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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) — A freight train carrying 110 containers of auto parts departed from the Xingangbei railway station of the port city of Tianjin (north China) on Thursday. The train will cross the state border at the Khorgos checkpoint in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (northwest China) and arrive in Uzbekistan, the Tianjin Daily newspaper reported.
According to statistics, in the first four months of 2025, the number of freight train departures on China-Europe/China-Central Asia international freight routes from Tianjin Port was 241. The trains carried 26,000 standard containers of cargo, up 1.9 percent year-on-year.
Since the beginning of this year, under the supervision of the customs service, Tianjin Port has handled a total of 14 trains to Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries in the mode of multimodal rail-sea transportation, which transported 1,546 TEU of cargo. In April alone, 10 such trains were dispatched, transporting 1,108 TEU of goods.
According to Wang Huan, general manager of a local company engaged in transportation by China-Europe /China-Central Asia/ freight trains, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries have always been an important direction for the company to expand its business. This year, the number of freight trains heading to Central Asian countries will be increased, and the aspect of mixed freight transportation by sea and rail will be further developed. -0-