The Kingdom of Bahrain’s strategic location and a close proximity to the region’s largest economy Saudi Arabia serves as key for cargo business, a senior official at cargo-partner which opens its new office in Bahrain, said.
The international transport and logistics company cargo-partner announces the opening of its Bahrain office. With this location the global logistics player strengthens its global position through offering its customers an extended network.
cargo-partner is one of the largest forwarding companies with private European ownership in this region. It runs a solid network of subsidiaries in Europe, USA, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the Middle East.
Services offered by cargo-partner in Bahrain range from common transport business including air and sea cargo, road transports as well as insurance and customs brokerage services. Furthermore some warehouse facilities are available.
“Bahrain’s strategic location in the heart of the Gulf along with the proximity to the region’s largest market Saudi Arabia was one of the main reasons that made us decide to have a presence in Bahrain. Further advantages are the Kingdom’s world class logistics infrastructure and excellent road network,” Stefan Krauter, CEO of the cargo-partner group said.
“Bahrain offers a well established open economy and an easy access to a pool of educated and productive workforce along with a liberal and advanced ICT infrastructure, which makes the Kingdom a business friendly environment,” he added.
cargo-partner has opened its first office in the GCC region in Jebel Ali in 2010; this was followed by offices in Dubai and Bahrain. These offices are run by well experienced management and operations team offering competitive services to the customers.
cargo-partner is an international forwarding company, represented in the whole world and specialized in providing complex services in the area of transport and warehousing. The fast growth has been achieved by providing air, sea and road transports for international and domestic customers. Services of cargo-partner are also focused on the optimization of storage capacities.
The cargo-partner group is present around the world with more than 100 offices and 2,400 employees in 29 countries and achieved a 2011 turnover of Euro 470 million.