Published on: 2026-07-16
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Beijing, July 16 /Xinhua/ — On July 15, a train loaded with 40 standard containers of goods departed from the international land port of the city of Tianjin /Northern China/ to Kazakhstan, marking the start of regular cargo train service between Tianjin and Kazakhstan, operating as part of multimodal rail-road transportation, reported the Chinese news agency “Zhongguo Xinwen She” on its website.
The aforementioned train will cross the border through the Bakhtu checkpoint of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region /Northwest China/. Then the goods it carries will be transported by road to the Kazakh cities of Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent, as well as to the Sorokovaya railway station in that country.
The range of transported cargo includes consumer goods, agricultural equipment, industrial components, manufacturing equipment, and auto parts. In particular, household appliances and auto parts will be delivered to Almaty, irrigation machines to Sorokovaya station, electrical fittings to Astana, and equipment for corrugated cardboard factories to Shymkent.
It is reported that this transportation scheme combines the advantages of the large capacity of railways, the low cost of rail transport, and the high flexibility of road transport, allowing for efficient reduction of transportation time.
The CEO of the international dry port company in Tianjin, Guo Chunning, noted that multimodal transport under the “rail-road” scheme, characterized by great flexibility, wide coverage, and a rich assortment of transported goods, provides a stable and efficient channel for exporting goods from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to Central Asia.
According to him, a unified service system was established at the international land port of the city of Tianjin, encompassing the receipt of goods directly from consignors, tracking of cargo delivery, and intermediary customs declaration services.
In the future, this port will densify the network of transport routes to Central Asia and increase the number of foreign cities it covers, as well as make efforts to create regional cross-border integrated logistics and collection-distribution centers to better facilitate the joint implementation of the “Belt and Road” initiative, emphasized Guo Chunling.
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