A China-Europe freight train is towed into Guoyuan Port in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
Since the freight fare by sea is hovering on a relatively high level, the China-Europe freight trains will be an important alternative.
FRANKFURT, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A third freight train recently arrived in Frankfurt from China and a local general manager believed that it would bring more business opportunities to the city.
Given that transportations by sea and air are both strained, the China-Europe freight trains provided another way of direct connections, Kawus Khederzadeh, general manager of the industrial park in Hoechst Frankfurt, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
"It will increase the vitality of the logistics industry in Frankfurt and bring more business opportunities," Khederzadeh said.
A China-Europe freight train bound for Duisburg of Germany prepares for departure at Tuanjiecun Station in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
Starting from Shenyang city in China, a freight train carrying auto parts and components arrived in the Hoechst district of Frankfurt on Wednesday. It was the third freight train coming to Frankfurt from China within 12 months.
As the China-Europe freight trains are covering an increasing number of destinations in European countries regularly, there has not been a regular freight train linking Frankfurt to China.
Located at the center of the European continent, Frankfurt has good connections with other destinations in Europe by all means.
Since the freight fare by sea is hovering on a relatively high level, the China-Europe freight trains will be an important alternative, said Khederzadeh.
A loader lifts a container meant for the China-European freight train at the east railway station of the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
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