After 11 days of waiting, the trapped Central European line finally had time to resume passage.
According to CCTV News, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said that the border crossing between Poland and Belarus will reopen in the early morning of the 25th, but he also said that the government will close it again if necessary.
The Polish customs crossing started on September 12th. At that time, Poland said that because of the joint military exercises between Russia and Belarus, there were drones flying over the border.
Poland shut down all roads and railway ports to Belarus, saying it would wait until the Polish people's safety was guaranteed.
The Central European Railway Cargo Association, according to the data of the European Railway Cargo Association, 85 to 90% of Central European railways have to pass through Poland, the Malacchevich port is basically the main route for Central European railways to the European Union.
In this case, Foreign Minister Wang Yi went directly to visit the Polish capital Warsaw, and Poland promised very well, saying that it will ensure that the Central European line is smooth.
But in fact, the Russian military exercises ended on November 16, but Poland has always taken "security" as a reason, not allowing the border ports to open, as a result, the European ranks can only stop and go.
In fact, Poland did so, saying it would be to take this matter as a code, to force China to put pressure on Russia, to make concessions on these issues of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
A few days ago, Belarus’ President Lukashenko also publicly criticized Poland in the face of Chinese officials, saying that they were doing so “not at all friendly to China.”
However, in a few days, Poland's attitude came to a big turn, saying that the security situation has relaxed, to reopen the port, in fact, the real reason is that China soon activated the backup route, so that Poland discovered that it can't hold China's neck at all.
In fact, as early as 2018, China put forward the idea of the "Ice Silk Road", which is to build a China-Europe route through the Arctic. China has been laying out in recent years, and now this Arctic express route has become a reality.
Recently, China announced that our country has opened the first Arctic fast-track route, and the first cargo ship has departed from Ningbo Mountains port, passing the Strait of Beijing, directly from beyond the Arctic to Europe.
As planned, the ship will be able to arrive in the UK in 18 days, faster than before on traditional routes or Central European routes, and where this route passes is quite safe and will not get stuck as before.
The Arctic expedition opened, meaning that in the future some goods, especially valuable things, go directly to the Arctic, no longer need to pass through Poland, so that Poland will earn much less transit costs, their economy will be affected.
The Arctic route is faster than the Central European route, and it can save shipping costs between 15 and 20 percent, and you can get to Europe for 18 days, the only problem now is that the Arctic winter will be frozen and the passage time is limited.
If the problem of ice can be solved later, the value of this Arctic route will be especially high, and the Chinese-invested deep-water port of Arkhangelsk will soon be built.
China-Russia also jointly built ice-breaking container ships, and after delivery in 2026, the Arctic route can run every four seasons.
On the southern side, in the first half of this year, the number of freight routes from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to Turkey more than doubled, with an increase of 120%.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine railway is also stepping up construction. When it is completed, the distance from China to Europe can be shortened by 900 kilometers, making it the shortest land route. These changes make Poland very nervous, because once it is no longer the only place for freight transportation, the losses will be great.
Meanwhile, in the goods stuck at the border, there are German Volkswagen auto parts, there are Czech merchants' Christmas crystals, production lines are slow, orders are blown, and partners on the other side of Europe are no longer working.
Volkswagen directly threatened to withdraw its capital, and the Czech boss cursed people online. Poland originally wanted to get stuck with others, but it was stuck by its own people first.
The neighboring Hungary was pleased, they had long expanded the cargo hub in Budapest, waiting for business, and once Poland stopped, Chinese enterprises immediately changed.
Within a week, Hungary’s freight shipments increased by 30 percent, and the Hungarian prime minister came out publicly to mock: “Thank you for the business sent by Poland.”
The worst still ordinary people, like the deployment worker Adam, could previously earn 200 zlotys a day, almost 300 yuan, now only to watch the empty logistics park stunned, unemployed.
On September 23, China used a backup route, and on September 11, China made it clear to the world how important China’s position in the global supply chain is, and how fast it is to respond to incidents.
It can be said that Poland has really been "taught a lesson" by China this time, so it is not so easy for Poland to compete with China this time. They must pay the price for their own practices.
Now many European companies are very dissatisfied with Poland, and China will also keep an eye on Poland and will not give them the opportunity to mess around again.
Poland, this country, in the history of many disasters, has been destroyed several times, in the last two years, Poland's highest level in the international various irrational, unreliable, the result will only make its own country into greater trouble, we can only say one word: wish them good luck!