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Transport plays a critical role in Fiji’s economy contributing around 10% of GDP in the last three years, it also employs a considerable amount of people in both formal and informal sectors with the latter most vibrant in the land transport industry. It also links key social and economic sectors of the economy including resource-based industries, education, and health. 

The Fiji Government has invested in infrastructure with major improvements in assets i.e. roads, bridges, and jetties. The focus has been on infrastructure repairs and improvements rather than building new roads. Road surfaces have been improved where many arterial roads have been re-surfaced with tar replacing gravel. 

Road and sea transport are interlinked. The national (inter-island) freight transport is based on the carriage and transport of goods on a vehicle from the point of dispatch to the final destination. Loads on commercial routes are not transhipped (loaded and unloaded) onto a vessel - the goods remain on the vehicle while the vehicle moves with the vessel. This, of course, will not apply for contract-based carriage. This also only applies to routes serviced by RoRo vessels. Freight to smaller islands will be hand loaded and unloaded. 

Pricing between the islands is based on the goods being carried on the truck and the final destination. 

For international import operations, freight forwarding companies manage multimodal logistics operations (including in an emergency context), humanitarian operators usually do not have to deal with specific transport companies, as this is managed by the freight forwarders if it is going to a specific destination. Any internal transport will need to be managed through transport companies. 

There are many transport companies in Fiji but many of these are small private operators, there are generally three main transport companies: 

CDP 

Couriers Documents Parcels (CDP) Services Pte Ltd is a transport company with a courier-based business structure but it also moves general and container freight. CDP contracts to many other companies and is an agent for many international companies like TOLL Group in New Zealand. CDP owns and operates over 120 vehicles with over 60 staff. They also have a strong history of supporting humanitarian relief programmes over the past 35 years. 

CDP is based in Suva (Lami) and has depots in Nadi, Savusavu and Labasa. 

Williams and Gosling 

Founded in the 1920s in Suva by Captain Williams and Captain Gosling with its headquarters in Suva, and offices at Nadi Airport, Lautoka, Ba and Savusavu. Williams and Gosling (W&G) is the agent in Fiji for dozens of freight forwarders, removals, and shipping companies. They are specialists in air and sea freight, customs brokerage, transport, heavy lift project work, household and office removals and document and general storage. W&G can also act as agents for cargo, passenger and fishing vessels, and facilitate clearance for visiting yachts. They also specialize in logistics for audio-visual productions and tourism projects. W&G have 320 skilled and very experienced staff. 

W&G are not a transport company per se but can organize transport services due to their vast and well-established networks. 

General Machinery Hire Limited 

General Machinery Hire Limited (GM) have a fleet of over 300 vehicles including trucks, forklifts, sidelifters, etc. Apart from major contracts with big companies like FMF Ltd and Fiji Forest Industries, GM also provides haulage services and shipping. Logistics teams are based in Suva and Lautoka. 

Indicative freight rates 

Indicative freight rates in Fiji’s two main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are between FJD 95-145 per CBM for consignments over 100 kg and FJD 0.85 per kg for consignments under 100 kg. Remote locations and islands are at the higher end of the range. 

For information on CDP Indicative Transport Rates 

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