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Overseas ports continue to drive Cosco Shipping Ports August volumes 12% higher

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Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) saw overall throughput rise 12% in August to 8.7m teu from 7.7m teu previously led by good gains in the northern ports, with the Bohai Rim region growing 22% to 1.8m teu.

The overseas ports however were once again the standout performers, collectively seeing throughput rise 32% to 2.1m teu and forming the second highest component of overall throughput behind the Pearl River Delta ports.

The latter segment is seeing a slight resurgence going into the high season with the Pearl River Delta seeing a 3% rise in throughput to 2.5m teu, still contributing the most to CSP’s overall volumes. However the traditional powerhouse of the Hong Kong cluster of terminals continued to decline, with volumes falling 10% to 264,500 teu. This was made up for by the Guangzhou terminals which saw volume spike 8% to almost hit 1m teu.

The industrial base in the Yangtze River Delta continues to slow down with throughput almost flat at 1.7m teu and now overtaken by the Bohai Rim region. Meanwhile the Southeast Coast saw throughput rise 7% to 501,800 teu and the sole port on the Southwest Coast, Guangxi Qinzhou International Container Terminal has a lackluster month, with volume falling 8% to 112,000 teu.

Source:seatrade-maritime

Trimaran supply/intervention vessel to take on helicopters

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Barcelona-based Marcelo Penna Engineering’s MP625 design is one of several new vessel concepts that seek to compete with helicopters in the long-range crew transfer marketplace.

The design combines a stable trimaran hullform with dynamic positioning class 2 (DP2) and fire-fighting to FiFi 1 standard. The design can be customised for a range of operational profiles, such as crew and personnel transfer, fast supply, emergency response and rescue, rig evacuation and oil-spill response.

The MP625 is a diesel-direct vessel with four fixed-pitch propellers or four waterjets, according to the customer’s requirements, and two bow thrusters forward, one of them retractable. It is designed to maintain position in a sea state with waves of up to Hs 3.5–4.0 m. Accommodation is on the lower deck, with a personnel transfer room on the main deck and a VIP transfer room on the bridge deck. The wheelhouse is integrated into the forepart of the superstructure, and a DP control room is integrated into the aft side of the superstructure house at the bridge deck.

A fast recue craft with its davit-type launch and recovery system can be installed on the main deck to the starboard side, with the compensated crew transfer system amidships to the port or starboard side of the vessel.

The company has also begun working on technology based on foils to increase the speed of the vessel in pure crew transfer mode, while improving fuel consumption/speed, workability, overall capability and operational flexibility.

Marcelo Penna Engineering technical manager and senior naval architect Javier Lopez said: “Our simulations have helped us develop a design with a maximum speed of 41 knots at 85% MCR, with an initial draught of 2.45 m before ‘take-off’ at a speed at 21 knots.”

Source:osjonline

HudsonAnalytix’s cyber risk solution included in DNV GL’s Veracity industry platform

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HudsonAnalytix and its cyber risk management subsidiary, HudsonCyber, announced the inclusion of its HACyberLogix cyber risk management decision-support software solution with DNV GL’s Veracity industry platform.

After last year’s NotPetya attacks, many maritime transportation organizations, as well as the IMO are requiring shipowners to have a cyber risk management system by 2021. Thus shipping companies are recognizing the need to address the challenge of cyber threats. Further, the potential risks of the reliance on information systems have become a vital component of enterprise security for shipping companies.

Now, more than 120,000 Veracity users will have access to a solution that combines maritime risk management with cybersecurity expertise, capabilities, and best practices via an electronic interface.

The HACyberLogix informs where and how shipowners and operators should allocate resources, enables them to benchmark their cybersecurity capability progress over time, and helps them sustain their long-term cyber risk management efforts.

HACyberLogix incorporates the latest cybersecurity standards from the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Controls, and the ISO / IEC 27001 guidelines.

It also complies with the IMO’s International Safety Management and International Ship and Port Facility Security Codes.

