New Intl Western Land-Sea Corridor sees rapid growth

In the first seven months of this year, the New International Western Land-Sea Corridor's rail-sea intermodal trains carried 872,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEU), up 75.3 percent year-on-year. The trains reached 800,000 TEUs on July 13, 130 days earlier than last year.

The corridor boosts enterprises' global expansion. For example, 1,271 Changan cars were shipped from Chongqing to Qinzhou Port via JSQ trains, then exported to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Inner Mongolia also launched its first "Baotou-Tieshan Port" train for soda chemicals on July 30.

Infrastructure and efficiency have improved. Mahuang Station, handling over 90 percent of Beibu Gulf Port's rail-sea cargo, added 14 tracks, raising capacity by 25 percent. New energy vehicle unloading time was cut from 30 to 10 hours per train.

By late July 2025, the corridor served 162 domestic stations, connected 571 ports in 127 countries, and transported 1,291 cargo types, linking western China to global markets.