Customs: Counterfeit items to be destroyed

08 July 2021 – More people are getting caught breaking the law by trying to smuggle counterfeit items into Guam. Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency gave the media a look at the thousands of knockoff designer items that have been seized and are locked away at the Customs facility in Tiyan. On Tuesday, the agency…

Online logistics platforms and truckers forming alliances in a ‘tech arms race’

18 March 2021 – Logistics providers and truckers are pushing each other in a ‘technological arms race’ to offer better integrated functionality – or they are joining hands to do so. Last month, logistics platform provider Redwood Logistics forged a strategic alliance with supply chain platform firm Blue Yonder. Integrating the latter’s price discovery service…

OneConnect launches ‘Linked Port’ technology in Greater Bay Area

23 November 2020 – OneConnect Financial Technology has recently unveiled the project, the ‘Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Port Logistics & Trade Facilitation Blockchain Platform’. The financial technology services company has launched this project for Shekou and Shunde ports. The company is a technical supporter of this project, which constructed the blockchain platform and core port logistic…

Cainiao: 700 chartered flights to deliver 90 % of cross-border parcels during 11.11 shopping festival

22nd October 2020 –  Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, has announced a series of initiatives to ramp up its global logistics infrastructure, in anticipation of explosive growth in e-commerce parcel volume during the upcoming 11.11 shopping festival. This year, Cainiao plans to operate over 700 chartered flights to deliver 90…