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2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agility_Logistics, accessed on April 11
th
,
2010.
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accesed
on
April
11
th
,
2010.
efficiency
to
business
and
government
supply
chains
in
some
of
the
world's
most
challenging environments. Established in Kuwait
in 1979, the company was
initially a
state-owned
Public
Warehousing Company
(PWC)
Logistics
before
becoming
a
private company in 1997.
From
1996
onward, the
company has
grown
rapidly
through organic
growth
and acquisition of
other
logistics companies. Some of
the companies being acquired
are
UAE-based
Tri-Star
Transport,
Singaporean
company Trans-Link
Group,
Swiss
company
Cronat
Transport
Holding
AG,
Globe
Marine
Services
of
Saudi
Arabia,
Cosa
Freight
in
China,
Kenya-based Star
freight,
and
US-based
companies
Transoceanic
Shipping
and
GeoLogistics
Corporation,
WTS
of
Houston,
Inc.,
and
Global
Express
Line.
In 2006,
the
company
unified
its
services
under
the
new
name
of Agility. Currently, Agility is publicly listed on Kuwait Stock Exchange and Dubai
Financial Market.²
As
a
group, Agility has
more
than 550 offices
in
120 countries
to
handle the
complex
of
supply chain
strategies.
See
Table
1.1
below
for
Agility’s
regional
breakdown³:
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