On 16th Mar 2018, SITC International and Guangzhou Port Group have held the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation between SITC Container Lines and Guangzhou Port and the new route announcement at Guangzhou Port Nansha Port Phase III Terminal. Both sides will play a role on their advantages to form a strong alliance in areas like market development, feeder cooperation, etc. By this, both sides could achieve resources sharing and advantages complementing so that the products and services of both companies could be extended and developed
Mr. Yang Xianxiang, CEO of SITC International, Mr. Lv Kaixian, General Manager of Strategic Development Centre of SITC Container Lines, Mr. Lau Shun Cheung, General Manager of SITC Line Shenzhen and Guangzhou, Mr. Liu Dunjie, General Manager of SITC Line Indonesia and other leaders, Mr. Song Xiaoming, Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Port Group Company Limited, Mr. Sun Bangcheng, General Manager of Department of Operation & Business, Mr. Hui Hongwu, General Manager of Nansha Container Terminal Branch Company and the corresponding leaders of district government, Customs and Inspection and quarantine have joined the signing ceremony. General Manager Mr. Lv Kaixian from SITC and Deputy General Manager Mr. Sun Bangcheng from GZ Port are the representatives respectively to sign the agreement. Representatives of over a hundred of foreign and domestic famous businesses and logistics companies from the Bay Area are invited for the ceremony
CEO Mr. Yang Xianxiang from SITC and Deputy General Manager Mr. Song Xiaoming have each delivered a brilliant speech during the ceremony. Representatives from SITC and GZ Port Group have also made a detailed introduction each on their own business. Representatives from the Government of Nansha district, Customs and Inspection and Quarantine Bureau have also each provided a deep interpretation of new policies in 2018
Last but not least, to act in concert with the instruction of strengthening the construction of the Bay Area by the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the development plan of Nansha Port Phase III Terminal, SITC Container Lines announced the establishment of direct service from Nansha to Indonesia, achieving the full coverage of service from Nansha to all Indonesia basic ports. The transit time of the direct service to Jakarta, Semarang and Surabaya are 6 days, 8 days and 10 days respectively, in which they are at the leading position in the industry. At the same time, SITC has newly added the direct service from Nansha to Makassar exclusively and it only requires 12 days. SITC will also provide transshipment service to Indonesia side ports
After the ceremony, all guests have visited the Nansha Port Phase III Terminal with the guidance of GZ Port Group. Nansha International Container Terminal (NICT), a branch of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd, has put into trial operation in 2014. It provides customers with comprehensive services, such as container loading and unloading, storage as well as relevant logistics and container management.
NICT, located at the estuary of Pearl River, is the geographic and geometric center with extremely convenient land and water transportation. Within 70 km trucking distance NICT covers several city clusters including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Dongguan. NICT has a sailing distance of 38 nm from Hong Kong, 41 nm from Macau and 35 nm from Guishan anchorage.