FEATURE FREIGHT FORWARDER FOCUS ASIA
well as being an exporter of such importance, the country is likely to develop as an importer of critical significance as well. With the return to normal of the more
traditional need to move cheap Chinese exports out of the country via its huge east coast gateways, cargo agents will also be looking to meet the burgeoning demand for imports into China, as its
C Forwarders
ertainly there seems little doubt that manufacturing in China will soon regain its former vitality. As
middle class continues to grow. As this change happens, the country is becoming more of a consumer society with the appetite and the cash to adopt a Western-based consumer economy and its ‘must-have’ aspirations. The geographical bias of China’s
manufacturing industry is changing too. As more companies move westward into the centre of the country to booming metropolitan mega-cities such as Chengdu, freight forwarders will need to adapt and cater for that trend by
30 AIR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
establishing a footprint further west, away from their more familiar bases in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and other traditional east coast gateways. Each of the big logistics companies in
China and elsewhere in the Far East has worked hard to protect its share of the freight forwarding spoils. And, while business may be tough, they appear still to be having a fair degree of success. Hong Kong-headquartered Kerry
Logistics is one of those forwarders expanding its presence in central China.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68