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This section is introduced in order to clearly advise the news in the shipping and freight industry to all the users of this web site. Thus they are able to be updated for rules, to know professional opinions, data sheets and everything is useful to handle shipments properly around the world.

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We really hope you find on this blog all the technical support, information and documents for a clear and effective way out from all the problems related to the management and delivery of goods.

RO/RO service

From the beginning of the year our ro/ro cargo service has been strongly improved, especially for industrial vehicles, earthmoviving machines, tractors and agricultural machines, motorcranes. Large and significant shipments have been arranged from North and South Europe (Holland, Germany, UK, Italy)  and from North and South America (USA, Canada, Brazil) to Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, […]

Abnormal cargo, heavy lift, overgauge shipments

During March, just before lockdown, a whole plant exceed 3000cbm machineries for the maintanance of offshore platforms in East Mediterranean and West Africa has been moved to Rotterdam whereas it has been loaded on board supply vessels duly chartered for the movements and works expected.  

Abnormal cargo, heavy lift, overgauge shipments

35 motorcranes, almost 2500 cbm and more than 600 tons have been shipped by vessel from Turkey to Belgium. Our company arranged even pick up, deliveries and clearances both for export and import in order to offer the DDP service to the clients.    

INDIA SHIPMENTS

One machinery more than 70 tons in a proper seaworthy wooden case has been shipped from Venice to Mumbai by heavylift vessel. The machinery was imported temporary for repaired and maintenance works. Our company arranged also pick, movement to the port of loading and loading ob board the break bulk vessel.  

CARGO REGULATIONS IN KOREA

Italy is the third largest trading partner in Europe, after Germany and the United Kingdom, by number of investments in South Korea. Italy has gone from 26th place in the South Korean supplier ranking (in 2013) to 19th place in three years later. For this reason it is important to know the transport regulations: 1. […]

ABNORMAL CARGO OF MACHINERY FROM ITALY TO NORWAY

Abnormal cargo of machineries loaded onto two special trucks from Rozzano (Italy) to Norway.

URGENT SHIPPING OF 80 TONS OF RESIN BY AIR FROM THE USA TO ITALY

GPC is focused on meeting customers need. Recently, in order to meet the client’s requirements, 80 tons of resin have been moved airfreight from Minesota point to Terni town thru Fiumicino airport.

SHIPPING OF 3 TANKERS IN PORTUGAL

Exceptional door-to-door transport of 3 tankers to Portugal, with the provision of our vehicles for land journeys in Italy and Portugal.

CORONAVIRUS

Dear Customers, due to the numerous reports and checks for infections of unknown cause, to avoid the pandemic spread of Coronavirus, found in the Wuhan area, work activity in China was severely stopped. At present, the ports are congested due to a lack of operators, the offices are closed and the government has extended the […]

NEW 2020 INCOTERMS

With 2020 the new Incoterms come into force. The most significant change concerns the substitution of the DAT in DPU: it is specified that the goods must be unloaded from the vehicle, whatever it is in any place where the agreed delivery place is located. Another important change concerns insurance when the term is CIF […]