"There are often long lines here, and it usually takes an hour or two to come in and unload."
At the entrance to the Cei-China express port at Yiwu West Railway Station, the long motorcade became a worry for master Song, the driver. "I brought a busload of clothes from Wenzhou to get here.
Because of the epidemic, the air transportation was greatly affected. In order to deliver the goods as soon as possible, my boss asked me to deliver the goods to Yiwu and let them go to Yixinou."
Since the spread of coVID-19 around the world, uncertainties in global economic and trade development and instability in global industrial and supply chains have increased significantly.
While sea and air transport have been affected by the epidemic to varying degrees, Yixin Europe has bucked the trend. In the first July of this year, it started to ship 33,452 standard boxes with 404 trains, and its shipping revenue reached 262 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 211.1%.
On February 10, after being approved by all departments to be qualified for the resumption of work, Yixinou completed its first departure after the Spring Festival -- 86 containers with auto parts were hoisted onto the plate of "Yixinou" China-Europe freight train (Yiwu Minsk) Geely, which left at 16:00 and arrived in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, 14 days later.
Subsequently, Yixin Europe successively launched the first china-Europe freight train carrying epidemic prevention supplies, the first China-Europe freight train with China Post, the first china-Spain international cooperation epidemic prevention supplies train, the European Toy train and the Geely Auspicious Logistics train.
The normalized operation of Yiwu new Europe has become the Gospel for the majority of businesses.
"After the outbreak, the cargo that needs to be sent to Europe has been greatly affected."
Mr. Zhang, a merchant in Yiwu International Trade City, said, "European airlines have stopped or reduced flights, and the transportation price has risen from 39 yuan per kilogram to 70 yuan. We can't afford such high transportation costs."
After negotiation, the final goods will be shipped to Europe through Yixin Europe. "The transportation price of China-Europe freight train is at least 50% cheaper than that of air freight, and it can reach the destination in about 15 days, which is the most economical and convenient transportation mode.
At the same time, for the characteristics of small goods, also can take the way of consolidation cabinet.
The volume of small commodities is small, and sometimes the shipment quantity is not very large. The goods of one family cannot fit into one container, so we can combine several commodities into one container, which can also reduce the cost for us."
"Said Mr. Zhang.
According to the person in charge of Yiwu Tianmian Industrial Investment Co., LTD, the operator of Yiwu New Europe, Yiwu New Europe has become the main transport channel for goods to Europe since the outbreak of the epidemic -- "First, the railway cargo handling is contactless, which is more secure in epidemic prevention;
Second, the cost of transportation is lower than air transportation and the time is shorter than sea transportation."
At the same time, in order to realize the safe navigation of international logistics and meteorological information, as well as the forecast, early warning and query of relevant meteorological information, the "black box" for meteorological monitoring has been installed on the Yixinou train.
Through this "black box", the meteorological department can obtain the temperature, humidity, pressure, positioning and other meteorological data on the China-Europe freight train, so as to realize the whole-process monitoring of the freight train.
According to the "black box" feedback data, the meteorological department can according to the major cities along the railway weather and change trend, combined with the logistics characteristics and meteorological suitability of the goods transported, and then through the China-Europe freight train business logistics meteorological service sharing platform, the full monitoring of the container inside and outside the meteorological environment.
Up to now, yiwu send line has reached 12 central trains operation, set up four branches in central Europe trains along five logistics distribution center, unicom the Eurasian 37 countries and regions, become the country's largest, the highest load rate, to operating direction across the country, most one of the longest trains operating lines in central Europe in the transport line.