Ship broker sails into Singapore shipping market with reliable and scalable infrastructure
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd, one of the world’s largest ship broking companies, has expanded its agreement with Telstra International to include its Singapore office, supporting its international growth and increasing focus on Asian markets. Telstra International’s MPLS network provides the resilient, scalable and highly secure network needed to enable the effective operation of Howe Robinson’s offices globally.
Howe Robinson provides dry-cargo and containership broking services to ship owners, charterers, ship buyers and sellers across the globe. It is headquartered in London, but is continuing to expand its operations in Asia, due to the region’s increasing role as the world’s hub for shipping trade in the past decade. To support its growing commitment to the Asia market and its fast paced operations, the company has extended its agreement with Telstra International to include its Singapore office, in addition to its London, Hamburg, Shanghai and Hong Kong offices.
Howe Robinson’s brokers around the world require constant and secure access to centralised resources over the network to serve the client base effectively. Due to peaks in activity they require capacity to handle extremely high traffic at all times. Telstra International’s MPLS solution enables fast, reliable access from across its remote workforce in Asia and worldwide offices to its central servers in London. Without the reliable and highly secure infrastructure afforded by Telstra International’s solution, Howe Robinson’s productivity would be severely affected.
Howe Robinson’s IT strategy depends on this constant availability, as Haroldo Piacenti, IT Director, Howe Robinson, comments; “A high capacity, resilient IT infrastructure is critical to our business expansion and success. It is very important to have the assurance of the services that enable each of our offices to work efficiently, as our business relies on fast and efficient communications. By working with Telstra International we can be certain our offices around the world can support our customer base effectively.”
Andrew Wildblood, Vice President for Enterprise and MNC Sales, Telstra International, adds: “Leading global companies such as Howe Robinson are a great example of the growth opportunities in Asia. With our extensive knowledge and infrastructure in Asia-Pacific, Telstra International is the ideal provider for global companies such as Howe Robinson that depend on reliable and highly secure connectivity into the region.”