private industry shipping and freight forwarding founded tart date founders peter thorsoe jensen & bo drewsen headquarters aarhus denmark number of locations europe asia north america south america south east asia middle east services general freight forwarding ; shipping ; engineering and project management ; cargo handling and technical services ; port and agency services ; inland services ; oversized heavy cargo number of employees app . 140 october 2016 website www.martin bencher.com martin bencher scandinavia a s is a scandinavian shipping and freight forwarding company which was originally founded in the united kingdom in 1881 . map of martin bencher offices worldwide martin bencher was founded in 1997 by bo h. drewsen and peter thorsoe jensen . contents 1 history 2 business areas 2.1 general freight forwarding 2.2 shipping 2.3 engineering and project management 2.4 cargo handling and technical services 2.5 port and agency services 2.6 inland services 3 references 4 external links history edit martin bencher history 1881 martin bencher ltd is a shipping and freight forwarding company originally established in 1881 in the uk . in those days a person named martin bencher started his own transport service between the uk and continental europe . 1997 martin bencher scandinavia a s is founded in aarhus denmark by mr. peter thorsoe jensen and mr. bo h. drewsen offering freight forwarding and shipping services mainly to scandinavian customers . the main business is transportation of project cargo to china . a martin bencher office opens in shanghai china . 1999 martin bencher offices are opened in helsinki finland and stockholm sweden . 2000 a martin bencher office is opened in gdansk poland . 2003 a martin bencher office is opened in new jersey usa . 2005 martin bencher is awarded with recognised danish gazelle award . the gazelle award represents business growth . 1 2007 martin bencher opens offices in ho chi minh city vietnam and jakarta indonesia . another two martin bencher offices are opened in china ; in qingdao and tianjin . 2008 offices opened in singapore 2 3 4 guangzhou china and miami usa . 2009 offices opened in hamburg germany and beijing china . shanghai representative office was changed to branch office or wofe wholly foreign owned enterprise 5 named martin bencher international transport shanghai ltd. martin bencher is awarded with the danish gazelle award for the second time as the company has shown growth rates of impressive 259.3 % over the past four years . 6 the norwegian department is opened with office location in aarhus denmark . 2010 office opened in houston usa 7 8 2011 office opened in marseille france 9 10 11 and s o paulo brazil . 12 martin bencher has become a corporate sponsor of wwf denmark 13 2012 martin bencher group experiences the best result in the history of the company despite the financial crisis . there are now more than one hundred martin bencher employees globally . martin bencher opens offices in gothenburg sweden and long beach los angeles usa . 2013 martin bencher officially integrates the un global compact s ten principles into the core business strategy . martin bencher is one of the fourthy two founding members of the csr network my danish footprint in china . the objective of the network is to encourage support and promote danish companies working with csr in china . martin bencher is iso 9001 2008 certified certificate number dk003214 1 . martin bencher opens an office in sydney australia . martin bencher participates in women s international shipping and trading association wista seminar . 2014 martin bencher acquires tti logistics aps an air freight service provider with more than 30 years of experience . the service is continued as martin bencher airfreight aps . a martin bencher office is opened in kristiansand norway . two offices are added to the martin bencher network in india through an exclusive agency agreement . 2015 offices opened in kuala lumpur malaysia london united kingdom bangkok thailand and dubai united arab emirates . 2016 martin bencher headoffice moved from balticagade to vandvejen 7 lvel 4 8000 aarhus c denmark . the company appointed a coo cco and a cfo . business areas edit martin bencher group transports all kinds of cargo and specialize in the handling of projects and oversized heavy cargo . general freight forwarding edit ocean freight shipper owned container and carrier owned container fcl and lcl air freight shipping documents customs clearance shipping edit vessel chartering conventional heaavy lift roro tug and barge cargo booking breakbulk cargo transportation by container ship container transport standard and out of gauge transshipment management air sea transportation engineering and project management edit project management risk management second hand plant relocation deconstruct transport reconstruct temporary facilities floating cranes temporary piers winter roads cargo handling and technical services edit packaging lashing cradles and lifting technical advice floating cranes or crane vessels low loaders comettos lifting and handling equipment soc sourcing gp fr ot containers vanning devanning of containers cargo consolidation load planning cargo readiness survey loading survey discharging survey port and agency services edit port captain services port protecting agency services inland services edit multimodal delivery air sea road rail route survey loading and discharge planning transport permits references edit martin bencher a 2009 gazelle pdf . global project logistics newsletter 12 12 . october november 2009 . retrieved 16 september 2011 . martin bencher opens in singapore . heavy lift and project forwarding international . 30 november . retrieved 16 september 2011 . check date values in date help freight forwarding group opens new office in singapore . handy shipping guide . 1 december 2009 . retrieved 16 september 2011 . yun jerrel 2 december 2009 . martin bencher comes to sg . procurement asia . retrieved 16 september 2011 . martin bencher upgrades in china . heavy lift and project forwarding international . 24 september 2009 . retrieved 28 september 2011 . bencher blev k ret til gazelle . danmarks transport tidende . 21 october 2009 . retrieved 16 september 2011 . martin bencher has opened a new office . the maritime executive . 7 october 2010 . retrieved 16 september 2011 . martin bencher extends us coverage with new office . heavy lift and project forwarding international . 27 september . retrieved 16 september 2011 . check date values in date help martin bencher has opened a new office . heavy lift and project forwarding international . 1 april 2011 . retrieved 15 september 2011 . martin bencher group opens a new office in marseille . international transport journal . 6 april 2011 . retrieved 16 september 2011 . new french office for international freight forwarder . handy shipping guide . 1 april 2011 . retrieved 16 september 2011 . martin bencher expands freight forwarding operation into brazil . handy shipping guide . 9 may 2011 . retrieved 28 september 2011 . martin bencher is now a corporate sponsor of wwf denmark . the freight summit 4 . 2011 . retrieved 28 september 2011 . external links edit official website global project logistics danish marine and offshore group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title martin bencher & oldid 742528503 categories shipping companies of denmarkcompanies based in aarhushidden categories cs1 errors datespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact 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