The combination of "shortcut keys" helps the China Europe freight train fly through the entire journey
In December last year, the special international freight train carrying 32 vehicles of non-metallic ore products from Europe entered China from Manzhouli Port, and then left at Mohan Station of China Laos Railway in Yunnan Province. This is the first freight train in the country in the mode of "China Europe Railway+China Laos Railway" international freight train.
Compared to traditional sea freight and road to China Europe freight trains, this combination of "shortcut keys" can save logistics time by 15-20 days and save freight costs by more than 20%. The smooth customs clearance of the train marks the initial formation of the international logistics transportation system across Asia and Europe based on the "China Europe Express+China Laos Railway", which further expands the communication channels between Southeast Asian countries and the European continent.
In fact, there are still many combinations of "shortcut keys" in the operation of China Europe freight trains.
In the Manzhouli International Container Yard, a tall and straight gantry crane is moving rapidly, and the yard is filled with containers. The customs officers of Manzhouli are conducting inspections in an orderly manner. Looking at this scene, Liu Hongjie, the head of the customs declaration department at the Manzhouli branch of China International Shipping North China Co., Ltd., told reporters: In the past, the electronic manifest data we declared could only be submitted to the customs at the port, and there were also some procedures that needed to be declared to the local customs. Now, we have promoted the "Railway Express" supervision mode and the "Unloading and Loading" transportation mode, simplifying nearly 40% of the customs declaration process. The overall logistics time of goods can be shortened by 1-2 days. The efficient and convenient customs clearance mode at the Manzhouli Railway Port has become a way for us to enhance the competitiveness of China Europe freight trains Ace. "
The regulatory model of "Railway Express". In this mode, the electronic data declared by the enterprise can be preprocessed at the local customs. As the "port line" is moved to the enterprise's side, the operating enterprise does not need to declare and handle customs transfer procedures separately. Therefore, it has the characteristics of low cost, fast efficiency, and strong convenience. In addition, the interconnection of data between customs, railways, and operating enterprises enables paperless supervision and digital clearance of railway logistics throughout the entire process, More effectively reducing the declaration and customs transfer process, greatly reducing the loading and unloading and storage costs of freight trains.
"The comprehensive operating costs and customs clearance speed of the China Europe freight train are the most important concerns for enterprises. Only by continuously optimizing the business environment, improving the level of intelligent supervision, focusing on improving customs clearance efficiency, and reducing customs clearance costs, can enterprises truly feel the benefits brought by cross-border trade facilitation." said Liu Shi, Deputy Director of the Manzhouli Customs Port Supervision Department.
The reform of the "unloading and loading" mode of railway transportation has also pressed the two-way "shortcut key" of international trade. In order to change the situation where foreign trains come with "full load" and return with "empty load", Manzhouli Customs relies on the advantages of cooperation between Chinese and foreign customs and railway departments to coordinate and solve the difficult problems in the clearance process of the "unloading and loading" transportation mode, fully leverage the comparative advantages of Chinese railways in reloading, support the renovation of railway lines, and promote the increase of 4 to 6 routes for international freight yard wide gauge yard and standard gauge yard arrival and departure lines, effectively optimizing the reloading transportation structure, Unleash the potential for reloading at the Manzhouli Railway Port and ultimately achieve bidirectional heavy loading of standard and wide gauge international railway trains at the port. Since 2023, 62 batches of "immediate unloading and loading" services have been carried out through the Manzhouli Railway Port, helping international railway goods to be fully loaded throughout the entire journey.