Another Tough Logistics Day in Paradise
29th March 2017
If you’re carrying out your logistics duties in a wet and cold yard this morning, spare a thought for these poor guys and the conditions they have to work in. This image comes from the Cargo Connections Freight Network, which has announced its first representative in the Maldives, Asia Forwarding.
99% of the Maldives is made up of sea with 200 inhabited islands and over 180 resort destinations needing the transportation of goods, upon which the country’s tourism industry is heavily reliant.
Over the years, Asia Forwarding has managed several high-value project cargoes including mega projects to deliver heavy generator sets for State Electric Company Limited (STELCO), Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) expansion project and the ongoing China-Maldives Friendship Bridge project, in addition to many resort clients.
With the large numbers of ships calling at Maldives’ ports, Asia Forwarding specialize in bunkering and chandelling services to super yachts, cruise liners, cargo vessels and other visiting ships, in addition to handling and agency services to cruise liners and yachts ferrying tourists from all over the world to the world-class travel destination.
Asia Forwarding is a Maldives Customs Service certified broker of handling DDU and DDP shipments, providing business consultation on import and export regulations and legal advice.
They received the International Award for Excellence & Business Prestige at the International Quality Summit in 2012. Followed by the European Society for Quality Research Award in 2013.
Based in the UK, Cargo Connections was formed in the summer of 2014 by Rachel Humphrey, almost 15 years after starting her first company – Universal Freight Organisation (est. 2000) and then Project Cargo Network (est. 2010). Cargo Connections is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified freight network offering a Restricted Representation policy, which means membership will only be offered to a limited number of forwarders who offer air, sea and road freight services in each country