After Poland ignored China's hard advice and insisted on refusing the passage of China-Europe freight trains, China quickly started at the same time "Central Europe Arctic Waterway"¡£

At this point, Poland's intention to use border closure to hinder Sino-European trade will be broken. Once the Arctic waterway is put into regular operation, it will be too late for Poland to regret it.

On September 19, Russian satellite news agency reporters asked foreign ministries about the "Chinese cargo vessels will test the Arctic route."

Because on the same day on September 20, a Chinese domestic shipping company called Hajj Shipping, their cargo vessels departing from Ningbo port, will pass through the Arctic route and eventually arrive at one of the destinations of the British port of Felixstone.

The line taken by Haijie Shipping is strictly called "Central Europe Arctic Express", is a line that can truly affect the pattern of international trade.

At the same time also The Arctic is suddenly opening up to an entirely new sea zone.¡£

The Central European Arctic Express can be seen as another trade channel opened by China to Europe after China and Europe.However, the status, importance and economics of Central European Arctic high-speed shipping are far from reachable.

Because the Arctic Express connects the eastern ports of China, the path along the White River Strait, along the northern waters of Russia to Europe, roughly estimated, the length of the route is about 7,000 nautical miles, in turn, approximately 1,30,000 kilometers.

This It takes about 18 days.

The traditional shipping journey between China and Europe is much farther. For example, a cargo ship departing from Shanghai has to first set off towards the South China Sea, first pass through the Strait of Malacca, the "eastern crossroads", then pass through the Indian Ocean, then pass through Egypt to clear the Suez Canal, and finally reach Europe.

The total duration of the entire journey is about 35 days, and even some super-large cargo ships can travel for about 40 or 50 days.

This road is roughly 10,000 nautical miles and 1,85 million kilometers away. Compared to the Central European Arctic speed, it will take about 20 to 30 days longer.

But it's not just time in the Arctic Waterway Province. What are shipping companies most concerned about? Of course, it is the cost, and the most important thing is the fuel cost of the freighter.

The ship is expected to travel the Arctic route. It can save 30 to 50 percent more oil than traditional maritime routes.

So how much money can you save? The result may be beyond everyone's imagination, and we can roughly estimate it.

For example, a medium-sized container ship, take a 10,000 TEU container ship as an example. It takes more than 3,000 tons of heavy oil to travel from Shanghai to Europe for a month.

According to the market price of $ 600 per ton of heavy oil, it will cost approximately $ 1.8 million, the Central European Arctic route will save oil 30% or more than the traditional route, we will calculate by 30%, then the cargo ship to Europe can save $ 54,000 in fuel costs.

If the cargo ship is also loaded with cargo back to China, the return trip will save more than $1 million in fuel costs.

According to data released by Japan Maritime Center JMC, Nearly 80% of all container shipments in Asia to Europe in 2024 will be shipped from China to Europe.

This also means that once the Arctic navigation route has changed from a trial to a conventional navigation route, the economic benefits brought to China every year in maritime transportation can simply be described in immeasurable terms.

can say China chose to test the Arctic navigation route on September 20th.Because these days Poland is stuck in the Chinese-to-Europe ranks of Central Europe and delayed.

Now the entire eastern border of Poland has been closed because of the Russian-Belarus joint exercises, even though the Chinese side has repeatedly communicated and hard-heartedly advised that Poland is apparently a guesthouse, but it is not to shake the head.

Even if Poland didn¡¯t have to do anything, it would be possible to charge a considerable pass fee from the ranks.

Even on September 18, local time in Poland, its top officials still stated that Poland would continue to close the Polish-Belarusian border port, but on September 16 The Russian-Belarus exercises have ended, but why does Poland insist on closing the border with Belarus?

In addition to traditional shipping routes between China and Europe, China-Europe train is the most important mode of trade and transportation on land.

Compared to traditional maritime routes, the cost of transportation is actually higher, and more than several times higher than maritime transportation.

But the time of use of the Central European line is very short, and traditional sea transportation takes a month's journey. Central European shipments deliver goods to Europe in less than 13 daysAnd stability is very high.

Basically, it is impossible to say what the day comes, but the maritime instability is very high, a bad weather can force the cargo ship to delay the arrival for several days, and it is difficult to predict the exact time of arrival.

The Central European rankings are good, but in addition to the cost, the biggest uncertainty is probably Poland.

At the time of its initial construction, the endless mountains in southeastern Europe forced the railway to pass through Poland as the most cost-effective route, and Poland was the key crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe, which we have difficulty bypassing.

In fact, the Central European line passes through Poland more than one, but at the moment to look at the northern line because of the Russian conflict, the southern line because of the inconsistency is unstable, this land-based trade life line that we intend to counter the U.S. maritime power, since the interruption, has been involving our nerves.

The expansion of new trade routes between Central Europe is an urgent matter.

So the Central European Arctic Express route came into being, which began to be plotted before the closure of Poland, because we always knew the saying that "eggs cannot be put in a basket."

And most importantly, Most of the Arctic waterways are not owned by any country, they are shared property of mankind.¡£

But China's opening up of the Arctic route will inevitably be targeted by other countries' guidelines and public opinion, thinking that many U.S. media will link it with geography.

Therefore in On September 19th, on the issue of China-Europe Arctic Express, this is how China answered the reporter's question.

First, we emphasize one thing: China is the stakeholder in the Arctic, and we are China-European Arctic speed ships built with the original intention of win-win cooperation.

To emphasize the importance of this phrase is to emphasize that the Arctic is not exclusively owned by any party, but is shared by all parties, and it is legitimate for China to build an Arctic route.

Second, China is willing to cooperate with the countries on the Arctic route, and it will benefit everyone together.

The opening and testing of Arctic shipping maritime routes is a breakthrough and feat in the history of maritime transport.The 18-day rapid shipment will also inject a needle-booster in the China-European trade.