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GPLN Technical Seminar a huge success

In GPLN Happenings & Events, GPLN Updates & Announcements on January 28, 2011 at 9:27 pm

The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) recently completed their first technical training course after Breakbulk Asia in Singapore. The event was held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhbition Centre on January 27th. The course was conducted by Gert J. Vos, a twenty plus year industry expert and was attended by 53 delegates from several countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.

The course covered the following areas:

1) Heavy Lift – Various types of cranes and lifting equipment, making a lifting plan and stability during lifting activities;

2) Exceptional Transport – Load capacity on various vehicle types including SPMT’s and platform trailers as well as stability of transport equipment;

3) Load Securing – Lashing / securing / dunnaging;

4) Lifting with Hydraulic Gantry and Strand Jacks – Hydraulic gantry cranes (tower lifts) and the principles of strand jacks;

5) New INCOTERMS – What terms have changed and how that affects project forwarders and charterers; and

6) Checklist for Project Forwarders – Enabled learners to create their own checklist and thus eradicate mistakes.

The entire course was well received and a networking cocktail was held after the course was completed. All who completed the course received course certificates from GPLN.

A follow up course is planned for Antwerp, Belgium, on May 20th of this year immediately following Breakbulk Europe. For more information on enrolling in this course please contact GPLN’s commercial director, Mr. Luzius Haffter.

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GPLN takes part in Breakbulk Asia 2011

In GPLN Happenings & Events, GPLN Updates & Announcements on January 27, 2011 at 11:16 am

Continuing on the success of Breakbulk Asia, the largest and most important gathering in Asia for companies involved in the shipping of heavy-lift, project cargo and traditional breakbulk cargoes.
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GPLN Heavy Transport and Lifting Course: Breakbulk Asia 2011 in Singapore

In GPLN Happenings & Events, GPLN Updates & Announcements on January 27, 2011 at 10:37 am

The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) recently completed their first technical training course after Breakbulk Asia in Singapore. The event was held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhbition Centre on January 27th. The course was conducted by Gert J. Vos, a twenty plus year industry expert and was attended by 53 delegates from several countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.

The course covered the following areas:

1) Heavy Lift — Various types of cranes and lifting equipment, making a lifting plan and stability during lifting activities;

2) Exceptional Transport — Load capacity on various vehicle types including SPMT’s and platform trailers as well as stability of transport equipment;

3) Load Securing — Lashing / securing / dunnaging;

4) Lifting with Hydraulic Gantry and Strand Jacks — Hydraulic gantry cranes (tower lifts) and the principles of strand jacks;

5) New INCOTERMS — What terms have changed and how that affects project forwarders and charterers; and

6) Checklist for Project Forwarders — Enabled learners to create their own checklist and thus eradicate mistakes.

The entire course was well received and a networking cocktail was held after the course was completed. All who completed the course received course certificates from GPLN.

The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is the premier non-exclusive professional projects logistics network of independent companies specializing in international projects movements by air, sea and land as well as specialized lifts and the special handling of oversized, out-of-gauge and heavy lift cargo.

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Teamglobal Logistics Pvt Ltd joins GPLN in India

In GPLN Updates & Announcements on May 31, 2010 at 3:00 pm

We are happy to introduce our new member:

Teamglobal Logistics Pvt Ltd

Contact:

Mr. Pronab Sarkar, Assistant General Manager

This company had references from well known project forwarding and project chartering companies on three different continents, including a current GPLN member and a sister company of another GPLN member. Teamglobal Logistics provides specific marine vessels tailored to job requirements and can source any type of special carrier on the basis of voyage charter, part charter, time charter. Their experience in this industry includes a wide range of cargoes including power plant equipment, transformers machineries, fabrication items, etc.

I hope you will us in welcoming them aboard!

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A word from Gary Dale…

In GPLN Updates & Announcements on January 14, 2010 at 1:18 pm

And thus starts 2010…!

This year will be a very busy year for the Global Project Logistics Network with even more travel and promotion than ever before. This year we will be attending even more exhibitions and conferences representing our membership. Expect to see you branching out from the our usual logistics events as this year we will start to see more of a focus on target industry events for such industries as oil & gas, heavy equipment, etc. There are plans in the works and you will be updated by e-mail announcements from me, web page and blog updates as well as announcements in subsequent issues of our GPLN newsletter.

I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to the calendar for our upcoming events. We will again make an appearance at the BreakBulk Asia Conference & Exhibition. This is the second event of its kind which is organized by the Journal of Commerce. We will have a fairly large booth there as usual with several members participating together. It is an excellent opportunity to meet the real players in Southeast Asia who are working daily in the oil & gas, mining and heavy industry fields. We had very good results from last year’s event and expect to continue this run in 2010.

