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GERMANY
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Original news was published on 14 February, 2017

Malaysian port operator Westports Holdings Berhad (Westports) revealed that its container operations achieved another record-breaking year by handling 9.95 million TEUs in 2016, an increase of 10% over the previous year’s 9.05 million TEUs.

The company said that the continued strong growth of transshipment containers supported the overall growth.

Gateway volume complemented by achieving much-improved growth in the latter part of the year as Westports continued to facilitate domestic economic activities. The volume of laden export containers increased by 6% in 2016 while laden import containers grew more moderately by 1%, according to the port operator.

“Over the course of 2016, Westports has also benefited from shipping clients’ ad-hoc handling requirements as they introduced larger vessels into their existing container shipping services,” Ruben Emir Gnanalingam, Chief Executive Officer of Westports, commented.

“Westports has grown tremendously over the last two decades by supporting our shipping clients’ regional transshipment requirements and facilitating domestic economic activities. The impending realignment in the container shipping industry this year will result in a lesser number of but significantly larger alliances. As these larger alliances optimise their network and services, they would also optimise their port of calls and services,” Westports’ CEO added.

Furthermore, conventional throughput in 2016 increased by 15% to 11.8 million tons as Westports handled a higher volume of dry bulk commodities. Breakbulk tonnages coming through the port for domestic applications and economic activities have also increased. In addition, bunker operations contributed to the improved throughput at the liquid bulk facility.

Both container and conventional operations contributed to the group’s improved financial performance for 2016. The firm’s gross profit went up by 12% to MYR 991 million (USD 222.7 million) in 2016 from MYR 882 million posted in the previous year. In addition, Westports’ operational revenue rose by 14% to MYR 1.8 billion in 2016 from MYR 1.6 billion seen in 2015.

In mid-2016, the group completed the Container Terminal 8 (CT8) Phase 1 expansion. The latest CT8 Phase 2 expansion is on schedule, and the additional 300-meter wharf facility is expected to be completed by mid-2017. By then, Westports would have taken delivery of additional ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and also rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. Together with the added wharf facility, these additional terminal operating equipment would enhance Westports’ total container handling capacity to 12.5 million TEUs per annum, the port operator explained.

The latest facility expansion, the Container Terminal 9 (CT9) Phase 1, commenced in the second half of 2016 due to high utilisation of existing container terminal facilities at Westports. The CT9 expansion will entail the construction of a 600-meter wharf and additional equipment such as STS and additional RTG cranes. The CT9 Phase 1 is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

“The record container volume handled and active terminal utilisation of the recently completed CT8 Phase 1 facilitated the need to commence with CT9 Phase 1 expansion to meet the future requirements of our shipping customers and also raise the overall terminal handling capacity at Port Klang,” Gnanalingam further said.

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Strong partners continue to join Overseas Project Cargo Association from all around The World. Today it is our pleasure to share with you that ATM GLOBAL TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED joined our group from VIETNAM.
Let's welcome our new agent on board of Overseas Project Cargo Association !

ATM GLOBAL TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED
ADDRESS: 3rd Floor, Alley 139, No.17 My Dinh Street, My Dinh 1 Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
CONTACTS: Mr. Dinh Van Hai / Managing Director
Mr. Vu Hoang Hai / Project Manager
Ms. Mai Loan / Assistant Manager
TEL: +84 4 32 123 886
FAX: +84 4 32 123 923
WEB: www.atmglobaltrans.com.vn

COMPANY PROFILE

Atm Global Transport Company Limited is know as one of leading logistics provider in Vietnam. It is managed by a group of professionals who have many years worked in shipping and forwarding industry of Vietnam. Their staffs have good knowledge, long experience to be your partner for your success on business way. It provides you with integrated transport and total logistics solution which includes international air and sea transport, consolidation, de-consolidation services, door to door services, warehousing & distribution, project delivery & clearance, customs operations, insurance of transport.

Atm Global Transport Company Limited is a specialist about handling cargo project such as moving/setting machineries for new Korean & Japanese factories in the north of Vietnam and over weight & overload equipment in Vietnam as well. Outstanding project is that shipping vestas wind turbine & turbine propellers from China to Cam Ranh Port, Vietnam by bulk liner.

