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PSA Marine Becomes Owner of Peruvian Tramarsa Flota
Singapore-based marine services provider PSA Marine, part of PSA International, has completed the 100% acquisition of maritime services company Tramarsa Flota S.A. and its subsidiaries in Peru from the Grupo Romero.
As informed, the stock purchase agreement was signed in Lima, Peru, on February 12, 2020.
Tramarsa Flota is a port services company that provides an integrated service offering of towage, pilotage, launch boat and offshore services in ten major ports along the Peruvian coastline. It owns 45 vessels, including 17 tugs, 23 launches and five support vessels for diving activities and other marine services.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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MSC, Maersk Partner Up with SM Line on Transpacific Route
Shipping giants Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which together form the 2M Alliance, have found a new South Korean partner on the Transpacific trade as their cooperation with Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) expires.
As informed, the 2M carriers entered into a new cooperation agreement with SM Line, beginning on April 1, 2020.
According to MSC, the deal ensures the 2M partners "will provide continuity of services between Asia and the West Coast of North America, with improved services to the Pacific North West".Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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Cruise Ship Banned over Coronavirus Fears Arrives in Cambodia
A cruise ship operated by Holland America Line has been allowed to dock in Cambodia after it was turned away from several other disembarkation ports over coronavirus fears.
The 82,862 GT passenger ship Westerdam departed Hong Kong on February 1, carrying 1,455 passengers and 802 crew members.
It spent two weeks offshore as ports in Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Thailand and Guam banned the cruise ship from docking due to the increasing threat of the coronavirus outbreak. The prohibitions came despite the fact that none of the ship s passengers was tested positive with coronavirus.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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In a world-first, India's dozen major ports now run fully on renewable energy
The dozen state-owned major ports in the country have switched to renewable energy to meet their entire power requirements, making India the first nation to have all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy.
Under a 'green port' initiative, the Shipping Ministry had directed all the major ports to install grid-connected and roof-top solar and wind power projects to facilitate day-to-day operations including supplying shore-power to visiting ships in an eco-friendly manner.
The 12 state-owned ports are Deendayal Port Trust, Mumbai Port Trust, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, New Mangalore Port Trust, Mormugao Port Trust, Cochin Port Trust, Chennai Port Trust, VO Chidambaranar Port Trust, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Paradip Port Trust, Kolkata Port Trust and Kamarajar Port Ltd.
Shore-power savings
Shore-power, also known as cold ironing or alternative maritime power, enables ships at dock or in dry dock to use shore-side electricity to power on-board electrical systems, such as lighting, ventilation, communication, cargo pumps and other critical equipment, while turning off their auxiliary engines.
The electricity comes from the local power grid through a substation at the port and is plugged into special power connectors in the shore-power system on the ship.
Shore-power is considered an important way to cut emissions and save costs for shipping companies. It is also a quicker and cheaper short-term solution for allowing shipping companies to meet emissions targets - particularly those related to emission control areas.
Emissions from ships at berth is estimated to be approximately 10 times greater than those from the ports own operations. "So, there is a greater potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships in ports than from port activities on the land-side," a Ministry official said.
Ships when berthed at port, though not propelling, still consume a large amount of energy to meet various functions during their port stay. This could be for running the ships auxiliary power for ventilation of accommodation, loading and unloading of cargo, provisions and spares, cooking, etc. Running these on fuel-powered generators results in noise, vibrations and emissions in the ports.
The supply of shore-side electricity to ships (all types of vessels) at ports can reduce emissions, noise and vibrations, and is therefore considered environment friendly.
The government has enabled the major ports to develop the necessary infrastructure to supply shore electric power to all types of ships during the period of their port stay.
Lowering costs
Using renewable energy also helps ports cut power bills - a key operating cost - which in turn translates into lower vessel - and cargo-related charges.
India's maritime administration has framed standard operating procedures (SOP) for shore electric power supply to ships in Indian ports that presently cover only a low power supply - up to 150 kW at low voltage.
"Once a port is ready with high voltage supply to meet any power demand of a ship, a new SOP will be issued," a Ministry official said.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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OOCL Rauma Loses Containers off Dutch Coast
Several containers have fallen off a Handy containership in stormy seas 43 kilometers north of Ameland, one of the Dutch West Frisian Islands, the Netherlands Coastguard said.
The incident involving the 1,425 TEU OOCL Rauma occurred on February 11, 2020, while the vessel was en route from the Port of Kotka in Finland to the Port of Rotterdam.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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India: Major ports show muted growth in cargo as thermal coal volume slides 15%
A sharp slide of 15 per cent in thermal coal volumes weighed on the performance of major ports during the period of April-January of FY20. The major ports reported a muted growth of 1.14 per cent as shipments of other key cargo like coking coal, liquid cargo and containers recorded only measly growth.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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Port Of Cork commences assembly of STS cranes for Cork Container Terminal
The Port of Cork today announced that it has taken delivery of two Liebherr post-panamax size ship-to-shore (STS) container gantry cranes at the Cork Container Terminal in the Republic of Ireland. The assembly process has commenced on site and is due to be completed in the coming weeks.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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Mammoet completes final phase of terminal expansion in Veracruz, Mexico
Mammoet s team has successfully completed the second phase of the relocation of several shipping container cranes for Hutchison Ports ICAVE as part of a planned port expansion in Veracruz, Mexico. Mammoet used 56 axle lines of SPMT to transport two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and ten rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs). The completion of the crane relocations has increased the port s capacity to more than 95 million tons.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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Overtime cargo takes up 30% space at Lagos port
As congestion at the Lagos ports continue, facts have emerged that more than 2,000 containers of overtime cargo littered in the facilities have currently taken up about 30 per cent of the space meant for ports operations.
This is coming at the backdrop of an ongoing disagreement among government agencies in the maritime industry over the best way to dispose the overtime cargo.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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Port call optimization solutions to reduce emissions start gaining industry traction
With multiple pilot and roll out projects underway at leading world cargo ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg and Los Angeles to optimize vessel port calls , the need for a standardised approach to data availability and sharing with ships calling at these ports is growing.Posted On:13-Feb-2020
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