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Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA) |
Component |
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Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA) is the
single National Trade Organization of Freight Forwarders in
Bangladesh. It has been formed through unification of
Association of Cargo Agents of Bangladesh (ACAB) &
International Freight Forwarders Association of Bangladesh
(IFFAB) as per decision of Ministry of Commerce to establish a
single trade association of Freight Forwarders back in 2003. It
has been a long journey of about seven years to accomplish
the long cherished mission. During the course of this long
journey, leaders of both the associations had to overcome
various hurdles and perform number of great tasks to arrive
at the present situation of unification.
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Main objects |
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To promote, protect and safeguard the interest of the
members of Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association,
engaged in total transportation of the goods in international
trade by sea, land and air or combined multimodal
transportation and any other related service like,
warehousing, packing, space booking, export & import
documentation, CFS operation, customs brokerage,
consolidation/deconsolidation and all other functions
pertaining to freight forwarding, logistics service, Non Vessel
Operating Common Carrier(NVOCC) and supply chain
management.
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License |
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Ministry of Commerce, Government of the Peoples Republic of
Bangladesh T.O. License No. 06/2010 dated 27th January 2010
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Certificate of Incorporation
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Registrar of Joint Stock Companies & Firms, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Incorporation Number T.O. 735/10 dated 22nd March 2010
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Total number of Freight Forwarders |
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867 (Eight Hundred Sixty Seven) |
Total number of
Board of Directors |
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19 (Nineteen) |