FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Following its successful first trial in 2025, China is set to take a further step towards regular container operations via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), according to Intermodal’s latest weekly market report. As explained by Nikos Tagoulis, Senior Analyst at Intermodal, last year, the 4,890 teu Istanbul Bridge, operated by Chinese-backed Sea Legend Shipping, completed the China–Europe haul in around 21 days. RelatedNews China’s car export surge drives more vehicles onto container ships China’s Bohai Sea pollution prevention campaign: Best practice guidance var jnews_module_21378605_0_6a609efe0da38 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378605","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2207,87,500","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","google_de