中国外运物流发展有限公司
Sinotrans Logistics is a state-owned contract logistics flagship under Sinotrans/China Merchants Group, providing end-to-end supply chain, warehousing, trucking, intermodal, and supply chain finance services across 5 verticals (consumer, industrial, automotive, tech electronics, healthcare) with 4.4M sqm of warehousing, 330 domestic nodes, and 76 global nodes in 44 countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2000
- Headquarters深圳
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What 中国外运物流发展有限公司 does
Sinotrans Logistics Co., Ltd. (中外运物流有限公司) is the contract logistics flagship subsidiary of Sinotrans Limited (中国外运股份有限公司, HKEX: 00598), itself ultimately controlled by state-owned China Merchants Group (招商局集团) under SASAC. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Shenzhen, the company operates one of China's largest contract logistics platforms, with 4.4 million square meters of domestic operating warehouse space, 330 operating nodes covering 108 cities, a trucking channel network reaching 300+ cities, a 250,000-vehicle operating pool backed by 500,000+ cooperative vehicles, and 76 global operating nodes across 44 countries and regions. It serves approximately 1,800+ trucking customers and provides nationwide medical device distribution coverage to over 22,000 public hospitals through a dedicated medical subsidiary.
The company offers six core service lines: Smart Warehousing, Truck Transportation, Intermodal Transport, Omni-channel Supply Chain, International Supply Chain, and Supply Chain Finance, combined with five vertical-specific solutions covering Consumer Goods, Industrial Products, Automotive & New Energy (since 2011), Technology Electronics, and Healthcare (deepened via Sinotrans Medical Technology Chengdu, established August 2022). Underlying technology includes the proprietary "Xiao You Pan" (小悠盘) AI-powered smart inventory robot developed over five years of independent R&D, leveraging AI visual recognition with a 3D bionic visual capture system capable of 11-meter height checks at 99.9%+ reading rate and 100% identification accuracy at up to 1,500 pallets/hour, alongside a portfolio of automated warehouse solutions (pallet four-directional shuttle, multi-shuttle bin, multi-layer bin robot warehouses), enhanced forklifts with SLAM positioning, the SDCC transportation management system, and blockchain/IoT-enabled supply chain finance infrastructure.
Revenue is generated across four streams: contract logistics services (recurring), agency import/export and procurement sales (transaction-based), scenario-based supply chain finance products including accounts receivable factoring and supply chain data loans (transaction-based), and value-added services such as solution planning, IT system buildouts, and automation upgrades (professional services). Pricing is custom-quoted based on customer requirements, service type, distance, and cargo characteristics rather than published. GTM is multi-layered: direct enterprise field sales through 330+ operating nodes and 350+ self-operated warehouses serve large enterprise accounts, while inside sales and omni-channel supply chain capabilities serve SME and C-end platform customers including Douyin, Walmart, and Tmall Global. International supply chain coverage spans six continents via five specialized product teams (rail, ocean, customs, overseas, IT).
中国外运物流发展有限公司 firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- 中国外运物流发展有限公司
- Legal name
- 中外运物流有限公司
- Website
- https://logistics.sinotrans.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2000
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Sinotrans Logistics is a state-owned contract logistics flagship under Sinotrans/China Merchants Group, providing end-to-end supply chain, warehousing, trucking, intermodal, and supply chain finance services across 5 verticals (consumer, industrial, automotive, tech electronics, healthcare) with 4.4M sqm of warehousing, 330 domestic nodes, and 76 global nodes in 44 countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
中国外运物流发展有限公司 industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Contract Logistics & Supply Chain Services
- NAICS
- Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Warehousing and Storage (493), Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (48423)
- SIC
- Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking (No Local) (4213)
- akta.pro primary industry
- E-commerce Fulfillment & Omnichannel Logistics (Pick/Pack/Returns) (TLAIAAAD)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Cross-Border Transportation Management (Customs-Integrated) (TLAIAEAI), Real-Time Operational Visibility & Exception Management (TLAEAKAC), Industrial Manufacturing & Heavy Industry (TLAIALAK)
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Where 中国外运物流发展有限公司 is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- 深圳
Offices4 records
Markets served
中国外运物流发展有限公司 business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- 合同物流服务: 提供端到端供应链物流服务，包括仓储、运输、多式联运、国际供应链等全链条服务，覆盖消费品、工业品、汽车及新能源、科技电子、医疗健康等行业。
- 代理进出口及采购销售服务: 围绕供应链核心客户或公司物流服务所涉主要产业（汽车、消费品、电子、医疗）开展的代理进出口、代理采购及代理销售等贸易执行类服务。
- 供应链金融服务: 包括应付账款保理、供应链数据贷、票据贴现等场景类供应链金融服务产品，依托区块链、物联网、大数据及金融科技手段赋能。
- 增值服务: 方案规划、IT系统建设、自动化升级、金融物流服务等多模块增值服务。
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
中国外运物流发展有限公司 product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Sinotrans Logistics provides end-to-end contract logistics and supply chain services, including smart warehousing, truck transportation, intermodal transport (road/rail/sea), omni-channel and international supply chain solutions, supply chain finance, and industry-specific solutions for consumer goods, industrial products, automotive & new energy, tech electronics, and healthcare. It operates 4.4 million square meters of domestic warehousing across 330 nodes in 108 cities plus a global footprint of 76 nodes across 44 countries, serving 1,800+ enterprise customers.
