Project Logistics

What are the potential trade flows from the Old Continent to China? Are there any ways to reduce the delivery time on this route? These issues concern logistics providers on both sides of the New Silk Road.

56 trucks, 3,000 kilometers, and only 2 months. For the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG corporate group, autumn was full of ambitious projects. Experts from AsstrA Industry Project Logistics and AsstrA Italy have proven that nothing is impossible.

To get a clear understanding of the economic situation in Central Asian countries and adequately assess your prospects for business cooperation there, you must take a number of factors into account.

On October 7-9 this year, Breakbulk Americas, the largest project transportation and breakbulk expo in Canada, the USA, Latin America or the Caribbean, was held.

Collaboration between established businesses and startups is generally considered a win-win strategy.

Sea container transportation is the most cost-efficient transport mode. By sea, it is possible to ship multiple large consignments simultaneously. This transport mode is reliable and efficient, especially in case of long-distance and multimodal solutions.

In September of this year, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG group of companies opened its first office in France. The city of Lyon was chosen for the location of the transport and logistics provider’s first office in the country.

Over the AsstrA corporate group’s 19 years in Lithuania, the local market has repeatedly changed.

The global transport and logistics industry is a huge sector that demands fast processes, secure data and information flows, and above all the safety of the goods being transported.

In May 2019, the AsstrA corporate group launched a multimodal LNG (Argon) transportation project using modernized tank containers.

At the Brussels summit at the beginning of April this year, EU and UK leaders agreed that the Brexit date would be moved from March 30 to October 31 2019.

Among sectors where new IT solutions are being implemented, the transport and logistics industry is at the forefront.

For centuries, natural resource extraction has played a key role in global financial stability. Today, mining continues to influence the world's economy and labor markets.

Today, 3D printing is a hot topic of conversation among many entrepreneurs. The main two issues are how enterprises can best use innovative 3D printing and how this revolution will affect them.

In a free market, competition is supposed to benefit everyone.

After disrupting consumer transport, Uber has turned to the freight industry.

The Middle Kingdom is the largest importer of goods from Europe. Every year, more and more products of European origin reach the Great Wall.

The idea of life extension has fascinated humanity since ancient times. In the 21st century, the search for immortality inspired scientific and technological progress.

Would New Silk Road cargo flows significantly increase if Russia lifted the embargo and result in less traffic between Europe and China?

Customs support is an integral part of AsstrA’s comprehensive service offerings. The company’s eight in-house customs agencies work with clients to handle all official paperwork and ensure that their shipments arrive on time with no unnecessary costs.

In cargo transportation, there are four “whale” modes: road, air, sea and rail. Which whale is the biggest and most reliable? To answer, we have prepared a series of interviews on intra-European transport. In the first installment, we discuss railway deliveries with Eva Trohimyuk, Head of the European Rail Department at logistics company AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG.

Today, how process automation may cause people to be laid off and how robots can take over human responsibilities are hot topics.

Transports to and from China are becoming more and more popular among Clients of the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG international transportation and logistics corporate group.

Project logistics has become an integral part of AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG’s business. Several German-speaking companies regularly rely on the transport and logistics services provider for support in this area. The main destinations of these shipments are Russia, Central Asia, and China.

The AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG corporate group sums up its results for the first half of 2019.

Skip traffic, save money, and protect the environment – all good reasons more people choose city trains or subways for daily trips. However, it takes significant resources to keep all the railway parks of Europe and the CIS up to date.

One of the 21st century’s key trends is the growth of automation and robotics in all spheres of human activity. Economic development is increasingly based not on capital and natural resources but rather on innovations and creative solutions.

Emotions or rules? What drives tender selection processes in the B2B sector? Can purchases through tenders protect against emotions and help follow the rules when choosing a logistics partner? We find out with Aleksander Kovalchuk, Head of Tender Management at AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG.

The Silk Road has taken a firm place among the most discussed topics in global logistics. Conferences, exhibitions, forums – the question of the development of the new “trade artery of the world” appears in the program of every serious logistics event. Important roles in deliveries from the Middle Kingdom are traditionally played by railway, air and sea transport. What about trucks?

A lighter doesn’t strike an average user as anything special, especially not in terms of how it traveled into his pocket from the factory. Shipping this simple item, however, requires only slightly fewer permits than are required to ship a nuclear reactor.

On June 21, the Belarusian capital of Minsk became the venue for European Games II for 9 days. These are international competitions in shooting, gymnastics, wrestling, and 15 other sports.

