Richard James International

10/06/2026

Signing for cargo collections

Please note that we will require all customers to sign when collecting their cargo moving forward. This had been delayed on the Falklands due to recent issues with the shipping schedule but will be implemented from V577.

24/04/2026

St Helena Airfreight Update

RJI are still working with SHG and Airlink to push through our airfreight consignments and find out why we are experiencing such delays.

We are now splitting our airfreight down into smaller consignments per AWB to try and avoid everything being bumped from a flight. We have also been using a more expensive booking route for our airfreight which should make it higher priority but this is clearly having mixed results at this stage.

These additional costs will not be passed onto customers. We are trying all options possible to create a more dependable airfreight service to the island and have followed all recommendations from the airline and SHG.

24/04/2026

Falklands Container Update

SAAS have confirmed that two additional sailings will be going ahead to help with the delays that have been experienced at UK and European ports. The delayed 40′ container that was split from our shipment on V573 and the first batch from V575 will now be arriving on V137S (ETA 08/05/26). The remaining containers from V575 will be arriving on V139S (ETA 19/05/26).

All invoices that have been sent out for V575 have information on goods are in the delayed containers. Please note that the these were originally marked as delayed to V577 but will now be arriving earlier on V139S.

Please contact us directly for any personal cargo updates.

We are sorry for the inconvenience that these delays have caused.

RJI offer a monthly consolidated container service to the Falkland Islands using both the MOD and SAAS service. Both have a transit time of approximately 36 days from the containers and vehicles leaving our warehouse in Bristol to arrival at our warehouse in Stanley. RJI offer an air freight service...

08/04/2026

Falklands voyage update

We have a meeting arranged with SAAS tomorrow to discuss the latest situation with our delayed container from V573 and our delayed containers from V575. We will update everyone as soon as we have firm arrival dates.

Please contact our office if you have any questions about your freight.

Once again, we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused by these delays.

08/04/2026

V573 Falklands Container Delay

We have been advised by the shipping line that one of our 40' containers on V573 to the Falklands has been delayed. We are waiting for an explanation for the delay and a new ETA but we have been told that the container had been wrongly discharged at an earlier port call. This is currently expected to arrive in Montevideo on the 25/04/26.

We are sorry for the inconvenience that this additional delay will cause. We are already dealing with significant disruption to the V575 shipment so the news that the feeder service (CMA GCM) has mishandled another of our containers is hugely frustrating. SAAS have confirmed that a meeting is being organised with CMA management to discuss these unacceptable problems.

26/03/2026

V575 Delay

We have been advised that none of our containers for V575 were loaded onto the feeder vessel. This is currently being investigated and we are hoping to have more information soon.

SAAS are currently organising for the Unispirit to collect these and other delayed containers as soon as V575 has been unloaded. This means that the new ETA for our containers is currently the 08/05/26.

We apologise for the inconvenience that these delays will cause.

25/03/2026

Easter opening hours

Please note that we will be closed from Friday 03/04/26 until Tuesday 07/04/26 for the Easter weekend.

09/02/2026

Freight Forward Cargo X-Ray Scanning -

Please note that from the beginning for 2026, RJI are now x-ray scanning all personal effects consignments to ensure that there are no undeclared hazardous goods, used lithium batteries and other prohibited goods.

We have seen a rising number of personal effects goods arriving with us with undeclared hazardous products such as used mobile phones and other used lithium batteries, lighters, aerosols and flammable perfumes etc. This is extremely dangerous and has meant that we have had to invest heavily in equipment to detect these items before loading.

Shipping and Airlines are extremely strict on the transport of hazardous materials and the freight forwarder can be fined tens of thousands of pounds and have containers removed for sending undeclared hazardous. Some shipping lines are now refusing to ship used lithium batteries due to the risks involved.

The scanning and removal of undeclared hazardous items from consignments adds significant additional time to our processing system and we will be charging for this time. We may also refuse to ship a consignment if a large volume of undeclared hazardous goods is found.

12/01/2026

Temu and Shein orders

We are getting a lot of Temu and Shein orders arriving without any identification on the parcels. Please ensure that your name and island are on the delivery address, even if this means replacing the company name.

It is now becoming too time consuming and impractical for us to keep trying to identify these orders and match up with peoples emails so we can only look at these once the shipments have left.

10/12/2025