Damco truck

Maersk Group’s third party logistics provider Damco has announced its new end-to-end service in China to cater to the growing e-commerce market.

The ‘China B2C Logistics Programme’ covers the management of domestic and imported goods, quality control, customs clearance, packaging, labelling and delivery.

“The large and rapidly growing Chinese market for online shopping is a magnet for both importers and domestic producers. Online shopping events such as China Singles Day are already creating world-beating levels of activity for e-retailers locally in China, as well as globally,” Damon Gu, Damco’s head of supply chain management for Asia said in a company statement.

Customers will be able to track their orders online, while sellers will be able to view orders and service performance via an online platform.

“Discerning Chinese consumers in this highly competitive marketplace expect the highest standards of fulfilment,” Gu said. “This new programme helps companies to guarantee that level of service. Our many years of experience in China and our vast spread of offices across the country helped us to develop a state of the art, complete and robust solution to merchants’ fulfilment challenges.”

Damco’s network of 2,500 local staff across 26 locations in China will be the foundation for delivering to 1,600 cities across the country.