IT solutions are a driver of the world economy, the basis for the development of practically all industries, and an engine that cannot be stopped. Does the transportation and logistics industry need IT solutions?

At the end of 2018, compared to 2017 revenue was up 195% for the dedicated division providing comprehensive logistics services for the pharmaceutical industry.

Business processes automation is gaining popularity around the world. What benefits can a transportation and logistics company and its Customers get from running processes with machines?

On May 30-31, the 24th BAMAP expo-forum took place in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. The organizer, the Association of International Road Carriers, traditionally combines its General Meeting of Association members with this transport equipment and spare parts event.

To best support the needs of clients in the fertilizer industry, AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG formed a dedicated division called AsstrA Fertilizers Logistiics (AFL) in 2018.

Chemical industry logistics is fraught with many challenges, both for customers and for transport companies. Any hazardous chemical cargo belonging to one or another ADR class immediately hangs a danger sign on what would otherwise be standard carriage.

What do fireworks, men’s fragrances and batteries have in common? For logistics companies it is obvious. These goods are classed as dangerous goods. Working with them is challenging but interesting!

Certifications and quality are part of everyday life, whether or not everyone knows it. GOSTs, ISO, DIN, and EN certificates and other standards help regulate the production, supply, and use of many commonplace items.

A 20-meter Moscow metro wagon. A 6-ton passenger plane engine. A 1,000-part city tram. All these vehicles’ components must go a long way before they can function together as a whole.

From 21 to 23 May, the German city of Bremen will host the "heavy" logistics and transportation industry’s key annual event: Breakbulk Europe. Representatives of the entire industrial supply chain will come together in the Bremen Musicians’ hometown.

The AsstrA corporate group sums up its sea transport results for 2018.

Maciej Tyburczy, head of the Lean & Process Management Department in the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG transportation and logistics corporate group, discusses how Lean Management helps meet Customer expectations in the transportation and logistics industry.

The concept of Trade Lane Management (TLM) first appeared at AsstrA in 2015. Three years later, it has been put into practice in all the corporate group’s global locations.

If the so-called hard Brexit becomes a reality, on March 29, 2019, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. In that case, the transport and logistics industry would face a great challenge.

The largest Estonian distributor of medical equipment appealed to international transport and logistics provider AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG to organize the supply of medical equipment from China to Belarus via Lithuania.

Europe is not just about the European Union. It is also worth remembering the significant road transport export and import potential of Southeastern Europe, including the Balkan Peninsula.

Petrol, acids, and chocolate. What do these seemingly different products have in common? They are all liquids!

For more than 10 years, AsstrA has been transporting dangerous goods for the petrochemical industry. And in January 2018 the company formed a department dedicated to the needs of customers in this segment.

In the world of logistics, project transportation is a special field requiring not only a thorough understanding of transportation itself but also engineering, economics, and sometimes even politics.

Project transportation is one of the most interesting areas of logistics. It involves not just transport, engineering, and customs, but often legal, economic, and sometimes political issues as well.

Practically any kind of cargo can be transported via less than truckload shipping. The delivery mode minimizes transport costs by using vehicle space efficiently and ensures the safety of the goods carried.

Chemical product transportation is not for amateurs. How can a chemical company know that a given logistics services provider is a responsible and qualified partner? A positive SQAS assessment is the best indicator.

Within the framework of this project, the AsstrA corporate group transported equipment for the manufacture of plastic cards microchips from Zelenograd to Taipei.

Several sectors of Turkmenistan’s economy are rapidly evolving now thanks to recent investments of around $50 billion. There are about 1,700 large construction projects underway with a total cost of more than $42 billion. That amounts to more than 32% of the country’s GDP in Q1 of 2018.

The AsstrA corporate group successfully delivered HD beams from Belgium for the construction of Lakhta Center, a major construction project on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.

The origin stories of airports, reactors, factories, and large industrial construction all share a common element: project logistics. Andrey Abramov, AsstrA Industrial Project Logistics Specialist shares how to map a project solution to a client’s specific needs and what goes into planning a successful shipment.

In every logistics project, time matters. But in the medical industry, lives can depend on it. AsstrA Polska continues to serve the evolving needs of the health sector.

From March to August 2018, transport and logistics operator AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG transported crane parts, counterweights, crane maintenance equipment, and several self-propelled heavy and oversized cargo moving modules.

In August of this year, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG group of transport and logistics companies shipped a new 26-meter rail wagon to Germany, and then shipped similar cargo from Switzerland a few weeks later.