CFR Freight gets coveted accolade

CFR Freight has been voted ‘Best Worldwide Partner’ by the Air Cargo Group, the global network of neutral airfreight consolidators of which CFR is the South African representative and board member. The accolade was handed over to recently appointed airfreight director Dave Graham at the annual Air Cargo Group conference held in Bali earlier this month, attended by some 80 delegates from around the world. Chairman of ACG, Christos Spyrou, said that CFR had taken the award by a large majority. “It’s a gratifying tribute that comes as CFR’s airfreight division celebrates its best year ever,” said Graham. “A little over two years ago, airfreight was a fledgling division within CFR. “We have since put a lot of products together and introduced new processes and systems. “On the import side we’ve introduced some very competitive products. That’s where the growth has come from – and we’re not stopping there. We will be placing serious emphasis on Germany this year along with the USA,” he told FTW. “We will also continue to build on our existing products – and rather than increase the number of pallets moving per named-day consol we’re looking to increase the number and frequency of named-day services.” A good example, he says, is Germany. “We started in September with a weekly consol and that’s already up to twice a week and we envisage that going to three times a week shortly. We’ve also seen huge response to our Los Angeles product.” Part of that success, said Graham, comes from the partnerships formed with the muscular network of agents in the Air Cargo Group. “We believe that 2011 was one of the toughest airfreight years ever – and if we were able to do as well as we did in that kind of environment, we’re confident of further growth in the year ahead.”