First Tangshan-Antwerp freight train arrives at Belgium

A container crane unloads a container from the China-Europe freight train in Antwerp, Belgium, May 12, 2018. A freight train service has been launched from a port in Tangshan of North China's Hebei province to Belgium, a further line for freight between China and Europe. [Photo/Xinhua]

"The arrival of the first China-Europe freight train sent by Tangshan to Antwerp today is historic and will have a profound and positive impact on China-Belgium cooperation", Guo concluded.

The train has travelled through Kazakhstan,Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany to reach its final destination, Antwerp. It is the first ever direct train service from China to Antwerp.