Company Profile
Expeditors International
Company Overview
Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 13,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 250 locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value added logistics services.
At Expeditors, we pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization and take time to understand each customer's individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers' supply chains. Due to our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners, we can provide customers with the best routing and pricing options. Our comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology that provides a high level of visibility from end to end.
To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Sao Paulo, Beirut and Shanghai.
At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."
Company History
What is the significance of Lantau Island? At Expeditors, we know Lantau Island as the birthplace of an idea envisioned by Peter Rose and James Wang in July of 1981. After several years in the industry, they dreamed of creating a global logistics organization that offered integrated services, best in class customer service and a focus on its people. Sketched out on a napkin in a bar, this idea came to fruition that same year when Peter and James, along with Glenn Alger, joined Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., a single office forwarder located in Seattle, Washington.
Expeditors' model was to combine transportation services and customs brokerage. With an initial focus on U.S. inbound freight from Asia, Expeditors quickly became one of the largest U.S.-based air freight forwarders of goods from the Far East. By staying true to our core values, Expeditors has grown organically from one to over 250 offices across the globe and employs more than 13,000 industry professionals.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
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Benefits
The company currently provides medical insurance with no cost to the employee.