Dear Project Cargo Specialists,  

Very Professional partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to announce you that MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LLC is our new member from OMAN.

We are also pleased that Managing Director, Noushad Rahuman will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Malaysia at 12,13,14 November 2015. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information on our event. We are looking forward to meet you all soon.

By their registration to the November meeting, now MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LLC has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2016. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group. 

MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LLC
ADDRESS :Al khalil Group Building,Office No.104,Al Gobrah P.O.Box 1820,PC 133 ,Al kuwair Muscat, Oman
CONTACTS :Noushad Rahuman / Managing Director
                      Mithun K / Commercial Manager
                      Nadeem Backer / Operation in Charge
TEL    :+968 24498177
FAX    :+968 24493049
WEB    :www.mismuscat.com

Muscat International Shipping & Logistics LLC as one of the pioneers Project Cargo, Heavy Lift Transport , NVOCC, Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders in Oman. We have a well experienced professional team in Shipping & Logistics, Marketing & Sales, Port & Container Operation handling. With most modern communication system together with above backup facilities and practical knowledge MIS can provide globalize and comprehensive / total shipping & logistics network to our local Customers & Overseas Principals at most competitive rates.
We combine product knowledge and market experience to bring you quality service and cost effective freighting solutions through our various value added services which include but are not limited to the following:

1. Air Freight
2. Ocean Freight
3. Door to Door Services
4. Cross Trade
5. Packing & Removals
6. Insurance & warehousing facilities
7. Handling of Dangerous cargo
8. Customs clearance & Documentation service
9. Land Transportation
10. Cross Bordering
11. LCL consolidation to worldwide
12. Vessel / Aircraft Chartering and Ship Sale and Purchase
13. Exhibition related services
14. Project Cargo Handling
15. Heavy Lift Transport
16.Jacking and Skidding

Dear Project Cargo Specialists, 

Great partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to announce you that AVION SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED is our new member from INDIA.

We are also pleased that Director, Prashant Samel will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Malaysia at 12,13,14 November 2015. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information on our event. We are looking forward to meet you all soon.

By their registration to the November meeting, now AVION SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2016. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

AVION SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED
ADDRESS    :P302, Silver Astra, J.B Nagar, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400059, Maharashtra, India
CONTACT:Prashant Samel / Director
TEL    :+91 (0) 22 28246037
WEB    :www.avionship.com

AVION SHIPPING ENTERPRISES specialises in:
Project cargo & Heavy - Lifts, Bulk & Break Bulk, RoRo & Mafi cagoes Chartering & Broking.
Project cargo Logistics - Ex-Works, CIF, CFR, FOB, DDP, DDU deliveries.
Forwarding - Containers & Special Equipment's.
Multimodal Transportation - Road, Rail, Air & Sea.
Customs Clearance & Warehousing.
Vessel Handling & Ship Agency.
Logistics Consultants - for Existing & New Companies.

Project handling capabilities include :
Ship chartering full & part (deep sea, short sea, liner, coaster, pontoon)
Barge Chartering
Job site transportation
Pre project logistics planning an feasibility studies
Site survey / feasibility studies (routes, weather, political climate)
Permits - escort cards, police escorts, attendants, authority notifications
Multi-Modal transport (road, rail, tug & barge, heavy lift)
Freight negotiation (COA negotiation, long term rate validities)
Administration (custom clearance, trade documentation)
Turnkey project management

Dear Project Cargo Specialists,

Strong partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to share with you that GLOBETROTTERS (GB) LTD joined our group from UNITED KINGDOM.

We are also pleased that Director, Junaid Ahmed will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Malaysia at 12,13,14 November 2015. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information on our event. We are looking forward to meet you all soon.

By their registration to the November meeting, now GLOBETROTTERS (GB) LTD has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2016. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group. 

