Navia Deepens Southeast Asia Reach With New Office in Johor Bahru

The company’s second Malaysian location puts it on Singapore’s doorstep and one of the world’s busiest trade corridors.

This week, Navia announced the opening of its freight forwarding office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, continuing its expansion as a global player. This is its second location on the Malay Peninsula, its twelfth in APAC, and the next phase in its growth journey. The choice of Johor Bahru as a location was based on a few key factors: Singapore is on the doorstep, deeper coverage across Malaysia, and a relentless ambition for growth.

Johor Bahru sits minutes from Singapore, connected by the world’s busiest land border crossing, with over 350,000 crossings a day (roughly four times the daily volume of San Diego–Tijuana’s San Ysidro crossing, which the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics says is 87,569 crossings a day). A new rail link, opening later this year, will make that journey just five minutes.

The state is also home to Port Tanjung Pelepas, the world’s 15th-busiest seaport, handling over 14 million TEUs a year, and Senai International Airport. Since January 2025, the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) has enabled duty-free trade and a single permit for land cargo moving between the two countries, targeting RM260 billion (approximately S$81 billion) in GDP for the zone, with 7% annual growth by 2030 according to Johor state government predictions.

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