MON LOGISTICS GROUP
MON Logistics Group ’ s CEO , Karsten Thrane , discusses the challenges of sustainability in the supply chain industry and how his company is overcoming them
MON Logistics Group began as a refuelling station company , and from there , a need for transportation was identified . Now , Transport is the best known of MON ’ s businesses , and it covers haulage of fuel , hazardous goods , container haulage , FMCG , factory transfers , milk runs and JIT / JIS , and cold chain distribution . Alongside this , MON has a container yard operation – currently it runs three yards in Thailand , which handle around 26,000 containers per month – warehouse services including a dry and cold chain warehouses , and a fourth element which offers brokerage in-house as an extension of the transport and warehousing services .
Karsten Thrane is the CEO of MON Logistics Group , and was brought into the company to find a way to integrate these four elements of the business . He oversees all operations , reporting back to the family which owns MON Logistics Group .
“ This is very much a family business and will remain a family business ,” Thrane says . “ They are still very much involved , but my charge was to go in , develop synergies , and put structures into place that will make the business more sustainable . We also wanted to start creating a more professional environment
160 July 2016