GLOBETROTTERS (GB) LTD
ADDRESS    :Globetrotters Suite, Vista Business Centre, 50 Salisbury Road, Hounslow Middlesex TW4 6JQ UK
CONTACT    :Junaid Ahmed / Director
                      Chintan Acharya / Manager
TEL    :+44 (0) 2085380116
FAX    :+44 (0) 8814 9642
WEB   :www.globetrottersltd.com

Globetrotters GB Ltd is a independent freight forwarding company based in UK providing resources and expertise in both ocean & air shipments, customs, warehousing etc. We do pride ourselves in providing personalised service to all our customers.

Apart from this we have handled quite a number of break bulk, RORO and projects shipments from all across Europe.

Dear Members,

Please be informed that OPCA member from Chile Integral Chile S.A will change their address after 02 November 2015.

New address of the agency will be as per below:

Millenium Building, Av. Vitacura 2939 Of. 2203, Las Condes, Santiago-Chile.

You can click here to see company profile of our agency.

Original news was published on 28 October, 2015

Classification society Bureau Veritas has granted Approval in Principle to a 4,000 cu m Bunkering Ship concept developed by France’s LNG containment manufacturer, GTT.

The concept is for a bunker tanker which could deliver LNG as ship’s fuel using tanks with a GTT Mark III Flex Cargo Containment system operating up to a pressure of 2 barg.

“This pressurised membrane tank concept from GTT means LNG bunker tankers can manage Boil Off Gas (BOG) better and increase loading and delivery flow rates. Our studies show it is both safe and practical. We look forward to seeing the concept taken forward to a new construction,” says Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice President and head of BV’s Marine and Offshore Division.

Under GTT’s system the BOG management during loading and bunkering operations is made more flexible because of the wide vapour pressure operating range.

Vapour can be buffered and condensed in the tanks to help the fuelled ship or feeding facility handle the vapour. Condensation may be performed by spraying LNG into the vapour phase. The higher pressure also means that during voyage and stand-by mode, the duration before gas pressure in the bunker tanker’s tanks reaches the upper limit is longer. According to BV, this improves the holding time when BOG is not being consumed and reduces the use of reliquefaction plant, diminishing costs.

In addition, Bureau Veritas has published requirements for LNG Bunkering tankers. The requirements, set out in Rule Note NR 620 LNG Bunkering Ship, cover special arrangements for ships carrying LNG which will transfer that LNG to ships using LNG as fuel.

NR 620 covers the design and installation of the LNG transfer systems from bunkering ship to the receiving ship and the vapour transfer system from the receiving ship to bunkering ship, including LNG hoses, transfer arms and auxiliary systems for handling the LNG system.

The certification society has also published requirements for ships which are designed and fitted out for dual-fuel or LNG fuel propulsion but which are not initially intended to use gas as a fuel.

The requirements, set out in Rule Note NR 627 Gas-Prepared Ships, cover special arrangements for new ships that are designed with specific arrangements to accommodate future installation of an LNG fuel gas system.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 28 October, 2015

General cargo volumes, including bulk and breakbulk, have already increased 19 percent year-on-year to reach 11.3 million tons through the third quarter of 2015. Breakbulk cargoes represent about 15 percent of that total.

Speaking to Breakbulk at the inaugural Breakbulk Middle East exhibition, Abdulkareem M Al Masabi, the operator’s vice president operations, said: “General cargo is growing faster than the other cargo sectors, which is encouraging.

“This year is one of the lowest for oil and gas prices, yet we are still growing. Next year, the projection is that oil prices will recover slightly which will help more projects.”

Most of the port’s breakbulk and project cargoes are handled through Zayed Port, where there is a comprehensive equipment rehabilitation program in place. Abu Dhabi Ports has also invested in a new terminal operating system through Jade Software.

Additionally, a new port community system, Maqta Gateway, linking the stakeholders of the port is scheduled to go live by early next year. “Maqta Gateway is our own initiative developed with stakeholder’s input,” said Al Masabi.

In addition to Maqta Gateway, Al Masabi cited availability of equipment and personnel as integral to the operator’s success. “We are already investing heavily on that side to meet challenges. Today the systems we have, the people we have and the quick turnaround of vessels puts us in a favorable position when it comes to other ports.”

