GAC opens Dutch complex.Dubai-based GAC GAC Great American Country GAC Global Assembly Cache (Microsoft .NET) GAC Global Assembly Cache GAC Granular Activated Carbon GAC Gustavus Adolphus College (St. has opened a logistics and maritime service centre in the Netherlands Netherlands (nĕth`ərləndz), Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 16,407,000), 15,963 sq mi (41,344 sq km), NW Europe. with the aim of improving customer services and bringing its ship spares logistics and freight forwarding operations under one roof at a new 6,500 sq m office and warehouse complex in Pernis, Rotterdam. Europe's busiest port and the 4th largest in the world, Rotterdam covers 10,500 hectares and is 40 km in length. GAC Netherlands' premises are strategically located at the heart of the port, in the Distriport Benelux area, enabling it to take full advantage of nearby motorway connections and harbours, with direct waterway waterway, natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transportation, may include a lake, river, canal, or any combination of these. and railway connections. The new company is headed by managing director Ries Hoogenboezem, previously MD of GAC-OBC Netherlands, and has offices in Rotterdam and Vlissingen (Flushing Flushing, part of Queens, New York City, United States Flushing, former village, now in N Queens borough of New York City, SE N.Y.; chartered 1645, inc. into Greater New York City with Queens in 1898. ). The ships spares arm, GAC Marine Logistics, was formerly based in Spijkenisse, also in Rotterdam. Clear synergies "There were clear synergies within the previous GAC-OBC logistics services and GAC Marine Logistics (GML GML Geography Markup Language (XML components for encoding geospatial data) GML Greek Mythology Link (website) GML Generalized Markup Language ) operations," says Hoogenboezem. "GAC Netherlands Ltd brings the benefits of both operations together at Pernis to take full advantage of our experience, strong partnerships and the global GAC brand to enable us to raise the bar in terms of customer service." GAC's regional logistics manager, Gunnar Lundgren, adds: "Even in the current economic climate, GAC continues to expand its presence in Europe. GAC Netherlands is the latest in a string of new office openings including Lille, Warsaw Warsaw (wôr`sô), Pol. Warszawa, city (1993 est. pop. 1,655,700), capital of Poland and of Mazowieckie prov., central Poland, on both banks of the Vistula River. , Moscow, Oslo and Almaty and Aktau (Kazakhstan)." Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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