The South Atlantic Specialists
What we do
Welcome to the Richard James International (RJI) website. RJI are proud to be the largest independent shippers to the South Atlantic Islands of Ascension, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and the Falklands. With over thirty years experience of providing procurement, shipping and logistical solutions to local governments, public companies, large and small businesses and private individuals alike. From our warehouse facility in Avonmouth, Bristol with it's motorway links to the north, south, east and west RJI is ideally situated to offer the following services to the South Atlantic:
(including UK collection service)
(LCL & FCL)
(including Customs Documentation, etc)
Shipping dates
To avoid any confusion, please note that the closing dates shown here are the last days that cargo can be received for shipping for that particular voyage, not the last date for receiving orders, which should be placed at least seven days prior. Please also note that, due to operational decisions made by the shipping lines, cargo is not always guaranteed to sail on the voyage published.
If you have any question about shipping dates, don’t hesitate to contact us here.
Tristan Da Cunha
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V184 | 02/08/19 | OCTOBER TBC | MFV EDINBURGH |
| V185 | 09/09/19 | 15/11/2019 | MFV GEO SEARCHER |
| V186 | 14/11/19 | 23/01/2020 | MFV EDINBURGH |
| V187 | 16/01/20 | 19/03/20 | MFV EDINBURGH |
| V188 | 10/04/20 | 21/06/20 | MFV EDINBURGH |
St. Helena
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V26 | 10/01/2020 | 25/03/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V27 | 07/02/2020 | 15/04/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V28 | 06/03/2020 | 16/05/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V29 | 03/04/2020 | 09/06/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V30 | 08/05/2020 | 13/07/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V31 | 05/06/2020 | 11/08/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V32 | 03/07/2020 | 08/09/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V33 | 07/08/2020 | 12/10/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V34 | 04/09/2020 | 10/11/2020 | MV HELENA |
| V35 | 02/10/2020 | 08/12/2020 | MV HELENA |
Falkland Islands
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V425 | 06/12/2019 | 25/01/2020 | MV SCOUT |
| V427 | 10/01/2020 | 27/02/2020 | MV SCOUT |
| V429 | 07/02/2020 | 29/03/2020 | MV SCOUT |
| V431 | 06/03/2020 | 24/04/2020 | MV SCOUT |
| V433 | 02/04/2020 | 22/05/2020 | MV SCOUT |
| V435 | 07/05/2020 | 26/06/2020 | MV SCOUT |
| V437 | 01/06/2020 | 24/07/2020 | MV SCOUT |
Ascension Island
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V19/15 | 17/02/2020 | 28/03/2020 | HARTLAND POINT |
| V20/01 | 04/04/2020 | 04/05/2020 | HURST POINT |
| V20/03 | 20/04/2020 | 02/06/2020 | HARTLAND POINT |
| V20/05 | 23/06/2020 | 23/07/2020 | HURST POINT |
| V20/07 | 21/07/2020 | 20/08/2020 | HARTLAND POINT |
RJI extended delivery hours
Posted on 26/03/2020
We are doing our upmost to ensure that customers can get their deliveries into us for shipment and will now be extending our receiving times
Supplier Delays
Posted on 24/03/2020
Please note that suppliers will require more time to fulfil orders and deliveries may be delayed. We strongly advise placing any orders for the upcoming
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Ascension V20/01 closing date extension
Please note that we have now pushed back the cargo closing date for Ascension V20/01 to give our customers more time to get orders to us.
The new closing date is now Saturday 04/04/20.
RJI extended delivery hours
We are doing our upmost to ensure that customers can get their deliveries into us for shipment and will now be extending our receiving times at our warehouse to allow for earlier and later deliveries.
We can now accept deliveries from 6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday and 7:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday.
We will be as flexible as possible with deliveries and strongly recommend getting all of your orders for the upcoming voyages done as soon as possible.
RJI opening times -
Monday to Friday - 6:30am to 6:00pm
Saturday - 7:00am to 12:00pm
Please note that suppliers will require more time to fulfil orders and deliveries may be delayed. We strongly advise placing any orders for the upcoming voyages now to ensure they arrive in time.
We will be as flexible as possible with delivery times and will do our best to load any cargo that arrives after closing. Please give us a call if you have any concerns.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible. You can reach out to us by phone or email or you can fill in the form and send us your enquiries.