Sino-Global Announces Recognition as One of China's Top 10 Best Shipping Agency Companies

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BEIJING, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SINO) ("Sino-Global" or the "Company"), a leading, non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, today announced that its PRC operating business Sino-Global Shipping Agency, Ltd. ("Sino-China"), was named as one of the Top 10 Best Shipping Agency Companies 2009 at the 7th China Freight Industry Award Ceremony, which was held in Shanghai on January 27, 2010.

"We are honored to win this award," said Mr. Cao Lei, Sino-Global's Chief Executive Officer, "It will help to improve our reputation in the industry and will encourage us to enhance our professional skills and provide more competitive service to our clients."

About China Freight Industry Award Ceremony

The China Freight Industry Award Ceremony is a well-known award ceremony in China's freight industry, which was first held in 1999. This annual event has grown as a benchmark for the appraisal of logistics providers in terms of several aspects of their business, including their management skills and service quality. Winners are voted by readers of one of the industries leading media outlets, the China Shipping Gazette and high-profile industry professionals. Awards include "Best Shipping Companies," "Best Harbor Enterprises," "Best Freight Forwarders," "Honorary Industry Award" and others. Over 300 companies attend the ceremony each year.

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 Chinese 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

No statement made in this press release should be interpreted as an offer to purchase any security. Such an offer can only be made in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws. Any statements contained in this release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as identified in Sino-Global's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results, events or performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undo reliance on these forward- looking statements, which speak only as the date hereof. Sino-Global undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect the events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

     Ms. Apple Liang
     Sino-Global, Beijing
     Tel:   +86-10-6439-1888
     Email: [email protected]

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