In early autumn, at Guiyang International Land Port, gantry cranes take off and land with long arms, and containers are stacked in neat rows on the yard. A batch of cargo boxes labeled with Guizhou tires and automotive parts have just completed assembly. In a few days, they will follow the train southward, sail through the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi, and arrive at the warehouse of ASEAN customers. On the other side of the station, Job's tears and potassium fertilizers from Laos are being unloaded and distributed to factories within the province. Between entry and exit, this inland port, which is not located near the sea, has become the gateway for Guizhou to connect with the world.

Collect bulk cargo into a whole column

Behind the impressive data is a reshaping of consolidation. In the first eight months of this year, Guiyang International Land Port shipped a total of 23178 TEUs of four-way trains including China Europe (Asia) Express, Western Land Sea New Channel Express, Guizhou Guangdong Express, and China Laos Express, with a year-on-year increase of 53.2%. Among them, the Western Land Sea New Channel Express Express shipped 10802 TEUs, supporting nearly half of the country.

Liu Xian, Deputy General Manager of Guizhou Multimodal Transport Industry Development Co., Ltd. under Guizhou Railway Investment Group, said that the company actively promoted the operation of four-way trains, coordinated the organization of trains and the integration of goods sources, which would help promote Guizhou's integration into the the Belt and Road and the construction of new land and sea channels in the west. Guizhou is mostly mountainous, with scattered industrial distribution. The source of goods has long faced difficulties such as multiple points, scattered quantities, and small scales, and lacks stable consolidation bases. To this end, the company has set up collection points in railway freight yards in various cities (prefectures), gradually gathering scattered transportation needs and accumulating them into large-scale single point transportation capacity. Scattered into whole trains, the loading efficiency and packing rate of trains increase accordingly, and logistics costs also decrease.

Acceleration during clearance and running

How fast the goods can go depends on how smooth the customs clearance is. Since the beginning of this year, with the support and assistance of Guiyang Customs, Guizhou Tietou Group has actively promoted the application of the "One Port Pass" and "Railway Express Pass" fast customs clearance models, innovated the channel operation mechanism, and continuously improved the efficiency of Guiyang International Land Port cargo clearance. Nowadays, Guizhou goods can complete the entire customs procedures of declaration, inspection, and release in one go at Guiyang International Land Port, without having to repeatedly queue at the port.

The One Port Connection with Nansha Port in Guangzhou and the Railway Express Connection with Alashankou have made it a reality to have two ports like one and two ports like one. Relying on the combination port jointly built with coastal ports such as Guangzhou Port, Shenzhen Port, and Beibu Gulf Port, the overall customs clearance time has been reduced by about half. A single container can save about 2000 yuan in port operating costs and shorten logistics time by 3 to 5 days. Time is the order, efficiency is the competitiveness, and more and more foreign trade enterprises choose to do foreign trade at their doorstep.

Four way channel connecting mountains and seas

To the north, the China Europe (Asia) freight train travels through Alashankou to Central Asia and Europe; To the west, the China Laos railway directly connects to the hinterland of ASEAN; Southward, the Western Land Sea New Channel trains are heading towards the mouth of the Beibu Gulf; To the east, the Guizhou Guangdong train holds hands with the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. The three-dimensional open pattern of connecting southeast, northwest, and four directions has enabled Guizhou to move from the periphery of openness to the forefront of openness.

The goods going out to sea are also changing. From early tea, guitars, and daily necessities, it has been upgraded to high value-added industrial products such as automotive parts, tires, televisions, and chemical products. In June of this year, the first China Europe (Asia) return train brought goods into Guizhou, forming a two-way cycle of Guizhou goods going abroad and foreign goods entering Guizhou. Guizhou's opening up to the outside world has shifted from one-way export to two-way mutual assistance. At present, the multimodal transport company has served dozens of key enterprises such as Guizhou Tire, Geely Automobile, and Wengfu Chemical, saving customers nearly 100 million yuan in logistics costs.keywords:Dry port logistics news

An inland port is compressing the distance between mountains and seas into a single train journey.Editor/Yang Meiling