Company
Industrial Operating Experience Extended into Canada
Sangjin Logistics Systems Ltd. combines the operating history of an established Korean industrial-logistics business with a focused Canadian management company. The Canadian subsidiary was created to support manufacturers, importers, and industrial suppliers that need structured coordination between cargo owners and independent Canadian logistics providers.
Our purpose
Making Industrial Transportation Predictable Across Two Countries
Industrial shippers rarely struggle to find a truck. They struggle with everything around the truck: incomplete cargo information, carriers selected on price alone, appointment failures at receiving sites, exceptions discovered too late, and reporting that arrives after the decision has already been made.
Sangjin exists to manage that layer. We take responsibility for documenting requirements, qualifying partners, planning execution, escalating problems, and reporting results — in English for Canadian operations and in Korean for management.
We are deliberately not a carrier, a customs broker, or a warehouse operator. Holding that line keeps our advice independent and keeps accountability where it belongs.
Group Structure
Two legal entities with a clear division of responsibility. The Korean parent contributes operating knowledge and customer relationships; the Canadian subsidiary carries local contracts, partners, and management responsibility.
Korean parent company — Ulsan, Republic of Korea
- Established December 1996; incorporated 2006
- Secondary transportation and coordination of synthetic-resin pellets and industrial inputs
- Owner-operator and chartered-vehicle partner management
- Special-cargo operations and structured customer reporting
- Bonded transport operations added in October 2025
- Parent of the Canadian subsidiary
Canadian subsidiary — Coquitlam, British Columbia
- Wholly owned subsidiary of the Korean parent
- Asset-light B2B logistics management
- Non-dangerous industrial-cargo SOP advisory
- Canadian customer and partner relationships
- Local contracts, local operations, local management responsibility
- Documented reporting back to the Korean parent
Korean Operating History
The Canadian company is new. The operating method behind it is not.
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1996 — Business established in Ulsan
Operations began in the Onsan industrial area, serving petrochemical and industrial manufacturers in one of Korea’s densest industrial clusters.
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2006 — Incorporated
The business was incorporated as a limited company, formalizing partner contracts, insurance arrangements, and customer reporting.
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2018–2024 — Recurring industrial transportation programmes
Long-running secondary transportation and coordination programmes for synthetic-resin pellets and industrial inputs, supported by internal operating records.
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October 2025 — Bonded transport operations added
Bonded transport operations were added in Korea, extending the scope of regulated work handled by the parent company.
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2026 — Canadian subsidiary
A Canadian management company established in Coquitlam, British Columbia, to serve Metro Vancouver and selected Western Canadian lanes.
Why Canada, and Why Metro Vancouver
Canada imports a substantial volume of Korean industrial materials, and Korean manufacturers continue to evaluate North American operations. Both directions create the same practical problem: someone has to manage the Canadian transportation layer with enough precision that a Korean head office can rely on it.
Metro Vancouver is the natural base for that work. It sits at the Pacific gateway, close to Lower Mainland manufacturing and distribution, with highway connections into BC–Alberta industrial lanes and an established Korean business community.
- Proximity to the Port of Vancouver gateway
- Lower Mainland manufacturing and distribution density
- Highway connections into BC–Alberta industrial lanes
- An established Korean business community
- Pacific trade routes aligned with Korean origin points
Our Asset-Light Model
Sangjin does not own trucks, employ drivers, operate warehouses, take custody of cargo, or hold carrier freight payments. Customers contract carriers directly; we are engaged under a separate management agreement.
That structure keeps carrier charges distinct from our service fee, reduces handling of customer funds, and makes it possible for a customer to compare the cost of transportation against the value of management independently.
It also means our carrier recommendations are not shaped by what we happen to own. Partner selection is driven by cargo, lane, equipment, insurance, and performance requirements.
Our Operating Model
Clear Roles Reduce Operational and Compliance Risk
Sangjin does not represent itself as the physical carrier, customs broker, or warehouse operator. We manage the coordination layer, while licensed and qualified providers perform the regulated or asset-based services required for each shipment.
What Sangjin manages
- Carrier sourcing and coordination
- Shipment milestones
- Exception escalation
- Partner qualification
- SOP development
- Bilingual reporting
- Account governance
What qualified partners perform
- Physical transportation
- Warehousing
- Customs-broker-authorized activity
- Specialized regulated services
Our Values
- Accountability
- One clear management point and documented responsibilities. When something goes wrong, it is obvious who is handling it.
- Discipline
- Repeatable procedures, verified information, and controlled escalation rather than improvised responses.
- Transparency
- Clear separation of service fees, carrier costs, and third-party roles — stated before an engagement begins.
- Respect
- Professional English–Korean communication across organizations with different working cultures and time zones.
- Measured Growth
- Expansion only when customer demand, staffing, and operating controls support it. We would rather decline scope than mismanage it.
Related pages
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Canadian Operations
The Coquitlam-based subsidiary, its role, and governance.
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Korean Parent Company
Ulsan operating history since 1996.
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Leadership
Executive responsibility across Korea and Canada.
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Our Operating Model
What we manage, and what qualified partners perform.
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Korea–Canada
How the Korea–Canada management bridge works.
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Services
Seven managed service lines and five engagement models.
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