Cargo throughput on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rose 70.3% year-on-year to 1.09 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first three quarters of 2025, according to China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd., as reported by Chinese state media outlet Xinhua.

"This year has seen the fastest growth in cargo volume since the launch of the intermodal rail-sea service, with the one-million-TEU milestone achieved in just 247 days," said Zhao Jian of China Railway Nanning Group.

He added that, based on current momentum, annual volume is expected to surpass 1.3 million TEUs.

As of the end of August, the corridor had expanded its cargo range to 1,316 product categories, including electronics, vehicles and auto parts, machinery, and food.

The growth is contributing to high-quality development in China's western region, with new energy vehicles from Chongqing and Chengdu increasingly shipped overseas via the corridor.

The rail-sea intermodal network now connects 75 cities across 18 Chinese provinces to 577 ports in 127 countries and regions worldwide.