2012-05-14
We all know that industry events showcase the latest innovations and offer professionals a place to exchange ideas, but this year's RORO is set to offer even more.
The organisers of RORO – the only event dedicated to the ro-ro industry – have announced that visitors will have the chance to take part in an exclusive guided tour of the Älvsborg Ro/Ro port and APM Terminals Gothenburg – two of the most important operations in the region, at the largest port in Scandinavia.
Industry professionals will descend on Gothenburg for RORO from 22 – 24 May, where visitors will be able to source the latest solutions, hear from leading industry figures during a new free-to-attend conference and also see how two of the region's leading terminals are operating, all in one location.
Organised by the Port of Gothenburg, on day 3, visitors will be guided through the various terminal operations, as well as its logistic centres, whilst representatives from the ports will be on hand to discuss current performance and the developments that are on the horizon.
On the exhibition floor, Alfa Laval and Wärtsilä are just two of a number of companies that will be revealing new solutions for the industry. Alfa Laval recently announced that it will be showcasing a new solution that removes sulphur oxides from the ship’s exhaust gas by scrubbing it with seawater or fresh water while Wärtsilä will present their new low-speed engine after successfully passing factory acceptance tests in Europe and China.
Meanwhile, during a free-to-attend conference, Per Westling, Managing Director of Stena RoRo, Mike Garratt, Managing Director of MDS Transmodal, Arild Iversen, CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, Dr Gernot Tesch, Managing Director of Scandlines Deutschland, Åsa Wilske, Environmental Manager at the Port of Gothenburg and Mårten Carlquist, CEO of North Sea RoRo, will offer their perspectives on the future of the ro-ro industry. They are set to discuss business operations, the environment and market trends.
Sophie Ahmed, Event Director of RORO, commented: “We believe that this year's RORO event offers visitors a unique experience. Our conference programme, sponsored by Stena RoRo, covers all of the most pertinent issues affecting the ro-ro industry, whilst the exhibition provides a perfect opportunity to source new products and services. In addition, the port tour will allow industry professionals to look behind the scenes at how two of the most successful terminals in Europe operate.
“At a time when efficiency and productivity are paramount, the Port of Gothenburg tour will provide visitors with an unrivalled opportunity to see inside the workings of a world leading port. With the event only weeks away, we're looking forward to welcoming the industry to Gothenburg for what will be the best RORO event yet.”
For further information about RORO, please visit www.roroex.com
Storm Communications Ltd
The container ship AS Scotia already meets the requirements of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), which will become compulsory as of 1 January 2013. The SEEMP has been adopted by the IMO as a mechanism for vessels to improve their operational energy efficiency, thereby lowering CO2 emissions.
Ahrenkiel Shipmanagement was presented with a "Preliminary Energy Efficiency Certificate" for the AS Scotia, the first issued to a GL classed vessel. From 2013, all seagoing vessels larger than 400 gross tonnage must carry on board a SEEMP, a management plan for the ship's energy efficiency, according to MARPOL, Annex VI.
Germanischer Lloyd has reviewed the content of the energy-efficiency plan for the AS Scotia and has checked to see if it is on board. Captain Christian Suhr, Managing Director of Ahrenkiel Shipmanagement, and Wolfgang Kempke, Environmental Fleet Manager for Ahrenkiel Shipmanagement, accepted the certificate from Kai Fock, Business Development Manager for GL, and Dr Fabian Kock, Head of the Environmental Certification Department at GL.
The "Preliminary Energy Efficiency Certificate", which can be converted into an International Energy Efficiency Certificate (IEEC) in 2013, was issued by the German Flag State; the shipping company also received a SEEMP Statement of Compliance from Germanischer Lloyd.
"Increasing the efficiency of our ships is a pillar of our climate policy and a positive step - both in terms of the environment as well as for the competitiveness of our fleet," explains Christian Suhr. "That's why we decided early on to introduce the SEEMP and to share our experience with classification societies and other shipping companies.
We view the awarding of the International Energy Efficiency Certificate as confirmation of our environmental strategy."
Some of the measures which have been used to improve the energy efficiency of the AS Scotia include: a routing assistance system, speed optimisation (super slow steaming), a modern coating for the ship's hull, the use of energy-saving lamps and a video training programme for the crew on how to save energy.
