THE Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is seeking to expand coastal shipping and the transshipment of goods to strengthen trade with Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand, as part of India's Look East Policy.' "The Look East Policy hopes to boost trade in the region and also offers immense opportunity for ports located in the eastern part of the country such as the Krishnapatnam, which has developed high-quality infrastructure," said SCI liner and passenger service director Sarveen Narula.

Speaking at the launch of Krishnapatnam to Yangon service operated by SCI, Mr Narula said: "Given the trade potential, we may make this service a weekly feature and add bigger vessels up from 1,500 TEU to 4,500 TEU." He said that the Yangon service will boost bilateral trade relations between India and Myanmar by opening opportunities for exporters and importers in these countries, reported the Hindu daily's Business Line.

He added that "the last two years have been extremely difficult due to slowdown in the world economy. The heavy vessels calling into the Krishnapatnam port will aid transshipment to other locations. There are signs of increasing exports with items such as cement being added."

Part of the working group to draft recommendations for a multi-modal transport network in India, Mr Narula said that several countries in the Far East have potential to boost trade once new facilities are created.

These include opportunities to launch services to Vietnam and Thailand.

*NEWS SOURCE

Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
We are going on to introduce you very professional agents everyday. Today we are very happy to announce you that RBS LOGISTICS  has joined among us from GEORGIA. Let's welcome our new agent on board of OPCA.

We are also happy to share with you that CEO, Mr. Roman Bebia will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey in 20,21,22 November 2014. A great meeting is waiting for us. Please click here for full information on our meeting. We are looking forward to meet you all soon!

Hereby let us remind you that by their registration to the November meeting, now RBS LOGISTICS has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

RBS LOGISTICS - GEORGIA

ADDRESS   :118 Paliashvili Street 1st Entrance, 1st Floor, 5 Ge-0162, GEORGIA
CONTACT  :Roman Bebira / CEO
TEL:+99532 2387235
FAX:+995322477772
WEB:www.rbs-logistics.com

Original news was published on 29 October, 2014

Etihad Cargo will partner with Avianca Cargo through a commercial agreement to deploy a freighter flight from Milan’s Malpensa Airport, Italy, to Bogotá, Colombia and from Bogotá to Amsterdam. Besides, passenger flights by Etihad Airways, Etihad Cargo currently operates four freighter flights per week between Abu Dhabi and Milan, Malpensa feeding traffic from markets across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. This brand new service will operate twice a week beginning 12 November 2014, connecting cargo between Europe and South America. The flights will also facilitate seamless transportation of goods to other markets around the world by linking the extensive global networks of both Etihad Airways and Avianca Cargo.

Avianca Cargo will provide cargo services through its Bogotá hub, at El Dorado International Airport with its passengers and cargo flights to and from most countries in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The new route will commence with a Boeing 747-400 Freighter, offering a maximum capacity of 105 tonnes, with strong demand expected for transportation of raw materials, perishables, machinery parts, equipment, industrial consumables, and fashion goods.

*NEWS SOURCE

Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
Everday new agents are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association all around the world. Today we are very happy to announce you that KOCAK LOGISTICS & SERVICE LTD. STI. has joined among us from TURKEY.

We are also pleased to announce that CEO, Mr. Mustafa Kocak will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Turkey at 20,21,22 November 2014. 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 KOCAK LOGISTICS & SERVICE LTD. STI. has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

ADDRESS:Suleyman Demirel Bul.Guzelyali Mh. 81170 Sok.Ozler Apt.1/2, Adana 01170, TURKEY
CONTACT: Mustafa Kocak / CEO
TEL:+90322 3631094 
FAX:+90322 3630726  
WEB: www.kocaklogistics.com

KOCAK LOGISTICS & SERVICE LTD. STI. - TURKEY

Please click here to see some Project Shipments organized by our new member. For all your kind information.

Original news was published on 29 october, 2014

SHENZHEN's China International Marine Containers (CIMC), the world's biggest box maker, posted a 66 per cent year-on-year net profit increase to US$265 million, drawn on revenues of $8 billion, up 20.3 per cent.

Hong Kong-listed CMIC reported a 38 per cent year-on-year increase in third quarter net profit to $55.1 million, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. CIMC said it sold 22.7 per cent more dry containers aggregating to 1.06 million TEU with reefer boxes accounting for 96,000 TEU, up 28.69 per cent year on year. CIMC truck revenues were up 9.1 per cent to $1.73 million with 87,300 units sold, a year-on-year increase of 10.93 per cent. "In the first three quarters of 2014, the import and export performance of China’s foreign trade has been improving quarter by quarter," the company statement said.

CIMC said it is upgrading factories that make standard dry containers and has built two cold chain industry parks at Qingdao and Taicang that went into production in the first half. The company now provides cold chain logistics, making and designing equipment, as well as offering port container services and logistics finance. The company attributed its good results to the continuing recovery of the American and European economies driving renewed demand for containers. Growth in the oil and gas sector also helped.

CIMC is 17 per cent held by Cosco Container Industries and is involved in manufacturing drilling platforms, engineering equipment, airport facilities and property development. The US Government is conducting an anti-dumping investigation into CIMC's export of 53-foot boxes, mostly used in America, but "as the revenue generated by 53-foot dry cargo containers only takes up a small portion of the group's total, it is expected that the investigation will not have a significant impact on financial conditions".

