Kate Taylor, formerly of Winlen Bay, has joined us in the capacity of Sales and Marketing Executive. Kate brings with her a wealth of experience in both Field and Telesales in all aspects of freight forwarding and is a welcome addition to the department.

Vicki Evans, formerly of Eurogate Birmingham, has also joined us as Manager of Eastern European markets; Vicki will be responsible for developing groupage and full load services to and from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary  etc., to compliment the existing worldwide services  offered by the company.

Following a recent trade mission in conjunction with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and the IPTU (India Pakistan Trade Unit) to Karachi, Chambers & Cook are pleased to announce the appointment of DMK Logistics as their service partner in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

ABOUT DMK LOGISTICS

DMK Logistics’ started trading in the late 1970s as a small-scale family business specialising in customs clearance at Lahore dry port. The company was formally setup in 1996 as a professional freight forwarding organization and it has evolved extensively since then.

DMK employs over 157 staff in 5 Sales offices in Pakistan, with the head office being based in Lahore, and branch offices in Karachi, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Islamabad: Operations offices are based in Port Qasim, Kabul (Afghanistan) and Kandahar (Afghanistan), and the company also has 3 subsidiary companies, Lahore Axis Container Terminal 1, Eagle Shipping and Aviation, and DMK Afghanistan.

AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE

 DMK has been developing its Afghan Transit Business since 2001. The conducted the first of several road surveys immediately after the war ended to analyze the most efficient routes to several destinations in Afghanistan. After almost 9 years in this business, today DMK can effectively handle both commercial & non-commercial shipments, including food supplies, construction materials, heavy construction machineries and heavy vehicles – from Karachi they connect to the following destinations in Afghanistan:

Northern Afghanistan

Northern Route

• 1. Jalalabad
• 2. Kabul
• 3. Bagram Airbase

 South Afghanistan (via Chamman border)

Southern Route

• 1. Kandahar City
• 2. Kandahar Airfield (KAF)
• 3. Tarin Kowt
• 4. Camp Bastion
• 5. Camp Leatherneck

COLD CHAIN – REEFERS

DMK has developed special expertise in the handling and transportation of Refrigerated (Reefer) containers. Regular volumes of Reefer containers are delivered across the land-bridge into warehouse situated in Kabul and Kandahar, via a sophisticated system incorporating the use of staging stations en route. Overnight static plug-in capability and complete disaster management protocols are present at each station to ensure temperature requirements are strictly adhered to en route, whilst at the overflow depots in Kabul and Kandahar reefers can be plugged in until receiving parties are ready for delivery; Overflow terminals have the capacity for 25 gen-sets at any one time. There are also spare reefer containers available in case of complete irreparable breakdown. 

DMK Owned Reefer Units

AIRFREIGHT AND DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION

DMK has the resources to receive and customs clear airfreight consignments in Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram airbase and Camp Bastion, for onward delivery to anywhere in Afghanistan, utilising their own domestic distribution network.

For all your FCL, LCL and airfreight consignments to and from anywhere in Pakistan, and for onward delivery into Afghanistan, contact Chambers & Cook/DMK Logistics for a service second to none.

•Storage facility in Kabul
–8000 sq. meter
–24/7 Supervisory staff
–10 km from Kabul customs offices
–Storage capacity of up to 2000 TEUs
–Availability of cranes, forklifts, & oil pumps

CONTACT DETAILS

M. Wasim Khan

(CEO)

129 E – 1 Main Boulevard Gulberg 111

LAHORE , PAKISTAN.

Tel: ++92-42-35877745 – 8

Direct: ++92-42-35764779

Cell: ++92-300-8441624

E Mail: wasimkhan@dmk.com.pk

Air Freight

Kashif Mahmood Butt.

(National Air Freight Manager)

Air Freight Central Division

129 E – 1 Main Boulevard Gulberg 111

LAHORE , PAKISTAN.

Tel: ++92-42-35877745 – 8

Direct: ++92-42-35761712

Cell: ++92-300-8417505

      ++92-322-5522220

E Mail: kashif.mahmood@dmk.com.pk

WebSite: http://www.dmklog.com.pk

KARACHI

SAADAT ALI ZIA
Product Manager
DMK Logistics (Pvt) Ltd.

F-51, Block#8, (near III Talwar)

Clifton, Karachi – Pakistan

Web       www.dmklog.com.pk

E-Mail    saadat.ali@dmklog.com.pk

PABX     +92 (21)   3582 1930-3 (ext. 133)
Direct     +92 (21)   3582 1758
Fax        +92 (21)   3582 1849
Cell       +92 (333)   456 3399

To ensure all forwarding department members are copied in on your e-mails, please in future make sure you send your correspondence to the following e-mail address:-

forwarding@ccfreight.com

This automatically sends a copy e-mail to Chris, Wayne and Gareth, and should ensure a prompt response to your enquiries.