Posted by julian on Nov 26, 2009 in
Uncategorized
I am often asked why I am so narrow minded and short sighted in business. Some even add, “It is little wonder you never remarried!” I don’t need a therapist to tell me I am opinionated, hold some strong views and I should get a life starting with eradicating my tunnel vision. My entire working [...]
Tags: Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Peter Rose, south pacific
Posted by julian on Jul 23, 2009 in
Company News
Our communications consultant, who so far this year has saved us 50% on our telephone costs, was in yesterday giving Peter and me an update on his progress and to offer further recommendations. He advised us even though our original 800-number only costs $5.00 per month, because it wasn’t being used we should look at [...]
Tags: CII, PacBell, Peter Lamy, south pacific
Posted by julian on Jun 2, 2009 in
Company News,
Export,
Import
As freight forwarders are reliant upon a buoyant flow of trade, we at CII have been forced to adjust our business model to accept that current volumes will be with us for some time to come. For a couple of years now, less than 1% of our revenues have been tied up tied up in [...]
Tags: American Samoa, Bank of America, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, CII, Enron, hedge funds, Merrill Lynch, south pacific, Starkist
Posted by julian on May 28, 2009 in
Company News,
Export
When Pete Lamy and I started CII sixteen years ago, we were quite confident our future was export airfreight to the South Pacific and this niche would satisfy all our needs. Today it still represents 80% of our revenue, but our growth has been such that today our other business activities account four $millions; not [...]
Tags: CII, FMC, NVOCC, Peter Lamy, south pacific