Kerry EAS to set up regional logistics centre in Chengdu

ASIA'S leading international forwarder Kerry EAS Logistics will invest CNY50 million (US$6.7 million) in a regional distribution centre inside Chengdu's airfreight logistics park, Xinhua reported.

The facility will cover 3.3 hectares and have 24,000 square metres of warehouse space. It is the third major project in the Chengdu Airfreight Logistics Park after DHL's express operations centre and the Singapore-based RichLand Group's cold chain logistics centre.

Kerry EAS Logistics is the logistics platform for the Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics in China. It currently has 125 subsidiaries, branches and representative offices across China with a network covering more than 1,100 Chinese cities.