Rhenus Group continues to expand in South East Asia with a business site in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city.
This will be its fourth site in Indonesia when it opens in August, with two sites in Jakarta, one in Semarang, which opened in February this year, and now in Surabaya.
It will offer air and sea freight services, customs clearance and trucking from the new offices in Semarang and Surabaya.
Rhenus Logistics Indonesia managing director, Remo Husser says: “Semarang and Surabaya are attractive business sites for us, thanks to their location and their size. We’re increasing our clout in South-East Asia within the network of our other Asian national companies.”
“The demand for efficient and reliable logistics services is high. The number of consignments that we’re handling in Semarang is increasing all the time and we’ve been able to register strong growth in Jakarta too.”
Automobile, furniture and textiles as well as skilled crafts and trades are strong in Semarang, and plastic products, tobacco, furniture and shoes are important in Surabaya.
The Rhenus national company in Indonesia also become International Air Transport Association certified at the end of May.