Chinese firms ship steel rails for Jakarta project

BEIJING: The shipment of the first batch of made-in-China steel rails for Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) line from Saturday has signaled Chinese steel companies’ increased competitiveness as the country is one of the few in the world to export long-length steel rails, experts said.

Made by Panzhihua Iron and Steel in Sichuan province, the rails measure 100 meters in length each, and were transported to Fangchenggang port in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region by railway through specially adjusted carriers. There the rails were cut into 50m-long ones for the sea journey.