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By Sam Whelan
Booming China-Europe rail freight has expanded to Vietnam, but high demand and bad weather means lengthy delays.
Due to overstretched deepsea container trades, demand has been growing in South-east Asia for transport connections to Chinese rail hubs, via sea or truck.
Now, with a new Vietnam Railways (VNR) service, Hanoi has a direct rail freight link with Belgium, via Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province.
The railway operator said it was planning eight trips a month, with a journey time of 25-27 days, carrying ...
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THI DIEP NGUYEN
July 30, 2021 at 2:29 amHello,
A small remark that current reliability transit time for sea transport from Vietnam to Hamburg never reached 30-35 days in one year now, even the vessel departed on time.
Therefore the competitiveness of rail solution compared to sea transport is obvious, during the turbulent sea transport market. I don’t agree with the point of interviewee….