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There has been “an explosion” in the development of distribution centres for e-Commerce as traditional traders transform their business model, says Simon Wong, chief executive officer of Hong Kong-based U-Freight.
Changes in demand patterns is driving development in merchandising, warehousing, and distribution patterns he says.
U-Freight has been investing in several of its warehouse facilities to enable them to act as complete eCommerce fulfilment centres (EFCs)in Asia, North America, and Europe.
Wong adds: ...
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The U-Freight Group has promoted operations manager at its Amsterdam headquarters, Robert Rens (pictured) to operations director. He will take responsibility for work undertaken by current managing director in the Netherlands, Cas Scheij, who has reached official retirement age but will remain in post on a part-time basis. Rens has ...
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U-Freight North America, the US subsidiary of the U-Freight Group, has added a consolidation centre for ocean freight shipments at its freight hub in Chicago, joining its other main ocean freight hub in Los Angeles. It will enable it to better serve customers on the US East and West coasts, ...
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Hong Kong based forwarder U-Freight Group has added a second Chinese consolidation centre in Shanghai to its existing Zhengzhou hub for its LCL and FCL rail freight services to and from Europe. The company started its regular service in 2014, consolidating cargo in Zhengzhou and using the daily service that ...
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The U-Freight Group has appointed Ong Boon Seong as a director of U-Freight Logistics Sdn Bhd to increase its presence in cross-border logistics between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Based at U-Freight Logistics branch office in Johor Bahru in Malaysia, Ong will be responsible for the development of a comprehensive portfolio ...
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The U-Freight Group has been cheered by a report by the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, which puts estimated 2018 e-commerce sales at 30% of global gross domestic product (GDP) that year. The forwarder, which has a considerable involvement in e-commerce logistics, says that the latest statistics showing that ...
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U-Freight Group has promoted Daniel Ludlow to operations director of its U-Freight UK subsidiary. In the 14 years since joining U-Freight UK in 2006, he has worked in a number of roles, most recently as operations manager.
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Hong Kong-based freight forwarder and logistics group U-Freight says its operations around the world are working “as normally as possible” given the circumstances. And it is seeking innovative solutions to overcome the challenges of managing supply chains hit by the virus.
Whilst there have been air capacity reductions, freighter and passenger ...
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Following a recent report that suggests the global e-commerce logistics market is likely to exceed €500 billion by 2024, U-Freight Group chief executive Simon Wong says his company is ready to meet the challenges.
He said: “At U-Freight, in our development of e-commerce logistics solutions, we are continually trying to address ...
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U-Freight Korea has opened an e-commerce fulfilment centre in Incheon to process domestic and cross-border shipments for business and consumer clients. With the anticipated increase in e-commerce logistics volumes, especially from South Korea to Vietnam, U-Freight Korea decided to invest in a bespoke temperature-controlled facility with easy access for e-commerce ...
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