A train carrying 24 tons of frozen cooked shrimp from Songkhla Province of Thailand arrived in southwest China's Kunming City on Friday, marking the beginning of frozen aquatic product transportation via the Lancang-Mekong Express service of the China-Laos Railway.
The pilot project represents another important expansion of the categories of cross-border goods transported via the China-Laos Railway.
The shrimp will undergo strict quality and safety inspections at a local cold-chain logistics center before being sold as Spring Festival offerings to consumers nationwide.
According to Liu Qiang, general manager of the international freight train subsidiary of the Yunnan Energy Investment Company, the shipment of shrimp also utilized road freight as part of its transportation journey.
"Compared with traditional sea and road transport, this innovative road-rail intermodal transport can save about 14 days, effectively reducing transportation costs and improving logistics efficiency," Liu said.
Since the full operation of the China-Laos Railway on Dec 3, 2021, the total cargo throughput of the railway has exceeded 50 million tons, including 11.58 million tons of cross-border goods.
The Spring Festival, the most important traditional festival in China, will fall on Jan 29 in 2025.
Thai seafood enters Chinese market via China-Laos Railway
