1925 |
Anchor Line opens its office in Karachi.
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1954 |
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1967 |
Anchor Line aquires agency of
Italia Marittima S.p.A
(Formerly Lloyd Triestino)
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1972 |
Anchor Line disinvests from Pakistan and sells office
to Mr. Saeed Ahmad.
A Private Limited company is formed called Anchor Shipping & Trading (Pvt) Ltd.
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1974-77 |
Mr. Saeed Ahmad
goes on leave to become Chairman of Pakistan Shipping
Corporation, a government company formed out of several
nationalized companies.
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1993 |
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1997 |
Company is the first Ship's Agent in Pakistan to have
a website.
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1998 |
Company is the first Ship's Agent to become ISO9002
in Pakistan.
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2000 |
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2000 |
Company is given the responsibility to handle traceability
and quality management for United Molasses. After European
food scares, Anchor is reponsible to audit the entire
supply chain of molasses to monitor contamination of molasses.
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2001 |
Mr. Saeed Ahmad
is awarded the Cavaliere Order of Merit from the Italian
Government in recognition of his services to promote relations
between Italy and Pakistan. |
2002 |
Afghanistan
becomes a major area of expertise of Anchor Logistics.
Mr. Adnan Ahmad participates
in a delegation of businessman who travel and meet top
Governmental and Business leaders in Kabul.
Anchor Shipping's domain name
is changed from anchor-shipping.com to anchorshipping.com.
Anchor is appointed by Sumitomo
Corporation to handle its cotton buying logistics
in Pakistan.
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| 2005
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Anchor appointed agent for Maruba S.C.A. to cover
the territory of Pakistan. The expansion of Maruba in
this market is aimed to boost trade with South America.
Anchor appointed agent for EP Carriers. |
2006 |
Italia Marittima S.p.A. a new name
for Lloyd Triestino. New global identity to commence
for premiere Italian carrier.
Anchor chosen to create Emirates Shipping Agency Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd , as agency company for Emirates Shipping Line.
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