{"id":22931,"date":"2023-05-12T11:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=22931"},"modified":"2023-05-12T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:28:28","slug":"cj-logistics-e-commerce-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/05\/12\/cj-logistics-e-commerce-in-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ Logistics to build e-commerce global distribution centre in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CJ Logistics<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/-UFyCAMXosrW9286hGwjH8?domain=email.prnewswire.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0a South Korean logistics solution provider, has set out to build a global distribution centre in Saudi Arabia by 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The centre will be the first dedicated e-commerce logistics facility in the country. It will be located in Riyadh&#8217;s special integrated logistics zone, which was established by the Saudi Government at King Khalid International Airport to become a global logistics hub.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CEO of CJ Logistics, Kang Sin-ho, said: &#8220;The Saudi e-commerce market has the richest growth potential in the Middle East and the geographical advantage of connecting Africa and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&#8220;We will spare no support for state-of-the-art logistics technology and infrastructure so that the GDC can become a logistics hub that leads the Middle East e-commerce market.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new e-commerce facility will offer international delivery of iHerb products to the Middle East &#8211; one of the largest online retailers of health and wellness products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The proposed facility is a modern logistics centre with a gross floor area of 18,000 square meters and a daily throughput capacity of 15,000 boxes. It will serve as a forwarding base and hub for logistics in the region, connecting the Middle East, Africa and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CJ Logistics signed an eight-year long-term contract with iHub before establishing the centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul-based logistics solution provider CJ Logistics is planning to create a global distribution centre in Saudi Arabia by 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":10699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,1],"tags":[3958,2683],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22954,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22931\/revisions\/22954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}