Nippon Express Company (NEC) has expanded its domestic halal logistics services in Japan with a new halal-certified domestic air cargo transport service.
By incorporating halal logistics system-certified work procedures into its Express Hi-Speed domestic air cargo transport service, the company has created a rapid halal transport service capable of handling shipments as small as a single cardboard box.
Since it received halal certification for warehousing in Japan in 2016, the company has introduced halal-only roll boxes for consolidated transport of small-lot cargo amounting to less than a full truckload, as well as halal-only rail containers for large-lot cargo into its warehouse-based transport services as it expanded its handling of halal products.
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| Source: Nippon Express Company. The Express Hi-Speed domestic air cargo transport service was launched on March 8, 2021. |
With interest in halal products growing in Japan, Nippon Express has been constructing a halal logistics service network to support customers' supply chains and provide safety and peace of mind to Muslim customers and others.
According to the company, demand for halal products in Japan is expected to rise not only from Japan's 200,000 strong Muslim population, but also with an increase in foreign visitors/residents from a diversity of cultural backgrounds. High certification standards for quality assurance and hygiene control have also expanded interest in halal products among health- and safety-conscious consumers, NEC said.
In 2014, Nippon Express became the first Japanese company to obtain halal logistics certification in Malaysia, and it has since been developing global halal logistics services.
Express Hi-Speed halal transport offers:
- Improved visibility for halal products (special labels affixed on cargo)
- Halal education for employees engaged in operations
- Delivery modes tailored to specific needs (nationwide next-day delivery service, specified delivery time service, charter delivery service)
- Easy-to-use product design (packaged fees by region/weight, multiple-item shipments, business office stop-off service)
- Visualisation of transport status (trace control through up to seven transit points, confirmations via Nippon Express' website)