For Services and Resources in French Polynesia
The Tahiti Cruisers Guide is brought to you by Julien Desmont from Xperimental and Chuck Houlihan from Jacaranda. Starting as an idea based on the very successful Panama City Cruisers guide, it has evolved into 200+ pages of information on vendors and services throughout French Polynesia. In January 2018, we added GPS coordinates and links to Google Maps to assist in locating businesses.
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Last update: 10 Dec 2024
Agents
AMATRANSIT - Bollore Logistics Polynésie
2019-08-04 22:45:20 UTC
Island: Tahiti
GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees):
Latitude: -17.561158
Longitude: -149.612881
view in google mapsAMATRANSIT - Bollore Logistics Polynésie
Jean-Pierre COMBESCURE
Tahiti - Polynésie Française
Tél. : (+689) 40 54 84 70
Fax : (+689) 40 43 18 70
Mob. : (+689) 87.77.03.57
Mail : jpcombescure@amatransit.pf
Emilie TROFLÉAU
Responsable Technico-commerciale
Bolloré Logistics Polynésie
Immeuble EPPV Fare Ute
98 713 Papeete
Tahiti - Polynésie Française
Tél. :(+689) 40 54 84 70
Mob. : (+689) 87 28 0715
Mail : emilie@amatransit.pf
Jean-Pierre was my initial contact and the person I dealt with face-to-face. He speaks pretty good English. He’s either the owner or the Manager. I think Emilie did most of the leg work and I emailed back and forth with her for some details. I usually sent my inquiries to both of them. Jean-Pierre made the deliveries personally, though, dropping them off at the marina gate using his own car. I usually paid him in cash at the time of delivery, but also paid cash into an account at their bank directly across the street from the marina when some minor adjustments were necessary.
I did three imports with Bollore. The first was just an iPad that had gotten tangled up in red tape in the mail. Jean-Pierre did this for free, I think because I’d been personally referred to him by a mutual friend and because we’d already started discussing my bigger shipment. The second was house batteries, etc, amounting to about $4500. The third was a new-used helm pedestal valued at about $500. I’d say Bollore’s fees on these worked out to about 5%. There were no hassles on any of these, only time and patience required, none due to delays that I would attribute to Bollore.
Actual shipping into Tahiti was out of Los Angeles through Vanguard at:
LALA FARAIMO JR.
South Pacific Islands Supervisor
Direct: (310) 604-2699 Fax: (310) 847-8008
Vanguard Logistics Services (USA), inc.
2665 E Del Amo Blvd Rancho Dominguez CA 90221
LinkedIn | vanguardlogistics.com
As I understand it Vanguard also used to act as an import agent here but, due to some bad actors among us cruisers, won’t do that anymore and I only used their shipping service. Although the requirements for paperwork were a hassle, I had no trouble with Vanguard themselves at all.
Roy (SV Mabruka) 9-2018