متحف للملاحة البحرية فى ألمانيا

متحف هامبورغ الدولي للملاحة البحرية:

يضم المتحف تشكيلة ضخمة لنماذج السفن العالمية علاوة على لوحات فنية ورسومات ومخطوطات قيمة تعكس تاريخ الملاحة البحرية التي تمتد جذورها الى القرن الخامس عشر . كما يتضمن المتحف ازياء ملاحة قديمة واسلحة عتيقة علاوة على اثاث وادوات بحرية وتحف وكماليات اخرى تتعلق بتاريخ الملاحة البحرية .

China Maritime Congress

In search of light at the end of the tunnel...

The market needs confidence, the market needs stimulus, and the market needs ideas. From 24th to 26th June 2009, China Maritime Congress sets the central stage in Shanghai for global maritime leaders and professionals in search of the true light at the end of the tunnel for the maritime industry.

This congress will study the reasons behind the global financial crisis and economic recession, discuss the challenges faced by shipping and shipbuilding industries and identify new ideas and new opportunities to improve upon the current market position.

Book your place now to take part in discussions with influential Chinese figures, such as C.H. Tung, the Mayor of Shanghai and senior representatives from COSCO, China Shipping, CSSC, CSIC, and Bao Steel. Together with an anticipated 500 decision makers from ship owners groups, shipbuilders, bankers, lawyers, consultants, trading companies, and suppliers from all over the world, find out the best ideas and opportunities for the long term sustainability and prosperity of your business.

Vietnam’s first deep-water port debuts

:seatradeasia-online

Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam today inaugurated the country’s first deep-water port for container ships, SP-PSA Port. The port, located in the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, is a project between Saigon Port and PSA Singapore, and is being built in two stages for eventual capacity of 2.2m teu.

The first stage, costing $240m has equipped the port with a 1.1m teu capacity from two container wharfs able to receive 80,000 ton ships.

Yesterday the port received the 3,821teu APL Alexandrite (the largest container ship to ever arrive in Vietnam) a day ahead of the inauguration. The vessel is scheduled to operate on the first direct service between Vietnam and the US, launching next week. [29/05/09]

خط ملاحى جديد من جنوب شرقى الصين الى البحر المتوسط

نقلا عن صحيفة الشعب:
شيامن 24 يونيو / أبحرت سفينة " تشونغهاى نابولى " محملة بالبضائع فى الساعة 19 من يوم السبت الماضى من مرفأ هايتيان فى ميناء شيامن لمقاطعة فوجيان ( جنوب شرقى الصين ) متوجهة الى منطقة البحر الابيض المتوسط, ايذانا بافتتاح خط ملاحى مباشر آخر بين ميناء شيامن والبحر المتوسط. علم ان الخطوط الملاحية المؤدية من الصين الى اوربا والبحر المتوسط تزداد مكانتها فى قطاع النقل البحرى الصينى, لان صادرات الصين الى أوربا ومنطقة البحر المتوسط شهدت زيادة حثيثة فى خلال السنوات الاخيرة.

ومن اجل تقصير مدة نقل البضائع من شيامن الى منطقة البحر المتوسط, أضافت شركة تشونغهاى المحدودة لنقل الحاويات 9 سفن حاويات سرعتها 21 عقدة لتسييرها على خط ملاحى مباشر يؤدى من شيامن الى الموانىء الواقعة بشرق وشمال البحر المتوسط, وذلك على أساس سفن الحاويات التى تسير عبر ميناء شيامن على خط " الشرق الاقصى ـ أوربا " الملاحى.

المعروف ان الرحلة على الخط الملاحى المباشر من شيامن الى اوربا والبحر المتوسط تستغرق حوالى 17 يوما.

Hamburg Süd announces new and improved services

Hamburg Süd improves its UCLA service, and establishes a new Intra-Caribbean service.

Hamburg Süd and Aliança have announced the following service improvements in the trade between South America East Coast - Caribbean, Central America and US-Gulf (UCLA) service.

The current two-loop set up with twelve 1,700 TEU to 2,500 TEU vessels will be upgraded to a new main string with modern tonnage and full port coverage, effective June 7th.

Seven 3,800 TEU ships will call at the following ports: Veracruz > Altamira > Houston > Cartagena > Suape > Santos > Rio Grande > Navegantes > Paranaguá > Santos > Rio de Janeiro > Salvador > Puerto Cabello > Cartagena > Veracruz.

To complement this main service and to offer transhipment possibilities for other Hamburg Süd services, a new dedicated Intra-Caribbean (Aztec) service will be introduced on July 7th.

Three 1,700 TEU vessels will call at the following ports on a weekly frequency: Altamira > Veracruz > Havana > Manzanillo (PA) > Cartagena > Puerto Cabello > La Guaira > Altamira.

تحسن ملحوظ في حركة الملاحة بقناة السويس

نقلاعن: أخبار مصر:
اكد مصدر مسئول بهيئة قناة السويس ان حركة الملاحة بالقناة شهدت تحسنا ملحوظا خلال النصف الأول من شهر ابريل الجاري مقارنة بشهري يناير وفبراير الماضيين واللذين قد شهدا تراجعا واضحا في اعداد السفن وحجم الحمولات العابرة بسبب الازمة المالية العالمية وانكماش حجم التجارة العالمية‏.‏

واشار المصدر الي ارتفاع المتوسط اليومي لأعداد السفن العابرة من‏46‏ سفينة خلال يناير وفبراير الي‏50‏ سفينة خلال النصف الاول من الشهر الجاري‏،‏ كما ارتفع المتوسط اليومي لحجم الحمولات من‏1,6‏ مليون طن الي مليوني طن وذلك بسبب ارتفاع اسعار البترول،‏ فضلا عن ارتفاع اسعار تأجير السفن بنسبة‏10%‏ تقريبا.

