With 15 years’ experience in multimodal transport, the ability to meet all requirements for logistics services and highly qualified professional employees, Duyen Hai Multimodal Transport Joint Stock Company (Tasa Duyen Hai) has asserted its position as a stable and sustainable developing transport firm. The following is an interview Tasa Duyen Hai President Le Thai Cuong granted to Vietnam Business Forum Magazine. Tran Trang reports.
Currently, Tasa Duyen Hai possesses Thuy Van ICD (an extended inland depot for seaports and airports) in Thuy Van Industrial Park, Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province. Why did Tasa choose Phu Tho for its project?
An inland clearance depot (ICD) is an important link in multimodal transport and an important logistical stage for industrial parks to develop.
The Ministry of Finance issued Decision 1402/QD-BTC dated April 10, 2007 recognising Thuy Van ICD as a depot with a full capacity for carrying out customs procedures, a port of departure for export cargo, a port of destination for import goods, and an address that provides customs clearance services for exports and imports transported into industrial zones in Phu Tho Province.
Thuy Van ICD, located in Thuy Van Industrial Park in Viet Tri City, is an inland clearance depot not only for economic centres in Phu Tho Province, but also a convenient transport hub as it lies on Kunming - Hai Phong Trans-Asia Expressway and is 1 km from Phu Duc Railway Station of Haiphong Port - Lao Cai Railway, 6 km from Viet Tri River, 40 km from Noi Bai International Airport, 70 km from Hanoi - the capital of Vietnam, and 200 km from Haiphong Port where commodities are exported and imported for economic centres in Haiphong, Hanoi, Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Yen Bai and Lao Cai.
Could you please talk about specific strategies that Tasa Duyen Hai has taken to further enhance product and service quality to satisfy customers’ needs?
Tasa Duyen Hai has continuously invested to expand its vehicle fleet to increase its transport capacity, combined overland transport with sea freight transport and rail freight transport to form multimodal transport networks for the northern region of Vietnam. Simultaneously, the company has upgraded its warehousing systems, vehicles and equipment to better serve customs authorities, shippers and ship-owners to manage imports and exports, and provided logistics services for frontier ports to increase cargo throughput.
We have invested to build a cargo distribution centre and a container freight station (CFS) covering 12,000 square metres in Hai Phong City. The first phase of construction, covering 6,000 square metres, will give a facelift to the logistics industry of Hai Phong City, develop freight supply, logistics and transport service chains for the region, while creating a logistics base to accelerate production development investment process in industrial parks in the city and neighbouring provinces.
The company will further strengthen cooperation with shipping lines and freight forwarders to bring their containers to Thuy Van ICD and perform responsibilities of ship-owners from ICD and help businesses fulfil export, import and forwarding procedures at Thuy Van ICD. With changes in inland depot development plans and changes in railway transport regulations, the company is planning to invest railway container transportation.
Ahead of the Phu Tho Investment Promotion Conference 2015, do you want to express any opinion or convey any message to local authorities, as well as your company’s friends and partners?
As an investor in Phu Tho Province, our company has established close and effective cooperation and support from local authorities. With the potential of Phu Tho Province and the leadership of the Provincial People’s Committee and other authorities, we believe that Phu Tho Province will continue to grow stronger to become an attractive investment environment for domestic and international investors.
Tasa Duyen Hai is very proud to play a part in that common development and hopes that the Phu Tho Investment Promotion Conference 2015 will open up many new investment opportunities.
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