The project logistics division of Polaris Shipping Agencies, Project Cargo Network members from the United Arab Emirates, began July with a significant cross-trade contract involving shipments from multiple CIS destinations.
These shipments were consigned to Polaris for storage and refurbishment. Utilising their Jebel Ali Free Zone Logistics License, Polaris were able to import the shipments duty-free and VAT-exempt into the Jebel Ali Free Zone, with no time restrictions for export.
These units were meticulously inspected and refurbished at the Jebel Ali facility to meet the receiver's requirements before being shipped to Myanmar. To avoid additional charges at the destination, shipments were dispatched in multiple lots as per the receiver's instructions.
The shipments were made on container vessels using special equipment such as flat racks, open tops, and as breakbulk.
Polaris' scope of work covered the following:
- Collection from various suppliers in the CIS
- Multimodal transportation via Georgia and Turkey to Jebel Ali
- Receipt of units in the Jebel Ali Free Zone facility
- Condition surveys of all units upon receipt, refurbishment, and export, with direct reporting
- Refurbishment according to the receiver's requirements
- Coordination and arrangement of all inward and outward formalities
- Stuffing and lashing on special equipment for containerised units and delivery under tackle for breakbulk shipments
- Competitive ocean freight solutions to Port Myanmar
