A new channel of the China-Europe land-sea high-speed line between Italy and Slovenia has started
TRIESTE, Italy, June 27 (Xinhua) – A block train service was launched here on Monday to facilitate the transport of products from Chinese home appliance maker Hisense.
The first train on the new line, operated by the Chinese company COSCO SHIPPING, departed from the port of Trieste in northeastern Italy. The train, loaded with 32 containers, is expected to arrive in Velenje, Slovenia, on Tuesday, where Hisense is headquartered in Europe.
The freight train service is part of the China-Europe Land-Sea Express high-speed line, which combines maritime and land transport and stretches from the Greek port city of Piraeus to the hinterland of Europe.
COSCO SHIPPING Executive Vice President Lin Ji said at the Hisense train launch ceremony in Trieste that in the future “electrical products produced by Hisense in Velenje will be transported to Trieste by a block train loaded on COSCO SHIPPING container ships” and shipped to other destinations in Europe and beyond.
Stefano Selvatici, the general manager of the terminal, said he was “confident that this new railway connection will represent a key milestone that will be able to transform the innovative traditional logistics system into a better” Trieste maritime terminal. successful and appropriate. “
Massimiliano Fedriga, President of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where Trieste is located, thanked COSCO SHIPPING and Hisense for recognizing the potential of the Port of Trieste, adding that he hoped that opportunities for commercial cooperation would increase.
Trieste is the fourth canal to be opened on the China-Europe land-sea line in Europe, along the main canal of the port of Piraeus, the Rijeka canal in Croatia and the Valencia-Madrid-Bilbao canal in Spain, COSCO reports. DELIVERY.