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Monday 11 March 2019
Monday 25 February 2019
Kanoo Shipping wins Dubai Trade's 11th E-Services Excellence Award
Dubai Trade, the premier trade facilitation entity that offers
integrated electronic services from various trade and logistics service
providers in Dubai, honoured Kanoo Shipping, a division of The Kanoo Group,
with ‘Electronics Services Award to Shipping Agent for General Cargo Service’
at the 11th E-Services Excellence Award.
The
11th cycle of E-Services Excellence Award (ESEA) ceremony was held at the Intercontinental Festival City Hotel,
Dubai, on 18th
February 2019, under the patronage of
His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of
Dubai.
Abdulla
Bin Damithan, Chief Commercial Officer, DP World, UAE Region, delivered his keynote
speech and Hussain Alblooshi, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Trade, gave
his welcome remarks in the presence of over 500 trade and logistics
industry clients.
The annual event is part of Dubai Trade’s strategy to
encourage the e-transformation & adoption toward the smart services
available on its portal which in turn will help establish Dubai as the leading
trade and logistics hub in the world.
It also aims to honour its clients who have been the most active online performers throughout the year, thus building customer loyalty by awarding the best-performing companies.
It also aims to honour its clients who have been the most active online performers throughout the year, thus building customer loyalty by awarding the best-performing companies.
Mishal
Kanoo, Chairman of The Kanoo Group – UAE & Oman,
together with Jonathan Bygrave, CEO, Kanoo
Shipping; John Drinkwater, Vice President, Kanoo Shipping – UAE & Oman;
Muhammad Farooq, Operations Manager – Northern Emirates; and Shihabdin Gulabdin,
Service Manager, received the special award on behalf of Kanoo Shipping.
Jonathan Bygrave said, “We are delighted to be
one of the role models in supporting the government’s initiative in
innovation and use of technology to transform trade processes. This award will
surely add value and moral support to Kanoo Shipping as well as the trade and
logistics community in the UAE.”
Kanoo Shipping and other winners for different categories in the
latest edition of ESEA were rewarded according to their mobile and online
transactions across key services provided by DP World, Dubai Customs, and Jebel
Ali Free Zone throughout 2018.
The prestigious event was attended by high profile leaders from
Dubai's business community such as top executives, senior management & key
decision makers from partners, banks, government, and private sectors.
The ESEA is in line
with the Year of Innovation, and the Smart Government initiative to make all
services available through smart platforms and the completion of its deadline
announced by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and
Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
See also: Dubai Tourism applauds Kanoo Shipping for cruise tourism success
Sunday 24 February 2019
Kanoo Shipping wins Outstanding Agent Award from NileDutch
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.
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Kanoo Travel wins Runner-Up Trophy at Royal Brunei Airlines’ bowling tournament in Dubai
Kanoo Travel Winning Team (from left): Mohammad
Imran, Basith Faris, Aubrey Heldt, Fazmin Hussain, Naseer Khan, Charlie Rollon,
Rejeesh KV, Philip John |
Basith
Faris won the Best Striker of the tournament
|
Dubai,
UAE: Kanoo Travel won a Runner-Up Trophy ahead of
other travel contenders in the UAE in this year’s Royal Brunei Airlines Bowling
Tournament, which was recently held
at the Dubai International Bowling Centre.
Royal Brunei Airlines, the flag carrier for the Sultanate
of Brunei, brought together 35 top travel agency partners in the UAE and their
players, which made the event a roaring success.
Aubrey Heldt, General Manager, Kanoo Travel
– UAE & Oman said, “Aside from promoting sports as well as our local
bowling players, the main objective of this gathering is to foster friendship,
cooperation and sportsmanship among our customers.”
“We were excited and nervous about the
games. We had to give our best performance to keep up with high expectations in
maintaining our winning titles which gave us numerous trophies and medals during
the past years. Luckily, our team has brought home another trophy.
Congratulations to all the participants from Kanoo Travel,” he lastly remarked.
The tournament is an effort to use sports
as a communication tool to develop team dynamics and to celebrate the spirit of
partnership and healthy competition among the travel management companies.
See also: Kanoo Travel recognizes Top Performers and Key Industry Contributors for 2018
Monday 31 December 2018
Kanoo Machinery bags top performance award from ADNEC
Abu Dhabi, UAE: Kanoo Machinery received a Certificate of
Appreciation from ADNEC for obtaining an ‘A’ rating in the 2017 performance
evaluation. The prestigious recognition award was given during the ADNEC
Procurement and Vendor "Get Together Meeting’ held on 26th December 2018 at
ADNEC Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The Vendor Management Team of ADNEC has selected Kanoo Machinery as
one of its Key Suppliers who has performed spectacularly for the past year
based on the Scores given by its Buyer.
On behalf of Kanoo Machinery Service Department, Mr. Sony Cherian
George, Deputy Workshop Manager, and Mr. Mohammed Shabeer Ali, Workshop
Supervisor, received the certificate award from Mr. Abdul Munaf Surve, Senior
Procurement Specialist, ADNEC.
Mr. Cibyraj Natarajan Chandrika, Product Support Manager – UAE, Kanoo
Machinery LLC said, “We are extremely proud and honoured with such a great award
achieved by our Kanoo Machinery Service Department. We thank each and everyone
for their team efforts and dedication.”
“This recognition from one of our most valuable customers is greatly
encouraging. It gives our team a positive work environment which inspires us to
work more to sustain and exceed the expectations of our customers”, he added.
The ADNEC
Procurement and Vendor "Get Together Meeting” started with a program to honour the Vendors who
have showed their utmost support to ADNEC and who have performed and
exceeded its expectations, it said, which later concluded with a lunch gathering.
See also: Kanoo Machinery scoops major awards at Bobcat’s MEA Dealer Meeting 2018
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