*NEWS SOURCE

Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
Everyday new agents are joining OPCA from all around the world. We are growing with strong steps. Today it is our pleasure to announce you that FREIGHT TRADERS LIMITED  has joined among us from NEW ZEALAND.

Other good news is that Mr. David Malins and Mr. Justin Metcalfe  will be with us in our coming annual meeting in Istanbul, Turkey at 20,21,22 November 2014. We are looking forward to meet you all in Istanbul.

Please click here for full information on the event.          

By their registration to the November meeting, now FREIGHT TRADERS LIMITED has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

FREIGHT TRADERS LIMITED - NEW ZEALAND

ADDRESS:4 Manu Tapu Drive, Auckland International Airport , 2022, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
CONTACT :David Malins / General Manager
TEL:+649-2544056
FAX:+649-2750490
WEB: www.freightraders.co.nz

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Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
Professional agents are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association all around the world. Today we are very happy to announce you that GOLDEN SEA UNITE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LTD. has joined among us from CHINA.

We are also pleased to announce that General Manager, Eva Tan will be attending our coming Annual Summit in Turkey at 20,21,22 November 2014. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners.

Please click here for full information on the event.          

By their registration to the November meeting, now GOLDEN SEA UNITE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LTD. has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

GOLDEN SEA UNITE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LTD. 

ADDRESS    :1206 Rm.12/F,Building C,Minghua International Convention Centre, Gui Shang Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, CHINA 518000
CONTACT    :Eva Tan
TEL:+86-755-26885525
FAX:+86-755-21610987
WEB: www.goldensealogistics.ne

Euroports Inland Terminals, the inland terminal operator with several locations in the Liège and Charleroi area, has successfully branched out its activities towards new customers handling and processing general cargo, polluted soils, waste, minerals and biomass sectors. EIT is dedicated to invest in its capabilities and equipment to obtain the necessary permits to support its further growth in these markets. This investment program is ongoing and will continue in 2015. Traditionally, Euroports Inland Terminals has specialized in supporting main industry / heavy industry players in the region with port handling, storage and transport services. The products EIT handled were predominantly dry bulk minerals and raw materials used in the many surrounding production sites. During the past several years, many new business opportunities for other commodities have emerged for the terminals in Loën, Ile Monsin, Renory, and Seraing (Liège area) and Couillet (Charleroi area).

“Our visibility in the region as a reliable supply chain partner in handling bulk products for the local industry resulted in business opportunities in industries such as polluted soils, waste products, de-icing salt, biomass and even general cargo such as pallets/palletized products,” said Muriel Baugnée, Euroports Inland Terminals’ managing director. EIT brings tailor-made and dedicated customer solutions based on the specific logistics requirements. “We combine our barge transport, freight forwarding, road transport and port handling services all into one supply chain solution supporting our clients’ inbound and outbound traffics,” Baugnée said. “Through the wider Euroports network we also assure the connection to deep-sea ports.” A good example of EIT’s showcase-model reconversion is the starting business relationship with AB Inbev/Jupiler. In collaboration with André CELIS and AB InBev, Euroports Inland Terminals succeeded in providing the best, lean and green solution to both companies. This resulted in a significant CO2-emission reduction for AB Inbev’s logistics flows which also brings a decrease of their carbon footprint.

After loading pallets on a dedicated and André CELIS-managed barge in Louvain, the cargo arrived in Liège where it was discharged at Euroports Inland Terminals’ Monsin facilities. Pallets were then loaded on AB InBev trucks for a last-mile delivery to the customer’s Jupille plant.

*NEWS SOURCE

Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
New agents are going on to join our group. Today it is our pleasure to inform you that TCC LOGISTICS LIMITED has joined among us from THAILAND.

Hereby let us share with you that C.E.O., Mr. Tom Chalermkarnchana will be attending our coming Annual Meeting in Turkey at 20,21,22 November 2014. The gathering will be a great opportunity to meet all OPCA partners.

Please click here for full information on the event.

By their registration to the November meeting, now TCC LOGISTICS LIMITED has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till October 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

TCC LOGISTICS LIMITED - THAILAND

ADDRESS: 24th Fl, Q. House Lumpini, 1 South Sathorn Road, Tungmahamek, Sathorn, 10120, Bangkok ,THAILAND

CONTACTS: Wilai Tapa / Secretary of C.E.O.
                  Saowanid Jitjairak / General Manager
                  Tom Chalermkarnchana / C.E.O.

TEL:+66 2287-9399
FAX:+66 2287-9300
WEB:www.tccs.co.th

BBC Chartering announces that Manchester Terminal in the Port of Houston is the carrier’s new dedicated hub in North America. Managed through Gulfstream Marine, BBC vessels and their customers can now enjoy priority berthing and 24/7 serviceability in the Port of Houston.

BBC recorded a constant growth of its US based business which also drove the number of vessel visits. In the past 12 months the carrier counted more than 250 port calls in Houston making it the carrier’s most frequented hub for project cargo operations in the world.

Manchester Terminal features two large docks that can accommodate up to six MPP / HL vessels at the same time and connects to all modes of transportation. The terminal also offers warehousing and specialized handling for pipes, any other break bulk cargo and containers, and it can even facilitate space for light manufacturing and assembly operations if needed. The terminal covers an area of about 72.4 acres and also serves as a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). Manchester Terminal is a private marine terminal that is a United States Coast Guard approved facility.

*NEWS SOURCE