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Cargill announces the closing of the London office of the division of marine transport
the activities in the segment of the shipping will be concentrated in the center of Geneva
January 22, 2016
The Cargill group, that it produces, commercializes and distributes all over the world produced industrial for the agricultural and food- section, has announced the closing of own marine office of London, historical international Capital of the shipping, in order to concentrate the coordination of the activities of marine transport of the group to Geneva. Currently the group uses a fleet of beyond 500 ships rinfusiere taken rental that annually transport beyond 220 million tons of cargos on behalf more than 400 customers carrying out beyond 12.000 ports of call in the ports.
Cargill has explained that the decision to abandon London, where the group employs 10 dependent, is assumed to light of the challenges that must face the field of the transport goods, that it is up against the phase acute than difficulty of the market from the half of the Eighties, situation that - according to the American group - seems to be destined to continue in future. The reduction of the question in the section of the bulk sand banks guided from China and the general slow down of the world-wide economy - it has specified Cargill - has produced to a meaningful excess of offer in the segment of the bulk transport sand banks in a moment in which many ships of new construction are being taken in delivery. This has induced Cargill to decide to restructure own organization with the objective to return it more efficient.
"It has been - it has asserted in charge of the division of marine transport of Cargill, Roger Janson - a difficult decision date the experience of our center of London, than over the years a lot important has carried out a role, in particular developing our relationship with the shipowning community on the London market. Moreover source of talents is served also as important, as many of ours employee world-wise are assumed to London. However in the today's world, where the mass media are changed, the connections between the great cities are efficient and convenient and our relations with the shipowners are good, have reached right time in order to consolidate the activities of the office of London in that of Geneva.
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The Cargill group, that it produces, commercializes and distributes all over the world produced industrial for the agricultural and food- section, has announced the closing of own marine office of London, historical international Capital of the shipping, in order to concentrate the coordination of the activities of marine transport of the group to Geneva. Currently the group uses a fleet of beyond 500 ships rinfusiere taken rental that annually transport beyond 220 million tons of cargos on behalf more than 400 customers carrying out beyond 12.000 ports of call in the ports.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
