Cargo Services Far East Limited was established by Mr. John Lau in March, 1990 to cater to the expanding needs for efficient logistics and distribution services in the Asia-Pacific region. The goal was to create a modern provider of complete non-vessel operated cargo solutions for shippers and consignees located in the other continents. From sea, ground to airfreight to garment-on-hanger, Cargo Services Far East Limited continues to work hard to achieve this vision. Through our Group and associate companies as well as our network partners across the region, Cargo Services Far East Limited has risen to become a premier operator in the Far East.

The throughput of our Hong Kong & China operations for 2007 was as follows:

Seafreight:
315,000 TEUs (NVOCC and Export Cargo Consolidation)
350,000 TEUs (Liner Agency)

Airfreight  : 34,000 M/T

Today, Cargo Services Far East Limited boasts a staff establishment of over 2100 professionals and a network of 28 offices spanning Hong Kong and China, plus offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, Karachi and Singapore.

IT plays a very important role in the logistics and distribution industry, without which the JIT (Just-in-Time) concept simply cannot become a reality for importers and retailers all over the world.

Yet at the same time, this industry is very much a people's business. After all, the monitoring of the progress of the production of orders and the physical handling of the cargo have to be effected by people.

Cargo Services Far East Limited believes in the continual building of a professional team with the same proactive attitude and ever-improving culture in servicing the needs of its customers. Considerable investment in training and development of staff are made every year.

As a result of this philosophy, Cargo Services Far East Limited has experienced a very stable workforce over the years. Customers can expect that they will be dealing with the same team of staff for a long time. Of course, the same team has grown in experience and expertise over the period.

The senior management staff of Cargo Services Far East Limited all have shares in the Company. They, together with most of the middle management staff, have been with the Company ever since its inception in 1990.

Mr. John Lau is the major shareholder and Managing Director of the Company. John has extensive experience in export trading with his ten-year employment from 1973 with Inchcape Export Buying Services, the biggest export agency business in the Far East in 1970/80's.

Since he started to be involved in the international freight forwarding and cargo operations in 1983, John had considerable successes in the mid-stream container industry in Hong Kong with the founding of Hoi Kong Container Services Limited in 1985, Wide Shine Terminals Limited in 1990 and Mid-Stream Holdings Limited in 1992. Hoi Kong Containers Services Limited was sold to Jardine Pacific Limited in 1989 and Mid-Stream Holdings Limited which absorbed Wide Shine Terminals Limited was sold to Hutchison Port Holdings Limited in 1997. In 1997 when Mid-Stream Holdings Limited was sold, it handled over 2 million TEUs of containers which accounted for about two-thirds of the container throughput in the industry.

From 1993 to 1996, John was the Chief Representative in Hong Kong and China for Bremen Business International, including the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

John's interests are Cantonese-opera singing, karaoke, reading, writing and he likes active sports such as tennis, jet-skiing, and riding. He goes to the gym regularly.

Mr. Barry Ng is the Deputy Managing Director of the Company. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration and Certified Professional Manager awarded by the Society of Business Practitioners, Manchester, U.K. and an M.B.A. degree from Adam Smith University of U.S.A.

Barry worked in Maersk Line and MISC ( Malaysian International Shipping Corporation ) in the 1980's and is a founder member of Cargo Services Far East Limited in 1990.

Barry's interests lie in reading, travelling and karaoke. He likes swimming, snorkelling and a game of badminton every now and then. He does a lot of voluntary work for community services.

Mr. Tim Ngan is the Deputy Managing Director of Cargo Services Airfreight Limited.

Tim graduated with a B.Sc. degree from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1991. He worked for Dart Express Limited after his graduation until 1993 when he joined Trimanson Express Limited as its Marketing Manager.

In 1994, Tim decided to return to Hong Kong to pursue his career in the airfreight industry. He joined Cargo Services Airfreight Limited as its Marketing Manager. He was appointed Marketing Director of the Company in 1995 and promoted to Deputy Managing Director in 2000. Tim is instrumental in the phenomenal growth of the Company since he came in 1994.

In his spare time, Tim likes reading, shopping, wine-drinking as well as going to movies. He plays tennis and rides regularly.

The network of associates in all continents covers the following countries: