b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comPort of Nanshas new rail line opens up opportunities The Port of Nansha recentlyfivesailingstoEuropeand openedanewraillinecon- North America and 68 world-nectorwhichwillopenthewide.ThisyearthePort porttonewcargoserviceadded a new terminal with on opportunities.TheGuang- dockrail,coldstorage,and zhouNanshaPortRailwaywarehousing facilities.The Guangzhou Nansha Port Railway was officially opened to traffic on Dec 31, 2021.was officially opened to traf-fic on Dec 31, 2021.TheNanshaPortRail-wayisanationalfirst-class double-trackelectrifiedrail-waywithadesignedspeed of120kilometersperhour (74.56 mph) and has a total length of 88 km (54.7 miles).Thecompletionofthe railwaymeansthatacon-nected multi-modal transport networkofports,railways and highways will serve the GuangzhouRegionalong the Pearl River. The railway is of great importance to this overallsystemofasea-rail combinedtransportnetwork linkedtothesurrounding Nansha Port and to the goal ofimprovingthegreater Guangzhou shipping hub.The route will start at the YayaolineofGuangzhou-Zhuhai Railway, pass through Jiangmen, Zhongshan, Foshan andGuangzhou,andendin the Nansha Port area. Eight stationsservingpassengers andcargoarespreadout across the line. Freight trains traveling directly to Europe willdepartfromNansha Port,whichcangreatly reducethelogisticscostof.ON A WHOLE NEW SCALEport industries.Transportationtimewill bereducedbyabout30% andlogisticscostswillbeDOUBLES RAIL CAPACITY TOreducedbyabout10%, accordingtoofficialsfrom Guangzhou Port. ofthe1 MILLION PortofNansha GuangzhouPortGroupis locatedonLongxxueIslandCONTAINER LIFTS PER YEARinSouthGuangzhouCity, north of the Hong Kong spe-cial administrative region.PortofNansharepre-sentsapproximately75%EXTENDS REACHTO AMERICAN MIDWESTofthe23.51millionTEUs theGuangzhouPortGroup handled in 2021. The Port ofCUTS TRANSIT TIMES BY 24 HOURSNansha is the fastest growing port in South China and the onlydeep-waterportontheMASONMEGARAIL.COMWestern Pearl River Delta.EachweekNanshahas'