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Home/American Shipper/IJS adds Africa to network with Value partnershipAmerican ShipperIJS adds Africa to network with Value partnershipFreightWaves Staff·Wednesday, September 05, 2007
IJS adds Africa to network with Value partnership
IJS Global Inc., the Stamford, Conn.-based air and ocean freight forwarder, customs broker and non-vessel operating common carrier, is expanding into Africa through an exclusive partnership
with Value Clearing and Forwarding. Under the agreement, Value Clearing and Forwarding, a division of South African supply chain management firm Value Logistics Ltd., will represent IJS
Global in South Africa and all countries within the Sub-Saharan Africa region, including Mauritius, Seychelles and Madagascar. “With this announcement, we have now extended the IJS Global
brand to every major trading continent,” said Giorgio Laccona, IJS Global's chairman and chief executive officer. Steven Gottschalk, CEO of Value Logistics, said: “Through the IJS Global
network, we will be able to broaden our reach, and our unique value proposition, beyond Africa. At the same time, IJS Global will take advantage of our local and regional expertise to offer
its customers an entry into this fast-growing and potentially lucrative market.”