1963: |
Formed by William Edgar Deane and based at Monument Street in the city of London primarily offering freight forwarding services and airfreight. IATA Approved. |
1965: |
Moved to new premises in Idol Lane in the city. |
1967: |
Satellite office opened in Basildon Essex. |
1968: |
Moved to Barking office in the town centre with warehousing on current site– set-up after deregulation whereby freight forwarders could use their own consolidation warehouses within the Thames area. |
1971: |
Opened London Heathrow office in the cargo building which was situated on the site that Terminal 5 now stands on. |
1972: |
Present M.D. Robert Falconer joined the company. Developing a strong sea-freight department and
building the foundations of what the company is today. |
1975: |
Opened Felixstowe office (Trelawny House) to represent Scandinavian Ferries who were operating between Felixstowe and Oslo. |
1994: |
Work started on our present Head office building Mayesbrook House with works completed in 1996. |
1999: |
W.E. Deane S.A. (PTY) LTD was formed. There are three directors, the Managing Director who is based in South Africa, with the two other Directors based in the UK. |
1999: |
Speke operation began for the purpose of automotive based sequencing. |
2001: |
Southampton plant opened specifically for Automotive sequencing and distribution. |
2002: |
Opened office in Rotterdam for handling of seafreight from South Africa and other seafreight destinations. |
2008: |
One of the first companies to get AEO accreditation. |
2008: |
Office opened in Zurich for projects; as well as Air and Sea operations. |
2009: |
Opened new fully operational depot in the West Midlands. |