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Message from the President

Dear members,

Welcome to the September edition of Conqueror’s quarterly newsletters. As we are reaching the last quarter of 2022, our team is working hard to ensure a fantastic experience for all our members at our upcoming Annual Meeting in Doha that will happen from 6th to 8th February 2023. We eagerly look forward to welcoming all of you to the event and recording the highest attendance to date. Inside the newsletters, you will read several pertinent information about our meeting venue, the city, and our day trip to the Qatari desert. Like always, you will find all the news about the latest achievements of the network members in the last three months. In this newsletter, we have covered the news of our members in Chengdu, Casablanca, Genoa/Venice, Penang, and Livorno.

Read the Industry News section to find out how how the hurricane Ian that ravaged the state of Florida suspended all deliveries and transportation and logistics operations. Additionally, make sure to go through the news headlines to keep tabs on the latest happenings in the supply chain sector. Last but not the least, there is an article on how Warehouse Management Systems can help you make the warehousing process more effective.

Make sure to send us a few lines about the latest achievements of your company so that we can publish a news on our website and in our next newsletter and promote it via our social media handles.

Happy reading!

Kind regards,

Antonio Torres
President and Founder - Conqueror Freight Network

Conqueror’s 9th Annual Meeting

Things you Need to Know

The dates and venue of Conqueror’s Annual Meeting have already been announced. Now all you need to do is complete your registration, prepare your visa, book your room and finally buy your tickets to Doha for 3 days of productive networking

Why Doha?

Doha is the capital city of Qatar and it lies on the eastern coast of the Qatar Peninsula on the Persian Gulf. The country has a land area of 11,437 square kilometres and is situated on the Qatar peninsula, between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Qatar has a strategic location and world-class infrastructure that makes it an ideal location for a freight forwarding Annual Meeting. The country is situated on major shipping routes and is within easy reach of markets in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Qatar also has world-class infrastructure, including an extensive network of highways, railways, and airports.

Apart from this, it is one of the countries that accepts most visitors without the need for a visa and offer many direct and cheap flight connections. Besides, as it will soon host the FIFA World Cup, they have relaxed the covid requirements, which makes easier for everyone to attend the Meeting. This event will also advance the country’s infrastructure and foreign policy goals.

Finally, there is a good balance between the cost and the quality of the services provided there for our agents to enjoy.

The Venue: Intercontinental Doha Hotel

The Intercontinental Doha Hotel lies on the city’s longest stretch of private beach. Nestled in the middle of lush landscaped gardens, this hotel with its 12 restaurants and bars will be a perfect host for our freight forwarders conference. The conference venue is just a few minutes away from the city centre and very close to the Doha Golf Club, Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre and the City Center Mall.

The hotel has 375 upscale rooms, 94 chic dwellings, an exclusive club, a large patio, and most importantly a stunning view of the ocean. Yet another important attraction is the famous La Mar Doha restaurant supervised by celebrity chef Gaston Acurio, the Spa Intercontinental, a state-of-the-art gymnasium, and many other entertainment options. Additionally, there is a huge outdoor swimming pool within the hotel premises.

We have negotiated very special prices with The Intercontinental Doha Hotel in order to offer you the most competitive rates. In order to book a room, please click here.

Day Trip

This year for the first time Conqueror has arranged for an optional Day Trip for the delegates to provide a perfect balance of business and leisure. The 8 hours day trip will take place on 6th February 2023 from 9:00-17:00.

Delegates and their spouses will go on a desert safari trip to the marvelous sand dunes near the inland sea close to Doha. The trip activities will include a dune bashing ride along the seashores, lunching and resting at Bedouin-style tents, and sporting and swimming activities.

To join this trip all you need to do is select the Day Trip option while completing your meeting registration.

Other than offering a splendid chance to explore the marvels in the vicinity of Doha and its deserts, this corporate day tour will also strengthen your bonding with the members. This is an excellent chance to help you break the ice with your fellow members and get acquainted with each other under less formal circumstances. Simply put, it will bolster networking, communications, and camaraderie with your partners which in turn will help to create lasting partnerships.

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LOGISTICS NEWS

Logistics companies are facing a hard time restoring service after hurricane Ian

The hurricane Ian that ravaged the state of Florida suspended all deliveries and transportation and logistics operations

Hurricane Ian that made landfall in Florida with a wind speed of 150 Kmph was a Category 4 hurricane that caused death, destruction, flooding, and power outages. The ports and railways in southeast Florida either closed or operated partially while the South Carolina Ports Authority shut down all marine terminals in the wake of the storm. Once the relief efforts started logistics companies like FedEx, UPS and US Postal Services resumed service in several storm affected parts of Florida.

Nevertheless, there were over 800 localities where logistics companies suspended pick-up or deliveries that included Fort Myers and Lee Country. FedEx for example is trying to bring back operations in over 40 cities where they temporarily suspended services because of the storm. The US Postal Service has designated 14 cities that will not be able to serve because of massive destruction. The logistics companies are providing an alternate location for each unserved city.

