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Amazon China has been the US maritime industry license

  • Author:JK
  • Source:CN156
  • Release Date:2016-01-17
Calculated from the retail to the cloud, from trucks, cargo aircraft and thenCOSCO shipHumans seem to have unstoppableAmazonThe pace of expansion. It is reported that Amazon China has received USOcean cargo transport license, Industry sources said, the future of the Amazon may be direct procurement of goods in China, personally shipped back to the United States, thus greatly reducing the cost of goods.
This also means that Amazon entered value$ 350 billionThe global maritime transport market.
It is reported that Amazon China has toUS Federal Maritime CommissionWe were to apply, and successfully obtain a license and become a marine cargo transportation company, which means that Amazon can provide shipping services for its own or any other company.
However, Amazon to really provide ocean transportation services, but also the need for a lot of regulatory approval, said the United States license only the first step. US media pointed out that this initiative be seen, Amazon is building include trucks, airplanes, ships, including a complete logistics system.
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In the past two years, the Amazon in the United States and Europe have already entered the trucking and air cargo sector through leasing. An American transport industry executives said, this is the first time into the ocean transportation Amazon.
Another industry that can be seen in the Amazon is the transportation industry to act quickly.
"USA Today" that the US government issued a license for the "no assets Cargo", meaning Amazon engaged in shipping, the ship will not personally purchase future, but takeHire. Also Amazon has also approved the license to provide international shipping services.
It is worth noting that the application for a license is not the Amazon's US headquarters, but itsChina subsidiary. Amazon's 2004 acquisition of Chinese online retail business Joyo, Amazon China reorganized. As can be seen from registration status, Amazon plans to Chinese goods and container transport overseas.
The shipping industry analysts said the move will bring the Amazon China multiple effects, including China's commodity manufacturers through Amazon platform, direct sales to US consumers, eliminating the need for other middlemen.
According to the analysis, some of the distributors on the Amazon platform will become a "victim." These companies tend to purchase goods from China, then sold to consumers via the Amazon platform. An industry, said, "Distributor's business model will be disturbed. "
According to industry analysis, some US retailers are not expected to use Amazon container transportation services, because they do not want to disclose the import and export of goods and sales information to a rival Amazon.
The media pointed out that Amazon may purchase merchandise in China, advance parcel sorting and transportation to the United States by container, these parcels may be in the four to five weeks after arrival in the US, and then transported directly through the US Postal system to consumers.
One industry that Amazon sold this mode will be very cheap Chinese goods, "even for free."
According to previous media reports, last year, Amazon had leased a Boeing 737 cargo plane in Europe, providing air cargo pilot service between the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany three. Media analysts said, Amazon parcel airlift past has been outsourced toupsBut in the Christmas shopping season UPS service capabilities let Amazon dissatisfaction, future Amazon will gradually become UPS rival in the field of air transport.
Clearly, the Amazon outside air to enter a new field of maritime transport, will allow shipping giant usher in another new competitor.