TNT Express, one of the world's largest express delivery companies, has opened a new warehouse in Doha to support and sustain its business growth in the country.

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is moving to set up a direct sea and air link between India and Latin America, as Indian corporations line up significant investments in the oil, mining, IT and pharmaceutical sectors there.

China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) made a preliminary estimation that China's social logistics value, the collective value of all logistics operations in the country, and the industry's added value, will be growing at a rate of 10 percent in 2013, and that there's little chance that the percentage logistics costs take up in the gross domestic product will drop.

DHL Supply Chain will invest $52.5m over the next few years to further strengthen its position in Indonesia. By 2015, the company plans to increase its transportation fleet by over 100 percent up from its fleet of 370 vehicles at present and grow its staff strength by over 70 percent from its current base of some 2,250 employees.