This article is republished from Jiemian Global's original report "Disruptions Reemerge at Northern Route Checkpoints, HPF's 'Trans-Two-Sea' Corridor Strengthens China-Europe Supply Chain Resilience."
Recent anomalies at certain key checkpoints along the northern route of the China-Europe corridor have once again drawn market attention to cross-border logistics efficiency and supply chain stability. Meanwhile, HPF Co.,Ltd. (Stock Code:300350) has renewed its cooperation agreement for the Trans-Caspian Green Corridor and extended its transport services further into the Trans-Black Sea corridor. Through its "Trans-Caspian + Trans-Black Sea" central route layout for China-Europe overland freight, the company is diversifying transport options along the China-Europe corridor, complementing its existing northern route operations.
According to Xinhua News Agency, a checkpoint in Latvia was temporarily closed recently due to technical failures, shutting down the only road crossing currently open between Latvia and Belarus. Separate information from frontline cross-border logistics sources indicates that facilities at the checkpoint between Brest, Belarus, and Poland are undergoing maintenance, which has affected vehicle clearance efficiency.
The Brest–Poland crossing serves as a critical gateway for China-Europe cargo entering the European Union market. Industry insiders suggest that simultaneous disruptions at both checkpoints could lead to extended vehicle queuing times and potentially impact delivery schedules for some China-Europe cross-border shipment orders. In recent years, due to geopolitical tensions, checkpoint policy changes, infrastructure capacity constraints, and extreme weather events, traditional China-Europe logistics routes have experienced periodic congestion, driving rising demand among manufacturers for diversified transport routes and greater delivery time certainty.
Against this backdrop, the strategic value of the China-Europe overland central corridor as a diversified alternative has become increasingly evident. The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route（TITR） has gained growing recognition among market participants in recent years. Data from Kazakhstan, cited by the Chinese Consulate General in Almaty, shows that freight volume along the corridor reached 3.3 million tonnes in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 20%, while container traffic hit 56,500 TEUs, up 250% year-on-year. At the same time, vessel capacity, port throughput, and weather conditions remain significant constraints on corridor efficiency—particularly during winter months, when Caspian Sea waves and ferry scheduling issues may heighten the risk of port congestion and staging delays. Consequently, the development of the Trans-Caspian corridor is focused not only on expanding route options but also on improving the predictability of end-to-end transit through coordinated port, scheduling, and overseas node resources.
On July 31, HPF Co.,Ltd. renewed its Trans-Caspian Green Corridor cooperation agreement with its Kazakh partner. Under the agreement, HPF vehicles and cargo arriving at Kazakh Caspian ports are entitled to priority ferry scheduling and other facilitation services, reducing vehicle waiting times at ports.
According to publicly available company information, HPF is currently one of the few logistics enterprises in China offering Green Corridor services along the Trans-Caspian overland route. The corridor originates in China, passes through Kazakhstan to Caspian coastal ports, crosses the Caspian Sea into Azerbaijan, and then proceeds through the Caucasus and the Black Sea into Europe. With transport capabilities further extended into the Trans-Black Sea corridor, HPF has preliminarily established a "Trans-Caspian + Trans-Black Sea" central route product portfolio for China-Europe overland freight.
Recently, a shipment of goods from Guangdong to the Netherlands, carried by HPF, completed its end-to-end transport. The shipment covered approximately 13,600 kilometers, passing through around 10 countries including China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, traversing multiple national borders and regulatory regimes. The operation involved complex procedures including customs clearance, transit clearance, and sea-crossing transport, while also requiring management of uncertainties in overseas partner capacity regarding vehicle scheduling, transit coordination, and service standards. Through multi-party coordination and meticulous organization, the entire journey was completed in 36 days and delivered successfully.
Industry experts believe that Trans-Caspian and Trans-Black Sea transport involves multiple links—including roads, ports, ferries, customs, and overseas service networks—and places high demands on logistics providers' route organization, overseas resource coordination, and emergency response capabilities. The successful completion of this shipment further validates HPF's actual delivery capacity along the China-Europe overland central corridor.
Public records show that HPF has been steadily ramping up its international road transport operations in recent years. The company has obtained TIR carrier certification, taken the lead in deploying its own TIR transport vehicles in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and established warehousing, transport, and service resources at key nodes including Khorgos, Almaty, and Kuryk in Kazakhstan. According to the company's first-quarter 2026 report, its logistics business scaled up during the reporting period, with additional capacity invested in cross-border transport.
On the domestic business front, HPF was recently named to the "2026 China Top 100 Contract Logistics" list, which primarily evaluates companies based on annual revenue and other metrics. HPF climbed 11 spots in the rankings from the previous year. In terms of operating data, the company posted first-quarter 2026 revenue of RMB 163 million, a year-on-year increase of 106.98%, sustaining its business growth trajectory. The ranking improvement reflects both the industry's strong recognition of HPF's deep commitment to the logistics sector, its ongoing efforts to enhance domestic integrated logistics quality and efficiency, and its TIR cross-border service innovations—as well as the company's solid service capabilities, robust operational strength, and consistently accumulated brand reputation.
HPF stated that it will continue to refine its multi-route transport network, comprising the China-Europe northern route, the Trans-Caspian central route, and the Trans-Caspian southern route via Turkmenistan to Baku. Among these, the "Two-Sea" China-Europe overland central route is not intended as a simple replacement for traditional routes, but rather as a complementary addition to the northern and southern corridors—offering more selectable and switchable transport options to mitigate the impact on client supply chains in the event of congestion or disruption along any single corridor.
As China's manufacturing sector accelerates its expansion into European and along-the-routemarkets, competition in cross-border logistics is shifting from pure price competition to comprehensive competition encompassing network coverage, fulfillment capability, and risk management. HPF's "Trans-Caspian Green Corridor + Trans-Black Sea" route architecture is expected to further enhance the stability of two-way China-Europe trade transport, providing manufacturers with more resilient logistics support as they go global.
