CCTV News: On January 6, three freight trains with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour departed from Beijing, Hefei, Guangzhou and other places, marking the official launch of my country's railway express logistics demonstration trains.
On the morning of the 6th, the X8501 fast multimodal transport train loaded with 43 containers slowly departed from the Langfang Guangyang Freight Site of the Beijing Bureau of the National Railway, and is expected to arrive at Guangzhou Changping Station in more than 30 hours.
It is understood that the fast logistics demonstration train launched this time is run between major economic regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing, etc. There are 6 operating lines. All trains are container-organized to clarify the departure and arrival time of each train. Customers can check the real-time cabin space and price of the train through the railway 95306 website, and book cabin spaces according to the principle of "first come first served, booked until completed", realizing the openness and transparency of railway logistics services.
Hainan: Yangpu Port's container throughput exceeded 2 million TEUs in 2024
On January 6, the reporter learned from the Transport and Port and Shipping Bureau of Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone that Yangpu Port's container throughput continued to grow and hit a new high in 2024, exceeding 2 million TEUs for the first time, an increase of about 9.2% year-on-year. This is the first time that Yangpu Port has exceeded 2 million TEUs since it exceeded 1 million TEUs in 2020.
At present, Yangpu has opened a total of 50 container liner routes, including 27 foreign trade routes and 23 domestic trade routes. With the encrypted domestic and foreign trade routes, Yangpu's comprehensive competitiveness as a regional international shipping hub has been further enhanced, driving the continuous growth of port throughput.
Shanghai Port's container throughput exceeded 51.5 million TEUs, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years
The reporter learned from Shanghai Port Group on January 6 that the container throughput of Shanghai Port in 2024 exceeded 51.5 million TEUs, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years. At the same time, Shanghai's port-sea-rail combined transport exceeded 900,000 TEU in 2024, setting a record high.
