Dalian, China: China’s first refrigerated-container train left for Moscow from northeast China’s Dalian last week, marking the opening of a new transport link between the two countries.
The new refrigerated-freight line is 8,600km long, with trains taking about 10 days to reach Moscow. The train carried products including pears from Hebei, pomelos (citrus fruit) from Guangdong and garlic from Shandong.
After crossing the border, goods switched to a Russian freight train in Baikal, Siberia.
The new transport link will shorten the journey time by 60% as the old route used sea and rail travel.
