The Thai Transport Ministry has affirmed that the country’s logistics
system will be ready before the realisation of the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC).
Speaking at a seminar on the readiness
of Thailand ’s logistics system for the AEC, Transport Deputy
Minister General Prin Suwanatat said that the country is now 70 percent
ready in terms of its transportation system.
He expressed
his belief that Thailand ’s transportation system is as good as those
of its neighbouring countries of Malaysia and Singapore . However,
when taking trucking business into consideration, Thailand is ahead
of its competitors, as it has nearly 20,000 trucking companies providing
services even though many of them are sorely in need of quality and
standard improvement.
The deputy minister went on to say
that before the AEC is finally introduced, his ministry will strictly
enforce delivery-related regulations forcing all entrepreneurs to keep
up with the standards, saying the move will enable them to compete with
their counterparts in the region.-VNA