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SINGAPORE: Japanese logistics firm Yamato is setting up shop in Singapore. Yamato Transport, a unit of Yamato Holdings, has launched its express door-to-door small parcel delivery service in Singapore.
The service, called TA-Q-BIN, is the firm's first independent domestic operation outside Japan
The firm said Singapore was chosen because it offered a pro-business environment and sophisticated consumer base.
Anchoring Yamato's Singapore operations will be its standard express door-to-door delivery service, which the firm expects will be heavily utilised by firms.
Yamato will also launch a chilled and frozen refrigerated delivery service that allows users to send perishable items such as seafood and ice-cream.
Currently, 10 million domestic deliveries are made in Singapore each year and Yamato expects the figure to rise with its entrance.
Beyond Singapore, Yamato also plans to establish operations in other parts of Asia, starting with Shanghai, China in 2010. - 938LIVE/vm
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