Aiming to accommodate the rapid growth of regional volumes fueled in part by e-commerce which DHL Express CEO Ken Allen said could be the “next game changer” that could help to restore global economic growth rates, the world's largest international express services provider launched its new €85 million DHL South Asia Hub in Singapore on Tuesday. The expanded capacity will be needed Allen said, to handle the “tremendous growth” in the southern Asia Pacific region. Much of this growth is … [Read more...] about DHL Express opens €85 million South Asia Hub in Singapore
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SEKO Logistics earns place in Top 10 of 1,000 US e-retail vendors
SEKO Logistics’ unique combination of eCommece technology solutions and logistics services has earned it another top 10 ranking in Internet Retailers’ 2017 guide to Leading Vendors to the Top 1000 e-retailers in the US. For its 2017 report, Internet Retailer applied 41 metrics to 1,807 eCommerce applications and service providers offering solutions to North America’s Top 1000 e-retailers. Vendor rankings are based on their number of retail clients ranked in the Internet Retailer 2016 Top … [Read more...] about SEKO Logistics earns place in Top 10 of 1,000 US e-retail vendors
Qantas, Australia Post sign int’l mail deal
Qantas Freight and the Australia Post Group today announced a five-year extension of their international mail air freight agreement. This agreement sees Qantas Freight handle 12,000 tonnes of mail and parcels out of Australia each year. The Australia Post Group is the nation’s largest user of air freight services, and the international contract builds on the five-year domestic air freight agreement the two companies signed in June last year. This included the establishment of a dedicated … [Read more...] about Qantas, Australia Post sign int’l mail deal
U-Freight welcomes Alibaba call for global e-trading platform
Hong Kong-headquartered international freight service and logistics group, the U-Freight Group (UFL), has welcomed the call for the establishment of an electronic world trade platform (eWTP) whose objective would be to reduce barriers to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to expand their trading capabilities worldwide. The call was made recently by Jack Ma, executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, who believes that such a platform is going to be very … [Read more...] about U-Freight welcomes Alibaba call for global e-trading platform
New declaration speeds e-commerce at Schiphol
Dutch Customs has teamed up with the Schiphol cargo community to launch a new simplified e-commerce declaration called VENUE. The new declaration has been designed to help shippers import and export items that are being purchased via e-commerce platforms - such as fashion, personal care, and homeware - throughout the Union Customs Code transition period, which ends in January 2021. “Together with Dutch Customs we are engaged in cooperating with stakeholders at the airport to find new ways of … [Read more...] about New declaration speeds e-commerce at Schiphol
DHL invests $137m to exploit booming US e-commerce business
Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced a US$137 million investment plan for the US domestic and cross-border e-commerce market. DHL eCommerce said it is making the substantial investments to expand its capabilities to serve US businesses selling abroad as they are at the forefront of global e-commerce sales. DHL aims to exploit the global B2C e-commerce market for cross border shipments which are expected to grow from $400 billion today to a total global volume of $1 trillion in 2020, … [Read more...] about DHL invests $137m to exploit booming US e-commerce business