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  • 18 Sep 2014 8:43 AM | Anonymous
    Original news was published on 16 September, 2014

    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

  • 16 Sep 2014 8:42 AM | Anonymous

    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.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 10 Sep 2014 5:56 PM | Anonymous


    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

  • 09 Sep 2014 8:32 AM | Anonymous
    Original news was published on 8 September, 2014

    Damen Marine Components will supply eight 5,050-millimeter propeller nozzles for four ultra-long distance towing and anchor handling vessel newbuilds. They are the largest nozzles that DMC will have manufactured with its spinning machine technique to date. The order was placed by Caterpillar Propulsion of Gothenburg.

    Caterpillar will provide the complete main propulsion units and has commissioned Damen Marine Components, a member of the Damen Shipyards Group, to design, engineer and produce the nozzle and head box sets.

    The four sister vessels are under construction in Japan for ALP Maritimes Services, a recently acquired Teekay Offshore Partners subsidiary. The 300+ tonne bollard pull, 24,400 BHP ocean towing and anchor handling vessels will have two propulsion units each in a CPP stern-drive and rudder configuration.

    “We’ll manufacture the nozzles with the spinning machine in our plant in Jiang Yin, China”, DMC director Steef Staal said about the novel manufacturing technique that includes one single weld only. DMC’s Optima nozzles have a 5,050 millimeter inside diameter to accommodate a 5,000-millimeter CP propeller. They will outsize any nozzle manufactured with DMC’s first spinning machine in the plant in Gdansk, Poland.

    “The nozzles are designed with a relatively narrow head box and strut connection, but stiff enough to secure the frequency profile,” Staal said. “We do not just blindly copy the propeller manufacturers’ specs. This is why the prominent OEM’s are our main clients.”

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 08 Sep 2014 8:30 AM | Anonymous

    US$5 billion project to contribute US$1.9 billion to state

    Tesla Motors has selected Nevada as the site for its mammoth lithium-ion battery plant undefined known as the Gigafactory undefined quashing the hopes of California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.

    The stakes were high. The US$5 billion project is expected to employ up to 6,500 workers when complete and have a $1.9-billion “total fiscal impact” over 20 years, lawmakers said at a press conference in Carson City, Nev.

    “Tesla will build the world’s largest and most advanced battery factory in Nevada which means nearly one hundred billion dollars in economic impact to the Silver State over the next twenty years,” Nevada’s Governor Brian Sandoval said in a statement.

    While California scrambled to pass legislation that would make the state a more attractive option to the carmaker, Tesla broke ground on a site outside of Reno, Nev. called Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.

    Unlike with Texas and Arizona, Nevada allows direct sales of automobiles from a manufacturer, eliminating the middleman or car dealerships. Further, Nevada has the country’s only active lithium mine and the best prospective reserves of new supply, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. And without the environmental restrictions of neighboring state California, Nevada came up as the winner.

    Tesla will produce batteries in conjunction with Japan’s Panasonic. The first batteries are expected to be ready in three years, coinciding with the launch of Tesla’s Model 3, a $40,000 electric car. Tesla’s main assembly plant is located in Fremont, Calif., about 235 miles from the planned Gigafactory.

    Nevada will provide about US$400 million in tax incentives, including up to a 100 percent tax abatement for the next 20 years for all sales tax, and up to a 100 percent tax abatement for the next 10 years for all real property tax, personal property tax and modified business tax.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 06 Sep 2014 9:12 AM | Anonymous
    Original news was published on 5 September, 2014

    An-124 aircraft carries 19-ton replacement part, returns Antofagasta mine to full production

    A Ruslan International An-124 freighter has delivered a large replacement ball mill head from Australia to a mining company in Antofagasta, Chile. The existing mill head had become badly eroded and cracked, causing mining operations to slow dramatically. “Over many years we have demonstrated our expertise in providing fast transportation solutions for customers facing a loss of production when key pieces of equipment become damaged or fail altogether,” Paul Bingley, Commercial Executive at Ruslan International, said in a statement.

    In this case, it took just 11 days to deliver the replacement piece once the contract was signed. Ten of those days were required to obtain the necessary flight applications and prepare the shipment.

