A train loaded with goods – including auto parts, glass products and textiles – left Ereenhot Port in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on March 13, officials said, as the border checkpoint and land port to neighboring Mongolia continued to handle record number of international freight trains. 

According to information from the China Railway Hohhot Bureau on March 13, imports and exports transported by China-Europe freight trains through Ereenhot Port this year exceeded 30,000 TEUs, or Twenty-feet Equivalent Units.

As of March 13, Ereenhot Port has so far this year inspected and released 295 trains running between China and destinations in Europe, a year-on-year increase of 20.4 percent.

The total included 188 inbound China-Europe freight trains, a year-on-year increase of 27.6 percent; and 107 outbound trains, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent.

The number of containers handed by the China-Europe trains reached 30,000 TEUs, an increase of 61.3 percent year on year.

Ereenhot Port is the largest border checkpoint or land port in China that opens to neighboring Mongolia. It is across the border from Zamyn-Uud in Mongolia and 714 kilometers away from Mongolia’s capital city, Ulaanbaatar.

Due to its unique location advantages and convenient customs clearance environment, the port is responsible for more than 60 percent of the rail and road freight transportation traffic between China and Mongolia.