A few weeks later we will be at the 4th Indian Ocean Ports & Logistics Conference & Exhibition in Mauritius. With this event we hope to target companies that would be in the eastern coasts of Africa, southern Arabian Peninsula as well as Sri Lanka and other nations in the Indian Ocean. The membership as a whole could benefit from qualified members in this region.

Then come the biggies…

I hope that all of you are getting prepared for our event of the year in Brazil! We have organized a large GPLN booth at Intermodal South America in São Paulo. This is one of the three logistics events biggest events in the world (along with TransRussia and Transportlogistic, which we also take part in) and this show is by far the largest event in all of Latin America. We have conveniently arranged our own GPLN global meeting this year to be three days after the Intermodal South America event. For project cargo specialists this is a huge opportunity to make inroads into Latin America as well as to meet our new members and to visit with our older members all on one trip. The details for the GPLN meeting can be found on our events page on our website. I urge you all to have a look at this as soon as possible due to the fact that we will have a limited number of rooms available at the negotiated price. So be ahead of the eight ball on this.

Finally, I want to remind you all to check our blog, Project Cargo Logistics, on a regular basis for what’s going on with our group. There are lots of photos and updates from GPLN and our membership that you might find interesting. The blog can be found at: http://ProjectCargoLogistics.gpln.net. It would be great as well if you feel like making comments and sharing our blog with others. It is excellent promotion for the group.

Best regards,

Gary Dale Cearley

Executive Director

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The “Wishes for the Holidays”

In GPLN Updates & Announcements on December 28, 2009 at 1:53 pm

I was recently asked why I didn’t send out any wishes for the holidays for all network members. Actually, this is something that I don’t really take lightly but the truth of the matter is this:

On Friday(Chrsitmas Day) alone I received over 450 e-mails that were simply “best wishes” and this took up over 45 MB of incoming space in my Outlook.

It is precisely for this reason that I do not send out any best wishes by e-mail anymore. I am not grumpy nor do I consider myself any kind of Scrooge but the fact of the matter is that most people you know and many people you don’t even know want to send out their holiday greetings it is a big waste of work time and energy for the recipient. And for those who have agents and clients all over the world there very rarely is one single e-mail that will stand out.

I admit, many people do get into the season and enjoy sending and receiving these messages from friends, family and colleagues but from my perspective I don’t believe it is everyone so my small gift is to not clog someone’s e-mail with my own animated greeting or attachment. I am sure many of you will understand.

By the way, since you are reading this:

Happy holidays!

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Fake “GPLN Members”

In GPLN Updates & Announcements on December 23, 2009 at 10:23 am

This may come as a surprise to some but many of our members know – not everyone who approaches them as a “GPLN member” really is a GPLN member. To someone who administers a network I am constantly disheartened by this. Many of these companies are simply imposters and others

Sometimes this could be a simple miscommunication between the companies’ management and staff, on the other hand we have had many instances of companies being misleading by outright claiming to be a member when they are not or they will make misleading statements such as “I know you through GPLN” or “we have your name through the GPLN directory”. I have even seen where people say “I have your name through the GPLN staff / Gary Dale” which often isn’t true. (Have you ever heard these statements through companies you have never heard of?). Though these people don’t explicitly say they are GPLN members they are still quite misleading in their introduction. And if they are doing it intentionally, which the vast majority of them are, it is unethical.

Oddly, I have found in the past that a number of these very companies who practice these deceptions are companies who have approached us about membership but for whatever reason did not want to pay the fees the same as other members. They would either try to negotiate with us and get turned back or they would stand on “principle” and say that they don’t pay subscription dues to belong to networks. Some are also companies who applied for membership in the past and didn’t qualify to get in.

My position is fairly firm on this: Any company that approaches you and leads you to believe, either directly or indirectly, that they are a GPLN member when they are not sends a very loud signal that they are great risks for fraudulent or unethical behavior. You are at risk for payment and you are at risk that they are unqualified to handle the cargo. Do you really want that?

How will you know? Well, first of all, for companies who have been a member of our group for some time we there is a good chance that members would have been introduced directly to you as we announce all new members. But just remember, whether you have been a part of this group for a long time or a short time, if anyone ever says they are a member of GPLN and you don’t personally know that they are, before doing business you might want to look at our online then ask me or <a href=”mailto:Maneepan.Wanchuree. We would be happy to help you in this regard.