Panalpina took over Cargo Master and before long afterwards DSV took over Panalpina , create one of the world ’s large transportation and logistics companies . shortly , all under the name of DSV . The acquisition of Cargo Master enable Panalpina to expand their footprint in Latin America as well as their footprint in ocean freightage as Cargo Master was one of the trailblazers to ship peak by sea to the UK and Japan . Last yr they started a road to the US .
At the Proflora 2019 , Panalpina had 2 booth , one large booth and one booth in the " A Sea of Change " pavilion .
“ For Colombian grower the biggest export food market is the United States . That is why we originate a itinerary to the US ” , says Alexander Machado , who used to be Ocean Perishables Product Manager at Cargo Master and now has the same mapping but at Panalpina . “ From zero containers in 2017 we die to 400 container between Valentine ’s and Mother ’s Day 2019 ( so 200 containers per holiday ) . ” And this numeral is bear to increase for next year . “ For 2020 , we expect to increase to 250 containers per holiday , so a sum of 500 . ”
Started from scratchCargo Master is 32 years in clientele , and is specialise in flowers . They have seen the market alteration over the long time . “ When we first started there was no logistics to the port wine . No cooling stations , no nothing . We started shipping chrysanthemums of Flores El Capiro to the UK and Japan . We developed a protocol from scratch to ship flowers by sea . ” Developing the process from shipping flowers by sea has been Cargo Master ’s adult game changer . The biggest part of their volumes , about 70 per centum , still leave Colombia by air , the other 30 percent is being transport by sea .
pink wine to Europe by ocean freightThe entire chain from door to door to the US is maximum 11 days . Transport to Europe takes 20 24-hour interval and to Japan 40 days . To the US all variety of flowers are shipped via ocean transport . To Japan carnations and spray clove pink and to the UK and Europe carnations and chrysanthemum . No roses are shipped by ocean transport due to the retentive transit metre . However Machado does see theory for roses to Europe . “ We also transport blush wine to Chile , where port to larboard takes 12 day and door to door 20 solar day . It play very well and it is the same transit time to Europe . ”
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