Global Maritime

The cost of export freight from Valencia to the Far East falls by 22.1% in October

7 noviembre, 2022

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) in October stood at 4,424.11 points, which represents a drop of -7.1% compared to September The macroeconomic scenario shows a slowdown in economic activity worldwide Congestion levels are showing a downward trend, with a reduction of 10.3% in the last week of October This index is based on the export prices recorded by the Port of Valencia, a benchmark in the world of Mediterranean Sea containers due to its volume Source: Valenciaport The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for October fell by 7.1% to 4,424.11 points. This decline is shared by all the areas analysed by this index, among which the decrease of 22.1% in freight rates with the Far East stands out, accumulating with this area the sixth consecutive month of decline. The VCFI is calculated based on the export prices recorded by the Port of Valencia, a benchmark, due to its volume, in the Mediterranean Sea container world. Since the beginning of the historical series in January 2018, it accumulates a growth of 342%. Undoubtedly, the current macroeconomic scenario is playing a key role in the downward evolution of freight price levels. In this sense, global economic activity is experiencing a generalised

The Odissey of the Seas cruise ship makes its first call in Valencia

5 noviembre, 2022

Source: Valenciaport The Odissey of the Seas cruise ship has made its first call in Valencia. Francesca Antonelli, head of Marketing and Cruises of the València Port Authority (PAV) has been in charge of handing over the traditional socarrat – the Valencian terracotta tile designed with maritime motifs that Valenciaport gives to the ships that dock for the first time at its facilities – to the ship’s captain Per Kristoffersen. The Odissey of the Seas ship of the Royal Caribbean shipping company has a length of 348 metres and a beam of 49 metres, 16 decks and capacity for some 5,000 passengers. It has 15 restaurants, two swimming pools, a climbing wall, a skydiving simulator and another with waves for surfing. In addition, the North Star, an arm that raises a glass observatory dome from the upper deck, rises up to 91.4 metres above sea level, stands out. The ship’s passengers will carry out various activities during their stay in Valencia. In addition to visiting the city, they will go on excursions to the Albufera, the Oceanogràfic and the Lladró factory, among others. The city of Valencia is a medium-sized destination for the sector, offering a wide range of urban

Dimar: Buque “ONE Orinoco”, con su característico casco magenta, arribó por primera vez a Buenaventura

1 noviembre, 2022

Fuente: Dimar La Dirección General Marítima, a través de la Capitanía de Puerto de Buenaventura, acompañó el primer arribo a la jurisdicción del buque “ONE Orinoco”, de bandera de Hong Kong, que busca por medio de su llamativo color magenta concientizar en la lucha contra el cáncer de mama. A su llegada fue recibido con una placa conmemorativa entregada por la Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura para inmortalizar su paso por Colombia, como parte de una ruta en la que visitará también México, Guatemala, Panamá, Perú y Ecuador. El “One Orinoco” es el primer portacontenedores de la naviera Ocean Network Express (ONE) en llegar a Colombia, proveniente de Ningbo, China de donde zarpó en el mes de septiembre. Mediante estos acompañamientos la Autoridad Marítima Colombiana fortalece las relaciones con el gremio marítimo y portuario de la región, contribuyendo en la consolidación del Puerto de Buenaventura como referente nacional e internacional.

ANTAQ publica los procedimientos de alteración de los Esquemas Operativos de EBN para las fiestas de fin de año

