New way to ship batteries from China?

[flecc]

Just been listening on Radio 4 news to a fascinating item on the "New Silk Road". In part this includes a rail route handling increasing amounts of goods from China to Europe in much less time that ships take. With the ban of flying large lithium batteries and the long sea route, this overland method could become a solution for safe and fast transfer.

It seems the scheme has been underway since 2013 with the Chinese investing heavily in it and I understand laptops are already being sent on the rail route. At present it needs more direct connections into Europe rather than via Moscow to Rotterdam, but no doubt more will follow.
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[Izzyekerslike]

Just been listening on Radio 4 news to a fascinating item on the "New Silk Road". In part this includes a rail route handling increasing amounts of goods from China to Europe in much less time that ships take. With the ban of flying large lithium batteries and the long sea route, this overland method could become a solution for safe and fast transfer.

It seems the scheme has been underway since 2013 with the Chinese investing heavily in it and I understand laptops are already being sent on the rail route. At present it needs more direct connections into Europe rather than via Moscow to Rotterdam, but no doubt more will follow.
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/09/what-can-the-new-silk-road-do-for-global-trade/

 

[trex]

that makes economical sense. At present, woosh get batteries sent in sea containers with bikes. The rules are strict, each battery is packed in its UN certified carton, the carton is group with another carton to satisfy a rule that limits to only 2 batteries inside a non-UN certified carton. The freight cost is thus free but typically, only about 100 batteries can be transported this way at a time.