to optimize flows and centralize freight.
With innovations such as individualized container tracking and geo-located ship status, DGCI offers port-to-port supply chain logistics – managing requirements from vessel owners, ship agents, clearing agents, and others.
Stevedoring is another critical service that DGCI provides. Our dynamic team of well trained, experienced dockworkers can help load and discharge a wide range of cargo.
DGCI supplies bunker grade fuelsin conformance with established standards such as IFO 380 cSt, IFO 180 cSt, MGO,and MDO.
All bunker fuels supplied by DGCIare also in full conformance with ISO 8217:2005 and ISO 8217:2010 specifications.
Additionally, DGCI can meet specific requirements for qualityintermediategrades.
Finally, due to our extensive trading network, we can offer competitive Fixed Price Agreements (FPA) to lockin bunker prices.
Wherever you are in the world, DGCI can offer you the best synthetic and petroleum-based oils and lubricants, on-time and on-spec.
We collaborate closely with our clients to ensure that our extensive global network delivers customized solutions for specific requirements.
DGCI continuously adapts our processes and procedures to respond to changes in the maritime operational environment.
Team DGCI regularly supplies fuel to Afghanistan using a Caspian Sea route as part of the supply chain. The decision is partly based on geography and politics – this sea route is safer and more stable than some of the land-based alternatives. It is also based in a desire to cost-optimize the supply chain – a comparable land route would take longer, and be more expensive. Finally, it relates to convenience and reduced labor levels – the sea shipping option requires less paperwork than the land shipping option (which would cross strategic borders and possibly involve bottlenecks or slow downs.) These supplies are mission critical fuel; this typically includes EN590 diesel, EN228 gasoline, and JA1 aviation fuel. The fuel has a long journey by different forms of transportation, including train to Azerbaijan, ship to Turkmenistan, and fuel truck to the final destinations. In this part of the world, DGCI pays a shipping premium in addition to the origin market price to ensure that these critical supplies get to the warfighter on time.
In support of the Shahbaz Air Base Pakistan Security Upgrade project, DGCI has contracted with EFCO to produce and ship by sea large, heavy materials needed to construct perimeter walls and patrol roads, and facilitate the installation of new perimeter lighting. To ensure that these items met exacting industry and Quality standards, DGCI decided to procure these items in the United States. We decided to ship via sea as it was by far the most cost effective option. Additionally, the delivery time-frames of the contract were generous enough that shipping by sea would still allow us to deliver on time. The shipment will weigh 76,479 pounds and consist of 3,276 parts; the entire inventory will be under strict configuration control from its departure point (Des Moines, Iowa) to the final destination (Jacobabad, Pakistan.) The material will be placed on skids and loaded into two standard 40’ containers. Bridge cranes and forklifts will be used to load and unload these loads. The packaging will consist of 1 ¼” steel banding, IPPC skids, bracing lumber, triple wall card board crates, and air bags. Sea transit time from the San Pedro Port to the Port of Karachi will be about 45-60 days. The items will be placed into temporary storage at the Port of Karachi until the items are needed at Jacobabad. The materials will then be loaded on a tractor-trailer for final delivery.
