Jiangxi’s Nanchang land port surpasses 10,000 sea-rail freight train trips

Nanchang International Land Port in Jiangxi province, China, has surpassed 10,000 sea-rail intermodal freight train trips, marking a significant milestone in the province's international logistics expansion. As of July 31, the port completed 10,061 such trips. This achievement comes after nearly a decade of growth, with the first sea-rail intermodal freight service beginning on February 15, 2017, connecting Nanchang's Xiangtang town to Yantian Port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

In November 2021, the port was designated as one of the first national logistics hubs in Jiangxi's 14th Five-Year Plan period, becoming the first of its kind in the region. Since then, the port has established 12 sea-rail routes and 13 China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight routes, serving 134 countries and regions, including Ningbo, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.

In the first seven months of 2023 alone, the port handled 1,212 foreign trade freight train trips, an 8.03 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022, making it the highest total in Jiangxi. The port's efficiency improvements include the dispatch of China's first train under a new customs supervision model in January, which reduces logistics time by one to three days, and a 17.2 percent proportion of sea-rail shipments handled under a single-document system.

Furthermore, the port collaborates with Nanchang Xiaolan Economic and Technological Development Zone, a major automobile manufacturing hub, with 82,100 finished vehicles and vehicle kits exported through the port in the first seven months of 2023, up 43.17 percent year-on-year.