OIA Global adds nine new origin points to LCL service

The Portland, Ore.-based logistics services provider expanded its direct less-than-containerload ocean freight service from Asia to the Southwest United States Oct. 5.    OIA Global expanded its direct less-than-containerload (LCL) ocean freight service from Asia to the Southwest United States, which it refers to as the Southwest Express Direct LCL service, to include nine new origin points.
   Effective Oct. 5, the service’s origin points include Danang, Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam; Pasir Gudang, Penang and Port Klang in Malaysia; Jakarta and Surabaya in Indonesia; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong; and Singapore, according to OIA.
   The Southwest Express offers direct service to Los Angeles, Calif., with delivery points extending throughout California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.
   Only OIA facilities are used for warehousing, consolidation and devanning for the service, which ensures consistent transit times and decreases the chances for custom’s delays.
   In addition, the service includes automated shipment visibility from origin to destination.
   “Our clients are optimizing their import/export logistics spend by utilizing OIA’s expedited ocean consolidation services for what formerly may have required airfreight service in order to meet time critical requirements,” OIA Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing Dante Fornari said in a statement.
   In addition to the Southwest Express, OIA Global offers four other direct LCL services from Asia including the Southeast Express, Northeast Express and Midwest Express to the United States; and the Europe Express.