• 2022 November 18 17:23

    Delo Group offered integrated solutions for container logistics challenges

    The Delo Group says it offered integrated solutions for tackling current logistics challenges for containerized cargo transportation in all directions - export, import and transit. Albert Likholet, CEO of Global Ports Management Company, and Viktor Markov, the Senior Vice-President of TransContainer, spoke at the panel discussion “Container Traffic in the Global Shocks Era. The actual market development trajectories” within the framework of the annual “Transport Week-2022” Forum.

    According to Victor Markov, despite all the negative factors, the Russian container transportation market stabilizes as of 10 months of 2022. The volume of container transportation exceeds the same period of the previous year. Although the main positive dynamics is caused by the high cargo base of the start of the year, an important part of the market's resilience is the increase of Chinese imports.

    And as a result, an increase in import and domestic traffic - by 14% and 3.5% against the same period of the last year. The main decline driver became transit shipments - by 19%, while exports declined by 4%.

    At the same time, the speakers noted a geographical imbalance in container cargo flows. Victor Markov commented: “The container railway traffic volume in transit with the Far East has grown by 19% in the 10 months of this year. Meanwhile, in October the dynamic is even more significant - 33% compared to the previous year's October. The Eastern Polygon, border crossings, and ports were not fully prepared for this turnaround. We can see a serious deficit in the infrastructure capacity of the Eastern Polygon”.

    Another problem indicated by the representatives of the Group is a coordinated container trains sharp drop in the Trans-Baikal and Far Eastern Railways, down to 30% by the level of summer 2022. They stressed that the operational situation is worsening, the number of abandoned container cars on the network has increased. As a result, export flows are reduced, creating import congestion at land border crossings and ports in the Russian Far East.

    The containers delivery time to the cargo recipient increases significantly - up to 2-3 months. Alternative routes that are currently developed are more expensive than the traditional ones. The consequence - only about 70% of solvent exports/imports are transported.

    The Group representatives offered integrated solutions to these problems - investment, technological and organizational.

    Investment decisions of both the government and business should consider not only the largest basic objects of transport infrastructure (such as the Baikal-Amur Mainline and the Trans-Siberian Railway), but also smaller ones.

    Above all, about expanding our country's sea and land gateways - ports, including access points, and border crossings. Without such investments, they are about to turn into “bottlenecks” promoting container flows in export-import traffic. The speakers noted that the Group is actively investing in the Zabaykalsk station and the infrastructure of the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC, part of Global Ports Group's stevedoring asset).

    Viktor Markov stressed that the reconstruction of Zabaykalsk will provide an increase of three to four import container trains per day to the current throughput capacity of the station and the border crossing.

    According to Albert Likholet, Global Ports is increasing fleet of VSC equipment, transferring it from the northwestern terminals and expanding usable areas by developing acquired land plots for adaptation to market needs and container cargo turnover growth in the Far East.

    With the simultaneous development of the Nakhodka-Vostochnaya station, the throughput capacity of the VSC in 2031 could reach 1.8 million TEU.

    The Nizhneleninskoye border crossing in the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Dostyk - Altynkol border crossing on Kazakhstan's border with China are also noted as important facilities in the East.

    The second part of the Group's suggestions concerns the existing problems in the organization of traffic along the Eastern Polygon. It has been repeatedly stated about the system deficiencies of the applications for cargo transportation by rail. The Group representatives offered to develop a unified, clear, and unambiguous regulatory act for the cargo railway transportation application system.  

    According to Viktor Markov, the proposal to prioritize container shipments through the Eastern Polygon also follows from here. This would not only solve export issues, but also provide our country with strategically important imports, now barely passing through ports and border crossings.

    The third solution proposed by the Group is the organization and development of new services. On the one hand, they are supposed to compensate for the lost logistics chains and, on the other hand, to increase the transport independence of our country.

    For these reasons, the Group is actively developing its own maritime services, new entry and exit points, and new transport route correspondences.

    In particular, services with Turkey (ports of Istanbul, Samsun, Mersin) and India (Mundra and Nava-Sheva) have been organized recently.

    “In this regard, the acquisition of Sakhalin Shipping Company by Delo Group is absolutely rational - we will provide part of our services with our own fleet”, pointed out Victor Markov.

    New shipping companies, operating in the Far East and Southeast Asia, began testing direct container services from China and India to Global Ports' marine terminals in the Northwest.




2024 November 4

17:27 Hapag-Lloyd christens the “Hamburg Express” in the Port of Hamburg
15:52 Paradip Port to be fully mechanised by 2030
14:13 Autonomous vessel to sail 1,500 km from Mumbai to Tuticorin
13:48 DPA Kandla in a plan for new container terminal and multipurpose berth with ₹27,000 crore investment
12:18 China's 41st Antarctic expedition begins
10:34 10 years old Meyer Turku aims for carbon-neutral shipbuilding
09:41 Port of Vancouver vessel traffic management system enhances marine safety and trade efficiency throughout Burrard Inlet

