GLS Gruppe starts partnership with ZJS Express in China
Chinese parcel service ZJS Express to use GLS as partner for distribution of shipments on the European continent
The GLS Group has a new partner in China: ZJS Express, one of the largest private parcel delivery services in the People’s Republic. The new partnership will initially involve the dispatch of parcels to Europe, but GLS will also be shortly passing parcels on from its customers to ZJS for delivery throughout the People’s Republic of China.
ZJS Express Co. Ltd. will be sending parcels destined for the European market by air freight from Beijing to Frankfurt or London. Gateways will also be set up in the industrial centres of Shanghai and Shenzhen. Parcels for delivery in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland will be fed into the current GLS network via London, all other parcels will be distributed via Frankfurt. The IATA licensed GLS airport office at Frankfurt airport will be responsible for the parcels and will ensure they are cleared by customs and distributed throughout the whole of Europe.
“Together with the USA and the Asia-Pacific region, Europe is China’s most important trading partner”, comments Rico Back, CEO of the GLS Group. Goods are still sent predominantly by sea in trade with China but parcel deliveries are steadily growing in importance to meet the need to supply customers with goods in smaller quantities. This applies especially to spare parts or to specific products sold through e-commerce.
GLS’s new partner, ZJS Express, has a network that covers more than 2,000 cities in the People’s Republic of China. The main distribution centres in the fourth largest country in the world in terms of area are linked by road and air freight. Approximately 20,000 staff are employed by the company at more than 3,000 locations.
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