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Kuehne + Nagel opens new LCL Shanghai gateway

Logistics company Kuehne + Nagel has further strengthened its less-than-container-load (LCL) offerings in the Asia Pacific region with the establishment of a national gateway in Shanghai.

Already operating existing direct services in Shanghai, the new gateway is designed to serve as an alternative to the company’s other two gateways in Singapore and Sri Lanka,

The new gateway is aimed at providing Kuehne + Nagel customers with a broader range of routing options and enhanced connectivity, reliability and flexibility for their LCL shipments.

A total of 28 new gateway services have been operational from Shanghai effective as of May 1, 2012, the company said in a statement.

The 28 new gateways feature fixed-day, weekly sailings from Shanghai to Europe, Latin America, South America and the Middle East. 

The company said that with the availability of domestic feeder and trucking services, LCL shipments from the northern and central Chinese ports of Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Ningbo and Xiamen can be “seamlessly connected” with Kuehne + Nagel’s bonded warehouse facilities in Shanghai prior to their further deliveries to overseas markets.

The newly implemented routes are operated by Blue Anchor Line, Kuehne + Nagel’s in-house NVOCC.

With the new gateways, Kuehne + Nagel’s LCL portfolio in Asia-Pacific now encompasses 276 direct as well as 145 national and multinational gateway services, according to the statement.

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