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EXTRANS GLOBAL - Weekly Logistics Operation Update - Week 03-2026
📌Weekly Logistics Highlights
This week, the global logistics sector focused on route innovation, strategic cooperation and regulatory optimization. Chinese hubs led cross-border logistics upgrades via alliances and dedicated routes. Southeast Asian and South Asian nations refined customs rules and expanded cooperation, while the US advanced drone delivery, jointly boosting the efficiency and stability of the global logistics network.
China
Hong Kong, China
🔹 SF and J&T Reach HK$8.3B Cross-Holding Deal (Jan 15): SF Holdings and J&T Express announced a strategic cross-holding agreement valued at HK$8.3 billion, where SF acquires 10% of J&T and J&T holds 4.29% of SF. This forms a "SF trunk line + J&T terminal" model to significantly cut operational costs, leveraging SF’s extensive global air capacity and J&T’s dense end-network across 13 countries to strengthen their combined competitiveness in cross-border logistics markets.
🔹 GBA Cross-Border E-Commerce Returns Service Launched (Jan 12): Hong Kong Post joined hands with local logistics firms to launch a cross-border e-commerce return service covering 10 major GBA cities, utilizing blockchain technology for secure return order verification. This innovative system cuts the average return processing time from 7 days down to just 2 days and maintains a 98% return package integrity rate, effectively supporting the booming region’s cross-border e-commerce development.
🔹 GBA Cross-Border E-Commerce Returns Service Launched (Jan 12): Hong Kong Post joined hands with local logistics firms to launch a cross-border e-commerce return service covering 10 major GBA cities, utilizing blockchain technology for secure return order verification. This innovative system cuts the average return processing time from 7 days down to just 2 days and maintains a 98% return package integrity rate, effectively supporting the booming region’s cross-border e-commerce development.
Shenzhen, China
🔹 Shenzhen Promotes Lithium Battery Export Standardization (Jan 14): Following Ningde’s successful Vietnam route, Shenzhen’s logistics sector promoted standardized transport for lithium battery exports, adopting explosion-proof containers and real-time temperature monitoring systems. Cooperating closely with Dongxing Port, this initiative shortens customs clearance time by 70%, aiming to replicate Ningde’s model to open direct routes to Southeast Asia and robustly support local new energy exports.
🔹 UAV Delivery Covers 12 Urban Communities (Jan 13): A leading Shenzhen tech firm expanded its drone delivery network to cover 12 densely populated urban communities, with drones capable of carrying up to 2.5kg of goods and completing deliveries within 30 minutes. This service mainly delivers daily necessities and medicines, handling 200 orders daily, which significantly improves the efficiency of end logistics in complex urban environments.
🔹 UAV Delivery Covers 12 Urban Communities (Jan 13): A leading Shenzhen tech firm expanded its drone delivery network to cover 12 densely populated urban communities, with drones capable of carrying up to 2.5kg of goods and completing deliveries within 30 minutes. This service mainly delivers daily necessities and medicines, handling 200 orders daily, which significantly improves the efficiency of end logistics in complex urban environments.
Guangzhou, China
🔹 China-Vietnam Railway Improves Garment Logistics (Jan 11): Guangzhou Railway’s China-Vietnam freight train opened a specialized garment line, cooperating with Star Chain Logistics to offer customized packaging against wrinkles and moisture. With pre-declaration at Youyiguan Port, this route shortens delivery time to Hanoi to 5 days and cuts costs by 20%, helping sellers avoid detention during Vietnam’s strict garment inspection period.
🔹 AI Optimizes ASEAN Cargo Scheduling (Jan 16): Guangzhou Port upgraded its AI scheduling system to comprehensively cover ASEAN-bound routes, integrating real-time data from Beibu Gulf Port and the China-Laos Railway. This intelligent integration cuts vessel waiting time by 35% and handles 45,000 TEUs daily, effectively supporting the pre-Spring Festival export peak of mechanical and electronic products to Southeast Asia.
🔹 AI Optimizes ASEAN Cargo Scheduling (Jan 16): Guangzhou Port upgraded its AI scheduling system to comprehensively cover ASEAN-bound routes, integrating real-time data from Beibu Gulf Port and the China-Laos Railway. This intelligent integration cuts vessel waiting time by 35% and handles 45,000 TEUs daily, effectively supporting the pre-Spring Festival export peak of mechanical and electronic products to Southeast Asia.
