A cargo train carrying 84 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of fully assembled vehicles departed on Monday from Chongqing, a major municipality in southwest China. The vehicles are enroute to a Chinese coastal port via the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, from where they will be shipped by sea to Chancay Port in Peru.
This shipment marks a milestone, as it is the first time the trade corridor has been used to connect with Peru’s Chancay Port. The cargo will travel to the Beibu Gulf Port in Guangxi, southern China, where it will be transferred to an ocean freighter headed for South America.
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a major component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), designed to link inland regions of western China to international markets by combining railway and maritime routes.
Chancay Port, located in Peru, stands out as South America’s first smart and eco-friendly deep-sea port. Developed as a key BRI project between China and Peru, the port has significantly reduced the shipping time for South American exports to Asia, from around 35 days to just 25.
According to the corridor’s operating company, a second intermodal cargo train from Chongqing to Chancay Port is already scheduled to depart in July, reinforcing the growing connectivity between China and Latin America.
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