113 agents from across 57 countries made their way to Bangkok for the 4th annual meeting of Conqueror Freight Network, the world’s only truly exclusive network
logistics business partner
The Plaza Athenee, Bangkok provided the venue for the network’s annual get together, hosting 113 agents from across 57 countries who were all there for the same reason; to grow their businesses and conquer the world together.
“Our annual meeting is the most important element in our triad of tools for boosting the business volume of our members; the others being city-exclusivity, like the multinationals, and cooperation. Agents are participating in 2,500+ one to one meetings and, as you can see, they are making the most of these as well as competing for each other’s attention away from them,” explained founder Antonio Torres.
“We have attended every meeting since the launch of the network and I can honestly say that year on year, we have experienced a noticeable increase in shipments from fellow members and I firmly believe that the same will happen again this year,” said one member.
Equipment for oil refineries is frequently transported to Western Kazakhstan and generally, all these cargoes are over-dimensional and out of gauge.Recently, Globalink’ s experienced Project Department was tasked with handling and working out the most efficient route for the transportation of two transformers from Hefey, China to Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Certainly not the heaviest piece ever handled but with their deadline fast approaching, their customer needed the shortest possible transit time for delivery to final destination.
Always up for a challenge, their Project Team began planning right away. Using in-house resources, Globalink’s China Office supervised the loading and lashing at origin and dispatched the cargo, where upon arrival at the Kazakhstan border, their Dostyk Office (situated strategically on the border) controlled the offloading and subsequent re-loading onto the waiting rail wagons for the final leg of the journey. Meticulous and thorough planning resulted in yet another successful delivery and in fact they beat their own delivery time. Comprehensive planning, flawless execution and constant monitoring ensured the job was completed as promised.
Our member in Durban handled the road transport from Lusaka through Zimbabwe down to the port of Durban, the loading on board and port agency for the vessel. Director David van Maasdyk commented, “The logistics were complex and involved securing special permits from three governments defence forces to allow military equipment through their borders, and at the same time obtain customs clearances”.
The total packing list consisted of 117 military vehicles, and containers which required complete coordination to deliver all the equipment, exactly on time to meet the vessel arrival at Durban. Van Maasdyk continues, “The operation was one of the biggest we have ever handled, and required constant attention and coordination with many different authorities, locally and over the border. That we made a very tight deadline was quite an achievement”
Alpha Shipping’s team all played a big part in the success of the operation.
CQR’s representative in Takoradi, was recently charged with receiving, clearing and hauling two electrical transformers (85MT each) from the port of Tema to Winneba, about 100km from the port
McDan Shipping arranged two of its 120MT Lowbed trailers to take the transformers directly from the quay side. This was arranged to save the client port demurrage charges and also to avoid double the handling. The transformers were imported from Egypt by the government of Ghana to improve its nations’ power grid system. The team had to mobilize their 150MT crane to offload the transformers at the delivery site where the transformers were to be installed. All this was done in record time due to proper planning and prior arrangement with port authorities to receive the cargo at the quay.
CQR Tallinn has been listed in the GAZELLE TOP 1000 most successful and fastest growing Estonian SME companies
international logistics service provider
To gain entry into this prestigious list, companies must have a financial turnover and profit of more than 50% for the last 3 years. The list represents just 1% of all companies in Estonia. CQR Tallinn was listed 195th, an impressive result for this company which was only founded in 2008.
In addition to this achievement, the team are also celebrating being rated a SUCCESSFUL ESTONIAN COMPANY 2O14 RATING AA, a status given to a mere 10% of Estonian companies.
CONQUEROR would like to congratulate EUROPIIR LOGISTICS OU on these laudable achievements!
The total warehouse capacity of CQR Tel Aviv is now 20,000 sq meters
Jackylog, a subsidiary of the Jacky Line Group, Conqueror’s exclusive agent in 3 cities across Israel, has increased its total warehouse capacity in the centre of the country from 13,000m2 to 20,000m2 (dry cargo, reefer, with a specialty in Pharma & Frozen food); 7,000m2 of that have been allocated to a new product courier service.
logistics companies
Business is certainly booking for the Jacky Line Group. Almost 1 year ago, we informed members of their plan to increase warehouse capacity and it is unbelievable that in less than a year, they need to expand again.
Conqueror would like to congratulate the Jackylog team on this achievement!
On 30th of January 2015, CQR Vilnius was listed for the 4th consecutive time in the GAZELE TOP 1000 most successful and fastest growing Lithuanian SME companies
freight forwarder
The awards are organized by the Lithuanian business daily Verslo Zinios and during the official ceremony, winners were greeted by Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite.
“We received this award because of a 281% growth over the last 3 years and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our employees for their contribution to this significant achievement. Well done!” said Director Justas Vernickas
Delamode Baltics was up against 3000 companies and was listed 149th in the final 1000 awarded.
On 24th January this year, CQR Riga celebrated its 20th anniversary
independent freight agent
Since its foundation in 1995, RINOSTA has gone from a small shipping agency in the port of Riga with just two members of staff to an experienced forwarding company with 22 employees operating across offices in Latvia and Lithuania.
