SINO Sino Global Shipping America Ltd

BEIJING, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SINO), a leading, non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, today announced the appointment of Mr. Zhi Kang Huang as Chief Operating Officer effective September 26, 2011.  

Mr. Huang has served Sino-Global since 2002.  From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Huang served in various roles with Sinoagent.  He has been in charge of the Company's overseas business since July 2008 and the Company expects to enhance its overseas sales through his efforts.

Mr. Cao Lei, Sino-Global's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Mr. Huang has been a key factor in the past growth in our overseas activities and we are highly confident that under his leadership Sino-Global's international footprint will increase significantly."

About Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.

Registered in the United States in 2001 and operating primarily in mainland China, Sino-Global is a leading, non-state-owned provider of high-quality shipping agency services. With local branches in most of China's main ports and contractual arrangements in all those where it does not have branch offices, Sino-Global is able to offer efficient, high-quality shipping agency services to shipping companies entering Chinese ports. With a subsidiary in Perth, Australia, where it has a contractual relationship with a local shipping agency, Sino-Global provides complete shipping agent services to companies involved in trades between Chinese and Australian ports. Sino-Global also operates a subsidiary in Hong Kong, China, to provide comprehensive shipping agent services to vessels going to and from one of the world's busiest ports.

Sino-Global provides ship owners, operators and charters with comprehensive yet customized shipping agency services including intelligence, planning, real-time analysis and on-the-ground implementation and logistics support. Sino-Global has achieved both ISO9001 and UKAS certifications.

Forward Looking Statements

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SOURCE Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.