UPS moving from the Phillipines to Shenzhen

Image via WikipediaLogistics firm UPS is moving its Asian hub from the Philippines to the South-Chinese city of Shenzhen, reports China Economic Review. (h/t AllroadsleadtoChina). UPS is moving closer to its customers, it says.
In the second half of the 1990s I was working for a logistical magazine and actually, following the logistical development in China was then a small part-time job. Since then I have left the job and only now and then I see logistical news passing by that is compared to the 1990s really huge. Like this one.

Dan Brutto, president, UPS International, in a statement put the totally logical view, ‘Given the growth in shipping along the southern rim of China, it now makes more sense to sort and dispatch this volume from a hub closer to our customers. And, in making the switch, because of the growth we’re seeing, we intend to build a new sorting hub in Shenzhen with five times the capacity of the existing hub.’

The UPS Shenzen hub will launch 100 flights per week and its 400 staff will be capable of sorting 18,000 packages an hour.

Ten years ago even finding a kuaidi could be a challenge. Now they are within an hour at your desk, after you give them a call.