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U-Freight Group (UFL) says recent changes to US trade policy; particularly the removal of the de minimis threshold for duty-free imports, could bring opportunities as well as threats to freight forwarders.
UFL reports that instead of shipping individual orders directly to US consumers from overseas, several of its clients are pivoting to bulk shipping models — moving inventory in larger volumes into the US for domestic storage and fulfilment.
It argues that ...
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U-Freight Group has boosted its pharmaceutical and medical logistics presence with an agreement with Shanghai Hongyu Supply Chain Management Co. The Hong Kong forwarder is now providing logistics fulfilment services for a new B2B e-commerce platform, recently launched by Fuji Trading, a subsidiary of HYSC.
The fujihealthcare.cn platform is dedicated exclusively ...
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U-Freight says it is seeing a growing market in medical aesthetic products between South Korea and China, a year after it signed a strategic co-operation agreement with Shanghai Hongyu Supply Chain Management.
Simon Wong, chief executive officer if the U-Freight Group said: “In order to meet the needs of the medical ...
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U-Freight Ltd has been accredited as a Hong Kong Authorized Economic Operator (HKAEO) by the Customs and Excise Department. It is valid for three years, after which it will undergo a renewal audit. The accreditation acknowledges that the company has met stringent security standards in its operations and cargo handling ...
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Global e-commerce logistics and e-fulfilment is expected to soar in 2025 despite Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to de minimis, says U-Freight Group chief executive, Simon Wong.
Commenting on a recent Transport intelligence (Ti) report that suggests the global e-commerce logistics and fulfilment market is set to grow by 15.5% in ...
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U-Freight Group has helped Airport Authority Hong Kong produce a video promoting the gateway as an e-commerce hub.
‘Hong Kong International Airport - The e-commerce fulfilment hub in Asia’ is part of a campaign to highlight its advantages as a global logistics centre.
Parts of the video were filmed at U-Freight subsidiary ...
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Hong Kong forwarder U-Freight Group (UFL) has signed an agreement with Shanghai Hongyu Supply Chain Management Co to create a global one-stop medical supply chain service.
Shanghai Hongyu specialises in supply chain management for medical and healthcare products in China.
Under the deal, the two companies will share resources to develop complementary ...
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Hong Kong forwarder U-Freight Group welcomed a group of students studying for a Higher Diploma in Aviation and Logistics at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education to its flagship e+Solutions (ePlus) ecommerce logistics centre in Kwai Chung. The students obtained practical experience of technology and adapting business to optimise ...
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Logistics company U-Freight has expanded its robot fleet at its Hong Kong e-commerce fulfilment centre. Some 12,000sq ft of the company’s 20,000sq ft facility in Kwai Chung has been equipped with an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and intelligent racking system, provided by Geek+.
It has added 30 of its P-series AMR ...
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Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group is celebrating its 55th birthday this week with its first annual global conference since the Covid epidemic. Almost 200 delegates will be in Hong Kong for an event designed to help shape the company's future.
The event, which is due to start on Tuesday in Hong Kong, ...
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