Product overview
Sinotrans Logistics (中外运物流有限公司) is a comprehensive logistics service provider under China Merchants Group, operating as the contract logistics flagship of Sinotrans. The company offers a portfolio of six core logistics services: Smart Warehousing (智慧仓储) leveraging IoT, AI, and automation technologies; Truck Transportation (汽运通道) covering 300+ cities nationwide; Intermodal Transport (多式联运) combining road, rail, and shipping; Omni-channel Supply Chain (全渠道供应链); International Supply Chain (国际供应链) covering six continents; and Supply Chain Finance (供应链金融) with blockchain and fintech capabilities. Additionally, the company provides five industry-specific solutions for Consumer Goods, Industrial Products, Automotive & New Energy, Technology Electronics, and Healthcare. The product portfolio includes proprietary technology products like the '小悠盘' AI-powered inventory robot.
Differentiator
Problem solved
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Brands
- 灾急送: 招商局慈善基金会联合中国外运所属外运物流第一时间启动的公益应急物流平台，用于紧急救援物资运输。
- 小悠盘
- 湾区跨境绿运通
- 小运仓
Products and services
- Smart Warehousing (智慧仓储) IoT, big data, and AI-enabled warehousing services for enterprise customers. Includes automated storage solutions such as pallet four-way shuttle stereoscopic warehouses, bin multi-shuttle stereoscopic warehouses for e-commerce, and multi-layer bin robot warehouses for industrial and automotive parts. Delivers digitalized, intelligent and efficient warehouse operations.
- Truck Transportation (汽运通道) Road freight services covering 300+ cities nationwide with 6,800+ annual routes. Integrates 500,000+ cooperative vehicles, maintains 200,000+ long-term stable service vehicles, and serves 1,800+ customers via SDCC digital transportation management system for end-to-end visibility.
- Intermodal Transport (多式联运) Combined-mode transport including road, rail, shipping and pipeline. Domestic annual volume exceeds 30 million tons. International service includes Chang'an, Qilu, and Changsha train platforms since December 2015, with 14+ international multimodal routes connecting China-Europe and China-Central Asia corridors.
- Omni-channel Supply Chain (全渠道供应链) End-to-end omni-channel supply chain service for retail and e-commerce clients including brand omni-channel fulfillment, overseas returns, and the Xiaoyuncang merchant platform. Customers include Douyin, Walmart, and Tmall Global.
- International Supply Chain (国际供应链) Cross-border logistics services including export, import, and transshipment end-to-end solutions. Coverage includes customs clearance, offshore logistics centers, buyer consolidation, supplier management, control tower / integrated supply chain management, in-warehouse repackaging and inspection. Spans six continents through Sinotrans' 77 overseas subsidiaries in 39 countries.
- Supply Chain Finance (供应链金融) Trade execution and scenario-based financial products including accounts payable custody, supply chain data loans, bill discounting, and agency import/export/procurement/sales services. Built on blockchain, IoT, big data and fintech capabilities, leveraging logistics scenarios as credit infrastructure.
- Xiao You Pan Smart Inventory Robot (小悠盘智能盘点机器人) Independently developed over 5 years, AI-vision-driven inventory robot with AGV carrier, lifting mechanism and visual cameras. Achieves 11-meter height inventory checking, information reading rate ≥99.9%, identification accuracy 100%, maximum efficiency 1,500 pallets/hour, and 8+ hours battery life. Supports appointment, dynamic, designated location, designated SKU, dark warehouse, and narrow aisle inventory modes.
