The USD$ 4.7 billion EPC contract awarded by GASCO in mid 2009 is split into two parts, with Tecnimont working on the main plant and JGC developing the associated facilities. In total, the project represents over 750,000 freight tons of cargo, of which the JGC portion represents around 350,000 freight tons which will be managed and controlled by Transcar in London and its partners Tatsumi in Tokyo.

Dean Rossiter, Managing Director of Transcar commented "This win represents a significant step forward for Transcar and its partners, which is a great reflection of the hard work and professionalism demonstrated to our client over the last three years on other current contracts. I would like to thank JGC and its JV partners for giving us this opportunity to work with them on this important and high value contract as well as congratulating the Transcar team and its partners for this win."

Main shipping activity is expected to start in the second half of 2010 and continue through until late 2012.

factory will have a production capacity of 600 tons of glass per day and will sell to both the local and export markets, splitting its initial production evenly between thetwo. Sphinx Glass is a wholly owned subsidiary of GlassWorks, a company established by Citadel Capital and a group of leading regional investors to pursue investments in the promising MENA glass industry.

Transcar will be responsible for all aspects of the logistics management for the projects various vendors as well as Air Products own global facilities, which is controlled via their Walton on Thames office in the UK.

Drawing on their extensive experience in Egypt and utilising its own office there, Transcar will also coordinate the complex duty exemption arrangements along with the final delivery to site from Alexandria and Cairo as appropriate.

The project is scheduled to run until the end of the first quarter of 2010 and will be operated from Transcar's main head office in London in association with its local operation in Damietta for local services.

Bioethanol is a renewable substitute for gasoline made from the carbohydrates in plants and the Vivergo plant will take in over one million tonnes of UK sourced wheat each year to create two main products; bioethanol and animal feed. It will produce 420 million litres of bioethanol per annum and 500,000 tonnes of high-protein, high-fibre animal feed.

Transcar are working with Aker Solutions in Portsmouth as well as Praj India, who are both part of the joint venture with BP in this exciting new project for the UK.

The project is expected to complete and start production in September 2010 and will be run from Transcars main London office in conjunction with its associates in India, as a large portion of the cargo will ship from the Praj facility in Kandla.

the project site. Transcar and its local partners (Arnaud & OGF) have already embarked on the complex process to ensure all aspects of these works are managed and run smoothly for the Artenius and Aker teams.

The project, which will be run via Aker Solutions Portsmouth, UK office, will also require Transcar in-house staff to work along side the Aker and Artenius teams, coordinating with the onshore and site teams accordingly. Mrs Di Kenny, Transcars' Operations Manager, will be responsible for running the contract along with the head office and implant teams for the duration of the project.

This award ensures Transcar remain one of the worlds most experienced PTA Project logistics contractors, having completed several PTA projects at places as diverse as Indonesia, Pakistan, Taiwan and Thailand, now adding Europe to the list.

Dean Rossiter, Transcar's Managing Director commented "This is an exciting award for us which ensures we are able to continue to strengthen our PTA pedigree. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Artenius for this award and look forward to executing a successful project with them"

The logistics contract is expected to run for approximately 18-24 months.

produce 140,000 bpd of GTL products and approximately 120,000 bpd of condensate, liquefied petroleum gas and ethane.

The success of the joint venture between Transcar and Transoceanic, who usually compete for similar business, has been generated as a result of over 18 months of hard work and intense activity. , Both companies co-operated closely to ensure the systems, procedures and overall team proposals scored highly in the evaluation process, which was managed by a joint venture between JGC Corporation and Kellogg Brown & Root Inc (KBR).

Transcar and Transoceanic managing directors Dean Rossiter and Colin Bagwell have issued a joint statement ... "We are delighted to announce the success of our bid for the Pearl GTL project. This is a historic win for both companies and an excellent opportunity to bring two outstanding track records together to operate this exciting and prestigious contract. We congratulate all the staff on an excellent effort and look forward to working together to ensure the ongoing success of this project for our client and respective companies."

based in Rabigh itself on the West coast of Saudi Arabia.

The project represents a substantial portion of the overall Rabigh development scheme and strengthens Transcar Projects well established track record within Saudi Arabia and the surrounding region. It will comprise of over 150,000 freight tons of globally supplied cargoes running mainly into Jeddah with a fair selection of heavy lift cargoes also running into Rabigh jetty itself. The expected shipping period will run through 2007 and into 2008, during which time Transcar will have a shipping team based in their Orpington head office as well as personal positioned in Madrid and Jeddah, to manage local operations.