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Original news was published on 09 February, 2017

Imports at US major retail container ports are expected to rise by 4.6 percent during the first half of 2017 over the same period last year, shows the new monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

The increase is ascribed to the improvement of the nation’s economy and further growth of retail sales.

“This is very much in line with what we are forecasting for retail sales and consumer spending this year,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said.

“Retailers try to balance inventories very carefully with demand. So, when retailers import more merchandise, that’s a pretty good indicator of what they are expecting to happen with sales.”

Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.58 million TEUs in December, the latest month for which after-the-fact numbers are available. That was down 3.8 percent from November as the holiday season came to an end but up 10.2 percent from December 2015.
That brought 2016 cargo volume to a total of 18.8 million TEU, up 3.2 percent from 2015, which had grown 5.4 percent from 2014, the report said.

Furthermore, January was estimated at 1.59 million TEU, up 6.6 percent from January 2016. February is forecast at 1.53 million TEU, down 0.6 percent from last year; March at 1.43 million TEU, up 7.8 percent from last year; April at 1.56 million TEU, up 8.2 percent; May at 1.66 million TEU, up 2.3 percent, and June at 1.65 million TEU, up 4.3 percent.

Those numbers would bring the first half of 2017 to 9.4 million TEU, up 4.6 percent from the first half of 2016. That would be almost three times the 1.6 percent growth seen in the first half of 2016 over the same period in 2015.

“The United States is well placed in 2017 and is likely to outperform most of the rest of the developed economies,” Hackett Associates Founder Ben Hackett said.

“If the infrastructure investments promised by the new administration come about, we can expect stronger growth than in 2016, but that assumes good relationships with U.S. trading partners and no recourse to trade barriers that would result in a tit-for-tat response.”
 
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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 share with you that APOLLO LOGISTICS LTD. joined our group from TAIWAN.

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

APOLLO LOGISTICS LTD.
ADDRESS: 5F 8, No.33 Chein Kuo N. Road Sec. 2, Taipei, Taiwan
CONTACT: Aaron Wang / Executive Assistant
TEL: 00886 2 25156365
FAX: 00886 2 25156372

COMPANY PROFILE
Apollo Logistics Ltd. is an International Freight Forwarder and NVOCC established since 1987 with head office in Taipei, Taiwan and Shanghai, China. They are offering the full ranges of logistics services including: project shipment, cold chain logistics, sea freight, air freight, MCC operation, warehousing, customs declaration, domestics delivery, insurance, cargo become postal parcel for online store and packing.

Please click here to review brief introduction about Apollo Logistics Ltd. and their project shipment.

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Proud to share with you the professional performance of OPCA member BBA TRANSPORT SYSTEM, POLAND.

BBA TRANSPORT SYSTEM successfully executed the project cargo shipment from Poland to Norway.

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As an OPCA member we are active in organizing oversize transports in Europe and overseas. In the middle of January we delivered bulky steel constructions from central Poland to the port of Havik located in Norwegian fiord. Transport was executed during harsh winter conditions. Temperature dropped down to minus 27 Celsius and a strong snow storm attacked Baltic sea shore during the vessel loading. Shipment was time sensitive as an assembling crew was ready to start job just the day after scheduled delivery. Cargo was delivered safely on time to Norway.

Z pozdrowieniami / Best Regards
Michał Pastwa
BBA Transport System
Tel: +48 537 780 600
Mob: +48 537 780 600
Fax: +48 22 463 47 49
WWW: www.bbats.pl
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Jerry Nilsson, Business Unit Manager for Air & Sea at NTEX, was one of 20 speakers who were invited to speak at a conference concerning dangerous goods that was held at Chalmers University of Technology 29th of November. – One of NTEX core values is to be a “Challenger” to challenge our competition, ourselves or the market in innovation, service level and development, said Jerry Nilsson.

The conference is a venue where people who handle dangerous goods in different ways, can meet to exchange ideas and discuss issues that arise in everyday life. The organizers Dangerous Goods Management (DGM), Chalmers University of Technology and Säkerhets-
rådgivarna AB (consultancy company within dangerous goods) were responsible for one part each during the day.

