BANGKOK, October 2^nd,  2008

Kerry Asia Road Transport (KART), a member of Kerry Logistics and the Thailand-based road transport specialist, is launching a new service between Kunming in China and Bangkok connecting its South East Asian network to China. KART will also add another route from Guangxi province in China to Vietnam later in the year.    

KART is a pioneer in building the first ASEAN cross border trucking service linking up ASEAN countries particularly Thailand and Malaysia providing a door-to-door service throughout the region.

In China, we have built a nationwide transport and logistics platform for more than 20 years and will now connect with the KART network through its Kunming transport hub in China’s South West.

‘The new integrated network will provide shippers with an option to truck directly to anywhere in South East Asia or China and the service will also provide direct connections to major airports and ports,” said Mr.Alex Ng, Assistant General Manager of KART South East Asia.

“With  our trucking fleet and a state-of-the-art IT system we will provide an integrated trucking service with full visibility throughout the supply chain,” he added.

The trucks will start operating on a weekly schedule between Bangkok and Kunming on 40 foot Hi-Cube (LCL and on demand FCL).

Customers will also be able to leverage off the Group’s portfolio of services including international air, sea freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, express, customs brokerage and seaport operations within the region.