ateia Gipuzkoa 

Presentation

In order to promote the professional interests of freight forwarding companies and to offer a guarantee to their clients, the Association was set up on 28 November 1977, initially called APTEIG, with 7 associated companies.

Today ateia Gipuzkoa-OLT -Association of Freight Forwarders - Organisation for Logistics and Transport-, is made up of 22 associated companies that concentrate an approximate volume of loads of 14 million tonnes in imports and 16 million tonnes in exports, a net turnover of around 400 million € and a volume of direct employment of more than 700 people and another 600 indirectly.

Objectives of the Association

The representation, management, defence and promotion of the common professional interests of its members.

In order to develop this purpose, it primarily carries out the following activities:

• the representation, management, defence and promotion of the economic, social and professional interests common to its members.
• intervention in labour relations, contributing to the defence and promotion of its own economic and social interests, through actions such as collective bargaining, collective labour disputes, social dialogue and institutional participation in the public bodies of the Public Administrations.
• consequently, the association shall have the character of an employers' organisation.
• cooperation with National and/or International Organisations related to the activity, by means of the corresponding membership and collaboration to be determined.
• the establishment of its own services of common interest for its members.
• the administration and disposal of its own resources, whether budgetary or patrimonial, and their application to the aims and activities of the Association.
• all other functions of a similar nature considered necessary or convenient for the fulfilment of its aims and for the defence of the legitimate interests of its members.

Board of Directors

It is made up of a group of professionals who, in their personal capacity, have been elected by the representatives of the Affiliated Companies for a period of four years, with the exception of the Secretary and the Legal Advisor, for whom our Internal Regulations provide for different treatment.