Dachser enters market in Malaysia

Joint Venture of the Dachser group in Malaysia provides comprehensive services for air and ocean freight forwarding
 
The Dachser group is continuing to pursue its worldwide expansion course and established a joint venture in Malaysia at the beginning of May. The services provided by Dachser Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. range from air and sea freight business to customs clearance and other logistics services. Via its new joint venture partner, the company is also able to offer special transports.
 
It is planned in the short term to employ a staff of 15 for the joint venture between Dachser and the Malaysian entrepreneur Ah Seng Tan (holdings in Multitrans, Megalift). The head office and at the same time first branch office are located in Petaling Jaya, near the capital Kuala Lumpur. There are also plans to open a second branch office. CEO of Dachser Malaysia is Huned Gandhi, a former member of the Dachser India management team. He reports to Detlev Janik, chief regional director South/South-East Asia, who is based in Singapore.
 
“In Malaysia we are now present in another Tiger State following Singapore and Thailand, enabling us to develop both international and inner-Asian freight services for the benefit of our customers,” stresses Thomas Reuter, managing director Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. “Thanks to years of experience and sound knowledge of the local markets, our joint venture partner provides access to established local contacts and in-depth knowledge from the word go”.
 
Dachser is present in Asia with branch offices in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. The Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business field aims to extend its presence to 220 locations in 49 countries by 2017.