OPCA is going on to introduce you new partners. Today it is our pleasure to announce you that PT. SUNAN INTI TRANS joined our group from INDONESIA.

We are also pleased that Azry Jamlus, Kelvin Ong, Heru Setyono and Agus Irwanto will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Bali, Indonesia at 01, 02, 03 October 2017. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information about our event.

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

PT. SUNAN INTI TRANS
ADDRESS: Jl. Perak Barat 205, Surabaya 60177, Indonesia
CONTACTS: Azry Jamlus
Kelvin Ong
Heru Setyono
Agus Irwanto
TEL: +62 31 3284829
FAX: +62 31 3284081
WEB: www.groupsunan.com

COMPANY PROFILE

Sunan Group provides end to end logistics needs between the world over and Indonesia. Their headquarter is located in Surabaya. Also, their branch offices are located in Jakarta and Malaysia. Sunan Group strives to provide seamless journey for their customers' cargo be it in containerized or bulk. Their services include warehousing, haulage, stevedoring, freight forwarding, ship agency, project cargo, heavy equipment, fertilizers & agro chemicals and chartering.

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Great partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to announce you the arrival of ELEMENT INT'L FORWARDING & LOGISTICS LTD from TURKEY.

We are also pleased that Managing Director, Mr. Bilge Guzelocak will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Bali, Indonesia at 01, 02, 03 October 2017. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information about our event.

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ELEMENT INT'L FORWARDING & LOGISTICS LTD
ADDRESS: Ataturk Caddesi, Seker Apt, No: 366, Kat: 6, D: 12, Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey
CONTACT: Bilge Guzelocak / Managing Director
TEL: 0090 232 465 20 15
FAX: 0090 232 465 20 48
WEB: www.elementlogistic.com

COMPANY PROFILE

Element Int’l Forwarding & Logistics Ltd, means the coordination of transport by land, sea and air. Within the mentioned spheres, their company specializes in organizing and coordinating transportation of all types of cargo worldwide (heavy lifts and out of gauge units included). They provide a full range of specialist international supply chain management services. Their world-wide partners give customers the ability to source and distribute products globally. They concentrate on transportation intensive supply chains, integrating primary sourcing with secondary delivery and distribution, providing visibility and adding value for their customers.

To create a package to meet customers total shipping needs they can provide;
•    Full container shipments
•    Groupage container service
•    Project shipping management
•    Road transport-full loads, part loads, groupage
•    Airfreight consolidation services
•    General freight forwarding
•    Warehousing and distribution services
•    Import and export customs clearance

Integration of these services with freight and inland haulage allows to create a simple ‘one-stop’ solution to fulfill their customers requirements when using Element Int’l Forwarding & Logistics Ltd as a carrier.

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New partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to announce you the arrival of DAESUNG LOGISTICS CO., LTD. from SOUTH KOREA.

We are also pleased that President, Mr. C K Chang will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Bali, Indonesia at 01, 02, 03 October 2017. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners. Please click here for full information about our event.

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DAESUNG LOGISTICS CO., LTD.
ADDRESS: 4F., Adodia Building, Seokyo-Dong, 15, World Cup Buk-Ro, Mapo-Gu, Seoul, 121-841 South Korea
CONTACTS: C K Chang / President
H R Yoon / Overseas Manager
D H Kim / Sales Manager for Sales Issue
Hyun Chang / Sales Manager for Export Inquiry
TEL: +82 2 325 7811
FAX: +82 2 325 6711
WEB: www.daesunglogistics.co.kr

COMPANY PROFILE

Daesung Logistics Co., Ltd. is a multi-transport and logistics service provider located in Seoul, South Korea. They are helping cargo owners to improve overseas competitiveness and global partnerships in major international transportation industry. They maintain rich and professional experience in handling export/import cargo by ship and airplane, domestic and overseas customs formalities, inland transportation, handling of bulk cargo and project cargo.

Their services include:
-Personal project management of every stage
-Detailed route surveys
-Breakbulk shipments for industrial machineries & related cargos
-Ro-Ro space charter
-Aircraft charter & part-vessel charters
-Power plant and major manufacturing equipment movements

They assign dedicated staff to each cargo owner, and also they have experts in individual areas to provide specialist services.

