Alibaba logistics arm launches container booking service
The service will offer rates 30% to 40% lower than average market rates and will cover end-to-end logistics management. Service coverage will span more than 200 ports in 50 countries
This is part of a wider trend of end users taking things into their own hands as container carriers are increasingly being seen as unable to meet their needs. Chinese courier company SF Express launched an ocean freight route from China to the US in July 2019