NIPPON EXPRESS ENHANCES CHINA-SOUTHEAST ASIA LOGISTICS SERVICES VIA NANNING OFFICE

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Nippon Express (China) Co Ltd (NE China), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co Ltd recently established a new office in the city of Nanning in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR).

In becoming the first Japanese logistics company to set up an office in Nanning, NE China is seeking to improve the convenience it offers customers in inland China as well as in GZAR by enhancing its logistics services to/from Southeast Asian countries.

The office operates brokerage of forwarding services (ocean, air, truck and rail transport) as well as brokerage of a full range of other logistics operations, including warehousing.

According to a statement, Nanning is the provincial capital of GZAR, and nearby in the same province are the key transport hubs of Pingxiang and Port of Qinzhou.

The port handles five million TEU annually (about the same as Tokyo Port) as a gateway to Southeast Asian countries. Nanning hosts the consulates of six ASEAN nations, and serves as a hub for international rail transport to Vietnam.

GZAR is located in southern China on the border with Vietnam and close to other Southeast Asian countries. Its ports and highways have made it a strategic location as trade relations between China and Southeast Asia have become more dynamic.

The Nippon Express Group will continue meeting the diversifying needs of global customers and contributing to society via logistics.

-- BERNAMA