The freight train loaded with foreign trade containers from the northwest hinterland slowly departed from Lanzhou and headed eastward to Lianyungang and Shanghai ports, and then took the ocean route to overseas markets. Recently, Jinjiang Shipping has successfully launched the Lanzhou Lianyungang Shanghai sea rail intermodal train, which provides an efficient and convenient new logistics link for the northwest inland region to go abroad, completely revitalizing the inland foreign trade logistics transportation pattern.

Cracking the inland logistics dilemma

Lanzhou is located in the northwest inland, far from coastal ports, and its geographical disadvantage has long hindered the development of regional foreign trade. The widespread problems of long transportation routes, multiple transit links, and poor stability in the export of foreign trade goods from the northwest inland areas, as well as high logistics costs and insufficient transportation efficiency, are the main bottlenecks restricting the development of local foreign trade enterprises and the improvement of regional economic and trade.

Deeply cultivate intermodal transportation and accumulate experience

Jinjiang Shipping has been deeply involved in the field of sea rail intermodal transportation for many years, continuously expanding into the inland logistics market. The company has established multiple regular intermodal transportation routes in key southwestern cities such as Chengdu and Chongqing. Through long-term stable operation, it has accumulated mature experience in route scheduling, port transfer, and customer service, and built a complete inland logistics service system, laying a solid foundation for the opening of the Northwest New Corridor.

Empowering regional economic and trade development

The newly opened sea rail intermodal transportation channel relies on the advantages of the Longhai Line, Lianshen Express and Shanghai Port hub, as well as international route resources, to build an integrated sea rail logistics link. The new channel effectively solves the pain points of logistics transportation in Northwest China, providing efficient, low-cost, and controllable overseas channels for foreign trade enterprises in Gansu and Northwest China, and opening up a new economic and trade logistics channel for Northwest China to connect with ASEAN and South Asia. Keywords: sea rail intermodal transportation, Northwest foreign trade, logistics channel

The implementation of this new channel has further improved the layout of Jinjiang Shipping in the northwest market and enhanced the regional brand influence of the enterprise. In the future, Jinjiang Shipping will focus on market and customer demand, deepen the coordination of the logistics industry chain, continuously optimize routes and logistics products, launch customized overseas logistics solutions, and expand the coverage of the logistics network. The enterprise will consolidate its development foundation with lean services, smooth domestic and international logistics channels, and help promote the interconnection and coordinated development of foreign trade and economic cooperation in the northwest region.Editor/Huang jiali