Source:safety4sea

American Club launches e-learning tool for STS operations

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The American Club announced the release of its latest e-learning module, Ship-to-Ship Transfer. Ship-to-ship (STS) cargo transfer operations are more complex than those involving a single vessel discharge of cargo, and involve a wider set of risk factors relevant to safety and environmental protection. The new e-learning module provides guidance for ships’ crews involved in STS operations.

The module combines best practices from existing industry sources such as the OCIMF’s Ship to Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum, Chemicals and Liquefied Gases, IMO’s Manual on Oil Pollution, and additional inputs and insights from experts with knowledge of STS operations for dry bulk, liquid and gas cargoes.

Operators who are not using the Plug & Play (PnP) hard drive systems should go this link.

Instructions:

1. Select "Ship-to-Ship Transfer" from the list of learning modules;
2. Login to "Administration/Training Records" as Super Administrator;
3. Click the "CHANGE REQUEST" tab;
4. Search for the User that you wish to enroll in the corresponding module;
5. Click the "Enroll" link;
6. Tick the "Ship-to-Ship Transfer " from the list of modules;
7. Click the "UPDATE" button;

For newly registered operators who want to use the PnP hard drive systems for the module should go to this link.

Instructions:

1. Login as Super Administrator;
2. Search for the User that you wish to enroll in the “Ship-to-Ship Transfer " module;
3. Click the “ENROLLMENT” link;
4. Tick “Ship-to-Ship Transfer " from the list of learning modules;
5. Click the "UPDATE ENROLLMENT" button.;

Updates to the PnP hard drive system will also be available soon.

Source:safety4sea

CMA CGM Celebrates Forty Years

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40 years ago, on September 13, 1978, Jacques R. Saadé launched the first maritime line between Marseilles and Beirut, with only one ship and four employees. 40 years later, CMA CGM has 34,000 employees and a presence in more than 160 countries. 

A unique entrepreneurial adventure

It is amid the Lebanese war that Jacques R. Saadé decided to settle in Marseilles to protect his family. As a visionary man, he anticipated the evolution of international trade and was convinced of the crucial role containerization was about to play. He thus launched a first maritime line and created the Compagnie Maritime d’Affrètement (CMA).

This will be followed by an exceptional growth. As soon as 1983, the Ville De Sahara became the first CMA vessel to cross the Suez Canal, paving the way towards the Orient. This was followed in 1986 by the launch of a line linking Northern Europe to the Far-East. Convinced that China would become the world’s factory, Jacques R. Saadé created his first Shanghai-based CMA maritime agency in 1992.

Combining a development strategy with targeted acquisitions such as CGM in 1996, ANL in 1998, Delmas in 2005, APL in 2016, and more recently Sofrana and Mercosul in 2017, the Group has been expanding its presence on key markets.

Attached to the city of Marseilles, where CMA CGM was created, Jacques R. Saadé launched the building of the CMA CGM Tower in 2006, the Group’s headquarters, which has become a landmark for the city.

Today headed by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group is pursuing its development around five strategic priorities:

•   Customer Centricity by creating innovative partnerships with customers: launch of new offers like Serenity, Reeflex and Climactive, technology for the transportation of highly sensitive fruits and vegetables by active controlled atmosphere
•   The development of the Group in the maritime, logistics and in-land sectors: acquisition of a stake of 25 percent in CEVA to propose a complete range of services
•   Innovation and digitalization: ZeBox, the start-up incubator and accelerator initiated by CMA CGM, will open its doors soon in Marseilles and will welcome initiatives from all around the world
•   Reinforcement of human expertise combined with an agile organization
•   Profitability.

CMA CGM is committed to the protection of the environment. For more than 15 years now, the Group has acted to reduce its carbon emissions by transported container per kilometer by 50 percent. The Group has set the goal of an additional 30 percent reduction in CO2 emissions for 2025.