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Strong partners are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to announce you the arrival of WINSTAR LOGISTIC PTE LTD from SINGAPORE.

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

WINSTAR LOGISTIC PTE LTD
ADDRESS: 37B Neil Road, Singapore 088822
CONTACT: Wendell Quek / Sales Manager
TEL: +65 6227 2189
FAX: +65 6227 3116
WEB: www.winstar.com.sg

COMPANY PROFILE

Being Maritime Transport Service providers, with over 2 decades of experience in South East Asia, the Winstar Group and its sister companies have served the transportation and logistics needs of some key industries in a variety of roles.

With their expanded strength and facilities over recent years, their core services have widened:
-Owning, chartering and management of Tugboats and Barges, AHTV and LCT
-Daily Liner Services between Singapore and Batam door-to-door
-Brokering for charters of various vessel sizes and types
-Worldwide shipping and forwarding services for breakbulk and containerised cargoes
-Project cargoes transportation of heavylifts and outsized equipment
-Ship agency services and full vessel operations-stevedoring within Jurong port, the only multi-modal terminal in Singapore
-Transhipment handling and hubbing within Singapore and providing connectivities between various overseas ports
-Containerised and breakbulk trucking and container unstuffing and stuffing

Today, most of their clients come from a wide spectrum of industries in on-shore and offshore upstream and downstream activities in turnkey infrastructural engineering, shipbuilding and ship-repair, oil & gas exploration and support services, construction and heavy equipment fabricators within South East Asia. They are ready to provide customised integrated solutions to satisfy different transportation-logistics requirements in the ever changing and challenging operating environments regionally and locally.

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Original news was published on 28 August, 2017

Bahri Dry Bulk has signed an agreement valued at USD 120 million, to purchase four bulk carriers from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a member of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, which owns one of the largest state-of- the-art shipyards in the world.

With construction commencing immediately, each vessel will be built to the highest environmental, fuel-efficiency and safety standards, with a capacity to carry up to 80,000 metric tonnes per voyage, and will be delivered during the year 2020.

“Bahri’s long-standing relationship with Hyundai Heavy Industries Group bears testimony to the success of the bilateral ties between Saudi Arabia and South Korea, and Bahri and HHI’s shared values for long-term growth,” said Ali Al-Harbi, acting CEO of Bahri.

“Upon delivery, the vessels will contribute towards the growing demand Bahri Dry Bulk is witnessing for the import of essential grains such as barley, wheat and corn into the Kingdom,” added Al-Harbi.

Nezar Banabeela, president of Bahri Dry Bulk, commented, “For Bahri Dry Bulk, the additional vessels will help to address the needs of customers in KSA and the region as well as international companies importing grains into the Kingdom. This, in turn, will enable food security for the Kingdom, and through this initiative, we are proud to play an active role towards achieving an important objective of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.”

Sam H Ka, president & COO of HHI, said, “Ours is a long and special relationship that has evolved over many years, and over the course of which we have successfully delivered many other ships to Bahri including VLCCs.”

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Original news was published on 24 August, 2017

Paceco's parent company Mitsui E&S will build three new STS cranes for Matson’s San Island Terminal in Honolulu and upgrade three existing cranes.

The order has been placed with Paceco Corporation by Matson Navigation Company, Inc. The cranes are part of a US$60M refurbishment Matson is undertaking to prepare its Sand Island Honolulu terminal for the arrival of four new vessels to the Matson fleet. The state of Hawaii is funding berth work to support the expansion as part of its own harbour modernisation plan.

“The new cranes will be built by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), delivered next year and installed at Matson's Sand Island Terminal in Honolulu in early 2019.  They will have greater lifting capacity, height and reach than Matson's existing cranes, enabling full service of the company's new larger Hawaii vessels going into service over the next three years.  They are also more energy efficient, easier to maintain and will be equipped with fibre-optic cabling, enabling faster and more accurate communication of data used in Matson's container tracking system,” Matson said in a statement.

The new cranes will have a lifting capacity of 65 long tons, and replace three older, smaller units. Three other existing cranes will be upgraded to the same 11.5 kV electrical system with fibre-optic cable as the new cranes.

