{"id":539927,"date":"2026-05-07T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=539927"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:24:34","slug":"rail-container-transit-from-china-to-europe-rises-45-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/rail-container-transit-from-china-to-europe-rises-45-in-march","title":{"rendered":"Rail Container Transit From China to Europe Rises 45% in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Rail container transit from China to Europe increased in March amid threats to shipping routes in the Middle East. Russian Transport and Communications Minister <b>Andrei Nikitin<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/iz.ru\/2092235\/maksim-bazanov\/evropa-i-kitaj-stali-chashche-torgovat-tranzitom-cherez-rf\">told<\/a> Izvestia about the trend.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cAt the same time, the joint project of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus \u2014 the fastest rail container service between China and Europe \u2014 continues to develop. Against the backdrop of threats in the Red Sea and instability in the operation of the Suez Canal, shippers\u2019 interest in this route has increased: in March 2026, the volume of container transportation between China and Europe through the territories of these countries rose by 45%, from 21,000 TEU to 31,000 TEU,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, rail delivery from the western industrial regions of China to Europe takes 12-15 days. Sea transport currently takes 40-45 days.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, this route was often used for deliveries of electronics. However, because of European Union sanctions, such goods have almost completely disappeared from the route. It is now mainly used for parcels from Chinese online marketplaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rail container transit from China to Europe increased in March amid threats to shipping routes in the Middle East. Russian Transport and Communications Minister Andrei Nikitin told Izvestia about the trend. \u201cAt the same time, the joint project of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus \u2014 the fastest rail container service between China and Europe \u2014 continues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":494289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69fc4c4589c42.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Rail Container Transit From China to Europe Rises 45% in March"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}