Issue 173, December 2017

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1 CONTENTS Highlights CWT Globelink Annual Conference 2017 Weekly Globelink Chengdu Lodz Rail Service Country Focus Indonesia New Service Advisory Hong Kong to Karachi Others Holidays in December 2017 Highlights CWT Globelink Annual Conference 2017 The CWT Globelink Annual Conference 2017 took place on 23 to 27 October in Chengdu, China and welcomed over 180 delegates from all over the world. A city endowed with plentiful natural resources and sites of historic interest, Chengdu is home to China's living treasures the Giant Panda, as well as many other endangered species. With 23 a history of over 2,400 years, it is also a gateway to the country s most spectacular natural wonders and Chengdu's local cuisine is world renowned for its delicious spiciness. The meeting officially started on Monday with a welcome address and keynote speech from our Executive Chairman, Mr CW Tan, and Group CEO, Mr Daniel Tok.

2 The conference provided excellent opportunities for all delegates to exchange business ideas to strengthen mutual ties, foster better understanding of the market condition in each territory and move unanimously towards achieving a common goal. It was not just all about serious work as participants enjoyed a number of exciting activities and networking receptions, including a magnificent Chinese drum performance put up by our Executive Chairman Mr CW Tan and a birthday celebration held at Pint Beer Museum & Bar for the October babies. The Globelink Annual Conference is never completed without a Gala Dinner, an evening full of celebration and feasting! The Belarus guests were kept entertained throughout the dinner with games and performances specially prepared for the occasion.

3 Issue 173, December 2017 A networking tour to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was specially organized on the last day of the conference for our delegates to have a glimpse of Sichuan s most famous residents outside of a zoo. The base focuses on promoting public awareness for wildlife and environmental conservation. The second stop was at Huanglongxi Ancient Town. With a rich history of more than 1,700 years, it is definitely worth a visit to experience the ancient Chinese culture and taste the traditional local snacks. Special thanks to Globelink Shanghai for the great support rendered before and during the event, and a big thank you to all who have contributed in one way or another in making the event a great success!

4 We announced our new RAIL service Chengdu to Lodz in November, and the feedback from the market has been overwhelming. Rail freight is an intermediary product with transit time faster than by ocean, and is more cost effective as compared to movement by air. Cargo suitable for rail movement includes electronics, automotive parts and machineries etc which are often needed for just-in-time manufacturing. We provide pre-carriage pickup from all origins in China to Chengdu Rail, and at destination Lodz, we can also provide on-carriage delivery to mainland Europe!

5 Dangerous goods & heavy lift handling Globelink Indonesia, established since 2010, provide wide range of sea freight forwarding services including our core business of NVOCC operator, cargo transshipment, consolidation services for less than container load (LCL) & full container load (FCL) cargo from and to most major ports all over the world. We currently have a total presence of 4 offices in major ports and sub-agents in minor ports: Jakarta (Country Head Office) Belawan Semarang Surabaya Globelink Indonesia owns the largest CFS (Container Freight Station) operator in Indonesia. The CFS is located in APW Building within the Indonesia port (Tanjung Priok). We have a container handling capacity of 3,000 TEUS per month. Inbound containers are devanned within 48 hours upon discharged and computer generated discrepancy or damaged reports are transmitted to our partners within Stuffing/ Unstuffing of container 01 Containers haulage/ trucking 03 Cargo & container photo taking Our CFS Services & Facilities 04 Documentation clearance 05 Cargo repalletizing, repacking & labeling 06 Dangerous goods & heavy lift handling hours after devanning.

6 We live up to our professional standards in providing good service to meet customer needs. This is displayed through our flexibility in accepting your goods within the stuffing date without any extra surcharge and our warehouse operator provide a very professional service to fulfill our customer needs. Comprehensive Service Coverage Globelink Indonesia offers multiple sailing schedule weekly and quality carrier options to fulfill customer needs of reaching cargo at destination with shorter transit time. Our comprehensive service coverage allowed us to achieve market leader standing in the following regions: INTRA-Asia, Asia to LATAM Asia to Middle East Asia to Med-Nordic Asia to Africa We strongly serve 17 direct export services and 20 direct import services.

7 Niche Trade Lanes Belawan to Singapore and Port Klang Surabaya to Port Klang We do inland transportation to interisland in Indonesia such as Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Papua and Bali. IT Capabilites We provide shipment visibility from booking cargo release system, whereby you could trace your cargo location, and we provide online sailing schedule which is updated monthly. DG Capabilites Globelink Indonesia provides direct LCL DG services to various PODs. Jakarta offers direct export DG LCL service to Singapore, Port Klang, Ho Chi Minh, Busan, Manila North & Keelung. Belawan, Surabaya has the same to Singapore & Port Klang, while Semarang accepts DG cargo to Singapore. Indonesia can export all kinds of DG, subject to acceptance by carriers and destination. For import into Indonesia, POL Singapore acts as hub to aggregate DG cargo. DG acceptance at POD Indonesia revolves around DG IMO 3, 6, 8 and 9 which carriers can usually accept from Singapore. For more information on rates or sailing schedule, please contact our local office at

8 New Service Advisory

9 Holidays in DECEMBER 2017 For article contributions and feedback, please CWT Globelink Group All Rights Reserved. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this newsletter, no liability can be accepted for errors, omissions or inaccuracies of any kind. CWT Globelink would be pleased to receive amendments and other appropriate information for possible inclusion. Australia 26 Dec Boxing Day Bulgaria 24 to 26 Dec Christmas Day Costa Rica Croatia 26 Dec St. Stephen's Day Egypt 01 Dec Prophet Mohamed's Birthday Guatemala 24 to 31 Dec Old Year s Night Hong Kong 25 to 26 Dec Christmas Day India 01 Dec Milad un-nabi/id-e-milad 25 Dec Chirstmas Day Indonesia 01 Dec Prophet Muhammad Korea 20 Dec Presidential Election Day Kuwait 01 Dec The Prophet's Birthday Malaysia 01 Dec Prophet Muhammad's Birthday 25 Dec Christmas Morocco 01 Dec The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday Pakistan 25 Dec Quaid-e-Azam's Birthday Philippines 30 Dec Rizal Day 31 Dec Last Day of the Year Portugal 01 Dec Restoration of Independence 08 Dec Feast of the Immaculate Conception Qatar 18 Dec National Day Romania 01 Dec National Holiday 25 to 26 Dec Christmas Day Singapore Slovenia 26 Dec Independence and Unity Day Spain 06 Dec Constitution Day 08 Dec Immaculate Conception Day Sri Lanka 01 Dec Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday) 03 Dec Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day United Arab Emirates 02 Dec UAE National Day United Kingdom 26 Dec Boxing Day