The Forwarding Agencies Network Association (“FANA”) was created to establish an international organization of owner operated Freight Forwarders/NVOCC’s, supporting one another in sales, marketing and operational matters to achieve quality of service, reliability and security for the members’ mutual benefit.

Our strength in numbers allows us to successfully compete with the large multinational forwarders all the while offering to clients the superior flexibility and responsiveness of dealing with a locally owner operated firm.

FANA is an organization legally incorporated in Hong Kong. Each Member remains independent and is allowed to continue their existing business relationship with their current agents, but it is expected that each Member will endeavor to promote and strengthen business with the other FANA Members. It is agreed to work jointly under a uniform logo and banner and to conduct business in an ethical, fair and professional manner.

It has been agreed that each country is to be represented by one Full Member only, with the exceptions of the United States of America, China, India and Brazil. An Associate Member from a country already represented may be nominated by the Full Member of that same country should the Member consider it appropriate. FANA currently has Full Members representing China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and South Africa.

The FANA Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held every 12 months in a different country. Each Full Member has voting rights. Associated Members are welcome to attend the AGM but do not have any voting rights. Any Member is eligible to be elected Chairman for the following year.

Applicants must be nominated by the Membership Committee and complete and sign the FANA Agreement and Questionnaire provided to them by the Committee. Completed applications are circulated to the Membership Committee members and, subject to majority acceptance by them, the submitting applicants are invited for a trial membership period of not less than six months. Final acceptance is made by vote of the full Membership at the next AGM.

Standing committees have been established over the years including the above mentioned Membership Committee and an Ethics Committee. The Ethics Committee adjudicates inter Member disputes with binding on all parties resolutions. Happily, their services are rarely required as most members settle their own few disagreements in a fair and equitable fashion as befits capable independent business people.
Assorted ad hoc committees have been established over the years to address particular areas of concern to the membership and have been duly dissolved once their work was done