    Transport and logistics firm DSV Australia, the Air Charter team at DSV Projects in Denmark and the outsize cargo specialists at Ruslan International coordinated to expedite the shipment. The new mill head was manufactured in Perth. It measured 4.6 meters in diameter and weighed 19 tons. Due to its size, an An-124-100 was chartered for the flight.

    *NEW SOURCE

  • 05 Sep 2014 12:42 PM | Anonymous

    Original news was published on 3 September, 2014

    Van der Vlist coordinated the shipment of a large piece for a drilling rig from the Netherlands to China.

    The access bridge weighed about 90 tons and measured 35.5 meters long, 7 meters wide and 9 meters high. Transport by road was ruled out undefined the cargo was simply too big. Instead, Van der Vlist arranged for a barge to carry the cargo to the Port of Antwerp for transhipment to the far east, the Dutch logistics firm said in a statement.

    However, a direct route along the waterway from Rotterdam was still not possible because the load was too wide. Instead, an alternate route was chosen along wider waterways. Van der Vlist hired two mobile cranes to load the barge.

    Upon its arrival at Antwerp, the access bridge was lifted from the barge by the ship’s two cranes for the voyage to Shanghai. Extra smaller pieces from the bridge were shipped in containers from Rotterdam to join the bridge.

    *NEW SOURCE

  • 04 Sep 2014 8:36 AM | Anonymous

    Original news was publsihed on 3 September, 2014

    Tuscor Lloyds has handled the shipment of a 137-ton recovery boiler from Spain to Mexico.

    The cargo consisted of five breakbulk pieces and two 40-foot open top containers. The pieces were collected in Madrid and Toledo, GPLN said in a statement on behalf of its Barcelona-based member. The cargo was transported by road to the Port of Bilbao, a distance of about 414 kilometers.

    Upon arrival at the Port of Bilbao, the cargo was taken to the quay for loading onto a multipurpose vessel. The heaviest pieces, weighing over 46 tons, were lifted onto the ship using a heavy-lift crane and secured with heavy-duty ratchet straps, steel chains and wooden-steel wedges.

    The voyage to the Port of Altamira took 30 days. The cargo was unloaded onto low-loader trailers for the final leg of the transport to Monterrey, covering some 1,194 kilometers.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 03 Sep 2014 2:07 PM | Anonymous

    Original news was published on 2 September, 2014

    Suttons Group, the international chemical logistics and supply chain specialist, announced today that it has acquired Imperial Tankers, one of the largest bulk chemical transport companies in the UK from Hargreaves Services PLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, Imperial Tankers has a road tanker fleet of over 200 tractor units and 350 tanker semi-trailers and provides both fully managed logistics solutions and single ‘spot’ product movements to deliver a wide range of hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals and other highly sensitive products. John Sutton, Suttons Group CEO said: “This transaction is an ideal fit for Suttons and will enable us to continue to deliver high levels of safety and service, improve efficiency and add value through supply chain resilience and innovation. Our joint depot network will enhance our ability to provide an outstanding service to customers in key production regions around the country.

    “Our combined fleet of over 700 road tankers gives us an even greater ability to support our customers through times of peak demand and react rapidly to changing customer requirements. By combining the various services offered by each company, we will be able to provide a truly exceptional customer experience that is focused on safety, service and innovation.”
    This is the third acquisition Suttons has made in the last 12 months. In October 2013 the company completed the purchase of Chinese transport company Hanchi Logistics, and in August 2014 Suttons acquired IS Logistics Group, a logistics and supply chain specialist based in Singapore. The acquisition of Imperial Tankers further reflects Suttons’ commitment to growth in the bulk logistics and supply chain sector.

    *NEWS SOURCE

  • 02 Sep 2014 8:42 AM | Anonymous

    Original news was published on 28 August, 2014

    Mexico’s transport and communications ministry SCT has awarded a construction package to a Mexican consortium for a new cargo railway line in Durango state.

    The group consists of Nexumrail, Terracerías, Pavimentos y Caminos and Constructora Visión y Proyecto that won a tender among seven other consortiums, BN Americas said in a statement.

    The consortium will build a new railway line between the Durango-Torreón line and the Durango-Felipe Pescador line, as well as all related works including drainage, highway and bridge connections.

    The new line must be built within 122 days, starting Sept. 1.

    SCT has also issued a tender for supervision of the construction.

    *NEWS SOURCE

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