Europe’s largest trailer completes first transport

Collett Transport’s new girder bridge trailer has completed its first transport from Sheffield to the Port of Goole for logistics company Expeditors.

The cargo consisted of a 156-tonne steel casting manufactured by Sheffield Forgemasters. The casting will form the drop hammer in a large counter-blow forging press to produce titanium forgings, Collett said in a statement.

Using the STB 550-tonne girder bridge, Collett loaded the casting in Sheffield and transported it to Goole, a distance of about 80 kilometers. The girder bridge was accompanied by two 4-axle ballast tractors to pull and push the combination, along with two 10-axle Scheuerle Intercombi modules and Collett’s new 4-axle power booster module.

Police escorted the girder bridge as it made its way to the port during nighttime hours. Prior to the transport, Collett arranged a motorway lane closure to allow the vehicle combination to travel east on the westbound lanes to avoid weak structures.

At the Port of Goole, the casting was lifted by crane and loaded on a waiting chartered vessel, which sailed for the Port of Antwerp.

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Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
New agents are going on to join our group from all around the world. Today it is our pleasure to announce that PIONEER SEA & AIR LTD. has joined our group from HONG KONG.

Please welcome our new agent on board of OPCA together !

Hereby let us share with you that Managing Director, Mr. Luke YOU will be attending our coming Annual Summit in Turkey at 20,21,22 November 2014. Looking forward to meet you all soon!

By their registration to the November meeting, now PIONEER SEA & AIR LTD. has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till September 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group. 

ADDRESS : Unit 307-309, 3/F, Block B, Hi-Tech Industrial Centre, No.491-501 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, N.T. , HONG KONG
CONTACT :Mr. Luke You / Managing Director
                Mr. Jay SEO / Customer Service & Sales
TEL:   +852 3658-0614
FAX:   +852 2547 0898
WEB:  www.pioneer-group.hk

PIONEER SEA & AIR LTD. - HONG KONG          

Pioneer group is Hong Kong's premier logistics service provider with strength in Hong Kong. Since our establishment in 2002, we have achieved consistent and amazing growth through continuing investment on warehouse and trucks.

Pioneer manages 100,000 square feet of owned logistics facilities in Hong Kong, and also runs a fleet of our own 30 trucks in Hong Kong. Our services range from pick-and-pack, sorting and labeling, to distribution to your retail network or end-customers. We provide cross border trucking services from/to Hong Kong and we are the first foreign transportation company to get a china domestic cargo transportation license in 2005. We are delivering several hundred thousand tons currently by road per year.

 Our domestic services include:
 * Transportation
 * Warehousing
 * Distribution
 * Inventory Management
 * Product Customization
 * Domestic Airfreight
 * Projects for production line and machinery (Packaging/Transportation/Delivery)
 * Airfreight: Strong network from/to Hong Kong.
 * Sea freight

Network coverage in other markets can be found on our website. Our warehouse has acquired a TAPA certificate from this year. Warehouse security is one of our strengths and we do have CCTV cameras and All Night Shifts for security like SECOM. All our facilities are insured with maximum 14 million U.S dollars. Based in Hong Kong, Pioneer is operating globally with a comprehensive agent network. We offer comprehensive international freight forwarding services across all continents, connecting with the world.

 Our international services include:
 * Sea Freight
 * Airfreight
 * Sea-Air Freight
 * Break Bulk
 * Container Freight Station
 * LCL and FCL

Please click here then Project&Overseas Cargo menu to monitor some project shipment organized by our new member.

Original news was published on 22 September, 2014

Tows FPSO Petrojarl Knarr built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea

Three tugs of Fairmount Marine have towed the newbuild FPSO Petrojarl Knarr from South Korea to Norway in 61 days.

The Petrojarl Knarr is one of the world’s largest floating production and storage units at 256.4 meters long, 48 meters wide and 135,000 tons. The vessel is owned by Teekay and was build by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea. Petrojarl Knarr will be deployed in the Knarr oil and gas field offshore Norway.

The convoy, led by tug Fairmount Sherpa, made bunker stops in Singapore, Port Louis in Mauritius and Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. For the last leg of the voyage, the convoy sailed west of Ireland via Fair Isle toward Norway on its way to the Port of Haugesund.

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Original news was published on 21 September, 2014

URAG, the leading German port and offshore towage provider based in Bremerhaven, has placed an order for two Damen ASD 2411 tugs. The contract was signed at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg. This contract follows an order placed in September 2013 for an identical vessel which is under management by Lütgens & Reimers in Hamburg. L&R is an affiliated company of URAG, both part of the LINNHOFF Schiffahrt Group.

The initial vessel, named Prompt, was ready for delivery within three months of the contract being signed.

The ASD 2411 is a modern, state-of-the-art tug with excellent manoeuvrability and outstanding towing capabilities. At 24.5 meters its size makes it ideal for restricted waterways as well as open water assignments. It has a bollard pull of 70+ tonnes and is built for durability, with a proven design and the highest standards of quality. Extra thick plate is used in the construction, along with extra brackets and fendering. It is designed to be highly economic in terms of both low fuel consumption and operating costs due to its reliability and rugged build.

