After 20 months of assessment, the North-East Arctic cod and haddock fishery becomes today the 5th French fishery to be certified to the MSC standard for sustainable fishing.

A joint commitment to sustainability

Already certified independently for their catches of saithe in the North Sea [1 & 2], the Boulogne fleet EURONOR and the Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo embarked on a joint endeavour to obtain MSC certification for cod and haddock, supported by their producers’ organisation, the FROM Nord [3].

Holding the entire French quota for cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in the North-East Arctic Ocean, the FROM Nord shares it each year between these two companies that have now been certified. A long-standing coordinated management model that Thierry Missonnier, Chairman of the FROM Nord, wanted to enhance: “We work in close collaboration with the subscriber fleets to ensure a sustainable management of halieutic resources. Obtaining MSC certification today is recognition of the coherency of the management measures that we have implemented around an eco-responsible fishery.”

Three of EURONOR’s freezing trawlers (Cap Nord, Klondyke and Nordic II) as well as the trawler Grande Hermine of Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo, operate in this fishery. The independent certification body MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd and the expert team in charge of assessment found that cod and haddock stocks in the North-East Arctic Ocean were in excellent condition, and reported a controlled impact of fishing gear on marine ecosystems. Going further, an action plan will be implemented to improve the detection and protection of sensitive habitats.

An answer to consumers’ expectations

For Martine Edouard Leborgne, Communication Manager at Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo, “The MSC certification is a way to show our good fishing practices to the general public using an independent certification recognised all over the world. We think that MSC certification will consolidate and develop our products on the French market and expand their export marketing.”

Euronor CEO Xavier Leduc confirms these expectations: “With this MSC certification, we are opting to position ourselves on a market that is strategic today. Whereas our first certification (for saithe) was first of all a bet on the future with the aim of enhancing the image of our fishery and attracting new sailors, this second certification responds to a market reality in which we want to have a part.”

An increasingly diversified MSC-labelled product offer

Nicolas Guichoux, MSC Regional Director - Europe, says: “I would like to congratulate and thank all the stakeholders who were involved in the certification process. The demand of sustainable seafood is increasing in Europe, North-America and even Asia. Cod and haddock are white fish species that are very appreciated by French consumers. The MSC ecolabel displayed on these fishery products is very important because it gives the information to the consumer that these species were fished in a sustainable way.”

Edouard Le Bart, MSC Country Manager France, adds: “My congratulations to the EURONOR shipping company, Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo, and the FROM Nord producers’ organisation, of which the coordinated approach and good fishing practices have borne fruit and made it possible to obtain MSC certification for cod and haddock. This certification also enlarges the offer of MSC-labelled seafood caught by French shipping companies. Cod and haddock therefore now join the North Sea saithe, Brittany sardines, and Normandy and Jersey lobster that are already MSC-labelled, and show the growing importance that French fisheries attach to obtaining recognition for their good practices.”

Source MSC

Proposed dividend of €2.30 per share follows positive business performance

Dr. Georg Pachta-Reyhofen, Chief Executive Officer of MAN SE, has confirmed the MAN Group's long-term objectives at the Annual General Meeting: "We want to continue growing profitably and to be the world's most successful commercial vehicle manufacturer," said Pachta-Reyhofen. He added that technologically leading products were a key to this in addition to systematically focusing the Company strategically.

He went on to explain that MAN was well positioned: Fiscal year 2011 was one of the most successful in the Company's history. In this context, Pachta-Reyhofen referred to the record revenue in the amount of €16.5 billion, which was an increase of 12 percent on 2010's revenue. The excellent operating profit of around €1.5 billion and the earnings before tax of €1.1 billion also reflected last year's positive business developments. By contrast, net income was impacted by exceptional factors and amounted to €247 million. Order intake rose by 14 percent and at €17.1 billion drew nearer to the record level of 2007 again.

Looking to the provisional figures for the first quarter of 2012, Pachta-Reyhofen made it clear in his speech that the demand for MAN's commercial vehicles and its machinery also remained at a high level in the first few months of 2012.

