China's rail cargo volume continues to expand in a show of continuing growth in other modes of transport to and from China amid ongoing supply chain disruptions in both air and sea. 

Chinese state media reported that rail cargo volumes rose 5.5% year on year in the first half of 2022, citing data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway).

A total of 1.95 billion tonnes of cargo was transported through China's railways during this period, 102 million tonnes more than that in the same period last year, Xinhua said.

It added that coal used for power generation carried via railways totaled 690 million tonnes, up 9.1% year on year.

The report added that during the first half of the year, the number of China-Europe freight train trips rose 2% year on year to 7,473.

It said the trains carried 720,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers, up 2.6% from a year earlier.