国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Rail freight assists Poland in fighting COVID-19 pandemic
<p><span word="WARSAW">WARSAW</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 5-- <span word="Sea">Sea</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="closure">closure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dramatic">dramatic</span> <span word="surge">surge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="freight">freight</span> <span word="fare">fare</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="impeded">impeded</span> <span word="Poland">Poland</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="logistics">logistics</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ordeal">ordeal</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Railway">Railway</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> (<span word="CR">CR</span> <span word="Express">Express</span>) <span word="ramped">ramped</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="capacities">capacities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="much">much</span>-<span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span>.</p><p><span word="ASSISTING">ASSISTING</span> <span word="IN">IN</span> <span word="COMBATING">COMBATING</span> <span word="PANDEMIC">PANDEMIC</span></p><p><span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="industries">industries</span>, <span word="Poland">Poland</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="desperately">desperately</span> <span word="sought">sought</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="uNPRecedented">uNPRecedented</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="shipping">shipping</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="slow">slow</span>, <span word="CR">CR</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freight">freight</span> <span word="trains">trains</span> <span word="connecting">connecting</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="epicenter">epicenter</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> - <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fore">fore</span> <span word="bucking">bucking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trend">trend</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span>-<span word="on">on</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="around">around</span> 30 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="containers">containers</span> <span word="transported">transported</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="terminal">terminal</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lodz">Lodz</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Poland">Poland</span>," <span word="Marcin">Marcin</span> <span word="Sidorowicz">Sidorowicz</span>, <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intermodal">intermodal</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="SPEDCONT">SPEDCONT</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="partner">partner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="CR">CR</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Poland">Poland</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="vibrant">vibrant</span> <span word="operations">operations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="CR">CR</span> <span word="Express">Express</span>, <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span>-<span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> <span word="Rail">Rail</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="constant">constant</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Sidorowicz">Sidorowicz</span>, <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="forty">forty</span>-<span word="wagon">wagon</span> <span word="trains">trains</span> <span word="shuttle">shuttle</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span>, <span word="southwest">southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lodz">Lodz</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="weekly">weekly</span> <span word="basis">basis</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 6,600 <span word="tons">tons</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="CR">CR</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="dedicated">dedicated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="transporting">transporting</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="supplementing">supplementing</span> <span word="cargo">cargo</span> <span word="planes">planes</span> <span word="chartered">chartered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Polish">Polish</span> <span word="government">government</span>. "<span word="CR">CR</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="performed">performed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="indispensable">indispensable</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="combating">combating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span>," <span word="Sidorowicz">Sidorowicz</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>.</p>
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