Foreign trade and international logistics 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z https://www.centaurealog.com/blog/en/ Centaurea 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z https://www.centaurealog.com/blog/en/companies-from-centaurea-group-participate-of-the-expo-container-city/ <p>From april 10th until the 14th, at Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo, it took place the first container dedicated fair in the country, the Expo Container City. In addition to presenting the mini-city built of containers, the event counted on a set of lectures provided by the best specialists of this area in Brazil. Themes as security, sustainability, budget, technology, facilities, technology and legal standards, design and decoration, etc.</p> <p>The Expo Container City provided the introduction of innovative projects and present to the audience the experience of living, working and having fun in structures made of containers. Houses, lofts, diners, pools, offices, bathrooms and ambulatories are some of the structures built for the event, which counted on maritime module-based containers. Among the exhibitors there were: Venda de Container, which operates on the sale and rental of containers; 4 Container, which is specialized on importing containers.</p> 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z https://www.centaurealog.com/blog/en/centaurea-wins-the-transport-auction-for-the-brazilian-satellite-cbers-04a-to-china/ <p>Centaurea, through VISION LOG, that belongs to the same economic group, earned the bid to transport the brazilian satellite CBERS-04A from its origin, São José dos Campos to its final destination, Beijing, China. It is a extra dimensioned cargo, extremely sensitive, that is going to be transported in an exclusive charter flight. Big logistic companies took part in the bidding.</p> <p>With this victory, Centaurea shows that its franchise model is a success, once the company's fixed-cost keeps low and the economic gains are shared with all the franchised involved in the process.</p> 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z https://www.centaurealog.com/blog/en/centaurea-visits-north-sea-port/ <p>Centaurea had a technical tour at North Sea Port, in the city of Ghent, and was received by the harbour authorities and invited to a tour in Ghent canal.</p> <p>The North Sea Port is a fusion, unprecedented, between Zeeland Seaports and Ghent Port. The merger took place at december 8th, 2017, and the North Sea Port became the 10th most important port in Europe.</p> <p>Centaurea’s visit aims to expand logístical conditions through this port, connecting the entire Europe, Middle East and Far East to the Americas, with conventional loads using up all their own containers fleet as well as project cargo.</p> 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z https://www.centaurealog.com/blog/en/centaurea-is-fiata-since-10-04-2019/ <p>W<strong>ho is FIATA?</strong></p> <p>FIATA, in french “Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés”, was founded in Viena / Austria, in May 31st 1926.</p> <p>FIATA, a non-governmental organization, represents today a industry that embrace approximately 40.000 logistics and freight forwarder companies, also known as “Transport Architects”, employs about 8 to 10 million people in 150 countries.</p> <p>FIATA has a consultative status along with ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) from United Nations (among others, ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA), UNCTAD and UNCITRAL.</p> <p>It is noted as representative of the freight forwarder sector by many other international governmental organizations and authorities, private organizations in transports branch, like ICC, IATA, UIC, IRU, WCO, OMC, among others</p>