Published February 18, 2021 — The union representing the longshoremen at the Port of Montreal announced on Tuesday to its members that contract negotiations with management and mediators have been suspended. The Union president Martin Lapierre clarified that the mediation process had been suspended and did not end.
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Published February 4, 2021 — Tandem Turkey (Element International) were requested to ship press machinery from Istanbul factory to the Mtsensk factory in Russia. These units had to be moved by sea transportation due to dimension restrictions on a planned overland route. As the items could not be unloaded from the vessel by the vessel cranes at the destination port, we arranged 2 special cranes for unloading. As the items were out of gauge, escorts were arranged for Variomax Lowbed for delivery to the clients site. All cargoes were delivered on time and in safe condition.
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Published December 14, 2020 — Our Tandem partners in Turkey, Element Int'l Forwarding & Logistic Ltd were requested to ship one so called Plasser & Theurer Machine weighing 62 tons, from Gebze Train Station to the nearest port Gemlik and all the way down to Vigo, Spain by a breakbulk carrier.
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Published December 4, 2020 — The Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) is currently assisting owners and managers of the container ship "ONE Apus" (IMO: 9806079; Japanese flag) with investigations into the loss of containers overboard during severe inclement weather on 30 November 2020 as the vessel was transiting the Pacific Ocean.
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Published November 23, 2020 — On 17 November, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) approved a draft of amendments to annex VI of the Maripol agreement to further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport in the short term.These new measures, which were discussed at the 75th session of the marine environment protection committee (MEPC 75), aim to achieve the levels of ambition established in the IMO's initial strategy, to reduce the carbon intensity of international maritime transport in 40% by 2030, compared to 2008.
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Published October 22, 2020 — In the first nine months of 2020, the port of Rotterdam, Europe's biggest sea hub, handled 8.8% less volumes and recorded a total of 322.3 million t (353.480 million t in 2019).
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Published September 29, 2020 — According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index published by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics (ISL) rose slightly in August 2020, seasonally adjusted, from (revised) 115.2 to 116.1, while the recovery of world trade gains further ground.
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Published September 2, 2020 — After almost 18 months of construction and renovations, Al-Rashed International Shipping Co's Headquarters construction is finally complete. Commissioned in Dec 2018, the target was to complete the renovations by Dec 2019. The construction was completed on schedule, and the finishing touches were underway when COVID19 struck. Once the lockdown restrictions were eased, the building renovations were completed by the first week of Aug 2020.
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Published June 26, 2020 — The brand new Berlin airport (airfreight code BER) will be open this autumn on the 31st of October. All air traffic in the German capital region will then be concentrated at the airport BER. Berlin-Tegel (TXL) and Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF) Airport will be closed in October/November 2020.Our Members of the Cooperative Tandem Global Logistics Network and Tandem partners in Germany, Rieck Sea Air Cargo International, recognized the importance of being present at this new location. So they moved their Berlin (TXL) office to the new BER site on the 12th of June and they were already fully operational again with effect from the 15th.
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