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SCMP Reporter

U-FREIGHT'S Philippines subsidiary has established a new distribution centre in the Cavite Export Processing Zone.

  The company has also introduced the first fully computerised Customs operation in the country at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

  The firm's president Gene Boyer reported a boom in freight traffic between the Philippines and the nine regional distribution centres operated by U-Freight America.

  The new Cavite distribution centre, which is operated by U-Ocean Inc - a subsidiary of U-Freight's Philippine holding company Linaheim Properties (LP) - will provide Philippines shippers with a one-stop shop, he said.

  Other LP subsidiaries, Airfreight 2100, U-Freight Philippines, and 2100 Customs Brokers are nearby.

  Services available include container stuffing, document preparation and processing, trucking for outbound goods, stripping, insurance and storage.

  The container yard has space for up to 45 containers and can be used for storage, repositioning, cleaning and chassis parking.

  The 5,112 square metre complex, with a 3,960 sq metre container yard and a 1,008 sq metre container freight station, is one of 107 enterprises in the rapidly growing zone.

  According to Claus Sudhoff, president of the zone's investors' association, 130 companies employing more than 40,000 people are expected to be operational by the end of the year.

  The presence of the U-Freight facility, offering exporters and importers fast and efficient handling and processing of goods, is expected to provide a further spur for development.

   Linaheim Properties' chairman Alberto Lina said: ''Our presence here will help to put the zone on the world map.'' 



Distribution centre opens in Cavite