Original news was published on 12 July, 2017

Just three weeks after inaugurating its new berth, support areas and new cranes, Terminal Portuario Guayaquil (TPG) broke records by receiving the 11,000 TEU CMA CGM Rodolphe, the largest vessel to ever call at an Ecuadorian port.

“Only a few days ago we inaugurated an extension to our berth of 120 meters, in addition to new support areas and equipment, with the precise aim of receiving larger ships. This vessel belongs to one of the APL services that we receive and represents an advance for our port in its continuous support for Ecuadorian foreign trade,” Enrique Brito, TPG Executive Chairman, commented.

Brito added that STS Super Post Panamax cranes were recently acquired by the company. They were fully operational while the vessel was loaded and unloaded, which involved transferring 3,500 containers.

Completed at China Shipping Industry shipyard in May 2017, the ship is 299.9 meters long and 48.2 meters wide.

CMA CGM Rodolphe will be operated by CMA CGM’s subsidiary APL, to link Guayaquil with Asian ports while passing through the new Panama Canal.

Proud to share with you the latest projects shipments of OPCA member Origin Lojistik Tas.Tic As., Turkey.

About Projects:

Origin Lojistik Tas.Tic As. continues to provide complete solutions and smooth handling of project cargoes dispatch to their valuable customers.

Recently, they moved 1100 tons marble, 600 tons parquet, 400 tons isolation meterials with river type vessel.

Some part of cargoes has been loaded from Greece and the rest of the goods delivered to the vessel from Turkish suppliers at Derince Port. After than vessel is departed to her way to Turkmenistan port via Don-Volga river connection which is link the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea.

Please find below pictures regarding the Turkmenbashi Port Project.

Also, they performed different heavy lifts and out of gauge cargoes such as cranes and spare parts also two dipper dredger. You can see the loading of heavy cranes which 1100 tonnage lifting capacity in the following pictures.



They brought these cranes and spare parts from China and moved forward to Azerbaijan. Totally 1300 cbm cargoes delivered via 17 lowbed chassis and 8 truck.

You can find below pictures regarding excavator units loaded from Izmit to Puerto Moin.

Congratulations Origin Lojistik Tas.Tic As. for their excellent job.

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Proud to share with you the professional performance of OPCA member Projects FPS (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka.

About Project:

Projects FPS (Pvt) Ltd. have been awarded the local handling for the movement of:

•    222 large cable drums loaded as break bulk
•    208 smaller drums containerized in 52 x 20’ containers

Scope of work

•    Port handling
•    Customs clearance
•    Transportation to receivers site which is approximately 15km from Colombo port
•    Unloading & placement at receivers storage yard

Port of Loading – Kobe / Japan
Port of discharge - Colombo / Sri Lanka

The 1st 1break bulk shipment of 27 drums arrived Colombo port onboard mv MIIKE V. 059 on the 8th of July 2017. The movements were completed within 20 hours. The total movement is schedule to be completed at the end of 2017.

Congratulations Projects FPS (Pvt) Ltd. for their excellent job.

Please review the project pictures as below:



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Original news was published on 09 July, 2017

THE US Port Houston has completed the dredging of the Bayport Terminal, deepening the channel depth to 48.5 feet to allow vessel drafts of 45 feet. The improvement works facilitate the heavier loading of ships with containers of heavy cargoes such as synthetic resins.

The channel to the port's Barbours Cut terminal already has been deepened to match the 45-foot vessel drafts permitted on the Houston Ship Channel, reported IHS Media.

Houston is at the centre of a petrochemical manufacturing boom created by low-cost natural gas feedstocks. Annual US exports of synthetic resins are expected to rise by 500,000 TEU or more within the next few years.

Authorities at the port of Houston hope to maintain or expand its current 45 per cent share of US polyethylene and polypropylene resin exports but will need additional vessel capacity that the 45-foot channel drafts will provide.

Volumes of such resin exports declined by 31.4 per cent, year on year, in the first four months of 2017, according to data from PIERS, a sister division of JOC.com within IHS Markit. Resins made up 4.4 per cent of Houston's export volumes in the same period.

The port is currently embarking on a US$1 billion expansion and renovation programme at Barbours Cut and Bayport, which combined handle two-thirds of US Gulf container volume.

Houston has posted marked increases in container throughput this year following the addition in 2016 of two all-water Asian services by the 2M Alliance of Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co, and by Cosco China Shipping.

January-through-May volume, including empty boxes, amounted to 1.02 million TEU, up 14.6 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to port of Houston statistics.

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Original news was published on 07 July, 2017

Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has named a very large liquefied petroleum (LPG) carrier newbuilding to be chartered by Astomos Energy Corporation (Astomos Energy).

The naming ceremony was held at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Sakaide Shipyard on July 6, 2017.

Named Crystal River, the 82,200 cbm ship features a length of 230 meters and a width of 37.2 meters.

The Panama-flagged vessel will commence its service to Astomos Energy under the “first-ever time charter contract directly concluded between the two companies” upon Crystal River’s delivery from the shipyard.

The 53,700 dwt LPG carrier is expected to be handed over to the company on July 14, 2017, according to K Line.

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 AGENCE MARITIME MOHAB from TUNISIA.

We are also pleased that Business Development Manager, Mr. Hatem Bouricha 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 !

