OPCA World Wall Map delivered Doam Global Shipping Co., Ltd. We are glad to share their picture as below and hereby present our thanks!

YOUR PROJECT PARTNER @ SOUTH KOREA

DOAM GLOBAL SHIPPING CO., LTD

Doam is a full service privately owned and a licensed international freight forwarding firm specializing in innovative solutions to their clients' and agents' transportation challenges and operates based in Busan, Korea.

Doam is one of the global service provider and specialised one-stop resource for all logistics requirements. They provide service in sea and air freight, intermodal service, bulk project, relocations and warehousing, customs arrangements. In an age and industry where it is imperative that the right product be avaliable at the right place at the right time, they function as a quality driven organization that aids you in adapting, competing and excelling in the dynamic global market.

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OPCA exhibited at Breakbulk Europe 2017 in Antwerp - the largest exhibition and educational forum in the world addressing the needs of traditional breakbulk and project cargo logistics professionals. 

Event started with the welcome reception in the evening of April 24, 2017 and followed by formal meetings at the booths during next two days.

At our specially designed OPCA booth that was all covered with OPCA 2016 Abu Dhabi AGM group picture and 2017 Bali AGM banner, we were quite busy to give information about OPCA and its member companies to the many visitors on both days of the exhibition.

In the meantime, it was nice to have time with our members. Please always feel free to share OPCA booth with us to promote your company much more during exhibitions.

We enjoyed a lot of positive feedback and will continue to present our network OPCA and its valuable members in well-known project cargo events around the world!

Herfurth Logistics (via Herfurth BV) announces that on 1 January 2017 it acquired all the shares of M-STAR Freight Services BV and Falconex BV, two Dutch enterprises, established in Rotterdam.

M-STAR and Falconex are family companies specialising in Ocean Freight and Project Logistics and have over 20 years of experience in the sector. The companies together have 22 members of staff, are AEO certified and have the following services portfolio:

• Project Logistics: years of experience in the logistics execution of large scale industrial projects for companies active among other things in Chemical and Petrochemical, Energy, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), Mining, Oil and Gas, Power plants, Shipbuilding and Sustainable Solutions.

• Ocean Freight: o FCL (Full Container Load) o LCL (Less than Container Load) o Buyers / Sellers Consolidations o Sea / Air o Cross trades (third country to third country) o Door-to-Door transportation.

• Multi Modal solutions specialising in the Caucasus, Central Asia and the CIS countries

• Air Freight

• Customs Clearance

• Warehousing
  

Herfurth Logistics, that forms part of the family-owned Herfurth Group which has been working from Antwerp for over 100 years, is active in international forwarding and logistics. Herfurth Logistics has its own offices in 7 strategic locations in Northern Europe and Turkey and can count on the support of a worldwide network.

In addition to its core activities and with its stringent quality standards (ISO 9001:2008 and AEO Customs & Security) the constant aim of Herfurth Logistics is to offer a more comprehensive service package. This why the company developed the ‘Intelligent Cargo Care’ concept, a logistics programme with added value that goes further than simply forwarding.

“As an integrated company we have built up a specific organisation around our knowledge centre in the area of transport and logistics. This acquisition should not only allow us to extend our scope in the Netherlands and in the area of Project Logistics to the whole world, but also to develop new concepts and therefore new commercial opportunities,” commented Olivier d’Hoop, CEO of Herfurth Logistics, upon the acquisition.

“We are convinced that Herfurth Logistics and M-STAR / Falconex are complementary and that our cultures fit well with one another,” added Andreas Veith, General Manager of Herfurth Logistics Nederland. Jacques Schellekens, COO of Herfurth Logistics, supported him in this: “M-STAR and Falconex are active in sectors where personalised service provision, technical competencies and knowledge of geographic characteristics are of fundamental importance. These three elements have always been the basis for the development strategy of Herfurth Logistics.”

