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Maersk to build Latin America's first "reefer" factory

Today Maersk Container Industry announced a USD 170 million investment to build a new refrigerator container factory in San Antonio, Chile, in a bid to accommodate Latin America’s export boom.

The factory entails a capital investment of USD 170 million and will begin operating by the end of 2013. Once fully operating, it will reach an output of 40,000 reefer containers and 30,000 reefer machines annually.

“We position our investment on the basis of future world trade flows, and we do so with solid support and cooperation from customers and authorities,” Maersk Container Industry (MCI) CEO Peter Nymand says. ”This investment is a supplement to our important reefer factory in Qingdao, China, where we are also expanding.”

MCI’s new factory will create 1,800 jobs in and around San Antonio, and, more broadly, help correct a reefer trade imbalance that disadvantages exporters of fresh produce, fish and meat from Western South America.

Local production

The current world trade imbalance means that tens of thousands of reefer containers are shipped empty to Western South America each year to be loaded with reefer cargo. After 2013 this shortage will be less acute as MCI starts its local supply of the most durable and energy-efficient reefers currently on the market.

“The new factory will produce Maersk’s high-tech reefers in a part of the world where exporters have problems gaining access to reefers,” Nymand says.

The customers will benefit from a reduction of the number of empty reefers in their supply chains and the locally produced containers will help shipping lines and Latin American exporters of fresh produce, fish and meat bring their goods to the global market.

In 2010 exports of reefer cargo from Chile reached 215,189 TEU and imports 34,154 TEU, meaning a deficit of reefers of 181,035 TEU. The total reefer deficit for West Coast of South America, i.e. Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile was 384,696 TEU. (Source: Seabury Database, 2010)

مسئول بالجمارك: ضبط 200 حاوية نفايات بالموانئ قادمة من أمريكا

حذر مصدر مسئول بمصلحة الجمارك من حدوث كارثة نتيجة وجود ما يقرب من 200 حاوية شاشات كمبيوتر مستعملة مخالفة لشروط الموديل والاستيراد بالموانئ المصرية المختلفة، والتى تعد نفايات ضارة بالصحة العامة والبيئة.

وأكد المسئول فى تصريحات خاصة، أن دول العالم المخلفة تمنع دخول شاشات الكمبيوتر المستعملة باعتبارها نفايات ضارة، إلا أن العديد من المستوردين يتلاعبون بموديلات هذه الشاشات، حيث تبدو حديثة العمر، وذلك بالمخالفة لأحكام القرار رقم 770 لسنة 2005 بشأن اللائحة الاستيرادية.

وأضاف المسئول أن اللائحة تنص على عدم دخول الشاشات المستعملة التى يزيد عمرها على 5 سنوات، لافتا إلى أنه يتم شحن هذه الشاشات المخالفة من الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، وقد أثبتت المعاينة الفعلية للجمارك وجود هذا التلاعب فى شرط العمر.

وطالب المسئول رئيس مصلحة الجمارك وقطاع التجارة بعمل وقفة حاسمة لمنع دخول هذه النفايات للبلاد، خاصة أن الرقابة الإدارية تضع يدها على هذا الموضوع، مشيرا إلى أن الجمارك وضعت يدها على العديد من هذه الرسائل، إلا أن أصحاب الشأن يتلاعبون لعدم فتح هذه الحاويات، فى الوقت الذى تشكل فيه هذه النفايات خطورة شديدة على الصحة العامة।
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Kongsberg Maritime Provides Upgraded CCTV for NGSCOs LNG Carriers in Middle East

Kongsberg Maritime Provides Upgraded CCTV for NGSCOs LNG Carriers in Middle East

Kongsberg Maritime announces the successful delivery of high performance CCTV systems for installation on National Gas Shipping Company's (NGSCO) entire fleet of eight LNG carrier vessels in the Middle East.

The project was secured in conjunction with Unique Systems FZE, Kongsberg Maritime's local sales agent. Unique Systems FZE will be assisting in the installation and commissioning of the Kongsberg Maritime CCTV systems with two vessels refits having been completed already in April, another done in July and the remaining five planned over the next few months.

Each ship's CCTV system comprises a range of robust marine grade stainless steel above deck PTZ (pan, tilt & zoom) and fixed camera stations with lowlight (day/night) viewing capabilities and washers and wipers, along with a multichannel telemetry matrix controller and 350 GB digital video recorder (DVR), and an additional control and viewing station.

