{"id":20227,"date":"2022-01-28T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/28\/rail-service-between-kunming-china-and-vientiane-laos-sees-significant-uptake-with-road-congestion\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T02:00:00","slug":"rail-service-between-kunming-china-and-vientiane-laos-sees-significant-uptake-with-road-congestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/28\/rail-service-between-kunming-china-and-vientiane-laos-sees-significant-uptake-with-road-congestion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail service between Kunming, China and Vientiane, Laos sees significant uptake with road congestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<ul>\n<li>China-Vietnam<br \/>\nroad border crossing presently experiencing delays by 20-30 days <\/li>\n<li>DHL<br \/>\nGlobal Forwarding, the first international forwarder to launch the two-way<br \/>\nChina-Laos rail service, sees rapid demand with 20-24 hour transit time and costs<br \/>\nup to 50% less than airfreight <\/li>\n<li>Vientiane<br \/>\nand Kunming key as multimodal hubs for China-ASEAN trade <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SHANGHAI, CHINA &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a> &#8211; 28 January 2022 &#8211; Heavy road<br \/>\ncongestions on the China-Vietnam border due to local COVID-19 related<br \/>\nsituations have resulted in soaring demand for newly launched two-way<br \/>\nChina-Laos rail services facilitating trade between China and ASEAN. Over 2000<br \/>\ntrucks are in the queue on both sides of the main connection Pingxiang (China) bordering<br \/>\nLang S&#8217;on (Vietnam), causing delays of up to 20-30 days. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img width=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/Thumb\/500x0\/217647\/DHL-Tr.jpg#image-217647\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/Thumb\/500x0\/217647\/DHL-Tr.jpg#image-217647\" width=\"500\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The alternative border at<br \/>\nDongxin (China) bordering Mong Cai (Vietnam), which reopened on 10 January, is<br \/>\nstill experiencing backlogs. Both congestions are expected to continue through<br \/>\nto the Lunar New Year. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DHL Global Forwarding, the<br \/>\nleading international freight specialist division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, and<br \/>\nthe first international forwarder to launch a two-way rail freight service<br \/>\nbetween Kunming, China and Vientiane, Laos has seen significant uptake with a<br \/>\ndaily connection in each direction for its service on the newly opened China-Laos<br \/>\nrailway. The rail service shortens transit time between Kunming and Vientiane<br \/>\nto about \u00a020 \u2013 24 hours, compared to 20-30 days with the present congestion<br \/>\nthrough Vietnam. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Rail-truck solution between<br \/>\nChina &amp; Southeast Asia: Key to keeping supply chains\u00a0 running <\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We launched the China-Laos Railway service in<br \/>\nDecember and it was just in time. The backlogs on the road borders between<br \/>\nChina and Vietnam are not likely to clear before Chinese New Year, and it is<br \/>\nreally critical during this peak season to have the rail alternative,&#8221; said Steve Huang, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding<br \/>\nGreater China. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to<br \/>\nthe two-way rail service between Laos and China, we&#8217;ve been able to help<br \/>\ncustomers keep their delivery timelines with limited delays. The service<br \/>\nstrategically positions Laos, a land-locked country, as a land-linked hub. DHL<br \/>\nGlobal Forwarding has the most extensive road and rail services in the region,<br \/>\nand our customers moving goods between China and ASEAN countries now have a<br \/>\nstrong viable alternative between air and ocean freight,&#8221; Thomas Tieber, CEO,<br \/>\nDHL Global Forwarding Southeast Asia said. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Peak<br \/>\nseason relief: Faster, Cheaper freight from China to ASEAN<\/b><\/p>\n<p>DHL&#8217;s scheduled service using<br \/>\nthe new China-Laos Railway is one of the six international economic corridors<br \/>\nunder China&#8217;s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Laos section of the railway<br \/>\nis 414-km that connects Kunming (China) to Boten, Laos&#8217; northern border with<br \/>\nChina, to Vientiane in<br \/>\nthe south, on its border with Thailand. The route cuts the journey time from<br \/>\nVientiane to the Chinese border to less than four hours, compared to 15 hours<br \/>\nby road (in normal conditions). At Boten, the railway will connect with the BRI<br \/>\nnetwork at Kunming, China, through another 595-km railway link, providing Laos<br \/>\nwith a land link to global and regional supply chains. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DHL&#8217;s scheduled service leveraging<br \/>\nthe China-Laos Railway runs in both directions between China and ASEAN<br \/>\nmarkets, including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, and<br \/>\nIndonesia, providing an attractive, highly cost-efficient alternative when<br \/>\nlogistics costs are at an all time high. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two-way service combines<br \/>\ntrucking from all over China to the hub in Kunming, running through the<br \/>\nChina-Laos railroad, then onward with DHL&#8217;s established road network service and<br \/>\nback, with significant cost savings and competitive transit times, providing a<br \/>\nviable transportation alternative. Examples of the services include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chengdu &#8211; Bangkok \u2013 road\/rail services are<br \/>\n78% cheaper and 2 days faster than airfreight <\/li>\n<li>Kuala Lumpur &#8211; Chengdu &#8211; road\/rail services<br \/>\nare 70% cheaper, same transit time compared to airfreight <\/li>\n<li>Shanghai \u2013 Singapore &#8211; road\/rail services<br \/>\nare 38% cheaper, 4 days longer compared to airfreight <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Note to<br \/>\neditors:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Find out more<br \/>\nabout DHL&#8217;s road and multimodal logistics offerings, with its <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lot.dhl.com\/road-freight-en-route-to-brighter-future-beyond-covid-19\/\" rel=\"sponsored\"><i>road freight services<\/i><\/a><i> on the rise<br \/>\nin Southeast Asia, and a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lot.dhl.com\/the-belt-and-road-initiative-breathes-life-into-one-of-chinas-oldest-cities\/\" rel=\"sponsored\"><i>rail freight service<\/i><\/a><i> <\/i><i>from Xi&#8217;an in China to Hamburg and Neuss in Germany, that<br \/>\ncut transit time down by over 40 percent. <\/i><i>Read more<\/i><i> on DHL&#8217;s Logistics of Things.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/china\/2022\/01\/28\/118114\/rail-service-between-kunming-china-and-vientiane-laos-sees-significant-uptake-with-road-congestion\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China-Vietnam road border crossing presently experiencing delays by 20-30 days DHL Global Forwarding, the first international forwarder to launch the two-way China-Laos rail service, sees rapid demand with 20-24 hour transit time and costs up to 50% less than airfreight Vientiane and Kunming key as multimodal hubs for China-ASEAN trade SHANGHAI, CHINA &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach &#8211; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}