Industry conference to discuss the direction of digital China-Europe freight train

This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, that digitalization of China-Europe freight trains has been discussed.

Soaring demand for China-Europe freight trains

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Due to the impact of the epidemic, sea and air capacity has been reduced, and a large number of goods have flooded into the China-Europe freight train.

In the first half of 2020, the "China-Europe freight train" transported 3.67 million pieces of epidemic prevention materials for international cooperation, a total of 27,000 tons. The cargo volume soared by 47%, and the total cargo volume reached 461,000 TEU, up 41% year-on-year.

The large increase in cargo volume is the direct cause of the "big traffic jam" on the China-Europe freight train.

Due to the traffic jam at the ports, the approval for the temporary plan of China-Europe freight trains going to Horgos and Alashankou will be suspended from June 24 to 30. During this period, some freight trains will be postponed.

Temporary plans have been suspended on all train routes, and congestion continues even with reduced shipments.

The soaring demand of China-Europe freight trains puts forward higher requirements for the capacity of China-Europe freight trains. At the same time, it also requires the digital management service of China-Europe freight trains to improve the working efficiency of China-Europe freight trains.

There is still room for improvement in digital management

The digitization of China-Europe freight train has always been a difficult problem to be solved.

As early as 2015, Belarusian Railways launched a specialized information system called "Electronic Transport", which allows customers to conduct logistics operations within Belarus using electronic documents. A year later, the system was used on the Kaliningrad - Lithuania-Belarus route.

In December 2018, electronic filing systems were also launched on the Russia-Latvia-Belarus line.

In 2019, the China-Europe freight train construction special conference was held. Ning Jizhe, deputy director of the "Belt and Road" construction steering group office and deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that the new goal of the China-Europe freight train in 2019 is to accelerate the informatization construction of the China-Europe freight train and create digital freight train.

On July 20, 2020, wang group released on further specification issues such as the league of nations waybill fill the notice, to optimize the environment of port business, promote trade facilitation, give play to the role of "digital ports" system, railway station and the customs, foreign railway and foreign trade enterprises to the requirements of the various data sharing and improve the efficiency of railway international multimodal transport.

From 2015 to 2020, the digitization journey of China-Europe freight trains has been completed for five years, but there are still many goals to be achieved.

In the construction of digital freight trains, the direction of the enterprise

At the online meeting on the development prospects of China-Russia and China-Europe freight trains, Li Muyuan, the executive vice president and secretary general of China Container Industry Association, pointed out that the service of Chinese characters is an inevitable trend of the continuous upgrading of China-Europe freight trains and an important way to promote the trade development of countries along the routes of China-Europe freight trains.

Mr. Li stressed that one of the important tasks of the digital service of China-Europe Railway Express is to realize the electronic transportation documents of China-Europe Railway Express, and to realize the unification of documents between the Railway Cooperation Organization (OSJD) and the International Intergovernmental Organization for Railway Cargo Transport (Otif).

Under the guidance of the "One Belt and One Road" policy, railways, freight train platforms, customs ports and enterprises of all countries are participants and builders of digital China-Europe freight trains, making practical contributions to the digitization of China-Europe freight trains.

For the figure of electronic waybill, the vice president of Russia Railway proposed that Russia is promoting the electronic information interaction with the port customs, and the cargo declaration is adopted in electronic declaration, and the paperless pilot is carried out, and the customs department of the terminal station in Russia will complete the customs clearance procedures in electronic form.

CRCT puts special emphasis on improving customs data transmission, strengthening data exchange among China Railway, Russia Railway, Harbin Railway and Mongolia Railway, and further strengthening the digital construction of China-Europe freight trains.

Sinotrans proposed to promote cooperation on mutual recognition of AEO between China and the EU, include the major cities of China-Europe freight trains in the pilot "AEO Trade" between China and the EU, and establish negotiation channels including mail, e-commerce, cold chain and regulatory mechanism, so as to achieve "one-stop" customs clearance.

Ms. Zhu Luzhi, General Manager of Dayang Logistics Group, also shared the practical work of Dayang in the construction of logistics management informatization. Dayang independent research and development of intelligent logistics management system, standardize the transport process management, reduce redundant links, improve the work efficiency of employees. At the same time, a data sharing platform will be established to share logistics information of China-Europe freight trains with peers and customers, so as to reduce information time difference.

Digitization of China-Europe freight trains is bound to promote the high-quality and market-oriented development of China-Europe freight trains. At present, we still have a lot of work to complete and many problems to be solved. Dayang also calls on the operators of China-Europe freight trains to join hands to build a smart logistics big data platform, share data from all parties, and create a mutually beneficial and win-win future of sound development.