AGENCE MARITIME MOHAB
ADDRESS: Zone Portuaire, Rades 2040, Tunisia
CONTACT: Hatem Bouricha / Business Development Manager
TEL: 00216 71 449519-699
FAX: 00216 71 448 325
WEB: www.am-mohab.com

COMPANY PROFILE

Agence Maritime Mohab is locally and worldwide well reputed for the high quality of its services as well as the skills and the infinite commitment of its employees.

Since its creation in 1972, the company did not cease developing its activities to become one of the most requested logistics operators capable of satisfying the needs for its customers by assuring them personalized solutions based on the principles set by their performance policy:

•    Listening to customers requests and following up their shipments
•    Competence and expertise of their staff
•    Competitiveness of prices and services
•    Involvement and continuous improvement

Being present themselves in the main Tunisian port areas through their own branches and also represented worldwide by competent and experienced partners, they are able to perform all services related to the transport chain from collection until delivery, through storage and clearance of all types of declarations.

Among their activities, they also ensure the representation of vessels and management of exceptional consignments.

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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 PT. ASIA GROW LOGISTICS from INDONESIA.

We are also pleased that Mr. Abung B. Suryaputra and Mr. Hendro Soedarmoko 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. ASIA GROW LOGISTICS
ADDRESS: Ruko Kesehatan No.60, Jl. Tanah Abang IV, Jakarta 10160, Indonesia
CONTACT: Abung B. Suryaputra / General Manager
TEL: 0062 21 3509041
FAX: 0062 21 3521044
WEB: www.asiagrow.com

COMPANY PROFILE

PT. Asia Grow Logistics was established in 2002, with its head office in Jakarta, Indonesia.

They have working relationships with major role players in the freight forwarding industry on a global basis. The company is able to offer International freight forwarding, customs clearing, warehousing, import and export of a wide range of products and freight distribution services nationally. They maintain good business relationships with a number of companies in the industry they operate in.

PT. Asia Grow Logistics is fast becoming successful and is well represented in major Indonesian ports and cities globally.

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Original news was published on 04 July, 2017

Arklow Shipping's latest newbuild mulitpurpose vessel, Arklow Cliff, has been launched at Ferus Smit's Westerbroek yard in the Netherlands.

Arklow Cliff is the fifth vessel in a series of ten that Ferus Smit will be delivering to the Irish shipping company.

The vessel has a maximum hold volume of 220,000 cu ft (6,229.7 cu m) and a carrying capacity over 5,000 dwt. It features a single hold and an 1A iceclass notation.

According to its website, across its offices in Ireland and the Netherlands, Arklow Shipping provides logistics and transportation services for project cargoes and offshore structures, offshore and landline pipes, bulk grain trades, dangerous bulk cargoes, steel rails, minerals, containers and general cargo.

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This notification is for your kind information from OPCA member JL Logistic GmbH, Germany.

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Dear valued agent & partner,

We are happy to announce, that JL Logistic Germany will grow to improve our service to you, our valued partner.

Therefore we opened on 1st of July 2017 our fourth own Branch Office in Germany.
The address and contact details are as follows:

JL Logistic GmbH
Rigaer Straße 1
D-28217 Bremen
Tel: +49-421-4089236-1
Fax: +49-421-4089236-9
Mobil: +49-171-2620602
Email: heiko.coldenstrodt@jl-logistic.de

The Branch Manager, Mr. Heiko Coldenstrodt, has an experience in freight forwarding business since more than 35 years with main fields of Oceanfreight and Project Cargo Business.

Within his long career he has gained enormous important and long year personal relations to the most important shipping lines on the market. The strategic decision to implement a new office within JL Logistic is to improve our known good service day by day for our partners to act “faster as fast” and to follow the market requirements of your overseas clients worldwide in offering extremely fast competitive rates combined with equipment and space solutions.

Please feel free to contact us for your future air and sea business from or to Germany!

I remain,
with best regards

Thomas Waschke
(Managing Director)

JL Logistic GmbH
Langer Kornweg 34 a
D-65451 Kelsterbach
Tel: +49-6107-985688-12
Fax: +49-6107-985688-10
Mobil: +49-151-42656212
Email: thomas.waschke@jl-logistic.de
Skype: thomas_waschke
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OPCA is going on to introduce you new partners. Today it is our pleasure to announce you the arrival of WINGS & WAVES INTERNATIONAL CARGO LLC from UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

We are also pleased that Managing Director, Subhash Menon 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 !

WINGS & WAVES INTERNATIONAL CARGO LLC
ADDRESS: Office 2009, 2nd Floor, Entrance-5, Air Cargo Terminal, Dubai Cargo Village, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
CONTACT: Subhash Menon / Managing Director
TEL: 00971-4-2834858
FAX: 00971-4-2834859
WEB: www.wings-waves.com

COMPANY PROFILE

Wings & Waves International Cargo LLC is a group of experienced Logistics Professionals from Multi National environment. They are specialized in FCL, LCL, Airfreight, Breakbulk, Project Cargo, Flat Racks, Over Dimensional Cargos, Door to Door delivery and Warehousing & Distribution. With years of hands on experience in different areas of Logistics including International Freight Forwarding, Oil & Gas Logistics, Supply Chain management / Warehousing and Distribution, Project Logistics etc, their professional team is capable of handling any logistics requirements and provide end-to-end solutions to their valuable customers.

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

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