Jerry Nilsson spoke during DGM’s part which dealt with cross-border transportation, but also import and export of dangerous goods.
– We discussed the trends in global trade and how the area has evolved from the early 90s to the present day. We also talked about the current problems with the transportation of dangerous goods, said Jerry Nilsson.

This was the first time that NTEX spoke at the conference, invited by DGM.
– They are our contracted security advisor and I have participated at several of their workshops, says Jerry Nilsson, who himself runs training programs for customers within the framework of NTEX Transport Academy.
– Our customer training is appreciated and allows us to share our knowledge, says Jerry.
The participation in the dangerous goods-conference is also a good opportunity to network and connect with other people that have broad knowledge in the field.
– It is instructive to listen to the other speakers and obtain a better understanding of the industry as a whole, and also to learn what we can do to make it easier for our clients, says Jerry Nilsson.

In total, more than 120 people participated at the conference and there were also speakers from Chalmers University of Technology, Swedish Transport Agency, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, the Police, Military and the Swedish Coast Guard.

                                                                   Jerry Nilsson together with Joakim Nielsen, CEO and owner of DGM.

Original news was published on 05 February, 2017

Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, has assumed full ship management and operations of Q-Max LNG carrier Al Dafna from Shell Trading and Shipping Company Ltd.(STASCo).

With a cargo carrying capacity of 266,366 cubic meters, Al Dafna is wholly-owned by Nakilat and chartered by RasGas. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries, the carrier was delivered in October 2009 and has been in service ever since.

Al Dafna is the fifth Q-Max LNG vessel that will come under the management of Nakilat Shipping Qatar Ltd. (NSQL), bringing the total number of vessels managed by the company to 13, comprising of nine LNG and four LPG carriers.

The management of the vessel was transferred with effect from February 2, 2017 as part of the planned and phased transition agreed in October 2016 between NSQL and Shell.

Under the deal, the management of a total of 25 LNG vessels, including fourteen Q-Max and eleven Q-Flex LNG carriers, will be transitioned from Shell to NSQL.

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Proud to share with you the professional performance of OPCA member MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LLC, OMAN

Muscat International Shipping & Logistics LLC successfully executed the project cargo shipment from Sohar to Khassab.

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Khassab Power Station Transformer Installation
Muscat International Shipping & Logistics LLC successfully completed transportation & installation on 25/1/2017 of  voltamp transformers 20 MVA x 4 Nos (approx 40 Ton each ) with accessories from Sohar to Khassab RAECO Power Station, Oman. Our team successfully transported 4 Nos transformers in 4 Nos low beds and accessories in 6 Nos flatbeds. Also mobilized 500 ton crane & 25 ton Crane from Muscat. All trailers has to cross 3 international borders (Oman & UAE) in order to reach in Khassab. Installation was critical, our trailers reached within 24 hours in Khassab Power Station. Transformer offloading & assembly was done through 500 ton crane to its foundation within 2 days. Each transformer has 10 units accessories which was installed with a 25 ton crane with expertise also.

Thanks & Regards,
Mithun K / Commercial Manager
Muscat International Shipping & Logistics LLC, Oman
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Original news was published on 31 January, 2017

The Port of Virginia set a new container throughput record in 2016, after handling 2.65 million TEU, an increase of 4.2 per cent year on year, with imports up six per cent and exports rising 2.6 per cent.

The Richmond Marine Terminal experienced its most productive year since the Virginia Port Authority began leasing the facility in 2010, and volumes were also up at the Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal, reported American Shipper.

"In 2016, we moved 106,000 more TEU than we did in 2015, which until now, was our highest volume year on record," Virginia Port Authority CEO John Reinhart said.

"The growth is significant - 8,800 TEU a month, on average - and we have responded with improved throughput in all facets of the operation, especially rail, where volume was 551,496 containers, an increase of 14 per cent when compared with 2015."

The port authority added that the fourth quarter was the best in the port's history, with double-digit volume increases, raising its market share of US east coast cargo volume to 14.5 per cent.

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