China-Europe rail services starting to turn shippers’ heads SHANGHAI — Forwarders are reporting a steady rise in shipper enquiries into the China-Europe rail route from higher value shippers looking for an alternative to expensive and often unreliable air freight and the lengthy ocean shipping.Several of the global forwarders have weekly, and sometimes twice weekly, rail […]
Read More →Royal Mail goes after Chinese e-commerce consumers
on March 7, 2015in Uncategorized
Royal Mail goes after Chinese e-commerce consumers Britain’s Royal Mail has targeted booming growth in the Chinese cross-border online shopping market.HONG KONG — British postal service Royal Mail has launched a new Chinese-focused online shop front to capture soaring demand in the mainland cross-border e-commerce market and rising interest among local consumers for premium UK-made […]
Read More →Toll executive compares Japan Post takeover to DHL expansion
on March 5, 2015in Uncategorized
Toll executive compares Japan Post takeover to DHL expansion LONG BEACH, California — Toll Global Forwarding CEO Paul Coutts has drawn a parallel between the Japan Post acquisition of Australia’s Toll Holdings last week and the Deutsche Post takeovers that turned DHL into a global giant, giving an insight into the bold ambitions of the […]
Read More →Managing mountain of data a challenge to visibility, IT experts say
on March 4, 2015in Uncategorized
Managing mountain of data a challenge to visibility, IT experts say LONG BEACH , California — The quality, availability and management of data has to improve if the supply chain is to efficiently handle the mountain of information that is now available to carriers and their customers, panelists said at the 15th annual TPM Conference […]
Read More →Interior China shippers face transport hurdles to tap cheaper labor
on March 3, 2015in Uncategorized
Interior China shippers face transport hurdles to tap cheaper labor LONG BEACH, California — The challenges are abundant for second-tier suppliers moving west into China’s interior, a massive region rife with cheap labor but lacking necessary infrastructure and reliable transportation. The only way to confront those challenges is to make a clear appraisal of the […]
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