Tag: Thailand

DHL targets Thai overseas students

Posted by | Aug 2, 2005 | |

Delivery company DHL launched a new express service targeting university students who plan to study abroad, The Nation reports.

Named “University Express”, the new service has been designed exclusively for the fast delivery of students’ applications for admission to universities abroad.

“We have seen business potential in the market as there are about 40,000 students who send their applications to universities abroad every year,” said Herbert Vongpusanachai, managing director of DHL Express (Thailand) Ltd.

DHL currently accounts for more than 50 per cent of Thailand’s international express service for documents, according to the company.

He said that about 70 per cent of those students who have sent application forms to universities abroad seek to study in master’s degree programmes.

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Thailand: Delivery companies invest in facilities near new airport

Posted by | Jul 25, 2005 | |

Major express delivery companies are making huge investments at Suvarnabhumi Airport, which is expected to help make Thailand a new regional hub both for air travel and cargo, The Nation reports. The opening of the airport, scheduled later this year, and bilateral open-sky pacts with neighbouring countries are the most important factors behind the push. DHL predicts rapid expansion of its presence in Thailand after Suvarnabhumi Airport opens, with a plan to make its parcel and express service centre at the new airport six times larger than its existing facility at Don Muang airport. The new centre is part of DHL’s plans for expansion in the Asia-Pacific region with a total investment of USD1.4 billion (Bt57.3 billion). Investment in Thailand alone will amount to USD15 million. Meanwhile, FedEx has launched its new world service centre on King Keaw Road, about 10 minutes from the new airport, to serve customers in areas east of Bangkok. Netherlands-based TNT, the other major international player, plans to spend up to Bt4 million in 2005-2006 on warehouses and delivery centres throughout Thailand, said country general manger Winfried Kiesbueye.

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FedEx Thailand opens office close to new airport

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

FedEx has opened a new service centre close to Suvarnabhumi Airport, to serve customers in eastern Bangkok, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi and Rayong provinces and the heavy industrial areas of the Eastern Seaboard, The Nation reports. “This is probably the biggest centre in Thailand, compared to those of other international express transport companies,” said David J Ross, FedEx vice president for South Pacific. The centre is located on King Kaew Road, about 10 minutes from the new airport. It provides 500 per cent more space than FedEx’s old facilities.

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TNT Logistics grows 900% in Asia

Posted by | May 17, 2005 | |

TNT announced today that its logistics business in Asia has grown a massive 900% in the past five years. The company also announced the appointment of Colin Moran as managing director for TNT Logistics in Asia to lead the company’s logistics operations in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines. “The logistics sector in Asia has grown tremendously in the past five years, but there’s even more room to grow,” said Moran. “In Asia, the percentage of logistics outsourced to third party logistics providerslike TNT is less than 5% of total logistics spend. This is far less than the 30% share 3PLs command in developed countries like the US and Europe.”

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Pos Malaysia forging regional alliances

Posted by | Dec 16, 2004 | |

Pos Malaysia & Services Holdings Bhd is setting up strategic alliances with private logistics and postal companies in East Asia to tap into the region’s courier market worth an estimated USD1.2 billion (RM4.56 billion) a year, says group managing director Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim. He said the company had identified its potential partners and hoped to seal the alliances and begin transporting packages for them in the first half of 2005. “We are currently looking at Thailand, South Korea, China and Hong Kong,” he said after the company’s EGM in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 16.

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