President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru will pay a state visit to China from June 25 to 29 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Monday.

"This is President Boluarte's first state visit to China, and President Xi will hold talks with President Boluarte," Mao Ning, another spokesperson of the ministry, told a press briefing on the same day.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, will meet with Boluarte respectively, Mao said.

Noting that Peru is an important country in Latin America, Mao said China has established a comprehensive strategic partnership with Peru.

Since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than half a century ago, bilateral relations have made steady progress and fruitful results of cooperation have been achieved in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples, Mao said.

Through this visit, China hopes to solidify political mutual trust with Peru, enhance mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and deliver more outcomes of China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership to benefit the two peoples more, Mao added

A record was set on the international rail freight transportation routes of China-Europe in May this year in terms of monthly volume of freight transported, according to the data of China Railways Corporation.

Last month, the number of freight trains traveling along these routes increased by 14% year-on-year to 1,724. At the same time, they transported a total of 186,000 TEU /20-foot container equivalent/, which was 13 percent more than a year earlier, which is a monthly record of freight rail routes China-Europe, said the "China Railways".

Since the beginning of this year, China Railways has been accelerating the construction of a modern railway logistics system, carefully organizing freight transportation, and constantly improving the transportation capacity of the railway system and the quality of its services.

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas achieved a significant milestone by handling 1,077,747 TEUs in one month.

This achievement, achieved without any congestion, strengthens Tanjung Pelepas Port's position as Malaysia's busiest and largest transshipment hub.

In 2022, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas made history as the first container terminal in Malaysia to cross the 1 million TEUs in a month, setting a record of 1,001,819 TEUs at that time.

“This achievement is the result of outstanding dedication and commitment from everyone to set up the right and sustainable business conditions, especially in applying advanced technological strategies in our day-to-day operations and focusing on delivering integrated customer services to our stakeholders.”

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on 30 May that operations at shuttered container terminals in the city-state’s downtown have been temporarily resumed to ease the backlog of ships queueing to dock in the world’s second busiest port.

MPA said, “We’ve seen large increases in container volumes and the ‘bunching’ of container vessel arrivals over the previous months due to supply chain disruptions in upstream locations.”

Singapore processed 13.36 million TEU between January and April, up nearly 9% over the same period last year.

More off-schedule boxship arrivals and the increased container volumes have resulted in longer vessels’ wait time for a container berth. While most container vessels are berthed on arrival, port operator PSA has worked with liners to adjust arrival schedules where feasible, and where this is not feasible, MPA said that the average waiting time for container vessels is about two to three days. However, other industry estimates are that ships have had to wait up to five days to berth.

The increased demand for container handling in Singapore is a result of several container lines discharging more containers in Singapore as they forgo subsequent voyages to catch up on their next schedules. The number of containers handled per vessel has also increased.

A train loaded with a variety of goods left Xi'an, the administrative center of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, for Malaszewicz in Poland on Saturday morning, marking a milestone as the total number of departures of freight trains operating on China-Europe international rail freight routes exceeded 90,000.

According to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd, to date, China-Europe freight trains have transported more than 8.7 million TEU /20-foot container equivalent units/ worth $380 billion. US DOLLARS.

From 2016 to 2023, the annual number of China-Europe freight train departures increased from 1,702 to more than 17,000. The value of goods transported by these trains increased significantly from US$8 billion in 2016 to US$56.7 billion in 2023. The value of goods transported by these trains increased significantly from US$8 billion in 2016 to US$56.7 billion in 2023. The value of goods transported by these trains has increased significantly from US$8 billion in 2016 to US$56.7 billion in 2023.

The range of goods transported by China-Europe freight trains has expanded to more than 50,000 different items, including laptops and printers, clothing and footwear, automobiles and spare parts, basic necessities, foodstuffs, timber, furniture, chemicals and equipment.