SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ Korea Express has launched a meal delivery service for the first time in the logistics industry in South Korea, catering to the growing number of single households and working couples in the country. From 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. every day, the company’s new service will see ready-made meals [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Local cargo delivery company CJ Korea Express has recently teamed up with Dongguk University to develop drones for its distribution centers. The drones will have the ability to learn different routes, allowing them to fly around the facility autonomously without human control. Their main role will be to check [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a prolonged economic downturn and Korea’s new anti-graft law, which prohibits the acceptance of gifts exceeding 50,000 won ($45) for public officials, journalists and private school faculty, parcel delivery companies are once again being flooded with Chuseok gifts. Korea’s leading parcel delivery services, CJ Korea Express and Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ Korea Express Corp., South Korea’s largest logistics company, said Thursday it has bought Malaysia’s No. 2 logistics company to expand its distribution channel in Southeast Asia. CJ Korea Express’ Asian branch bought a 31.5 percent stake in Century Logistics Holdings Bhd for 47.6 billion won (US$43.5 million) to [...]
INCHON, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – The local government of Incheon has set out to create jobs for the elderly, teaming up with a logistics company. Incheon’s city government signed an agreement with CJ Korea Express and the Korea Labor Force Development Institute for the Aged to cooperate on carrying forward the ‘Incheon Silver Total Distribution [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s parcel delivery industry is in the early stages of a ‘delivery war’ between well established logistics companies and social commerce businesses. CJ Korea Express announced a new delivery option called ’CJ The Fast Delivery’ service, which offers same-day parcel delivery for orders that are placed before 11 a.m. [...]
Seoul, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ Korea Express has started commercial operations by way of a polar route. CJ Korea Express announced that their ship, the KOREX SPB No.2, departed the port of Musyapa, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and is on its way to the Yamal peninsula in Russia. The ship has a 4,000ton offshore terminal [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Korea Express, a parcel shipping company, announced that it would use 64,000 senior community centers around the country as logistics centers and employ senior citizens as parcel delivery workers. CJ Korea Express, the Korea Senior Citizens Association, the Korea Integrated Logistics Association and Saenuri Party member Yi Wan-Young’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Korea Express, CJ Group’s logistics arm, has failed in its takeover bid for APL Logistics, allegedly due to group chairman Lee Jae-Hyun’s absence, which has been ongoing for two years now. Lee Jae-Hyun is currently hospitalized, with the Seoul High Court’s verdict on him still effective. He was sentenced to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 04 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ Korea Express will open a new era of “Smart Trucks” by installing tablet computers in all its delivery trucks. Korea’s largest cargo delivery company said on December 2 that it would introduce a new scheme “Smart Integrated Logistics System” combining tablet computer and digital tachograph. Under this scheme, CJ [...]