Nippon Express opens representative office in Cambodia

[NIPPON EXPRESS]

Sept 14, 2011 -- Nippon Express Co., Ltd., a Japanese company engaged in the transportation business, has opened a representative office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Cambodia has in recent years actively sought to attract foreign capital, and the country has achieved steady economic development driven principally by a booming textile industry. In 2015 import tariffs on transactions between countries in the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) are to abolished, spurring expectations that companies from numerous industries and countries will accelerate their expansion into Cambodia.

In addition, Cambodia has rapidly garnered attention in recent years as a key junction on the land routes connecting Thailand and southern Vietnam, and it is regarded as an important base for road transport in the Indochina region.

Nippon Express embarked on a market survey of Cambodia in 2009 and has since endeavored to expand its network there, launching the Southern Mekong Land Bridge Express, a road transport service connecting Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, in April of this year and establishing an air and ocean cargo forwarding agency in August.

This new representative office brings the Nippon Express's overseas network to 389 business locations in 211 cities in 37 countries. Nippon Express is committed to building up its corporate infrastructure to meet a broad range of needs - from international air and ocean cargo forwarding to road transport and warehousing - and will provide full-spectrum support to companies expanding their business operations in Cambodia.

[Profile of Phnom Penh Representative Office]  Name: NIPPON EXPRESS SOUTH ASIA-OCEANIA REGIONAL H/Q PHNOM PENH REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE Address: INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL, REGENCY COMPLEX C SUITE NO.10-11A/168 MONIRETH BLVD., PHNOM PENH, KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA