Kerry Logistics continues to enhance its services and network under the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative by entering into a joint venture through participating in the equity of Globalink Logistics.
The freight forwarding group is headquartered in Dubai and has operations across The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Kerry Logistics says the move will significantly expand coverage in Central Asia and the CIS, opening the door to potential markets with strong growth prospects.
The partnership will see nine countries added to Kerry Logistics’ global network. They include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine.
Leveraging the booming trade between China and Europe, Kazakhstan, in particular, is expected to benefit most from the increasing transit cargo flow along the trade lanes.
Kerry Logistics group managing director, William Ma says: “We are very excited about this joint venture, which is part of our development strategy to tap into the immense opportunities from the Belt and Road initiative.
“The new partnership will allow the two groups to leverage each other’s competitive strengths and provide new options and cost-efficient multimodal solutions to our customers with greater flexibility and access to the strongest network in Asia.
“While we will continue to develop an overland transportation network for road, rail and multimodal freight services from China to Central Asia and Europe, we will also build upon our expertise in project logistics within our global network to exploit new business opportunities.”
The move came at the heels of Kerry Logistics’ launch of its rail freight operations between China and Europe.
