Terminal operator DP International has finished the purchase of Savan Logistics which operates the Savannakhet brittle port in Laos, within the nation’s first particular financial zone.
Positioned at the west finish of the 1,450km-long East-West Financial Hall – linking Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam – the 140,456 sq m brittle port is utilised by way of regional shipment homeowners and logistics firms to tied numerous provide chains alongside the hall.
The port, operated by way of Savan Logistics since 2016, has round 23,000 sq m of warehousing amenities and an 11,000 sq m bonded branch.
Along with brittle port and warehousing services and products, DP International may also supremacy cross-border delivery, freight forwarding, and built-in logistics answers.
“We will extend our expertise and resources to enhance the infrastructure of the dry port, capitalising on its geographical advantages to propel trade forward for our customers. Most importantly, we want to enhance the economic conditions of communities which rely on this vital trade corridor for their daily livelihoods,” mentioned Glen Hilton, CEO and managing director of Asia Pacific at DP International.
In fresh weeks, DP International introduced partnerships with Malaysia’s Sabah Ports and Asian Terminals Inc to supremacy Sapangar Bay Container Port in East Malaysia and Tanza Barge Terminal within the Philippines.
Landlocked Laos has been making transport headlines not too long ago. The Indian backers of the Eswatini flag have not too long ago visited Laos, the place they’re in discussions to manufacture any other transport registry.
