Why GMT Services?    STRENGTH OF GMT SERVICES

Two keywords characterising GMT Shipping Group’s operations are:

SAFETY and RELIABILITY

In GMT, all logistics are carried out through professional delegates to ensure excellent stowage, safe loading and discharge and effective deliveries of cargo to customers. Our team works very closely with the customers to embrace reliable and sufficient information to ensure the timely and accurate response to all customer needs.

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THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS AT THE CENTRE

Efficiency, reliability, reasonable costs, close attention to the needs and requirements of the customer, flexibility and imagination – these are the strong points of GMT Shipping Group, which boldly faces the challenges of the market and assures its customers of the highest standards of service.

Prospects

The GMT Shipping Group will allocate all the best human and capital resources into the conventional liner and tramping services for maintaining and expanding the existing market share.

Our team of shipping professionals and our working capital has been expanded in order to meet our customers’ stringent demands for professionalism and credibility.


The mission of GMT Shipping Group is to perform as a professional service provider for the international shipment of steel products and raw materials.

To upkeep this vision, GMT lays down the following stringent policy statement in the year of 2008 and beyond:

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We will fulfill our mission by:

  • Understanding the business of our customers and working with them as our true long-term partners for mutual success of both parties.

  • Delivering competitive, safe and reliable quality service solutions.

  • Being profitable and delivering sustainable growth.

  • Continuously reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

  • Being innovative and Dynamic.

  • Offering our staff opportunities for personal growth and a motivating place to work.


Finally, all of us in GMT wish to express appreciation for the continuous support from our valuable clients. We shall continue to invest in human resources and operation facilities including upgraded IT hardware and software in order to enhance our services for the “safe and reliable” shipping of steels and industrial raw materials.

 

Group History

Mr. Bosco Ngan is the founder of GMT Shipping Group. Mr. Ngan has more than 45 years of experience in the shipping, container terminal, international logistics and other related services. The origin of the Group traces back to the establishment of Hayling Seas Line SA and Snaddon (UK) Ltd. of UK in 1981. Thereafter, GMT Shipping Line Inc. has been incorporated on 14th January 1998.

The business services of the Group fall into four general areas:

  • Shipping - liner services, tramping, coastal services and chartering;
  • International shipping agency;
  • Container and cargo terminal and ICD operator; and
  • International Logistics.

Since 1998, the GMT Shipping Group continue to provide regular liner services specializing in conventional and steel cargoes from the Baltic and Black Sea to West Africa supported by own shipping agent, forwarding agent, haulage and depot facilities.

In May 1999, GMT Shipping Nigeria Ltd was established and appointed as agents for Nigeria and Ghana by COSCO Shipping Co Ltd. Throughout the past eight years, GMT Shipping Nigeria Ltd and GMT Shipping Ghana Ltd have provided first class agency and logistics services to COSCO Shipping Co Ltd with most effective result by substantially improving vessel productivity in Lagos and Tema.

In March 2005, Conti GMT Shipping Limited launched liner services between Baltic Sea and Black Sea to West Africa.

In 2004, ACS Africa Coastal Services (Ghana) Ltd was established to construct a multi-purpose terminal in Tema Ghana. The terminal commenced operation in January 2006.

GMT Shipping Nigeria Ltd. has constructed an Inland Container Depots in Lagos (Nigeria) and commercial operation since April 2008.

In summary, the Group has chartered around 450 vessels since 1998 with first class track record and maintains excellent relationships among forwarding agents, shippers, consignee, vessel owners and brokers, details of which are obtainable from the management of the Group.