*NEWS SOURCE

Dear Project Cargo Specialists, 

New agents are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today we are very happy to announce you that LOGISTICS EXPEDITORS SDN BHD has joined among us from MALAYSIA.

We are also pleased that Business Development Manager, Florence Lim  will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Malaysia at 12,13,14 November 2015. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information on our event. We are looking forward to meet you all soon.

By their registration to the November meeting, now LOGISTICS EXPEDITORS SDN BHD has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2016. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group. 

Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
Very Professional agents are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today we are very happy to announce you that SEAKING SHIPPING & LOGISTICS has joined among us from INDIA.

We are also pleased that Export Manager, Md Farooque will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Malaysia at 12,13,14 November 2015. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information on our event. We are looking forward to meet you all soon.

By their registration to the November meeting, now SEAKING SHIPPING & LOGISTICS has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2016. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group. 

SEAKING SHIPPING & LOGISTICS                               
ADDRESS    :302, B-Wing, 3rd Floor, Rolex Heights Building, Near Satellite Tower,Rolex Bakery Compound, Subhash Nagar Road, Jogeshwari (East), Mumbai, 400060, India
CONTACTS:Md Farooque / Export Manager
TEL    :+91-22-65873280
FAX    :+91-22-28346064
WEB    :www.seakingshipping.com

Seaking Shipping and Logistics was established in 2003 and the company rose to become a reputed freight forwarder almost immediately. Today it has more than a decade of experience behind it. Seaking Shipping and Logistics has provided cargo-forwarding solutions to a number of companies across the globe, who continue to retain their services for the uninterrupted value and excellence provided.

The company began with niche services in Africa, which itself was a no mean feat, considering the remote locale and the complexities involved. Few freight forwarders are willing to take on this difficult destination even today and for Seaking it is a matter of pride to report that it is the one of the leading forwarder to all parts of this vast continent. Currently the company covers destinations that map almost the entire globe.

Seaking Shipping and Logistics runs on a team of highly qualified and responsive professionals, who are dedicated in providing an unmatched service. Our team members bring to the table, their varied and long held experience in all matters pertaining to freight forwarding, documentation, clearing and much more.

Seaking Shipping and Logistics thrives on challenges and has undertaken several difficult assignments successfully. The company moved 150 TEU’s (containers) to inland destinations in East and Central Africa. Considering the complexities of the logistics to such remote locations, this has been a record movement.

Original news was published on 26 October, 2015

International classification society Bureau Veritas is to class the series of Arctic-capable liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers which will be built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to service the Yamal LNG project in Russia’s high Arctic.

A series of fifteen vessels will be built, each capable of transporting 172,000cbm of LNG, and operating year-round in second year ice up to 2.5 m thick.

Yamal LNG has awarded Sovcomflot, MOL, Teekay and Dynagas one, three, six and five vessels respectively. They will be built to dual Bureau Veritas/Russian Register class.

Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice President and head of BV’s Marine and Offshore Division, said: “We have made extensive investments in research into ice loads and navigation in ice, working with major Russian institutions and Asian shipyards. This effort, coupled with our world-leading expertise in large LNG carriers gives us a strong technical base to class these highly sophisticated vessels.”

The 300m long vessels will carry 172,000cbm of LNG in four membrane tanks of the GTT NO 96 type. The hull form is designed with a moderate ice bow forward and a heavy ice-breaking profile aft.

The ships are dual-acting, navigating in light ice or open sea bow first, then navigating astern to break heavy ice. The astern ice breaking mode is assisted by a podded propulsion system which consists of three pods delivering around 45MW of power. Separate engine rooms housing the diesel generator power plants will be encased in a double hull to give protection from the ice and a high level of redundancy.

The ships will be built to Russian Register Arc7 standard, equivalent to an intermediate level between Polar Class 3 and Polar Class 4 of Bureau Veritas rules. The vessels will be highly winterized with Bureau Veritas winterization notation COLD (-45,-52), which means that the hull is prepared for operation in -45 Celsius ambient temperature and the equipment should be able to work at -52 Celsius.

*NEWS SOURCE