Month: April 2016

We are pround to announce that Global Freight Solutions has been appointed as the agency for TransAtlantic Container in Sweden and Finland. This appointment begins immediately with the Trans Feeder South (TFS) Service. Other services will migrate in the next few weeks.

 

TransAtlantic Container offers SEVENTEEN weekly departures at your service. TransAtlantic Container serves the North Finnish and Swedish ports up to twice a week connecting Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Antwerpen.

 

TransBothnia Container Line – from Northern Finland and Sweden to Germany and Belgium.

Kokkola (Fi) – Oulu (Fi) – Kemi (Fi) – Piteå (Se) – Hamburg (De) – Antwerpen (Be)

The weekly bay of Bothnia service connects Kokkola, Oulu, Kemi and Piteå with Hamburg and Antwerpen with a high quality liner service year around. The Bothnia liner service is the best choice for import and export volumes to and from the region, with both shippers own or TransAtlantic Container liner equipment.

 

TransFeeder Line North – from Northern Finland and Sweden to Germany

Oulu (Fi) – Kemi (Fi) – Tornio (Fi) – Hamburg (De) – Bremerhaven

The weekly North Finland /Sweden service provides our customers with the most comfortable and convenient transportation choice for the manufacturing industry, freight forwarders as well as for overseas shipping companies. The northern ports of Oulu, Kemi, Tornio and Härnösand are the best choice for destinations in northern Sweden, northern Finland and the Murmansk region. The line connects with several terminals in Hamburg and Bremerhaven.

 

TransFeeder Line South – from the Eastcoast of Sweden to Germany

Stockholm (Se)–Södertälje (Se)–Åhus (Se)–Hamburg (De)–Bremerhaven (De)

TransFeeder South is our frequent container feeder line connecting South East Swedish ports with Hamburg and Bremerhaven. Weekly departures from Södertälje, Oxelösund and Åhus offer a high quality feeder link to the major transshipment hubs in Germany.  The customers using the TransFeeder South service include the major ocean carriers, forwarders and short sea customers.

 

Notice of industrial action from Svenska Hamnarbetarförbundet (HF)

APM Terminals Gothenburg has received a notice from the union Svenska Hamnarbetarförbundet (HF) on industrial action in the form of work stoppages on two occasions in April.

The notice concerns various issues of various managerial ways, in which the union is not satisfied with the employer’s procedures.

Any action shall enter into force on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at. 07:00 and lasts for 24 hours, and Thursday, April 28, 2016 at. 07:00 and lasts for 24 hours.

At APM Terminals Gothenburg, it’s important for a constructive dialogue with the unions and APM Terminal swill respond to the issues that the union has lifted at a negotiation shortly. APM Terminals will return with more information in week commencing 25 April, w17.

APM Terminals are in the final stages of the upgrade work to create a new modern terminal, an investment of over 800 million. APM say they will continue with full focus on securing customer deliveries and further streamline operations internally to eventually achieve the vision to become the best terminal in Scandinavia.

 

 

New important guidelines have been issued regarding cargoes transported from Finland and imported to countries in the African continent.

 

Effective from March 2016 – new rules and regulations in cargo acceptance have been issued by the authorities SYKE (Suomen Ympäristökeskus/Finnish Environment Institute) in co-operation with the Finnish customs authorities.

 

It is very important that you are familiar with the new guidelines from SYKE. If you are shipping used vehicles, used car parts or used electronics it is now important that you have a proof of functionality for each shipped item.

 

According to the new rules the proof of functionality has to be written by a certified professional. The actual guidelines can be found on the following website and we highly recommend that you read through them when planning to ship:

Please click this link.

 

With any booked transports and shipments to Africa the following document must be downloaded, printed out and completed:

DOCUMENT – NEW Guidelines and regulations for Africa shipments

Once completed the Guidelines document must be sent back via E-mail, Fax or post to the office in Finland before Export of the cargo can begin

 

If any further questions please contact us at G-Solutions Finland:

Common company  email: info@gsolutions.fi

Mr. Joakim Antas Direct phone: +358 40 520 0297 E-mail: joakim.antas@gsolutions.fi

Mr. Fredrik Aspelin Direct phone: +358 46 923 3336 E-mail: fredrik.aspelin@gsolutions.fi

Welcome onboard Mikael Magnusson

G-Solutions is happy to announce that Mikael Magnusson joins our Freight Forwarding team. Mikael has worked within transport and logistics full-time for more than 10 years.
For any freight forwarding enquiries contact: forwarding@gsolutions.se