Original news was published on 12 February, 2016

Qatari government officials have heard recommendations to improve heavy transport regulation in the country. The findings were delivered as part of a report to the cabinet by special transport committee members.

The new report makes a number of suggestions including:

• Creation of a database of heavy transport owners in the country.
• Closer regulation of rental agreements.
• Framing rules for the nationalization of heavy transport activities.

The proposed database would include details of individuals, companies and commercial institutions operating in the heavy transportation sector. There would also be provision to store registration details of all vehicles, heavy machinery and equipment operating in the sector.

The committee further suggested the development of a unified model for contracts related to the rental of heavy transport equipment or machinery.
Prior to making their recommendations the committee considered input from the Qatari Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Transport and Communications and Qatar’s Chamber of Commerce.

Qatar sits on the third-largest gas reserves in the world after Russia and Iran, with 896 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. As a result, the wealthy Middle Eastern state has been able to finance numerous large-scale infrastructure projects and has become a center for project cargo and heavy-lift shipments.

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Chairman of Overseas Project Cargo Association (OPCA),- Mr.Kemal KIRIKKANAT visited OPCA Thailand agent " FALCON LOGISTICS SOLUTION CO., LTD." on April 2015 as part of his Asia Productivity Trip. Mr.Kemal said "It was my pleasure to meet Mr. Songwoth CHINTATHUM. We had a beneficial meeting together and evaluated many aspects from business mentality to agent networking approach."

Falcon Logistics Solution ( FLS ), a subsidiary of Falcon Group, was strategically established in early 2005 to be a one stop logistics service provider. Their core competency is in providing the total logistics solutions and creating value chains for their customers.

FLS’s capabilities include air and sea freight management, warehousing services, distribution management, inventory management, project logistics and trade & logistics consultancy. Staff professionalism is one of their main emphasis in providing seamless solutions to any problem encountered in the supply chain loop.

FLS’s customers can totally rely on their expertise in handling the services required by their customers from “cradle to grave” which means your expectations of the requirement will be taken care of with paramount importance by them, leaving no stone unturned. FLS will spare no effort to ensure complete satisfaction of their services with competitive pricing.

OPCA is first organization who visits members at Chairman Level in their own facilities to verify their abilities and capabilities. Our chairman has close relationship with member agents and visits them ONE by ONE to understand their needs, find out solutions and make brainstorming for increasing shipment volume. It ensures that you will meet hand-picked and qualified project partners through Overseas Project Cargo Association.

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Original news was published on 12 February, 2016

The Ports of Indiana handled over 12.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2015, surpassing 2014's record volume by nearly 18 percent.

Shipments of coal, steel, bulk commodities and ethanol-related products helped drive significant increases in annual cargo volumes at the three Ohio River and Lake Michigan ports, said the Ports of Indiana.

While shipments of steel doubled at the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville, it was project and heavy lift cargoes that drove the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor's growth, as it recorded its second highest cargo volumes in over two decades.

"While we savour the victories our port companies achieved in 2015, we are mindful of the challenges they continue to face with the pressure on fossil fuels and steel prices," said Ports of Indiana ceo Rich Cooper.

"Despite the difficult economy, steel shipments at our ports still reached an all-time high in 2015 with many of our 28 steel companies processing steel for the record number of new cars and trucks sold by the US automobile industry last year."

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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 BA.SE. PROJECT & LOGISTIC SRL joined our group from ITALY.

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

BA.SE. PROJECT & LOGISTIC SRL
ADDRESS :Piazza Giacomo Matteotti 17, 57127, Livorno, Italy
CONTACT :Federico Bartoli / CEO
TEL :0039 0586-896486
WEB :www.baseproject.net

BA.SE. PROJECT & LOGISTIC SRL performs any kind of international shipping having the best experience particularly in the area of project cargo shipments.
The company is able to satisfy the customer with immediacy, meeting all predictable and unpredictable needs, being able to quickly reach any part of the world.
Since the beginning of job, their staff assists customer technicians for examination of all transport problems, in order to choose the best economical and technical solution.

