Turners Shipping celebrates
a double milestone this year
– its 118th year in business
and the first year the Turners
Group’s annual turnover has
exceeded the R3-billion mark.
Group CEO, Conrad
Cochrane-Murray, believes
the growth in the business
is the result of strategic
planning, being part of the
global network, and customer
service. “We are in the
logistics and travel industries
and both stand or fall by their
customers’ satisfaction with
the service provided.”
The company recently
invested R15 million in the
conversion of a warehouse on
Durban’s esplanade, providing
an additional 1200 sqm of
much-needed office space.
One of the Group’s
strategies that has paid
dividends is the emphasis on
forming partnerships with
international networks, giving
the privately owned business
a global reach, says Cochrane-
Murray.
Turners Shipping is the
South African partner of BDP
International whose network
operates in 130 countries,
with more than 1000
offices across the world. “This
gives us direct access to every
major market in the world,
and we in turn offer expertise
on the African continent.”
CAPTION
The Turner Group into the next chapter... from left, Ian Losinsky
(Turner and Company MD), Dudley Randall (XL Turners Travel MD),
Blain Kondiah (Turners Shipping MD) and Conrad Cochrane-Murray
(Turner Group CEO).
