Freight volumes UTLC on New Silk Road up 40% this year 26/10/18

July 2018

UTLC transported more than 100 thousand TEUs on the China-Europe route in the first half of this year. These volumes account for a 40% rise compared to the first six months last year. In June a record figure of 22 thousand TEUs was reached.

As an operator, UTLC is responsible for regular container trains between China and Europe. It operated 1287 trains on the corridor this year, with the 1000th train on track last month. This train was on transit from Chongqing in China to Duisburg in Germany. It entered Europe through the border crossing of Kaliningrad, an earmark transit route of UTLC.

Earlier this year, UTLC explained that westbound rail freight traffic still represents the majority of freight volumes. However, this year saw a major increase in eastbound rail freight. At the Global Rail Freight Conference held in Genoa last month, UTLC said that capacity is still available on the 1520 mm gauge network. Terminals still have reserve capacity. We are ready to handle more containers, and one million TEUs is our current target volume.

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