Sullivan Shipping Agencies' customers can now make use of the vast shipping global network offered by Birkart Globistics air + ocean following a recent partnership agreement.

Through this partnership agreement Sullivan Shipping can now offer a more efficient worldwide network of door to door sea and air freight transport services.

Birkart Globistics air + ocean offers logistics services around the globe. Its headquarters are based in Aschaffenburg, Germany and is active in 82 locations on all five continents. In addition to air and sea transportation, 1,400 employees also provide special tailormade and complex logistics services. The focus of the company's international commitment is on Europe, Asia, South America and South Africa.

The global network is strengthened by partnerships and co-operative ventures, and the company is member of the sea-freight co-operation Group 99 and the air-cargo co-operation FUTURE.

Birkart Globistics air + ocean is a business segment of Thiel Logistik AG which develops holistic logistics and service solutions for trade and industry. Thiel Logistik operates on the main European markets as well as in all the important procurement and sales markets worldwide. It has some 400 locations and around 8,900 employees.

One of the strengths of Birkart Globistics is the Internet-based track and trace system known as Birkart Order Tracking System (BOTS). Through this tracking system clients can view and keep track of all goods being shipped around the globe. Birkart Globistics also has a strong presence in the Far East countries where Maltese importers have regular business arrangements.

Sullivan Shipping chairman John E. Sullivan said: "We are proud to be associated with such a large global player in the shipping industry. This partnership will help to give us the right platform to offer enhanced and more efficient services to our clients. Furthermore Birkart Globistics' strong presence in the Far East is a very important opportunity for Maltese entrepreneurs trading in these countries."

Birkart Globistics company officials said: "We have decided to seek representation in Malta because of the islands' strategic and convenient geographic location in the Mediterranean and the professionalism of our partners, Sullivan Shipping. Although Malta is a small island state it holds a special position in the international shipping trade which is very important for a company like ours."

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