China-Mongolia border port sees robust growth in freight transport in Q1

Photo taken on Jan 8, 2021 shows freight trains at Erenhot Port in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]

HOHHOT -- Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, has seen robust growth in China-Europe freight trains in the first quarter of this year, according to the local railway authorities.

From January to March, the port handled a total of 734 China-Europe freight trains, up 25.7 percent year-on-year.

As of April 17, the port had handled 863 such trains and 89,536 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers, with imported and exported freight weighing more than 3.1 million metric tons.

The port in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region now serves 57 China-Europe freight-train routes, connecting over 60 overseas destinations across more than 10 countries.