Archive for February, 2009
cargo, forwarder, forwarding, freight, global project logistics network, gpln, High Seas Shipping & Forwarding Company, Libya, logistics, shipping, Tripoli
In GPLN Happenings, GPLN Member News on February 26, 2009 at 8:31 am
The Global Project Logistics Network is happy to announce:
High Seas Shipping & Forwarding Company
31 Ebn Zaidon – Mizran Street
PO Box 91618
Tripoli, Libya
Tel.: +218 (2) 1334 4365
Fax: +218 (2) 1334 4365
Website: http://tinyurl.com/HighSeasShipping
Contact: Mr. Kamal Ibrahim
Contact2: Captain Khaled Al Montaser, Chairman
Mobile: +218 (9) 1212 4433
High Seas Shipping was established in 1999 and covers all of the Libyan ports with offices in Tripoli (head office and GPLN member office), Benghazi, Misurata and in Tobruk. They had good project cargo references from both cargo agents and project owners. Besides handling project cargo they also are specialists in ship agency and chartering and they also operate as ship chandlers.
They make a great addition to GPLN’s team and we expect them at our meeting in Tunis this May!
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In GPLN Happenings, GPLN Member News on February 15, 2009 at 8:27 am
The Global Project Logistics Network is happy to announce:
Lomer Point Bridge
BNC Business Centre, Office 316
30 Sain Street
Almaty 050031 Kazakhstan
Tel.: +7 (72) 7334 1445
Fax: +7 (72) 7334 1449
Contact: Ms. Margarita Lazaridi, Project Manager
Mobile: +7 (77) 7547 0047
Website: http://tinyurl.com/LomerPointBridge
This company comes to us with good references. I met them last year in Shanghai at the Transport Logistichina and they finally decided to join our group. We welcome them aboard!
If there is any way that I can help you or if you have any questions about the group I am more than happy to help out.
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In Access Freight Projects, Cement Plant, Tanzania, south Africa on February 12, 2009 at 1:46 pm
We have a bit going on in Africa as well these days…
The GPLN member Access Freight Projects (AFP) has recently been involved in the delivery of a 3500 TPD cement plant ex Mumbai to Tanga, Tanzania. The project is being commissioned by a Kenyan mining and cement manufacturing conglomerate who ordered the new cement plant to be commissioned at their existing Lime plant near the Tanzania port of Tanga (North of Dar es Salaam).
Coming off the back of the successful delivery of a 1000 TPD turn key cement plant project at Ndola, Zambia, in 2006 and the successful completion of two other major materials bulk handling projects in Zambia in 2007 for the same manufacturer of the Tanga cement plant, the shipper naturally turned to Access to come up with a solution for the delivery of this new cement plant project in Tanga.
“Although this contract would be FOB, the shipper strongly recommended the Access and its partners to the client as the only logistics provider to handle a project of this scope,” said Brad Stephens, COO for Projects at AFP, “And this was a recommendation that the importer later decided to follow. Our AFP projects team immediately traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanga and Mombasa and together with our local heavy lift expert agents conducted a port feasibility study and route survey.”
The options for discharge were Dar es Salaam Port, Tanga Port and Mombasa Port for onward delivery to the site some 20kms outside Tanga. The cargo comprised of 1,457 mt and 5,148 m3 of break bulk cargo and some 300 TEU of containers. The largest single pieces of breakbulk were mill shells of 15.5m long and 4.5m in diameter and weighing 105 mt each.
It was clear that the break bulk would require a geared charter vessel capable of lifting this massive cargo.
“While Tanga was obviously the closest port, it is not necessarily the best solution being that it is not served directly from any port other than Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, “said Brad Stephens, “This meant that cargo would have to be transshipped at one of these ports. Dar es Salaam has its advantages of direct sailings from Mumbai but port congestion is a concern and the bridge weight limitations ruled out the route from Dar to Tanga for the break bulk.”
