fiji shipping agents association - Transport Planning Unit
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Infrastructure & Logistics in Fiji
Doing Business in Fiji<br />
• Operating 2 Major Sea-Port<br />
• One Major Airport
Doing Business in Fiji<br />
• International Security becoming tougher on<br />
Business houses and investors.<br />
• Private sector funds/ delayed VAT refunds causing<br />
cashflow concerns
Infrastructure - Airports<br />
• Nausori Airport – International Flights Commenced<br />
• Extensions to Nadi Airport for B787 long range flights<br />
est. to cost F$400million<br />
• Airfreight cargo to USA. 100% screening by August<br />
2010.<br />
• FJ new service to HK to commenced
Regional/Domestic Services –<br />
Pacific Sun<br />
• Closure of Air Fiji<br />
• Additional twin otter to cater for outer Island<br />
• Upgrade of Rotuma to handle ATR42<br />
• Adding ATR 72 to fleet to support Regional Services.
Suva Port
Sea-Ports<br />
• Suva Port – Rokobili Development<br />
• Purchase 2 new 45ton forklifts<br />
• Negotiating with F/Lift lease company to provide total<br />
requirements.<br />
• Gotwald 100ton Shore cranes. 2 in Suva, 1 in Lautoka
Lautoka Port<br />
• FPCL reclaim 12 acres waterfront land for port related<br />
activitie<br />
• Extension complete of main phase 120meters –<br />
structured for mobile crane access.
Ship-Building & Slipways<br />
• FPCL taken over Management of 1,000/500/200ton<br />
slipway & facilities<br />
• Consultant being employed to build 4,000ton dry<br />
dock.<br />
• IMEL currently operate 1,000ton floating dock.
Development of Outer Is. Ports<br />
• Govt will develop/upgarde Jetties at<br />
• Labasa/Malau<br />
• Savusavu/Malaga Bay<br />
• Rotuma<br />
• Yasawa-i-ra<br />
• Wairiki / Bua<br />
• Assistance of soft from Exim Bank - China
Logisitics – Fiji the Hub of the<br />
Pacific
Logistics<br />
• Fiji the Hub of the Pacific<br />
• Seafreight – Aust / Nz / Asia to Fiji then to Wallis /<br />
Futuna / Tuvalu / Kiribati<br />
• Airfreight – started with a Mobile network provider<br />
using Nadi as a Hub. Plans to increase volumes into<br />
Nadi for the Region<br />
• Domestic Barge operator taking the loads of Fiji Roads<br />
• Off-Wharf container depots – future plans
HSD IMPORT CLIENT BY SECTOR 2009<br />
NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT TOTAL<br />
AUST 79 109 45 67 55 29 65 33 52 42 576<br />
NZ 9 9 35 38 42 32 37 16 21 19 258<br />
USA 76 92 25 57 67 59 62 26 24 59 547<br />
ASIA 161 184 122 136 105 181 199 95 91 137 1411<br />
EUROPE 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 16 38 68<br />
TOTAL 329 394 227 299 270 301 367 174 204 295 0 0 2860<br />
TOP CLIENT P1-<br />
PEAK MONTH P12<br />
(P1 to P07) cargo contribution by sector as<br />
follows:<br />
AUST 576 TEUS DEC FPS<br />
ASIA 1411 TEUS MAY W&G<br />
USA 547 TEUS DEC Carpenters Shipping<br />
NZ 258 TEUS MAR GFI/ORICA<br />
EUROPE<br />
68 TEUS<br />
USA<br />
19%<br />
NZ<br />
9%<br />
EUROPE<br />
3%<br />
AUST<br />
20%<br />
AUST<br />
ASIA<br />
USA<br />
NZ<br />
EUROPE<br />
ASIA<br />
49%
Suva to Lautoka Domestic Barge
Fiji the Transhipment Hub
Nadarivatu Dam – Sino Hydro
Nadarivatu Dam – Sino Hydro
Nadarivatu Dam – Sino Hydro
Nadarivatu Dam – Sino Hydro
Nadarivatu Dam – Sino Hydro
Antonov in Fiji
Logistics in Fiji - Off Wharf
Ship it and see!<br />
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Shipping Services<br />
to Fiji From Asia<br />
Shipping Line Fiji Agent Frequency Transit Time Rate Indication<br />
Transhipment NZ<br />
