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Worldwide Flight Services has been awarded a 15-year license to operate its first cargo handling operation in India at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
SEKO Logistics announced that it has tapped e-commerce logistics company, MyFBAPrep, to become its preferred Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service partner.
Cainiao Network, (Cainiao), the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, has begun to utilize electricity generated with photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems on its bonded warehouses, which span over 100,000 square meters.
ASEAN’s online customs transit system notes 40% cost reduction for overland transport
30 September 2021The six ASEAN member countries who have so far started implementing the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) as part of the economic bloc’s move to harmonize trade in the region have cited a 40% cost reduction for overland transport within participati...
UK warehousing sector growing to keep pace with e-commerce
31 August 2021Warehouses in the United Kingdom are set to keep pace with the booming e-commerce trade, while those in Asia are also unlikely to suffer significant problems as e-commerce keeps growing at a blistering pace.
Maersk is set to launch two new services in August, covering the Europe-Middle East-Indian sub-continent trade. In addition to those two new services, Maersk has also confirmed the restructuring of the Black Sea-East Med ME3 service, which will in...
Laos readies to finally open links to Chinese border
31 August 2021Laos is adding to its and Southeast Asia’s infrastructure with the soft opening of the Thanaleng Dry Port (TDP) and the Vientiane Logistics Park (VLP), official media have reported. Opened in August, the facility will link with the Laos-China rail...
Saudi Arabia aims to become global logistics hub
31 August 2021Saudi Arabia is aiming to become a global logistics hub with eye-catching plans outlined in a new National Transport and Logistics Strategy. The strategy is led by massive infrastructure development supplemented by equally extensive plans for new...
Under new PPP law, Vietnam gears up for massive expansion of transport infrastructure
31 August 2021Vietnam is gearing up for a massive road-led expansion of its transport infrastructure, under its new Law on Private Public Partnership, including at least 5,000 kilometers of expressway.