A new rail freight service between Germany and China, that would be twice as quick as sea travel, is on the cards, according to Chinese media sources.
The China Daily state newspaper says China, Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany are going to work on the project together on the Hamburg to Beijing train route.
The states are to ease customs and border checks to reduce travel time.
China Railway Container Transport said that, barring any unforeseen issues, the 20-day-long freight journeys should start in early 2009.
A trial is already in progress, with a container train taking a sample of Chinese products to Hamburg.
Moving goods by sea between the two cities usually takes 40 days and means a journey through the Indian Ocean, which adds an additional 6,000 miles.
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