HOME   |   LOCATIONS   |   CONTACT US   |  

Corporate Offices: 310.483.7400
19600 Magellan Drive Torrance, CA 90502

1949 22 January 1949 -- Meiko Trans Co., Ltd. established.
1949 Licensed as a customs broker.
1949 Launched business operations.
1950 Began sales of warehousing operations.
1951 Authorized to issue warehouse receipts.
1951
Registered as a port-transportation business.
Class 1 -- General port transportation , Class 2 -- Stevedoring
Class 3 -- Barge transportation , Class 4 -- Longshoring
1952 Designated as a handler of imported cotton.
1955 Tokyo Sub-branch Office and Osaka Sub-branch Office opened.
1962 Warehousing permit obtained.
1962 Listed in Section 2 of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
1962 Class 1 through 4 licenses obtained for port-transportation business.
1964 Inner-harbor transportation and handling permit obtained.
1964 Hakata Sub-branch Office opened.
1968 Freight-forwarding operations inaugurated.
1969 Automobile transportation and handling operations launched.
1969 Inner-harbor transportation and handling permit obtained.
1970 Customs-clearance permit obtained (Nagoya Customs).
1970 San Mode Freight Service, Inc. established (U.S.A.).
1972 Nambu Office opened.
1973 Meiko Warehousing, Inc. established (U.S.A.).
1975 Sapporo Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1976 Meiko Freight Service, Inc. established (U.S.A.).
1976 Moji Sales Office opened.
1976 Customs-clearance permit obtained (Moji Customs).
1976 Inner-harbor transportation permit obtained.
1977 Seattle Stationed Personnel Office and Los Angeles Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1977 Yokkaichi Sub-branch Office opened.
1977 Kumamoto Sales Office opened.
1977 Customs-clearance permit obtained (Nagasaki Customs).
1978 Meiko Europe N.V. established (Belgium).
1978 Tokyo Sub-branch Office upgraded to Tokyo Branch.
1979 Chicago Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1979 Air Freight Sales Office established.
1980 Shinagawa Sales Office opened under the Tokyo Branch.
1981 Customs-clearance permit obtained (Tokyo Customs).
1981 Sapporo Stationed Personnel Office upgraded to Sapporo Sales Office.
1981 New York Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1982 Certified as an International Air Transport Association (IATA) air-cargo agent.
1983 Singapore Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1984 Yokkaichi Sales Office opened.
1984 Baraki Sales Office opened under the Tokyo Branch.
1984 Non-Vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) license also obtained
under new marine-transport legislation in the U.S.A.
1985 Dusseldorf Office of Meiko Europe opened.
1985 Hakata Sub-branch Office upgraded to Kyushu Branch.
1985 Name of local subsidiary changed to Meiko America, Inc. (U.S.A.)
1985 Osaka Sub-branch Office upgraded to Osaka Branch.
1985 Stevedoring and longshoring integrated by revision of the Port Transport Business Law,
and license for harbor loading and unloading obtained.
1986 Meiko Euroexpress N.V. established in Antwerp, Belgium.
1986 Yokkaichi Sales Office upgraded to Yokkaichi Branch.
1987 Suwa Sales Office and Hamamatsu Sales Office opened.
1987 Columbus Office of Meiko America opened.
1987 Nagoya Airport Sales Office opened.
1988 Meiko Trans Canada, Inc. established.
1988 Fukuoka Airport Sales Office opened under the Kyushu Branch.
1988 Designated as a London Metal Exchange (LME) business.
1988 Meiko Trans Singapore Pte., Ltd. established.
1989 Hong Kong Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1989 Narita Airport Sales Office opened.
1990 Air-freight forwarder permit obtained.
1991 Kobe Sales Office opened under the Osaka Branch.
1994 Shanghai Stationed Personnel Office opened.
1994 Hong Kong Stationed Personnel Office upgraded to Meiko Trans (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.,
a locally incorporated company.
1996 Meiko Trans (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established.
1997 Yokohama Sales Office opened.
1997 Meiko Logistics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established.
1997 Sendai Sales Office opened.
1997 Airport Office opened under Meiko Trans (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
1998 ISO 9002 certification obtained (Marine Operations Department, Container Department,
and Air Freight Department).
1999 Dusseldorf Stationed Personnel Office upgraded to Dusseldorf Branch.
1999 Toyohashi Sales Office opened.
1999 Mikawa Port General port-transportation license (limited) obtained.
2000 Shanghai Stationed Personnel Office upgraded to Meiko Trans (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.,
a locally incorporated company.
2001 ISO 9001 certification obtained (Yokkaichi Branch).
2001 ISO 14001 certification obtained (Yokkaichi Branch and Nambu Office).
2002 Guangzhou Office opened under Meiko Trans (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
2002 Industrial-waste collection and transportation permits obtained
(for Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya).
2003 Suzhou Stationed Personnel Office opened.
2004 ISO 9001 certification obtained (Kyushu Branch).
2005 Guangzhou Office upgraded to Meiko Trans (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.,
a locally incorporated company.
2005 Central Japan International Airport Sales Office opened.(Seagull Centrair Terminal)
2005 Shanghai Meiko International Logistics Co., Ltd. established.
2005 Poland Branch opened under Meiko Europe N.V.
2006 ISO 14001 certification obtained (Kyushu Branch).
2006 Poland Branch upgraded to Meiko Trans Polska Sp. z o.o.
a locally incorporated company.
2007 ISO 14001 certification obtained (Integration of 9 Sites including Head Office).
2007 Completed Tobishima Meiko Logistics Center Office.
2007 Started warehousing operation at Meiko Trans Polska Sp. z o.o.
2008 Meiko Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd. established.
2009 Moscow Representative Office opened.



----------------------------
   A Brief Background
----------------------------
   Company Information
----------------------------
   Meiko Trans
----------------------------
   Meiko America, Inc.
----------------------------

© Copyright 2011 Meiko America, Inc.