Tag: Asia

FedEx to build Asia’s largest cargo hub at Guangzhou’s Baiyun airport

Posted by | Jul 13, 2005 | |

US logistics firm FedEx Corp said it plans to build what will be the largest Asia-Pacific hub at Guangzhou’s Baiyun International Airport in southern China.
The company said it will invest 150 mln usd in the facility which will have a total floor space of 82,000 square meters located on 63 hectares. The hub is expected to assume and expand the current activities of the existing hub in the Philippines, beginning in December 2008, the company said in a statement. ‘More than two decades ago, we envisioned China as a nexus of global supply and demand and as a result became the first express carrier to enter the market,’ said Frederick Smith, FedEx chairman. ‘Today, we further invest in our leadership position by creating a new gateway that expands our customers’ access to the global marketplace.’ FedEx said the decision to develop the new hub was made following a study that forecast Asia will remain the world’s fastest growing regional air freight market, with growth of 8.5 pct each year until 2023.

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Mobile post offices in India to counter courier

Posted by | Jul 12, 2005 | |

Faced with the challenge thrown by private courier companies, the Punjab circle post office has conceived a new idea of introducing mobile post offices. Under the new scheme, a postman would run to your house for sale of postal stamps or booking a registered letter. The conventional role of a dakia (postman) has been redefined with the Punjab circle of the postal department going for this change authorising the postmen to sell stamps and stationery, book registered letters and speed post articles at the doorsteps of the customers. The postal authorities admit that the pilot project was aimed at minimising the loss incurred due to decline in the volume of traditional mail.

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UPS plans Shanghai cargo center

Posted by | Jul 8, 2005 | |

United Parcel Service Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Airport Group for the establishment of a cargo hub in Pudong International Airport. The planned cargo hub, to be put up by 2007, is part of the package-delivery firm’s USD500m expansion in China. Rivals FedEx Corp and DHL are expected to counter the UPS effort in China.

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DHL opens new centre in Fiji

Posted by | Jul 8, 2005 | |

The opening of DHL’s Suva freight centre and headquarters in Raiwaqa last Wednesday marked its consistent growth in the Pacific market for the last five years. The relocation of its Suva headquarters has now put the company in a strong position to consolidate and add new dimension to its courier and distribution services. After being holed up in a converted residential lot for more than ten years, DHL Pacific has begun its one stop shop strategy for what it terms as a growing Pacific and Oceania courier and distribution market. The multi purpose facility at Raiwaqa is targeted by DHL to help increase freight traffic between Fiji and the Pacific. DHL Oceania director Gary Edstein said this marks an important step forward in DHL’s long-term regional growth strategy, which had been recording double digit growth for the last five years.

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UPS goes up against DHL in Chinese market

Posted by | Jul 8, 2005 | |

United Parcel Service is to launch its first package delivery service within China, pitting the US company against German-owned DHL in a battle for the Chinese domestic market. UPS said it would offer next-day deliveries between 23 Chinese metropolitan areas by September and planned to expand the network in future. Until now, UPS offered only international shipments in and out of China. DHL, a unit of Deutsche Post, was previously the only foreign company providing domestic package delivery. The new service represents a widening of UPS’s ambitions in China from its previous focus on imports and exports. “We intend to have the most extensive package delivery and logistics offering to, from and within China,” said David Abney, president of UPS’s international operations.

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