The name DUROT became known in the Antwerp Shipping circles
in 1926, when Mr. Armand Durot represented the passenger services of the
well-known shipowners Johnson Line (Rederaktiebolaget Nordsjernan) to the West
Coast of the United States.
In 1948 “A.Durot nv” was founded as a Ship Agency in the
port of Antwerp focusing on trades with the United States and South America. As
from 1961 Mr. Philip Durot took over the lead of the company and an new area of
development was launched. In the early seventies and with the upcoming container
traffics, a branch office was opened in Zeebrugge (at the Belgian coastline) and
during the eighties investments were made available to acquire companies and
open new offices. In 1995 “Durot Shipping nv” was established to take over the
shipping activities and to prepare jointly with its group of associated
companies the challenge of the 21st century.
The group activities include Agency
Representations, Freight Forwarding, Trucking, Chartering and Ship Owning,
Custom Services; in other words customers benefit of an
integrated logistic service.
2009: creation of Durot Rotterdam in Rhoon.
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Services in general and agencies in particular are meant to be flexible and
adjust constantly to the specific needs of the principals as to the market
requirements in globo.
Therefore, and duly supported by the longstanding experience and knowhow of the
management and its staff, the company has been capable to go into divesifying
fields which do embrace a large number of additional activities meant to
increase the client’s comfort and his trust in a global approach of his logistic
demands and needs.
Durot Shipping does presently dispose of a large range of services enabling
either the Shipowner or the Cargo Shipper to meet tailor made solutions in
favour of their very needs.
That is why querying with Durot Shipping no longer has to be considered
an endless and stressful exercise.
At your first call and upon remittance of accurate and complete query details
the company’s inside network starts checking and a number of alternate solutions
are produced in hours.
The company’s ambition remains dedicated to the full satisfaction of its
clients - may they choose for the easiest job or the “global concept” - and
assisting them with personal service on all the various levels which transport
movements may embrace at sea, on land or in the air.
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