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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V181 | 19/02/2019 | 03/05/2019 | MFV EDINBURGH |
| V182 | 05/04/2019 | 19/06/2019 | MFV EDINBURGH |
| V183 | 26/06/19 | SEPTEMBER TBC | SA AGULHAS II |
St. Helena
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V15 | 08/02/2019 | 15/04/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V16 | 08/03/2019 | 13/05/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V17 | 05/04/2019 | 05/06/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V18 | 07/05/2019 | 09/07/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V19 | 31/05/2019 | 06/08/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V20 | 28/06/2019 | 03/09/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V21 | 02/08/2019 | 07/10/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V22 | 30/08/2019 | 05/11/2019 | MV HELENA |
| V23 | 27/09/2019 | 04/12/2019 | MV HELENA |
Falkland Islands
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V407 | 08/03/2019 | 26/04/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V409 | 05/04/2019 | 24/05/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V411 | 10/05/2019 | 28/06/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V413 | 07/06/2019 | 26/07/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V415 | 12/07/2019 | 30/08/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V417 | 09/08/2019 | 27/09/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V419 | 05/09/2019 | 25/10/2019 | MV SCOUT |
| V421 | 03/10/2019 | 22/11/2019 | MV SCOUT |
Ascension Island
| Voyage | Closing date | Arrival date | Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|
| V19/03 | 26/04/2019 | 25/05/2019 | CHARTER |
| V19/05 | 14/06/2019 | 13/07/2019 | TBC |
| V19/07 | 02/08/2019 | 31/08/2019 | TBC |
| V19/09 | 20/09/2019 | 19/10/2019 | TBC |
| V19/11 | 08/11/2019 | 07/12/2019 | TBC |
Christmas Shipments
Posted on 18/09/2018
ST HELENA V11
Closes for cargo on 05/10/18
Arrives on 05/12/18
ASCENSION V18/11
Closes for cargo on 29/10/18
Arrives on 30/11/18
MOD Rates Ascension
Posted on 16/10/2015
Please note that the MOD have introduced new rates from V18/05. The rates for both consolidated cargo and dedicated container shipments to Ascension will increase.
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Air Freight Service to St Helena
We would like to thank everyone who has been using our airfreight service to St Helena. We are sending significantly more airfreight out this year then last and the service continues to grow.
We organise all logistics and documentation in house which has helped our service to be one of the most reliable to the island. Any delays to our consignments have been down to over capacity on flights, priority bookings for the island or rare issues with customs which we hope will now be resolved.
Please don't hesitate to contact our team for details on our air and sea freight services.
RJI Closing Date Information
Our closing dates are set to give our customers as much time as possible to get their orders into us and still give us enough time to process everything before the containers leave. We recommend that all pallets, larger consignments and grocery orders are in by the published closing date at the latest.
orders can be delivered into us at any time and we will always do our upmost to get everything processed and shipped on the next available voyage. We are always loading right up to the last minute and will do our best to try and load any cargo arriving up to the containers leaving us.
St Helena V18 Closing Date
Please note that the V18 closing date has been changed to the 7/5/19. This was originally the 6th which is a bank holiday.
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.