At about 11 am on March 25, 2022, a China-Europe freight train "Yangtze River" loaded with auto parts, daily necessities, electrical appliances, furniture and other goods slowly drove out from the cargo yard of Xianning Station in Hubei and arrived at the Wujiashan cargo yard in Wuhan. Will set off again for Europe in the next few days.

Previously, the China Railway Express (Wuhan), which was assembled in other areas in Hubei Province and then departed from Wuhan, was named China Railway Express (Wuhan). Departure. This train assembled 41 containers of goods in Xianning to achieve the whole train shipment, with a total of 770 tons and a value of more than 14 million yuan. The train departs from Wuhan, leaves the country via Manzhouli, and is sent to Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Russia and other places. The whole journey takes about 16 days.

According to reports, in mid-March 2022, under the guidance of the Xianning Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and Hubei Port Group, Wuhan Hanou International Logistics Co., Ltd. and Xianning High-tech Zone jointly planned to launch the "Changjiang" from Xianning. Relevant departments actively connected with China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group, Wuhan Customs, China Railway Container Corporation Wuhan Branch, Xianning Railway Station, Wuhan Central Station and other departments, and made every effort to do a good job in the market analysis of the train, the calculation of freight rates, and the coordination of cargo collection and loading. Stowage, customs declaration and inspection, document operation, etc. After hard work, Xianning High-tech Zone and Sino-European International worked together to facilitate the smooth opening of the train.

Jiang Ruihua, general manager of Wuhan Hanou International Logistics Co., Ltd., said that taking the first launch of the China-Europe train "Changjiang" as an opportunity, Wuhan Hanou International Logistics Co., Ltd. will provide more efficient, convenient and safe international logistics channel services for more import and export enterprises in Hubei. , to effectively ensure the smooth flow of the industrial chain and supply chain of foreign trade enterprises. In the future, the company will continue to drive the integrated development of Wuhan, Hubei and Central China, and create a sharing model for the China-Europe freight train "Yangtze River". The company will focus on the construction of regional hub nodes for the national-level China-Europe freight train in Wuhan, cultivate provincial-level hub nodes such as Xianning, Yichang, and Xiangyang, and encourage other cities and prefectures to connect with hub nodes and share the "Changjiang" train service.

It is reported that in October 2012, Wuhan officially opened the China-Europe freight train, and in 2014, the normal operation was realized. In 2017, Wuhan became one of the seven cities of the China-Europe Railway Express Coordination Committee. In 2021, China Railway Express (Wuhan) will deliver a total of 455 trains, totaling 37,386 TEUs, with a value of 12.796 billion yuan. From 2012 to the end of 2021, the China-Europe freight train (Wuhan) has operated 2,334 trains, accumulating more than 200,000 TEUs. Up to now, the China Railway Express (Wuhan) has operated 29 stable cross-border transportation routes, covering more than 30 countries and more than 70 cities in Eurasia.

From January to February 2022, the China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) will continue to make efforts to deliver 73 trains of 6,016 TEUs of goods with a value of 1.821 billion yuan, achieving a substantial increase in the number of trains and the volume of goods shipped. In order to strengthen the gathering function in the central region and improve the regional radiation capability of the train, the China Railway Express (Wuhan) has recently changed its name to the China Railway Express "Changjiang". This new change aims to create a new business card for Hubei in the development history of China-Europe freight trains, and promote the deep integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Belt and Road Initiative. Editor / Zhao E