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FRONTLINE FREIGHT NETWORKS Since 2010 NVOCC & Freight Forwarders Network Frontline Freight Networks Membership • Introduction • What is FFN? • The criteria to join • What are the benefits? • How much does it cost? • Frequently Asked Questions Introduction • “As we approach our 5th year in business, Frontline Freight Networks continues to evolve and grow with the logistics industry. We’re undertaking a lot of changes and improvements at FFN this year and are working closely with our members to achieve these goals. • Joining FFN is a wonderful opportunity for companies to form new alliances and leverage their business on a global scale! • If you have any further questions about FFN after reading this brochure, please free to contact us directly any time.” • Frontline Freight Networks (FFN) is a non-exclusive Group for professional logistics companies and international freight forwarders. • We specialize in bringing together good, solid, professional companies who will surely help you to build up your business! Combined with the members’ meetings, this provides an excellent opportunity for small to medium enterprises to leverage themselves in the global market. • Our primary focus is to provide members with more time and opportunities to develop business with each other, cutting out the red tape that normally comes with freight Groups, and focusing on getting things done quickly and efficiently. • With the help and support of the FFN team, you can take your business to the next level! Criteria To Select Member The Criteria to join The Network • • • When selecting our Members we always look for good, solid and financially stable companies with a solid track record in their respective markets. Mainly what we require to join Frontline Freight Networks (FFN) is demonstrable commercial cargo forwarding excellence. We want companies who are can prove their abilities to handle various types of general cargo and are very active in their local markets for this business. We want companies who have good reputations both locally and abroad. A solid candidate for FFN is a shipping or logistics company that is independent, locally established, yet willing to grow their company in conjunction with FFN overseas Members. Although we do not require our Members to ever stop using their own agency networks that they have developed organically, as a rule of thumb we like our FFN Members to give at least 50% of their new business to other FFN Members by the end of their first year of membership! What are the benefits of joining FFN? Frontline Freight Networks can benefit your company in the following ways… • FFN helps you to create greater efficiencies in your agency relations. • FFN helps you to increase your global agency coverage. • The FFN team can help and support your company. • FFN helps you to grow your business. • Carrying the FFN brand at your company represents your reliability in the market. • FFN provide you with an opportunity to network at Members meetings around the world. Bringing a global network to one place, allowing you to make long lasting business relationships Network Benefit • • • • • • • • • • • Business opportunities, all of Family’s activities on behalf of Members being focused on one thing: providing opportunities to increase business and expand into new markets. Network is committed to helping all its Members improve their profits. Also, have good response to other fellow Member’s to inquiries or queries, which may arise…! Strategic directions made according to the common needs of Members. Streamline document management by organizing and storing data and documents electronically, enabling data to be shared with Members around the world Faster processing for bookings, shipping instructions and draft Bills of Lading across carriers globally Uniform visibility of global in-transit containers Seamless integration with supply chains Increase speed and accuracy Increased communications with your Members and carriers Standardize processes Reduce costs by reducing time and manual labor from the shipping cycle Insurance policy will secure the members as well as their assets. “ Coming Together is a Beginning Keeping Together is Progress. Working Together is Success.” About Us • FFN is a Group of competent and reliable Shipping & Logistics professionals with a clear vision to setup single network which benefit to its international NVOCC & Freight Forwarders community. • FFN with long structured ideas formed the ultimate network with lots of vision and mission in our theory. Our focus is only to improve the quality of members and their business being the member in group. Today FFN has their own Offices as under: Pakistan - Frontline Freight Networks ( FFN ). Uae - Frontline Freight – Uae. Egypt - Frontline Freight – Egypt. Sri Lanka - Frontline Freight – Sri Lanka. • FFN offers unique agent per every country to a member within the group members. He gives regular administrative support and will pass the message to members. • FFN Family is a network of competent and reliable Shipping & Logistics professionals with a clear vision to setup single Family network which benefit to its international NVOCC & Freight Forwarding community. • FFN Family will have demanding revelation to centralize the world-class NVOCC & Freight Forwarders under a one strong Umbrella to obtain a friendly business association. • FFN Family with long structured ideas formed the ultimate network with lots of vision and mission in our theory. Our focus is only to improve the quality of Family and their business being the partner in group. • FFN Family offers unique network of partners in every country to a partners within the group. He gives regular administrative support and will pass the message to Group. • Annual Conference every year, each conference improves the efficiency and productiveness of the Network. Being FFN Family, give them huge confidence and friendship towards the Members in running with mutual benefits. • FFN Family provides all its Members a global interactive platform, offering an international alliance with expertise and years of experience. The majority is leading, independently owned companies around the globe and is specialized in the Shipping Industry, including Project Management & Handling. • In order to develop & become the best International Network, will only accept new Members by recommendations from already existing Members. The approval of any new Membership applications will be judged (scrutinized) by the Advisory committee in order to guarantee & allow only “The Creame de la