Proceedings of ICLT 2014
NON-PHYSICAL BARRIERS FOR THE SOUTH EAST ASIA (ASEAN) MAINLAND CROSS BORDER RAIL FREIGHT MOVEMENTS: FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT THE REGION’S SEAMLESS RAIL FREIGHT MOVEMENTS
Adi Aizat Yajid
Malaysia Institute of Transport (MITRANS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 59-66
Paper overview
In this sub-region, the dependency of rail transportation, specifically the train, to carry freight is not obvious. Instead, the train could be said among the least use mode of transportation for carriage of freight crossing the international borders, in this sub-region. The less reliance of train to move freight crossing the international border in this sub-region is also influenced by the fact that there are a very limited number of facilities that enable the cross border rail freight movements to happen. As on 2014, there is only one border which the cross border freight trains services available in this sub-region, which is between Malaysia and Thailand through Padang Besar of Malaysia and Padang Besar of Thailand. There is another rail link connecting two neighbouring countries, which is between Thailand and Lao PDR, through the Friendship Bridge located between Nong Khai in Thailand and Vientiane in Lao PDR. The carriage of freight through this particular link would only commerce in 2015 (The Nation, 2013). As for the time being, the movements between Malaysia and Thailand will become the only active cross border rail freight movements in this sub-region. In ASEAN, the train services are been made available by the local governments. Most of the service providers are either owned by the governments or controlled by the governments.
Keywords
logistics; transport; supply chain
Citation
Adi Aizat Yajid (2014). NON-PHYSICAL BARRIERS FOR THE SOUTH EAST ASIA (ASEAN) MAINLAND CROSS BORDER RAIL FREIGHT MOVEMENTS: FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT THE REGION’S SEAMLESS RAIL FREIGHT MOVEMENTS. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2014), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 59-66.