TNT has announced the extension of its Asia Road Network (ARN) into Cambodia, adding more than1,500km to an existing 6,000km network running from Singapore through Thailand to China.
TNT said the move establishes it as the only express integrator to provide afully-integrated, scheduled, door-to-door, express road service to and from the country’s capitalin Phnom Penh. Via TNT’s road hub in the city, the ARN connects seamlessly to TNT’s nationwidedomestic network across Cambodia and then on to Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City. The service isavailable as of 11 May, initially in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Air freight is restricted by the limited number of airlines operating in and out of Cambodiaand the limited cargo-hold space available. Moreover, Cambodia’s congested international sea portmeans limited sailings, the company pointed out.
Onno Boots, regional managing director, TNT Asia said: “TNT’s Asia Road Network (ARN) willboost the connectivity of Cambodia to the rest of Southeast Asia, China and Europe through ourintegrated air and road Regional Hub in Singapore. It is also a viable cost-effective alternativefor customers sending goods to and from Cambodia.”
Customers can also look forward to cost-savings of up to 30% when they use TNT’s unique AsiaRoad Network as opposed to airlifting out of Cambodia. Transportation by road with TNT is also onaverage three times faster than shipping.
“As the country rapidly develops and as more traditional markets mature, Cambodia willincreasingly become an important trade partner for Malaysia. The extension of the TNT ARN willboost the growth of the currently low but growing trade flows and investment between the twocountries,” added Gerry Power, TNT Managing Director, Malaysia and Brunei.
Launched at the end of 2005, TNT’s Asia Road Network today operates in 127 cities acrossSingapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and China through an integrated, door-to-door roadservice. Boasting a real-time Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) tracking of TNT’s containertrucks, TNT has seen a strong double-digit growth in overall volumes transported on the ARN in thelast six months. The growth has been largely driven by customers moving high-value andtime-sensitive goods in the high-tech, healthcare and equipment and machinery sectors.
