{"id":6713,"date":"2023-09-18T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=6713"},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:04:18","slug":"marcopololine-2023-freight-forwarder-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/marcopololine-2023-freight-forwarder-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"MarcoPoloLine 2023 Freight Forwarder Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcopololine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MarcoPoloLine<\/a> conference in Toronto, Canada was a successful event for UK based freight forwarder, Mercator.&nbsp; As founding members of the freight forwarding network, we have been in attendance for all 14 conferences since 2008, and this was the biggest event yet with over 200 attendees from across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MPL-Freight-Forwarder-Conference-2023-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MPL-Freight-Forwarder-Conference-2023-jpg.webp 952w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MPL-Freight-Forwarder-Conference-2023-300x120.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MPL-Freight-Forwarder-Conference-2023-768x307.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark represented Mercator this year and conducted meetings with members from across the globe including South Korea, USA, New Zealand, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Poland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Canada and Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These events offer a great opportunity to meet the people that we deal with regularly in business, sometimes on a daily basis.&nbsp; It allows our team to form bonds with freight forwarders from all over the world, making our contacts more like work colleagues and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercator&#8217;s relationships with other freight forwarders around the world allows us to offer our customers more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/where-we-ship\/\">comprehensive sh<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/where-we-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">i<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/where-we-ship\/\">pping services<\/a>, whether it is a requirement for an EXW shipment for import into the UK, or a DAP export shipment out of the UK.  Our connections benefit our customers, allowing just one point of contact here in the UK and a seamless service no matter where in the world your cargo is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can contact our team on (+44)&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:00442392756575\">02392 756 575<\/a>, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk\">sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk<\/a>&nbsp;or complete the form below and someone will be in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Request a Quote for Shipping Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"widget\" data-elementor-id=\"163\" class=\"elementor elementor-163\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-163 elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"Contact Form\" aria-label=\"Contact Form\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"163\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"163\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"LCL China to UK - 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