Tom van Buuren as former DGA of M-STAR / Falconex only sees winners in this acquisition. “With the Herfurth Group as new shareholder M-STAR will be able to face the challenges of the present time with great confidence. In short: a win-win situation for all the parties involved!”

Andreas Veith (General Manager) together with the present management team consisting of Edwin Bodenstaff (Manager Import), Jan Euwema (Business Development Manager), Peter Terhorst (Manager Export) and Bartjan van de Ree (Operational Manager Import / Export) will support the local management of M-Star/Falconex and Herfurth Logistics Nederland. Apart from the previous owner the present teams will all remain in place and their details are unchanged.

The Herfurth group in the Netherlands is established on Waalhaven Z.Z. but the personnel of Herfurth Logistics Nederland will move in the near future to the offices of M-Star and Falconex on Sluisjesdijk.

Original news was published on 23 May, 2017

M/T Damia Desgagnés, the world’s first dual-fuel asphalt tanker, was christened at the Port of Montreal on May 18.

The 14,700 dwt asphalt-bitumen-chemical tanker is the first in a series of four carriers built by Turkish Besiktas Shipyard for Canadian shipping company Desgagnés Group.

The vessel, which was handed over to its owner at the beginning of April, can be powered by any of three types of fuel – heavy fuel oil, marine diesel oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG).

With a gross tonnage of 11,978 tons, Damia Desgagnés features a length of 135 meters and a width of 23.5 meters.

The ship’s tanks offer a carrying capacity of 14,950 cubic meters when filled at 98%. In addition, the tanker can carry over 13,500 tons of asphalt at a draft of 7.8 meters in seawater.

In response to Desgagnés Group’s desire to opt for an eco-friendly fuel, Gaz Métro and the Port of Montreal have announced that an LNG supply solution for marine fuel will now be available at the Port of Montreal.

Groupe Desgagnés, Gaz Métro and the Port of Montreal joined efforts in developing an LNG supply system that will be operated by a Gaz Métro subsidiary. This system will be available to all shipowners in Quebec, including the fleets passing through the Port of Montreal, according to the port.

“I would like to commend the leadership and vision of Groupe Desgagnés, which was the first commercial shipowner to order vessels destined to navigate in Québec able to use LNG as marine fuel… LNG is currently one of the best solutions available to replace petroleum products in the maritime sector, due to its environmental assets. In particular, it respects new Canadian and international maritime transportation standards that aim to minimize the emission of air pollutants (NOx and SOx),” Sophie Brochu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz Métro, commented.

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Original news was published on 16 May, 2017

Work has started at California’s Port of Oakland to heighten four 366-foot ship-to-shore cranes by 27-feet over a nine month project.

The cranes, which are used to load and unload container vessels, will be better able to reach containers stacked high above decks on modern-day megaships.

The first of the four units was pulled off its guide rails last week and shuttled to the eastern edge of OICT’s Oakland Estuary dock, where the work will take place beginning next month.

Over a nine-week period, engineers will brace the crane on supports, cut away its lower legs and affix extensions. The modified crane is scheduled to return to duty before withdrawing the next one for raising in August.

“This is a commitment to the future of shipping in Oakland,” John Driscoll, the Port’s Maritime Director, said, adding that “vessels are getting bigger and bigger and we’re providing the infrastructure to keep them coming our way.”

Oakland International Container Terminal’s (OICT) cranes will be raised in partnership with SSA Marine, the terminal operator under the project which is estimated to cost around USD 14 million.

The port said that crane-raising is part of an overall effort to strengthen Oakland’s competitiveness among West Coast ports. Other projects underway or expected to begin soon include doubling the size of the nearby TraPac marine terminal, constructing a 287,000-square foot Cool Port for refrigerated cargo transport and developing the first 27 acres of a Seaport Logistics Complex that will attract additional imports and exports.

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Original news was published on 12 May, 2017

Shipping company Navig8 Chemical Tankers had taken delivery of a 25,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker, Navig8 Sceptrum.

Featuring a length of 159 meters and a width of 25 meters, the vessel was constructed by the Japanese shipbuilder Kitanihon Zosen.

