Kanoo
Shipping, commercial agent for NileDutch in the UAE since 1997, won the
Outstanding Performance Award for 2017 in October 2018 at the NileDutch South
East Asia Agency Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand.
The meeting
was primarily held to analyse the current market situation in each region and
to plan a strategy for 2019. As part of the event, a thorough review and
assessment of NileDutch Agents performances for the past 2 years were carried
out, subsequently announcing Kanoo Shipping as the best Agent for 2017 based on
the set criteria.
The Outstanding
Agent Award was presented by NileDutch CEO Wim J Van Aalst to Assistant
Commercial Manager Azeem Shaikh Muhammad and Cargo Broking Manager Manoj Kumar
B on behalf of Kanoo Shipping.
The agency
meeting was attended by over 30 participants including Mr Wim J Van Aalst, CEO
of Nile Dutch; Mr Denis J Van Aalst, Chief Finance Officer; Various Trade
Managers from Singapore and China, and agents from Dubai, India, Colombo,
Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.
NileDutch has
grown to be one of the largest container shipping companies in the world. They
focus on the links between (West) Africa and the rest of the world, supporting
companies as they discover the opportunities the African continent offers.
Kanoo
Shipping, a member of The Kanoo Group, is the first Arab shipping agency in the
region in 1911 and one of the founders of S5 Agency World Ltd. At present,
Kanoo Shipping is the largest regional shipping agency in the Middle East which
operates in 20 countries and all principal ports and offshore tanker loading
terminals around the Arabian Peninsula, including Iraq.
Furthermore,
Kanoo Shipping handles 19,000 ship calls every year through its professional
network which covers all ports in the Suez to Sri Lanka range and East/South
Africa.
