Yamato Logistics (HK) Ltd. expand refrigerated warehouse at the Kowloon Bay Base.

Oisix Hong Kong is the first customer start use the integrated transportation to handle fresh food from Japan.

It is hereby notified that Yamato Logistics (HK) Ltd. under the YAMATO HOLDINGS (Headquarters: Hong Kong, Chairman: Kakikawa Yoshiki, hereinafter referred to as “Hong Kong Yamato”), expands the cold storage at its Kowloon Bay base in Hong Kong (license: 2851800046*1) , Oisix RA Daichi Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Oisix RA Daichi”) “Oisix Hong Kong Limited” (Headquarters: Hong Kong, Chairman: Takahashi Daiju as “Oisix Hong Kong” Since 1^st May 2019 as the delivery base of “Oisix Hong Kong”*2 is to provide transportation services for fresh food imported from Japan.

*1: A permit issued by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the Hong Kong Government has been obtained and food storage and storage of food in a refrigerated warehouse are allowed.

*2: About more “Oisix Hong Kong” please visit https://hk.oisix.com/

Background

As the world’s first importer of Japanese agricultural products, the use of cold chain services to produce fresh food and Japanese Sake has increased by 12.7% compared with 2018, enabling everyone in Hong Kong’s catering industry and supermarket can taste and purchase all types of food from Japan. Along with this, consumers’ awareness of food safety is gradually increasing. In the logistics industry, it is necessary to carry out cargo storage, diversion and distribution under a perfect and strict temperature management environment.

Since 2011, Hong Kong Yamato started the local small parcel cold chain delivery service, it needs to be delivered under the temperature control to consumers. In addition, for the distribution of alcoholic small parcels, Hong Kong Yamaha has obtained the quality approval for alcohol distribution in November 2016*3, and in May 2017, it has obtained the international standard “PAS1018″*4, and started use Yamato Natural Air-Cargo The following: “YNA”*5 in July 2017 as an international cold chain delivery, and we have been working to establish a cold chain network in Asia.

Oisix Hong Kong launched the “Oisix Hong Kong” service to provide Japanese food, agricultural products and processed products to Hong Kong consumers since December 2009. Since July 2017, the “YNA” service has been promoted between HANEDA CHRONOGATE and Hong Kong International Airport. On the other hand, Oisix Hong Kong is according to their own safety standards, it needs to enhance warehouse requirements for storing and transporting the agricultural products and processed foods what imported from Japan, therefore, the establishment of high-quality cold chain delivery services has become an urgent issue to achieve the goal.

In order to solve this problem, Hong Kong Yamato has started the international integrated cold transportation service by using the expanded Kowloon Bay base with an area of about 300 square meters as a refrigerated warehouse.

※3 wine transportation quality certification:

Quality certification for wine transport issued by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA). Certification is divided into storage, transportation and retail sectors, storage and transportation are divided into ordinary wines and fine wines. The certification held by our company is the transportation quality certification of ordinary wines.

※4 PAS1018:

An international standard covering transport methods involving the transport of parcels in small batch cold storage services. The requirements for transshipment work during delivery are specified, with a focus on temperature control of the space such as the refrigerator installed in the vehicle.

*5 YNA (Yamato Natural Air-Cargo)

Fruits, vegetables and sake transported on a pallet basis. It is a new cost-saving approach to air cold chain transport that reduces costs while maintaining the quality and freshness of unmanageable perishable items.

Service summary

In the case of cold chain transportation of goods from Japan to Hong Kong, entrusted to Hong Kong Yamato to assume transportation between warehouses to consumers, enabling the manufacturers in Japan can use the Yamato Group’s network to connect Hong Kong consumers to achieve high quality and internationally integrated cold chain transportation.

【Service Map by「Oisix Ra Daichi」】

Service benefits

We can provide flexible and reliable cold chain logistics services based on your business growth. In addition, the temperature control in the warehouse is concentrated in designated location, to reduce the risk of temperature deviation, and the local small frozen parcel delivery service is realized in a temperature controlled environment through systematic real-time inventory management.

Future goal

Hong Kong Yamato hopes to promote this service to all business communities and create a complete cold chain system to deliver the high level quality foods as Japan to consumers and catering.

About Yamato Logistics (HK) Ltd. Cold Chain Warehouse

[Reference Press Release]

July 4, 2017: Yamato Global Logistics provides pallet delivery service at constant temperature

Yamato Natural Air-Cargo (YNA) service is fully launched

URL: http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/news/h29/h29_33_01news.html

August 2, 2018: The Kowloon Bay Base of Yamato Logistics (HK) Ltd. obtained the “Hong Kong Cold Storage Warehouse License” to provide frozen warehousing services

URL: http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/news/h30/h30_35_01news.html

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