History
- The company founded in 1984 under its original name Tong Aik Hardware Machinery Pte Ltd & its core business focusing on hardware stock-list & machinery trading for the construction industry
- Owing to the growth of container repairing industry in the late 80, the company moved into supplying container spare parts to local container depots and eventually comma nd a market share of more than 80%
- Started its regional sales on trading of container spare parts in SEA region
- In 1994 the company moved into trading of containers and built the first batch 1000 x 20′ GP containers in China to start its leasing business
- Established its first subsidiary company TA Asia Marketing Pte Ltd (lately renamed as TA ASIA LOGISTICS PTE LTD) focusing on regional business development in 1997
- In 1998 acquired a container depot & warehousing facility in Singapore that provides depot, M&R services for marine shipping containers including ISO tank for petrol & chemical industry
- In year 2000,set up the NVOCC tea m under the flag of TA Asia Line operating ocean freight liner business covering the Intra Asia & ISC trade
- Further regionalise its depot business into •china & Indonesia where Shanghai TA Asia Logistics was established in Shanghai and PT TA Asia Logistics in Jakarta
- In 2002 the company was renamed as TA ASIA HOLDINGS PTE LTD to better reflects its association with the subsidiary companies
- In mid 2000 the company enhanced its container business into supply of custom-designed portable cabins for schools, hospitals & undertaking turn key projects
- Upgraded its workshop & depot facility in Singapore to provide container conversion, fabrication of marine & offshore containers meeting the stringent requirement of DNV standard
- In 2008 to improve on its freight & logistics services in the area of providing 3PL logistics in Singapore & China, the company acquired Gul Road facility of 16,000 sqm with warehousing space of 12,000 sqm in Singapore as well as Suzhou facility providing 10,000 sqm warehousing space for Siemens manufacturing
- In order to better serve its customers need, the company went on to set up its own container trucking team in 2010 with a fleet of 20 prime mover & more than 150 chassis of both 20′ & 40’types in 2010
- Freight Connect (S) Pte Ltd was founded in 2012 that provide ISO tank freight service (SOC) serving the petrol & chemical industry users such as Chevron Phillip,Eastman and Chemical, ECO Green etc.
- TA ASIA LOGISTICS PTE LTD was privately established in 2012 as the shipping arm of the company.
- In 2018, Network in Thailand was further established.
- In 2019, TA ASIA LOGISTICS PTE LTD established itself as one of the NVOCC operators in Singapore.
In 1994
the company moved into trading of containers and built the first batch 1000 x 20’ GP containers in China to start its leasing business. Establishing its first subsidiary company, TA Asia Marketing Pte Ltd (now TA ASIA LOGISTICS PTE LTD) focusing on regional business development in 1997.
In 1998
the company acquired a container depot and warehousing facility in Singapore that provides depot, M&R services for marine shipping containers including ISO tanks for petrol and chemical industry.
In 2000
set up NVOCC team under TA Asia Line operating ocean freight liner business covering the Intra and ISC trade. Shanghai TA Asia Logistics and PT TA Asia Logistics, Indonesia were set up for depot business in Shanghai and Jakarta respectively.
In 2002
the company was renamed as TA ASIA HOLDINGS PTE LTD to better reflect its association with the subsidiary companies.
In the mid-2000
the company enhanced its container business into supply of custom-designed portable cabins for schools, hospitals and undertaking turn key projects. The company also upgraded its workshop and depot facility in Singapore to provide container conversion, fabrication of marine and offshore containers meeting the stringent requirement of DNV standard.
In 2008
the company acquired Gul Road facility of 16,000 sqm with warehousing space of 12,000 sqm in Singapore as well as in Suzhou, providing 10,000 sqm warehousing space in Siemens manufacturing.
In 2010
the company set up its own trucking team with a fleet of 20 prime movers and more than 150 chasis.
Freight Connect (S) Pte Ltd (now FC CHEMLOG SOLUTIONS PTE LTD
) was founded in 2012 that provides ISO tank freight service (SOC) serving the petrol and chemical industry users such as Chervon Phillip, Eastman Chemical, ECO Green etc.
30 years company specializing in containers for the shipping, marine & logistics industries since 1980 providing containers, container depot services, freight services through its worldwide network. TA Asia upgraded its manufacturing facility in Singapore to meet the stringent requirement of marine & offshore industry standard.
Over the years, we have also expanded our businesses to include subsidiaries TA ASIA LOGISTICS PTE LTD and FC CHEMLOG SOLUTIONS PTE LTD.