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Rail-linked car exports from Guangzhou port rise 190% in first three quarters
In the first three quarters of 2026, more than 72,000 cars were brought by rail to Xinsha port in Guangzhou for export.
That was 190% more than in the same period a year earlier and nearly half of the port’s car exports.
The port exported more than 160,000 cars in total during those nine months.
Xinsha has rail tracks less than 100 metres from its roll-on, roll-off terminal, so cars can move from trains straight to ships.
This setup has cut logistics costs by about 20% and transport time by 30%.
Cars from brands including Wuling, BYD, XPeng and GAC arrive from several parts of China and are shipped to markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa and Europe.
Guangzhou’s Xinsha port exported more than 72,000 domestically made cars by rail in the first three quarters of 2026, up 190% year on year.
Rail-linked exports accounted for nearly half of the port’s car exports, which exceeded 160,000 vehicles in total.
Rail-sea transport has become a main route for domestically made cars leaving Xinsha port.
The rail line is less than 100 metres from the wharf, lowering logistics costs by about 20% and cutting transport time by 30%.
September exports reached a record 13,600 vehicles.
- Who
- Guangzhou’s Xinsha port exported more than 72,000 domestically made cars by rail.
- What
- Rail-linked car exports rose 190% year on year in the first three quarters of 2026.
- When
- The first three quarters of 2026; September set a monthly record.
- Where
- Xinsha port, in Guangzhou, China.
- Why
- Rail-sea transport is a core route for car exports from the port; the rail line’s proximity to the wharf reduces logistics costs and transport time.
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The port processed an average of about 5,000 exported cars a month.
Monthly exports remained at around 10,000 vehicles.
Exports reached a record 13,600 vehicles.
Rail-linked exports exceeded 72,000 vehicles, up 190% year on year.
- Rail-linked exports
- More than 72,000 vehicles
- Year-on-year growth
- 190%
- Share of port car exports
- Nearly half
- Total car exports
- More than 160,000 vehicles
- September exports
- 13,600 vehicles, a monthly record
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