Expanded Depot Capacities in Vietnam and Thailand:  Enhanced tank container cleaning and storage capacities at key transshipment hubs

Hamburg, November 13, 2025 – The cotac group has made extensive investments in two network sites offering cleaning, workshop and depot services. In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Laem Chabang, Thailand, cotac has completed the enhancement of two depots. With this step, cotac has strengthened its presence in the strategically important Asia-Pacific logistics hubs and has expanded its service portfolio for international customers in the chemical, gas and food industries. These infrastructure extensions lay the foundation for increased performance.

At the Ho Chi Minh City site, extensive investments were made in the existing facility. A modern office building provides the site with space for further growth, and the depot’s capacity has been increased to over 1,000 tank containers.
“Vietnam is currently one of our strongest-performing locations worldwide – both in terms of economic development and operational performance,” says Rickard Gonera, Managing Director of cotac Asia. “We have established ourselves as a reliable partner, particularly in the field of specialized cleaning, and are able to handle demanding products such as MDI, TDI and latex in a professionally correct way.”

Ongoing staff training and close collaboration with the cotac site in Singapore ensure high quality standards. In future, these will be progressed by a dedicated Safety Representative in Ho Chi Minh City to optimize additional processes.

The Laem Chabang site in Thailand was expanded at the same time. Depot capacity was increased from 900 to 1,600 tank containers. In addition, cleaning processes and workshop areas were further developed to meet growing customer requirements. The team in Laem Chabang specializes in tank modifications for European customers, and is preparing for future specialized cleaning demands.

Gonera also says, “With the expansions in Vietnam and Thailand, we are responding to the growing importance of these locations in the Asia-Pacific region and reaffirming our commitment to the market. cotac stands for flexibility, quality and solution-oriented service – even for individual customer requirements.”

ABOUT THE COTAC GROUP
With one-stop services and consistent quality standards, cotac ensures smooth operations along the supply chain. Twelve cotac locations at logistics hubs in Europe, Asia and the USA provide reliable, quality-assured all-around services for tank containers. cotac stands for “complete tank care”, is regularly audited according to DIN EN ISO 9001, and undergoes various country-specific safety and quality audits. Staff training is a global standard, as are analyses and internal know-how in cleaning processes by cotac experts for a wide range of products. cotac’s technical services ensure smooth, efficient, sustainable and safe transport logistics for its customers – worldwide.