A total of 44 GFG member companies were represented by no fewer than 77 delegates (and 12 spouses/partners) at the GFG 2002 Fall Conference held at the Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore from September 29th to October 2nd.

Host for the event was Singapore member Harbour Handlers, who provided a superb level of hospitality and help to every visitor. Managing Director Jeff Chua and his team – Liza, Duncan, Maureen, Susan and Kim – did a magnificent job and everybody who attended was appreciative of their efforts.

Conference business got underway on Sunday, October 29th with the Board of Directors meeting and continued on Monday with the General Assembly, which included some lively debate on the question of member to member liability insurance fund. The fund is designed to enable the Group to provide some support to members in the event of another member going into liquidation.

The debate concerned whether or not the annual contribution to the fund should be increased but a ballot, taken the following morning, showed the members to be in favour of maintaining the current level of premium.

In the afternoon delegates got down to the “real” business of the conference – meeting other members on a face to face basis to discuss and develop opportunities to work with each other.

GFG conferences are primarily forums that enable members to meet their world wide partners at one time in one place on a regular basis. “Without GFG it would be both financially and practically impossible for us to have partners in so many countries,” commented one member. “Meeting face to face means we can build real relationships, sort out any problems and develop joint plans.”

In total just under 800 such meetings were held on the Monday and Tuesday of the conference.

Extract from Global Freight Group^® – 2002