Asia Pacific
GEODIS’s new tractor units aid expansion of Asian road network
GEODIS has taken delivery of seven Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units as it expands its Asian road network but warns more cooperation on border clearance is needed. ➤
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Asia Pacific
B&H provides urgent AOG service to New Zealand
Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has provided urgent AOG services to help get New Zealand’s Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) Sikorsky S-76 rescue helicopters back in the air. ➤
Express
Onboard courier business surges on tight capacity
Onboard Courier (OBC) services are thriving on the back of cargo capacity constraints due to the ongoing reduction in global flights. ➤
Disruption
UPS opens Asia Pacific Innovation Centre in Singapore
Supply Chain Solutions (UPS SCS) today officially opened its first innovation centre globally, connecting businesses in Asia with emerging technologies in logistics. ➤
Asia Pacific
J&T Express primes e-commerce service with two new warehouses
J&T Express Singapore is opening two new warehouses in Singapore at Changi Airfreight Center and Penjuru, amid what it says is growing demand for domestic and international e-commerce delivery services. ➤
Aircraft Manufacturers
A.P. Moller-Maersk acquires air forwarder, leases and buys freighters
A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest shipping line announced today it intends to acquire Germany-based air freight forwarding company Senator International, as well as acquire air cargo freighters. ➤
Asia Pacific
GEODIS invests in mobile robots for HK facility
Transport and logistics provider GEODIS is deploying Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) from Geek+, a global technology company, at its Yuen Long Warehouse Distribution Centre (YLDC) in Hong Kong. ➤
Airports
Cainiao set to double parcel sorting in Europe
Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of the Alibaba Group is launching parcel sorting centres in Spain, France, Germany, and Italy, in order to boost e-commerce parcel delivery in these countries. ➤
Airports
Kerry Logistics launches own-controlled trans-Pacific air link
Kerry Logistics Network introduces a new Trans-Pacific air freight service to connect multiple Asian locations to the US in order to capture the heightened demand in the pandemic-hit air freight market. ➤
Asia Pacific
Cargo-partner expands Asia-Europe charter services
Demand driven by the ongoing resurgence of the global economy is leading cargo-partner to extend its regular charter services between Asia and Europe to year-end and also adding weekly groupage flights to the US and Vietnam. ➤