ANL Singapore and the Netherlands' Koninklijke Burger Groep (Royal Burger Group) have formed two separate joint venture agencies in Germany and the Netherlands.The new agency companies, known as ANL Germany and ANL Netherlands, will be responsible for liner agency representation of ANL Singapore from January 1. "The initiative represents a further commitment by ANL to its German and Dutch customers," said ANL Singapore chairman John Lines. "It reflects our continued growth in the east-west trades since 2002, and our growing presence in the Asia-Europe and the transatlantic trades."
The new joint ventures will replace ANL's current agents, Mueller Liner Agencies, the wholly-owned liner agency company of the Royal Burger Group. Said Royal Burger CEO Karel Peters: "The formation of the joint venture companies was a natural progression of the close relationship we have formed with ANL." ANL (Singapore) Pte Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANL Container Line, which CMA CGM purchased in 1998 from the Australian Government.