TIME WORLD FREIGHT, a global logistics and freight forwarding company headquartered in Dubai, U.A.E. and its sister company in India, Logistic Integrators, have gained a ‘shop window’ with corporations in the oil and gas sector by joining Achilles FPAL - an online community which is used by over 100 buyers from oil and gas companies.

TIME WORLD FREIGHT and Logistics Integrators received FPAL Certification and they are now fully registered on the Achilles First Point Assessment Database for suppliers to the Oil & Gas Industry for the provision of freight forwarding, logistics and warehousing services. The companies will now be able to share on an online platform its capabilities in key business areas, such as quality, health and safety and financial performance.

Achilles works to ensure suppliers’ information is accurate via data validation and desktop and physical audits. The FPAL community serves the procurement needs of the wider European oil & gas market, whilst maintaining firm roots within North Sea operations. FPAL is an industry-run community of operators, contractors and suppliers working in collaboration to promote a fair and transparent supply chain.

Usman Rehman, Time World Group’s Chairman, said: “By joining the biggest supply chain risk management community supporting the North Sea and European oil and gas industry, Time World Freight and Logistic Integrators are in the best position to be considered for work with major oil and gas buyers. Achilles FPAL is a simple and successful model which has operated since 1997 by streamlining procurement and reducing cost for suppliers and buyers.”