Suzhou-based company opens new road transport route to Europe

Suzhou-based Sino-Europe Trucking Logistics Service Co., Ltd. recently announced that it has opened a new road transport route between China and Europe, through which it takes only 20 days for trucks to travel from China's core economic areas to EU countries and about 25 days to arrive in the UK.

A truck bearing the plate of Suzhou boarded a ferry bound for Romania at the Poti Sea Port in Georgia on the night of Feb. 8. The truck, loaded with 20-tonne energy storage units, departed from Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province on the evening of Jan. 20, passed through countries and regions including Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan, and arrived in the Port of Constanța in Romania on the night of Feb. 10. The cargo is scheduled to reach other EU destinations in the next three days. This marks the first China-Europe freight truck using the newly-opened route.

The route also reaches countries rich in energy and resources in West Asia, the Middle East, and South Europe, serving as another gateway for Belt and Road Initiative partner countries and providing great opportunities for Chinese companies.

As a pioneer in freight truck service, Sino-Europe Trucking opened its first road transport route between China and EU countries back in 2018, realizing door-to-door road transport between Suzhou and Germany in just 15 days. The transit time of China-Europe truck freight is comparable to that of air transport, while costs are about 40% lower. To date, the company has completed over 10,000 truck trips, with a total cargo value exceeding 10 billion yuan.
Source：iSzhou