ASA Conference in Shenzhen 18-21st October 2026

The bookings are already coming in nice and quickly with several new members joining, so don’t miss this opportunity to meet with new and old members.  We will be holding this in the JW Marriott Hotel Futian, Shenzhen, its a great hotel with lovely gardens and all the facilities you need, its location is very central to main areas of Shenzhen city..

We are expecting a great turnout this year especially as this as our last visit to China was over 7 years ago.  The early Bird bookings offer a considerable saving so please make your bookings now or as soon as possible your cooperation with early bookings helps us make plans for making this the best ever conference and plan some special events.

To make your bookings go to www.asanetwork.org  Click on menu “Meetings & Conferences” and it will bring up a simple booking form, along with more details of the conference.

Thanking you for your support in the above

Many thanks

Best regards

Webmaster

We welcome back to ASA “Cargo Carters & Logistics” (CC&L) Tuticorin, India. They had a short sabbatical and now re joined.

For our newer members Cargo Carters are a well established freight forwarder handling export and Import Air & Ocean freight & Customs.

CC&L has its own MTO under Director General of Shipping and a member of AMTOI Indias only association for MTO.

They offer single window solutions (from enquiry to delivery status) on all shipments with services tailored to meet their clients requirements, with constant updates on your shipment movements ensuring smooth, and safe transits.

They pride themselves in their friendly approach on all stages of handling business together and developing friendly relationships with all parties.

CC&L have strong Ocean freight fillings to Canada, USA, CIS countries on airfreight they cover all major sector Ex- India.

Please welcome Srinivasan and his team back into our family.

Many thanks

Best regards

Webmaster

Dear Members, Further to my email earlier this month advising we will be moving our conference this year from Dubai to Shenzhen in October 2026.

The dates remain the same 18-21st October 2026.  We have booked this with the JW Marriott Hotel in Shenzhen, its a great hotel with lovely gardens and all the facilities you need, its location is very central to main areas of Shenzhen city..

We ask that you make your bookings as quickly as possible as we are now running approx. a month behind our normal schedule due to having to switch venues.  We need your cooperation with early bookings in order that we can meet our commitments with the hotel. We in turn will do our utmost to make it the best conference yet.

To make your bookings go to www.asanetwork.org  Click on menu “Meetings & Conferences” and it will bring up a simple booking form, along with more details of the conference.

We thank you for your understanding in this change of venue and for the delay in confirming the new Conference details.

Many thanks

Best regards

Webmaster

Dear Members, due to the continued war spreading across the Arabian Guld Region we have decided to move our conference from Dubai to Shenzhen which was a very popular choice of our members earlier this year.

The dates will remain the same 18-21st October 2026.  At this moment in time I can’t yet confirm the hotel detail as we are still in the process of finalising this but hope to be able to confirm this by the end of next week.

We ask that you make a note in your diaries to attend this years conference which we will do our upmost to make it the best conference yet.

We thank you for your understanding in this change of venue and for the delay in confirming the new Conference details.

Many thanks

Best regards

Webmaster

Due to the troubles in Iran and the Gulf region we are asking all members to hold of booking your place in Dubai for the time being, as we need to see what’s happening in the Gulf Region over the next few weeks Middle East for coming weeks and we maybe need to change location which we are looking into if things don’t improve quickly.

Please watch out for further up dates in due course

Thanks

Robert

Hello all ASA members 

We are pleased to announce we have now finalised all arrangements for this years ASA Conference which will be held in Dubai UAE from the 18-21st October inclusive. The booking system is now open please make your booking as soon as possible to take advantage of early bird discount rates.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 

On behalf of Roy, myself and Alex we would like to wish you and your families a Happy & Prosperous New Year and one filled with lots of happy memories. 

We would like to kick this off by announcing after conducting a lengthy survey with members for the choice of venue, the number one pick for this years ASA Conference & Meeting was Dubai UAE.  This we will hold in the month of October 2026.

We are still in the throws of finalising exact dates and the hotel venue, but hope to be able to announce these later this month, but we ask you all provisionally block of space in October in your new diary’s to be able to attend. 

We fully expect this years conference to be the largest ever held as a result of the responses we had to the survey.

Last week on 20th November Tanjah – The owner and Director of GOGO Ships Cargo sent an email to all ASA members advising that the company was not accepting any new business and closing down, her email address is  Tanjah@gogoshipscargo.com

We immediately put a warning on the ASA website not to use them or give any further credit, We also posted a RED ALERT warning in the ASA members directory not to give credit to GOGO Ships Cargo.

Since then we have been corresponding with Tanjah to find out more information especially relating to any money owed to  ASA Members, we are only aware of one member owed money. However now Tanjah has not been replying to our latest emails Hence I want again to warn you not to use GOGO or handle any shipments from them.

We are still trying to pursue them for payment details to our ASA member.

If anyone has any further info on them please advise Roy Loken cc Robert.

Many thanks

B. Rgds

Robert

                                    Very Important Notice

Regarding the ASA Conference Gala Dinner, I need an urgent reply from all members attending, if you are not the person attending please pass this to the attendee and or if more than one person is attending pass a copy of this to them.

We will have a 3 course traditional Hungarian dinner at the “Szeged Vendeglo” restaurant in Budapest.       

      We do have a choice for the main course in the Hungarian restaurant :-

1. Paprika Chicken with egg barley   or  2. Pork in Bakony style with mixed garnish. Or if you require a vegetarian meal let me know. 

I must have your choice by this Thursday latest as I must confirm the orders by Friday.

Please note I wont be sending any reminders as time is against us. If I do not receive a reply in time from you, I will guess your order as Paprika Chicken, so to ensure you get the main course you want please just drop me a quick line at robert@asanetwork.org confirming option No. 1 or No. 2.

Many thanks for your help with this , I’m looking forward to meeting you in a couple of weeks time.

Best regards

Robert