News / Two new moves in Alibaba's bid to build a global logistics network

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s quest to “build a global logistics network” took several steps forward over the weekend.

The firm signed a cooperation agreement with Israeli shipping carrier Zim and its cross-board e-commerce platform, AliExpress, launched a cross-border supply chain solution for bulk items.

The Zim and Alibaba agreement builds on an earlier cooperation this year which allows Alibaba customers to book shipments directly with the carrier,  and the two companies discovered that “the visualisation process of Alibaba.com’s logistics platform” had been ...