Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world's leading maritime services provider, has opened a new office in Thailand's Port of Map Ta Phut taking its global network to more than 300 offices.
The new office, ISS Thailand's second, is based in the country's largest industrial port in the Gulf of Thailand, 150 miles from Bangkok which is part of the region's Eastern Seaboard Development plan, an ongoing economic and infrastructure programme which is now the centre for the country's export industries.
Map Ta Phut port has the facilities to handle liquid, bulk, container, heavy lift and multipurpose cargoes and ISS Thailand has already signed contracts with a number of clients to service port calls out of its new office.
ISS executive vice president Romi Kaushal said the opening, follows recent offices on the Adriatic and on the west coast of Africa: "With new clients already on board, our team lead by Captain Sunchai Sanguanpao, has done a great job and we opened for business in record time."
ISS provides landside commercial and humanitarian logistics, transit, offshore support, informational and other associated marine services. The company also provides a growing range of outsourcing services including global crew and marine spares logistics and port hub agency management.