Wuhan city -- capital of Central China's Hubei province -- is to develop its comprehensive logistics system so as to achieve the lowest costs and highest benefits -- according to local media reports.
To that end, a new combined international sea-rail transport logistics channel was officially launched in Wuhan on Dec 12, with the first two containers originally from a Toyota plant in Japan departing from Wuhan, bound for Duisburg city in Germany.
With the launch of the logistics channel, the transportation time of goods from Japan to Europe will be shortened from the 45 days to about 22 days.
In recent years, an international logistics network system has been formed, using marine shipping lines and the China-Europe Freight Train (Wuhan) -- with Wuhan as its transit hub.
On Nov 28 last year, Wuhan launched a direct shipping route for container vessels linking the city with Japan, marking the first international shipping route in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. To date, 58 trips have been made.
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Wuhan will focus on establishing a national logistics hub for ports, land, airports, production services and business services. It will develop a modern logistics system with a wider distribution area, a stronger agglomeration effect, as well as better services functions and a higher operating efficiency.
To achieve its goals, Wuhan will focus on the port. It will reduce its distribution costs, build a Central China logistics base, as well as a logistics center-logistics distribution network.
