Archive · 8 Oct 2026
China’s LOGINK Shipping Data Platform Retreats From Global Ambitions
LOGINK is a Chinese platform designed to help share information about shipping goods.
China hoped it would connect with shipping systems in other countries.
But many of those international plans have stalled, and the platform left an international shipping association in 2024.
The United States warned that the system might let China learn too much about goods moving around the world.
LOGINK said it could not collect sensitive business information or track all cargo continuously.
Officials in Japan and South Korea said their data-sharing was limited to ship schedules and loading and unloading information.
The company behind LOGINK’s Wenzhou hub is also facing lawsuits over unpaid bills and other disputes.
Reuters found the hub’s offices appearing empty during a visit.
LOGINK was created to combine logistics information from ports, customs authorities and transport services.
Its international initiatives have stalled, including data-sharing efforts involving Japan, South Korea and European ports.
LOGINK left the International Port Community Systems Association in 2024 after stopping payment of membership dues.
U.S. officials raised concerns that China could use the platform to access sensitive trade or military-shipment information; LOGINK said it could not collect such information or continuously monitor cargo.
In China, the company behind LOGINK’s Wenzhou hub faced at least 39 court claims totaling about $1.3 million, and Reuters found its offices apparently inactive.
- Who
- LOGINK, a Chinese logistics information platform, and government officials and shipping organizations involved in its international partnerships.
- What
- LOGINK’s international expansion has stalled as partnerships ended or failed to progress, while its Wenzhou operation faces legal claims.
- When
- The retreat became apparent by 2024; Reuters also reported legal claims filed from January 2024 onward.
- Where
- China, with affected or proposed partnerships involving Japan, South Korea, Portugal and the Netherlands.
- Why
- The articles describe U.S. pressure over security concerns about possible access to trade and military-shipment data, alongside LOGINK’s unpaid dues and domestic legal troubles. Reuters could not establish the cause of the platform’s overall decline.
Security concerns
Limited data-sharing claims
What LOGINK could access
Security concerns
U.S. officials and security experts warned that the platform could provide Beijing with non-public information about traded goods, volumes and prices, and could help track sensitive military shipments.
Limited data-sharing claims
LOGINK official Li Zhao said in a 2024 submission that the platform lacked the capacity to collect sensitive commercial information or continuously monitor global cargo movements.
Scope of partner data-sharing
Security concerns
U.S. lawmakers warned that LOGINK’s international expansion could give the Chinese Communist Party excessive influence over global trade and urged partners to cut ties.
Limited data-sharing claims
Officials in Japan and South Korea said the information shared through their cooperation was limited to vessel schedules and cargo loading and unloading, not cargo contents.
- Full name
- National Transportation and Logistics Public Information Platform
- Origin
- Started about two decades ago as a local government project in Zhejiang province, China.
- International association
- LOGINK’s membership in the International Port Community Systems Association ended in 2024 after it stopped paying dues.
- Japan and South Korea data
- Their ministries said shared information was limited to vessel arrival and departure times and cargo loading and unloading information.
- Wenzhou court claims
- At least 39 claims since January 2024, totaling about $1.3 million, according to filings reviewed by Reuters.
- U.S. policy
- A law prohibited the Pentagon from contracting with LOGINK-connected entities and directed officials to dissuade allies and partners from using the platform.
- Reuters office visit
- In September, Reuters found LOGINK’s Wenzhou offices apparently inactive, with lights off and computer cabling stripped out.