Daqin railway freight transport falls 9% MoM in January

China's Datong-Qinhuangdao (Daqin) railway shipped 31.28 million tonnes of bulk commodities in January, down 9.1% from last December, Mysteel Global calculated based on the latest announcement released by operator Daqin Railway Co., Ltd.

On a daily basis, Daqin's freight transport averaged 1.01 million tonnes/day last month, 9% lower than the daily rate during the month prior. The railway operated 84.6 heavy-haul trains daily on average last month, about 13 more per day than in December. Compared with the year-ago level, the traffic last