The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light many deficiencies in all societies world-wide, but it has also shown the importance of many sectors in the world. Logistics has emerged as one of the most important business to overcome the pandemic, either by the supply of medical equipment, basic goods or even all the online purchases during the lockdown.
Although the pandemic has shown what an important component logistics is for society, it has also exposed its weaknesses’ and the need for profound changes in the industry. Before the pandemic, the economic incentives stemming from globalization, were already pushing logistics to a digitalized form, but social distancing or online working are making such a transformation even more necessary.
From Conqueror we support each of our members in this digital process, by helping their company to move all products and services into the digital environment. We are working to implement different online features which will help your company to be on the same page with global tendencies. Check four of the tools we offer to help you gain your place in the e-commerce.
1.FreightViewer:our exclusive transport management software will enable you to create a friendly-user website for your clients, enabling them to check on your services any time, any day.
2.Online company brochure: create an online brochure to promote your business from anywhere in the world.
3.Strong online presence: we offer you a complete digital coverage through an online news section, blog and social media promotion.
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4.Virtual event: due to the current situation we will not be able to meet face to face, but we will do online. Don’t miss the opportunity to make the most of our next Virtual Meeting.
Digitization is so important in the global context, among other reasons, since it makes information and communication available anywhere, anytime and for any user device. Therefore, isn’t this exactly what we need in the near future taking into account that this situation will remain for a considerable time? Think about it!
“Our product knowledge, experience, integrity and dedication to customer satisfaction have helped us grow into one of the trusted 3PL providers, with solutions for our customers across the globe.”
This week, we interview Thomas Lee, President of United Cargo Management Inc, CQR member in Los Angeles, USA. In this interview, he talks about the history and experience of his company and also sheds light on the impact of COVID-19 on the freight forwarding industry in the USA.
Q. Can you tell us a little bit about the history of United Cargo Management?
A. After graduating with Maritime Degree from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, I entered into the container shipping industry. I was a part of the management team which set up Hanjin Shipping in Taiwan. Once I started a family, I decided to immigrate to the United States where with my shipping knowledge and experiences, I established the United Cargo Management, Inc. in April 1987 in Los Angeles, California.
Q. Which objectives have you have met during these 33 years?
A. We have a simple mission statement- we are a team our customers can rely on. Our product knowledge, experience, integrity and dedication to customer satisfaction have helped us grow into one of the most trusted 3PL providers, with solutions for our customers in all geographies across the globe.
Q. What distinguishes United Cargo Management from other freight forwarders in your city?
A. To meet our simple mission statement we take the time to listen and understand our customers’ business so we can offer solutions custom-tailored to their needs. We strive for client satisfaction with a highly experienced and dedicated multilingual team who are ready to focus on all shipping needs. We are constantly investing in our information technology system so we can provide the best possible customer service experience.
‘‘We all share the same challenge this year with the Covid-19 global pandemic. However, this has also created opportunities. With extra planning and coordination, we have ensured minimal delays and overall there haven’t been any issues.
Q. What are the main challenges facing freight forwarders in USA at the moment?
A. We all share the same challenge this year with the Covid-19 global pandemic. New York and Los Angeles have the highest cases in the US. With logistics and transportation considered essential, we have been working from home with half of our staff working in the office on a rotational basis for the past three months for the past three months until 15th June, when all our staff has returned to the office.
Importers are struggling to cope with the effects of the global pandemic. There is a high sense of uncertainty for the market which makes it difficult for our customers to forecast their import requirement with many facing warehouse congestion. China and US trade war has added additional uncertainty to the mix. However, this also created opportunities for other countries.
Moreover, as a result of the protests in so many cities across USA, our truckers are constantly checking on the traffic. With extra planning and coordination, we ensured minimal delays and overall there haven’t been any issues.
Q. How are you tackling these challenges?
A. We provide our customers with a variety of logistical options. We review inventory flow and volume requirements- using our expertise, we are able to provide the most efficient routing that will also result in lower cost for our valued customers.
This project is funded and undertaken by UNICEF and the Ministry of Health in Uganda
Blink Logistics Limited, Conqueror Juba (South Sudan) and Kampala (Uganda), is handling a very significant project for the Ministry of Health in Uganda. They will be moving solar panels and vaccine refrigerators and delivering them at various health centre sites all over the country. The remote location of the health centres has made this project quite a challenging one.
