COMMODITIES
South Star Shipping core business has been the containerized commodity transports.
The company, divided in 5 main departments, is qualified with the market knowledge and shipping experience to treat this type of cargoes in greatest efficiency.
Major products and their respective departments in South Star are:
- Green and Soluble Coffee Transport Desk
- White and Organic Sugar Transport Desk (incl. Sweeteners - ACP/LDC Preferential Sugars – Export Quota Sugars)
- Rice and Grains Transport Desk
- Canned Fruit/Vegetable/Meat Products Transport Desk
- Various Commodities Transport Desk (Cocoa/Tea/Cotton/Plywood/Sesame/Raw Tobacco/etc.)
South Star Shipping is stuffed with a team of specialists on all modes of sea & land transportation fields of these commodity products and can understand in deep the special requirements and needs of each, in order to generate and ensure sophisticated transport plans.
Commodity Traders, who are involved in trading activities of such cargoes around the globe, receive on time updated freight quotes for their business and sale projects without the need of an associate local establishment in each origin that will be burden on dealing with freight canvassing procedures apart of their normal procurement tasks.
South Star Shipping and it’s network are taking over the time consuming procedure of canvassing the shipping market in order to select and secure the best conditions and transport cost by Principals and procure the most suitable service to its customers for cargoes running under specific trade-lines.
Under this procedure, best services and freight costs are selected, analyzed and categorized by “best Value for Money” order, whereas thereafter Company’s Management is setting the strategy and performs the negotiations and slot agreements with the top selected carriers on each trade line.
The Group’s Sales Teams will therefore use these slots to fulfill customer’s requirements for contractual or spot shipping obligations.
In sequence, the operating offices around the Globe, stuffed with experienced personnel, are taking care of each single shipping order with highest professionalism and also in close co-operation and co-ordination of Company’s head office sales administrators, so that each load to be executed in the smoothest possible way.
In this way both trader and his supplier/shipper - Buyer/Receiver are satisfied and happy with the service they receive from our Group.
Furthermore, through the broad coverage of globe offices established in the major origin countries where commodity cargoes are shipped from, South Star Shipping secures insight of the local market, expertise on the local operations and secure of the best conditions for serving the orders of its customers on the most efficient, safe and economical way for both the Trader and his local supplier.
- Green and Soluble Coffee Transport Desk
Coffee Transport Analyst and Chief of Coffee Freight Sales
| coffee@southstarshipping.com - White and Organic Sugar Transport Desk (incl. Sweeteners - ACP/LDC Preferential Sugars – Export Quota Sugars)
Sugar Transport Analyst and Chief of Sugar Freight Sales
Kostas D. Vallianos | sugar@southstarshipping.com - Rice and Grains Transport Desk
Rice Transport Analyst and Chief of Rice Freight Sales
| rice@southstarshipping.com - Canned Fruit/Vegetable/Meat Products Transport Desk
Canned products Transport Analyst and Freight Sales
| canpro@southstarshipping.com - Various Commodities Transport Desk (Cocoa/Tea/Cotton/Plywood/Sesame/Raw Tobacco/etc.)
