Company Profile
KINDLY NOTE BELOW BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT CARTRAG LTD., ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 1991 IN GDYNIA, INDIVIDUAL FIATA MEMBERS. ALSO MEMBERS OF PIFFA.
COMPUTER HARDWARE IN CARTRAG LTD ARE EXCLUSIVELY COMPAQ, INCLUDING THREE SERVER MACHINES. COMMUNICATION USING PBX SYSTEM UNDER PHONE/FAX HARDWARE FULLY DIGITAL (PANASONIC DIGITAL PHONES & CENTRAL UNIT AND ASMAX FAX MODEMS). INTERNET COMMUNICATION & ACCESS AVAILABLE THROUGH FIXED/STANDING RADIO/ WIRE CONNECTION - HARDWARE BY GORAMO AND CISCO SYSTEMS. OWN INTERNET DOMAINS. OFFICE PACKETS BY LOTUS. DATABASE BOUGHT FROM AND SUPPORTED BY LOTUS NOTES, PROBABLY THE BEST AVAILABLE AT THE MARKET FOR PRIVATE USERS. IN COMANY'S QUARTERS THERE IS PURPOSE MADE CABLING FOR ELECTRICITY (FAEL/AEG) AND ELECTRONIC ORIGINATING DATA; POWER SUPPORT BY APC. ANTIVIRUS SUPPORT BY NORTON ANTIVIRUS, CORPORATE EDITION.
CORE BUSINESS - PAPER TRANSPORTATION OVERSEAS BASIS DIRECT CONTACTS WITH TRADING COMPANIES AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH OTHER OPERATORS SPECIALISING IN PAPER TRANSPORTATIONS. ALSO PLYWOOD/HARDBOARD/FURNITURE FROM AND IN TRANSIT THROUGH POLAND, AS WELL AS CROSS-BOOKINGS.
TRANSPORT IDEA
CARTRAG LTD. DOES NOT HAVE ANY OWN TRUCKS; WE USE TRUCKING COMPANIES - SUBCONTRACTORS, BOTH IN POLAND AND ABROAD. MOST OF THESE COMPANIES WE WORK WITH FOR YEARS AND WE FIND THEM FLEXIBLE AND RELIABLE ENOUGH NOT TO INVEST IN OWN FLEET. THE MORE THAT DUE TO BOTH ECOLOGICAL & INCREASING BANS AND SPECIFIC OF THE MAIN VOLUME - PAPER - TRANSPORTATION OF WHICH WE BASE INCREASINGLY ON RAILWAYS, WITH PLANS TO ENTER MORE AND MORE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT (RAIL/ROAD, SEA/ROAD, SEA/RAIL). AS FAR AS CONTAINERISED TRANSPORT WE ALREADY STARTED TO SWITCH AS MUCH TONNAGE AS POSSIBLE FROM ROAD TO SEA/ROAD & SEA/RAIL MODE AND WE INTEND TO MOVE DEEPER INTO THIS DIRECTION. SO FAR WE SERVE CONTAINERISED INTRA-EUROPEAN DELIVERIES TO FRANCE, GREECE AND TURKEY INLAND LOCATIONS, FOR THE FUTURE WE HOPE TO BECOME REAL ALSO CONSIGNMENTS TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL, DENMARK, THE BENELUX, BULGARIA, ROMANIA, AND PERHAPS TO ITALY. USING MOST OF THE BIGGEST SHIPPING LINES AND HAVING THEIR FULL SUPPORT, WE DO NOT FACE PROBLEMS WITH EMPTY EQUIPMENT AVAILIBILITY AND SPACE ALLOCATION.
WE MUST STRESS THAT CARTRAG LTD. IS NOT SPECIALIST TRUCKING COMPANY, AND FOR THE HIGH VOLUME COMMODITIES LIKE PAPER WE TRULY CONSIDER THE FUTURE WILL BE SHORTSEA CONTAINERISED OR BREAKBULK CONNECTIONS AND RAIL DELIVERIES. THE MORE THAT ON ONE HAND MOST EUROPEAN ROADS ARE INCREASINGLY JAMMED WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND ON ANOTHER THAT RAIL CONNECTIONS AND FREIGHT COSTS WITHIN EUROPE AND EMPTY WAGGONS SUITABLE FOR PAPER AVAILIBILITY IN POLAND ARE MUCH BETTER AND RELIABLE FOR SHIPPERS NOW THAN FEW YEARS AGO.
FURTHERMORE, WE ARE PROUD TO ASSIST OUR CLIENTS ALL THE WAY DURING OFFERING PROCESS & CALCULATION, HELPING WHENEVER PRICE PER TON OR TRANSPORT UNIT, OR ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE REQUIRED. WE DO NOT CHANGE THE PRICES ANYTIME OUR SUBCONTRACTORS DO SO, HAVING ON THE FIRST PLACE LONG-TERM COOPERATION GOVERNED BY PARTNERSHIP RATHER THAN SHIPPER/FORWARDER RULES. AND FOR THE ALMOST FOURTEEN YEARS OF THE COMANY'S EXISTENCE THIS APPROACH PROVED TO BE THE BEST CHOICE.
