FAR EAST\\\


Issue 2 2014 - Freight Business Journal


33 Two-way engine of world trade


For years, the Far East was the driver of the world economy. It still is, but it is changing, subtly. China is beginning to suck in imports as well as churn out exports – and new manufacturing centres are emerging in the west of the country, and in south-east Asia.


Yusen expands its south-east Asian network


Yusen Logistics may be Japanese- owned, but


it is expanding its


activities in all parts of south-east Asia as part of its global strategy. Now, YL’s South Asian network includes 12 countries, 91 cities and 800,000sq m of warehousing space. For example, Yusen Logistics


(Cambodia) was established in September 2013. The company has developed a range of forwarding services, including the


procurement logistics of clothing for major retailers of Europe, the US and Japan, along with a consolidation service for smaller shipments from and air cargo transportation using its network in Asia. Yusen Logistics (Thailand)


opened its third warehouse at Laem Chabang in July 2013. The multifunctional facility consists of four buildings. These include a general warehouse with space of


around 20,000sq m, a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)-certified warehouse that can handle chemical,


pharmaceutical and


other products, a strengthened steel warehouse capable of handling steel used for cars, and a hazardous product warehouse. A further 30,000sq m


warehouse opened in January 2014 in Laem Chabang, bringing the company’s total space in Thailand to a quarter of a million sq m.


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Indonesia will open a 16,700sq m warehouse in an industrial complex in Jababeka, in the suburbs of Jakarta in 2014. This will provide inventory management, processing


for


distribution


and inland transportation of automotive-related goods and consumer goods, as domestic demand for these items is expected to grow. And Yusen Logistics Solutions


(Vietnam) will open a brand- new 20,000sq m warehouse in Haiphong around October 2014. There are also plans to set up


a company in Myanmar in 2014. YL will strengthen its cross-


border trucking networks in Indochina,


from Thailand


through Cambodia to Vietnam. Ambient transport is already available, in fact, but but preparations are in hand for refrigerated and chilled services too.


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