China on Friday issued the country's first "single consignment note" bill for multimodal container transport, marking the official launch of a new container transport mechanism.
On Friday, a train service originating from Xinjiang arrived at Tianjin Port. The train carried 3,000 tons of aluminum bars, which will be further transported to Guangdong's Dongguan Port by a container ship. This shipment was jointly handled by the China State Railway Urumqi Bureau and a logistics company in Shanghai.
It marks a significant progress in China's railway multimodal transport, achieving a complete "one-time consignment, one document and one container throughout, and one settlement" transport system.
"As the operators of multimodal transport, railway transport enterprises are responsible for the overall planning of the entire transport chain, ensuring a "one-stop" service throughout the journey. According to the first shipment, transportation costs have been reduced by 30 yuan (around 4.14 U.S. dollars) per ton, while the transport time has decreased from the original 22 days to approximately 16 days," said Liu Yang, deputy head of freight department, Urumqi branch, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd..
In the future, the scope of "single consignment note" transport services will gradually expand, effectively lowering overall logistics costs and transport time.
China launches "single consignment note" for multimodal container transport