CMA CGM is committed to supporting vulnerable children through the CMA CGM Corporate Foundation. Presided by Naïla Saadé, the Corporate Foundation has been supporting more than 200 projects in France and Lebanon since its creation in 2005.

Source:maritime-executive

Canada’s First New Arctic Patrol Vessel Launched

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The future HMCS Harry DeWolf, the first of Canada's new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels to be built, was launched in Halifax Harbour on Saturday. 

At 103 meters (338 feet) and 6,615 tons, the HMCS Harry DeWolf is the largest Royal Canadian Navy ship built in Canada in 50 years. The lead ship in the program is now pier side at Halifax Shipyard where Irving Shipbuilding will continue working to prepare the ship for sea trials in 2019. HMCS Harry DeWolf is scheduled to be turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy in summer 2019.

Construction of the second and third ships, the future HMCS Margaret Brooke and Max Bernays, is underway at Halifax Shipyard. Later this month, the first two major sections of the HMCS Margaret Brooke will be moved outside.

In total, there will be six ice-capable ships, designated as the Harry DeWolf Class, after Canadian wartime naval hero Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf (biography below). 

The new vessels, with a complement of 65, will be capable of armed sea-borne surveillance, including in Canada’s Arctic; providing government situational awareness of activities and events in the region.

Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy was established to replace the current surface fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard. Irving Shipbuilding was selected to construct the Royal Canadian Navy’s future combatant fleet—Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels followed by Canadian Surface Combatants.

Harry DeWolf Class Vessel Features:

• Modern integrated bridge, from which control of navigation, machinery, and damage control systems can be performed.
• Multi-Purpose Operational Space where operational planning and mission execution will be coordinated.
• BAE Mk 38 Gun: Remote controlled 25 mm gun to support domestic constabulary role.
• Enclosed Focsle/Cable Deck protects foredeck machinery and workspace from harsh Arctic environment.
• Helicopter Capability: Depending on the mission, the embarked helicopter could range from a small utility aircraft right up to the new CH-148 maritime helicopter.
• Cargo/Payloads: Multiple payload options such as shipping containers, underwater survey equipment, or a landing craft. Ship has a 20-ton crane to self-load/unload.
• Vehicle Bay: For rapid mobility over land or ice, the ship can carry vehicles such as pickup trucks, ATVs, and snowmobiles.
• Diesel/Electric Propulsion: Propulsion: ‎two 4.5 propulsion MW (induction) motors, and four 3.6 MVA generators.
• Retractable Active Fin Stabilizers deployed to reduce ship roll for open ocean operations, retracted for operations in ice.
• Multi-Role Rescue Boats: Top speed of 35+ knots, 8.5 meters (28 feet) long. Will support rescues, personnel transfers, or boarding operations.
• Bow Thrusters to enable maneuvering or berthing without tug assistance.

Source:maritime-executive

Maersk Adjusts Fuel Surcharge Ahead of 2020 Sulfur Cap

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Maerks Line has announced a new bunker adjustment factor (BAF) surcharge it says will enable customers to predict, plan and track how changes in fuel price impact the shipping freight rate.

The new BAF surcharge aims at recovering the Maersk Line costs of compliance with the global sulfur cap which enters into force on January 1, 2020. The cap means that ships will use fuel with a sulfur content of less than 0.5 percent, rather than the 3.5 percent that is used now. To become compliant shipowners will have to invest in compliant fuels, LNG or scrubber technology. This is expected to lower global shipping's sulfur emissions, a known source for respiratory disease and acid rain, by more than 80 percent.

The regulation will bring increases and uncertainty to fuel costs for shipping. According to industry estimates, more than 90 percent of the global vessel fleet will be relying on compliant fuels when the sulphur rules step into force. This will also be the case for the Maersk Line fleet, despite a recent investment in a limited number of scrubbers. 

The BAF surcharge is designed to recover increases in fuel related costs. It will be charged separately from Maersk Line's freight rate. Based on expected differences in price between current 3.5% bunker fuel and compliant 0.5 percent fuel, external sources estimate the additional cost for the global container shipping industry to comply could be up to $15 billion. Maersk Line expects its extra fuel costs could exceed $2 billion.

