News / Demand for China-Europe rail services slows as congestion brings delay

Demand for China-Europe rail freight has dipped over the past two weeks, a knock-on effect from China’s Golden Week holiday and the power shortages impacting factory production.

Nevertheless, congestion in Poland, as well as Covid cases at Khorgos, the key boarder crossing and transhipment point in Kazakhstan, means there are still long delays, according to Chengdu-based New Silk Road Intermodal (NSR).

Jacky Yan, the forwarder’s founder and CEO, told The Loadstar: “New cases in Khorgos City have led to the temporary closure ...