"The AS Scotia has already fulfilled the requirements of the International Energy Efficiency Certificate," explained GL's Kai Fock.
"The shipping company has also had GL review the content of the vessel's SEEMP. It conforms to the requirements laid out in the IMO guideline, which we confirm by means of the certificate. The document itself was checked as well as the responsibilities and the processes in the management plan on site at the shipping company."
As of 1 January 2013: SEEMP and EEDI
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to adopt the SEEMP as a requirement for both newly built and existing ships during its MEPC
62 environmental committee meeting in July 2011. The SEEMP brings a number of measures together which can contribute to reducing fuel consumption. The requirements of the SEEMP are set forth in resolution
MEPC.213(63): "2012 Guidelines for the Development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)". A SEEMP and, for many types of cargo ships with a building contract date after 1 January 2013, the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), will be required to obtain the new International Energy Efficiency Certificate (IEEC).
As the IEEC can first be issued on 1 January 2013, ship owners who request certification to the new standards before this date are issued with a "Preliminary Energy Efficiency Certificate" or "Energy Efficiency Statement of Compliance", which attests to compliance with the standard.
This preliminary certificate will be converted into a IEEC in 2013.
The SEEMP was adopted as part of Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships (MARPOL, Annex VI), which primarily regulates ship air emissions. "This international regulation calls for some 50,000 ships worldwide to be equipped with a SEEMP by 1 January 2013 and for the management plan to be maintained on board," explains Kai Fock.
GL Group
The first Airbus A320, registration SP-ABK, owned by Bingo Airways touched down at Warsaw Chopin Airport on Sunday 13 May, completing its so-called delivery flight from Southend, Great Britain.
Made in 2003, Bingo Airways first jet, no. MSN 2118, had previously been operated by Turkish airline IZair. Last Sunday, it was flown by Cpt. Maciej Gościński, Bingo Airways chief pilot instructor.
Bingo Airways is a new Polish charter carrier, which has only just begun commercial operations. The airline will offer flights from Warsaw, Katowice and Poznań to Antalya and Bodrum, Turkey; Enfidha, Tunisia; Rhodes, as well as Sharm el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam and Hurghada, Egypt, among other destinations.
Bingo plans to add two more Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet already before the summer. The airline expects to carry a total of over 300,000 passengers by the end of 2012.
Source Warsaw Chopin Airport
2012-05-14
The delegation of Tajikistan participated in the XI meeting of the Transport Sector Coordinating Committee of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), CA-News was told at the Ministry of Transport of the Republic on Monday.
"Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic Khudoyor Khudoyorov represented Tajikistan at the meeting," said the Ministry.
The Coordinating Committee directs the process of strategic decision-making and planning for all investments related to transport.
The Committee regularly reports and prepares recommendations for the meeting of senior officials of CAREC, who in turn inform the ministerial conference of CAREC. Committee meetings are held at least once a year.
The CAREC program is a proactive facilitator of cooperation on the basis of projects in transport, trade, energy and other key sectors of mutual interest. This is a partnership of 10 countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and six multilateral institutions (Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, Islamic Development Bank, UNDP and World Bank).
ADB acts as a secretariat for CAREC.
Central Asian News Service, en.ca-news.org
The Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainable seafood finder mobile app has passed 500 downloads, less than a month after its official launch. The app, which helps shoppers search for certified sustainable seafood on the go, links shoppers to businesses that use the MSC ecolabel on packaging.
Project manager, Andrew Bowman says: “This is a fantastic response that shows there’s a genuine interest from the public in mobile-based, up-to-date information about where they can buy MSC certified sustainable seafood. As well as helping shoppers to make an informed choice about their fish, the app promotes our partners’ commitment to sustainable sourcing and keeps these interested, engaged shoppers informed about the latest developments in the sustainable fisheries that supply the products.”
MSC
ASIA-Europe spot rates fell six per cent last week to US$1,818 per TEU as all major trade lanes saw rates decline, according to the latest Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI).
The decline marks the biggest week-to-week contraction in rates on the trade since November 11 when they fell 6.5 per cent. The key difference is that rates were then just $573 per TEU. Now they are just shy of $2,000.
