Freight Connection Pakistan Pvt Ltd, a OPCA Projects member in Pakistan, having vast experience and expertise in handling projects has been awarded this project to provide logistics services to Re-export Crawler Crane of  total weight 750 tons from Jobsite Sahiwaal, Pakistan to Xingang, China which was imported by FCPPL under temporary Import.

Freight Connection scope was not only limited to Ocean Freight but conducting Cargo survey, Arranging and loading of Crane parts on trailers, Transporting from job site to Karachi warehouse, they have completed the loading at site in 2 days and brought the cargo to Karachi in 3 days which is about 800 km towards Karachi. All roads permits were obtained during transit for the heavy package. 

FCPPL operation team was there at port 24/7 to supervise the loading and ensure no damage was reported during loading.

Project Details:

Origin: Sahiwal 02x660 Coal Fired Power Project
POL: KPT(Karachi Port Trust)
POD: Xingang, China
Total Cbm: 1935
Total weight: 750 tons
Number of Packages: 85 Units
Heaviest Package: 60 MT

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Freight Connection Pakistan has become a part of the first pilot trade cargo commercial activity from Gawadar port under (CPEC) China Pakistan Economic Corridor “One Belt One Road” 

On 29th October 2016 the trade convoy of 95 containers departed from Kashgar (Western China) and entered on 30th Oct into Pakistan at Kunjerb pass. The convoy arrived at Gawadar port on 12th November via Western route. Another convoy of 66 containers from Lahore (Pakistan) arrived at Gawadar port via eastern route. The Chinese origin containers were loaded on Chinese vessel name Cosco Wellington and Pakistan origin containers were loaded on Pakistani vessel name Al Hussein. The containers were loaded on the ships destine for Middle East and Africa from Gawadar port.

Vessel Al Hussein was chartered by Freight Connection Pakistan (Private) Limited to load the containers at Gawadar port. The containers were transported from Lahore via Eastern CPEC route.

CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) is a revival of ancient silk route connecting East and West with the shortest land and sea route to the Middle East, Africa, Central Islamic States and Europe; the trade starts from the cold mountainous regions of Himalaya to the warmer Arabian Sea at Gawadar. The overall cost of CPEC project worth 46 billion US dollars will benefit Pakistan, China, Iran, Afghanistan, Middle East, Africa & Central Asian States.

Freight Connection Pakistan was selected as the company to arrange the ship, containers and transport them for the commencement of trade activity at Gawadar Port. It is a milestone for FCPPL being a part of Gawadar first mega trade convoy.

The ceremony was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif along with the Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif. The ceremony was attended by prestigious delegates from China and many other foreign country ambassadors, foreign dignitaries, cabinet ministers and senior Pakistan army officials.

  Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif Inaugurating the Gawadar Port commercial Operation.

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Original news was published on 13 January, 2017

French Port of Dunkirk posted a new record in annual container volumes, handling 341,041 TEU in 2016, an increase of 7 percent compared to the previous year.

The rise is primarily attributed to “the support of leading regional shippers and the shipping company CMA CGM.”

Full containers alone rose by 7 percent to 221,196 TEU, according to the port.
Annual traffic for 2016 was over 46.7 million tons, an increase of 0.3 percent compared with 2015.

However, the port of Dunkirk said it did not escape the effects of the economic climate in 2016, which included the technical shutdowns, for maintenance, of the ArcelorMittal steel works blast furnace and the Versalis petrochemicals plant, the permanent closure of Société de la Raffinerie de Dunkerque (SRD) and the delayed opening of the LNG terminal.

The port further said it general cargoes continued well, with only a slight drop of 1 percent to 20.3 million tons.

Cross-Channel traffic increased by 17% to 16.25 million tons in 2016, while the traffic figures reached 16 million tons, falling by 2 percent.

Additionally, bulk solids went up by 1 percent to 22.1 million tons and bulk liquids rose by 2 percent to 4.3 million tons due to the arrival of the first tons of LNG.

Located on the North Sea, the Port of Dunkirk extends along a frontage of 17 kilometers and has two entries for shipping – Eastern Port and Western Port.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 10 January, 2017

THE Port of Montreal has continued its upward cargo momentum coming within one per cent of matching its container record of nearly 1.5 million TEU in 2015, the American Journal of Transportation reported.

"According to preliminary statistics, the Port of Montreal handled 35.2 million tonnes of freight in 2016," said Sylvie Vachon, president and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority. "This corresponds to an increase of more than 10 per cent."

Large increases in liquid bulk and grain shipments also boosted total throughput.

The 2016 performance was outlined at the traditional annual ceremony marking the arrival of the first ocean-going vessel to enter the port in the new year. The vessel was the 19,986- dwt Chem Sirius, a chemical tanker operated by Ace Tankers and flying the Liberian flag which had left Antwerp on December 19. The vessel's captain was awarded Montreal's 178th Gold-Headed Cane.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 08 January, 2017

Highway freight and vehicle traffic is expected to be rolling across the first bridge ever built between northeast China and Russia in less than three years.

Construction began Dec. 24 for the nearly 20-kilometer-long structure linking the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk and the Chinese city of Heihe, according to a report posted on the Chinese Ministry of Transport website. The bridge will span the waterway known as the Amur River in Russia and the Heilongjiang River in China.