Tanga port is a natural harbor but is also very shallow and ocean going vessels cannot berth alongside the main quay. Ships have to anchor midstream and discharge to lighter barges which ferry the cargo across to the quay. There are only 2 x 45 mt shore cranes designed for container handling positioned on the quay so this also meant that the break bulk charter vessel would not be able to discharge directly in Tanga.
“Our route survey from Tanga to Mombasa revealed that discharge in Mombasa and onward delivery by road from there to Tanga would also not be possible due to the weight limitations of the bridges on that route,” said Stephens, “Finally a solution was resolved to charter the break bulk vessel to Mombasa where it would discharge the cargo midstream to a massive sea going barge. The barge would be pre-loaded with a crawler crane and the multi-axle lowbeds and temporary propping stools for the heaviest cargo. The barge would then sail South from Mombasa to Tanga and with her shallow draft come alongside the quay at Tanga. The lowbeds would then drive off with the cargo directly to site. For the super heavy pieces, the multi-axle lowbed would drive under the stools and jack up the cargo onto its load bed to deliver the cargo to site. For the containers we resolved to transship to barge in Dar es Salaam and deliver to Tanga on through bills.”
Last month the first consignment of break bulk cargo was successfully transported according to the plan and all pieces were delivered without any reported incidents or near misses – quite a feat considering the infrastructural limitations in that part of the world!
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In GPLN Happenings, GPLN Member News on February 12, 2009 at 8:23 am
The Global Project Logistics Network is happy to announce:
Links Shipping Company WLL
P.O. Box 5763 Doha, Qatar
Tel: +974 (4) 477 727
Fax: +974 (4) 361 519
Website: http://tinyurl.com/LinksShipping
Contact: Mr. Jaber Al-Shahwani, Managing Director
Mobile: +974 (5) 523 200
The Links organization was established in 2000 as an in-house entity handling operations and agency for a dedicated fleet of vessels. In 2005, Links became an independent marine service organization and since then has enjoyed a steady growth, evolving into a company which can offer a wide range of marine services. They now have three operational divisions: Marine Division, Forwarding Division and Removals Division. They provided several good references for project cargo they have handled in the past, including Hamid Lodhi of Zuhal Shipping in Dubai, who has been working with them for years.
I look forward to seeing Jaber at the annual meeting in Tunis this May!
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In Personnel, The Freight Company, china, vietnam on February 10, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Some new news from our GPLN members in Vietnam and China, The Freight Company…
The Freight Company recently changed its corporate identity with new logo and website. As well they have two new faces to introduce to the GPLN team…
Thomas Meyer recently left TFC Vietnam for other opportunities in a different field and he has been replaced as TFC’s representative in Vietnam by Peter Schüpbach who is a forty-one year old logistics veteran from Switzerland with twenty years in the industry.
TFC China recently employed Thomas Ofner in the capacity of sales manager at the Beijing office. Thomas is a 23 year old Austrian. He will also be largely put onto project supervision jobs starting with jobs for a major cement manufacturer.
We wish Peter and Thomas the best in their new assignments!
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In GPLN Happenings, GPLN Member News on February 9, 2009 at 8:14 am
The Global Project Logistics Network is happy to announce:
Europe: Finland: Helsinki
Nordic Wave AB Filial I Finland
Lintulahdenkatu 2
00500 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 (9) 8563 4500
Fax. +358 (9) 8563 4509
Website: http://tinyurl.com/NordicWaveFinland
Contacts:
Mr. Mikko Yli-Rahko, Branch Manager, Projects
Tel.: +358 (9) 8563 4501 (Direct)
Mobile: +358 (94) 0016 4420
Mr. Tapio Laurinen, Projects Operations
Tel.: +358 (9) 8563 4503
Ms. Heini Klami, Project Operations
Tel. +358 (9) 8563 4502
Mr. Tommi Antikainen, General Manager
Europe: Norway: Oslo
Nordic Wave NUF
Fred Olsensgate 1
N-0152 Oslo, Norway
Tel. +47 (2) 291 0540
Fax. +47 (2) 291 0549
Website: http://tinyurl.com/NordicWaveNorway
Contacts:
Mr. Roy Enger, Branch Manager / Projects
Mobile: +47 (9) 060 5028
Ms. Helene Traberg, Operations / Projects
Mobile. +47 (9) 507 0021
Mr. Rune Enger, General Manager
Mobile. +47 (9) 151 2943
Europe: Sweden: Gothenburg
Nordic Wave AB
Andra Långgatan 19
S-41328 Gothenburg, Sweden
Tel. +46 (31) 724 3300
Fax. +46 (31) 724 3333
Website: http://tinyurl.com/NordicWaveSweden
Contacts:
Ms. Marna Edmark, Branch Manager / Projects
Tel: +46 (31) 724 3302
Ms. Linda Norén, Operations / Projects
Tel. +46 (31) 724 3303
Mr. Peter Mike, Manager
Mobile. +46 (31) 724 3300
Nordic Wave was recommended to join GPLN by our member SAWECO but they also had several other recommendations on projects they had undertaken, especially with their Finland and Norway branches. Their footprint covers many of the Nordic countries but they have handling capabilities for project cargo worldwide.