Shanghai, China
🔹 Yangshan Port Tests Automated Container Stacking Robots (Jan 15): Yangshan Port tested 15 new automated stacking robots equipped with LiDAR technology to stack containers with an ultra-low 0.002% error rate. These robots increase stacking efficiency by 40% and cut labor costs by 50%, and are scheduled to be fully operational next month to significantly boost the port’s overall handling capacity.
🔹 Cross-Border Cold Chain Logistics Network Expanded (Jan 13): Shanghai’s logistics firms added 8 cold chain warehouses in Southeast Asia, utilizing IoT devices to monitor temperature and maintain a strict -18℃ constant temperature. This expanded network shortens the delivery time of frozen food to Singapore and Malaysia to 3 days, reducing spoilage rates to 0.3%.
🔹 Cross-Border Cold Chain Logistics Network Expanded (Jan 13): Shanghai’s logistics firms added 8 cold chain warehouses in Southeast Asia, utilizing IoT devices to monitor temperature and maintain a strict -18℃ constant temperature. This expanded network shortens the delivery time of frozen food to Singapore and Malaysia to 3 days, reducing spoilage rates to 0.3%.
Tianjin, China
🔹 China-Europe Railway Adds Auto Parts Special Service (Jan 14): Tianjin’s China-Europe Railway Express added a weekly special service for auto parts to Germany, utilizing blockchain technology for real-time tracking. This service shortens transport time by 2 days and maintains a 99.5% on-time rate, expected to transport 6,000 tons of auto parts annually and support deep Sino-European auto industry cooperation.
🔹 Green Hydrogen Supplies Port Vessels (Jan 12): Tianjin’s Bohai Petrochemical increased its daily hydrogen supply to 60 tons, supplying green hydrogen to over 100 port vehicles and 5 tugboats at Tianjin Port. This move cuts the port’s monthly carbon emissions by 3,000 tons, advancing the low-carbon transformation of the Bohai Rim logistics sector.
🔹 Green Hydrogen Supplies Port Vessels (Jan 12): Tianjin’s Bohai Petrochemical increased its daily hydrogen supply to 60 tons, supplying green hydrogen to over 100 port vehicles and 5 tugboats at Tianjin Port. This move cuts the port’s monthly carbon emissions by 3,000 tons, advancing the low-carbon transformation of the Bohai Rim logistics sector.
Qingdao, China
🔹 Shore Power System Covers All Container Terminals (Jan 15): Qingdao Port completed the installation of shore power systems at all its container terminals, capable of meeting the power needs of 20 berthing vessels simultaneously. This initiative reduces annual berthing emissions by 800,000 tons and the port also trained 50 operators to ensure stable operation, setting a green example for other ports.
🔹 Qingdao-Incheon Route Boosts Electronics Transport (Jan 13): Qingdao Airlines added two weekly flights on the Qingdao-Incheon route, mainly transporting semiconductor components and increasing weekly shipments to 1,200 tons. Using temperature-controlled containers, this service guarantees the safety of electronic products, satisfying the post-holiday production needs of South Korean tech firms.
🔹 Qingdao-Incheon Route Boosts Electronics Transport (Jan 13): Qingdao Airlines added two weekly flights on the Qingdao-Incheon route, mainly transporting semiconductor components and increasing weekly shipments to 1,200 tons. Using temperature-controlled containers, this service guarantees the safety of electronic products, satisfying the post-holiday production needs of South Korean tech firms.
International
Vietnam
🔹 Hai Phong Port Updates Garment Inspection Rules (Jan 12): Hai Phong Port enforced strict inspection on imported garments, focusing on labels and brand authorization, and worked with Chinese logistics firms to set up a pre-inspection platform. Garments with standardized Vietnamese labels can pass clearance within 3 hours, avoiding detention and destruction, and stabilizing the cross-border garment supply chain.
🔹 Shopee Vietnam Extends Warehouse Commission-Free Policy (Jan 15): Shopee Vietnam extended its commission-free policy for third-party warehouse sellers to Jan 20, aiming to ease the pressure on sellers during the logistics peak before the Spring Festival. This policy attracts more merchants to stock up and improves the timeliness of platform order delivery.
🔹 Shopee Vietnam Extends Warehouse Commission-Free Policy (Jan 15): Shopee Vietnam extended its commission-free policy for third-party warehouse sellers to Jan 20, aiming to ease the pressure on sellers during the logistics peak before the Spring Festival. This policy attracts more merchants to stock up and improves the timeliness of platform order delivery.
