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| Saturday, 24 April 2004 |
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Tie up with Geodis Overseas France: ABC introduces real time information ABC Freight services (Pvt) Ltd integrates their core principal partnership alliance with Geodis Overseas France with a new concept in global transport. With the introduction of an innovative E-commerce solution Geodis Overseas France will allow ABC Freight services, part of ABC group to track cargo and real time information to cargo flowing inward and outward from Colombo to more than 125 countries, connecting with the Geodis overseas computer link. ABC Freight Services, the oldest Freight company, tied with Geodis global partner is ranked fifth in the international cargo arena. In France Geodis network is the leaders and leading the French Colonies in Africa's serving sea to air for more than three decades. Since 1990, the company with the main liner operators of the group has embarked in offering total solutions to exporters and importers in number of focused fields in LCL consolidation to Europe, CIS and Far east, warehousing, inventory control, sea and air/land transport, ship brokering, chartering, air and sea operations as part of the 10 subsidiaries of the management. ABC Shipping is one of the first SLS certified ISO 9001:2000 shipping companies in Sri Lanka surpassing more than a decade of service in main liner operations. It has stakes in diversified Joint ventures with prime Indian consontium partner investing in haulage and GSA partnerships. "Geodis Overseas network is located in more than 100 countries with a unique acceptance of their international bills of lading, which is accepted by banks internationally as the most valuable and highly patronized B/L in cargo transit. This is an added advantage for customers who carry cargo through ABC Freight services with ample justification in carriage of insurance behind the value of the cargo, liabilities for cargo damage and loss is covered under Geodis overseas CCL B/L where others hardly cover this important part of the damage in the Bills of lading," an ABC group spokesman said. Sri Lanka will benefit immensely with this IT solution in order to tackle leading problems involved in shipping and freight. ABC shipping and freight as a group will cater specific tariff to shippers in this operation with Geodis France adding the value with cargo information at a press of a button. The experienced staff in cargo operations in sea/air will man the online system with daily updates. The newly opened office cum warehouse complex facility at Nawam Mawatha is the latest addition to the ABC group to suffice Colombo market demand in freight and logistics. The Company's warehouse complex and Transcargo relocation facility offer easy access to all leading shippers and importers, which no other service provider carries this tag in total solutions, the spacious loading/un loading layout with convenient container maneuvering at the heart of Colombo 02. The Information "WAN" link will create unprecedented benefits to all shippers and exporters. "ABC Freight and Geodis overseas has invested in this IT package to make this project up and running before April. At present all modes of transport is covered online with Geodis global system covering more than 125 destinations", the ABC group spokesman said. |
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