Shanghai Railway Export Agency: The Underestimated King of Cross - border Logistics

When cross - border e - commerce packages are sent from Shanghai to Europe, many people's first reaction is air freight or sea freight. But a Mr. Zhang, who preferred to remain anonymous, delivered a batch of electronic products to a German customer in just 12 days, with a cost 40% lower than air freight - his secret was precisely the Shanghai Railway Export Agency service. This seemingly traditional mode of transportation is setting off a quiet efficiency revolution in the foreign trade circle.

In the ten years since the opening of the China - Europe Railway Express, the Shanghai railway port has formed a mature service chain of "station - to - station" + "door - to - door". Compared with sea freight, the railway transportation time can be compressed by 50% (it takes about 18 days from Shanghai to Hamburg), and the cost is only 1/3 of that of air freight. It is especially suitable for high - value - added goods such as electronic products and auto parts. A Ms. Li, who has long - term cooperation, revealed that after her company used railway agency, the customer complaint rate dropped by 27%.

• Integrated customs clearance: The Shanghai railway port has achieved "one - time declaration, one - time inspection", and the fastest customs clearance for a full container of goods takes only 2 hours
• Dynamic space allocation: Professional agencies such as Zhongshitong can lock in the train wagons of fixed weekly trains, and can still ensure a space fulfillment rate of over 85% during peak seasons
• Full - process temperature control: For special goods such as pharmaceuticals and precision instruments, a thermostatic container service with adjustable temperature from 0 - 25℃ is provided

Many people think that railway transportation has "three fears": fear of delay, fear of damage, and fear of container diversion. In fact, in 2023, the punctuality rate of the Shanghai railway port reached 92.3%, and the cargo damage rate was only 0.17%. The key is to choose an agency service provider with full - process GPS monitoring and overseas customs clearance capabilities. The case provided by Zhongshitong shows that the average delay time of its railway - transported goods is 1.8 days less than the customer's expectation.

You might as well do a simple test: If your cargo meets two of the following conditions, you should seriously consider the railway agency plan:

• The value of a single consignment is between 200,000 and 3,000,000 yuan
• The customer is sensitive to timeliness but has a limited budget
• The volume of the cargo is between 5 and 40 cubic meters
• The transportation route covers the countries along the Belt and Road