Tag: Thailand

US delivery firms eye Thai gateway

Posted by | Feb 3, 2006 | |

The United States wants Thailand to open the express delivery service sector so its firms can use the country as a gateway to expand to neighbouring countries in the Asean region in a prospective free trade agreement, according to Sompong Siriponsilp, director of the Transportation Institute of Chulalongkorn University. Sompong said yesterday that US companies wanted to establish Thailand as a service base to build trade networks and tap markets in Indochina and other parts of the Asean grouping. Thailand’s wide network in these regions would benefit US companies.

Thailand participates in many regional economic and social cooperation forums such as the Greater Mekong Sub-region, the Asean Free Trade Area as well as FTAs between Asean and other trading partners, he said.

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TNT expands logistics network in Thailand

Posted by | Feb 3, 2006 | |

TNT is investing more in its operations in Thailand, a report in Krungthep Turkaij said. The managing director of TNT Thailand said the company would invest about 350 million baht this year to improve its logistics network. Last year TNT invested 97 million baht on a major project to develop its transport network in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

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TNT launches Asia road express service

Posted by | Dec 1, 2005 | |

TNT yesterday launched an Asia road express service which by 2007 will be able to truck small cargo from Singapore to Chinese cities. The new service may also see shippers beginning to opt out of both sea and air freight for some cargo with a more cost effective road transport option. This may result in some losses for both shipping lines and airfreight operators in Asia but TNT, however, sees the service as complementing the region’s well developed air and sea freight routes with the potential of significantly cutting logistics costs for businesses. It has launched what is claimed to be Asia’s first and only integrated network spanning Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, and plans to expand it to link up more than 120 cities across 4,000 kilometres when Vietnam and Cambodia are added in the first half of next year. The global express forwarder hopes to extend the road links eventually to China by 2007.

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Thailand: Federal Express upbeat over new business volume after new airport opens

Posted by | Nov 7, 2005 | |

Federal Express Corp expects the new Bangkok international airport will result in a large increase in the amount the international shipments but warns that the timeliness of the airport’s opening is critical, the Bangkok Post reports.
“I think everybody recognises that more delays would actually mean missed opportunities for the country. If you look around, the airport is a very key competitive factor especially in the economies of Southeast Asia, be it in Malaysia, Hong Kong or Thailand,” said Clifton Chua, FedEx managing director for Thailand, Indochina and the Philippines. “And Don Muang airport’s capacity itself is bursting at the seams.” FedEx like other international express couriers is banking on the new international airport, which is expected to begin commercial services in June next year.

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FedEx launches Khaosan Road world service centre in Thailand

Posted by | Aug 3, 2005 | |

FedEx has launched its new world service centre on Khaosan Road, catering to customers in one of Bangkok’s most popular tourist districts. The centre will meet the rising demand for express services from the Kingdom’s small to medium-sized business (SMEs).

The new world service centre is the sixth FedEx service point to open in Thailand in the past 18 months, joining similar facilities in Nana Square, Silom Galleria, Bangna, Pattaya and Chang Mai, providing customers with convenient access to fast and reliable express delivery to 220 countries and territories across the globe.

“FedEx’s global network makes it possible for Thai businesses to send their products to customers anywhere in the world, and we continue to increase services across the Kingdom, in response to customer demand,” said Clifton Chua, managing director for FedEx Thailand, Philippines and Indochina.

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