Laparkan opens new warehouse, office in Florida

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Laparkan’s cargo service recently unveiled its new warehouse and corporate offices in Miami, Florida, at a launch attended by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.
Following a tour of the 166,000 square foot facility, Prime Minister Hinds congratulated Laparkan on its expansion programme, noting that this should lead to expanded capabilities and heightened efficiencies at a time when consumers are looking to get more for less and value for their money.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds

In welcoming guests to the new facility, Laparkan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Glen Khan said the new warehouse “represents our ongoing commitment to meet the demands of the marketplace, and to offer efficient, reliable and affordable logistics solutions”.
Other special guests included Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill, members of the Caribbean consular corps, and Caribbean American community leaders.
Hinds said that Laparkan has, over the years, provided a very necessary service to Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean region; in the process, generating employment for hundreds of Caribbean nationals in the diaspora and the region itself.
“From a modest start of four employees, Laparkan’s freight operations now employ some 400 people in its network which is admirable growth. It shows that the company saw an emerging opportunity and responded accordingly, in the process, providing a much-needed service to families and the business sector. Today, we can see firsthand how the demand for these logistics services has grown as a result of the development taking place in our Caribbean nations,” Hinds said.
Minister Edghill said Guyana has been intensifying its investment promotion activities overseas, and expects that more overseas-based Guyanese and Caricom nationals would be investing in Guyana in the future.
This, he said, required that there be reliable and affordable sea and air transportation, thereby expanding the opportunities for Laparkan to provide the necessary services.

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