Romantic Journey to South Pacific Island Countries: SGF Successfully Interprets the "Spring Festival Stall" of Bulk Cargo Shipping

The first island nation on Earth to greet the sun

What Scottish writer Stevenson called "South Pacific Paradise"

CBS outdoor reality TV filming location

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 Samoa has been given many romantic labels, wild and aesthetic intertwined, the country is small in size, but the tourism economy is very developed.

Get to know Samoa in one minute

Located in the southern Pacific Ocean and western Samoa, the Independent State of Samoa consists of two main islands, Upolu and Savaii, and eight nearby islets. The land area is 2,934 square kilometers, and the exclusive marine economic zone covers an area of 120,000 square kilometers. Most of the territory is covered by jungle and has a tropical rainforest climate.

Samoa's economy is predominantly agricultural, producing coconuts, cocoa, breadfruit, and bananas. Industries include small-scale light industry and agro-processing industry. Tourism is also one of the main pillars of Samoa's economy.

Aerial view of Port apia

To say that the biggest threat that has swept the world in the past two years is the new crown epidemic - economic development has stagnated, personnel exchanges have been blocked, holiday travel, work trips have been at the mercy of the "health code" color. 

Although people can't go out of the country, the goods can't be shipped, and our company's sea, land and air business is still in full swing.

Introduction to the business case of SGF

In November 2021, SGF received the entrustment of the central enterprise customer to invite our company to participate in the project bidding, and after strict review and market competition, our company successfully took over the bulk cargo charter transportation business of the customer's Samoa project.

Route Map

At the end of January 2022, the bulk cargo ship leased by our company, loaded with dump trucks, construction machinery and equipment and other engineering materials, departed from Shanghai Port and sailed to Apia Port of Samoa. This batch of goods totaled about 10,000 billable tons, using a single hanging method, rapid unloading and delivery, practicing the purpose of green shipping, and meeting customer needs as much as possible during the epidemic.

Challenges & Analysis
1. The destination country is an island country, which belongs to the remote port, and the ocean-going cargo ship is not often docked and moored.

2. The end of the year to the Spring Festival is the explosion season of the shipping market, and "no ship to rent" has become a major problem and challenge.

3. the customer requires chartered ships, the time limit is only one and a half months, coupled with the loading period before the Spring Festival, the situation of pressing the port and the port is serious, the time is tight, the difficulty is large, and the risk is difficult to predict.

4. The time of arrival of the ship at the destination port is during the domestic Spring Festival holiday, and it is difficult to coordinate the work of all parties.

the business site of SGF

The geographical location of the destination port is remote, and the time coincides with the eve of the Spring Festival, and the shipping charter market is in short supply, so it is not too much to say that "a ship is difficult to find".

In the face of many challenges, our company quickly took the following countermeasures with high professionalism.

Solutions & business highlights
1. the ship is too big, the port too remote - after the comparison and measurement of different ports, the best choice is to dock at the Luojing port terminal, SGF fully excavated the company's contacts, and won the earliest docking to the greatest extent.

2. the Spring Festival holiday, the supply exceeds the demand - our staff at any time to follow up, year-round and non-stop supervision of business operations, do not let go of every instruction details of customers.

3. overbooking and port congestion is serious - our company exerts a solid ability to clear the port, to achieve timely berthing of ships and cargoes.

4. Foresee unexpected situations in advance and make emergency plans.

Advantages

Feature——Breakbulk cargo charter/charter business is our characteristic business and has outstanding advantages

Capability——Experience and ability to undertake large projects, personalized customization program in a short period of time

Experience——Rich team experience, as well as experience in breakbulk cargo marine charter related projects

Upgrading project of Apia Port of Samoa 

“Good faith, Goods fate.”

Shanghai Good Faith Logistics has always practiced the business philosophy of taking customer needs as the criterion, real-time and effective communication as the basic literacy, and providing services carefully, attentively and heartly, insisting on carrying forward the spirit of good faith and building a good brand.