At 20:40 on July 9,30 heavy-duty railway containers loaded with 900 tons of imported soybeans set off from Ezhou North railway station of Wuhan Railway Bureau Group Co. , Ltd. , to Hengyang, Qidongxi and Santang stations in Hunan province. This batch of 71,000 tons of soybeans, purchased from the s and Oceania by China's grain reserves, was shipped to Zhoushan port by 100,000-ton seagoing ships and then transferred to Sanjiang port in Ezhou by 10,000-ton river ships to get ashore, it was assembled at Ezhou North station and sent to Hunan.
In the past, China stored grain imported grain mainly in Zhoushan port for 10,000-ton river ships, arrived in Zhangjiagang, Zhenjiang port and then replaced with 10,000-ton river ships into the Xiangjiang River channel, near the shore after the transfer of car to the plant. The repeated reloading not only lengthens the transport cycle, but also results in a certain amount of cargo damage. Especially after entering the flood season, the water level of the Yangtze River basin continues to rise, river flow speed, not conducive to the safety of navigation. The shipping business from the Yangtze River to the Xiang River not only increases the security risk and the shipping period, but also increases the shipping price by 30% to 50% .
After knowing the actual difficulties of the enterprise, the Ezhou North railway station of Wuchang Railway Depot, together with Wuhan Railway Logistics Center and the Wuhan branch of China Railway Container Company, took the initiative to visit the enterprise, to coordinate with partners such as Hubei Port Group, Zhejiang Port Group, Chongqing Aviation Logistics, and make full use of the advantages of Sanjiang Port's deep-water port and its connection with the wu-jiu railway, and tailor a set of rail-water intermodal transport plans for enterprises, that is, the goods to 10,000-ton river ship to Sanjiang port after the ship disembarked, loaded into the railway heavy containers, from Ezhou North station directly to Hunan. This solution has solved the enterprise logistics supply chain instability, the cycle is too long, the cost rises and so on the question, obtains the enterprise approval. At this point, the China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group provides grain transportation services for China grain storage from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing to Hunan.
In recent years, relying on the advantages of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, Ezhou North railway station has vigorously developed Haijiang Railway Intermodal Transport, with an annual freight throughput of over 4.5 million tons, promoting the stability of the supply chain of the industrial chain provides a strong transportation guarantee.