Following the successful spin-out of Liefery, time:matters, the international expert for same-day delivery and special speed logistics, is reporting a very strong development in the core business the first six months of the current fiscal year showing more than 13 per cent increase in revenue as compared to the previous year. The company continued the positive developments of 2014, which was the strongest year in the history of the company, with a turnover growth of 10 per cent. The … [Read more...] about Strong growth for time:matters, rev up 13%

FedEx Express has improved its international outbound express services covering FedEx International Priority and FedEx International Priority Freight in seven Chinese cities: Dalian, Yantai, Weihai, Jinan, Zibo, Zhengzhou and Chongqing. The transit time for shipments from these cities to the US, Europe and other parts of the world will be reduced by one to two business days, helping customers optimise their supply chains and strengthen their competitive edges in their target markets. “China … [Read more...] about FedEx cuts transit time from 7 Chinese cities

Alibaba has announced an expansion of its cross-border e-commerce initiatives, including the launch of 11 official country pavilions on its Tmall Global platform, as well as cooperative partnerships between Juhuasuan, Alibaba’s group-buying platform and 26 foreign embassies in China. The countries that will be featured on Tmall Global, an extension of Tmall. com, China’s largest third-party B2C platform for brands and retailers, will include the US, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, … [Read more...] about Alibaba continues crossborder e-commerce push

Singapore Post and Alibaba Group Holding have announced a series of new initiatives for collaboration and growth following the signing of a joint venture agreement. The three initiatives signal the deepening of a business relationship that started last year and a commitment from both parties to increase e-commerce logistics collaboration in the future to build a leading ecommerce logistics platform to service the rapidly growing ecommerce businesses across Asia Pacific and beyond. Lim Ho Kee, … [Read more...] about SingPost, Alibaba expand e-commerce logistics coop

FedEx Corp has confirmed the market speculation, as reported by Payload Asia last week, by signing a deal to purchase 50 additional B767-300 freighters in the biggest order ever for the aircraft type, allowing the aircraft maker to extend its production line well into the next decade. The deal, announced in a statement by FedEx includes options for another 50 B767Fs and is worth US$9.97 billion at list prices. FedEx said the aircraft will be delivered by Boeing for its FedEx Express arm … [Read more...] about FedEx confirms order for 50 B767Fs