Nippon Express Launches Door-to-Door Marine Transport Service to India (Consolidation in Singapore)

In December 2007 Nippon Express began offering a fully in-house consolidated door-to-door transport service to India.

This service ships cargo bound for India from Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Bangkok as well as cargo bound for other Asian destinations to Singapore as consolidated cargo; India-bound cargo is then sorted into shipments for New Delhi and Chennai at Nippon Express Singapore's warehouse and transshipped to the respective destinations. Domestic transport after arrival in India is the responsibility of Nippon Express (India) Private Limited (“NE India"), established in April 2007. Cargo is thus conveyed securely and reliably by the Nippon Express Group from origin to final destination.

This in-house door-to-door service aims to prevent damage during transshipment, and entrusting customs clearance arrangements to NE India's expertise in this area enables the Group to provide smooth forwarding service and accurate tracing information for cargo bound inland to Delhi.

Numerous shipping companies offering container transport to India use Singapore as a hub port for transshipping, so the number of days required for transport by this new service compares favorably with other direct transport services.

Nippon Express already offers consolidated transport services to Singapore from the US and Europe, and combining these with the new service allows the Group to provide consolidated door-to-door transport to India from these regions as well.

Recent years have seen a rising number of Japanese companies expanding into the economically emergent India as well as a diversification of logistics needs. In April 2007 Nippon Express established a local subsidiary covering 10 cities within India, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Chennai, and the Indian and Japanese staff of this company are capable of meeting the full range of customers' logistics needs. This latest addition of a high-quality ocean cargo consolidation service has further enhanced Nippon Express' menu of ocean and air cargo consolidation services to India.

Nippon Express pledges to continue meeting the ever-changing international logistics needs of its customers.

Customers:	Mr. Inoue, International Logistics Planning Division, Tokyo International Transport Branch
TEL:	03-5434-0289

Journalists:	Mr. Takizawa or Mr. Koike, Public Relations & Advertising Division
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