Inchcape Shipping opens agency in Vietnam through JV

INCHCAPE Shipping Services has started providing full agency services in Vietnam by establishing a joint venture called ISS-Gemadept with the Gemadept Corp.

SS-Gemadept has its own offices and staff and already handles vessels in Ho Chi Minh City and Vung Tau. The office in Ho Chi Minh City will oversee all agency related matters at other ports where a network of subagents is in place.
Expansion into other ports is currently being evaluated, an Inchcape statement said. The new joint venture will be responsible for developing new business as well as handling existing ISS clients, to provide a high level of data integrity and boarding and agency related services.
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