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Kuwait Suezmax tanker sunk Indonesian freighter in collision, probably
Crude oil tanker BREEZE reportedly collided with Indonesian coaster MAKMUR at around 0215 LT Dec 10 in Singapore Straits near Indonesia-Singapore sea border. MAKMUR reported sank, 11 crew rescued, 4 of them badly injured. MAKMUR was en route from Singapore to Thailand with cargo of merchandise, BREEZE is en route from South Korea to Galle Sri Lanka.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Maran Gas Returns to DSME for Another LNG Carrier
South Korea s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a shipbuilding contract for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier from a Greek shipowner.
Namely, DSME is to construct the new LNG carrier for John Angelicoussis shipping company Maran Gas Maritime, Yonhap News Agency said citing the shipbuilder.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Moody s Downgrades Maersk s Ratings, Outlook Stable
The issuer rating and senior unsecured rating of Denmark-based shipping major A.P. Moller-Mærsk were downgraded to Baa3 from Baa2, according to rating agency Moody s.
The company s medium-term note (MTN) program rating were also downgraded to (P)Baa3 from (P)Baa2. The rating outlook for all ratings is stable, Moody s added.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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ACCC: NSW Ports Deeds Are Anti-Competitive and Illegal
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings against NSW Ports Operations Hold and its subsidiaries for making agreements that allegedly had an anti-competitive purpose and effect.
The proceedings, initiated in the Federal Court, are related to contracts that the company, and its two units, Port Botany Operations Pty Ltd and Port Kembla Operations Pty, signed with the State of New South Wales.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Unstable Livestock Carrier Stripped of Australian Livestock Carriage License
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has revoked the Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock (ACCL) for the Panamanian flagged livestock carrier, MV Jawan.
The maritime body said that the decision was made due to unreliability of the vessel s approved stability data when the vessel is loaded.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Port of Tallinn to Reward Emission-Reducing Ships
Estonia s Port of Tallinn has unveiled its intention to reward emission-reducing ships with a discount of up to 8% on tonnage fees starting in 2019.
The port authority said that differentiated port fees, to be introduced in January 2019, are based on the international Environmental Ship Index (ESI), which evaluates the amount of air pollution emitted by a ship, the vessel s energy savings measures as well as readiness to connect the ship to onshore power supply.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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ITF Dockers Start Fight for Safety after JICT Incident
The Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT), part of Hutchison Ports, has recently witnessed an incident when dangerous chemicals were dropped from a RTG crane, according to data provided by the International Transport Workers Federation.
A union investigation found that equipment failure and an inexperienced operator caused the incident, adding "yet again to Hutchison s mounting incident record stemming from outsourcing and contracting out work to inexperienced operators."Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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UNCTAD: Ports Need to Be Climate Change Proofed Urgently
Ports and coastal infrastructure need to be prepared urgently for the projected impacts of the climate change, according to UNCTAD.
"The hardest hit areas, coastlines, will affect us all since the lion’s share of trade itself is managed through international shipping and ports," said UNCTAD s chief of policy and legislation, Regina Asariotis, at a meeting held on the sidelines of the COP24 global climate summit in Katowice, Poland in December.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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GRIMALDI cruise ferry troubled, cancelled cruise, Tyrrhenian sea
Cruise ferry CRUISE ROMA suffered portside propeller breakdown (reportedly propeller shaft) early in the morning Dec 8 shortly after leaving Porto Torres, northern Sardinia, Italy, being bound for Barcelona. In the afternoon crew managed to fix problem, but the ship headed for Civitavecchia instead of Barcelona, docking there shortly after midnight Dec 9.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Cargo ship capsized, 5 missing, Yangtze
Cargo ship YU HONG 998 reported capsized at around 1900 Beijing time Dec 8 in Wanzhou area, Yangtze river. 5 crew went missing, SAR under way. No other information available. There are several ships under the name YU HONG 998, but the one given below seems to be capsized ship, judging from track.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Freighter sank in Bohai sea, 1 dead 1 missing
Cargo ship RUI XING LUN ran into trouble in the afternoon Dec 8 in Bohai sea, northern China, NW of Weifang, Shandong Province. Judging from photos, the ship ran on rocks and broke in two, aft part with superstructure sank at around 1600 Beijing time. Of 10 crew, 9 were rescued but one of rescued died, 1 went missing. There s an oil leak, fenced off by booms.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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NRF: US Imports Reach 2 Mn Containers in a Single Month
Imports at the major retail container ports in the US have set another record reaching 2 million containers in a single month as retailers continued to bring merchandise into the country ahead of a now-postponed increase in tariffs on goods from China.
According to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates report, the ports handled 2.04 million TEUs in October, the latest month for which after-the-fact numbers are available. That was up 9 percent from September and up 13.6 percent year-over-year.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Canada faces container terminal crunch
Last year, when the federal government announced $2 billion worth of investments to address trade corridor congestion, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said:
"We must remember that we can have the best-quality products and the most ambitious trade agreements in the world, but none of that will matter if we don t move our goods efficiently and reliably to markets."Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Government Eyes Mayaguana For Panama Canal Port
A Cabinet Minister yesterday said he intends to "push" for Bahamian involvement in designing, constructing and managing Nassau s cruise port, while revealing that the Government is exploring the possibility of a port in Mayaguana.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Drogheda Port Works on Master Plan 2020-2050
Drogheda Port Company, supported by leading experts from Brady Shipman Martin, are working on a Master Plan for the future of the Port that will run from 2020-2050.
Earlier this year, Drogheda Port Company published an Issues Paper and invited members of the public, business, state agencies, regulatory bodies and government to make submissions.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Port of Tallinn rewards emission-reducing ships with a discount of up to 8% on tonnage fees
Starting in 2019, ships participating in the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) in working towards reducing air emissions may apply for up to 8 per cent discount on tonnage fees in the harbours of the Port of Tallinn.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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Risk to trade if ports not climate change proofed
Transformation is needed if the world trade system is to cope with the projected impacts of climate change.
"The hardest hit areas, coastlines, will affect us all since the lion s share of trade itself is managed through international shipping and ports," said UNCTAD s chief of policy and legislation, Regina Asariotis, at a critical meeting to address this challenge on the sidelines of the COP24 global climate summit in Katowice, Poland in December.Posted On:10-Dec-2018
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