BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Delivering The Caribbean To Your Door
Caribbean Couriers Brokerage Services Ltd. may be just a few months in business but make no mistake – its team comes with a wealth of experience. Incorporated in February 2012, the company began operations in May taking over LIAT’s QuikPak Service. According to Managing Director, Trevor Matthews, the idea stemmed from LIAT’s intention to outsource. As an employee, Matthews always had interest in running the local end of things and even indicated this to LIAT some years ago. Matthews saw his opportunity, especially since four employees would be made
redundant at the end of January at LIAT’s Cargo Bond in Vigie. “We took everyone that would have been affected and incorporated them within the new company, so every one of us is a director of this company: three financial and one non-financial,” Matthews told BF. “We took the money LIAT gave us in the redundancy package and invested it into the new company.” “We do all the sales of LIAT QuikPak throughout the LIAT network, from Santo Domingo in the north to Guyana in the south. We leave out St. Thomas, St. Croix and San Juan due to security reasons and we are yet to establish a good customer base in Curacao. We sell QuikPak Service to every other territory and do deliveries on behalf of LIAT in St. Lucia,” Matthews explained.
Items that qualify for QuikPak Service range from documents such as passports and personal items to anything that is deemed legal and strategically possible to get to the customer. The company is also trying to incorporate a brokerage service this year in an effort to give its customers a one-stop-shop service. Matthews added that apart from superb value added service, they also offer the best competitive rates. “Given our years of experience, we were able to make a smooth transition. We are hoping to build on the confidence from our customers over the years. We expect to be number one and will stop at nothing less than doing just that.”
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Customs Brokerage Also Provided Efficient, Dedicated & Reliable Service
Contact us today: LIAT Cargo Shed, Vigie, Castries, P. O. Box RB2312, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet Tel: (758) 456-0455 / 452-5399 [Office] 1 (758) 285-1445 / 1 (758) 485-3719 E-mail: ccbsl@caribbeancouriers.com
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