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Proud to share with you the professional performance of OPCA member Freight Connection Pakistan Pvt Ltd.

About Project:

Freight Connection Pakistan Pvt Ltd has awarded heavy canopies handling project to provide total logistics services from point of origin Jebel Ali - U.A.E. to point of destination Karachi, Pakistan.

The scope of work involved picking up this cargo from shipper warehouse, loading on low bed trucks and taking into the port with the help of all regulatory bodies to move this cargo on road & safely loaded on to the Break Bulk vessel. Total 5 units handled, the weight of each unit 13000 KG and dimensions of each unit were L=12197 mm x W=2800 mm x H=3075 mm.


FCPPL has made special arrangements for the handling of this cargo at port of discharge, which was allowed from customs to take direct delivery on low bed trailer from vessel, customs clearance & transportation from QICT to destination.

Their experts have focused on day to day movement at all places and made aggressive reporting and continuous coordination to keep customer up to date and transparent to cover all facts and figures for accomplishing project successfully.


Pictorial status report has been created and shared on daily basis by operational team with the help of professional photographers and IT.


Congratulations to Freight Connection Pakistan Pvt Ltd for their excellent job.

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Original news was published 23 January, 2018

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) expanded its fleet as it took delivery of a new very large crude carrier (VLCC) on January 22.

The 300,000 dwt tanker, which was named Kassab, was built by South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.

Bahri said it expects the ship to start its commercial operation in March 2018, adding that the financial impact of the new VLCC is set to be in the first quarter of 2018.

The 330-meter-long and 60-meter-wide vessel is one of five VLCCs that were ordered from the shipbuilder in 2016. In November the same year, Bahri reached a financing agreement with Standard Chartered Bank, Arab National Bank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Bank Albilad, which partially funded the construction of the ships.

According to the company’s stock exchange release in November 2016, the financing agreement amounted to USD 350 million for a period of ten years, plus a grace period of 22 months for guarantees.

The remaining ships under the deal are expected to be handed over to Bahri by mid-2018, data provided by VesselsValue shows.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published 19 January, 2018

THE Black Sea gateway port, APM Terminals Poti has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Poti New Terminals Consortium to build a new US$100 million dry bulk cargo terminal with an annual handling capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in Georgia.

The new breakwater, dry bulk cargo terminal and related infrastructure will be constructed on land owned by APM Terminals Poti and is expected to create new trade opportunities for customers within the Georgian transit corridor, reported London's Ship Technology.

Poti New Terminals, which primarily serves the logistics industry in the Caucasus and Central Asia markets, will be responsible for the design, development and management of the dry bulk cargo terminal.

Head of the Poti New Terminals Consortium Tamaz Chkhikvishvili noted in his speech prior to signing the MoU, 'the time has come for Georgia to make use of the historic corridor, transporting shipments from China to the Middle East and other countries. Building a new, bulk cargo deep-sea terminal in Poti will give us such an opportunity,' he said.

'Building a new bulk cargo terminal in Poti will not only create new employment opportunities, but will also attract new railway shipments and will open new investment possibilities,' Mr Chkhikvishvili added.

The new Bulk Cargo Terminal is to be 300 metres long and 135 metres deep, spread over a 10-12 hectare area.

In a separate development, the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) in the US and APM Terminals last month approved the $49.5 million expansion of the container facility at the port of Mobile in Alabama.

The phase three expansion will be carried out in collaboration with ASPA. The work will involve the lengthening of a dock and the addition of 20 acres of yard space.

Upon completion, the expansion will enable APM Terminals to accommodate an annual throughput capacity of 650,000 TEU at the port.

*NEWS SOURCE

This notification is for your kind attention from OPCA member AFL NV (Allround Forwarding & Logistics), Belgium.

Please be informed that AFL NV (Allround Forwarding & Logistics) has recently moved to a new office.

Details of their new office are as below:

AFL NV (Allround Forwarding & Logistics)
London Tower, Noorderplaats 9, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium

For your kind information.

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Original news was published 17 January, 2018

The port of Antwerp has achieved a record freight volume for the fifth straight year in a row. In 2017 the port handled 223.6 Mt of freight, an increase of 4.4% compared with the previous year

Practically all sectors turned in an excellent performance: the container volume expanded in tonnage by 4.3% (123 Mt), liquid bulk such as oil derivatives by 5.7% (73.1 Mt), and conventional breakbulk such as steel by 4.8% (10.3 Mt), while ro/ro completed the growth list with 10.5% (5.1 Mt). Only dry bulk such as coal and ores lagged behind in the tables, finishing the year with a drop of 3.7% (12.2 Mt).

Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of Antwerp Port Authority, drew positive conclusions: “Finishing the year with such strong growth figures gives us confidence for the future. The port companies too remain firmly convinced of the advantages of Antwerp and the strengths that it has to offer, witness the many investments that we were able to welcome in 2017.

"In 2018 we seek to build further on the momentum of the previous year. This means that we will take the entire world as the scale for our decisions, with maximum facilitation for our customers as the basis.”

In unit terms, container volume rose by 4.1% in terms to 10,450,897 TEU. Q4 2017 scored best in relative terms for the year as a whole, with growth of 7% year-on-year. In addition, three months in 2017 (May, August and October) set absolute records of more than 900,000 TEU. In ro-ro, the number of new cars handled for was up by 4.0% to 1,238,128 units.

*NEWS SOURCE

New members are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today we are happy to announce you that BRITISH AMERICAN SHIPPING LIMITED is our new member from UNITED KINGDOM.

