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Belarus reports record transit container trains. Compared to 2020, the increase is more than 25%.

Belarus reports record transit container trains. Compared to 2020, the increase is more than 25%.
photo: Belarusian Railway/Belarus reports record transit container trains. Compared to 2020, the increase is more than 25%.
13 / 01 / 2022

According to preliminary results of the work in 2021, the Belarusian Railways transported more than 1 million 245 thousand containers in TEU, which is 25% more than in 2020. On December 30, 2021, the 10,000th transit container train passed on the Belarusian Railways.

The volume of transport of transit containers increased by 29% and amounted to about 930 thousand containers in TEU, including transport China - Europe - China increased 1.3 times. Currently, container trains connect 60 cities in China with 170 cities in 23 European countries.

In 2021, the volume of exported goods in containers increased by 14%. According to preliminary data,  the increase reached more than 70,000 TEUs, of which about 24,000 TEUs got shipped in the direction of China, which is 105 % more than in 2020.

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