sea freight, a total of 14.2 million pieces and 109,000 tons of medical supplies were shipped to Europe during the pandemic. Run a lifeline that bucks the trend! It has kept the life and death of tens of millions of European and asian people.
Strong transportation capacity, high speed, not wasting money
At the beginning of the construction of the China Railway Express, it was based on the characteristics of all-weather, large capacity, green and low carbon. It is also a major innovation in the history of international transportation. In 2022, China Railway Express operated 16,000 trains, transporting 1.6 million+ TEUs. On the same transportation route, the capacity of China Railway Express far exceeds that of air and sea transportation. The freight rate of China Railway Express is only one-fifth of that of air freight, and the running time is only one-fourth of that of sea freight. Especially for products with volume scale and timeliness requirements, such as coal and timber, it has a strong attraction.
At present, the layout of the new format of China Railway Express + cross-border e-commerce is approaching maturity, helping the smooth flow of goods and providing stable support for international trade. In the future, China Railway Express can do more. We hope that the radiation of China Railway will not only Central Asia and Central Europe. In addition, the sea freight, air freight market, and railway freight are also fully capable of fighting. The veins of the land of China connect the whole world, up to the north and down to Southeast Asia. The Chinese railway will bring the fruits of China to let the world "touch" more Silk Roads.
Senghor Logistics not only provides sea transportation, air transportation but also railway transportation, dedicating to providing customers with a variety of feasible solutions for shipments. The main routes of China to Europe include the services starting from Chongqing, Hefei, Suzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Yiwu, Zhengzhou city, and mainly ship to Poland, Germany, some to Netherlands, France, Spain directly. Besides, our company also offers direct rail service to North European countries like Finland, Norway, Sweden, which takes around 18-22 days only. Welcome contact us for more details!
Post time: Apr-06-2023
