Opening of Beijing office: Ahlers goes inland China and op /24 Oct 2011/

Since 1994 Ahlers China operates successfully as a joint venture with Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and has at present offices in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai (headquarters), Tianjin and Urumqi. Recently Ahlers has been successful in obtaining some major project shipments out of China to worldwide destinations (power plants, steel factories and all kind of heavy machineries to support EPC (Energy, Procurement & Construction) projects and decided to develop inland presence by opening an office in Urumqi (near the Kazakstan border) to serve the China-CIS trade. Ahlers China has a class 1 forwarding license and is a licensed NVOCC agent. 

“Ahlers is renowned for its competence in proposing logistic solutions for clients  looking for professional solutions in the trade from China to Europe and the CIS countries in as well container as break bulk trade”, says Luc Maton, General Manager Ahlers Asia. “Ahlers Beijing will be our spear head office to develop break bulk and project business with state-owned and big private companies, involved in overseas projects.”

“Next to our focus on the break bulk & project business development, we continue to focus on liner agency representation in niche markets”, declared Christian Leysen, Executive Chairman of Ahlers With China as new economic superpower, Belgian expertise can assist to bring down logistic costs for Chinese exporters and facilitate tradeflows to new export markets as Africa or Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries ‘

• For more information:
  Dai Lipeng, General Manager Ahlers China
• Tel + 86.21.3639.2990
• Mail: dailp(at)ahlerschina.com