As the departure city for the China-Central Asia and China-Europe freight rail services, Xiamen offers convenient transportation for international transit containers. [Photo/VCG]

Two containers from Keelong in Taiwan arrived at Xiamen International Cruise Terminal via the "COSCO Star" passenger/cargo ro-ro vessel on Aug 12.

The containers transited in Xiamen for Tashkent in Uzbekistan via the China (Xiamen)-Central Asia freight train on Aug 13, marking the first departure of the Keelong–Xiamen–Uzbekistan sea-railway combined transportation.

The containers are expected to arrive in Tashkent in 15 days.

The China (Xiamen)-Central Asia freight train connects with Kaohsiung port and Keelong port in Taiwan and Ho Chi Minh port in Vietnam via the combined international sea-railway transportation network.

Statistics showed that in July, the customs office in Xiamen's Haicang district supervised 22 China (Xiamen)-Europe freight trains with 1,556 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), at a total value of $82.64 million.