New CCTV cabling will be used to install the equipment on the four Al Khaznah class vessels – the Al Khaznah, Shahama, Ghasha and Ish – and existing cabling will be used to upgrade the four Mubaras class vessels – the Mubaras, Mraweh, Al Hamra and Umm Al Ashtan.

The new Kongsberg Maritime CCTV systems replace the original ships' CCTV systems and will be used to monitor critical above deck processes. It will provide improved video image quality, more flexible control, viewing and recording options and maximum durability for operating in some of the most hostile marine conditions.

Kongsberg Maritime Middle East DMCCO and Unique Systems FZE have a long lasting cooperation with NGSCO, with systems installed on many of its vessels and ongoing service and maintenance support agreements in place.

Dan Williams, Business Development Manager at Kongsberg Maritime Ltd comments: “The safe transportation of LNG is in itself a challenging process and it is vital that reliable CCTV surveillance equipment is used to monitor on deck processes and ensure safe operations.

“Kongsberg Maritime and Unique Systems FZE secured this contract via a competitive tender, based on the quality of our marine CCTV systems offering. It's very satisfying to work with NGSCO and we look forward to developing our strong relationship with them going forward.”

Now installed on a range of offshore platforms and vessels throughout the world, Kongsberg Maritime's extremely robust Horizon Marine and Military CCTV Systems offer real time operations monitoring and are suitable for a variety of high performance vessel, platform and other marine applications. The portfolio of products is based on high resolution analogue or IP architecture, which provides customers with excellent quality, ease of maintenance and value for money.

Saudi Arabia: NSCSA Wins MODA Contract for Transportation and Logistics Services

Saudi Arabia: NSCSA Wins MODA Contract for Transportation and Logistics Services

Posted on Aug 23rd, 2011 with tags contract , logistics , Middle East , MODA , News by topic , NSCSA , Saudi Arabia , services , transportation , wins .

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia “NSCSA” announce wining a contract to provide transportation and logistics services for the Ministry of Defense and Aviation “MODA” for a total value of Saudi Riyal 230 Million for a period of three (03) years. This contract will be effective from 11/9/2011 and the financial impact will appear in the last quarter of this year 2011.

Under this contract, NSCSA is appointed as an official shipper for all the branches of the armed forces to perform different kinds of transportation and logistics services internationally by sea, air & land during the contractual period. In addition, there is a possibility that NSCSA can also be assigned to transport additional shipments as stated in the range of the contract, resulting of additional income.

It is worth mentioning that the company is engaged in the field of maritime transport for more than thirty years, having a considerable experience in the field of shipping & logistics by sea, air & land. The company owns RoRo vessels specialized to carry general cargo and project equipment.

India Plans to Seek Private Funds for Seven New Ports India will seek private funds for seven new ports costing 350 billion rupees ($7.6 billion) as

India Plans to Seek Private Funds for Seven New Ports

India will seek private funds for seven new ports costing 350 billion rupees ($7.6 billion) as the government tackles transport bottlenecks that are hindering plans to triple exports of agricultural and manufactured goods.

About two-thirds of the funds for the new ports will be raised from private sector, Rakesh Srivastava , joint secretary at the Ministry of Shipping, said yesterday in a telephone interview in New Delhi. The government has sent the proposal for the harbors to seven Indian states, Srivastava said without specifying a timeframe for starting the projects.

The new ports are part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plan to spend as much as $1 trillion to upgrade the country's infrastructure by 2017. APM Terminals , the container-terminal arm of AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, and Dubai-based DP World Ltd. (DPW) are among the companies that have invested in India's harbors amid the government's push for private participation.

“ More ports will definitely help remove trade bottlenecks ,” said Rahul R. Pathak , principal consultant at Mumbai-based Mantrana Maritime Advisory Pvt., which provides consulting to shipping lines and port operators. “ But the government has to ensure that they all don't end up competing for the same basket of goods.”

The average turnaround time for ships at Indian ports was about 4.4 days in the year ended in March 2010, compared with about six hours in Singapore and Hong Kong, according to the trade ministry.

India currently has 13 so-called major ports that are administered by the federal government. They together handled 561 million tons of cargo in the year ended in March 2010, according to official data.

The government plans to boost the major ports' annual capacity to 1.46 billion tons by March 2020 from 616.7 million tons as of March 2010, according to the shipping ministry. About 90 percent of India's international trade by volume is carried through sea.