The two-lane, cable-stayed bridge, which the two countries have been discussing since 1988, is expected to cost about 2.5 billion yuan and open in October 2019.

The bridge project is designed to support China’s Belt and Road international commercial initiative. Once open, the report said, the bridge is expected to play a role in a major expansion of highway passenger and freight traffic between Russia and China.

The bridge and other cross-border road links, such as an existing floating bridge across the river, are expected to increase current traffic levels by 10 times to 1.48 million people and 3.09 million tons of cargo by 2020, the report said.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 06 January, 2017

What it means to be called China’s only “river-ocean transportation services center” is becoming clear for a huge port complex that encompasses the Zhoushan islands and the city of Ningbo.

The complex was tapped for the “river-ocean” role last April by the State Council, the government’s top policymaker, to complement China’s Belt and Road foreign trade initiative and a push for more inland economic development in cities along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

As part of a port expansion project that could enhance breakbulk cargo facilities, according to the China Ports website, contractors are expanding a Zhoushan oil storage terminal and container terminals, building a facility to handle grain and other agricultural products, and laying the groundwork for an industrial park with meat processing plants for cattle and other livestock imported from Australia.

Meanwhile, a railway linking Ningbo and Tibet recently opened to facilitate, among other cargo, shipments of mineral water from Tibetan springs to bottled-water consumers in eastern China. The government is also promoting a “marine tourism” industry on the scenic Zhoushan islands that are not included in the port development plan.

Zhoushan-Ningbo, whose combined facilities rank it as the world’s largest port complex in terms of total tonnage handled, was given the river-ocean designation because it’s a seaside area linked to the Yangtze by a canal. It’s also south of the river’s mouth at Shanghai.

To encourage the port region’s trade with inland cities, specially designed bulk cargo vessels able to haul up to 20,000 tons on the canal, up and down the river, and on the sea, were put into service last year. Zhoushan-Ningbo also includes a free trade zone that’s attracted foreign businesses, including Australian agriculture firms.

*NEWS SOURCE

Very professional partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to share with you that LESAM INTERNATIONAL GROUP SRL joined our group from ITALY.

Let's welcome our new agent on board of Overseas Project Cargo Association !

LESAM INTERNATIONAL GROUP SRL
ADDRESS: Viale Charles Lenormant, 220, 00119, Rome, Italy
CONTACTS: Enrico Messina / Chief Accounting
                      Raffaele Sampieri / Managing Director
TEL: +39 06 6533228
FAX: +39 06 6538771
WEB: www.lesaminternational.it

Original news was published on 04 January, 2017

China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port (NZP) handled a total of 900 million tons of freight in 2016, claiming to have become the first port in the world with such a high annual cargo throughput.

Positive results come sixteen months after Ningbo Port Group merged with Zhoushan Port Group, creating the world’s busiest port in terms of cargo tonnage with a combined annual throughput of 843.7 million tons in 2014.

In 2015, NZP’s annual cargo volume amounted to 889 million tons and ranked first in the world, according to the port.

From January to November 2016, NZP ranked first among major six container ports in the world in terms of the growing rate of container throughput, the port said. According to latest estimation by the business department of NZP, the container throughput of the port was expected to exceed 21.5 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%.

In the first half of 2016, the port signed an agreement with Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. Møller Mærsk to expand cooperation and accelerate joint development projects.

Additionally, NZP and Brazil-based mining company Vale decided to further extend their cooperation in iron ore logistics as the company started using the port’s Beilum ore terminal for its ore blending operations from March 2016.

The port also said it “strengthened communication and contact” with Sinopec, PetroChina and CNOOC to accelerate backflow of crude oil supply.

In respect of roll on/roll off (RoRo) shipment operation, NZP united with domestic RoRo shipping firms to open the shipping routes from Meishan to Xiamen, Guangzhou, Yantai and Dalian and expected to handle 17,000 cars in 2016, an increase of over 8 percent year-on-year.

By 2020, NZP expects to complete the construction of the modern hub port with annual cargo handling of 1 billion tons and further improve its position among the major ports in the world.

NZP aims at achieving annual container throughput of over 26 million TEUs and ranking one of the top three major container ports in the world.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 21 December, 2016

Authorities at Port Tampa Bay in Florida have agreed a US$14.5 million contract to expand breakbulk and cargo facilities and construct a new berth at its Port Redwing facility.

The Berth 302 project was awarded to GLF Construction Company and will include work to create a 1,000-foot long steel bulkhead, dredging, a new access road to the dock and construction of a piling supported concrete slab for heavy-lift cranes to operate upon.

Funding will be provided from the port’s FY2017 Capital Program and finance from the Florida Department of Transportation. Approval for the project was delivered by Port Tampa Bay’s board of commissioners and was in parallel to an amended lease with Gulf Coast Bulk Equipment for a 1.94 acre area at Port Redwing.

“GLF has performed excellent work for the Port having just completed the Design/Build project to construct Eastport Phase 1, which consisted of a new deep-water berth, 23 acres of upland cargo yard, and the relocation of Rockport Road,” a spokesperson for the port said.

The project includes a five percent contingency of up to US $688,146 for remedying any unforeseen conditions that may arise during construction.

*NEWS SOURCE