Vanguard plans major intra-Asia expansion

Vanguard plans major intra-Asia expansion    Neutral non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services (VLS) has announced plans for a major expansion of its services in the intra-Asia region.

Brennan

   'Today, Vanguard has over 770 weekly services in the region,' said Charles Brennan, Vanguard's chief executive officer, in a statement. 'We want VLS to be the most comprehensive intra-Asia service provider with the most direct points between Asian origin and Asian destination services.
   'This means we will provide enough services into the main ports like Shanghai, but also means the company must connect the less traversed origins and destinations like Haiphong in Vietnam to Bangkok in Thailand and Port Klang in Malaysia to Muara in Brunei,' he said.
   Vanguard has identified 45 points within intra-Asia to build on its expanded point-to-point network. 'Essentially, we want to bring the service expansion strategy that we have implemented globally to the Intra-Asia service,” said Owen Glenn, founder and executive chairman of the NVO.

Glenn

   'The aim of VLS is to connect these ports with direct services, all while simultaneously increasing the volume and frequency. This initiative will provide forwarders more options, for example if they miss the cut-off for a service, they will have another option soon after,” he added.
   To oversee this intra-Asian service expansion, Vanguard has appointed Roy Chew to regional managing director for Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Jeff Lee, vice president of business development, will relocate to Singapore to fill Chew’s former position of regional managing director. Michael Sinclair, executive vice president, based in Carson, Calif., will represent corporate interaction with the region during the expansion. The management changes are effective immediately. ' Chris Gillis