Thailand set ambitious goal as logistics springboard to China, India

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Thailand set ambitious goal as logistics springboard to China, India
By English News



BANGKOK, Oct 14 – The Commerce Ministry is working on a plan to upgrade Thailand as the central logistics hub connecting Southeast Asia with China and India, a senior ministry official said.

Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, director general of the International Trade Promotion Department, said the Commerce Ministry and the private sector have collaborated in setting Thailand’s 2020 vision to develop the country’s logistics system in order to boost trade, investment and export opportunities.

The major objectives are to improve efficiency for speedy delivery, the physical flow of products, information flow, value added business activities relating to market demand, reducing cargo handling and carriage costs, and increasing core competitiveness.

Thailand is geographically Southeast Asia’s transport centre with long coastlines, diverse business operators, land and air infrastructure availability, local entrepreneurs’ skills in domestic service and businessmen’s collaboration as a logistics federation, she said.

She said Thailand’s strength would contribute to improved transport services, particularly with road accessibility and train services linking the kingdom’s North, South, East and West.

Thailand is a suitable window to South China and ready for the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 when goods, capital, labour forces and transport networks will be connected, said Ms Nantawan.

She said the government has as a national agenda priority the development of Thailand’s competitive edge, despite an urgent need to speed improvement on human resources and reduced logistics costs.

Thailand’s logistics capability is lower than Malaysia and Singapore, she admitted, and Thailand is currently ranked third in Southeast Asia on the capital cost for transport of goods to overseas markets.

It is necessary to develop the transport system to elevate Thailand as a supply chain centre, connecting to China and India – the world’s major and significant markets, she said. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-10-14

[JoeThePoster]

plan to upgrade Thailand as the central logistics hub

Thailand’s logistics capability is lower than Malaysia and Singapore, she admitted, and Thailand is currently ranked third in Southeast Asia on the capital cost for transport of goods to overseas markets.

Malaysia and Singapore will give up and come to a standstill once they hear this plan, so Thailand can catch up.

[soi41]

Nice theories, and that is exactly what they are: theories!!

No doubt Ms Nuntawan has been reading all the right books, and learned to use the right words!

But may I suggest, she leaves her academic cubible, and check the reality just outside her door?

[h90]

plan to upgrade Thailand as the central logistics hub

Thailand’s logistics capability is lower than Malaysia and Singapore, she admitted, and Thailand is currently ranked third in Southeast Asia on the capital cost for transport of goods to overseas markets.

Malaysia and Singapore will give up and come to a standstill once they hear this plan, so Thailand can catch up.

There are excellent plans since 50 years. Like a canal on the smallest part of Thailand. There are rumors Singapore always fixes this ideas with some donations....

[chainarong]

There's nothing wrong with being ambitious, as long as you are not living in la la land and in denial, the truth is, this dream will never see light of day in it's true meaning as everything this PTP attempts to do is manly big on idea's, all talk , no substance and very little on planning and anything resembling a model for comment is never to be found, more tripe from PTP.

[Thai at Heart]

upgrade Thailand as the central logistics hub

Huh? I thought Thailand was the hub of hubs of hubs. What do they mean upgrade. Nonsense. Everyone knows that Thailand is blessed with natural resources and an abundance of skilled people that mean it always was, is and will be the hubtastic hub of hubness.

[Soutpeel]

What a cr*p article...hub was only mentioned once and no crackdowns mentioned...

[givenall]

Too many hubs so no we spring board

[ratcatcher]

There's nothing wrong with being ambitious, as long as you are not living in la la land and in denial, the truth is, this dream will never see light of day in it's true meaning as everything this PTP attempts to do is manly big on idea's, all talk , no substance and very little on planning and anything resembling a model for comment is never to be found, more tripe from PTP.

"..............all talk , no substance..............."

Translation : "All fart and no shit"

[expat888]

"develop the country’s logistics system in order to boost trade"

Who are they kidding. Boost trade? Maybe boost skimming and deepen corruption. They will figure out a way to tax everything coming and going.

I can't even get a package delivered through the Thai post office without having to pay someone off.

[waza]

Thailand is geographically Southeast Asia’s transport centre with long coastlines, diverse business operators, land and air infrastructure availability, local entrepreneurs’ skills in domestic service and businessmen’s collaboration as a logistics federation, she said.,,,Thailand is a suitable window to South China and ready for the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 when goods, capital, labour forces and transport networks will be connected, said Ms Nantawan.

Not entirely true Ms Nantawan, Burma is ideally located geographically to be China's window to India and beyond, it has a long coast line, deep sea ports, speak english. If that happens Thailand will be a backwater on the land route to Singapore. That why China has offered Myanmar a $20 billion high speed rail network linking them to China

What Thailand needs is a big injection of funds to build road and rail infrastructure linking with Laos in the north east and through Bangkok to the Myanmar border connecting to the new motorway being built by the Ital Thai construction company from the Myanmar border with Thailand to the Dawei economic zone, at the cost of 1 million baht per kilometer.

[BillyBobThai]

Until Thailand gets a government that is dedicated to the beterment of the country and its people, all of these hubs of grandeur, are nothing more than pipe dreams. This government must be smoking some really good stuff.

[anotheruser]

Before you make a springboard you first need a hub.

[RubbaJohnny]

Is there roo for another hub ?

Amazing Hubble Bubble toil and trouble

Money hub China and IT hub India

perhaps are seeking the undoubter RUSE HUB

Amazing time to change name again to

HUBLAND

[Thai at Heart]

Hub connecting to India? Lol

Someone needs a geography lesson

[whybother]

Hub connecting to India? Lol

Someone needs a geography lesson

There are plans to build major roads around the coast, and there is Dawai ... But those would make Burma the hub.

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[indyuk]

Nice theories, and that is exactly what they are: theories!!

No doubt Ms Nuntawan has been reading all the right books, and learned to use the right words!

But may I suggest, she leaves her academic cubible, and check the reality just outside her door?

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Laos has made a US$7-billion (Bt219 billion) rail link between Vientiane and the Chinese border its priority transport project, media reported yesterday on the eve of a presidential visit to Beijing.The status of the Bangkok.....Khon Kaen.....Nong Khai.....Beijing is not a dream it is a conceptual plan. It is favoured by the Lao and the Chinese because they have already planned a rail link to Vientiane which I believe will link up with Thai high speed rail at NongKhai.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Vientiane-China-rail-link-now-a-priority-project-30215555.html

[Khun Jean]

I would build a canal somewhere in Ranong that will offer a faster route to destinations that now have to go around Singapore.

Should have been done decades ago.