At €4.4 billion, the order intake of the MAN Group as a whole in the first quarter remained around the sound prior-year level in line with this. A slight increase to €3.8 billion was even recorded in revenue. As in the previous year, 35,000 commercial vehicles were sold. Revenue in the Power Engineering business area climbed by around five percent compared with the first quarter of 2011.

In the first quarter of 2012, the MAN Group generated an operating profit of around €250 million. This decrease of around 20 percent year-on-year is due to the strong competition in several markets. "We will counter this with measures to boost profitability and efficiency," stated Pachta-Reyhofen.

Despite existing uncertainties on the financial markets triggered by the European debt crisis, MAN's success continued in fiscal year 2011 thanks to its international position. The Company's systematic focus on the fields of transportation and energy plays a key role in this success. The Chief Executive Officer of the MAN Group is convinced that there are still major development opportunities here: "We still see an increasing demand for transportation and energy, especially in the emerging economies. Because unless they resolve key transportation and energy issues, these economies cannot grow any further. This is precisely what we are counting on with our BRIC strategy and have secured ourselves market access to the key markets of the future in good time."

The joint projects within the Volkswagen Group will also have a beneficial impact: "The opportunities to cooperate with Volkswagen and Scania that are now available will give us fresh impetus." Cooperating in purchasing, development, and production will enable us to leverage the necessary synergies to tackle the competition head on," announced Pachta-Reyhofen.

While MAN expects solid growth on the transportation and energy markets worldwide in the long term, the Executive Board still expects global economic growth to slow in 2012. Against this backdrop, Pachta-Reyhofen reaffirmed the business forecasts that MAN had issued at the beginning of the year at the Annual General Meeting. The Company expects revenue in the Commercial Vehicles business area to decrease slightly by up to five percent while revenue in the Power Engineering business area is likely to increase by five percent. "Due to the predominance of the commercial vehicle arm, we expect a slight decline in revenue for the MAN Group as a whole, which will lead to a drop in operating profit. Return on sales is likely to remain at the average long-term target of 8.5 percent," said Pachta-Reyhofen.

Source MAN SE

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with Vagit Alekperov, President of Lukoil Oil Company, on April 19.

The parties discussed Lukoil’s activities in Uzbekistan with regard to geological prospecting and development of hydrocarbon deposits in a range of investment blocks, as well as the progress in constructing a new gas processing plant in Bukhara region.

According to President Islam Karimov, the effective materialization of exploration works has allowed Lukoil to secure growth of hydrocarbon reserves across deposits of Kandym group, Khauzak-Shady, Gissar region, Kungrad segment, and as part of Investors Consortium on the Uzbek section of the Aral Sea.

It has been stressed during the meeting that Lukoil’s direct investments into the hydrocarbon complex of Uzbekistan on three investment schemes have already exceeded US$2 billion. More than US$5 billion of investments in general are due for the period of execution of all projects with Lukoil. Uzbekistan’s willingness to bolster cooperation in deep reprocessing of raw stock with production of goods with higher added value has been underscored.

In his turn, Vagit Alekperov expressed gratitude for a warm welcome and a facilitating environment created to implement extensive mutually advantageous projects; he also highly appreciated the Lukoil activities in Uzbekistan’s oil and gas industry. The guest assured of the readiness of the company he runs to continue with the longer-term and rewarding interaction with Uzbek partners.

Central Asian News Service, en.ca-news.org

KOREA's Hanjin Shipping has announced it will expand its east Mediterranean service by joining the existing ABX (Asia-Black Sea Express) string from mid-May and TLS (Turkey-Levant Service) loop from April 25.

The ABX loop is jointly run by China Shipping, "K" Line, PIL, Wan Hai and Yang Ming at present, covering north China, south west Asia and the Black Sea regions with eight 4,000- to 4,250-TEU vessels.

With a transit time of 26 days from Shanghai to Constanza, the ABX loop calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Shekou, Singapore, Port Kelang, Piraeus, Istanbul, Constanza, Ilichevsk, Port Kelang and back to Shanghai.

And the TLS loop is currently operated by Arkas Line and Turkon Line, each deploying one 2,000- to 3,000-TEU vessel. Hanjin will add a third ship to this weekly service that links Port Said and Piraeus to Turkey and Levant regions.