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“Regardless of the poor road networks and poor weather conditions, our team is doing their job successfully. The health care centres are located in remote areas which are yet another challenge for us. I am proud of my teammates who are putting forth their best efforts to conclude the project without a hitch,” says Barbara Nakandi Ampereza, Principal Commercial Executive of Blink Logistics.
They are also actively involved in the fight against the pandemic and has shipped a cargo of PPE equipment and testing kits from China to Lagos
CV Maragos International Forwarding PC, Conqueror member in Athens, Greece, handles a shipment of 2000 tons DW vessel carrying marble blocks from Salayar, Turkey, to Lavrio, Greece. In the words of Mr. Vlasis Maragos, the General Manager of CV Maragos, “Since most of the EU borders were closed due to the pandemic we had to suffer several delays although we managed to overcome this problem and constant communication with our truckers allows us to handover the shipment on time.”
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They have also successfully completed a shipment of masks, gloves and testing kits from China to Lagos, Nigeria. Apart from that, CQR Athens has managed to book a significant number of ocean cargoes from UK, and Spain to Greece and from Greece to USA, Bahamas and Nigeria. “Due to COVID-19 we all experienced unprecedented circumstances and we all had to show great adaptability and I can proudly assert that our team has managed to emerge stronger from this situation and thanks to our executive clients we are still as active as always in our territory.” adds Mr. Maragos.
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Congratulations to CV Maragos and wishing them the best for their future endeavours!
Breakbulk Asia is a conference and exhibition which offers unparalleled opportunity to connect with the stalwarts in project supply chain industry
Breakbulk Asia– a conference cum exhibition for project cargo and breakbulk professionals is scheduled to be held at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Centre in Shanghai, China, from 3rd to 4th August 2020. Shippers and service providers who are working in China’s One Belt One Road project can benefit a lot by attending this exhibition.
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Apart from finding new partners, this exhibition will also help you gain valuable insight regarding the critical business practices of this region. Every market has its differences and knowing how to navigate the ins and outs of compliance, cross-border regulation, and contracts can have a positive impact on the bottom line of the participating companies.
“There is no better time to join with the project cargo and breakbulk industry to plan for new project contracts in the months ahead…China was the first to feel the effects of the pandemic, but it is also the first to begin the steps to recovery. Our program will be focused on finding opportunities not only in China, but throughout Asia and the world.” says Sara Gu, the Event Director of Breakbulk Asia.
For further details regarding the event, members are requested to contact:
Logicpaq SRL is also growing exponentially, they exceeded the eight-digit barrier on the gross revenue in 2019
Logicpaq SRL, Conqueror member in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, has obtained the AOC and the CAE certificates that will permit them to operate as a cargo airline for commercial purposes. According to Mr. Frank Diaz, the General Manager of Logicpaq, “Obtaining these two important accreditations was no way an easy task -our team had been immersed in this process for the last 5 years. We had to prove our credentials and fulfil many requirements before being granted these prestigious certifications.”
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Logicpaq already has 3 of their own aircrafts for small scale operations in and around the islands near Dominican Republic and Miami, USA. One of the major advantages of this accreditation is that CQR Santo Domingo will now be able to negotiate the operational costs for air cargoes directly with the other airlines.
Mr. Diaz further added, “Moreover, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Conqueror Network which has been one of the major factors behind the growth of our company. We joined the network as a mid-level company, and thanks to Conqueror, today we consider ourselves a highly successful organization with our own distribution networks nationwide, and highly esteemed clients (some of which are Fortune 500 corporations). It pleases me to announce that in 2019 our net turnover surpassed the eight-digit barrier!”
Congratulations to Logicpaq and wishing them the very best for their future projects!
Blink Logistics which has been offering air freight, ocean freight and customs brokerage services, is presently handling loads of government-sponsored projects
Blink Logistics Limited, Conqueror member in Juba, South Sudan, and Kampala, Uganda, is now the logistical service provider for a government-funded project in Uganda. The project consists of transporting earth moving equipment from an inland government site to an island in Kalangala. The project was a challenging one particularly due to the poor condition of the road through which the cargo had to be moved.