The second largest fall for the week came on the Asia-Mediterranean trade as spot rates dropped 4.9 per cent to $1,934 per TEU.
After rate hikes on the US trades last week, they slipped again last week. Asia-US west coast rates were down 0.8 per cent to $2,393 per FEU and down 1.1 per cent to $3,541 per FEU on the Asia-US east coast run.
Across all trades the index contracted 2.4 per cent to 1,464.82 points.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
DA CHAN BAY Terminal One, the newest container terminal in West Shenzhen, is now receiving first calls from the South China East Coast service (SCE 2) operated by Grand Alliance (Hapag-Lloyd, NYK, OOCL, HMM and Zim) again from May 12 as the transpacific peak season approaches.
The SCE 2 will call at the Modern Terminals Ltd operated terminal every Saturday, following a port rotation of Busan, Shanghai, Xiamen, Shenzhen-Da Chan Bay, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Panama Canal, Manzanillo, Kingston, Savannah, Charleston, Kingston, Manzanillo, Panama Canal and back to Busan, deploying nine ships in the 4,600-5,000-TEU range.
Da Chan Bay Terminal One (DCB) is a new international container terminal serving the Pan-Pearl River Delta cargo catchment areas. DCB covers an area of 112 hectares with five berths along its quay of 1,830 metres long and 600 metres wide. The depth is to be dredged to 18 metres from its current 15.5 metres to accommodate larger containerships.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
CHILE's main ocean carrier, CSAV, the world's 20th largest, posted a widening first quarter net loss of US$202.9 million against the $182 million lost in the first three months of last year.
But its EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) operating loss was smaller at $175.3 million than the $197.3 million lost in the first three months of the previous year.
The carrier handled 499,800 TEU in the first three months, down 43 per cent. Its average freight rates were up 5.3 per cent to $1,684 per TEU in the same period.
"If discontinued operations are ignored," said London's Containerisation International, "the net loss in first quarter would have only reached $175.6 million, ie, slightly down on its loss in the same period of last year."
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
THE China Newbuilding Price Index (from April 15 to 30) fell 0.4 per cent to 905 points and a four per cent fall compared to 939 points earlier this year, Xinhua reports.
The index was first released in July 1 last year with 1,000 points as its base value. But since then, the index has been falling, especially in the field of dry bulk ships. The latest dry bulk ship price is 880 points, 10 per cent lower than when first published.
Worse than falling price is shrinking order book. According to the statistics from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI), during the first quarter, China was getting a total of 5.59 million deadweight tonnes' order, down 48.7 per cent year on year. And there's no evidence of getting any in April.
Besides decreasing price and order, Chinese shipyards are facing fierce competition from Korean rivals. From January to April, 35 medium oil tankers have been ordered. But most of them are ordered from Korea. The domestic container shipbuilding market is also depressed with Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has been given the order of ten 13,800-TEU ships from Evergreen.
Experts pointed out that, compared to Korea, where government unites banks, shipyards and ship management companies, the China's ship building industry lacks support from the government. Private shipyards are even left to die. CANSI president Zhang Guangqin has been appealing for domestic banks to increase lending to ship sellers and buyers.
During the first quarter, the total of the world's ship finance plunged 60 per cent year on year and 68 over the previous quarter to US$5.9 million. Experts noted that as ship finance in the western world slows down, Chinese banks should take the opportunity to support the domestic shipyards and fleet's development towards higher added value and technology.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
US containerised imports grew 9.2 per cent in April from March and by per cent year on year, reports trade intelligence company Zepol.
Imports from China increased by 18.7 per cent from March to April with volume from Hong Kong rising by 22.4 per cent, said the report from the Minnesota-based company.
But European imports were down 3.1 per cent in April with Belgium showing the deepest plunge at 16.2 per cent and mighty Germany off by 5.9 per cent.
Data used came from bills of lading entered in the Automated Manifest System, April has shown the highest number of imports, with over 1.52 million TEU imported, and the second largest number of shipments, with 756,000 processed.
While April imports were high, and summer numbers expected to be higher still, the trend for the past five years has shown further increases in May as well as spikes in July and August, said the report.
