Intermodal

The Association of Romanian Freight Forwarders (Uniunea Societăților de Expediții din România, or USER) is a Romanian association of transport companies, including logistics providers and customs agents. The association’s members transport 10% of the cargo shipped in this Balkan country. In February 2021, AsstrA Forwarding Romania SRL joined the association.

AsstrA's worldwide presence helps Clients complete complex, ambitious goals whenever and wherever they are doing business. February 2021 marked one year in business for AsstrA New York. Since the office opened, the team has already handled its first thousand import/export orders together with local and international partners.

When most people buy something made in another country, they understand that logistics made the purchase possible. And any successful company purchasing raw or finished materials abroad devotes significant resources – and even full-time organizational roles – to managing international cargo flows. Therefore, the fast-growing field of logistics offers excellent career prospects for young professionals.

Due to the second coronavirus wave this past autumn, personal protective equipment (PPE) remains a scarce commodity in the in the healthcare industry. Italy, the first Western country to be affected by the Covid-19 virus, has a head start when it comes to internationally sourcing necessary PPE. However, due to the lack of precedent, it has been challenging to develop crisis management plans. The Italians have needed comprehensive assistance in the fight against the pandemic.

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The relocation of fleets, production and processing lines, as well as factories requires the preparation of comprehensive, multi-stage action plans.

In the global economy, the oil and gas industry is often considered an exclusive club where entrance requires a recommendation and compliance with demanding quality standards.

Chinese ports, which continue to dominate the global shipping market, make the Chinese maritime market one of the world’s most important.

Container transportation has been a go-to logistics solution for many years. Cargo owners value containers for their undeniable advantages of safety and excellent suitability for optimizing resources used during multimodal transportation.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected many parts of everyday life and numerous industries, especially tourism, hospitality, and restaurants. The

The Finnish transit port of Kotka – located in the town of the same name on the shore of the Gulf of Finland 280 kilometers from St. Petersburg, 150 kilometers from Helsinki and 50 kilometers from the Russian-Finnish border – plays a prominent role in trade between the CIS and the rest of the world.

Oversized Transportation Department specialists completed the project in 25 days. In August 2020, the AsstrA Heavy Lift Department successfully completed a transportation project involving bulky cargo from Norrköping in Sweden to the Novy Port roadstead in Russia.

For clients, a logistics company’s membership in professional associations indicates reliability and an ability to provide services of international quality standards.

The AsstrA corporate group continues to optimize its operations and improve the services it provides in the USA. In June of this year, AsstrA NY Inc. has provided United States Customs with warranties for a Carrier 3 (C3) Bond.

While clientele of industrial project logistics providers place considerable importance on experience and the ability to execute complex shipments as required in the industrial sector, matters are further complicated by the Covid-19 outbreak that has impacted almost all industries. Even today, in spite of the severe restraints resulting from today’s global situation, the AsstrA Industrial Project Logistics (AIPL) team maintains daily dialogues with the company’s Customers.

Between their places of manufacture and end use, production line elements must often travel thousands of kilometers. In several such cases, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG corporate group team organized production line shipments from Asia to Poland. Janusz Bulinski, Head of the AsstrA Sea Freight Department in Gdansk, shares the details of these successful projects.

According to the World Shipping Council, the majority of global cargo is delivered in containers or – in logistics terminology – TEUs. About 90% of world trade is carried out by sea. After the cargo has arrived in port, onward delivery is made to its final destination, which is rarely in the port itself. In such cases, intermodal shipments are made from the shipper's door to the recipient's door. Recently, the growing popularity of intermodality has been an increasingly useful development tool for European transport policy.