As a logistics company, Cainiao Network seems to have become a familiar name for everyone. From Cainiao Post to Cainiao's self-lifting cabinet, from sending, checking and picking up, Cainiao covers almost most of the links that consumers need in logistics.

In the cross-border e-commerce business of AliExpress and Ali International Station, Cainiao is also a very important part. Perhaps for this reason, Cainiao's exploration in cross-border transportation has not stopped.

Southeast Asia and Latin America blossom in many places

Following the trial operation of cross-border express service in Southeast Asia in June this year, Cainiao recently announced plans to expand its storage network in Southeast Asia.

Cainiao plans to build a network of smart warehouses called cHubs in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore,Covering an area of nearly 2.5 million square meters.

Eric Xu, general manager of Cainiao Intelligent Hub (CainiaoSmart Hub), said that comprehensive urbanization and industrialization in Southeast Asia, rapid growth in e-commerce, and expectations of a rising direct-to-consumer model put cHubs in a strong position to build innovative supply chain infrastructure.

Cainiao said the epidemic has accelerated the online consumption boom in Southeast Asia,Southeast Asia's e-commerce market expanded by nearly 600 percent between 2016 and 2020. cHubs can put e-commerce merchants and local businesses in Southeast Asia at the forefront of providing end-to-end and cost-effective logistics services without the need for a traditional intermediate distribution layer.

In addition to Southeast Asia, Cainiao recently announced in-depth cooperation with shipping company Atlas Air to further improve the logistics network and increase the speed of parcel delivery, thereby strengthening cross-border trade between China and Latin American countries.

The Atlas will add a B747-400F freighter to transport cargo between Hong Kong and Santiago and Chile. at present,Atlas has increased the number of dedicated aircraft serving the Cainiao network to fiveCompared to October last year,Overall freight volume increased by 144 percent.

Cainiao's partnership with Atlas began in October 2020, when Atlas only had three cargo planes dedicated to Cainiao, flying between Hong Kong and Brazil or Chile. This further cooperation will increase Cainiao's overall warehouse distribution speed and air transportation efficiency by more than 40%.

Currently, Cainiao cross-border parcel networkThe average daily package volume is close to 5 million,With the world's three major express giants FedEx, DHL, UPS in the same echelonSix core logistics hubs have been built around the world, including millions of meters of bonded warehouses and overseas warehouses, reaching air, land and sea transportation around the world, using more than 80 charter flights per week. The further strengthening of cross-border logistics will further consolidate the position of Cainiao in cross-border transportation.

Global layout of cross-border logistics

As one of the four new cross-border parcel networks in the world, Cainiao's layout is far more than Southeast Asia and Latin America.

The first is China's neighbor, Russia. at present,Russia is one of the biggest markets for Cainiao NetworkThe number of packages delivered to Russia has reached 25% of Cainiao's total freight volume. There are now 14 flights to Russia every week, and Cainiao is still trying to increase the frequency of flights.

In addition, Cainiao also plans to invest 2 billion rubles by the end of this year to develop a self-service container network in Russia. The general manager of the Russian Infoline-Analytics Company believes that if this plan can be implemented,Cainiao will become the leader in the Russian self-service container market.

In addition to Russia, Europe is also an important market for Cainiao to invest heavily., Bu Hua, head of Cainiao's European region, once said that Cainiao will promote the self-lifting model in Europe and plans to deploy 2000 groups of self-lifting cabinets in Spain and France by March next year. By the end of this year,Cainiao is expected to deploy more than 30000 self-lifting points and self-lifting cabinets in overseas regions..

In Africa, rookies also have layouts. In June this year, Cainiao officially opened the China-Africa cross-border parcel line. The plane took off from Hong Kong, China, to Nigeria, with more than 6 flights per week. The time limit for cross-border parcels from China to Africa is also high.Reduced from 60 days to about 20 days.

Although the layout around the world is wide, it seems that it has nothing to do with cross-border sellers or ordinary people, because most sellers are still targeting the big market of the United States, but under the consideration of rookies, this is not the case.

At the recent CIIE, Zhao Jian, general manager of Cainiao International Supply Chain, said in an interview with the media that the essence of Cainiao International's business is to do the digital transformation and upgrading of the entire logistics industry, hoping to use digital logistics to support and drive global cross-border The development of e-commerce provides stable and efficient logistics supply chain services for global merchants.

In Southeast Asia, Cainiao has opened up a digital customs clearance channel for local customs, which can automatically collect original data such as orders, payments and logistics to form online customs declaration data. Before the goods leave China, Lazada merchants can upload the declaration data to the system, and most of the customs declaration work can be completed before the goods arrive at the customs.

In Eastern Europe, Cainiao joined Hungarian customs and partners to build a digital customs clearance system,Clearing a package in just 0.36 seconds.

In addition, at the 2021 Global Smart Logistics Summit, Cainiao CEO Wan Lin once said that Cainiao would build a global parcel network and send it to the world at the price of a cup of coffee. Judging from Cainiao's achievements, he did.

At present, Cainiao's "$5 10-day delivery" logistics products have covered Spain, France, the Netherlands and other European countries, and are expected to cover 20 countries around the world this year. Not only that, Cainiao is also gradually promoting "cross-border X-day arrival". Under this label, not only the delivery time is guaranteed, but also the merchants will get additional exposure.

Recently, Cainiao also announced that it will launch the "Global Finger Rida" business assistance program to help Chinese businesses deliver cross-border packages to overseas consumers within a specified time.

These actions show that Cainiao's ambition is not only to deliver express delivery to the world, but to help Chinese sellers deliver goods to the world at lower prices.

Complementary e-commerce and logistics

According to the National Post Office,38% of global cross-border parcels come from the Chinese marketThis not only indicates the development of cross-border e-commerce, but also logistics.

Zhao Jian once said that the vigorous development of China's industrial belt is a major outlet that logistics and cross-border e-commerce must seize. The strong development of China's industrial belt is one of the biggest foundations for export.

This statement is true. At present, my country has industrial advantages, and it will take time for foreign production capacity to recover. Therefore, many factories and businesses have chosen to go to sea. Behind cross-border e-commerce is the vigorous development of logistics and facilities.

However, the recent freight congestion has led to many cross-border sellers' goods being stuck on the road despite the arrival of the peak season. For large sellers, they can naturally charter ships and planes, while small and medium-sized sellers can only be responsible for their own profits and losses.

As can be seen from the layout of Cainiao, for the European and American countries that are far away, most Cainiao have begun to vigorously develop air transportation, but the high price has discouraged many people.

But perhaps in the near future, under the layout and operation of Cainiao, "a cup of coffee to the world" will no longer be empty talk. At that time, the real benefits will be the vast number of cross-border sellers.