BA.SE. PROJECT & LOGISTIC SRL assists the customer in all steps of carriage, from customs clearance to insurance cover, drafting of the pertinent commercial documentation for export and import, storage and goods warehousing, providing a valuable service door to door monitored at every stage.
Professional disposition, vocation and competence allow them an unlimited capacity to movements all over the world.

BA.SE. PROJECT & LOGISTIC SRL established a product packaging center, run by a cooperating company, which provides wood or steel packaging to ideally suit the product characteristics and the customer's specifications.
The packaging service allows rendering of a consistent logistics service for finished products as from the time of pickup to the delivery to the port of export and to the final destination.
The wood containers features are able to ensure the utmost protection to the transported material.

The goal of the product/service realized according the guidelines is to satisfy the requirements and grant better performances related to handling and shipping.
In addition to the packaging, transport and delivery service to all the various steps their structure provides control service at all the steps, providing, when requested, relationships and expertise documented by photographic evidence, in order to ensure the proper execution of the job, settling any dispute at source.

Original news was published on 09 February, 2016

Cutbank Ridge Partnership has awarded Fluor Corp. a contract to execute the engineering, procurement and construction management for its Saturn 15-27 Phase 2 sweet gas plant project near Dawson Creek, Canada.

The project is part of the Cutbank Ridge Partnership Program to develop natural gas and natural gas liquid, or NGL, production. Fluor is already executing the EPCM of two similar projects under the same program, Sunrise 04-26 and Tower 03-07.

The new facilities will receive sweet natural gas, remove water and hydrocarbons, chill and compress the gas to meet transmission pipeline requirements and recover NGL from the gas streams.

It is expected that the plants will have the capacity to process a combined additional total of 800 million cubic feet of gas per day.

“Fluor has been supporting these projects since the initial conceptual stages, and we look forward to taking them through the EPCM phase and delivering the completed facilities,” said Jim Brittain, president of Fluor’s energy and chemicals business in the Americas.

“We will leverage the best practices and synergies gained from each of the projects to deliver capital-efficient solution to the Cutbank Ridge Partnership.”

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 08 February, 2016

Chinese state-owned energy giant PetroChina Company reportedly will increase output at its Tarim oilfield by almost 7 billion cubic meters.

The firm is reported to be making arrangements to increase the annual gas yield from the site to 30 billion cubic meters by 2021, up from the current 23.55 billion cubic meters.

Estimates suggest that the site has extensive reserves of up to 1.85 trillion cubic meters and gas from Tarim already feeds around one-sixth of Chinese natural gas demand.

A significant increase in natural gas output from the Tarim oilfield is likely to require further investment in infrastructure both for drilling and transportation of the gas. This in turn may represent significant opportunities for international project cargo and breakbulk specialists over the next four years as output grows.

“The oilfield will also produce 6 million tonnes of crude oil and explore an average of 100 million tonnes of oil and gas equivalent every year from 2016 to 2020,” a Tarim company spokesperson said in a statement.

In recent months, PetroChina has indicated a willingness to open up tightly controlled resources to international firms by signing a 30-year agreement with U.S. oil firm Chevron Corp. to "share natural gas production" in Chongqing and Sichuan regions in southwest China.

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Original news was published on 03 February, 2016

Sustained low oil prices may soon provide a boon for project cargo and breakbulk operators required to help with decommissioning unprofitable oilfield projects in the North Sea, according to a report from consultant Douglas-Westwood.

The report, North Sea Decommissioning Market Forecast 2016-2040, suggests that a "huge tonnage" of infrastructure may soon need to be removed from sites in the North Sea.

The report’s authors state a number of life extension work projects at North Sea platforms "no longer make commercial sense," and as such up to 146 platforms will be removed from the UK between 2019 and 2026.

The cost to remove these platforms is estimated at US$50 billion or above, creating large contracts for specialist firms able to carry out the highly technical work.

