Temperature-controlled packaging specialist Tower Cold Chain has partnered with Shanghai-based Tower & Winner Solutions (TWS) to widen its presence in the Chinese passive containers market. According to the press release, TWS was created ‘specifically to provide the local Chinese market with an efficient means to access Tower containers’, which are used by pharmaceutical manufacturers, airlines and 3PLs to deliver temperature-sensitive medicines and life science … [Read more...] about UK-based Tower Cold Chain gets Chinese partner
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JD Logistics launches express service to North America, Europe
JD Logistics has launched an international express delivery service on 15 December for one-way deliveries from China bound for North America and Europe. The new service will initially cover 23 countries across North America and Europe and will be available in Shenzhen and Guangzhou with plans to expand its availability throughout China. Leveraging the company’s robust express delivery network, customers in China can book doorstep pick-ups through the JD Express mini program on … [Read more...] about JD Logistics launches express service to North America, Europe
UPS sets eyes on Asia with future hub at Hong Kong airport
Global logistics service provider UPS and the Hong Kong Airport Authority have entered into an agreement to build a new hub at Hong Kong International Airport and near the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The hub is expected to be completed by 2028 and will serve as UPS Hong Kong’s main facility for processing and sorting imports, exports, and transshipments, to and from Europe, the US, and other parts of Asia, where it has made network and facility enhancements in Singapore, Japan, China, … [Read more...] about UPS sets eyes on Asia with future hub at Hong Kong airport
Cainiao, Saudia Cargo and WFS/SATS join forces
A somewhat-new partnership is looking to create a future business model for e-commerce logistics gateways at major air hubs, amidst looming demand driven by online shopping. Saudia Cargo, Cainiao Network, and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS, a Member of the SATS Group) have agreed to reinforce and increase their existing collaboration to focus on optimizing logistics processes by streamlining operations and adopting innovations. The initiative is in response to ‘escalating’ demand for … [Read more...] about Cainiao, Saudia Cargo and WFS/SATS join forces
Wexco to represent DHL Aviation in Oceania
DHL Aviation has tapped ECS Group subsidiaries Wexco Group and Wexco NZ to provide GSSA services in Australia and New Zealand starting 1 December 2023. The four-year contracts were finalised in end-September, which will see Wexco sell the capacity on board 45 weekly flights, with 550 tonnes of capacity to be filled each week. DHL operates 26 flights from Australia and 19 flights from New Zealand transporting perishable commodities alongside regular horse shipments “The … [Read more...] about Wexco to represent DHL Aviation in Oceania
DHL Express unveils newly expanded hub in Hong Kong
DHL Express has completed the expansion of its Central Asia Hub or CAH in Hong Kong, which can now handle six times more shipment volume than when it was first established in 2004. The leading express operator has spent 562 million euros on the Hong Kong hub over the last 19 years with two phased developments in both 2008 and 2017. Given its location in Hong Kong, the hub is important gateway to Asia and the rest of the world and today it handles close to 20 percent of the company’s global … [Read more...] about DHL Express unveils newly expanded hub in Hong Kong