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#38
2015
06
Asia’s first global winner
Hutchison Logistics Services Limited
(HLS) was the first Asian recipient of
the “Best Regional Distribution Centre
Award” at the BMW Global Logistics
Conference in Munich, Germany. The
Global Logistics competition sees 45
warehouse logistics partners around the
world awarded points for performance
on their KPIs, an index of efficiency and
cost control, and results in customer
satisfaction survey scores. This year,
HLS, operator of the BMW Foshan
facility, came out on top, the first-
ever winner from Asia! Congratulations
to HLS!
OTHERS
GAMECO’s game in 2015
GAMECO has had a great start to 2015. The
company received the “AAAHarmonious
Labour Relationship Enterprise” award from
the Guangzhou city government, commending
their good relations with employees and local
unions. Happy employees get great results.
GAMECO ascended into the “Top 10 Airframe
MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul)”
organisations globally as awarded by
Aviation
Magazine
. Even better, the company was
nominated as one of the best four companies
in the world for “Best AirframeMRO” in this
year’s ATE&Maward ceremony in London,
the “Oscars” of aircraft maintenance and
repair. Keep up your game, GAMECO!
PORTS
Millions andmillions:
Maximummilestones
On 30 April, Internacional de
Contenedores Asociados de Veracruz
in Mexico handled its 10 millionth
TEU during a call from Hamburg Süd’s
vessel the
Cap Ines
.
And on 27 March, Ningbo Beilun
International Container Terminals
in China received and delivered its
25 millionth TEU since beginning
operations in 2001.
TELECOMS
Smartphones can
mean smart people
3
Ireland has entered into a three-
year charity partnership with Virtual
Community College. This online and
mobile education initiative empowers
young people in the Emerald Isle with
an aim to eradicate poverty and social
inequality by making education more
accessible through the use of mobile
devices. Over 1,000 students from
disadvantaged backgrounds are
expected to benefit.
‘Rosk’ on! and
share with the world
3
Denmark signed a two-year partnership
with Roskilde Festival, the biggest
and most popular festival in Northern
Europe. More than 125,000 international
music lovers will be able to top up their
3
prepaid SIM cards at 13 reloading
stations during the festival. It is expected
up to 175,000 credit top-ups will be made
so that Roskilders can share the festival
with the world.
Credit: GAMECO colleague, Xin Xin
NEWS
