TAIPEI, July
9, 2019 – The
series of service enhancements UPS (NYSE:UPS) revealed today impact almost 1.4 million postal
codes in 41 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, enabling
worldwide connectivity for over 22 million businesses.
In the first half of 2019, UPS completed
the following as part of its strategy to bolster economic development in the
region, which is projected to account for 63 percent of global GDP growth in
2019[1]:
Shenzhen Asia Pacific Air Hub upgrades
increase the hub’s processing capacity by nearly 50 percent in preparation for
volume gains in the coming three years.
Transit times reduced across 2,300
trade lanes: In Taiwan, customers shipping to Europe, the U.S. and Asia Pacific benefit from
a two day transit time improvement.
Improved the geographic reach of UPS Worldwide Express® services, offering international shipping with time-definite
deliveries in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea;
Customers in Xi An, China and new provinces in Vietnam can now access UPS Worldwide Express Freight™, a guaranteed door-to-door service for palletized shipments
over 70kg.
Extended pick-up times by up to five
hours for export shipments from China, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, widening
production windows and giving businesses additional time to fulfil customer orders.
Strengthened supply chain flexibility with
Saturday pick-up services in the U.S. enabling import shipments destined for eight
markets in Asia to be delivered 1 day earlier than before.
“We’re seeing new realities in this
region that demand not only inventive solutions, but also higher levels of
service,” said Wilfredo Ramos, Vice President of Strategy, UPS Asia Pacific
Region. “Businesses have come to rely on UPS’s extensive experience to help
them navigate the volatile highways of trade today. Together with our brokerage
capabilities, upgrades like the one at our Shenzhen Hub will give UPS the
flexibility to support increases in intra-Asia trade volumes in the coming
years.”
“Uncertainty has caused a broad
reshuffling in the global economic order; Taiwan’s SMEs need faster and more
flexible ways to handle ever-changing cross-border trade dynamics,”
said Sam Hung, Managing Director of UPS Taiwan. “The latest enhancements help
Taiwan’s SMEs stand out from the competition in a complicated trading
environment and shine on a global stage.”
UPS’s Shenzhen Hub serves as a transfer
point for shipments moving within the region, and the enhancements improve both
reliability and quality of service provided to UPS customers in Asia. About 550
employees maintain round-the-clock operations at the hub, which houses separate
sorting and handling facilities for express and cargo shipments, on-site
customs office and processing – including China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ)
clearance for import commodities – and a dedicated 150,000 square meter ramp
with 13 aircraft parking positions. Self-operated aircraft ground-handling
provides UPS, as a logistics integrator, with greater control over the 86
weekly UPS flights in and out from the hub.
UPS has operated in the Asia Pacific
region since 1988, and has grown to service 41 countries and territories in the
region over the past 30 years. In 2018, the company implemented the largest
expansion of the UPS My
Choice service
since its launch, offering users enhanced visibility in 96 new countries and
territories, including Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam in Asia Pacific.