Dalian Port Group Chairman Xing Liangzhong led a delegation of port officials to the Port of Kaohsiung to sign the port twinning agreement. The two ports have now launched a cross-strait shipping service. The Director General of Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau, Hsieh Ming-hui, has also recently signed letters of intent to cooperate with Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin.Deputy Director of Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau Huang Kuo-ying said he saw bright prospects in this new cooperation with the Port of Dalian. He said that Kaohsiung planned to become sister ports with Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin in the future.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Sister ports launch cross-strait service
Taiwan’s Port of Kaohsiung and the Chinese Port of Dalian have recently signed a new cooperation agreement to operate as sister ports.
Dalian Port Group Chairman Xing Liangzhong led a delegation of port officials to the Port of Kaohsiung to sign the port twinning agreement. The two ports have now launched a cross-strait shipping service. The Director General of Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau, Hsieh Ming-hui, has also recently signed letters of intent to cooperate with Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin.Deputy Director of Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau Huang Kuo-ying said he saw bright prospects in this new cooperation with the Port of Dalian. He said that Kaohsiung planned to become sister ports with Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin in the future.Read More
Dalian Port Group Chairman Xing Liangzhong led a delegation of port officials to the Port of Kaohsiung to sign the port twinning agreement. The two ports have now launched a cross-strait shipping service. The Director General of Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau, Hsieh Ming-hui, has also recently signed letters of intent to cooperate with Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin.Deputy Director of Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau Huang Kuo-ying said he saw bright prospects in this new cooperation with the Port of Dalian. He said that Kaohsiung planned to become sister ports with Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin in the future.
$100m dispute erupts between China Shipping and Zim
Shanghai: A major commercial dispute has erupted between Israel Corporation subsidiary Zim Integrated Shipping Services and China Shipping Container Liners.
Sources inform Israeli business newswire Globes that China Shipping is accusing Zim of breaching a cooperation agreement on routes between Asia and European ports. Although China Shipping initially threatened to go to court, the case will probably end up in international arbitration. In September 2008, Zim and China Shipping reached a commercial understanding under which Zim would lease capacity on China Shipping container ships on routes between Chinese and Northern European ports. Zim was due to lease 4,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) on China Shipping's weekly service, on which it operates eight large container ships. Zim is already on Seatrade Asia Online’s container endangered list by virtue of its fearsome orderbook – the largest by proportion of any major carrier. According to box watcher AXS-Alphaliner, Zim’s 266,432 teu orderbook is equivalent to 96.7% of its extant fleet. Zim moved to cancel six ship orders at CSBC in Taiwan earlier this year, but its orderbook overhang is still too large. Zim has linked with the Grand Alliance on certain routes to mitigate losses this year.Read More
Sources inform Israeli business newswire Globes that China Shipping is accusing Zim of breaching a cooperation agreement on routes between Asia and European ports. Although China Shipping initially threatened to go to court, the case will probably end up in international arbitration. In September 2008, Zim and China Shipping reached a commercial understanding under which Zim would lease capacity on China Shipping container ships on routes between Chinese and Northern European ports. Zim was due to lease 4,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) on China Shipping's weekly service, on which it operates eight large container ships. Zim is already on Seatrade Asia Online’s container endangered list by virtue of its fearsome orderbook – the largest by proportion of any major carrier. According to box watcher AXS-Alphaliner, Zim’s 266,432 teu orderbook is equivalent to 96.7% of its extant fleet. Zim moved to cancel six ship orders at CSBC in Taiwan earlier this year, but its orderbook overhang is still too large. Zim has linked with the Grand Alliance on certain routes to mitigate losses this year.
Safety Program for Commercial Fishing Vessels
The Chesapeake Marine Training Institute (CMTI) offers a maritime safety program specifically for commercial fishing vessels.
“Since its inception, hundreds of boats and crew members have completed the program and the demand just keeps increasing,” said John O’Leary, maritime safety instructor for CMTI and the head of the safety and survival program. “In an industry that is already struggling, the program is becoming increasingly requested and thanks to the funding of the insurance companies, we can continue to grow and increase its numbers.” This program is offered by Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company, Ltd through Brown and Brown Flagship in a joint effort to reduce casualties. Established in 2005, the program is offered to commercial fishing vessels and its owners, on a volunteer basis. In 2008, over 100 vessels and crews completed the program. Initially available in the mid-Atlantic region, it is now available for commercial fishing vessels from North Carolina all the way to Cape May, New Jersey.
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LNG Ltd boosts project team
Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has appointed three key personnel to assist with the completion of the Fisherman’s Landing LNG project at Gladstone in the state of Queensland.
The trio will help complete the project development and financial close phase, targeted by December this year, manage the construction and commissioning phases, and begin LNG plant operations in late 2012. Geoff Ellison will be general manager, development. Rob Hannan will be general manager, construction. John Drew will be general manager, operations. The Fisherman’s Landing LNG project is targeting its first LNG shipment from the Gladstone Port in late 2012. Fishermen's Landing recently signed up Golar LNG as equity owner and offtaker of all initial LNG from, provisionally, late 2012.
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Hellenic Register of Shipping banned from classing new vessels
The future of the Hellenic Register of Shipping appears grim, after the EU’s official decision to implement a 17-month ban of the classification society. Under this decision, the Register won’t be able to class new ships, at least until it successfully remedies serious quality issues.
According to the EU’s decision, “Given its extreme complexity and the high number of ships potentially concerned, this process could only be completed over a significant length of time, spanning several months, during which the ships concerned might remain uninspected and eventually be forced to suspend their trade. This situation would entail the risk of a collapse of a vital public service and constitute an immediate and serious threat to both the safety and the economic viability of the fleet concerned.” The Hellenic Register is the leading class certificate provided towards the public domestic passenger transport industry, therefore raising serious problems of security standards applied. Until those security holes are addressed, the EU will retain limited recognition of the Hellenic Register. It’s clear that the management of the Register must swiftly take action and conduct serious improvements on the training and monitoring of its surveyors and employment of non-exclusive surveyors, its adherence to requirements and the quality of the certificates it awards. HRS-classed ships under the Hellenic flag will face three-month snap inspections during the company's probation period, and all HRS surveys will have to be conducted either by local surveyors, or jointly with local surveyors or surveyors from another recognized class society.Read More
According to the EU’s decision, “Given its extreme complexity and the high number of ships potentially concerned, this process could only be completed over a significant length of time, spanning several months, during which the ships concerned might remain uninspected and eventually be forced to suspend their trade. This situation would entail the risk of a collapse of a vital public service and constitute an immediate and serious threat to both the safety and the economic viability of the fleet concerned.” The Hellenic Register is the leading class certificate provided towards the public domestic passenger transport industry, therefore raising serious problems of security standards applied. Until those security holes are addressed, the EU will retain limited recognition of the Hellenic Register. It’s clear that the management of the Register must swiftly take action and conduct serious improvements on the training and monitoring of its surveyors and employment of non-exclusive surveyors, its adherence to requirements and the quality of the certificates it awards. HRS-classed ships under the Hellenic flag will face three-month snap inspections during the company's probation period, and all HRS surveys will have to be conducted either by local surveyors, or jointly with local surveyors or surveyors from another recognized class society.
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