With the continuous growth of trade between China and Europe, traditional sea and air transportation modes have certain shortcomings in terms of efficiency, transportation time and services. However, as an important form of railway transportation, China-Europe Railway Express is popular because it can provide faster transportation speed and more controllable service quality. China-Europe Railway Express has developed rapidly under the promotion of “the Belt and Road” Initiative, and has become an important logistics channel between China and Europe. So, the following will analyze the logistics transportation mode of China-Europe Railway Express.
A. The advantages of China-Europe Railway Express
a. Shorten transportation time: Compared to sea and air freight, China-Europe Railway Express can significantly shorten transportation time. It usually only takes about two weeks, which is more than twice faster than sea freight and much cheaper than air freight.
b. Improve transportation efficiency: China-Europe Railway Express can avoid issues such as maritime traffic interruption and air freight restrictions during transportation and improve the controllability and efficiency of transportation. And it is especially suitable for goods with high time requirements.
c. Expand logistics channels: China-Europe Railway Express connects major cities in China and Europe, providing new logistics channels for cross-border trade and enabling European goods to arrive in the Chinese market more quickly.
d. Reduce transportation costs: Compared to air freight, the transportation cost of China-Europe Railway Express is lower. And for some bulk and special goods, China-Europe Railway Express is a more cost-effective option.
B. The development trends of China-Europe Railway Express
a. Expand coverage: With the development and continuous optimization of China-Europe Railway Express, its operating routes are gradually expanding, covering multiple countries including China, Russia, Poland, Germany, France, etc., and may further expand its coverage in the future.
b. Enhance service quality: To enhance the competitiveness of China-Europe Railway Express, relevant countries and enterprises will strengthen the improvement of service quality, including increasing the stability of train operation, improving the level of equipment and facilities and optimizing customs declaration and transportation processes, etc.
c. Promote digitization and intelligence: China-Europe Railway Express is actively promoting digital and intelligent transformation, improving visualization, intelligence level and management efficiency of transportation through the use of IoT technology, artificial intelligence and big data analysis.
C. Suggestions
a. Improve transportation efficiency and timeliness: It is recommended to continue to improve the schedule arrangement of China-Europe Railway Express, optimize vehicle scheduling and cargo distribution management, improve overall transportation efficiency and strengthen service guarantees for special goods such as cold chain transportation.
b. Build a logistics hub: Properly setting up logistics hubs on the operational routes of China-Europe Railway Express, and providing services such as cargo distribution, warehousing, customs clearance, etc., to improve the convenience and integration level of logistics transportation.
c. Strengthen international cooperation: Strengthening cooperation between countries in China and Europe, and jointly promoting the development of China-Europe Railway Express, including strengthening policy coordination, information sharing and standardization.
d. Promote information management: It is recommended to informationize the transportation process of China-Europe Railway Express, strengthen data collection and analysis, improve transportation traceability and operational management level and provide users with higher quality services.
In short, as an important mode of logistics transportation between China and Europe, China-Europe Railway Express has a higher cost-effectiveness, cheaper cost and faster delivery time compared to air and sea freight when transporting goods to European countries. Of course, finding a reliable logistics transportation company is also very important.