"Having just marked our 135th year in Hawaii, these latest investments in our fleet and terminal infrastructure underscore Matson's long-standing commitment to serving our island communities with the most reliable, efficient and environmentally friendly operations in Hawaii for the long-term," said Matt Cox, chairman and chief executive officer.  

The new vessels include two Aloha Class ships under construction at Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia scheduled for delivery in Q3 2018 and Q1 2019. With a capacity of, 3,600 TEU they will be Matson's largest ships and the largest containerships ever built in the U.S, the company noted. They will also be faster than any of Matson's current vessels, designed to operate at speeds in excess of 23 knots, helping ensure timely delivery of goods in Hawaii.

Matson has also ordered two Kanaloa Class vessels from General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, scheduled for delivery at the end of 2019 and mid-year 2020. These are con-ro vessels built on a 3,500 TEU vessel platform (870 feet long and 115 feet wide), with enclosed garage space for up to 800 vehicles.  

All of the new vessels will have dual-fuel engines, able to operate on either conventional fuel oils or liquefied natural gas (LNG), with some adaptation for LNG required.

“The larger capacity of the Aloha Class and Kanaloa Class vessels will allow Matson to return to an optimal nine-ship fleet deployment in Hawaii, increasing efficiency and lowering operating costs, a key objective of the company's infrastructure investments,” the company concluded. Seven older vessels that will no longer comply with environmental regulations in 2020 without substantial modification will be retired.

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Original news was published on 22 August, 2017

ZPMC will supply four huge STS cranes for the expansion of the Virginia International Gateway (VIG) terminal.

The Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners has approved the port spending US$44.8M on four new STS cranes, parts, and delivery to Virginia from China and installation at VIG. The cranes are part of the US$320M expansion of Virginia International Gateway (VIG), and will be supplied by ZPMC.

“The largest of their kind in the United States, these four cranes will be able to handle the Ultra Large Container Vessels, or ULCVs, that are currently calling the port, as well as the even higher-volume ships of the future,” the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) said in a statement.

Virginia had 22-row outreach cranes years before any shipping line was interested in deploying a post-Panamax (pre Panama Canal extension) vessel to the US east coast, and the port continues to focus on trying to stay ahead of the shipping industry when it comes to crane size.

Its new ZPMC units will have an outreach of 69m from the waterside rail and a lift height above rail of 52m, while keeping with the existing 100ft rail gauge. Lifting capacity is 65 long tons under a twin-20-foot spreader or 100 long tons under cargo hook. Total crane weight is 1,827 tons.

“These cranes are the biggest of the big – the largest ZPMC has ever delivered to the U.S.” said Virginia Port Authority (VPA) Board Chairman John G. Milliken. “What is unique about these cranes is their outreach, they will be able to reach across a vessel that is 26 containers wide, which is three-to-four containers wider than most cranes. We anticipated needing this capacity (of the cranes) for the ships that will be coming to Virginia 10 years from now. When that day comes The Port of Virginia will be ready.”

The contract also includes the purchase of several “specialised cargo handling components for the cranes” and an option on two additional ship-to-shore cranes for use at Virginia’s other container facility, Norfolk International Terminals (NIT).

“Once the new cranes are delivered, The Port of Virginia will have 30 ship-to-shore cranes at work in the Norfolk Harbor and the ability to service the biggest container ships sailing the Atlantic Ocean: VIG will have 12 cranes; NIT has 14; and Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) has six. The new cranes are set for delivery in April 2019,” VPA added.

“Acquiring these cranes is another important step in the larger expansion efforts underway at VIG,” said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the VPA. “The big ships calling the port are only getting bigger and we are charting our course for the future to ensure we will be able to accommodate the larger capacities still to come.”

The biggest ship to call in Virginia to date is the 13,000 TEU COSCO DEVELOPMENT, which stows containers 19-wide on deck.  

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Intermodal Europe is the world-leading exhibition and conference for companies associated with the container shipping industry. Covering all areas of container transport, logistics and innovation across road, rail and sea, the event provides an invaluable industry forum in Europe that brings together senior decision-making professionals with expert speakers and leading global exhibitors.