Damen has delivered ASD Tugs 2411 all over the world. Both newbuilds, like the Prompt, will be built and outfitted according to the customer’s requirements at Damen’s partner yard in Vietnam, before being delivered to Germany in early 2015.

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Original news was published on 17 September, 2014

Unconventional resource could mean energy independence

India and Jordan will discuss ways to mine shale gas as both countries look for ways to achieve energy independence. Leaders from both countries will meet in New Delhi in November at the Indo-Arab Business Partnership Summit, according to a Financial Express report. “Jordan could play an important role in our energy security paradigm, given the fact that it claims to have the second largest shale deposits in the world after the U.S.,” Anil Trigunayat, Indian ambassador to Jordan, told FE. Jordan has shale deposits between 40-70 billion tonne with a potential to generate 35 billion barrels of oil. India’s exact reserves are unknown, but reports say there are “huge shale deposits” in the coastal states, Assam, Gujarat and Rajasthan.

In the meantime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with U.S. officials later this month and shale gas exploration in India will be one of the most important items on the agenda. Currently, Jordan imports 97 percent of its energy, while India imports about 78 percent of the crude oil it needs. Earlier this year, Jordan approved the construction of a US$2.4 billion oil shale-fueled power plant in Attarat, with funding from the China. Guangdong Power Engineering will build the plant.

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Original news was published on 17 September, 2014

RAS Infraport, the first private terminal at Kandla Port in Gujarat, India, has handled its first shipment of steel slabs.

The cargo arrived on the Star Masaya, carrying 1,642 steel slabs with a total weight of 40,723 tonnes. The discharge was completed in three days with the average handling rate at 13,575 tonnes per day, an Exim News Service report said.

RAS Infraport opened its doors in 2013 as the first multipurpose cargo berth developed under a public private partnership basis at Kandla port. The terminal handles dry cargo and breakbulk undefined no liquids or containers. During its first year, the terminal handled 1.5 million tons of cargoes, including timber and project cargo. The terminal has two mobile harbor cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 140 tonnes, and nearly 22 hectares for storage.

A two-lane road inside the terminal property connects with a four-lane national highway to Kandla Port and inland destinations.

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Dear Project Cargo Specialists,
 
Very Professional agents are going on to join Overseas Project Cargo Association all around the world. Today we are very happy to announce you that EMERALD FREIGHT EXPRESS recently joined among us from IRELAND.

Let's welcome our new agent on board of OPCA together !

We are also pleased to announce that Project Cargo Manager, Ms. Audrey Hughes 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 EMERALD FREIGHT EXPRESS has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till September 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group. 

EMERALD FREIGHT EXPRESS _ IRELAND

ADDRESS:Santryhall Industrial Estate, Santry, Dublin 9, IRELAND
CONTACT:Audrey Hughes / Project Cargo Manager
TEL:+ 353 1 816  5198
FAX:+ 353 1 842  8349
WEB: www.emeraldfreight.com

Elecnor, a Spanish engineering and construction firm, will build a US$123 million solar plant in southern Australia.

The 72-megawatt Moree facility will be constructed in New South Wales and will be one of the largest solar projects in Australia, Elecnor said in a statement. has signed a €95m ($123m) contract to build the 72MW Moree PV plant in southern Australia.

Moree will consist of a 233,000-panel array on 191 hectares. The plant will begin producing power in the second quarter of 2015.

*NEWS SOURCE

Original news was published on 11 September, 2014

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a US$113.6 million contract to complete and outfit the new Crossrail station at Woolwich.

The four-year project will provide faster and more convenient travel for commuters from Woolwich to a range of destinations across London and the South East, supporting regeneration in the Thames Gateway area and significantly reducing journey times for commuters to locations such as Bond Street, Heathrow and Canary Wharf, the UK-based construction company said in a statement.

Balfour Beatty will design, outfit and hand over the works for the new station and install plant and finishing works at two portals where the Crossrail trains will surface from either end of the Thames Tunnel.

Work will start this month and complete in 2018 when Crossrail is due to fully open for service.

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It is our pleasure to inform you that MAX-Line International Projects and Logistics GmbH recently joined among us from GERMANY.

Hereby let us share with you that Managing Directors Sina Klatte and Hajo Klatte will be with us in our coming Annual Summit in Turkey at 20,21,22 November 2014. We are looking forward to meet you all soon.

By their registration to the November meeting, now MAX-Line International Projects and Logistics GmbH has the privilege of becoming OPCA member till September 2015. It would be our pleasure to serve our new agent for a long term cooperation in our group.  

MAX-Line International Projects and Logistics GmbH          
ADDRESS:    Wendenstrasse 309, D-20537 Hamburg, GERMANY
CONTACTS:  Sina Klatte  /  Hajo Klatte  / Managing Director
FAX    :    +49 40229494810
WEB    :    www.max-line.de