We welcome them to our group!
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In CNC Freight Services, Malaysia on February 6, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I was sent these pictures by Patrick Lee of GPLN member CNC Freight Services. CNC Freight recently held their year end party and all staff reportedly had a great time celebrating the outgoing year. It looks like they all had a great time!
But this isn’t the only party they will have in 2009.
“This year (2009) will be our Golden Jubilee as we are already 10 years in business,” said Patrick Lee, managing director of CNC Freight Services, “We have grown from initial staff of 4 person to a stable number of 25 people. We hope to make a big ‘bash’ and perhaps invite some GPLN members to join our celebration in Malaysia!”
The ten year celebration will tentatively held sometime in the 3rd quarter of this year. I hope Patrick sends me an invite. It will give me a reason to visit Malaysia again.
Baghdad, cargo, forwarder, forwarding, freight, global project logistics network, gpln, iraq, logistics, shipping, Starlight Maritime Ltd.
In GPLN Happenings, GPLN Member News on February 5, 2009 at 8:11 am
The Global Project Logistics Network is happy to announce:
Starlight Maritime Ltd.
Cargo Village
Baghdad International Airport (BIAP)
Baghdad, Iraq
Tel: +964 (7) 901 422
Website: http://tinyurl.com/StarlightMaritime
Contact: Mr. Talab Ali
Mobile: +964 (79) 0142 2144
Starlight Maritime is a project specialist with several offices in Iraq (Baghdad, Erbil, Sumailaniah, Basra and Umm Qasr Port) and in their group they also have affiliate offices in the UK, China, UAE, Turkey and Jordan. They are specialists on chartering and forwarding logistics as well as overland trucking. Also Starlight Maritime has a sister company, Starlight Airlines, that is specialized in air transport to Iraq from Dubai as well as air charter so they are well rounded for all modes of transportation in, to and from Iraq.
I welcome them on board!
cargo, forwarder, forwarding, freight, global project logistics network, gpln, korea, KorTrans Company Ltd., logistics, seoul, shipping
In GPLN Happenings, GPLN Member News on February 2, 2009 at 8:07 am
KorTrans Company Ltd.
5th Fl., Seogang Bldg.
1-3, Shinsu-Dong, Mapo-Ku
Seoul, Korea
Tel.: +82 (2) 3279 3003
Fax: +82 (2) 3279 3030
Website: http://tinyurl.com/KorTrans
Contact: Mr. H.S. Kwon, Managing Director
Mobile: +82 (11) 771 9689
This company had glowing recommendations from their references from several parts of the world. KorTrans has been involved in the shipping and the handling of massive projects, specially combined large-scale shipment for electrical power stations, steel mill plants and petrochemical plants. Kortrans has a team of highly experienced and trained project professionals who offer customized services to the client’s work site including emergency handling for replacement, repair and return, equipment loan and return regardless of the size, risk or sensitivity of the project.
And besides that, a little trivia, their office is near to my old apartment in Seoul!
