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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Friday, August 22, 2008
CMA CGM to build new terminal at Tianjin
CMA CGM Group signed a 50-year concession agreement to build and operate a 1.7m teu container terminal in the Port of Tianjin in North China.
The new terminal is expected to become operational in 2011 and will feature a 1100-meter quay. It will be operated by a joint venture consisting of CMA CGM (with a 20% stake); Tianjin Port Holding Co., a Tianjin Port Group subsidiary listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (60%), and Hong Kong-based Asia International Shipping Ltd. (20%). “With this new investment, CMA CGM has secured a strategic base in Tianjin, which is the port offering the best prospects of growth in North China,” said Farid Salem, CMA CGM Group chief evp. “This will further improve the quality of service offered to our vessels, and therefore to our customers.” The group, which is already present in the Chinese port of Xiamen and operates a network of 64 offices across the country, currently offers 30 weekly services from China, with a departure every six hours. In 2006 it also acquired an 8% share in China Rail Intermodal, a project to design, build and manage a network of 18 railway container stations covering the entire Chinese territory, including Tianjin. Located only 150 km from Beijing in the Binhai industrial zone, Tianjin provides a strong maritime link to the Chinese capital. It ranks 16th in the world in container traffic, with more than 7.1m teu handled in 2007, an increase of 19% over 2006.
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The new terminal is expected to become operational in 2011 and will feature a 1100-meter quay. It will be operated by a joint venture consisting of CMA CGM (with a 20% stake); Tianjin Port Holding Co., a Tianjin Port Group subsidiary listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (60%), and Hong Kong-based Asia International Shipping Ltd. (20%). “With this new investment, CMA CGM has secured a strategic base in Tianjin, which is the port offering the best prospects of growth in North China,” said Farid Salem, CMA CGM Group chief evp. “This will further improve the quality of service offered to our vessels, and therefore to our customers.” The group, which is already present in the Chinese port of Xiamen and operates a network of 64 offices across the country, currently offers 30 weekly services from China, with a departure every six hours. In 2006 it also acquired an 8% share in China Rail Intermodal, a project to design, build and manage a network of 18 railway container stations covering the entire Chinese territory, including Tianjin. Located only 150 km from Beijing in the Binhai industrial zone, Tianjin provides a strong maritime link to the Chinese capital. It ranks 16th in the world in container traffic, with more than 7.1m teu handled in 2007, an increase of 19% over 2006.
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DP World Awards 400 million Pound Container Port Build Contract
DP World signed a 400 million pound contract to build the first phase of a new port at London Gateway, the most technically advanced container port in the world, integrated with Europe's largest logistics park.
This is the first major contract to be awarded in the £1.5 billion project, due to be built over the next 10 to 15 years. The contract is over five years, and will see the construction of the first phase of the port's quay providing three berths and over 1.2 kilometres of quay in a joint venture between Laing O'Rourke and Dredging International. The new port will eventually handle 3.5milion TEU (twenty foot equivalent units), providing a much needed increase in capacity for the UK's container terminals. The South Essex project is currently set to be the largest creator of new jobs in the UK, delivering over 12,000 in the coming years, and is the largest investment in the South East of England. Chief Executive of London Gateway, Simon Moore, said: "This contract is a major milestone in constructing the port. In an economic climate where the building industry is experiencing a sharp slow down, this is great news for Essex and the UK in general.
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This is the first major contract to be awarded in the £1.5 billion project, due to be built over the next 10 to 15 years. The contract is over five years, and will see the construction of the first phase of the port's quay providing three berths and over 1.2 kilometres of quay in a joint venture between Laing O'Rourke and Dredging International. The new port will eventually handle 3.5milion TEU (twenty foot equivalent units), providing a much needed increase in capacity for the UK's container terminals. The South Essex project is currently set to be the largest creator of new jobs in the UK, delivering over 12,000 in the coming years, and is the largest investment in the South East of England. Chief Executive of London Gateway, Simon Moore, said: "This contract is a major milestone in constructing the port. In an economic climate where the building industry is experiencing a sharp slow down, this is great news for Essex and the UK in general.
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Vosta LMG signs contract for new cutter suction dredge
The Arab Potash Company, Jordan, has awarded Vosta LMG with a new contract for the delivery of a new cutter suction dredge.
The dredge will measure 75 metres by twelve metres, with a maximum dredging depth of six metres. The new CSD600 will have a total installed power of 3,34kW with a cutter power of 650kW and a pump power of 1,825kW. The dredge will be equipped with a Vosta SC25 cutting system and will be built in Malaysia and delivered in 2009. This is the second contract Vosta has received from Arab Potash, with the previously delivered cutter suction dredger also having the special design to excavate hard salt deposits in extremely corrosive and harsh climatic conditions where ambient site temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius are common. Vosta will train additional crew on site to operate the dredge at its specified performance when delivering the dredge, including floating pipeline.
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The dredge will measure 75 metres by twelve metres, with a maximum dredging depth of six metres. The new CSD600 will have a total installed power of 3,34kW with a cutter power of 650kW and a pump power of 1,825kW. The dredge will be equipped with a Vosta SC25 cutting system and will be built in Malaysia and delivered in 2009. This is the second contract Vosta has received from Arab Potash, with the previously delivered cutter suction dredger also having the special design to excavate hard salt deposits in extremely corrosive and harsh climatic conditions where ambient site temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius are common. Vosta will train additional crew on site to operate the dredge at its specified performance when delivering the dredge, including floating pipeline.
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