Trans Global was pleased to be involved in the charity coast to coast walking event organised by Cricket Legend, Sir Ian Botham. Trans Global were pleased to assist in the transport of empty water containers from China to Sri Lanka benefitting 2 sports charities, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and the Foundation of Goodness in Sri Lanka. To find out more please use the links below and click onto Sir Ian Botham in action during the event.

twitter.com/BeefyBotham

facebook.com/BeefySriLankaWalk2013

Beefy's Big Sri Lanka Walk website

Comprehensive International Freight Forwarders (CIFF) is a long time partner of Trans Global with cooperation on oceanfreight activities going back almost 30 years. The sole owner and Managing Director of CIFF Mr. Klaus Engelmann in fact has links to our Group, having worked for Comprehensive Shipping Limited in the UK from 1968 - 1972 before taking up the job of first General Manager of CIFF in April 1972 (see our history). CIFF has its headquarters in Hong Kong and operates from 8 offices in mainland China and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. The total group employs about 110 people.

Active in both Sea and Airfreight, CIFF has expertise in warehousing, cargo logistics, cargo consolidation and project shipments. CIFF are accredited IATA agents and members of both FIATA and HAFFA.CIFF has been ISO9002:1994 certificated since 11th January 1996 and revised ISO9001:2000 certificated on 5th September 2003.

For further information visit www.ciff.com.hk

William Koh commenced with Trans Global on 1st October 2008 and is our first delegate to be based in the commercial hub of Singapore. William worked in the travel and airline industry for 13 years, before moving into his career in freight forwarding in 1984. During that time William held a number of senior positions with both Singaporean and multinational companies, mainly in the area of sales and marketing and business development. William opted for early retirement from his previous position at the end August 2008, but decided life was too quiet! He accepted the position with Trans Global as Regional Development Manager for South East Asia. This enabled him to utilise his qualifications which includes a Diploma in Sales & Marketing from the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) and a Diploma in Marketing from the Institute of Marketing, UK (IMUK).

Outside of work, William is a firm believer of work-home life balance. He keeps himself healthy by going for regular workouts at the gym, going for brisk walks, trekking and swimming, William also enjoys travelling and driving holidays. Other pastimes include reading widely, both fiction and non-fiction, and keeping abreast of world news and events. William has been married to Del for 36 years and they have three grown up Children.

Velogic in Mauritius and TransGlobal in the United Kingdom have been partnering on the UK-Mauritius trade lane for more than 30 years. Consistent ocean and air consolidation services have been offered since the beginning of the partnership, moving an average of 100 TEUs and 100 Tons of cargo on an annual basis. Leveraging on this major share on the trade lane, this partnership is able to offer excellent rates through its extensive buying power.

Velogic forms part of one of the biggest Mauritian conglomerate, the Rogers Group, which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Velogic has 30 years international experience in freight forwarding, 21 offices in 6 different countries, namely Mauritius, France, Mozambique, Madagascar, India and Reunion. Velogic has 800 employees and moves more than 10 000 tons of airfreight and over 12 000 Teus of containerised freight.

In Mauritius, Velogic is the unique all-in-one supply chain provider. Velogic offers freight forwarding, customs brokerage, container depot, ship brokerage, project cargo, warehousing and transport solutions under one roof.

For more information visit www.velogic-mu.com

Trans Global partner, Valsped, in Northern Italy were established in business in 1987, with their Head Office located in Dalmine. Valsped are a leading specialist in the provision of groupage services to and from their Italian hub offering departures to and from more than 20 countries within Europe, and offering door to door services for import and export to more than 100 cities from its 9 hubs in Italy. In addition to its road transport services it also has 11,000m2 of modern warehousing facilities allowing it to provide third party logistics for a number of specific commodities.

For more information please view their website at www.valspedgroup.it