Maersk Line Shipping Services 2 weeks 22 days US1700<br />
Hamburg Sud W&G Limited 2 weeks 22 days US1700<br />
Hapag Lloyd Carpenters Ship 2 weeks 22 days US1700<br />
PIL Line Transam Fiji 3 weeks 26 days US1650<br />
MISC NPT Agency 3 weeks 26 days US1700<br />
Direct<br />
TOL (Swires) Pacific Agency 2 weeks 18 days US1750<br />
CMA CGM NPTAgency 4 weeks 28 days US1650<br />
Carpenters Carpenters Ship 4 weeks 28 days US1650<br />
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Asia - Fiji<br />
Fiji<br />
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Commodities Carried and Est.<br />
Volumes per month<br />
Commodity Volume Frequency Line Importer<br />
Foodstuff/Rice 200 x 20 Per month Various FMF/Punjas/Visama/Motibhai<br />
Supermarket Items 200x 20 Per month Various MHs/RB Patel/ New World<br />
Furniture/appliance 150 x 20 Per month Various Courts/Rups/MHs<br />
Hardware general 100 x 20 Per month Various Manubhai/Vinod Patel<br />
Others 250 x 20 Per month Various Various<br />
900 TEUS Per month<br />
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Developing Fiji into the Shipping Hub of the Pacific.
Hubbing Concept what it<br />
Means for Fiji<br />
• Using Fiji as a Hub means that more containers would<br />
be discharged and loaded in Suva including Empties.<br />
• More Revenue for Fiji Ports Corporation<br />
• More Employment created on the Port<br />
• More Employment for our Seafarers<br />
• More dependency on Fiji by Island Countries
Why we Chose<br />
Fiji as the Hub<br />
• Shore cranes in Suva<br />
• Good Port infrastructure<br />
• Good Physical location<br />
• Increasing Stevedore Productivity<br />
• Wider berth – deep Harbour
Fiji – Hub of the Pacific<br />
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The Southern Trader – The First Leg<br />
Calls AKL/NOU then to Suva.<br />
Employs 15 Fijian Crew<br />
Built - 2008<br />
Flag - Singapore<br />
Lloyds Number - 9408449<br />
GRT/NRT - 6245/2656<br />
DWT - 8164<br />
LOA - 114.43 metres<br />
Beam - 20.80 metres<br />
TEU Capacity - 628 TEU<br />
Reefer Capacity - 60 plugs<br />
Speed - 14.00 Knots<br />
Cargo Gear - 2 x 45t Cranes
Southern Phoenix – 2 nd Leg<br />
Suva Based – calls Funafuti /<br />
Tarawa/Wallis & Futuna<br />
Built - 1998<br />
Flag - Antigua & Barbuda<br />
Lloyds Number - 9375874<br />
GRT/NRT - 2588/1376<br />
DWT - 3345<br />
LOA - 86.53 metres<br />
Beam - 12.80 metres<br />
TEU Capacity - 167 TEU<br />
Reefer Capacity - 0 plugs<br />
Speed - 12.50 Knots<br />
Cargo Gear -
Financial Benefits for Fiji & Fiji<br />
Ports<br />
Tally on 20ft containers exported under the<br />
Transhipment Hub Program<br />
TRANSHIPMENT TARAWA FUNAFUTI WALLIS FUTUNA<br />
January 18 39 33 24<br />
Feb 35 40 13 83<br />
March 14 23 21 22<br />
April 34 46 48 8<br />
May 64 116 145 25<br />
June 52 65 55 26<br />
July 78 46 55 37<br />
August<br />
TOTAL 295 375 370 225<br />
Total Port Charges for 8 voyage calls<br />
made<br />
F$160,000.00<br />
Total Stevedoring Handling charges<br />
F$202,400.00<br />
Other benefits not accounted for:<br />
1. Empty container handling Revenue<br />
2. Pilotage & Launch Hire Revenue<br />
3. Employment by Fijian Seafarers on<br />
the Southern Trader.<br />
Note: this revenue could have been lost to<br />
Samoa or other Pacific Islands – but for<br />
Transam Fiji’s insistence on Fiji being the<br />
ideal location
About Transam (Fiji) Limited<br />
& other Transam Agencies in the<br />
Pacific<br />
(VLI) Port Vila<br />
TRANSAM VANUATU<br />
(WLS) Wallis<br />
(FUT) Futuna<br />