واكد المصدر انه من السابق لأوانه الحديث عن عودة حركة الملاحة إلي معدلاتها الطبيعية خلال الايام القادمة‏،‏ مشيرا إلي أنه من الصعب استعادة الاحداث لمجرد التحسن الذي طرأ علي حركة الملاحة لمدة‏15‏ يوما‏.

ومن جانب آخر اشار المصدر إلي ان تصاعد حركة القراصنة بشكل واضح خلال الايام الماضية قد تكون له تأثيرات ايجابية من خلال التحرك الفعلي للقوي الدولية للقضاء علي هذه الظاهرة، مضيفا أن اعمال القرصنة حتي الآن لم تؤثر بشكل واضح علي قناة السويس والتي تستقبل‏21‏ الف سفينة سنويا‏.

Shipbreaking volumes grow in China

from:seatradeasia-online

Shanghai: Shipbreaking is accelerating in China, by common consent the world leader when it comes to recycling vessels in the most environmentally friendly way.
Jiangyin in the Yangtze river delta is the leading area for breaking in China. A spokesman from Changjiang Shipbreaking yard said recently, following the scrapping of 44 ships in the first quarter of this year, there are nine ships being scrapped now and another five ships will be dismantled before the end of this month.
The person said from October last year most of the ships scrapped by their yard are large bulk ships, car carriers, container ships and oil tankers mainly from Europe and Japan, with quite a few below the mandatory retirement age.
At present, there are 11 ship dismantling teams of Changjiang Ship-breaking yard are working overtime. The party secretary of Jiangyin Marine Board Xu Jiangsheng said the marine regulatory authorities are intensifying supervising on shipbreaking operations to ensure safety and non-pollution.
Following the recent IMO meeting in Hong Kong on improving shipbreaking practices China is well set to be a ship recycling centre as it has a policy not to beach ships, but to take them apart bit by bit dockside.
Many owners are hoping that some of the 200-odd greenfield shipbuilding yards in China will be converted into recycling yards. [25/05/09]

Hanjin Shipping Orders Five 10,000TEU Containerships

from: shippinglinebiz

Hanjin Shipping has become the first Korean carrier to place an order of five 10,000TEU containerships. At Hotel Shilla in Seoul at 5 pm on August 24, 2006, Hanjin Shipping President & CEO Jung-won Park and Samsung Heavy Industries CEO Jing-wan Kim signed the contract for building five 10,000 TEU vessels. The five vessels ordered are scheduled for successive deployment from February of 2010 on Hanjin's trans-Pacific trade and expected to provide better customer service and rationalize the company's fleet operation.

MSC adjusts Asia-Med services

eyefortransport:

ith the imminent arrival of its new 14,000 TEU vessels, Mediterranean Shipping Co is rationalising its services to reduce excess capacity in accordance with forecast volumes.

MSC will discontinue the Jade service, which operates from Qingdao, Shanghai and Ningbo to Gioia Tauro and Valencia, with feeder services to other Mediterranean and Adriatic ports.

Cargo previously carried by the Jade service will be switched to MSC's Silk, Lion, Dragon and Tiger services.

The port rotation for the Tiger service will be revised and the Silk service will deploy an additional vessel.

The reconfigured services will be as follows:

• Silk service: eleven 11,000 - 14,000 TEU vessels calling at Xingang > Ningbo > Shanghai > Xiamen > Yantian > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > Suez Transit > Sines > Felixstowe > Rotterdam > Antwerp > Valancia > Suez Transit > Jebel Ali > Singapore > Hong Kong > Xingang

• Lion service: ten 9,200 TEU vessels calling at Pusan > Qingdao > Ningbo > Shanghai > Yantian > Nansha > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > Suez Transit > Valencia > Le Havre > Hamburg > Bremerhaven > Felixstowe > Suez Transit > Singapore > Chiwan > Pusan

• Dragon service: eleven 8,400 TEU vessels calling at Dalian > Xingang > Pusan > Ningbo > Shanghai > Fuzhou > Yantian > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > Suez Transit > Gioia Tauro > Napoli > La Spezia > Fos sur Mer > Barcelona > Valencia > Suez Transit > Jeddah > Salalah > Jebel Ali > Singapore > Chiwan > Hong Kong > Dalian.

• Tiger service: ten 8,200 TEU vessels calling ships at Qingdao > Pusan > Shanghai > Ningbo > Yantian > Hong Kong > Chiwan > Singapore > (Suez Transit) > Beurit > Piraeus > Istanbul > Gioia Tauro > (Suez transit) > Jeddah > Jevel Ali > Singapore > Qingdao

MSC also recently enhanced its Golden Gate service, reducing transit times to New York from Shanghai (31 days), Hong Kong (27 days) and Singapore (21 days).

NYK and NileDutch launch Asia – West Africa service

eyefortransport:

NYK and NileDutch will launch a new direct service between Asia, South Africa and West Africa next month.

The service will operate twice a month between the ports of Shanghai, Shekou (China), Singapore, Durban (South Africa), Lome (Togo), Tema (Ghana) and Lagos (Nigeria).

Both companies will deploy two 2,200 TEU - 2,700 TEU vessels.

The service will begin on June 17th.