EXTRANS GLOBAL - Weekly Logistics Operation Update - Week 25-2025

📌 Weekly Logistics Highlights 

This week's logistics industry dynamics focused on intelligent upgrades and cross-border efficiency improvements. Cainiao Hong Kong eHub achieved full-scene RFID technology coverage, becoming Hong Kong's first smart freight center, with parcel processing efficiency increased by 30%. Shenzhen Airport launched a "VIP channel" for litchi exports, compressing the entire process to 2 hours through green customs clearance and pre-loading management. Guangzhou's first China-Europe Railway Express e-commerce express line opened, cutting transportation time by half compared to sea freight and costing only one-fifth of air freight……

Hong Kong, China

🔹 Cainiao Hong Kong eHub Achieves Full-Scene RFID Coverage
On June 16, according to Cainiao, Cainiao Hong Kong eHub fully adopted RFID (Radio Frequency Identification smart chips), becoming Hong Kong's first smart freight center with full-scene RFID coverage. After integrating RFID technology into the entire process of unloading, security inspection, storage, palletizing, and outbound, the parcel processing efficiency of the smart freight center can be increased by about 30% compared to traditional freight centers, enhancing transparency and inventory turnover, and realizing unified and efficient online management.

  Shenzhen, China

🔹 Fresh Logistics "VIP Channel" Boosts Litchi Exports
Focusing on the "high timeliness and high freshness" characteristics of litchi transportation, Shenzhen Airport launched a full-process customs clearance optimization plan to ensure rapid cargo flow:

• Exclusive green channel: Priority cargo acceptance windows, exclusive security checkpoints, and fast-track counters are set up to achieve "immediate inspection upon arrival" for litchi goods, avoiding queuing for regular goods. For example, on June 19, Shenzhen Airport Shenchang Freight Company compressed the entire process from arrival to loading for litchi to 2 hours through pre-loading management, significantly improving operational efficiency.
• Cargo space reservation and pre-loading management: A professional support team is formed to lock in flight cargo space in advance and optimize the loading plan, reducing time loss in the loading process. For example, for flights to Singapore, Shenzhen Airport collaborates with SF Airlines to ensure rapid cargo loading and connection with international flight schedules through innovative modes such as full pallet transfer.
• Multi-department collaboration to accelerate customs clearance: Shenzhen Customs shortens customs clearance time through convenient measures such as advance declaration, document pre-review, and 7×24-hour appointment customs clearance. For example, on June 19, a batch of fresh cherries from Uzbekistan completed customs clearance and inspection in only 1 hour after landing through "advance declaration" and real-time document review, and litchi exports also benefit from similar process optimizations.

Guangzhou, China

🔹 Guangzhou's First China-Europe Railway Express E-commerce Express Line Launched
On the 18th, a China-Europe Railway Express loaded with cross-border e-commerce export goods departed from Guangzhou, marking the official operation of Guangzhou's first China-Europe Railway Express e-commerce express line. The goods transported by the train include Guangzhou's clothing, Foshan's small household appliances, Zhongshan's kitchenware, etc., and are expected to arrive in Italy in 13 days after leaving through the Horgos Port. In the past, cross-border e-commerce goods took more than 30 days by sea and were expensive by air, but through the China-Europe Railway Express e-commerce express line, they can reach Europe in 15 days, with transportation efficiency more than doubled compared to sea freight and logistics costs only one-fifth of air freight. After the express line is opened, it is expected that about 40 TEUs of cross-border e-commerce goods will be exported through it every week.

 Shanghai, China

🔹 Shanghai Customs Introduces Cross-Border Trade Facilitation Measures
Shanghai Customs launched the "Cross-Border Trade Facilitation Special Action" and released the Shanghai Customs 2025 Special Action Measures for Promoting Cross-Border Trade Facilitation. The measures consist of 33 initiatives, including ensuring customs clearance convenience for key commodities, such as accelerating customs clearance for "new three" and agricultural and food products, piloting intelligent inspection of export lithium battery packaging, piloting classified inspection of medical devices and hierarchical supervision of enterprises, etc.; giving play to the advantages of Shanghai Port and Pudong International Airport, expanding multimodal transport businesses such as "linked unloading", "air-air transfer", and "air-land intermodal transport", supporting the construction of "front cargo stations", and promoting the "airside direct" supervision mode at aviation ports, etc.; optimizing regulatory processes to adapt to business forms, promoting the mode of "first inspection, then shipment" for export LCL goods, optimizing the local inspection operation mode, and expanding the application scope of pilot measures to imported first-issue consumer goods such as clothing, toys, home appliances, and food contact products.

 Tianjin, China

🔹 Efficient Customs Clearance for Summer Davos Forum Materials
Under the supervision of Tianjin Xingang Customs, the first batch of sea-transported inbound materials for the 16th New Champions Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (Summer Davos Forum) cleared customs at Tianjin Port and successfully arrived at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Tianjin). The batch of materials came from Singapore and included 63 types of professional equipment such as audio, speakers, and digital mixers, totaling 25.9 tons. Tianjin Xingang Customs formulated a full-process customs clearance support plan and set up a dedicated service window for "Davos", achieving immediate handling of inbound materials upon arrival.

