Press Release

Nittsu Logistics Myanmar completes new warehouse in Thilawa Special Economic Zone

Operations to begin on June 1

Nittsu Logistics Myanmar Co., Ltd. (Hiroshi Nojiri, President), a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Mitsuru Saito, President), has completed construction of the Thilawa Logistics Center, a multifunctional logistics warehouse in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and will start operations there on June 1.

Profile of Thilawa SEZ

The Thilawa SEZ in which the Thilawa Logistics Center is located is an industrial park jointly developed by Japan and Myanmar as a public-private enterprise and situated about 20km southeast of downtown Yangon. As of the end of March 2017, about 80 companies from 16 countries/regions, including Japan, Thailand and Singapore, had decided to set up operations there. These companies are mainly from the construction material, food and beverage, apparel, and automotive-related industries.

There are plans to expand the cargo terminal at the adjacent Thilawa Port, and to widen the roadways connecting the outskirts of Yangon, where this SEZ is located, and the border with Thailand. This SEZ itself is scheduled to undergo expansion, raising the possibility that it will become a major production/logistics hub.

Features of Thilawa Logistics Center

  • The facility will offer bonded storage services utilizing the bonded cargo functions available nowhere else in Myanmar but the Thilawa SEZ.
  • The facility will also provide a temperature-controlled and dehumidified warehouse for the storage of apparel and chemical products requiring a temperature-controlled and anti-fungal environment.
  • Foreign companies are prohibited from importing finished products to sell in Myanmar, but the companies operating in this SEZ repackage, label or otherwise process these imported products in Myanmar and are thus exceptionally allowed to sell these within the country; distribution processing can also be performed at this warehouse.

Nittsu Logistics Myanmar provides comprehensive logistics services, including air/ocean cargo forwarding, customs clearance, domestic distribution (including bonded transport), cross-border truck transport, warehousing, and heavy haulage. With Myanmar expected to see further development, the company will continue enhancing its logistics functions in Myanmar to meet the full range of customer needs and further expand its global logistics business.

(Exterior view of new warehouse)

Profile of facility

Name Nittsu Logistics Myanmar Co., Ltd., Thilawa Logistics Center
Address Lot No A-9, Thilawa SEZ Zone A, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Telephone +95-1-2309147 / 2309148 / 2309149
Site area 50,575m2
Total floor area 5,827m2
Warehouse area 4,011m2
Office area 507m2 (1st floor: 267m2; 2nd floor: 240m2)
Structure One-story steel-framed building
Key equipment Raised-floor platform, eight dock levelers
Temperature-controlled/dehumidified warehouse (1,000m2)