HEAVY LIFT\\\ KOG purchase extends Rhenus Project’s reach


Germany’s Rhenus Group has taken over Swiss project logistics specialist KOG Worldwide. Contracts were signed in Zurich on 24 February 2015. KOG Worldwide, which largely focuses on project logistics and transportation of plant abroad, mainly to the US, Europe and Asia, was founded by Jürgen Osmers and Rolf Gubler in 1981. From its headquarters in the


canton of Zug in Switzerland, KOG operates 21 companies in 18 different countries. It manages complex international logistics projects, particularly in the field of plant construction where specific professional and local knowledge is required to organise and complete the tasks. The business activities of KOG


are being merged with Rhenus Project Logistics within the Rhenus Group. The KOG brand will continue to be used. Joint managing director of


Rhenus Project Logistics, Tobias König, explained that Rhenus Project Logistics has recently taken on a more international orientation with


of new business sites in North Africa and Asia, adding: “This purchase will enable us to significantly expand our range


Issue 2 2015 - Freight Business Journal


Scottish pipes for Turkey


A team of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ experts moved an urgent shipment of oil production equipment from Scotland to Turkey recently. The 35-ton load was flown one of its IL-76TD- aircraſt from in Prestwick to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen airport. The process took just three days from the initial customer enquiry to delivery.


Top marks for Davies Turner’s school project


of products and our project logistics network.” Fellow joint managing


director at Rhenus Project logistics, Carsten Schröter said: “We’ve focused on wind power projects for European plant manufacturers in the past, among other things. We’ll now particularly attract the interest of US and Asian manufacturers of complete plant and general companies too.” Power station construction


the opening


and heavy industry will also be key targets for the Rhenus Group’s project logistics operations in future. As a result of the acquisition


of KOG Worldwide, Rhenus gains new sites in the US, Canada,


Europe, Russia, the Middle East and the Far East. Managing director of KOG Worldwide, Jürgen Osmers, described the integration of KOG Worldwide within the Rhenus Group as “a major step forward for our company. With our main centres in the US, Switzerland and Japan, we’ll be serving markets and segments where project logistics operations at Rhenus have not been so strong in the past.” KOG


Group’s certified sites are to the ISO 9001


quality management system, the ISO 14001 environmental management system and the OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system.


SafmarineMPV looks south


Safmarine’s project cargo and break-bulk arm SafmarineMPV is expanding its US-West Africa service to include Congo and Angola. The new SafmarineMPV


USA-WAF


service will include regular ports of call in Houston, Tin Can/Lagos, Onne, Pointe Noire and Luanda/Sonils, plus


ad-


hoc inducement calls to handle special project cargoes in other West African ports. SafmarineMPV


managing


director, Jorg Knuttel said: “Extending the USA-WAF service southbound has always been part of SafmarineMPV’s strategy.


The first step


was to move key staff and responsibilities from Antwerp to Houston to strengthen the US organization. This we did in August 2013. “The next step was to


strengthen our footprint in the West African trade. This we’ve achieved with


today’s announcement of the southbound extension of our US – West Africa service.” SafmarineMPV commercial


director for the USA-WAF service, Randy Jameson, added: “Our expansion into the southern range of western Africa is in response to the growing needs of our customer base who require faster transit times and direct sailings to the


key ports in the region. “We’ve discussed this service


extension with a number of key customers active across various end-markets and their response and initial cargo support has been very positive.” The new service will


commence with Safmarine Linyati 15002, departing Houston on March 26 and will offer a monthly frequency.


UK freight forwarder Davies Turner is delivering an entire school to Abu Dhabi. When complete, the seven hectare site will accommodate about 1,600 students aged from 3 to 18 years and will be the largest of its kind in the Emirate. Davies Turner was tasked with delivering 40 x 40 ſt containers packed


with essential equipment for the junior school development, from boxes of pens and pencils,desks and chairs, through to grand pianos and full-size electric cookers. Each item was collated and palletised to get everything delivered to the UAE in the right sequence.


Union joins Inchcape


ISS Palumbo UK, part of maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services, has acquired project freight forwarder Union Transport, based in Newcastle. ISS Palumbo


said the move will enhance its project freight forwarding and integrated logistics services to its customers, who include ENI, SAIPEM and Air Products.


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