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China imports: faltering on the railways

During the COVID-19 pandemic, companies discovered railways as an alternative for transporting goods from China to Europe. Since 2016, volumes have increased tenfold. Russia’s war in Ukraine is starting to have an impact. Contractors fear the sanctions and worry about insurance coverage.

When a freight train rolls out of the Chinese mega-city of Chongqing to haul containers to Germany, it has 10,800 kilometers of track and two weeks of travel ahead. The average speed is only 32 kilometers per hour. But that’s still significantly faster than the sea route and much cheaper than the plane.

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