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“Poor road infrastructure hindered the movement of the shipment while crossing the lake on a ferry for reaching the delivery site also proved to be a rather challenging task. However, I am totally satisfied with the outcome of the project and I’d like to thank my team for carrying out the task at hand with utmost professionalism and efficiency.” says Barbara Nakandi Ampereza, Principal Commercial Executive of Blink Logistics.
Congratulations to Blink Logistics Limited for a job well executed!
They already moved 20 million masks with 7 charter flights from China in April and plans to operate 6 such flights in May
Emons Air & Sea GMBH, Conqueror member in Munich and Stuttgart, Germany, has started to charter flights for the movement of masks and PPEs.
Mr. Hans Bayer the Prokurist of Emons Air & Sea GMBH states “The tremendously rising demand for protective clothing and masks and the lack of regular flight traffic between China and Europe has prompted us to start operating charter flights”.
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In total, Emons team has been able to move 1100 cbm and approximately 20 million masks, in just three weeks: “COVID19 has affected every one of us, privately and economically and extraordinary times require innovative solutions. In April we successfully operated 7 charter flights- 6 x B767 PAX, including on seat cabin load and one B777-200 PAX including cabin load, but with seats removed. That is why, we are very satisfied with the provided services and we expect it to increase more in the following months.” continues Mr Bayer.
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In May, they are planning to take their service to a next level and supply CQR partners with a well-established service for five additional flights. “We have excellent possibilities for on carriage with our Emons organisation, so if any of our members have any inquiries, we will be happy to assist them.” states Mr. Bayer.
Congratulations to Emons Air & Sea GMBH for coming up with such innovative solutions!
The 5000 sq m storage space will serve both as a bonded warehouse and a temporary storage facility
C. Hartwig SA, Conqueror member in Gdynia and Gdansk, Poland, has invested in a new warehouse with which will start operating from May 2020. “The 5000 sq m warehouse is located in the Pomeranian Logistics Centre, a warehouse space in Gdansk, and its proximity to the Gdansk Deepwater Container Terminal certainly gives us a lot of advantage.” says Mr. Radoslaw Januszczak, the Network Development Manager of C. Hartwig SA.
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“The 5000 sq m warehouse is located in the Pomeranian Logistics Centre, a warehouse space in Gdansk, and its proximity to the Gdansk Deepwater Container Terminal certainly gives us a lot of advantage.” says Mr. Radoslaw Januszczak, the Network Development Manager of C. Hartwig SA.
The warehouse which comes with 4 levels apart from a ground floor will be equipped with high storage racks, eight unloading gates for cross-docking as well as one gate marked with ‘0’ with an option of moving cargo from the warehouse and loading it onto vehicles from the side.
The warehouse will operate Hyster electric fork-lift trucks, two counterbalanced fork-lift trucks with a capacity of 3.50 tons each, two platform stackers with a capacity of 2 tons each and one reach stacker with 2 tons capacity. Mr. Januszczak further stated, “This storage facility will meet all the requirements for storage of goods which comes under the control of sanitary and veterinary authorities and will also follow all the GMP procedures.”
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Congratulations to C. Hartwig and wishing them the very best for their future endeavours!
The cargo which had a total weight of 34 tons was transported from Alexandria Port, Egypt, to Dubai, UAE
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MGL Cargo Services, the Conqueror member in Cairo, Egypt, handled 2 Ex Works shipments from the Port of Alexandria, Egypt, to Dubai, UAE. The shipment of a concrete pump and a CAT Dozer weighed 25 tons and 9 tons respectively and were transported with the aid of low bed trailers. MGL Cargo Services was in charge of all the aspects of moving this cargo including trucking, lashing, customs clearance, documentation and RORO shipping to Jebel Ali Port in Dubai.
In the words of Mr. Wassim Magdy, the Managing Director of Conqueror Cairo, “We were in charge of every single aspect of the shipment which was moved by us from the shippers’ site to Alexandria Port and from there to Dubai by RORO ship. Loading the concrete pump posed a considerable challenge largely because of its enormous weight and dimensions. However, our expert team succeeded in pulling off the task smoothly.”
Congratulations to MGL Cargo Services for a job well executed!
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