The company that dredged the Falmouth Marina in the UK has been fined £40,000 (US$75,130) after ignoring environmental safeguards.
Premier Marinas, which dredged Falmouth Marina’s outer basin, ignored marine environment safeguards placed on their license to do the operation, a court heard. The general manager then falsified records of water quality sampling to hide the offences. Conditions of the license were designed to protect the area from sludge containing toxic substances from being introduced into the marine environment, West Cornwall Magistrates were told. The sediments dredged up were heavily contaminated with the boat anti-fouling paint, biocide tributyltin, or TBT, substance banned worldwide. The license granted by the Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA) was supposed to allow it to be safely re-buried in deeper holes and re-capped with clean sediment within the Marina. However, following complaints by fishermen in the area that unusual dredged material was turning up offshore at the Falmouth Bay disposal site, the MFA launched an investigation. In a case brought by the MFA, Premier Marinas (Falmouth), and its general manager, John Osmond, together with the managing director of dredging contractors Sub Marine Services Ltd, Anthony Richards, pleaded guilty to a number of offences under the Food and Environment Protection Act. Magistrates ordered Premier Marinas to pay more than £40,000 in fines and costs.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Maersk revamps Asia-Australia offerings
Copenhagen: Maersk Line has combined three existing Asia to Australia services into one single rotation, creating a new and comprehensive 'pendulum loop'.
The new 'Boomerang Service' will phase in on 27 September 2008 and deploy ten vessels calling at ports previously covered by Maersk’s present AU1 (North Asia to/from Australia), AU2 (East Asia to/from Australia), and AU3 (South East Asia to/from Australia) services. The service will offer rotations for Boomerang - North East Asia (Southbound), Boomerang - North East Asia (Northbound), Boomerang - South East Asia (Southbound) and Boomerang - South East Asia (Northbound).
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The new 'Boomerang Service' will phase in on 27 September 2008 and deploy ten vessels calling at ports previously covered by Maersk’s present AU1 (North Asia to/from Australia), AU2 (East Asia to/from Australia), and AU3 (South East Asia to/from Australia) services. The service will offer rotations for Boomerang - North East Asia (Southbound), Boomerang - North East Asia (Northbound), Boomerang - South East Asia (Southbound) and Boomerang - South East Asia (Northbound).
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Philadelphia port to build a new marine container terminal facility by 2013
An expansion of a new marine container terminal facility is to be built on former land of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and located south of the existing port's Packer Marine Terminal.
Potential bidders have a deadline of September 5 to put in requests for the private-public partnership on the Delaware River to finance, develop, construct and operate the facility. The state of Pennsylvania aims for authorization of permits by 2010 and completion of building by 2013.
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Potential bidders have a deadline of September 5 to put in requests for the private-public partnership on the Delaware River to finance, develop, construct and operate the facility. The state of Pennsylvania aims for authorization of permits by 2010 and completion of building by 2013.
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MSC to use larger ships on Europe-South Africa service
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Greece, has started boosting the capacity of its Europe-South Africa service by replacing the 5,000TEU vessels previously used on this service with ships ranging between 5,000TEU and 6,000TEU.
Two 4,953TEU box ships, the ‘MSC Catania’ and the ‘MSC Messina’, are currently being used to run the service. The 5,762TEU ‘MSC Los Angeles’ is expected to join the loop, becoming the largest containership ever to trade between Europe and South Africa. MSC has just recently taken charge of the ‘MSC Los Angeles’, after chartering the ship from CSCL. The Chinese shipping line had freed up the ER Schiffahrt-managed vessel, by removing calls at the ports of Barcelona and Valencia from its AEX-1 loop. Following the ‘MSC Los Angeles’, the 5,527TEU ‘MSC France’ will enter MSC's Europe-South Africa service in mid-August. MSC will also take charge of two more 5,500TEU box ships sublet from CSCL, the ‘CSCL Shanghai’ and the ‘CSCL Hong Kong’, and three sister ships to the ‘MSC Los Angeles’, namely the ‘E R Amsterdam’, the ‘E R Felixstowe’ and the ‘E R London’, which are currently ending their charters with Maersk Line.
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Two 4,953TEU box ships, the ‘MSC Catania’ and the ‘MSC Messina’, are currently being used to run the service. The 5,762TEU ‘MSC Los Angeles’ is expected to join the loop, becoming the largest containership ever to trade between Europe and South Africa. MSC has just recently taken charge of the ‘MSC Los Angeles’, after chartering the ship from CSCL. The Chinese shipping line had freed up the ER Schiffahrt-managed vessel, by removing calls at the ports of Barcelona and Valencia from its AEX-1 loop. Following the ‘MSC Los Angeles’, the 5,527TEU ‘MSC France’ will enter MSC's Europe-South Africa service in mid-August. MSC will also take charge of two more 5,500TEU box ships sublet from CSCL, the ‘CSCL Shanghai’ and the ‘CSCL Hong Kong’, and three sister ships to the ‘MSC Los Angeles’, namely the ‘E R Amsterdam’, the ‘E R Felixstowe’ and the ‘E R London’, which are currently ending their charters with Maersk Line.
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