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MWG announces new office
November 27, 2019
Maurice Ward & Co announced the opening of a new facility in Athens, Greece, located at Athens International Airport with Kelly Merkouraki as Branch Manager.
Kelly Merkouraki
Branch Manager
Branch Manager
Maurice Ward & Co officially opened its newest Air and Ocean Facility in Athens, Greece. Country Manager Ms. Kelly Merkouraki, based at the organizations HQ in Athens is delighted to offer a full suite of Forwarding and Logistics services to the local market and overseas partners.
Company director Mr. John Ward states: “With the opening of our 42nd Facility in Europe, the Maurice Ward vision of offering a truly Independent, Regional European Forwarding Network is almost complete. Bringing secure, imaginative alternative Supply Chain Solutions to the market, Maurice Ward continues its remarkable success story which started with its first station opening in Dublin Airport, 1968.“
For more information about the Maurice Ward Group’s Athens office please click here: contact page.
Did you know?
The first ever ‘cargo only’ flight was recorded in November 1910 in the USA, using a Wright Model B aeroplane that flew 65 miles carrying a package of silk. The business owner used the pioneering transport more as a PR stunt to celebrate the opening of his store, with the bundle of silk cut into individual pieces and glued onto souvenir postcards.
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