CT forwarder gets double accolade

Cape Town-based Broadspeed Logistics rather cleaned the boards at the latest award presentations at the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) network annual conference. The company took the “WCA Best Partner Africa” award for the second year running, and also won “The Top Agent of the Year 2009 Worldwide” award. These were presented by WCA president David Yokeum to Broadspeed MD Paul Visser at a gala dinner in Bangkok earlier this year. The WCA is a grouping of independent freight forwarders – with 2 935 member offices in more than 574 cities and ports worldwide. Broadspeed Logistics was one of the founding members 12 years ago. The winners are chosen through an online voting system, where members select what they consider the best partners with whom they work based on their quality, service, dedication and hard work. Said Visser: “For 21 years Broadspeed Logistics has concentrated on its core business of customs clearing, exports and worldwide forwarding. “However, last year we had to change our strategy when the recession took us by storm. We reinvented our management, which gave us a dramatic and enduring shift in competitive advantage.”