UPS power's express infighting

In Hong Kong, shenzhen and guangzhou airport as the core of the pearl river delta region, the airline industry has five core competition between airports or cooperation relations, is always the focus of attention.

In the United States, with its package delivery service company (UPS) asia-pacific transportation center located in shenzhen baoan international airport, (shenzhen airport 000089], their success) to the global four express and gathered speed and motion express company, such as domestic sinotrans asia-pacific express hub for constructing a important basis, thereby in competition.

UPS showering layout in shenzhen

"Shenzhen airport transit center is mainly used in Asia, is the transfer of goods in order to shorten the goods between countries in the asia-pacific region of the transfer of time." In the shenzhen airport transfer center and previously have been put into operation in the Shanghai pudong airport transfer center position difference, UPS international executive Daniel Pluto explained, "and Shanghai international transshipment center position is, the main purpose is to China and Asia Pacific markets and European market, the United States, the Middle East markets more closely together."

The data shows, UPS disclosed on a scale from watching is currently in Asia's largest UPS transit center, international express sorting processing capacity can reach 18,000 parts/hour. Reporters on the scene to see, has invested in equipment operation area, still has a large area within the center of China a spare plot, UPS to our newspaper reporter said: "if the existing facilities processing capacity will fail to meet demand, the space of the reserve will soon be installed a new sorting equipment, goods sorting processing capacity can be doubled.

Not only such, UPS, President of the drake region still discloses, Woodward current shenzhen airport transit center in existing near a plot to UPS obligate for further expansion.

Facing such a narrow pearl river delta region and complex competition situation, the prospect of shenzhen cheque-book UPS is caused to the wide speculation.

UPS to released on April 30th and quarter profits increased within in this season, international freight package of 37 percent increase is one of the main reasons for the asia-pacific region, including over 20 for export shipments. "A large part of the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises from Asia," Daniel, bluto, including our correspondent in the media interviews, "said to us in the small and medium-sized enterprises in China after the investigation found that 70 percent of enterprises, mainly exports to Asia, this makes our determination to shenzhen as the base, developing Asia area trade transportation business."

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Currently, except in the pearl river delta region, fedex, UPS in early last year in guangzhou airport opening its asia-pacific transportation center, and DHL also completed in 2008 on the central district is located in Hong Kong airport expansion work of hub, while the Dutch company headquarters is located in China despite the TNT business center is the highway network, but still in logistics last September to Hong Kong for the first four upgrade Asian cargo hub.

Reporter in shenzhen airport freight area to see, fedex, DHL transport speed and motion are established in shenzhen airport scale of air cargo, and march TNT has signed with the airport express business cooperation agreement, TNT will establish special express in shenzhen airport, after the completion of the reservoir of the TNT express distribution center in guangzhou, shenzhen to transfer some of the business.

If because of shenzhen and Hong Kong between TNT geographical position, will express center with more flexible and thus Hong Kong hub, then have a similar apparently UPS.

"Shenzhen can give us the shipping cross-border provide flexibility." Daniel Pluto says, "for example from shenzhen to Hong Kong express transportation, we can use the truck.

Therefore, UPS in shenzhen airport transfer center set up special truck goods processing district, from Hong Kong to transit goods can need not again after a truck unloaded from customs, can be directly processed to sort through the system of air.