Schenker beefs-up services in China as demand for fresh food soars

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DB Schenker is ramping up its cold chain operations in China, as fresh food demand soars across the country.

Earlier this month the multinational 3PL signed a partnership deal with Sichuan JiuYe, a B2B food trading company based in Chengdu, western China.

Schenker’s north and central China chief executive Thomas Sørensen said the agreement was a milestone in developing the company’s perishable business, and followed the successful handling of the trader’s fresh fruit shipments by air freight out of Sichuan to Moscow, ...