A freight train carrying 40 TEUs of hardware products arrives at Wenzhou Port in March. [Photo/66wz.com]
The intermodal freight transport capabilities of Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province have been improving in recent years, local media outlets reported.
The latest improvement in its overall strength was made possible by Wenzhou Port for managing the transshipment of trains with 92 TEUs of barley from Kazakhstan and then transporting them by inland water to the port of neighboring city Jiaxing.
Via inland water transportation, the TEUs were transferred directly on the water from small tonnage ships to large tonnage vessels.
It was the first time Wenzhou Port handled such a transfer, marking the city's success in the reasonably-priced rail-sea intermodal business as well as its enhanced connectivity with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Wenzhou's first rail-sea intermodal trains departed on July 29, 2021. The system has offered stable, efficient and economical services to mostly Southeast Asian countries at a frequency of three to four times per week. So far, a total of 3,828 TEUs of cargo have been shipped under the model.
