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Samudera is a regional Container Shipping line serving the Middle East and the lndian Sub-continent in the west, South East Asia and Indo-China at the center and the Far East to the north. This extensive network of services is run from its headquarters in Singapore, with able support from its own offices in Dubai and Mumbai for the Middle East and the lndian Sub-continent operations, Bangkok, Klang and Jakarta for the South East Asia and Indo-China operations, and Shanghai for the Far East operations.

Samudera provides feeder services to Main Line Operators between the deep-harbor "hub" ports and the outlying "spoke" ports. It also provides inter-region and intra-region Container Shipping services to the end users, i.e. the manufacturers, buyers, exporters, importers etc.

In addition to Container Shipping, the Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Foremost Maritime Pte Ltd ("Foremost"), is engaged in Industrial Shipping. It positions itself as a reliable logistics partner to its industrial customers in distributing their bulk cargo - liquid, gas and dry. In order to provide a reliable and stable sea transportation solution, it invests in modern and young tonnage of size optimum to customer's needs. The vessels are then deployed primarily on dedicated basis against medium to long-term contracts, either on Time Charter basis or on the basis of Contract of Affreightment. Participation in this business segment has allowed the Group to diversify and spread its business risks.

The Group is determined to develop logistics business through organic growth as well as through strategic partnership and alliances. It plans to leverage its regional connectivity and competence in integrated services to develop logistics business regionally.