Attracting over 6,000 international attendees from 70+ countries across three days, Intermodal Europe is your platform to do business with a global audience. Taking place on the 28th-30th November at the RAI Amsterdam, more than 140 global suppliers will exhibit at this year’s event. Confirmed exhibitors already include; Carrier Transicold, CARU Containers, CIMC, Daikin, Emerson Climate Technologies, Flex-Box, Florens, Maersk Container Industry, Orbcomm, Seaco Global, Seacube, Thermo King, Triton International and UNIT 45.


“After the success of Intermodal Europe 2016, there is a lot to look forward to at the event” explains Sophie Ahmed, Event Director. “The show will develop in line with the emerging areas of growth within the market, including technological advancements surrounding the Internet of Things and Big Data, and the container weighing solutions emerging since the SOLAS amendment last year. The event will also continue to reflect the tank, reefer, special container and components market, as well as developing the container innovation and modification element, which will be a big focus for us in 2017”.

The Intermodal Europe conference, which runs alongside the Exhibition, will cover a range of strategic, innovative and technical topics. The Intermodal Europe conference will focus on market recovery and the ongoing transformation of the global container shipping industry. Having faced considerable changes over the last 12 months, the industry can now begin to forward plan with a sense of optimism.

To find out more, please contact Sophie Ahmed on sophie.ahmed@informa.com or visit www.intermodal-events.com

Original news was published on 21 August, 2017

Hansa Heavy Lift has transported six rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, each weighing 135 metric tonnes and measuring 28.9 by 11.3 by 26.6 m, from Japan to Turkey.

All units were loaded onto the vessel HHL Kobe at the port of Saiki in southern Japan, with two of the cranes being discharged at the port of Gebze and the remaining four at the harbour of Gemlik, in Turkey.

“This was an unusually high number of RTGs being transported on a P2-800 vessel, compelling us to extend the deck as well as ensure there was sufficient space between the units, so that all cargo could be accommodated safely,” said Mohammad Abbas, Project Engineer, Hansa Heavy Lift.

“Due to the sensitivity of the cargo units, additional precautions needed to be taken, including a motion response analysis to determine the effects of any accelerations on the cargo during the voyage.”

“Strong cooperation between the crews and stevedores at the ports of loading and discharge ensured the project was executed seamlessly, within the tight timeframe that had been assigned.”

The deck extension included six metres to the aft side and three metres to the starboard side, as well as a total of 11 tween deck pontoons being stowed on deck to accommodate all units.

The strength of the extension tween deck panels was verified through a finite element analysis, to demonstrate that the overhung deck was sufficiently safe and durable enough to support the cargo.

A 3D model assimilation was also created before the start of the voyage to check the clearance between the RTGs and vessels’ cranes due to the large size of the units.

The project was carried out on behalf of Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, with Yilport Konteyner Terminal Ve Liman Isletmeleri A.S. acting as the charterer.

“By optimising the number of cranes transported on a single vessel, Hansa Heavy Lift presented us with a very cost-effective and efficient option,” said Selami Mercan, Engineering Service director, Yilport Holding Inc.

“The entire project, from planning to delivery, was handled with care and ease, and we would be eager to work with HANSA HEAVY LIFT again in the future.”

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Original news was published on 18 August, 2017

Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) has completed the construction of the 43,000 sq m Moscow Cargo terminal.

SVO said the new hub had been constructed in partnership with Volga-Dnepr Group and Aeroflot. Moscow Cargo, the ground handling agent at SVO, says the terminal would be open for operations next month.

The project commenced in March 2016 as part of SVO's development and modernisation programme for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

According to the airport, the cargo terminal meets all modern requirements in the area of ground cargo handling, and exceeds the level of technical equipment of similar facilities in Russia. SVO claims this creates "favourable conditions" for further development of the global cargo hub, in partnership with Volga-Dnepr and Aeroflot.

Located 29 km northwest of central Moscow, the terminal is equipped with an automated seven-tier system of cargo racking for shelf storage and handling, designed for 3,198 pallets; a four-tier area for container storage, equipped with an automated ULD processing system; 13 conveyor lines reaching the aerodrome; and 29 cargo acceptance/pick-up points equipped with dock levellers and canopies.

Two of the dock levellers and canopies are intended to handle oversized cargoes, says SVO, while two will be used for express shipment items.

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