2 September 2020 – (LONDON) From today, the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) is including a remote vessel inspection option as a temporary tool within its Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID), the inspection protocol for offshore vessels. The option to use remote inspections within OCIMF’s Ship Inspection Report (SIRE) programme was successfully rolled-out in August 2020, following a robust management of change process.

Mack Brooks Exhibitions has today announced the postponement of SIFER, which was scheduled to take place at the Lille Grand Palais Exhibition Centre, Lille, France from 30 March to 1 April 2021. The new dates for the next SIFER, 12th International Exhibition of Railway Technology, are 26 - 28 October 2021. This decision was taken following a series of exhibition postponements and a knock-on effect on the 2021 rail exhibition calendar, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis globally. Subsequently, extensive conversations with exhibitors and partners over recent weeks and months have shown that there is a clear preference of participants to postpone the show from March to October next year. SIFER will continue to occupy the three halls of the Lille Grand Palais exhibition centre.

With the first call of the “HMM HAMBURG”, another ship of the so-called “Megamax-24 class” headed for the port of Hamburg last night. The "HMM HAMBURG" is one of 12 new container ships of the South Korean liner shipping company HMM (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine) that are being delivered since April. The mega-carrier is expected to berth at HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai until September 3rd, 2020.

iSpec creator Remy InfoSource and Trent Port Services have signed a partnership agreement to offer port operators a turnkey procurement solution that reduces costs and frees up in-house resources for core operations

Trans-Trading coordinated two port handlings in Hamburg  within two days on one Vessel. The vessel was the BBC PIA

The scope of work for both shipments were port handling, export customs clearance, and coordination between terminal and vessel/carrier

Despite the economic shockwaves engendered by the ongoing global pandemic, the world’s leading carriers continue to display signs of effective strategic management skills. Many of the industry’s key players are posting robust Q2 results, while, according to the latest XSI® Public Indices report from Oslo-based Xeneta, global rates are still holding firm, albeit with August registering a 1.8% decline after an increase of 0.1% in July. This means rates are now just 2.2% down year-on-year – a figure that, given the impact of coronavirus on economic activity, is “surprisingly small.”

Hamburg, 31 August 2020: The world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have been completed by leading classification society, DNV GL.

Photo, One of VUVI AS's ROVs.

World Ocean Council Encourages Participation in Public Consultation on the Way Forward for the European Union’s Arctic Policy

On 20 July 2020 the European Commission and the European External Action Service jointly launched a public consultation on the way forward for the European Union's Arctic policy. The consultation will enable a broad reflection of the EU's Arctic policy in the face of new challenges and opportunities, including the EU's ambitions under the European Green Deal. The consultation seeks input on the strengths and shortfalls of the existing policy, with a view to possibly preparing an updated approach.

TERMINAL operators around the globe are reassessing their safety procedures following the August 4 Beirut explosion which killed around 200 people and injured more than 6,000, making many thousands more homeless.

Following the recent publication of both the Border Operating Model and Moving Goods Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, the British International Freight Association, the trade association that represents UK freight forwarding and logistics service providers,  is again surveying its members to ascertain the state of their preparedness for continuing to manage the UK's cross-border supply chains after the end of the Brexit Transition period on December 31st 2020.Hope the following news it of interest, and would be delighted to help if you wish to follow up.Regards,Ian Matheson

Survitec has introduced a new service aimed at ensuring CO2 low pressure (LP) firefighting systems are correctly deactivated when ships enter lay-up.

ESPO congratulates Port of Rotterdam for renewing its EcoPorts’ Port environmental Review system (PERS), the only port sector specific environmental management standard.

Cargolândia was established in 1996, concerning to provide high quality services as Freight Forwarder in general and specializes in Groupages any source to any destination, which is the means of transport.

Cargo Global Logistics based in France has successfully delivered pipes which were 32 meters long and 57.8 tons from Erndtebrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany to Port of Rouen, France. There were eight pipes in total that they delivered. Cargo Global Logistics was loaded on August 20^th, 2020 and it was unloaded on August 25^th, 2020 at around 2pm in Rouen, France. Everything went smoothly and we congratulate Cargo Global Logistics on a job well done!

Officials say the rescheduled event will be a celebration of international collaboration

UAE ministers said Expo 2020 Dubai organisers remain united in their goal to deliver a spectacular global event as they seek to overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The world fair - the first to be hosted in the Middle East - was due to get under way in October before the international impact of coronavirus led to its delay by a year.

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