{"id":4997,"date":"2011-11-02T08:37:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T06:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2011-11-02T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T06:37:13","slug":"sino-global-announces-mou-with-southern-africas-shipping-agency-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sino-global-announces-mou-with-southern-africas-shipping-agency-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Sino-Global Announces MoU with Southern Africa&#8217;s Shipping Agency Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SINO), a leading non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with King &amp; Sons, a subsidiary of Grindrod Limited, a public company listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE: GNDP).<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the MOU, Sino-Global will appoint King &amp; Sons as an agent to attend Sino-Global vessels in all applicable South Africa ports and King &amp; Sons will recommend Sino-Global to act as its agent in China for the vessels loading in South Africa and discharging in China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As one of the oldest and most prestigious ships agencies, King &amp; Sons is the ideal partner for Sino-Global to expand our business in Southern Africa,&#8221; said Mr. Cao Lei, Sino-Global&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer. &#8220;This MOU should benefit both companies by generating incremental revenues and profits. We are looking forward to a mutually rewarding long term business relationship with King &amp; Sons and will seek to complete other such agreements at other major shipping ports in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Stephen Pike, New Business Development of King &amp; Sons, added, &#8220;The substantial and increasing volume of business conducted by our clients between Southern Africa- and Cina-based ports requires a strong partner in China.\u00a0 During our discussion with Sino-Global about the terms of this MOU, we were pleased to provide our quality service to the first vessel appointed by Sino-Global.\u00a0 We expect to serve more ships from China and believe that Sino-Global&#8217;s history of high-quality service and ability to provide shipping agency services to ships in China&#8217;s ports will add tremendous value to our existing offering of logistics, brokering and chartering services.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SINO), a leading non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with King &amp; Sons, a subsidiary of Grindrod Limited, a public company listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE: GNDP). 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