South Korea
🔹 Busan Port Deepens Digital Cooperation with Chinese Ports (Jan 14): Busan Port connected its digital twin system to 5 major Chinese ports including Qingdao and Shanghai, optimizing transshipment scheduling and cutting coordination time by 60%. This week, the joint throughput reached 600,000 TEUs, efficiently handling the transshipment demand between Northeast Asia and ASEAN.
🔹 Incheon Airport Increases SAF Use for Pharma Cargo (Jan 13): Incheon Airport followed Walmart’s drone model and collaborated with Korean Air to increase sustainable aviation fuel use to 12% for pharma routes. This ensures the safety of vaccine and biologic shipments, cutting emissions by 80% and maintaining a 100% cargo integrity rate, transporting 350 tons of pharmaceuticals monthly.
🔹 Incheon Airport Increases SAF Use for Pharma Cargo (Jan 13): Incheon Airport followed Walmart’s drone model and collaborated with Korean Air to increase sustainable aviation fuel use to 12% for pharma routes. This ensures the safety of vaccine and biologic shipments, cutting emissions by 80% and maintaining a 100% cargo integrity rate, transporting 350 tons of pharmaceuticals monthly.
United States
🔹 Walmart Expands Drone Delivery to Los Angeles (Jan 11): Walmart and Wing announced expanding drone delivery to Los Angeles, covering daily necessities and chargers with deliveries within 30 minutes. Walmart+ members get free delivery, while non-members pay $19.99 per order, with plans to build 270+ drone delivery points nationwide by 2027.
🔹 USPS Tightens Parcel Size Reporting Rules (Jan 16): USPS will cancel small parcels’ size-exemption privilege from July, requiring all commercial parcels to report exact sizes. Amazon and eBay sellers face a $1.5 fine per parcel for mismatched size declarations, pushing sellers to standardize parcel management and increasing logistics transparency.
🔹 USPS Tightens Parcel Size Reporting Rules (Jan 16): USPS will cancel small parcels’ size-exemption privilege from July, requiring all commercial parcels to report exact sizes. Amazon and eBay sellers face a $1.5 fine per parcel for mismatched size declarations, pushing sellers to standardize parcel management and increasing logistics transparency.
Bangladesh
🔹 ONE Plans Direct Shipping Route to China (Jan 12): ONE Bangladesh announced plans to open a direct shipping route to China in 2026 during a meeting with Wealth Rich Group. This route will significantly shorten China-Bangladesh shipping time, reduce logistics costs for both countries, and lay a foundation for strengthening bilateral trade of agricultural and textile products.
🔹 Air Cargo Volume with China Rises by 30% (Jan 15): Bangladesh’s Civil Aviation Authority stated that weekly air cargo volume between Bangladesh and China has increased by 30% recently, mainly transporting garments and agricultural products. With 10 weekly cargo flights, it uses barcode scanning to improve loading efficiency, supporting the growth of bilateral trade.
🔹 Air Cargo Volume with China Rises by 30% (Jan 15): Bangladesh’s Civil Aviation Authority stated that weekly air cargo volume between Bangladesh and China has increased by 30% recently, mainly transporting garments and agricultural products. With 10 weekly cargo flights, it uses barcode scanning to improve loading efficiency, supporting the growth of bilateral trade.
Myanmar
🔹 Yangon Port Adopts New Customs Warehouse Codes (Jan 11): Myanmar Customs required general cargo from Ranong to Yangon to use new warehouse codes at MIPL and TMIT terminals, with MIPL using A1WR10 and TMIT using A1WR12. Enterprises failing to update the codes will face declaration rejection, standardizing the management of the popular Ranong-Yangon logistics route.
🔹 Mandalay Improves Cross-Border Land Logistics (Jan 14): Myanmar eased procedures for small-scale trade at Mandalay’s border ports, simplifying qualification applications for cross-border logistics firms and shortening vehicle inspection time by 50%. This mainly facilitates the transport of agricultural products and daily necessities, boosting trade with China’s Yunnan.
🔹 Mandalay Improves Cross-Border Land Logistics (Jan 14): Myanmar eased procedures for small-scale trade at Mandalay’s border ports, simplifying qualification applications for cross-border logistics firms and shortening vehicle inspection time by 50%. This mainly facilitates the transport of agricultural products and daily necessities, boosting trade with China’s Yunnan.
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