Thailand is the Chair of ASEAN for 2019 and the theme of its ASEAN Chairmanship is Advancing Partnership for Sustainability. For more information on Thailand chairmanship: https://www.asean2019.go.th/en/
Strategic Area Category: Seamless Logistics
20 freighter airlines operate more than 340 weekly scheduled freighter flights at Changi Airport. Changi Airfreight Centre is the heart of our air cargo operations. It houses state-of-the-art facilities used by ground handlers, freight forwarders and logistics companies. Source: Changi Airport Group
ASEAN Member States launched the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 Video Series at the sidelines of 31st ASEAN Summit on 12 November 2017 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, to introduce ASEAN Connectivity and MPAC 2025.
The Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 is the first medium-term plan to be anchored on the 0-10 point Socioeconomic Agenda and is geared towards the Ambisyon Natin 2040 which articulates the Filipino people’s collective vision of a MATATAG, MAGINHAWA, AT PANATAG NA BUHAY PARA SA LAHAT. It also takes into account the country’s international commitments such …
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The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 is the country’s economic blueprint for the next six years which is anchored on the Filipino people’s vision of a Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na Buhay Para sa Lahat.
The Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) in Panabo Port, Davao del Norte, Philippines completed the new station, Berth 2, in July 2016. The Berth 2 is hoped to double its annual capacity to more than 70,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU)-the ships cargo carrying capacity. The DICT also boasts to be the most modern container port …
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Singapore’s port is one of the busiest in the world, and its maritime industry makes up some 7% of Gross Domestic Product. How has the city-state maintained the primacy of its port in the face of regional competition, unlike many other global cities? The natural advantages of Singapore’s port- a deep water harbour and a …
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Connectivity in ASEAN encompasses the physical (e.g., transport, ICT, and energy), institutional (e.g., trade, investment, and services liberalisation), and people-to-people linkages (e.g., education, culture, and tourism) that are the foundational supportive means to achieving the economic, political-security, and socio-cultural pillars of an integrated ASEAN Community. Since the adoption of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity …