File photo taken on April 26, 2019 shows the first "new international land-sea trade corridor" rail-ocean intermodal train bound for Indonesia in southwest China's Chongqing. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor reported a total of 170,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of goods were transported by rail-ocean intermodal train service in the first quarter of 2022, up 56.5 percent year on year, according to China Railway Nanning Group recently.
With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force in January, the logistics transportation of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has become more prosperous.
Since this year, various routes of rail-ocean intermodal train service have been launched, including the cargo routes between Southeast Asia, Qinzhou and Xi'an, with the cargo categories and logistics services becoming more and more diverse.
Up to now, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor has opened 34 arrival and departure stations for rail-ocean intermodal train service, with regular routes including Beibu Gulf Port-Chongqing and Beibu Gulf Port-Sichuan.
Totally, the destinations of the corridor have been expanded to more than 300 ports in 107 countries and regions around the world.
(Edited by Gao Jingyan with Xinhua Silk Road, gaojingyan@xinhua.org)