 Qingdao, China

🔹 Shandong Port Bohai Bay Port Carries out Supply Chain Cooperation
On June 19, Shandong Port Bohai Bay Port signed a tripartite cooperation agreement with Vietnam's Long An International Port and Baohua Shipping. The three parties will establish long-term friendly cooperative relations, promote the development of "two-way cargo sources", form a supply chain cycle, and help the economic development of the two places. This is the first time Bohai Bay Port has joined hands with foreign ports to carry out supply chain cooperation, a resource complementarity of "two ports and one shipping", and a key measure to promote regional supply chain upgrading and economic development of the two countries.

 Vietnam

🔹 Best Express Vietnam Signs Cross-Border Logistics Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Ho Chi Minh City Industry and Trade Department
During the 2025 Export Expo (HCMCexpo2025) held in Ho Chi Minh City, Best Group Vietnam Company and the Ho Chi Minh City Industry and Trade Department officially signed an agreement, focusing on cooperation in three major areas: cross-border logistics support, local supply chain ecosystem co-construction, and digital transformation. According to the agreement, Best Vietnam will integrate bonded warehouse, overseas warehouse, and reverse logistics resources to optimize cross-border trade costs and timeliness, helping Vietnamese goods expand Asian and global markets through the Southeast Asia warehouse network (covering Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, etc.). In addition, the two sides will introduce advanced logistics technologies and e-commerce management tools to promote the intelligent upgrading of Vietnamese enterprises' supply chains.

 South Korea

🔹 Sino-Korean Sea-Air Intermodal Transport Mode Deepens, Improving Cross-Border E-Commerce Logistics Efficiency
On June 18, more than 100,000 cross-border e-commerce parcels from Yantai Comprehensive Bonded Zone were sent to the world via "sea-air intermodal transport" through South Korea. Goods are shipped from Yantai to Incheon Port, and then airlifted from Incheon Airport to all over the world, using the cargo hub advantage of Incheon Airport to reduce logistics costs by about 20%. South Korean logistics enterprises cooperate with Chinese parties to optimize distribution, and Yantai Customs has launched "first inspection, then shipment" to improve transfer efficiency and accelerate the development of Sino-Korean cross-border e-commerce logistics.

 America

🔹 Cargo Volume at West Coast Ports in the U.S. Continues to Decline, Exacerbating Idle Dock Workers
Affected by Trump 2.0 tariff policies and weak market demand, cargo volumes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have remained at historical lows for several consecutive weeks. As of June 16, about half of the dock workers at the Port of Los Angeles were idle, and the actual available work tasks could only meet 46% of the labor force size. The cargo delay time at the Port of Long Beach has increased to 6.9 days, and the delay time at the Port of Los Angeles is nearly 5 days, a new high since the pandemic. The chain reaction of the port surrounding business ecosystem is significant, with passenger flows in service industries dependent on cargo transportation decreasing by more than 30% year-on-year. Industry analysis points out that the U.S. West Coast ports are facing the most severe employment and operational crisis since the 2020 pandemic and need to respond to long-term challenges through paths such as warehouse optimization and automation technology upgrades.

 Bangladesh

🔹 Dhaka-Ezhou-Incheon Transfer Route Opened, Improving Cross-Border Logistics Efficiency
At the 2025 China-Japan-ROK Economic Symposium held in Wuhan on June 17, Ezhou Huahu Airport announced the opening of a route from Dhaka, Bangladesh, via Ezhou to Incheon, South Korea, mainly transporting clothing accessories and other goods. After goods are airlifted from Dhaka to Ezhou, they are transferred to Incheon through Huahu Airport's international cargo hub network and finally made into finished clothing and sold globally. Relying on the aviation resources of enterprises such as SF Express, the route shortens the logistics chain between Bangladesh and South Korea, reduces transportation costs by about 20%, and provides an efficient transfer solution for cross-border e-commerce and the clothing industry within the RCEP region. At present, Huahu Airport has covered 9 cities in 6 RCEP member countries and plans to further expand to Southeast Asia and European routes in the future.

 Myanmar

🔹First China-Myanmar New Channel Road-Rail Intermodal Train Launched, Upgrading Southwest Logistics Network
On June 16, a China-Myanmar new channel (Myanmar-Baoshan Pupiao-Chengdu) road-rail intermodal train loaded with more than 1,000 tons of Myanmar iron ore departed from the Pupiao Logistics Center in Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, and is expected to arrive in Chengdu 2 days later. The channel realizes seamless connection between road and rail, integrating Myanmar's mineral resource exports with the industrial needs of China's southwest region. The one-way transportation time is shortened by about 30% and the cost is reduced by more than 20% compared to traditional sea transportation. This move marks a substantive breakthrough in the construction of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, providing an efficient logistics path for China's western inland areas to bypass the Strait of Malacca and directly access the Indian Ocean. In the future, it can be further expanded to Southeast Asia and European markets.

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