On the morning of May 18th, 57 wheel loaders and four motor graders from LiuGong boarded the number 75082 Liuzhou-Moscow train—Guangxi’s first direct cross-border train. Starting from Liuzhou South Railway Station, the train heads north to Russian cities, including Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, and others.
“With the opening of China Railway Express’s Liuzhou-Moscow line, at least more than 2 weeks of transportation time is saved, compared with LiuGong’s traditional shipping and tow-truck transportation to Moscow, decreasing order delivery time and advancing market expansion. Unloading cargo along the railroad also has certain benefits in terms of cost optimization,” according to Luo Guobing, Vice President of LiuGong.
This first direct train from Guangxi to Russia will help local enterprises to further expand in foreign markets. LiuGong will use the new international transportation route to deepen its strategic layout in Mongolia, Russia, Central Asia, Europe, and other markets. Playing into its own advantages, LiuGong aims to use its quality products and services to further advance China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
This train carrying 52 forty-foot containers is expected to arrive at the station in Volsino, Moscow, in 20 days. The equipment will be distributed to customers for local production and construction. As one of the countries part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Russia has always been strategically important to LiuGong’s overseas market. In 2004, LiuGong entered the Russian market; in 2014, in its dedication to providing excellent construction machinery and services to customers in Russia, LiuGong Machinery Rus, LLC was established. Currently, it has 18 distributors, 9 equipment stocks, and 3 spareparts warehouses.
In April last year, Liuzhou-Xi’an-Kazakhstan train of China-Europe Railway Express shipped LiuGong’s equipment abroad, opening up export transportation channels that were affected and hindered by the pandemic. Today, with the launch of China-Europe Railway Express ‘s Liuzhou-Moscow train, 61 sets of LiuGong equipment will be delivered directly to Russia. This train will operate on a frequency of around one to two trips per month. Rail transportation allows the equipment to arrive safely and quickly, greatly improving the efficiency of international logistics and transportation.
In 1993, LiuGong began to trade internationally. In 2002, in response to China’s call for globalization and joining the Belt and Road Initiative, LiuGong actively began to transform itself into an international company. LiuGong now has a total of 123 dealers in 65 countries and 278 outlets along the route—providing customers with reliable services. In 2020, LiuGong accounts for nearly 70% of sales in the Belt and Road regions.
In the speech, Zheng Jin, Chairman of Guangxi LiuGong Group Co., Ltd., said that under the leadership of the autonomous region and Liuzhou municipal government, LiuGong has maintained in-depth cooperation with the railway department, creating new railway transportation routes and expanding LiuGong’s international transport network. This has promoted LiuGong’s products to penetrate the international market and provides a strong guarantee for timely service for global customers. In the future, LiuGong will continue to innovate, strengthen, and promote the quality development of China’s manufacturing industry, with a strive to build a world-class equipment manufacturing enterprise with global competitiveness.