"Using Port Said and Piraeus as transshipment hubs, TLS service will cover all major Turkish ports in addition to Lebanon and Egypt so as to fulfil customers' demand in the area," said a Hanjin's statement.

Port rotation of the TLS service is Port Said, Alexandria, Beirut, Mersin, Piraeus, Evyap, Istanbul, Gemlik, Izmir, Mersin and back to Port Said.

Hanjin said it also launched its own ADN (Adriatic) service in early April to build presence in the area.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

DUBAI-based Emirates Shipping has announced it will launch two direct fixed scheduled weekly services to Africa, the Gulf Mombasa Express (GMX) and the Gulf Dar-es-Salaam Express (GDX), with CMA CGM from May 11

The Gulf Mombasa Express (GMX) service will call at Jebel Ali, Khor Fakkan, Mombasa, Zanzibar and back to Jebel Ali.

And the Gulf Dar-es-Salaam Express (GDX) service will rotate through Jebel Ali, Khor Fakkan, Dar-es-Salaam and back to Jebel Ali.

First sailing for both loops will start from Jebel Ali. Emirates will deploy five 2,200-TEU ships on GMX loop and three 1,700-TEU vessels on the GDX string.

Emirates Shipping, registered in Dubai and commercially run from Hong Kong, said the two new services "targeted the high growth areas in East Africa which is important to our overall strategy. By offering a comprehensive weekly network of reliable services we are responding to the needs of our customer base."

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

DURING the first quarter of this year, southeastern Fujian province spent CNY14.97 billion (US$2.38 billion) on road and water traffic projects, taking 18.7 per cent of the province's annual investment target, Xinhua reports.

Expenditure on expressways totalled to CNY7.32 billion. Those on roads and highways totalled CNY5.17 billion. Waterway projects cost CNY1.88 billion. CNY219 million was spent on freight yards and depots. The province also spent CNY352 million on other auxiliary facilities for transportation.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

THE G6 Alliance, made up of APL, Hyundai, MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL, has started a Far East weekly service to Sweden's largest port of Gothenburg from the Far East, port authorities announced.

"We have worked for several years to attract more direct calls for Swedish industry to key markets in the Far East. This news is extremely welcome and very positive," said the Port of Gothenburg's sales chief Claes Sundmark.

The first to arrive was the 8,110-TEU APL Finland. "APM Terminals in Gothenburg is the only container terminal in Sweden that can handle vessels of this size," said Port of Gothenburg CEO Magnus Karestedt.

APM Terminals officially took control of Sweden's largest port in January, noted the UK's Port Technology International.

"Up to now, Sweden has had one direct service to the Far East - Maersk Line, which calls the Port of Gothenburg once a week with its very largest container vessels. From next week, there will two competing alternatives. The Port of Gothenburg now has seven direct deep sea services," Mr Karestedt said.

The new Far East service rotates through Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Shekou, Singapore, Tangier, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg, Rotterdam, Jeddah, Singapore, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong and back to Shanghai.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

STIMULATED by the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between mainland China and Taiwan, Xiamen city's fruit imports from Taiwan doubles in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period a year ago, Xinhua reports.

In the first three months, the southeast China coastal city imported 160 batches of Taiwan fruit, up 22.1 per cent year on year, weighing 22.22 million tonnes, up 99.9 per cent over the same period in 2011. Value of these fruit soared 103.1 per cent to US$2.49 million.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

TAIWAN's Evergreen Line is to add a Japan-Thailand-Vietnam service through slots purchases on the NYK and Bangkok-based carrier Siam Patella's Phoenix service (PHX) with a first sailing from Laem Chabang on April 24.

The PHX serves Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai), Hong Kong and back to Kobe.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News


CHINA's Tibetan territory plans to invest CNY46.2 billion (US$7.3 billion) in roads in the next four years, 178 per cent expenditure increase against the period between 2005 to 2010, reports Xinhua.

The region aims to build a comprehensive transport network by 2015 by boosting construction of outbound mainline highways and rural highways. Tibet's total highway mileage will reach 70,000 kilometres with paved roads linking all its counties and covering 60 per cent of its towns and villages in 2015.

