China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport

An aerial photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a container yard at an automated container terminal of Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

An aerial photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a vessel unloading containers at an automated container terminal of Qinzhou Port at sunset in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

A freight train for rail-sea intermodal service runs on tracks of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on March 5, 2025. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

An aerial photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a night view of Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

An aerial drone photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a scene during the night operation of an automated container terminal at Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

An aerial photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a vessel about to dock and unload containers at Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.

This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)