AAA consortium blow for Tasmanian coastal exports and services

AAA consortium blow for Tasmanian coastal exports and services

AAA consortium blow for Tasmanian coastal exports and services

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 09:11 PM PST


It comes at a time when the Canberra is looking to foster domestic coastal shipping options to address a chronic maritime skills shortage through tighter controls over coastal service permits for international ships.

This is an issue high on the agenda of the Maritime Union of Australia but one whose implementation is of immense concern to freight forwarders reliant on the cheap rates but sometimes erratic service of international lines.

Supply Chain Review

New Zealand: Otago Maersk Backs Port Dredging Plan

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 06:56 PM PST


Shipping giant Maersk is backing Port Otago's more than $100 million proposal to widen and deepen shipping lanes into Port Chalmers for larger ships, but has reiterated it can give no assurances on future services.

During the informal talks with Port Otago, a Maersk executive said all New Zealand ports, including Port Chalmers, had to improve container turnaround times, but he also acknowledged ports' criticism Maersk itself had first to "provide better vessel planning" systems, to have ships in port on scheduled times.

From Dredging Today

Gobierno quiere de puertos impone privatizacin, denuncia SINTRAJAP

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:35 PM PST


ENGLISH SUMMARY: The Costa Rican dockworkers union, SINTRAJAP, says that the government continues its push to privatize the ports in the Lim�n province at any cost, and without meeting with the union to hear its plan to modernize the ports with the good of the community in mind. Under the Oscar Arias and Laura Chinchilla administrations, false leadership was imposed on the union before a court reinstated the legitimate leaders in August 2010.

Hace poco un a�o, el Gobierno de Oscar Arias intervino el sindicato e impuso una nueva Junta Directiva, acci�n que fue declarada ilegal por la Sala Constitucional, ya que violaba acuerdos internacionales suscritos por Costa Rica.

“Ahora, nuevamente cierran las puertas del �nico espacio de di�logo que existe entre las partes, condicionando la negociaci�n de la convenci�n a la “imposici�n” de la propuesta del gobierno para privatizar los muelles del Caribe costarricense”, asegur� SINTRAJAP.

From El Pais

Army working in Peru dock strike

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:12 PM PST


Note: The union and employer have reached an agreement since this report was published.

Army working in Peru dock strike transport news

Peru installed soldiers at Callao to move cargo during the dockworkers’ strike. The military's poor performance created a backlog of ships that took several days to clear.

Armed troops and police are waging a brutal crackdown against dock workers fighting port privatisation in yet another war on the waterfront, this time in Peru.

On 19 January 2011, following employers' failure to negotiate, port workers of Callao had no other alternative than to protest and down tools to demand compliance with the legal ruling granting them the right to freedom of association.

On 20 January 2011 the army and police were called in to break the strike and workers were harassed and detained.

Paddy Crumlin, International Transport Workers’ Federation president and dockers chair has joined the world outcry over the labour rights violations which include military personnel and police strikebreakers, some dressed as civilians, harassing and detaining dock workers.

“This use of military or para military against dock workers failed in Australia in 1998 when ITF workers of the world showed their solidarity and it will fail in Peru We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of Sutramporpc” said Paddy Crumlin who is also National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia.

From the Maritime Union of Australia

AXYS watch mate For Global Offshore Consulting Company Bound

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST


AXYS WatchMate Bound For Global Offshore Consulting Company

Friday, February 18th, 2011

February 17, 2011: Sidney, BC Canada

AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) is supplying an oceanographic and meteorological data collection buoy to its' Australian representative, a major offshore consulting company, Metocean Services International Pty Ltd (MSI).

The AXYS WatchMate� buoy will be added to MSI's extensive equipment pool and will be initially used to provide meteorological and oceanographic data to MSI in a project for a major international oil company. It will be deployed in 1,000m of water alongside a deepwater subsurface mooring providing a through column current profile.

