HIGHLIGHTS
- The train included 23 containers carrying goods such as machinery, office equipment, and textiles.
- The route is Vietnam, Chongqing (China) then straight to Europe.
- Ratraco representatives announced that they would continue to deploy container trains through China to go to Europe.
FULL ARTICLE
Railway Trading and Transport Joint Stock Company (Ratraco) partnered with NLS Company (China) to organize specialized container trains Hanoi – Trung Khanh and Europe.
Train schedule
23 containers of machinery, office equipment, and textiles were transported from Yen Vien to Dong Dang station. Total value of this consignment was about 2.26 million USD.
After carrying out the customs clearance, the Chinese locomotive towed the train to Pingxiang station (China) to head to Chongqing. By schedule, the train will arrive in Chongqing in the next 5 days.
![The first container train with the route Vietnam-Chongqing-Europe](https://logistician.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tau_vnsangtk.jpg)
Then, the entire shipment will be connected to the Asia – European container train to continue the journey to the center of Europe as planned.
Promoting the deployment of container trains
After this cooperation, the two sides continue to promote the exploitation of goods transportation by trains every Wednesday and Sunday from Vietnam to China.
Previously, Ratraco Company also coordinated with Maersk Group and another Chinese partner successfully organized container trains from Vietnam to Zhengzhou (China), thereby connecting to the Asian – Europe train to Belgium.
![The first container train from Vietnam to Belgium](https://logistician.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tau_vnsangbi.jpg)
Ratraco’s representative announced that they were working with partners to implement special trains to new destinations such as Xi’an, Xiamen, etc, from which goods can then proceed to destinations in Europe.
Van Anh
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