Winning International Group was founded in 2002 by Mr. Sun Xiushun and is headquartered in Singapore. It is a diversified multinational enterprise whose business spans ship owning, shipping operations, maritime logistics, ship management, mining development, as well as the construction and operation of railways and ports. The Group has offices in China, Indonesia and Guinea, and provides integrated sea–land transport and logistics solutions for bauxite, iron ore and general cargo to clients around the world, with an annual cargo volume approaching 100 million tonnes.
As one of the world’s leading carriers of seaborne bauxite, Winning operates and manages a fleet of 150 vessels, including more than 60 Capesize bulk carriers with a combined deadweight exceeding 12 million tonnes. In Guinea, the Group has established an efficient maritime transshipment system comprising 13 large modern floating cranes, three Floating Transfer Units (FTUs), and nearly 200 barges, tugs, bunker vessels and floating docks, enabling annual offshore transshipment capacity to exceed 100 million tonnes. To advance energy conservation and emission reduction, Winning is currently building sixteen 325,000-DWT WinningMax-class ore carriers. This vessel class significantly reduces energy consumption per tonne-nautical mile and is designed with methanol-fuel-ready capabilities.
In 2015, Winning International Group joined hands with China’s Shandong Weiqiao Group, Guinea’s UMS and Shandong Port Group’s Yantai Port Group to establish the SMB–Winning Consortium, officially launching large-scale bauxite development in Guinea. After years of steady progress, the SMB–Winning Consortium has become the country’s largest bauxite producer, driving Guinea’s rise as one of the world’s leading bauxite-producing and exporting nations.
To ensure the long-term sustainable operation of the project, the SMB–Winning Consortium invested USD 1.2 billion to build the 125-kilometre Dapilon–Santou Railway. Officially inaugurated on 16 June 2021, it is Guinea’s first modern railway in half a century and has an annual transport capacity of 52 million tonnes, representing a major milestone in the nation’s infrastructure modernisation.
Building on its successful experience and strong foundation in Guinea, and with the robust support and participation of the Guinean government, Winning International Group and Shandong Weiqiao jointly established Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS). Together with China Baowu, Rio Tinto and Chinalco, WCS is developing the world’s largest greenfield mining project — the Simandou Iron Ore Project. The deposit contains one of the world’s richest undeveloped open-pit iron ore resources, with an average grade of 65.5%. Among these, Blocks 1 and 2 — with reserves exceeding 1.8 billion tonnes — are jointly developed by WCS and China Baowu.
To enable the evacuation of iron ore, the Simandou infrastructure project includes the construction of the 630-kilometre Trans-Guinean Railway, linking the Simandou mining area with the Morebaya Port in the southwest. The port currently comprises four high-efficiency barge loading berths, each capable of loading 12,000 tonnes per hour. In the future, the Simandou infrastructure system will provide 120 million tonnes of annual transport capacity for both the WCS and Simfer mining zones, delivering robust logistical support for the project’s full production.
Winning International Group adheres to the core values of “People-Centric, Green Development and Business Excellence.” Over the past two decades, while creating exceptional value for global clients, the Group has also remained committed to improving employee well-being and fostering community prosperity. Looking ahead, Winning will continue to anchor itself in its core shipping business, deepen its presence along the entire industrial chain, and pursue long-term, sustainable development in Guinea — building a resilient century-long enterprise that creates enduring value for host countries, partners and clients worldwide, and advances shared growth and mutual success.
