Kokubu Group will launch its 12th long-term management plan in 2026. As one of its key measures, the group is preparing to strengthen food cold-chain logistics in Southeast Asia and provide high-quality logistics services to food manufacturers, restaurant chains, and retailers.
Regarding this latest capital participation, Kokubu Group commented, “In addition to CCPL, which has long been our strategic partner, we are pleased to welcome Mitsui O.S.K. Lines as a new partner.”
The Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Group is also moving ahead with expanding its logistics business, including cold-chain logistics operations in Southeast Asia.
CKL（Commonwealth KOKUBU Logistics Pte. Ltd.）’s core facility, the “8 Jalan Besut (8JB)” warehouse, in which the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Group has invested and participates, boasts a height of more than 100 meters above ground, one of the largest in Asia. It can accommodate approximately 90,000 pallets, has a total floor area of 47,495 square meters, and is a five-story warehouse capable of handling multiple temperature zones—ambient, chilled, and frozen. On the top floor, a fully automated warehouse area with a height of 45 meters has been introduced.
As the main tenant and operator of the 8JB warehouse, CKL has realized dense and efficient 24-hour warehouse operations through the use of IT systems and provides high-quality logistics services that also include delivery. Going forward, it also plans to expand into neighboring Southeast Asian countries by leveraging the know-how it has cultivated in Singapore.
Kokubu Group and CKL are engaged in logistics outsourcing operations for the food-service and retail sectors within Singapore. With Singapore as a hub, they intend to respond to growing demand for cold-chain logistics in neighboring countries. Going forward, the three companies will work together to provide logistics services of the same high quality as in Japan to food manufacturers, restaurant operators, and retailers expanding from Japan, thereby accelerating business expansion in ASEAN. CKL was established in 2018. Its capital structure is 51 percent CCPL, 34 percent Kokubu Group, and 15 percent Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.