Creame” to Members with us. • We locate trustworthy agents & ensure quality services in almost any market around the world. MultiModal transportation is available through the associated companies working together; offering a global network in the form of only accepts 1 member per country with an exception of China, India and the United States of America where 2 Members will be allowed in lieu of the Country size. • Annual Conference every year, each conference improves the efficiency & productiveness of the Network, Being FFN Member, give them huge confidence and friendship towards the partners in running with mutual benefits. FFN Network provides all its members a global interactive platform, offering an international alliance with expertise & years of experience. The majority is leading, independently owned companies around the globe & is specialized in the Shipping Industry, including Project Management and Handling. • Our greatest desire is to meet our customers face to face, to understand their business structure, plan all routes and provide tailor-made solutions. We make sure that our customers are satisfied, and know that their cargo are is in the hands of professional & trustworthy people, & that they will receive services of the highest standard, offering peace of mind to delivering their cargo to final destination. stands astutely for quality and reliability.... FAQs • • • • • Q. What is FFN’s policy regarding multiple offices in one geographic location? A. From the very beginning FFN has been and will remain ON THE Motto to Have 1 member in 1 Country. & gives Exclusive Membership to independent logistics companies. Q. Where are your members currently? A. Our full members directory is available through our website Q. Can my company have a free trial membership? A. Unfortunately we are unable to offer free trial memberships. Q. How many years has the Group / Network been established? A. Having opened our doors in January of 2010, FFN is currently in its 5th year in operation. Q. Where and when will the next members meeting be held? A. All details of upcoming meetings can be found through our website Dues and Fees • Fee Structure - Registration Fee Usd.150/- Annual Membership Fees Usd. 950/-. Invoices for new membership fees will be generated once the Application Form has been approved by the Advisory Board. The date of receipt of payment will becomes the official enrollment date and all following years members are required to pay their Annual Membership Fee latest by end of each calendar year. • Payment Protection Plan will be covered through the Insurance Coverage Policy. Note : The Payment Protection Plan covers Usd.5000/- to all approved FFN Members only. Transactions conducted in branch offices (in other country / countries) that are not an approved member are not covered under the Payment Protection Plan. Only member who is listed on the website as an approved office qualifies REGULATORY COMPLIANCE • • • • • • • • • • • Managing continuously evolving compliance regulations for international shipping is a daunting task. FFN makes this easier for you by providing solutions that allow you the flexibility to implement country-specific validations, differentiate by country, and provide data fields necessary to satisfy different regulatory requirements. FFN Members has the history, the tools and the memberships to streamline the documentation-related business processes for shippers, forwarders, NVOCC & carriers. The Network provide seamless connections within the FFN Members. FFN is a standalone, multi carrier solution that enables the off-line creation of Shipping Orders (SO) & Shipping Instructions (SI). Available 24/7 with immediate accessibility. Streamlines your ocean-shipping processes; eliminating errors &speeding up documentation. Single, standardized process for reaching all your Members. Visibility throughout the entire process with tracking and auditing of documents. Support for multiple container/commodity information, hazardous cargo, split goods and multi-level packaging. Data fields with rules based on country specific requirements Compliance with key country customs container security regulations Frontline Freight Networks Offices • • • • Pakistan Uae Egypt Sri Lanka = Frontline Freight Networks = Frontline Freight – Uae = Frontline Freight – Egypt = Frontline Freight - Sri Lanka Applying • • • • • • • • • • The application process... Applications are submitted online through our website as well as through E mails. www.fronglinenetworks.net Pointers to remember while completing the application form… It is very important in filling out the online application form is that you provide the 2 references we request. These references should be overseas agents who have worked with your office. The references will require complete contacts (company name, name, direct phone / mobile and direct e-mail). The references provided should be: 1) Senior management 2) In companies outside of your home country market 3) Have two years experience in working with your company 4) Should be in non-related agent companies (should not have substantial cross shareholdings or in the same group as your company) Also, each branch office that is applying to come into FFN will also have to supply a minimum of 2 references that will attest to their own ability to handle shipments. This requirement is due to the fact that we have found in the past some companies who were very good in one location and not very good in others. We are diligent in making sure that all offices carrying our membership are up to standard. Be prepared to give detailed information on the cargo that you handled with these agents should we ask further. And if you are currently working with any FFN Members, this is also very important for us to know from the beginning. Remember, applications without the 2 overseas agent references will be returned to you! Once we have this application, then the Team Leader will personally follow up on the references. Should the references give you good recommendations and the information regarding your company’s background and reputation be verifiable then you should be offered membership. Once an official notification has been sent to you about your acceptance our accounts will send the membership invoice to you. Once this is paid then we will add you to the directory and announce you to all of the members! “ Coming Together is a Beginning Keeping Together is Progress. Working Together is Success.” For more information please visit our website at: www.frontlinenetworks.net If you have any questions please email us at: [email protected]