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WACO grows global footprint with new members in Central America and Africa
The exclusive freight network adds members in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cameroon, and Senegal as members prepare to meet in Macau, China
London, UK, Thursday, 28th September 2017 – Global independent freight management network The WACO System has appointed three new members from Africa and Central America.
SICARGA Panama SA will cover Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua in the network, GESPROS SA will represent Cameroon; and OMA Logistics Senegal SARL will represent Senegal.
The new members will be officially welcomed during WACO’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), which takes place in Macau, China from 23rd to 25th October 2017.
“We are focused on offering comprehensive global coverage, through a network of local experts,” said Richard Charles, Executive Director, The WACO System.
“Central America and Africa are important markets and we are pleased to be welcoming such well-established experts to the WACO family.”
Headquartered in Panama City, with offices in Colon, Panama, as well as San Jose, Costa Rica, SICARGA Panama SA offers connections to more than 44 destinations in Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of South America.
“Being part of such a distinguished network, with all these first-class members, with no doubt, will be a strategic asset for us to expand our worldwide coverage and to offer our customers a dependable and value-added service,” said Pedro Cabrera, CEO, SICARGA Panama SA.
Established in 2012, GESPROS SA is headquartered in Douala, Cameroon, and offers a full suite of logistics services worldwide, including special projects.
OMA Logistics Senegal SARL serves the entire logistics sector, including transit cargoes to Mali, and specialises in services for the oil and gas industry, including the handling of offshore oil and gas projects.
“It is an honour for OMA Logistics Senegal to be a member of this prestigious WACO community consisting of brilliant freight management companies,” said Guy Sagna, Operations Manager, OMA Logistics Senegal SARL.
“Being the Senegal representative will provide our company with opportunities to further strengthen our tradition of good quality service which OMA is committed to offer to our customers and to enhance our visibility within the WACO community.”
The WACO System includes 116 independent forwarders in 113 countries and holds two meetings a year facilitating hundreds of bilateral meetings for members to network and grow business.
For more information on The WACO System or to attend the forthcoming EGM, which takes place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, visit waco-system.com
For more information on SICARGA Panama SA visit sicarga.com.pa, on GESPROS SA visit gesprosgroup.com, and on OMA Logistics Senegal visit omagroup.com/en/country/Senegal
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ABOUT THE WACO SYSTEM
Founded in 1973, WACO is the world’s foremost independent global freight management and logistics organisation.
WACO has a community of 116 members in 113 countries with a combined network of more than 400 locations, employing over 21,000 freight professionals who handle over 1.85 million shipments each year including one million tons of airfreight.
The exclusive network has a combined annual turnover of USD four billion.
The company is an Association owned by its members with its Corporate Head Office in Zurich, Switzerland, and operational management in London, UK.
For more information about WACO visit waco-system.com
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The exclusive freight network adds members in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cameroon, and Senegal as members prepare to meet in Macau, China
London, UK, Thursday, 28th September 2017 – Global independent freight management network The WACO System has appointed three new members from Africa and Central America.
SICARGA Panama SA will cover Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua in the network, GESPROS SA will represent Cameroon; and OMA Logistics Senegal SARL will represent Senegal.
The new members will be officially welcomed during WACO’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), which takes place in Macau, China from 23rd to 25th October 2017.
“We are focused on offering comprehensive global coverage, through a network of local experts,” said Richard Charles, Executive Director, The WACO System.
“Central America and Africa are important markets and we are pleased to be welcoming such well-established experts to the WACO family.”
Headquartered in Panama City, with offices in Colon, Panama, as well as San Jose, Costa Rica, SICARGA Panama SA offers connections to more than 44 destinations in Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of South America.
“Being part of such a distinguished network, with all these first-class members, with no doubt, will be a strategic asset for us to expand our worldwide coverage and to offer our customers a dependable and value-added service,” said Pedro Cabrera, CEO, SICARGA Panama SA.
Established in 2012, GESPROS SA is headquartered in Douala, Cameroon, and offers a full suite of logistics services worldwide, including special projects.
OMA Logistics Senegal SARL serves the entire logistics sector, including transit cargoes to Mali, and specialises in services for the oil and gas industry, including the handling of offshore oil and gas projects.
“It is an honour for OMA Logistics Senegal to be a member of this prestigious WACO community consisting of brilliant freight management companies,” said Guy Sagna, Operations Manager, OMA Logistics Senegal SARL.
“Being the Senegal representative will provide our company with opportunities to further strengthen our tradition of good quality service which OMA is committed to offer to our customers and to enhance our visibility within the WACO community.”
The WACO System includes 116 independent forwarders in 113 countries and holds two meetings a year facilitating hundreds of bilateral meetings for members to network and grow business.
For more information on The WACO System or to attend the forthcoming EGM, which takes place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, visit waco-system.com
For more information on SICARGA Panama SA visit sicarga.com.pa, on GESPROS SA visit gesprosgroup.com, and on OMA Logistics Senegal visit omagroup.com/en/country/Senegal
Ends
ABOUT THE WACO SYSTEM
Founded in 1973, WACO is the world’s foremost independent global freight management and logistics organisation.
WACO has a community of 116 members in 113 countries with a combined network of more than 400 locations, employing over 21,000 freight professionals who handle over 1.85 million shipments each year including one million tons of airfreight.
The exclusive network has a combined annual turnover of USD four billion.
The company is an Association owned by its members with its Corporate Head Office in Zurich, Switzerland, and operational management in London, UK.
For more information about WACO visit waco-system.com
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Exclusive Network
WACO is an exclusive network consisting of a number of independent freight management companies. The company is an Association, which means that we are owned by, and run for the benefit of our members. Our Corporate Head Office is in Zurich and Operations Management in London.
Founded 1973
We were founded in 1973 with the idea of connecting the best freight forwarding organisations across the world. WACO soon became the pioneers and innovators of an independent worldwide network of companies working towards common goals and objectives.
A community of members
We have 111 members in 108 countries providing a network of more than 400 locations, employing over 21,000 freight professionals, handling over 1.85 million shipments each year with over one million tonnes of airfreighted cargo. Our network has a combined annual turnover of $4 billion, making The WACO System a major player in the global market.
Our Vision
The objective of SESAR is to modernise European ATM by defining, developing and delivering new or improved technologies and procedures (SESAR Solutions).
SESAR’s vision builds on the notion of trajectory-based operations’ and relies on the provision of air navigation services (ANS) in support of the execution of the business or mission trajectory — meaning that aircraft can fly their preferred trajectories without being constrained by airspace configurations.
SESAR Deployment Manager
The SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) function is defined by the Article 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) N°409/2013. Under the oversight of the European Commission, the SDM function consists of the synchronisation and the coordination of the deployment of the Common Projects. A Common Project is a Commission Implementing Regulation which mandates the implementation of the most essential operational changes in the European ATM Master Plan by the Member States of the European Union and their operational stakeholders. The first Common Project is known as the Pilot Common Project (PCP) and is defined by the Regulation (EU) N°716/2014. The SDM synchronises and coordinates implementation against the SESAR Deployment Programme which is a project view of the Common Projects organizing their implementation into optimum sequences of activities by all the stakeholders required to implement. To develop and maintain the SESAR Deployment Programme in close consultation with all the stakeholders is another important task under the SDM function.