2024 November 3

15:57 Babcock completes deep maintenance of Lambeth River Station
14:09 Fincantieri and BQ Solutions sign MoU to advance naval education and training in Qatar 31 October 2024
12:51 Rolls-Royce develops new mtu energy and automation solutions for future submarines
10:19 Cepsa changes its name to Moeve
09:46 Singapore says no oil sightings arising from oil-related incidents

2024 November 2

18:06 Singapore’s first fully electric cargo vessel wins Green Ship Award at SRS Forum
17:20 VTTI looks to buy into LNG terminals in Asia
16:48 Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding signs contracts for 12 large container ships in the past 10 days
16:32 CHIMBUSCO secures its first LNG refueling service in Europe
15:46 SLB OneSubsea awarded subsea boosting contract for bp’s Kaskida project in Gulf of Mexico
15:24 Wilson Sons to start construction of three new eco-friendly tugboats in 2025
14:57 Rem Offshore holds keel laying ceremony for REM Pioneer
12:30 World's first conversion of large container ship to run on methanol successfully completed
11:52 New offshore platform taps into potential of heavy-oil reserves in China
11:24 HRDD completes desulphurization tower system conversion for a PCTC
09:48 TOWT launches its first cargo sailing ship in Le Havre

2024 November 1

18:00 Marlink to deploy Sealink NextGen hybrid solution on 26 tankers for Transpetro
17:38 Austal Australia delivers 8th Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Royal Australian Navy
17:23 Acteon and Applied Fiber enter MoU to collaborate on mooring solutions
16:54 KOTUG International and Maritalia S.A. secure major marine services contract for bp’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project
16:24 BW LPG takes delivery of vessel BW Chinook from Avance Gas
15:44 HD Hyundai may nearly double shipbuilding capacity in Vietnam
15:24 Samsung Heavy Industries secures $390 mln contract for four Suezmax tankers
14:36 EU imposes duties on unfairly subsidised electric vehicles from China
14:23 Port of Montreal workers at two terminals start new strike
13:41 Chinese ports container volume rises 7.7 % from January to September of 2024
13:22 MOL, COSCO Co-host 6th Shanghai International LNG Shipping Forum
12:43 Global schedule reliability drops to 51.4% in September 2024
12:22 GTT secures technical services contract with Maran Tankers for eight LNG Dual-Fuel Suezmax vessels
11:45 MSC inks up $2.1bn container ship at the reborn shipyard Rongsheng Heavy Industries
11:28 China's first 'smart factory' for offshore oil, gas equipment fully operational
10:43 Yanmar completes land-based demonstration testing of a hydrogen engine for power generation in coastal vessels
10:23 Samsung Heavy wins W358 bln LNG ship order in Asia
09:58 EU greenhouse gas emissions fell by over 8% in 2023

2024 October 31

18:00 MAN receives multiple orders for MAN B&W G95ME-LGIM Mk 10.5 methanol engines to power a series of VLCV
17:23 The Marechal Duque de Caxias platform ship starts producing in the pre-salt layer
17:06 IWS Seawalker CSOV makes it 1000 ship designs from Kongsberg Maritime
16:45 “K” Line Wind Service and Japan Marine United sign agreement for Phase 2 of NEDO’s Green Innovation Fund Project
16:04 Wärtsilä introduces its innovative NextDF feature for the Wärtsilä 25DF dual-fuel engine
15:45 MOL plans to change charter contract for vessels related to Russia business
15:44 MABUX: Bunker price trends in the world's four largest hubs, Oct 8 - Nov 1, 2024
15:23 HHLA raises expectations for fiscal year 2024
14:59 Major fire extinguished at UK nuclear submarine yard
14:16 AD Ports Group and Somali Ministry of Fisheries & Blue Economy sign MoU for maritime sector development
13:44 Maersk reports Q3 results
12:43 UECC orders four advanced multi-fuel battery hybrid pure car and truck carriers from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing
11:39 Japanese сonsortium produces design concept for eco-friendly VLCC
11:12 TMC Compressors bags contract to supply four LNG carriers
10:46 Panama Canal operating costs down 5% in FY2024
09:29 HIF Global and Antarctica21 promote sustainable tourism with e-Fuels

2024 October 30

18:00 East Java Multipurpose Terminal partners with Sinarmas LDA Usaha Pelabuhan
17:22 Container traffic at Iranian ports up 5% in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year
17:06 CIMC SOE delivers second 7,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessel to Seaspan Energy
16:42 Klaveness Combination Carriers makes first move into wind with bound4blue eSAIL system on CABU III newbuild
16:23 Transport workers' strike in Argentina to affect port operations
15:59 South Korea's seaport container cargo up 3.5 pct in Q3
15:46 Stena Line marks significant milestones in build of NewMax ships, Stena Futura and Stena Connecta
14:55 DNV and LR grant AiP to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for ammonia duel-fuel large container vessel
14:45 Jiaxing Port adds a new sea-river intermodal operation area
13:32 Maersk signs long-term methanol sourcing deal
13:08 MOL and Pyxis sign Collaboration Agreement for development and market expansion of electric vessels in Singapore and Japan
12:40 AD Ports Group and the General Department of Vietnam Customs sign MoU
12:21 TE H2, CIP, and A.P. Møller Capital Partner for a large-scale project in the Kingdom of Morocco