Fast connections between Asia / Switzerland and vice versa
More and more containers from and to Asia into Switzerland are routed via Genoa/La Spezia. Why...
Takeover - OOCL by COSCO
The Chinese Shipping Line COSCO has taken over OOCL. Although a giant in the Far East trade....
Transportation Tessin / Montevideo
Good morning Mr. Beat, The transport was perrfectly carried out. Today at 12 o'clock we took over...
Plimsoll-Line and Solas
Are very important terms in shipping. With the Plimsoll-Line or waterline the drafts of the ships are measured. Watching the line you can see whether the ship is empty, full or overloaded. The mathematician Archimedes furnished...[more]
Iran
We ship your cargo (personal belongings or commercial goods) in share or complete containers to Iran. Please ask for a free of charge quote! [more]
Vado Ligure - new containerport
Maersk - Line constructs a new port in the Savona area. By the end of 2017 or beginning 2018 the port will be operational. At the same time the connections to the Hinterland (Switzerland and South of Germany) will be improved. By...[more]
Panama Canal
Ships passing the Panama Canal are Panamax-ships, classified according to the size. 290 meters length, draft 12 meters. Normally the sizes are for containerships up to 4000 TEU's. The lock ship canal is now in the process of...[more]
6th August 2015 opens the new Suez Canal corridor
In future crossing of ships in the Suez Canal will be possible. The canal will have a draft of up to 20 meters. This will allow ships with a length of 400 meters and 18'000 TEU's to pass. (1 TEU = 20' container) Therefore...[more]
Omani ports
The Omani Government is investing quite some money in new port infrastructures. Muscat is now only used for cruiser ships. Sohar All freight activities (container, ro/ro, etc.) were transferred from Muscat to Sohar. The port is...[more]
Testimonials
Various customers have expressed their satisfaction of our services in writing: Transportation Ticino / Houston. Thanks a million Beat! You made a very important part of my relocation very easy! Jason Temple Transportation...[more]
Containerization
Barrel - king of packages. For 2000 years barrels were used for shipping and storing the goods (mainly valuables). The containerization and palletization changed all that. The barrels were easy to handle (shifting and storing)....[more]
From the Atlantic to the Pacific
Until now the Panama Canal has connected those seas. In future however the Nicaraguans will build together with the Chinese their own Canal from Punta Gorda via the river Brito at the Pacific coast. Length 278 kilometers. [more]
Shipped types of containers
According to the shipping lines there are now nearly 50% of 40' high cube containers (H.C.) of the total volume on ships. 30% are 20' box containers. The remaining lot consists of 40' box, flat racks, open tops, open sided. In...[more]
Shipping cars
The Japanese car carrier NYK launched the Aries Leader. This carrier with a length of 199.98 meters...
Merger of Hapag Lloyd and CSAV
Both companies will merge pending approval. CSAV is a Chilean containerline - with strong South...
Reefer consolidation to Toyko & Hongkong
As with immediate effect we can offer you a service for small termperature controlled shipments...