Let's welcome our new member on board of Overseas Project Cargo Association! Have a great cooperation together!

BRITISH AMERICAN SHIPPING LIMITED
ADDRESS: Unit A2, East Gores Business Park, Salmons Lane, Coggeshall, CO6 1RZ, United Kingdom
CONTACT: Mark Fuller / Project Manager
TEL: +44 (0)1394 691339
WEB: www.britishamericanshipping.com

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New members are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today we are happy to announce you that PRIMA SA TRANSPORT & TRADING is our new member from SWITZERLAND.

Let's welcome our new member on board of Overseas Project Cargo Association! Have a great cooperation together!

PRIMA SA TRANSPORT & TRADING
ADDRESS: Via Dante Alighieri, 12, 6830 - Chiasso, Switzerland
CONTACT: Pietro Casagrande / President
TEL: +41 91 6820476
FAX: +41 91 6820479
WEB: www.primasatt.ch

COMPANY PROFILE

Since 1994, PRIMA has stood for reliability, accuracy and safety in "heavy load" transportation.

PRIMA provides a 360° service for all transport needs: their staff takes care of solving any kind of problem: from disassembly to packing to document drafting and planning so that transport vehicles get to their final destination. They specialize in offering solutions to transport requirements that pose a number of challenges, those that seem impossible and that PRIMA makes do-able. PRIMA ranks at the top when it comes to know-how in transporting heavy loads to inaccessible locations in a short time.

The human capital, the skill, the network that allows them to tackle difficulties and unexpected circumstances as though they were challenges make us the perfect partner for the hardest types of transport in terms of type and size of merchandise, or the terrain and paperwork hassle in the countries they cross with their vehicles. The experience and ingenuity of their staff allow PRIMA to guarantee each transport is a sure success.

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Original news was published 15 January, 2018

DP World Antwerp Gateway is about to receive its two final STS cranes, bringing its quayside crane complement to eleven.

The two Liebherr cranes, with a total € 21M price tag, will arrive at the Deurganckdok terminal on 16th and 20th January, having been assembled at the Delwaidedok since last August.

The cranes were disclosed by Liebherr in WorldCargo News' July 2016 STS crane survey. Lifting height above rail is 52m and waterside oureach from waterside rail is 68m, sufficient for a 25-wide deck stow at Deurganckdok.

They will become operational by late February, taking the terminal’s annual capacity to 2.8 M TEU.

Later this year, the last of three 23-wide ZPMC STS gantries will be raised 7m. Five 20-wide Kalmar gantries have already been extended to reach 23 across.

Antwerp Gateway comments that is now is fully geared to handle 20,000 TEU-plus container ships. Offering an ‘anytime’ accessibility for ships with a 13.1m draught, Deurganckdok can also accommodate ships drawing15.5m inbound when entering on the back of the right tide, and even 16m for right tide departures.

The biggest containership yet to call at Antwerp – MADRID MAERSK (20,556 TEU, June 2017) has an operational draught of 16m. In the first nine months of 2017, Antwerp has had 130 calls in the 14,000- 18,000 TEU range and another 58 in the 18,000-21,000 TEU category.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published 12 January, 2018

Cargo tonnage at Canada’s Port Saint John rose by more than 4 million tons in 2017, representing an increase of 15% year-over-year (YOY).

Specifically, overall cargo tonnage handled last year was 30.5 million metric tons, compared to 26.4 million tons seen in 2016.

What is more, the number of vessels calling at the port’s terminals increased to 927 in 2017 from 874 in 2016.

All cargo sectors, aside from the anticipated exception of containers, experienced significant gains in 2017, according to the port.

The port’s container volumes stood at 57,402 TEUs, compared to 90,262 TEUs reported a year earlier. As explained, the loss experienced in containerized cargo was lessened due the introduction of a new weekly container service by CMA CGM in 2017. This second global container service joined Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) who has been calling Port Saint John on a weekly basis since 2012.

“Our significant increase in tonnage for 2017 is attributable to the success of our stakeholders in the bulk sectors (dry, liquid and breakbulk) as well as our first year of operations with DP World at the multi-purpose cargo terminals on the West Side,” Jim Quinn, President & CEO of Port Saint John, commented.

In January 2017, DP World Saint John started operating the multi-purpose container, bulk and breakbulk terminal at Saint John, enhancing the port’s capacity and productivity.

Located in New Brunswick, Port Saint John is Canada’s third largest port by tonnage and has a diverse cargo base, including dry and liquid bulk, break bulk, containers, and cruise.

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Original news was published 10 January, 2018

A roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) terminal has been opened at the Baku International Sea Trade Port in the Alyat settlement of Garadagh district, Azerbaijan.

Ilham Aliyev, the country’s president, opened the terminal on January 9.

The new terminal is capable of receiving 60,000 trucks or 1.8 million tons of cargo per year, Azerbaijan’s news agency CBC informed.

As explained, the annual capacity of one bridge at the terminal is 800,000 tons and of the second 1 million tons. The remaining seven bridges are expected to be completed by the end of January.

In addition, warehouses, auxiliary and other infrastructure facilities are to be completed until the end of Q1 2018, while the terminal’s operational building will be constructed by the end of May.

The country’s government is working to develop the Port of Baku as the main maritime gateway to Azerbaijan and as a multimodal transit and logistics hub along the ancient Silk Road. The port is being developed in three phases. Once all phases are finished, the Port of Baku will be capable of handling about 25 million tons of freight and up to 1 million TEU annually.

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