Yet another impact of the hurricane on the freight forwarding sector is the spike in trucking rates. The rates for truckloads going to Florida are on the rise. The flooding of the highways resulted in the closure of the Interstate 75 main route to Sarasota creating dangerous road conditions. Regardless of that several trucking companies have reached out to the Florida Trucking Association to extend their help in the recovery efforts.

More logistic news at a glance

Worldwide air cargo flow tonnages record a further 5% decline in August according to the latest data from WorldACD Market Data

The cargo volumes in the Middle East, Europe, and South Asia each fell by 8%, a 6% fall was recorded from the Asia Pacific and a 5% drop from both Africa and North America

Maersk abandons the sale of its container business at 1 billion USD to China International Marine Containers

They cancelled their plans as an investigation by the Department of Justice found that if the Chinese company acquired the cold storage container division of Maersk, then it would have ‘consolidated control of over 90% insulated container box and refrigerated shipping container production worldwide in Chinese state-owned or state-controlled entities

Cathay Pacific launches the ‘Fly Greener’ endeavour to further augment its sustainability endeavours in its air cargo services

Fly Greener is a carbon-offset programme that comes with a carbon emissions calculator for determining the carbon emissions of shipments and the expenses to offset them with a few simple steps

Container shipping giant CMA CGM launches a new train service to the Penang Port in Malaysia

Apart from the new freight train service which will connect the town of Padan Besar town in the North of Thailand with Penang, they are also creating a container yard at the Penang Port with a monthly capacity of 7,500 TEU

The congestion that had been disrupting the normal operations at the Port of Los Angeles for almost two years has almost cleared

The last week of August recorded an all-time low container ship backlog of eight vessels- down from a record of 109 vessels in January 2022

Special

Advantages of using a warehouse management system

The e-commerce boom and the consequent rise in customers’ demand for front-door deliveries have prompted many freight forwarding companies have started operating their own warehouses. However, augmenting the efficiency of warehouses is a consuming task that requires proper management that balances safety, profitability, and efficacy. This is why many businesses resort to using WMS or Warehouse Management Systems to boost their overall output.

WHAT IS WMS?

WMS or Warehouse Management System is a software that helps to automate the process of warehouse management including picking, inventory tracking, receiving, and fulfilment of orders. Using a WMS could result in enhanced inventory, reduced cost, better workplace safety, and material handling, and finally an increased output. Let us now take a detailed look at some of the key benefits of the Warehouse Management System.

1. BETTER USE OF FLOOR AREA

A WMS enhances the workflow in your warehouse by optimizing the warehouse space. It determines the best use of the floor area by taking into account factors like material characteristics and workload. Additionally, they help with waste reduction, misuse of valuable floor space, unnecessary material movement, labour-intensive placement etc.

2. REAL-TIME INVENTORY DATA

The WMS provides real-time visibility into inventory data allowing workers to get inventory information at any time of the day through RFID tagging, serial numbers and barcoding. In other words, it allows you to document every shipment as it enters your warehouse, its movements within the warehouse and even during its haulage from point A to point B.

3. IMPROVED WORKFORCE EFFICIENCY

A WMS can vastly enhance the efficiency of your workers by allocating the right task to the right at the appropriate time. Furthermore, it allows for the best utilization of labour by optimizing the travel time within the warehouse. It is capable of making schedules for the workers and regularly allocate the tasks to the best labourer suitable for a particular task.

4. LESS OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

By helping you reduce your operating costs, a WMS can help you achieve the bottom line of your business. Reduction of wasted space and labour translates into fewer expenses. Moreover, minimizing errors with the help of automation can also allow you to save money. WMSs that can help with workforce management allows you to save money by not overstaffing during the off-season.

5. TRACEABILITY OF SHIPMENTS

WMS will allow you to effortlessly trace the items in your inventory with the help of the lot/batch/serial numbers. The capacity to trace every product in your inventory lowers redundancy, makes way for accurate inventory allocation and provides sufficient data for future tracking or service maintenance.

6. ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE

You can effectively manage your inbound and outbound planning with a WMS. For instance, it optimizes the date and time when your inventory is scheduled to arrive, by taking into account several factors like space availability, equipment availability, and labour availability.

Refer&Earn

We still have room left for more members

We’d like to take this opportunity to remind our agents once again about Conqueror’s Referral Programme.

Refer&Earn

As an agent, all you have to do is suggest the names of reliable freight forwarders who are potential candidates for CQR membership.

In case your recommended company makes it to our network then you as the referring agent will get a 25% discount on your next annual membership fee!

That’s not the end of it! If you can refer more agents who successfully becomes a part of our team then you can get as much as 4 discounts every year making your annual membership fee as less as zero for the coming year!

So make sure to tell your peers about the benefits of being a CQ R member and you might get yourself a discount on your next membership fee!

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