The company is a family-run business established in August 2013 registered in the UK and trading as World Klass Shipping Specialist in Ghana, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Michael Obeng has stated.

Mr. Michael Obeng

Speaking at the opening ceremony on Thursday, December 23, 2021, Mr. Obeng said “the company started from a very humble beginning and by the grace of God First Klass Shipping Specialist Ltd., has become the fastest-growing Door-to-Door Shipping Company from UK to Ghana”.

He described the new office building as “a very historic and above all an enviable milestone in the corporate journey of Speaking at the grand opening ceremony.… We are proud of the position we have attained in the Shipping industry as we are currently the first choice of most Ghanaians who do Shipping to Ghana”.

Touching on some of the achievements of the company, Mr Obeng said, First Klass Shipping has helped thousands of Ghanaians Shop online from the UK and has had the items shipped and delivered to their homes in Ghana successfully without any glitches

He further stated that the company made online shopping easier for all Ghanaians even amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic which has left a trail of devastation in its wake while leaving the world in a state of uncertainty with its accompanied long-term consequences.
 

He, however, admitted that the company has also had its share of challenges owing to the Covid 19 outbreak.

“In the line of our operations, First Klass Shipping Specialist has also made online shopping easier for all Ghanaians even amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic which has left a trail of devastation in its wake while leaving the world in a state of uncertainty with its accompanied long-term consequences,” he said.

He recalled that the company had just one van making deliveries in Ghana when it began operations but it can currently boast of some appreciable fleet of cars which have helped to streamline operations and most importantly satisfying clients by making prompt deliveries.

“We have also instituted a reliable system of tracking of goods and items including the monitoring of our fleets which makes us the best Shipping Company providing a more secured and safer delivery of goods and items. I’m glad to say that we have lived up to our mission and desire to ensure that all Ghanaians receive a friendly, professional faster, cheaper, safer, and stress-free shopping and shipping services from the UK to Ghana,” Mr. Obeng added.

On what the future holds for First Klass Shipping, he said the company is seeking to improve upon what it is currently doing,” so we assure our customers and clients of a more reliable and robust scheme of operations., he added”

On Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), he said “As part of some of our CSR projects, we built and launched an ultra-modern public toilet facility at Atwedie in the Asante Akyem South District of the Ashanti Region. We also make donations every year to orphanages, the needy, widows, street children among others.”

The grand opening of the First Klass Shipping edifice was graced by the Abese Mantse, Nii Abonsieku I, some customers, clients of the company among others.

The event also had performances from First Klass Music signed-act, Obibini Takyi Junior and Kuame Eugene.