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Reuters Probe: China's 'Trade Superweapon' LOGINK Platform Collapses, Wenzhou Hub Found Abandoned
A Reuters investigation finds China's state-backed LOGINK shipping logistics data platform has seen its flagship global partnerships stall, quit an international maritime association and face unpaid-bills lawsuits at home; its Wenzhou hub stood abandoned when visited in September.
Why it matters
LOGINK was once warned by Washington that it could become Beijing's 'trade superweapon' — a state-backed global network of cargo-flow data. Its collapse at home and abroad marks a turn in the US-China contest for control of global shipping infrastructure, a sector that carries about 80% of world trade.
Full report
A Reuters investigative report first published on October 5 says LOGINK's flagship global partnerships have stalled, the platform has dropped out of an international maritime association, and it has become mired in domestic lawsuits over unpaid bills. The reporting is based on interviews with more than 20 shipping industry insiders and officials, plus a review of legal filings.
Backed by the Chinese government, LOGINK promised to build a digital system exchanging logistics data from customs authorities, ports and third-party transport services, replacing paper processes. Four years ago, the United States warned the platform could rapidly expand worldwide and give Beijing unprecedented insight into the flow of international cargo.
When a reporter visited LOGINK's operations hub in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, in September, the offices appeared abandoned: lights off, reception bare, computer cabling stripped out. Calls and emails went unanswered. China's transport ministry declined to answer questions (in June it had issued a policy document calling for the system to be connected to more domestic data streams).
The report cites Randall Schriver, chair of a US congressional commission that issued a 2022 report on LOGINK, as saying Washington accelerated the platform's decline by 'naming and shaming' companies that used the system.
Sources
Reuters investigative report by Joe Cash and John Geddie, Oct 5, 2026.
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