News / Khorgos could be China's gateway to win Asia-Europe air freight volumes for rail

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The significance of China’s mammoth “One Belt, One Road” initiative for Asia-Europe rail freight is beginning to emerge, delegates heard at the JOC TPM Asia conference in Shenzhen last week – and it could literally decimate Asia-Europe air cargo volumes.

Khorgos Gateway, a new free-trade zone on the Kazakhstan-China border – and a good example of China’s drive to connect its inland provinces with central Asia and Europe by land – could be one of a number of catalysts to help ...