“We are proud to say that we are amongst a handful of well-established and independent freight forwarding companies in the Baltic and we have gained a strong market position in the region. Myself and the team are dedicated to the business we love for at least the next 20 years!” said Manager Maria Zhilyaeva.
RINOSTA has been fortunate enough to keep its original staff who also celebrated two decades with the company. They are teaching the newer team members, sharing their valuable knowledge and precious experience.
“Whilst these past 20 years have not always been easy, they have certainly been exciting and important to all of us with every day bringing the team valuable knowledge, experience and greater confidence!” said Maria. “Finally, I would to thank all of you, our fellow members, for the partnerships we have developed. We value your support and assistance, and the passion you have shown in reaching our mutual objectives. We look forward to meeting you all at the CQR annual meeting in May!” said Maria.
Our CQR member in Amsterdam / Rotterdam is one of our newer members, representing the network in both Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Last week, we sat down with Inver Gase, Managing Director/Co-Owner at the NBK Amsterdam office, to find out more about this century old company and its 21st century operations.
partner with logistics company
Q. When and how did you get into the freight forwarding industry?
A. I started my career in the airfreight forwarding industry, about 30 years ago. After graduating in Construction Engineering, (BEng) I became fed up with this industry and took an opportunity to launch a new career in the logistics industry, as a freight forwarder entrepreneur running my own show. After 20 years of operation, I sold this company.
Q. Can you tell us a little about the history of NBK AIR AND OCEAN and when you joined?
A. After selling my company I worked on the pay-roll for various companies at management level, but it didn’t give me the same satisfaction as when I was running my own business.
In 2012, I teamed-up with the NBK Group and shortly after that I decided to start-up NBK Air & Ocean BV at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as a part-owner of this company. The brand NBK was established almost 100 years ago (1919) near the biggest port in Europe with a specialization in transportation of wood products. Through the Years, we have gained a lot of knowledge and experience which have enabled us to become a reliable 4PL service provider. This regards transport by road, sea, air, rail or a combination of these. We coordinate the logistics from the origin to the place of destination.
Q. Does your company specialise in any particular kind of shipment or service?
A. We are specialized in several fields of logistics, the Group NBK consists of several divisions, with 30000m2 warehousing, our own fleet of container trucks, hazardous cargo specialist, IATA and AEO licensed. Our no nonsense attitude combined with perseverance and clear, open communication makes the difference. We will always give our best service to each agent or client, no matter the size of the shipment.
Q. What would be the most significant shipment your company has handled?
A. The one that sticks most in my mind occurred on Christmas Day, 2012. A vessel belonging to one of our customers (a ship-owner) became stuck in Cartagena port, Colombia needing spare parts from The Netherlands. It was absolutely mandatory that these spares arrived within 24 hours at Cartagena airport, with no transhipping in Bogota. With much of the world shutdown for the holiday season, we knew it was going to be a challenge.
Thanks to trust we have built with our agent partners over the years, we were able to provide a seamless service. Our team managed to book all cargo on a KLM flight into Curacao on Christmas day and there our agent chartered a small aircraft for the short journey onto Cartagena. Despite the odds being stacked against us, we managed to make the delivery on time with the spare parts arriving on board the vessel on Christmas day evening.
Q. What are the challenges facing the freight forwarding industry in The Netherlands and/or the world at the moment?
A. Big challenges; well the industry is changing fast and competition is tough. In the Airfreight industry, we are seeing a large decrease in freighter/maindeck capacity. With new aircrafts, we are gaining tremendous belly capacity which is sold into the market at low cost. Our challenge is to find a match in cargo for a pure freighter service at high yield and substantial turnover on the larger belly capacity with lower yield.
In the end, we just keep doing what we do, providing the best service possible. With the capacity of the group and several different kinds of products, our continuity is secured.
Q. You are registered to attend our annual meeting in May this year. Why in your opinion is attending a network’s annual meeting so important?
A. Logistics remains a people’s business, making new friends and getting to know each other is the basis of long lasting relationships. Two members of the NBK team, Rini Verhoef and Bud Klein, are attending the annual meeting. It is always great to meet so many agents, partners, friends in one place without travelling across the globe constantly.
Q. What are your goals for the meeting?
A. Work hard, party hard! Our aims are to meet our partners and introduce them to NBK and vice-versa. The knowledge we will gain from the meeting, will ensure we can provide our clients with a higher level of service and cooperation of our agencies around the globe.
NBK Air & Ocean BV is a perfect example of the type of members we want in our network. A team committed to growing their business through mutual cooperation.
CQR Chongqing, is a company specialized in handling oversized and overweight cargo
One of their most recent such shipments was for one unit crawler excavator which was shipped from Shanghai, China to Asuncion, Paraguay. The team organized a seamless and successful end to end service which in part was down to the company being a VIP customer of the main port in Shanghai, enjoying priority of entering the port, discharging cargoes and tally at the port by arranging professional staff working at the port site to meet any needs for their customers.
“Over the years, we have built up good relationships within the industry and the external providers we use are hired on a regular basis. We always ensure that they are operating correctly and efficiently in order to guarantee customer satisfaction,” explained Commercial Director, Joy Hu.
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