1 noviembre, 2022

Source: ANTAQ La Agencia Nacional de Transportes Acuáticos (ANTAQ) anuncia los procedimientos para posibles cambios en los esquemas operativos de las Empresas Brasileñas de Navegación (EBN’s) que prestan servicios en el transporte de pasajeros o mixto autorizados por la Agencia. Los días/horas de llegada y salida de los buques pueden cambiar a petición de las empresas autorizadas, que deben cumplir con los procedimientos divulgados por carta. La idea es poner a disposición de los pasajeros embarcaciones que satisfagan la necesidad de llegar a su destino a la hora correcta para que puedan disfrutar de las fiestas de fin de año. Son cambios ocasionales, pero se producen todos los años. La idea es promover y organizar, junto con las empresas, el ajuste de la oferta con la demanda, ya que muchos pasajeros cambian de viaje debido a las celebraciones. Es un ajuste merecido para los usuarios del transporte fluvial, que deja la rigidez del esquema consignado en el plazo de autorización para el esquema flexible al periodo festivo. Las solicitudes deben presentarse hasta el 5 de diciembre de 2022 por medios digitales, a través del Sistema de Información Electrónica (SEI) o a través del Sistema de Subvención Electrónica (SOE) – disponible

Synergies to establish green hydrogen export corridor from Chile to Europe

1 noviembre, 2022

The Netherlands is organizing a green H2 Trade Mission from November 7th to 11th 2022 to Chile. Leading Dutch companies from the energy sector will come and explore opportunities to develop and grow the Chilean Green Hydrogen economy. Source: Port Of Rotterdam Focus is on hydrogen infrastructure needed to secure the green hydrogen supply chain (production, storage, transportation, distribution), formulating conditions for establishing an import-export corridor between Chile and Europe, the social and economic impact, as well as investigate opportunities for concrete applications for the local energy transition. This also includes territorial aspects. Interest for this H2 mission is high, as the Chilean strategy is to become one of the largest and possibly most competitive renewable energy producers worldwide by 2030. Representatives from Dutch companies including Port of Rotterdam, Port of Amsterdam, but also consultants, storage and transportation providers will visit Chile for one week to meet key actors of this flourishing Chilean Green Hydrogen ecosystem. Visits are planned to the main hydrogen hubs in the country and, encounters with companies and local authorities to discuss opportunities and challenges for green hydrogen production, export, and local energy transition. This Green H2 Trade Mission to Chile, organized by the Netherlands Enterprise

Exploring opportunities for Indonesia in decarbonizing shipping

28 octubre, 2022

Source: IMO Indonesia, as the world’s largest archipelago with a major shipping fleet and a geographic location close to multiple strategic waterways, is a key player in the decarbonization of the maritime sector. Holding the current presidency of G20, Indonesia is focusing on energy transition as one of three priority areas for its presidency. This presents a good opportunity to discuss shipping decarbonization and the opportunities in renewable energy production in the run up to the Bali G20 Summit (15-16 November). Against this backdrop, IMO, in collaboration with the Governments of Indonesia and Denmark, co-organized and co-sponsored* a conference in Bali, Indonesia (27-28 October). It focused on the necessity of the decarbonization of the shipping sector and explored opportunities for Indonesia and members of the G20 to take leadership in advancing this important agenda. Through a programme of high-level in-person panels, exhibitions and a guided workshop, key decision-makers and senior advisers from Indonesia and other countries, leading business representatives from the maritime value-chain, from ship-owners and operators to cargo owners, ports, energy producers and financial institutions, academia and civil society, were apprised of the need to decarbonize shipping. They were also informed of the opportunities it creates, including an understanding

Digitisation of airspace for the use of drones

27 octubre, 2022

The Port Authority has to prepare the airspace for these applications and is therefore setting up a U-Space Airspace prototype – more or less the counterpart of air traffic control for aircraft. To test in practice how we should organise the airspace over the port and keep it safe, the Port Authority has entered into a partnership agreement with software supplier Airwayz. Source: Port of Rotterdam Drones will be a common phenomenon in the skies over the port of the future. To make the port more efficient and safer, drone companies will provide more services in the next few years. It is also expected that drones will be deployed for longer-distance flights, manned as well as unmanned. Airwayz supplies the Unmanned Traffic Management system (UTM), which offers air traffic control services for very-low-level (VLL) airspace. These services are used by drone operators and include flight permission and deconfliction services. First of all, it is essential that manned and unmanned flights in the lowest airspace are visualised. The protocols, procedures, agreements and risk profiles with respect to airspace are drawn up by the Port of Rotterdam Authority as the port manager and by the government as the legislator. This makes the