Given the high price tag, Douglas-Westwood suggest that there is potential for significant savings through the use of super heavy-lift vessels. The report’s authors believe the use of super heavy-lift vessels will lead to savings of up to US$7 billion.

The average age of platforms in the UK is more than 20 years, meaning that costs are high and production remains expensive compared with newer competitors.

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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 share with you that KWISE LOGISTICS (SHANDONG) CO,.LTD joined our group from CHINA.

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

KWISE LOGISTICS (SHANDONG) CO,.LTD
ADDRESS :Unit A,7/F, Bldg # 7,No 288 Ningxia Road, Qingdao Software Park, Qingdao, 266071, China
CONTACTS :Richard Ouyang / Project Manager
TEL :0086-532-82023456
FAX :0086-532-82021625
0086-532-82022345
WEB :www.kwise-log.com

Kwise Logistics' expertise team will do onsite exploration, and provide the delivery plan and budget report for clients based on the onsite exploration result which be concluded to the detailed conditions about cargo and sea port.

For bulky(oversized and overweight) shipping, Kwise focus on providing total solution including Lifting, Protection, International Multimodal Transpor of rail/road/river traffic/sea/air, Customs clearance, Delivery to door, and assembly and installation.

Range of Service: energy, wind power station, petrol& natural gas refinery, and construction engineering, etc.

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 RED WOLF GLOBAL PHILIPPINES CORPORATION joined our group from PHILIPPINES with their overseas office RED WOLF GLOBAL LTD. from THAILAND.

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

RED WOLF GLOBAL PHILIPPINES CORPORATION_PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES OFFICE :Rufino Pacific Plaza, 3/F - St# 300, 6784 Ayala Avenue,Makati, Metro Manila, 1226, Philippines
CONTACT :Max Alire / GM - Asean Business Development
TEL :0063-2-410-7689
WEB :www.redwolfglobal.com

RED WOLF GLOBAL LTD_THAILAND
THAILAND OFFICE :1 Silom Road, Level 8, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok, 10500, Thailand
CONTACT    :Tanner Thiobodeaux / Operations Coordinator
TEL :0066-6-0003-5160
WEB :www.redwolfglobal.com

Red Wolf Global Ltd is a new breed of international logistics company. They are active, professional, experienced and innovative. They are exactly the kind of company you need to make your international business a success! Through their professional staff, their agents and sub-agents they offer a world class logistics service.

Red Wolf Global professionals are very well-suited to quoting, booking and handling project and breakbulk cargoes. They are located in markets where it is especially difficult to find good players who know what they are doing and can deliver a professional service in this arena. They are especially well-suited to shipping heavy equipment. If your clients need services for oversize, out-of-gauge and heavylift projects feel free to contact them. The more unusual the shipment the better. They also can handle RO/RO shipments and air charter.

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 share with you that DEE DELIGHT MARITIME AND CONSULTANT CO.,LTD joined our group from THAILAND.

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

DEE DELIGHT MARITIME AND CONSULTANT CO.,LTD
ADDRESS :1991/87 Onnuch Road, Suanluang, Suanluang, Bangkok, 10250, Bangkok, Thailand
CONTACTS :Capt.Ritthinarong Rakprasat / Managing Director
                      Capt.Wutthisat Bunprakom / General Manager
                      Capt.Teerachai Yoosomboon / Project Manager
                      Mr.Pichaya Chanchai / Cargo Supervisor
TEL :0066 2 3491772
FAX :0066 2 3491771
WEB :www.d-dmc.com

DEE Delight handles diverse cargoes such as bulk cargo, break bulk cargo, project cargo, heavy lifted cargo and over dimensional cargo by the well trained and experienced stevedore artisans, supervisors, foremen, lashing gangs and chocking gangs with proper handling equipment and systematic procedures. You can ensure that your cargo would be securing and lashing with the best method with DEE Delight's expert team.

You can click here to see project shipment portfolio of our new agent.