Xi'an Kazakhstan-China terminal lifts 10,524 TEU in 4 months
THE volume of transit container shipments through the Kazakhstan-China terminal in Xi'an (Shaanxi Province, northwestern China) from January through April 2025 amounted to 10,524 TEU, which is equivalent to 126,288 tonnes via Kazakhstan Railways.
"Currently, the terminal in Xi'an has a capacity of 133,000 TEU per year. Last year, more than 276,000 tonnes (about 23,000 TEU) were transported through this terminal. By 2030, the volume is planned to increase to 83,000 TEU per year," the statement reads.
The construction of the terminal in Xi'an began in May 2023, and it started operating in February 2024. Thanks to its launch, container shipments from China via the Trans-Caspian route (TITR or the Middle Corridor) grew 33 times last year.
Xi'an is a key transit hub for China and the country's largest dry port. Over 30 per cent of container trains heading to Europe are formed here, and about 40 per cent of imports from the CIS countries pass through this port.
The TITR is an international route that runs from China through Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, and Georgia to Europe, according to Baku, Azerbaijan's Trend News Agency.
source:Schednet
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