News / Cosco starts China’s first full intermodal service for vehicle exports

Cars packed in COSCO containers

Photo: Cosco

By Martina Li in Taiwan

19/09/2023

Cosco Shipping Lines has launched China’s first complete vehicle export intermodal route.

Last week, in two separate shipments, electric vehicles from Chinese car maker SAIC were loaded in more than 400 containers in Zhengzhou and Fuzhou, before being railed and trucked, to Qingdao and Shenzhen, to be shipped to Italy and the Netherlands, respectively.

Following the 28-hour rail trip from Zhengzhou, the containers arrived in Qingdao port, and were loaded onto the 20,000 teu Cosco Gemini, which will carry the cars to ...

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