News / Thai forwarders looking forward to a busy peak season as ocean trade builds

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Freight forwarders in Thailand are preparing for a busy peak season for ocean shipments.

According to Sam Loke, managing director of Pan Asia Logistics (Thailand), the market will soon start ramping-up.

“Late August onward you start to feel the crunch in terms of space constraints on certain lanes,” he told The Loadstar.

“In Thailand, capacity is always short during the peak period. With Christmas coming, certain lanes become full and this cycle never changes, unfortunately, because buyers don’t want to stock up earlier. It’s ...