Prospects of logistics services

Recently, in order to create advantages for local goods to reach international markets, the provincial government and enterprises have implemented many radical solutions to develop logistics sustainably.

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Binh Duong develops many modern industrial parks with large-scale, diversified types of export products, creating a plentiful source of goods for logistics services. Therefore, the development of logistics industry, increasing the value of goods becomes one of key tasks in the province's economic development plan in the new period.

In this trend, businesses in Logistics Association have also made efforts to propose many measures for development. Enterprises have strengthened the connection and reorganized logistics activities to improve the capacity and quality of service providers, and strongly applied IT advancement in commerce and logistics towards cost cutting. Binh Duong Logistics Association implements a project to reduce costs for businesses, turns towards three goals of planning development strategies based on the principle of regional integration; building river and railway infrastructure connecting industrial zones inside and outside the province; improving services towards specialization, increase competitiveness.

Based on the actual situation of a reputable enterprise in the industry, to develop and reduce service costs, Director Nguyen Thanh Son of Tan Cang - Song Than ICD Joint Stock Company said that the most fundamental solution was to strengthen links to create a perfect supply chain. In particular, heightening the role of Logistics Association with strengthening internal resources is done by investing in transportation means, upgrading modern infrastructure, applying information technology in monitoring and management. In addition, industries need to support businesses to access preferential loans from financial institutions to invest in the growth of the industry.

Nguyen Thi Vui, CEO of TBS Logistics, assessed that the potential of logistics industry in Binh Duong is large. The market continues to grow due to the expansion of industrial activities and e-commerce. In addition, regional infrastructure projects as well as the Government's investment plan to develop logistics infrastructure to be commensurate with the regional economic growth, this will be a favorable condition for the growth of logistics industry. Strengthening links with businesses will help reduce logistics costs, in the short term will overcoming empty containers to lower costs for businesses...

Prospects

According to assessment of experts, the development of waterway transport not only contributes to reducing the pressure on roads, releasing goods for investors doing business in the province, but also solves many other problems of Binh Duong, such as environmental protection, reducing the burden of infrastructure... Therefore, for many years, the development of inland waterway system has been the top concern of provincial leadership. Currently, the road transport infrastructure of Binh Duong is well planned and invested. This is a favorable factor to connect with river ports in the province with regional and national traffic system.

According to leaders of Becamex IDC, logistics infrastructure, logistics centers developed by Becamex IDC are one of the solutions to reduce costs, improve competitiveness for local goods and area. The development of projects of river logistics, railway and other utilities is the direction that this corporation. In fact, if the construction of river ports in Thai Hoa Ward (Tan Uyen Town) and An Tay Commune (Ben Cat Town) is carried out, logistics costs will be reduced by nearly half.

Nguyen Quang Sang, Phuong Nam Trading and Service Company, appreciated this plan of Becamex IDC, and believed that a river logistics center would link logistics centers with urban goods gathering centers in the planning of ICDs. In which, logistics centers should be given priority in ICD areas near industrial zones, near major cargo centers to reduce storage costs.

The good news for Binh Duong logistics industry is that in August, at Thanh Phuoc Port, Tan Cang Shipping Joint Stock Company successfully deployed 2 routes of domestic container shipping service by barge to Thanh Phuoc port. This is a connection solution that has been researched and deployed by Tan Cang Service Center and Tan Cang Shipping from 2017 to attract import and export enterprises in Binh Duong province and surrounding areas. The use of barge for transport services is to reduce the pressure of road traffic, reduce CO2 emissions into the environment according to the policy of Ministry of Transport - Transport and Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee. This pilot route also creates a premise for connecting and developing river ports with import-export container loading and unloading enterprises in the Southeast region.

Reported by Tieu My - Translated by Ngoc Huynh