Mumbai: MISC Berhad is lookin g to grow its liner division next year with a specific focus on India.
"We are expanding in key strategic markets and will focus more on intra-Asian trade, India and China.?"Freight is growing in this region.We will be looking more to the Indian sub-continent as well," Baharuddin Arbak, MISC vice-president (Liner Business) told Malaysian newswire Bernama in Delhi.?Earlier this year, MISC signed a joint venture agreement with Crescent Shipping Agency India Ltd, its third party agent, to form MISC Agencies India Pvt Ltd, to spearhead its Indian operations.?In October, MISC added another milestone when the carrier connected the two major growing economies -- China and India -- with its Halal Express Service 2.?Its first vessel arrived in Chennai Port in late October.?On Friday MISC India opened its new office in Delhi, the second after its Mumbai headquarters. [29/11/10]?
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