The Port of Savannah posted a 17.7 per cent increase, its biggest gain since September 2011. The Port of Los Angeles increased 14.7 per cent and Newark and New York were up 11 per cent when figures are combined.
Every top carrier experienced rises in shipments with Danish giant Maersk Line up 19.4 per cent in March 2012, MSC was up 2.5 per cent and APL in an increase of 20.5 per cent, the largest increase in the top 10.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
SHIPPING price fluctuations are a necessity despite carriers being "painted as the bad guys", said Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) UK managing director Adrian Jones at logistics costs seminar in Birmingham.
"Calculating a realistic price for a container movement can be very complex - it depends on how full the ship is, the price of fuel, how fast it sails, how long a container might stay in the port and so on," said Mr Jones.
As cargo flows differ the carrier must deal with empties in one area and a surplus in another, and then to reposition them elsewhere in the world, which makes it impossible to offer cheaper rates, he said.
When shippers switch lines to get the best rates it opens up with risks of operational failure with newer partner and ends up raising administration costs. By working closely with carriers on longer-term price deals, shippers can be prioritised at times of capacity crunch.
A give and take relationship can cut costs. "Everyone specifies a delivery at 8am - whether they need the goods then or not. If they agreed to receive the container in the afternoon, the delivery cost could well be cheaper," he added.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
THE Port of Taicang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, posted a year-on-year increase of 15.6 per cent in the mainland-Taiwan direct shipping cargo volume to 11,000 TEU.
Tonnage of these cargo grew 12.5 per cent to 157,000 tonnes. The number of direct shipping vessels increased 20 per cent to 55, according to Xinhua.
In December 2008, Taicang became one of the first ports operating mainland-Taiwan direct shipping services. This year, the port's direct service to Taiwan will be upgraded to one sailing a day.
Taicang is situated at the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary in Suzhou city up upstream from Shanghai. Suzhou is the one of the most heavily invested cities in mainland by Taiwan investors with over 9,500 Taiwanese invested companies.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
SEA ports in southeast China's Fujian province handled 4.64 million tonnes of transshipments from other provinces during the first quarter of this year. This was an upswing of 127.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2011, Xinhua reports.
Cargo transshipped via sea-rail intermodal service from port of Xiamen to other provinces climbed 10.9 per cent to 4,322 TEU. International cargo transshipped via Xiamen increased 26.3 per cent to 69,000 TEU.
During the first three months, Fujian's seaports handled 88.44 million tonnes, up 9.4 per cent. Foreign trade cargo grew 15.3 per cent to 36.99 million tonnes. Container throughput increased 9.1 per cent to 2.25 million TEU.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
THE "dry port" facilities of Tianjin port, established by the port in hinterland regions and offers intermodal service to vie for cargo, handled 41,400 TEU in the first quarter of, 11.4 per cent more year on year, Xinhua reports.
So far, Tianjin has established "dry ports" in 21 cities in neighbouring provinces and distant regions, including Hebei province's Shijiazhuang and Inner Mongolia's Baotou. Tianjin has also set up three regional marketing centres in Yinchua, Xian and Baotou to manage these facilities.
This year, Tianjin will have four "dry ports" in Baoding, Handan, Yinchuan and Zhangjiakou city operational to speed up the building of another three in Bayannagur, Chifeng and Xingtai.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
US CUSTOMS and Border Protection has opened two of its latest import centres, one with an automotive and aerospace focus in Detroit and the other with petroleum, natural gas and mineral focus in Houston.
Following a year-long pilot scheme, opening two "Centres of Excellence and Expertise (CEE)", one in Los Angeles, specialising in electronics and another in New York, focussing on pharmaceuticals, customs finds it can increase volumes handled so now plans six more centres by 2015.
In a written statement CBP acting commissioner David Aguilar said CEEs will facilitate trade compliance by using specialist teams for specific industries, reported American Shipper. "These centres bring all of CBP's trade expertise to bear on a single industry in one strategic location," he said.
By centralising the import process for imported shippers, those of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism or Importer Self-Assessment programmes, the CBP hopes to avoid unnecessary delays. It can then check compliance on overall accounts for certified traders as opposed to every shipment and focus on real risk for safety, intellectual property or trade violations.
Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
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