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Second TIR hub opens in China
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The new facility is located in Urumqi, an important transit city along the Belt and Road Initiative in western China. It consolidates all essential transit services under one roof: customs clearance, warehousing, cargo handling, route development, and transport-capacity matching.
At the opening ceremony, the Chinese delegation said that the Urumqi TIR logistics hub will further open up ‘door-to-door’ corridors for international road transport, in both directions.
The TIR system connects China with over 30 countries in Eurasia, offering more secure transport options that are over 80% faster and 50% cheaper, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) said. China’s first TIR hub opened in Kashgar last May. (ben)