Since the opening and operation of the China Laos railway, with the advantages of short transportation time, low logistics cost, strong security and green environmental protection, and the policy dividends of the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement (RCEP), the level of regional hard and soft connectivity has been effectively improved.
On April 28, China Railway Container Co., Ltd., together with China Railway Kunming bureau group and Laos China Railway Co., Ltd., jointly created a highway railway intermodal service product. The first cold chain fruit train of China Laos railway departs from Mohan port in China, goes to Kunming, Yunnan, and then distributes it to Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shanghai and other places. This is the first time since the opening and operation of China Laos railway to transport fresh fruits by means of highway railway intermodal transport and cold chain containers "one box to the end", It enriches the cold chain cross-border logistics model and will benefit more ASEAN countries and the Chinese market.
"More than 520 tons of Thai fresh durian with a value of 16million yuan were transported this time. They were transported by section by China Laos railway and connected by highway at the port. The whole transportation time of Thai fruits into Kunming was controlled within 7 days." Yang Juling, general manager of China Railway Container Kunming Branch, said, "compared with the 'high seas intermodal transport' or single road transport mode under the epidemic, the transportation timeliness has been more than doubled, reducing the time and cost of cross-border fruit transportation."
In order to ensure the operation of the China Laos railway cold chain fruit train, China Railway Container Co., Ltd. fully investigated and accurately connected with customers, and cooperated with suppliers in the China Laos Thailand fruit industry chain to solve customers' problems in the organization of refrigerated container supply, loading, customs declaration and inspection at highway ports, and the whole process connection, so as to realize the whole process fast and seamless connection, Ensure the safe transportation of fresh Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) refrigerated containers "from farmland to dining table and from branches to tip of tongue".
In order to ensure safe and efficient transportation, the railway departments of China and Laos arrange the transportation plan in advance, and coordinate the loading and unloading, manpower and transportation resources according to the principle of rapid organization and priority hanging of fresh goods. China Railway Container Co., Ltd. gives full play to the advantages of regional joint labor cooperation, focuses on all links of highway and railway multimodal transport at home and abroad, designs convenient and efficient whole process international logistics solutions, matches the transportation capacity resources of highway and railway in advance, realizes the "zero waiting" of each cold chain container, and greatly improves the efficiency and efficiency of the international trade supply chain.
"After the cold chain containerized fruits entered the country through the highway port, strict disinfection and sterilization and nucleic acid sampling were adopted. After the owner provided us with the negative nucleic acid sampling certificate and disinfection and sterilization certificate, the railway department contacted a professional disinfection and sterilization company to conduct disinfection and sterilization on the site again after the loading operation was completed." Said Wang Junfeng, head of freight transportation at Mohan station of China Railway Kunming bureau group.
At present, the designated regulatory site for imported grain and fruits at Mohan port of China Laos railway is under accelerated application and construction. After the completion and operation, imported agricultural and sideline products can be transported through the China Laos railway, and the transportation efficiency will be greatly improved. At that time, the grain and fruits of Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and other ASEAN countries can be transported by China Laos railway, sold to the Chinese market, and unblocked China's international economic cycle.
It is reported that China is the main export and consumption market of Thai fruits, of which the mainland market accounts for 65% and Hong Kong accounts for 4%. In the first quarter of this year, the total trade value between Yunnan and Laos was 2.92 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 47.2%. Railway transportation grew at a high speed, and the proportion increased from 3.2% in 2021 to 24.6%.
Since the China Laos railway was put into operation on December 3, 2021, the railway department has seized the great opportunity, made good use of the large channel, strengthened the logistics, developed the large industry and promoted the large opening up, effectively maintained and operated the China Laos railway, developed and constructed the along the line, and created a golden line to benefit the people of the two countries.