The 1.8m WatchMate� buoy is a rugged, lightweight environmental monitoring buoy that maintains the requirements of a navigational aid. The solar and battery powered buoy is configured with an extensive range of environmental monitoring sensors, including directional waves, ocean currents, air temperature, humidity, wind speed & direction, and barometric pressure.

Data from the buoy is collected by AXYS’ proprietary onboard WatchMan500� data acquisition system and will be transmitted to the MSI data centre at its offices in Cape Town, RSA using Iridium satellite telemetry. MSI personnel will access buoy information and environmental data at their Cape Town office using AXYS' Data Management System (DMS) software, as well as via the web using the DMS web display interface SmartWeb�. Using the two-way communication Iridium telemetry option, the DMS software is capable of remotely re-configuring specific parameters on the buoy such as sensor sampling periods.

The purchase of this system reinforces MSI's ability to offer advice and support to their existing and potential AXYS clients throughout Australia.

This new order for Australia is in addition to recent deliveries including AXYS TRIAXYS� wave buoys and, most recently, the delivery in January of an AXYS HydroLevel� Mini.

For further information, visit www.axystechnologies.com and http://www.metoceanservices.com/

LA-LB imports by 13 percent in January

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST


Combined containerized imports through the ports of Los Angelesy and Long Beachy grew 13 percent in January over the same month a year ago, extending the strong recovery pace at the nation's largest port complex.

Los Angelesy saw its busiest month for loaded container traffic since October, with loaded container volume in January expanding 14.3 percent over January 2010 and loaded exports growing 12.6 percent.

LA also saw a sharp acceleration in the business from December, with inbound volume expanding 13.1 percent from month to month to 338,607 20-foot equivalent units.

Industry observers say many importers have maintained their shipping pace early in the year in part to replenish inventories after a strong fourth quarter and to get goods in place because of this year's relatively early Lunar New Year holiday in Asia.

Long Beachy container volume wasn't quite as strong. Inbound loaded containers grew 11.3 percent in January over the same month a year ago while exports increased 12.7 percent.

But Long Beachy import volume in January also slipped 5.6 percent from December, the third straight month of slowing traffic. The 242,445 loaded TEUs marked the lightest import volume at Long Beachy since April.

The Journal of Commerce Online

Maersk to launch new India-North Europe service

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 06:02 AM PST


Maersk Line will launch a new ICON service covering South/East India and Sri Lanka to and from North Europe next month.

The ICON service will deploy seven 3,400 TEU vessels and the port rotation is Chennai, Colomboy, Salalah, Zeebrugge, Felixstowe, Rotterdamy, Remerhaven, Salalah, Colomboy.

Cargonews Asia

Shanghai throughput hits new record in January

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:31 AM PST


Shanghai Port posted a new monthly container throughput record for January, reported China Knowledge Press.

Shanghai Porty, China’s biggest port, handled 2.7 million TEUs in January, up 21 percent from a year earlier. The figure was higher than the last record of 2.64 million TEUs last August.

Cargonews Asia

Japanese shipping companies race to tap the growth in Vietnam

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:26 AM PST


Japanese shipping companies are rushing to establish a foothold in Vietnam to tap growing demand for shipments of daily necessities and auto parts in the Southeast Asian country, according to Nikkei Report.

For the first time, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will have Europe-bound container vessels with capacities of 6,500 TEUs stop at a port near Ho Chi Minh Cityy in southern Vietnam. It will deploy 10 such vessels through Vietnam on a weekly basis.

Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), meanwhile, has partnered with state-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to start freight services between Southeast Asian countries. The two companies currently supply a container ship with a capacity of 1,100 TEU for 14-day round trips between Thailand, Singapore and southern and northern ports in Vietnam.

This month, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line) and a Vietnamese logistics firm will set up a joint venture in Hanoiy to launch an international freight forwarding business by sea and air. The venture also plans to establish a branch in Ho Chi Minh Cityy.

Cargonews Asia

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