HANOI (Vietnam Information/Asia Information Community): The Railways of Transport and Commerce Joint Inventory Firm (Ratraco) has introduced {that a} new freight hyperlink between the central metropolis of Danang and Europe is to be launched early this month.
The prepare will carry 23 containers of furnishings from the well-known Swedish model IKEA.
The prepare will cease at Dong Dang Worldwide Railway Station of the northern border province of Lạng Sơn to get customs clearance so it may well transfer to Zhengzhou Railway Station in China earlier than connecting to the Asia-Europe prepare to succeed in its vacation spot.
The IKEA merchandise will likely be delivered to a number of cities, together with Liege of Belgium, Hamburg of Germany, and Melzo of Italy.
This comes after a freight prepare left Hanoi for Belgium for the primary time in July final yr carrying containers of clothes, textiles, and leather-based sneakers.
The route goes between Yên Viên Railway Station in Hanoi and the Belgian metropolis of Liege, the place the containers are then unloaded earlier than being despatched by truck to their ultimate vacation spot, the Dutch port metropolis of Rotterdam.
In line with the Vietnam Railway Company, worldwide railway freight transport service posted optimistic progress final yr and in January.
Regardless of the pandemic, almost 1.16 million tonnes of products have been transported by trains in 2021, surging 34 per cent in comparison with final yr.
Of notice, the Dong Dang Worldwide Railway Station witnessed surges of 82 per cent within the quantity of products and 117 per cent in carriage frequency within the fourth quarter of final yr.
The exports have been primarily ore, sulphur, chemical compounds, electronics, in addition to clothes and textiles.
