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Mr. David, Could you clarify if the cargo code UN1208 goods are banned from rail transport in China? Is this information correct?
Yes it is correct. I guess you mean the China Europe train. What we know is as follows: China Europe train: liquid chemical transportation becomes possible. It is reported that hupac is establishing a new cross-border transportation service to meet the liquid cargo services between Europe and China. This railway freight line is specially designed for European chemical industrial products and is transported to Gansu Province of China through the most mainstream transit line between China and Europe, namely Belarus Russia Kazakhstan. However, each product sent needs a ‘non dangerous goods’ certificate and a transportation license before it can be transported in China. This is a long process of review and application. Obtaining a transportation permit may take four to six weeks. This requires communication between customers and relevant official departments, and we can provide necessary assistance.
For the transportation of UN 1208 dangerous goods, n-Hexane, n-Pentane and n-Heptane belong to the category III of dangerous goods. Another route currently used by Hupac is through Vladivostok port (Vladivostok) in Russia. “This is very attractive for dangerous chemical goods, because these goods are not allowed to be transported by land or railway in China.” Russia’s Vladivostok port is close to China’s border.
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Due to the current situation in Russia and Ukraine, Europe is more worried about the natural gas crisis because the risk of a sharp decline in the supply of natural gas produced in Russia has surfaced.
If Russia stops supply, even if Europe purchases from North America and Africa with similar geographical location to the maximum, there will be a gap accounting for about 10% of consumption (about 40 million tons). How to make up for this gap has become the focus!
In this regard, Nikkei news analyzed and commented on Thursday that according to the prediction of the International Energy Agency (IEA), only the output in the EU region can meet about 40% of the natural gas consumption in 2022. Including getting rid of dependence on 140 million tons of natural gas produced by Russia (equivalent to more than 30% of consumption), it is extremely difficult to make up the whole gap.
The key to avoiding the crisis is the supply of liquefied natural gas outside Russia.
According to the statistics of the survey company rystad energy, in the global LNG project in 2022, the total annual supply of spot and short-term contracts outside Russia and the “FOB” contract that the Buyer intends to resell LNG ships easily reached more than 200 million tons.
Considering the geographical proximity to Europe, North America (about 79 million tons) and Africa (about 26 million tons) have a total supply of more than 100 million tons, which will become the most potential alternative suppliers.
In addition, according to the data of financial information company refinitiv, the United States exported nearly 6 million tons of liquefied natural gas to Europe in January, which tripled in three months. If we continue to maintain a high level of exports, the annual export volume will reach about 70 million tons, which can fill half of Russia’s supply. If all liquefied natural gas from North America and Africa is supplied to Europe, it still needs 40 million tons to fill the gap in Russia.
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