Tibet's highway operating mileage stood at 58,200 kilometres in 2010, while in 2011 the territory spent CNY8.5 billion (US$1.35 billion) to build 15 projects which increased to 4,600 kilometre of new highway, creating a total of 63,100 kilometre of road surface. Investment in road building will come to CNY9.5 billion this year.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

KMTC (Korea Marine Transport Company) has added a second Far East-western India service by taking slots on the service recently organised by Emirates Shipping Line, Hapag-Lloyd and Regional Container Line (RCL), reports Alphaliner.

This service calls at Xingang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Dachan Bay, Singapore, Port Kelang, Colombo, Mumbai-Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Port Kelang, Singapore, Xingang, complementing the Far East India Express (FIX) operated by KMTC, Hanjin and STX Pan Ocean.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

BEIJING's freight forwarders recorded revenues of CNY126.1 billion (US$20 billion) in 2011 drew from 946 registered forwarder companies, reports Xinhua.

Privately-owned forwarders make up 70 per cent of the total while the state-owned enterprises and holding companies account for 15 per cent with another 15 per cent being accounted for by foreign-owned and joint-ventures.

Forwarding in Beijing has seen a 30 per cent growth in revenue, in import and export cargo volume over the last two years, says International Freight Forwarder Association (IFFA) secretary general Li Rong.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

GERMAN logistics giant Dachser, which has posted a 13 per cent year-on-year revenue increase to US$5.9 billion in 2011, gave credit to the 17 per cent growth in its air and sea segments that scored sales of $1.5 billion.

In 2011, Dachser handled 49.3 million shipments of 40.9 million tonnes. "Following the economic crisis and a period of recovery, the markets stabilised again somewhat last year. Dachser was able to return to the growth trend we have defined as ideal for long-term business expansion," said Bernhard Simon, head of the company's management board.

The company said it continues to set high targets, aiming to increase revenue in the air and sea logistics business to $2.8 billion by 2017, with 5,000 employees in 220 branch offices in 49 countries.

European logistics was the company' s largest business segment generating revenue of $3.7 billion. The European overland transport network was further reinforced in 2011. Three Eurohubs in Bratislava, Clermont-Ferrand and Uberherrn/Saarland now enable Dachser to consolidate group freight via a pan-European scheduled service, optimising capacity utilisation, efficiency and environmental sustainability, said a company statement.

Dachser Food Logistics increased revenue in 2011 to $772 million - a surge of 16 per cent.

In 2012, Dachser expects to increase growth by double-digit rates again and to invest in the expansion of its European and international network. Over the next five years, the company intends to invest an estimated $1.7 billion in its European overland transport network alone. The company will continue to invest in development of its international network by adding the right people in the right locations. "Consistently investing in initial training and advanced training is the only way to build a qualified and effective staff," Mr Simon said.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

TAIWAN's Evergreen Line will launch a Belawan-Malaysia feeder service from April 28 along the Malacca Strait.

Evergreen will deploy a 1,164-TEU vessel to the weekly BMS service, calling at Belawan, Penang, Tanjung Pelepas and back to Belawan, 20 kilometres from Medan (pop 2.1 million), the capital of Indonesia's North Sumatra province.

The carrier said the route serves Indonesia and Malaysia which has a large enough population to drive increased imports. Also, these two countries have rich natural resources that encourage increasing exports of raw materials.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News

NEW YORK-listed Seaspan Corporation, headquartered in Vancouver, but managed from Hong Kong and registered in the Marshall Islands, has announced it has taken delivery of the 13,100-TEU COSCO Hope from Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries.

This is Seaspan's third delivery in 2012 and expands the company's operating fleet to 68 vessels, said the company statement. This is the seventh of eight 13,100-TEU ships and the 17th of a total of 18 vessels to be chartered by Seaspan to Cosco. The COSCO Hope is on a 12-year, fixed-rate time charter.

Seaspan is an independent owner and manager of containerships, which are chartered under long-term fixed-rate time charters to major container lines. Seaspan's contracted fleet of 72 containerships consists of 68 containerships in operation and four containerships scheduled for delivery through 2014.

Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
 

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