Fleet of electric cranes operating at Port Of Long Beach Terminal

26 octubre, 2022

Source: Port Of Long Beach Longshore workers are using nine electric cranes to stack containers at one of the Port of Long Beach’s busiest terminals in a large-scale demonstration project as the Port and its partners pursue a goal of a zero-emissions cargo handling fleet by 2030. The demonstration at SSA Marine Pier J is part of the Zero-Emissions Terminal Equipment Transition Project, which is funded in large part by a $9.7 million California Energy Commission grant. The Port, the CEC and Southern California Edison are partnering on the project to put into daily service 21 human-operated vehicles that are zero- or near-zero emissions at three of the Port’s marine terminals and trucking company Total Transportation Services Inc. to test their performance in a real-world setting. As part of the project, SSA retrofitted nine of its existing diesel-powered rubber-tired gantry cranes to run on electricity, recently completing the last one. “In the decades since we created the Green Port Policy, our ambitions have grown from cleaning the air for our community to showing the world it’s possible to do that everywhere,” said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero. “These demonstrations are designed to commercialize heavy-duty zero emissions equipment

Colombia: En Cartagena Autoridad Marítima Colombiana y Organización Marítima Internacional lideran Taller Regional para el Convenio de Agua de Lastre en la Región Caribe

25 octubre, 2022

Fuente: Dimar El taller que cuenta con la asistencia de 18 países de Centroamérica y el Caribe: Antigua y Barbuda, Belice, Colombia, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, El Salvador, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, Jamaica, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Saint Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, San Vicente y las Granadinas, Surinam y Trinidad y Tobago, tiene como objetivo fortalecer la implementación, cumplimiento y aplicación del Convenio de Agua de Lastre en la Región del Caribe, atendiendo a las necesidades físicas, químicas y biológicas de la región con miras a preservar y proteger el medio marino. El agua de lastre de los buques es normalmente identificada como la vía para la introducción involuntaria de especies de plantas, animales y microbios en zonas distintas a su hábitat habitual, esta es usada por los barcos pues cuando navegan a media capacidad de carga necesitan lastre para tener estabilidad, por ello toman agua que es almacenada en tanques y posteriormente es vertida en puertos cuando el barco es cargado, por ello el Capitán de Navío Darío Sanabria, Capitán de Puerto de Cartagena, manifestó la importancia de continuar trabajando en el desarrollo de capacidades para evitar la introducción de organismos patógenos, una situación en la que la comunidad internacional

South Florida Container Terminal welcomes new Medgulf service; Announces order for more cranes

24 octubre, 2022

South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT) located in the Port of Miami, welcomed the new CMA CGM Medgulf service. The weekly service offers Florida supply chains a first port of call to/from the West Med before proceeding into the U.S. Gulf and Mexico. The new route also offers an improved transit time from the Indian Subcontinent via Tanger, with 29-day transit to Miami. Source: APM Terminals The service started end of September 2022 and calls Tanger, Genoa, Valencia, Miami, Veracruz, Altamira and Houston. Six vessels will operate the service including the CMA CGM NAVEGANTES that called SFCT on October 19th. To prepare for future cargo growth and larger ships, SFCT is announcing an order for more cargo handling equipment at the port. 12 electric, emission-free, rubber tire gantry cranes have been ordered from Konecranes for delivery in Q2 2023. The order comes on the heels of a three-year modernization project that transformed the facility into a more sustainable operation with new, electric rubber tire gantry (RTG) cranes and added cargo storage space, using a densification model which allows 33% more usability in the container yard than before. This will increase capacity to approximately 300,000 lifts per year. Hugh Healey, Head of

More Filters