2GO to expand operations this year

CEBU, Philippines - The total supply chain solutions provider under the Aboitiz Transport System (ATS), 2GO is expanding its operations this year, taking advantage of the dynamic logistic demand in the Philippines.

In an interview with Luigi Cayao, the company’s chain supply consultant, he said that the logistic brand is building a 5,000 square-meter new warehouse or equivalent to a football field this year in Metro Manila.

2GO leverages on unsurpassed local knowledge from over a hundred years of experience and a passion to consistently deliver cargo and information on time while offering simplified solutions to meet the most complex requirements.

It has total control of its network nationwide, operating its own fleet of vessels, aircraft, trucks, container vans, and other delivery vehicles that provide a reliable network of delivery channels.

Already, the company has built large warehouses in Pasig and in Taguig. Combined, these warehouse facilities have a total size of 48,686 square-meters. Last year, the Aboitiz One Distribution Inc., the company that manages 2GO opened the 22,000 pallet positions located in Taguig City.

This year, it will invest on putting up equally sophisticated warehouse, as demand for state-of-the-art storage facility and logistic service is very strong, especially for the fast moving consumer items.

2GO is the first to introduce 136 - a time-based, cost-efficient service that gives customers a time-definite service to get their parcels, documents and cargo to its destination within 1, 3 and 6 days.

Further complementing the freight services for Full Container Load (FCL), 2GO also pioneered the Road RORO Terminal System (RoRo), a superior yet simple, self-driven service that gives back the control to the customers in the movement of their goods. Customers are given priority loading, thereby enabling them to have faster delivery lead-time, reducing costs at unsurpassed speed to market levels, thus ensuring fresher products in the market.

In an earlier interview with ATS president and chief executive officer (CEO) Enrique M. Aboitiz Jr., he said that expansion for ATS has been focused on its value-added business “as we transform beyond being a shipping company to a total transport solutions enterprise.”

In order to boost its supply chain solutions services, via 2GO brand, ATS acquired Scanasia Overseas Inc., a company engaged in the business of sales, marketing, warehousing and transportation of temperature-controlled and ambient food products to its customers in the Philippines.

ATS, the transport and logistics arm of Cebu-based conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), had been actively enlarging its logistics network locally and internationally.

To complete its already vast menu of services, 2GO launched its Supply Chain Service in 2007.

With Supply Chain, 2GO handles the release of the goods from the manufacturer to the delivery of the products to trade for end consumers nationwide. The offer to customers is simple - 2GO assures product availability, which in turn translates to product growth through efficiencies brought by the strengths of the 2GO brand.— Ehda M. Dagooc