The BAF replaces Maersk Line's current Standard Bunker Adjustment Factor (SBF) surcharge and consists of two key elements; the fuel price which is calculated as the average fuel price in key bunkering ports around the world, and a trade factor that reflects the average fuel consumption on a given trade lane as a result of variables like transit time, fuel efficiency and trade imbalances between head haul and backhaul legs. Combining the two factors give customers full predictability of their costs at any given fuel price both before and after 2020. Maersk Line's BAF surcharge will be introduced on January 1, 2019.

"We fully support the new rules. They will be a significant benefit to the environment and to human health", says Vincent Clerc, Chief Commercial Officer, A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S. "The 2020 sulfur cap is a game changer for the shipping industry. Maersk preparations to comply are well underway, and so are our customers' efforts to plan ahead. The new BAF is a simple, fair and predictable mechanism that ensures clarity for our customers in planning their supply chains for this significant shift."

Examples only of BAF tariffs (USD/FFE) for standard (dry) containers at different fuel prices (USD/ton), for selected trades:
Source:maritime-executive

Gas Reigns As Green Agenda Looms

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While demand for oil will peak in 2023, demand for gas will continue increasing through 2034 as the world becomes increasingly electrified, DNV GL said in a forecast of world energy supply and demand out to 2050.

As a result, global gas capital spending will grow from $960 billion in 2015 to a peak of $1.3 trillion in 2025, while operational spending will rise by 30% between 2015 and 2040, according to DNV GL’s 2018 Energy Transition Outlook.

Other trends the outlook predicts include North America continuing to dominate unconventional gas production and seaborne gas trade from North America to China trebling by 2050.

Conventional onshore and offshore gas production is expected to decline from about 2030, while unconventional onshore gas is expected to rise to a peak in 2040, according to the outlook, leading to a growth in leaner and shorter life-span gas developments.

“It’s important for the oil and gas industry to work on efficiency and also competitiveness and for gas to take over from oil it has to be cheaper,” said Liz Hovem, CEO of DNV GL-Oil & Gas. “To be cheaper, it has to be produced in a cost-effective way.”

Source:seawanderer

Bombora secures Welsh wave bounty

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Australian marine developer Bombora Wave Power has been awarded £10.3m of European funding to build a 1.5MW demonstration project in Wales.

The grant will support the design and testing of a fully-submerged, membrane-style mWave device off Pembroke Dock.

The funds have been allocated from the Welsh European Funding Office’s €100.4m pot for wave and tidal projects.

Wales Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said: “We want Wales to be at the forefront of research and innovation in the marine energy field and I am delighted to announce more than £10m of EU funding to help develop technology that creates large amounts of renewable electricity.”

Cardiff said the £15m project is expected to create up to 20 skilled jobs in southwest Wales.

Bombora director Sam Leighton added: “We are very grateful to secure the £10.3m EU support package for our exciting 1.5MW trial project.”

“Since setting up our European headquarters in Pembrokeshire last year we have been working with local suppliers and have quickly grown our talented team to work on this exciting new project.”

Source:seawanderer

Verdant grabs US tidal green

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Verdant Power has secured $6m funding including a US Department of Energy (DoE) grant to progress the next phase of its tidal project in New York City’s East River.

The DoE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy approved $3m in co-funding support for the third phase of Verdant’s project, which will qualify its tidal system through to final test, demonstration and commercialization.

The New York outfit will install a full-scale 105kW TriFrame platform featuring three fifth-generation Free Flow turbines at the Roosevelt Island project site.

Verdant Power chief executive John Banigan said: “We are pleased to have received further support in the form of $3m from the DoE, which has been matched by private investment for the next phase of this crucial project to drive down cost.”

The system will generate power under a hydrokinetic pilot project license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The project is also supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

Source:seawanderer

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