JCS Seafood Namibia
About Us
JCS Seafood Namibia came in to being after
the 3 previously disadvantaged shareholders realized the
entrepreneurial opportunity in the harvesting, processing and
marketing of seafood products. The company was established in June
2005. At the beginning we started as a pure marketing company
exporting seafood products to Europe - mainly to Netherlands and
Spain. After we experienced a decline in volumes during July 2006
because of reduced volumes and small size of hake landed by our two
main suppliers, we consequently decided to diversify JCS operations.
In order to reduce dependency on suppliers, we started to operate our
own vessel called MFV JCS
I. It is a state of the
art wet fish trawler with 2200 horse power, which is capable of
landing 3,000 metric tons of wet hake on an annual basis.
Combined, the
management of JCS Seafood Namibia brings more than 20 years of
experience in the highly competitive fishing industry. We established
most quality management systems in Namibia, and have gone through the
ranks at senior management level in the Namibian Fishing Industry.
With our specialist knowledge in marketing and fishing operations, our
company is having that unique potential to guarantee our clientele
high quality products on a consistent basis. Further, we continue to
source other seafood products in accordance with the specifications
and requirements of our customers.
Our strength is
that we negotiate with a specific local and international producers
who do not have their own marketing arm or specialist capabilities.
This way we differentiate ourselves from traders in our financial
stability and our vision to build constructive and long-term
relationships with producers and our customers.
One-Stop
Approach
The diversity in sources allows us to offer our customers an
ever-expanding variety of seafood products.
Thanks to a wide
range of agreements with different suppliers in Namibia, South Africa
and Tanzania, JCS Seafood Namibia can guarantee stability and
consistency in supply. Linked to our competitive approach to pricing,
we can offer both to our clients and producers.
We can even
assist with the full spectrum of marketing, sales and branding. Our
company can supply the various seafood products in the branded
packaging of our suppliers or our clients, not limited to develop
specific packaging for a private label.
More and more
producers prefer to deal with JCS Seafood Namibia as collaborative
partner, since many are exclusively production-oriented. Their core
business and specialist capabilities remain in the manufacture of
seafood as efficiently as possible.
Thus, the entire
distribution chain from producer to end-consumer does not form part of
their core business and therefore it makes good business sense to
outsource these activities to specialists like us, JCS Seafood
Namibia.