Thailand ships first fruits to China using Lao railway

The Laos-China railway has been used for the first time to carry Thai fruit to China, according to a report in Thailand’s The Nation on March 28.

Two containers carrying 40 tonnes of durian and one container filled with 20 tonnes of coconuts from Rayong made their way to Thanaleng Station in Laos and entered China on a train on March 27.

Somkiat Mansiripibul, the manager of Kaocharoen Train Transport which operates the Laos-China railway, was quoted in The Nation as saying that rail appears to be the fastest mode of transport, adding that it takes just four or five days for goods to be shipped from Rayong to Kunming in China.

Although there are still some problems in sending Thai fruit to China…