Asia's third-largest economy aims to triple its exports of gems and jewelry, textiles, autoparts and other goods to $750 billion by March 2017 from $225 billion last year, according to the trade ministry.

Srivastava said the seven states need to set aside about 2,500 acres (1,011 hectares) of land for each new port.

Oman: Port of Salalah Receives Maiden Call from Global Shipping Line CSAV

Oman: Port of Salalah Receives Maiden Call from Global Shipping Line CSAV

Port of Salalah has received the maiden call from global shipping line CSAV (CompañíaSud Americana de Vapores). CSAV is a Chilean shipping company operating across all the continents in container, bulk and car carrier vessels. They are one of the oldest and most respected liner companies in the world today.

The M/V Pucon a 304 metre, 6,500 TEU (20 foot equivalent container units) container vessel called at Salalah on Tuesday en route from India to northern Europe. In laymen's terms, the cargo on the MV Pucon if laid end to end would be the equivalent of five times the length of the world's tallest building the Burj Khalifa. With 25 of the world's largest cranes, Port of Salalah is in fact built to handle double this size of cargo on a single vessel.

The vessel will be calling at Salalah in both directions on a monthly rotation as part of an Asia-Europe-Asia service. The vessel crew met Ahmed Akaak, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Port of Salalah, and senior members of the port management. The captain received a commemorative plaque to mark the vessel's maiden call at Salalah. Peter Ford, Chief Executive Officer for Port of Salalah said: “We are delighted to welcome CSAV to Salalah and receive the maiden call from its vessel the MV Pucon. ”

The addition of CSAV as a customer to the Port of Salalah will add to the number of markets and options that businesses, both local and international, have when using Salalah as a distribution or manufacturing base. “We are in further negotiations with a number of other key liner companies whose regional and global shipping networks will be greatly enhanced by using the strategic location Salalah offers.”

ETIHAD OUTLINES EXPANSION PLANS

ETIHAD OUTLINES EXPANSION PLANS

22-Aug-2011

ETIHAD Crystal Cargo is running its new 777F on six-weekly Abu Dhabi (UAE) to China to India to Abu Dhabi routes, senior vice-president Roy Kinnear has told Air Cargo News.

The carrier has been reaching out into new markets, including Kazakhstan, where it launched an A330 freighter operation at the end of July.

“Part of our interest in terms of developing trade and commercial ties between the UAE and Kazakhstan has been to launch dedicated freighter route, to complement our existing passenger operations. We believe the new dedicated cargo route will be successful and that there is sufficient demand in our network for this to be a profitable route,” Kinnear said.

“Having analysed the demand into Almaty and growth, we believe there was scope for this new A330 Freighter operation and we will review additional frequency in the future based on performance.”

Etihad has not tapped into neighbouring Russia as of yet, with the exception of cargo capacity on Etihad’s narrowbody passenger services into Moscow.

“Russia continues to grow as an import market, and in time we anticipate a growing export market. It would be wrong to over generalise about Russia as a whole as each region and metropolis has its own distinct economic, sociological and cultural background.”

The major obstacles for airfreight in this region, Kinnear pointed out, are the current directional imbalances with imports outweighing airfreight compatible exports.

Etihad Crystal Cargo grew 32 per cent in the first half of this year on the back of a 21 per cent capacity increase.

India: Call to Focus on Shipping Potential

India: Call to Focus on Shipping Potential

The government is working on a plan to develop coastal shipping into a vibrant economic activity in the State, Minister for Ports K. Babu has said.

In a communication issued by his office on Saturday, Mr. Babu said the State had a great potential for coastal shipping.

The State had one major port in Kochi and 17 minor ports and its coast was close to the international shipping route. So, the State's ports can play a vital role in the nation's overall shipping activity. Goods movement through the Kochi port increased by 12.52 per cent (over the previous year's figure) to touch 174.29 lakh tons. International cargo traffic increased by 11.08 per cent and cargo traffic within the country by 15.63 per cent through this port this year.

This trend indicated the emerging significance of shipping in Kerala. If the State could develop the minor ports and link them using by small cargo vessels, it could indeed grow into a vibrant economic activity.

The State also had a network of inland waterways, over 1,647 km in length. These waterways connected all the industrial and commercial centres in the State. A major portion of the cargo movement now happening along the roads could be routed along the waterways if the waterways could be developed and maintained.

The coastal shipping project the government was drawing up would target, in the first stage, the diversion of at least 20 per cent of the total cargo movement now happening along the State's roads through the waterways.