The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight

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Departure of LEP Australia and
New Zealand along with Pan
Orient
It is sad to see our Lep team move to become
part of the Agility group but it is good for both
partners.
South America
Recently we travelled on an exploratory trip
to the ABC’s of South America: Argentina,
Brazil and Chile. These markets are becoming
stronger in world trade with Brazil ear-tagged
as one of the future four key manufacturing
countries along with Russia, India and China.
Chile
Our partner is Pacific Anchor Lines. We
deal with them from Carotrans in USA and
Mainfreight International in New Zealand.
Population 16,134,219
Exports: Copper, fruit, fish products, paper &
pulp, chemicals.
Imports: Petroleum & petroleum products,
chemicals, electrical & telecommunication
equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles,
natural gas
Major trading partners: US, China, Korea,
Japan, Netherlands, Italy.
How quickly they change?
Mick Turnbull and Paul Good at an Agility conference
For the LEP and Pan Orient team they now
focus fully on being part of Agility.
For Mainfreight we have stepped up our global
aspirations so the conflict of LEP and Agility has
gone. Our global push will be mainly focused
on the USA but these acquisitions will lead
us into Europe, South-east Asia and the Sub
Continent.
The sale of the above division is the start of our
new direction but we want to work closely with
Agility as they continue to be our customer in
main trade lanes.
Pictured left to right: Jose Salazar (PAL), Andrea Kuhn (PAL),
Don Braid, Marcela Maturana (PAL), Neil Taylor – President,
Bruce Plested and John Hepworth
Argentina
Our partner is Overseas Argentina. They
have been one of CaroTrans longest partners.
Buenos Aires is a beautiful city full of vibrancy
and one of the key centres of South America.
Population: 40,301,927
Exports: Edible oils, fuels & energy, cereals,
feed, motor vehicles