BEIJING, March 2 -- Every week, around 30 freight trains from China arrive in Duisburg, a city lying in Germany's Ruhr region and a major hub for China-Europe Railway Express (CRE). As existing facilities have reached capacity limits, a new terminal will be operational this summer to handle the freight from and to China.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Duisburg and other European cities with CRE service witnessed a surge in freight rail traffic with China. The recent Red Sea crisis also led to an increasing demand for the service. CRE is a key project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Since its inception a decade ago, the initiative has grown into a widely acclaimed global public good and platform for cooperation, opening up new space f...