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The growth potential of global e-commerce is far from exhausted, says the head of Hong Kong-headquartered international logistics provider the U-Freight Group (UFL).
There is major potential growth even in established regions such as the US, Europe or Japan, but it will need new approaches to logistics to ensure a problem-free supply chain, says U-Freight Group CEO Simon Wong. He comments: “The Group recently attended an Amazon Global Selling Expo in ...
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U-Freight Group chief executive, Simon Wong, has welcomed a call by the boss of online retailer Alibaba Group for an electronic world trade platform to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to expand. The call was made recently by Jack Ma, Alibaba Group’s executive chairman.
Wong agrees that e-commerce ...
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Hong Kong-based U-Freight is redeveloping some of its warehouses to better equip them to handle the logistics for e-commerce.
Chief executive Simon Wong said the company is planning significant investment in equipment, pick and pack areas, low level racking and mezzanine floors in many of its warehouses. Redevelopment of facilities in ...
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Munich-based alpha trans Luft- und Seefrachtspedition - the exclusive German partner of the U-Freight Group - has named Tim Teubert and Rainer Hoermansperger as joint managing directors to replace its existing managing director, Fred Eichenseher, who will retire at the end of 2016. Both are long-standing employees of the company ...
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U-Freight Taiwan has been certified by the Customs Authority as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO). Benefits of AEO accreditation include fewer physical and documentary examinations of cargo, priority use of non-intrusive inspection techniques when examination is required and priority processing by Customs whenever security is heightened.
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The U-Freight Group has brought the operations of its airfreight import and export departments in Hong Kong into one location in the Special Administrative Region. The freight forwarding company is adding a further 39,000sq ft of warehousing to the 39,000 sq ft that it already has at Tsing Yi, targeted ...
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Hong Kong-headquartered international freight services and logistics specialist, the U-Freight Group has recruited Sri Lankan forwarder Care Logistics of Colombo as its latest agency partner.
U-Freight chief executive officer, Simon Wong described the latests addition as “a dynamic freight forwarding business, which has gained recognition within the Sri Lankan freight community ...
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Freight forwarder U-Freight Singapore has turned its logistics hub into an art gallery. It has set up a new division, ArtSafe to promote its logistics hub as a fine arts storage facility but which can also be used as an exhibition space to showcase work by local artists.
A large area ...
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