When things take off in China
The Austria-based freight forwarding group Cargo-Partner is looking back on a successful H1/2022, especially with regards to the expansion of its activities in China.
In January, the company enlarged its branch office in Beijing and opened a new warehouse in Kunshan, in close proximity to Shanghai. In March, another Cargo-Partner warehouse came on stream in Yantian, Shenzhen. At the start of June, Cargo-Partner inaugurated a new sales office in Macau, complementing its network in the Greater Bay Area.
In rail transport, Cargo-Partner is currently circumventing the New Iron Silk Road by making use of the Middle Corridor via the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. The company provides weekly departures along this new route and expects volumes to grow by 30-50% in the near future.
The group continues to offer its seafreight service “Adria Express” from China to Koper, Rijeka and Trieste. It has also introduced a cross-border trucking solution from China to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with lead times of around two weeks. Cargo-Partner now has over 500 employees at 18 locations in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. (sh)