The Navig8 Sceptrum is the sixth of six vessels contracted at Kitanihon to be delivered to the company and is the second of two vessels to be part financed under the secured loan facility with UniCredit Bank AG announced on November 3, 2016.

Namely, the company entered into a USD 54.3 million secured loan facility to finance the two vessels. The loan facility covers approximately 65% of the contract price of the vessels, and has been provided by a European bank.

The 16,000 gross ton Navig8 Sceptrum will be entered into and operated in Navig8 Group’s Stainless8 commercial pool.

Navig8 Saiph, the first vessel delivered under the secured loan facility, joined the company’s fleet in January this year.

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Original news was published on 10 May, 2017

Japanese oil and energy companies Showa Shell Sekiyu and Idemitsu Kosan have reached an agreement to combine their very large crude carriers (VLCCs) as part of the companies’ merger arrangements.

Under the deal, the parties would jointly operate some 20 VLCCs, with loadings scheduled to start after May 2017.

The agreement includes sharing vessel positioning of all ships, as well as lending and borrowing of VLCCs between the parties.

The companies would also jointly work on bunker fuel procurement as part of the alliance, to be called Brighter Energy Alliance.

Signed on May 9, the deal was entered into as the business environment surrounding the companies “is becoming more challenging.”

“We will form the alliance as equal business partners, and extensively deepen our business collaboration while restarting or accelerating the processes for the integration,” the parties said.

The alliance would focus on optimization of crude oil purchase and transport, production planning, interchange of finished products and intermediate products, and improvement of efficiency of logistics network.

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Original news was published on 08 May, 2017

The expanded Panama Canal has accommodated its largest vessel since the third set of locks opened in June 2016. The 13,092 TEU "Cosco Development," measuring 366 metres x 48 metres, began its voyage in Asia destined for the biggest ports on the US east coast.

The vessel is deployed on the new OCEAN Alliance's weekly South Atlantic Express (SAX) service, connecting Asia-US east coast ports via the Panama Canal.

The SAX service is comprised of 11 vessels ranging in size from 11,000 to 13,000 TEU.

Since the expanded Canal opened, 1,200 Neo-panamax vessels have transited this major waterway, equivalent to an average of 5.9 ships per day, when a daily estimate of two and three transits was initially forecasted for the first year of operation. In addition, a total of 15 new container shipping services have shifted to take advantage of the new route.

Containerships represent 43 per cent of traffic through the new locks, followed by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, which represent approximately 29.1 and 8.3 per cent, respectively.

The Panama Canal's senior international trade specialist Argelis Moreno de Ducreux said: "We're seeing the majority of these liner services connecting ports in Asia and the US east coast, which are regions already seeing an influx in traffic due to the expansion."

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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 share with you that GEZAIRI TRANSPORT NAKLIYAT VE TICARET A.S. joined our group from TURKEY.

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

GEZAIRI TRANSPORT NAKLIYAT VE TICARET A.S.
ADDRESS: Dereboyu Caddesi, Meydan Sokak, Beybi Giz Plaza No: 1 K: 20, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
CONTACTS: Hatun Kurtoglu
Gunay Murtezaoglu
Sevda Ozutok
Sinem Karip
TEL: +90 212 232 02 04
FAX: +90 212 232 33 61
WEB: www.gezairi.com

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Gezairi Transport’s vision is to maintain leadership in offering a full range of transport, shipping and logistics services based on high quality and fair value. Gezairi Transport’s objective is to lead customers beyond their recognized demands by mobbing their cargo in the shortest time, optimal cost and maximum safety. They provide haulage of heavy lifts, over sized packages and project cargo. They have fleet of special trailers, heavy cranes, special equipment and qualified team of experts, drivers and technicians. They have fully integrated logistics services including placing of packages on foundation. Also, they provide cost analysis, road surveys, site inspection, feasibility studies and comprehensive door-to-door service with a global network of offices and reliable specialized partners.

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