- Healthcare Medical Device Logistics Solution (医疗健康行业解决方案) Full-lifecycle supply chain services for medical devices including production logistics, finished product transport, in-plant logistics, unpacking and positioning, cross-border transport, exhibition services, sample machine service, after-sales parts and tool transfer, packaging service, smart parks, automation, and emergency response. Clients include GE Healthcare, Philips, Siemens, United Imaging, Mindray, Fresenius, and Neusoft Medical. Operated by GSP-compliant subsidiary Sinotrans Medical Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., covering ~22,000 hospitals and ~30,000 medical institutions.
Quantifiable outcome
- 存储能力提升20%，作业效率提升50%，收货准确率达到100%
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Customer profileNamed customers16 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles6 records
中国外运物流发展有限公司 technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
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AI maturity
App detail
AI capability2 records
Feature8 records
中国外运物流发展有限公司 partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- 粤港澳大湾区（跨境物流合作）core"湾区跨境绿运通"服务项目打造跨境低碳物流新通道，粤港澳大湾区跨境绿色运输实现新突破，首发车队由6台港版电动重卡组成，这是香港第一批注册上牌的电动重卡，也是粤港澳大湾区第一批投入跨境运输应用的电动重卡。未来2至3年计划投入50至100台电动重卡。
- 电动集装箱船合作方core中国外运与合作方开展电动集装箱船舶技术的应用研究，选定"石龙-南沙"航线及石龙码头作为前期试点，推动"粤通珠江001"轮的顺利交付。该轮是粤港澳大区内河航线适配船型，采用"油改电"技术改造后可续航约100海里，航行全程实现"近零排放"。
- 进博会合作伙伴minor招商局集团连续第六年参加进博会，集团旗下11家海外成员企业集中亮相，12个项目集中签约，与现代重工有限公司、康士伯海事、麦基嘉公司、赫德国际物流有限公司、山西建设投资集团有限公司等合作伙伴签署采购合同。
- 招商局集团海外网络core依托集团海外39个国家、77个海外公司的海外网络资源和丰富的运作经验，为客户提供全程门到门的国际运输业务和海外合同物流业务。
- 天津排放权交易所core天津排放权交易所向中外运物流（天津）有限公司颁发外运物流首张"碳中和"证书，标志着天津公司完成2021年度办公及运营范围的碳盘查试点项目，并通过绿证方式完成抵消实现"碳中和"。
- 天津市滨海新区生态环境局core在天津市滨海新区生态环境局的推荐下，天津公司积极落实中国外运"双碳"战略规划，践行央企绿色物流责任，先行先试推动"碳中和"项目。
Scale indicators18 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
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Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
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Frequently asked questions about 中国外运物流发展有限公司
What does 中国外运物流发展有限公司 do?
Sinotrans Logistics provides end-to-end contract logistics and supply chain services, including smart warehousing, truck transportation, intermodal transport (road/rail/sea), omni-channel and international supply chain solutions, supply chain finance, and industry-specific solutions for consumer goods, industrial products, automotive & new energy, tech electronics, and healthcare. It operates 4.4 million square meters of domestic warehousing across 330 nodes in 108 cities plus a global footprint of 76 nodes across 44 countries, serving 1,800+ enterprise customers.
Is 中国外运物流发展有限公司 a public or private company?
中国外运物流发展有限公司 is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.
When was 中国外运物流发展有限公司 founded?
中国外运物流发展有限公司 was founded in 2000. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is 中国外运物流发展有限公司 based?
中国外运物流发展有限公司 is headquartered in 深圳.
How does 中国外运物流发展有限公司 make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. 合同物流服务 is the primary driver. The others are 代理进出口及采购销售服务, 供应链金融服务 and 增值服务.
Does 中国外运物流发展有限公司 have an API?
No public API is recorded for 中国外运物流发展有限公司.
What industry is 中国外运物流发展有限公司 in?
中国外运物流发展有限公司's product category is Contract Logistics & Supply Chain Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is TLAIAAAD, E-commerce Fulfillment & Omnichannel Logistics (Pick/Pack/Returns), with a secondary code of TLAIAEAI, Cross-Border Transportation Management (Customs-Integrated). Its NAICS code is 488510 and its SIC code is 4731.