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Birmingham Office
TransGlobal opened its 12th UK office near Birmingham. This development fills a major gap in our regional office portfolio by providing an entry to the important industrial area of the West Midlands.
The office will provide the full range of multimodal services by air, sea and road, along with a specialist export service in used machinery and recyclable products
The Branch is headed by Julian Silvey and a small team of freight professionals.
30 Years of Co-operation!
Comprehensive International Freight Forwarders (CIFF) is a long time partner of
Trans Global with cooperation on oceanfreight activities going back almost 30 years.
The sole owner and Managing Director of CIFF Mr. Klaus Engelmann in fact has links
to our Group, having worked for Comprehensive Shipping Limited in the UK from 1968
- 1972 before taking up the job of first General Manager of CIFF in April 1972 (see
our history). CIFF has its headquarters in Hong Kong and operates from 8 offices
in mainland China and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. The total group employs about 110
people.
Active in both Sea and Airfreight, CIFF has expertise in warehousing, cargo logistics,
cargo consolidation and project shipments. CIFF are accredited IATA agents and members
of both FIATA and HAFFA.CIFF has been ISO9002:1994 certificated since 11th January
1996 and revised ISO9001:2000 certificated on 5th September 2003.
For further information visit
www.ciff.com.hk
Singapore Delegate
William Koh commenced with Trans Global on 1st October 2008 and is our first delegate
to be based in the commercial hub of Singapore. William worked in the travel and
airline industry for 13 years, before moving into his career in freight forwarding
in 1984. During that time William held a number of senior positions with both Singaporean
and multinational companies, mainly in the area of sales and marketing and business
development. William opted for early retirement from his previous position at the
end August 2008, but decided life was too quiet! He accepted the position with Trans
Global as Regional Development Manager for South East Asia. This enabled him to
utilise his qualifications which includes a Diploma in Sales & Marketing from the
Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) and a Diploma in Marketing from the Institute
of Marketing, UK (IMUK).
Outside of work, William is a firm believer of work-home life balance. He keeps
himself healthy by going for regular workouts at the gym, going for brisk walks,
trekking and swimming, William also enjoys travelling and driving holidays. Other
pastimes include reading widely, both fiction and non-fiction, and keeping abreast
of world news and events. William has been married to Del for 36 years and they
have three grown up Children.
Velogic - Mauritius
Velogic in Mauritius and TransGlobal in the United Kingdom have been partnering
on the UK-Mauritius trade lane for more than 30 years. Consistent ocean and air
consolidation services have been offered since the beginning of the partnership,
moving an average of 100 TEUs and 100 Tons of cargo on an annual basis. Leveraging
on this major share on the trade lane, this partnership is able to offer excellent
rates through its extensive buying power.
Velogic forms part of one of the biggest Mauritian conglomerate, the Rogers Group,
which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Velogic has 30 years international
experience in freight forwarding, 21 offices in 6 different countries, namely Mauritius,
France, Mozambique, Madagascar, India and Reunion. Velogic has 800 employees and
moves more than 10 000 tons of airfreight and over 12 000 Teus of containerised
freight.
In Mauritius, Velogic is the unique all-in-one supply chain provider. Velogic offers
freight forwarding, customs brokerage, container depot, ship brokerage, project
cargo, warehousing and transport solutions under one roof.
For more information visit
www.velogic-mu.com
Transnautica, Portugal
TransGlobal in the UK and Transnautica Transportes e Navegacao S.A. in Portugal are working in partnership on road freight for the UK/Portugal/UK route.
Transnautica was founded in 1960 and is now one of the leading companies in Portugal capable of offering all global solutions.
International road freight: groupage, chartering and full loads – based on a European network of independent companies, with solid and stable relations proposing more than 40 international line hauls.
For further information about Transnautica, visit
www.transnautica.pt
For rates and bookings please contact TransGlobal:
Paul Charman (email) at our
Basildon office

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