On 22nd Apr 2010 Global marine terminal operator DP World welcomed the first shipment of Toyota on NYK Line’s PCTC “MV Rhea Leader” on her maiden voyage at Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The car carrier “MV Rhea Leader” – 63,000 DWT with overall length of 200m, 32m in wide will discharge cars on her maiden voyage at SPCT today as the first trial shipment of Toyota Import by CBU, a leading car manufacturer on the world. This is the second voyage of NYK Line’s PCTC calling vessel to SPCT this year after the successful handling of first voyage on 21st Jan 2010 for other the leading Japanese car manufacturer’s cars by NYK Line’s technical training support for stevedoring of CBU conducted by NYK Line’s port captains since last November.
NYK Line is the world largest car carrier distinguished by its quality and integrated service both marine transport and in land logistics. NYK Line is building logistics systems for CBU transport in Vietnam including PDI. PDI refers to the value-added services for finished vehicles at destination terminals such as final inspections before delivery to the dealers, repairs and parts supply. The work is done according to strict quality assurance standards of automakers. NYK Line is operating PDI facilities all over the world, and NYK Line plans to extend their expertise in Vietnam by partnership with SPCT through their entities in Vietnam, NYK Line (Vietnam) Co., Ltd, and NYK Logistics (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.
NYK Line looks the potential of CBU import by major car manufacturers in Vietnam after they received import distributing licenses. At the moment, the demand for car carrier vessel (PCTC), the ideal and reliable option for car transport is not that big in Vietnam but in response to the request from their global customer, like Toyota, Ford, Mitsubishi Motor and Honda, NYK Line has decided to launch their regular PCTC calling to Vietnam.
Gerard Van Den Heuvel , Operation Director of SPCT said:
“I am delighted to welcome this new service of NYK PCTC. We hope Toyota and NYK will be satisfied with our premium services, well trained staffs and modern facilities of the new terminal. Cars discharged at our premise will be kept safely with the highest security level. Moreover, we are pleased to cooperate with NYK for its first-time-in-Vietnam practice for the value-added service of the Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) service for cars. We are doing our best to be the Port of Choice, providing good quality services for our customers and a highly efficient, modern gateway for this region.”
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