Daiken hires cargo ship to overcome logistics challenges

Delayed orders: Logs at a sawmill near Kuching. According to Japan Lumber Reports, securing shipping space for tropical logs on the Sarawak-Japan route is difficult.

KUCHING: The shipping problems between Malaysia and foreign countries have prompted Japanese firm Daiken Corp to hire a cargo ship to bring its medium density fibreboard (MDF) manufactured in Sarawak to Japan.

With the chartered cargo ship, Daiken can ship the MDF direct from Sarawak to Yokkaichi Port in Japan without having to stop at any other ports for the first time.