Zim launches 'unique' sea-rail service to get Yiwu exports to US quicker

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Zim has launched a sea-rail service to carry electronics and other consumer goods from Yiwu, in China’s Zhejiang province, to Ningbo-Zhoushan port, in Zhejiang, from where they will be shipped to the US west coast.

The service will be operated in collaboration with China Railway and Ningbo-Zhoushan port.

Claimed to be the first of its kind, the sea-rail service transports goods purchased from Yiwu, home of the world’s largest consumer goods e-commerce wholesale market.

Previously, product was trucked to either Ningbo-Zhoushan or Shanghai, taking ...