TRANSAM WALLIS<br />
(APW) Apia<br />
TRANSAM SAMOA<br />
(PPG)<br />
TRANSAM PAGO<br />
(NOU) Noumea<br />
TRANSAM NOUMEA<br />
(LTK) Lautoka<br />
(SUV) Suva<br />
TRANSAM FIJI<br />
(TBU) Nuku’alofa<br />
TRANSAM SHIPPING TONGA<br />
(PPT) Papeete<br />
TRANSAM POLYNESIE<br />
(NLK) Norfolk Island<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
TRANSAM ARGOSY<br />
(AKL) Auckland<br />
PACIFIC DIRECT LINE<br />
NEW ZEALAND
Transam Fiji Profile<br />
• Transam (Fiji) is Owned by Williams & Gosling Limited 40%, Pacific Direct<br />
Line 40% and Reef Shipping Limited 20%.<br />
• Started operations in Fiji, November 01 st 2007.<br />
• Transam Fiji has offices in Suva and Lautoka and is part of the bigger Transam<br />
Network throughout the Pacific.<br />
• Currently there are nine Transam Shipping Agencies located in American<br />
Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanuatu and<br />
Wallis.<br />
• Transam Shipping Agencies are the largest <strong>shipping</strong> agency network in the<br />
South Pacific, and have been operating since 1993<br />
• Transam Fiji has 11 Staff and still recruiting…headed by Ms. Losalini Seva
Transam Fiji Profile<br />
TRANSAM<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
Losalini Seva<br />
Agency Manager<br />
Bola Garnett<br />
Customer Service<br />
Frances Wise<br />
Accounts Supervisor<br />
Marama Tamani<br />
Freight Supervisor<br />
Arvin Chand<br />
Container Controller<br />
Satish Mani<br />
Lautoka Supervisor<br />
Davina Prasad<br />
Transam Sales<br />
Ratishma Devi<br />
Accounts Clerk<br />
Salanieta Bui<br />
Freights Clerk<br />
Vishaal Prakash<br />
Container Control<br />
Transam Sales<br />
New Position<br />
Nora<br />
Receptionist /<br />
Messenger
Transam (Fiji) are<br />
Agents for<br />
• Pacific Direct Line<br />
• Pacific International Lines<br />
Reef Shipping<br />
Cooltainer<br />
Cruise Ship agencies<br />
Panamex Pacific Inc (Research Vessel)<br />
• International Freight Forwarders (1)
Transam (Fiji) Limited brief<br />
History<br />
• Started Operations November 2007<br />
• With 4 staff – today we have 11 staff all Locals<br />
• November 2008 recorded a after Tax profit of<br />
F$170,000<br />
• February 2009 – Bought a Office Building worth<br />
NZ$400,000<br />
• July 2009 – with the current trend, will finish off the<br />
year with a Profit exceeding F$300,000
Transam (Fiji) & Williams &<br />
Gosling
Transam with W&G<br />
connections<br />
• Together, Transam offers an one stop shop package in<br />
terms of Air / Sea / Land transportation. Freight<br />
Forwarding, warehousing, container depot, Courier<br />
services
Transam (Fiji) Other Initiatives<br />
• Setting up a EQ3 Container wash facility to be fully<br />
accredited by MAF and AQUIS of Australia. To attract<br />
more empty containers into Fiji…more revenue for<br />
Ports<br />
• The setting up of Transam Fiji Logistics growing its<br />
link and using Fiji as the base for smaller items 1 or 2<br />
cartons to be consolidated in Fiji for other Islands.<br />
• Encouraging other Shipping Lines like Maersk and<br />
CMA out of Europe to use Fiji as a drop off point for<br />
cargoes to any destination in the Pacific<br />
• To open up trading routes to the Marshall Islands and<br />
PNG
Transam (Fiji) Limited<br />
Initiatives Cont’d<br />
• Introducing modern Refrigerated containers called<br />
High cubes….
FIJI<br />
• The Way the World should be…<br />
Dave Aidney – Williams &<br />
Gosling Ltd.
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