Global Maritime

Perú: Sector público y privado portuario de Pisco generan sinergias en beneficio de la actividad portuaria local

20 mayo, 2022

Fuente: APN La Autoridad Portuaria Nacional del Perú (APN), a través de su Oficina Desconcentrada en Pisco, se reunió con las autoridades locales, así como con el operador del Terminal Portuario General San Martín, Puerto de Paracas. Esta reunión, llevada a cabo el 10 de mayo pasado y liderada por el coordinador de la Oficina Desconcentrada de Pisco, Christian Oliva, tuvo como finalidad la coordinación de temas operativos y novedades de las agencias marítimas y empresas de servicios portuarios básicos del puerto. Por otro lado, se coordinó con los participantes para mejorar y apoyar en la nueva temporada de Cruceros del puerto de Pisco, velando porque se cumplan los protocolos y cuidados de los pasajeros y tripulantes. En dicha reunión participaron el capitán de Puerto de Pisco, la Sanidad Marítima Internacional, la Dirandro – Base Portuaria Pisco, la Intendencia de Aduanas, Migraciones Callao y, por el lado del concesionario, el gerente de Operaciones del Puerto de Paracas, César Rojas.

New report from WTTC reveals UK Travel & Tourism sector is expected to create 700,000 jobs over the next decade

19 mayo, 2022

Source: WTTC The World Travel & Tourism Council’s latest Economic Impact Report (EIR) reveals the Travel & Tourism sector in the UK is expected to create nearly 700,000 new jobs over the next decade. The forecast from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), shows an average of 70,000 new jobs will be created every year for the next 10 years. According to the report, the UK’s Travel & Tourism’s contribution to GDP is forecasted to grow at an average rate of 3% annually between 2022-2032. This is nearly twice the 1.7% growth rate of the overall economy and is set to reach more than £286 billion (10.1% of the total economy). By the end of 2022, the sector’s contribution to GDP is expected to grow nearly two thirds (62.7%) to nearly £214 billion, amounting to 8.9% of the total economic GDP. However, over this period, employment in the sector is set to grow by only 0.5%, to reach just over four million jobs. Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: “Over the long term the future looks bright for the revival of the UK Travel & Tourism sector, but in the short term, international visitor spend is so low

FIATA launches paperless FBL solution, allowing freight-forwarders to issue secured paperless FBL through their everyday TMS and alternative software tools

19 mayo, 2022

Source: FIATA FIATA is proud to bring its members a pragmatic solution to move from paper documents to paperless FBLs, which can be issued directly through their everyday tools. The FIATA solution improves the level of security of the FIATA BL in comparison to the paper version, making use of blockchain technology to authenticate the documents and provide an audit trail. Conscious of the various challenges which remain to be overcome to achieve worldwide adoption and legal recognition of electronic exchange of data, the paperless FBL is an answer to the needs of the industry for improved access and exchange of trade documents. The document issuer can decide in which format (s)he wishes to share the original unaltered document with its stakeholders: in paper form or as a PDF. Based on its eFBL data standard, FIATA has developed an API service, available free of charge to all software providers, allowing them to connect with FIATA to create secured paperless FBLs. As of today, seven software providers have already signed an agreement with the Federation to implement the solution: AKANEA, Cargowise, CargoX, edoxOnline (Global Share), InfoSysTech-IST, Nabu and Usyncro. We are very pleased to announce that the paperless FBLs can start to be issued as of today with edoxOnline, InfoSysTech-IST and

A.P. Moller – Maersk announces India’s first Women Seafarer’s Cadet Programme

19 mayo, 2022

Source: Maersk On the occasion of the first International Day for Women in Maritime, A.P. Moller – Maersk’s (Maersk) today announced India’s first seafarers’ cadet programme dedicated to women. Young women who wish to choose a career in seafaring can enrol for the programme facilitated by AMET, Chennai, after completing their high school (10+2) and choose between the three-year Bachelors in Nautical Science or the four-year Bachelors in Engineering degree courses. By promoting women to take up these courses and ensuring that they get access to the right academics in the right environment, Maersk is truly committing itself to improve Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in the long run. “Women are reshaping the corporate world, taking on responsibilities in almost every sector, function and role. However, the seafaring community, which has otherwise been male-dominated, has not progressed at the same pace as the mainstream corporates. This must change, and to bring about that change, it is necessary to start at grass root level. Women make 0.5% of the total Indian seafarers today. This gender imbalance can be improved if the whole industry makes efforts to provide proper career counselling to young women and their parents at the right age, facilitate

Spain: Valenciaport detects a contraction in Spanish export activity in April

19 mayo, 2022

Source: Valenciaport The geopolitical situation marked by the world crisis in the energy sector, the war in Ukraine, the price of fuel, the increase in the cost of energy and the shortage of raw materials are weighing down the activity of Spanish companies that use the docks of Valenciaport to sell their products abroad, while domestic demand continues to rise. Thus, in the first four months of the year, data from the Statistical Bulletin of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) show that total traffic amounted to more than 27 million tonnes, which represents a decrease of 3.66% compared to the same period in 2021, while TEUs (standard 20-foot container) amounted to 1,702,236, with a drop of 7.99%. Regarding containers, full containers dedicated to foreign sales have decreased by 12.72%, while those dedicated to imports have grown by 6.96% during the first four months of the year. A situation that is also seen in the month of April, where full cargo containers fell by 19.87% while those for unloading grew by 35.5%. This trend is shown in all sectors with generalised decreases in all of them such as vehicles and transport elements (-7.68%), agri-foodstuffs (-15.79%), construction materials (-10.55%), chemical products

España: València, capital de los puertos europeos

18 mayo, 2022

Fuente: Valenciaport València acogerá los próximos 2 y 3 de junio la conferencia anual de la Organización Europea de Puertos Marítimos (ESPO), la institución que representa a la autoridades, asociaciones y administraciones portuarias de los países de la Unión Europea. El Cap i Casal se convertirá en el centro neurálgico para debatir y analizar sobre el presente y el futuro del transporte marítimo, un sector que moviliza el 90% del comercio mundial. Bajo el lema Empowering Europe’s Ports, la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencia de València, recibirá a los representantes de los principales puertos comerciales de Europa, empresas marítimas, e instituciones europeas y españolas para debatir y estudiar las novedades de un sector que opera en un entorno social, comercial y geopolítico diferente al de los últimos años. Un contexto marcado por la crisis sanitaria mundial y la guerra en Ucrania, en un momento en el que Europa está tratando de lograr una autonomía estratégica, salvaguardando así un entorno comercial y económico estable y garantizando la seguridad del suministro de materias primas y bienes críticos. Y un entorno en el que los puertos, siguiendo la estrategia diseñada por Europa, se están preparando para ser unos recintos neutros de

MOL and CAEM signs a contract for development and use of new Marine Exhaust Treatment System for car carriers in California
– Contributing air pollution control in California –

18 mayo, 2022

Source: MOL Mol announced that has agreed a contract to provide the funds for Clean Air Engineering Maritime, Inc (CAEM; Head office; California, U.S.A), a ship-auxiliary generator exhaust treatment company, to develop a new-generation Marine Exhaust Treatment System (Drawing 1) for use on MOL operating car carriers from 2025 to prevent air pollutions in California, U.S.A. State of California in the United States is taking advanced measures to prevent air pollution. In particular, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) “At-Berth Regulation“, which regulates the emission of exhaust from diesel auxiliary engines on certain classes of ships arriving in California ports in the United States, regulated ships calling in that state are required to reduce the amount of air pollutants (PM: diesel microparticles, NOx: nitrogen oxides, etc.) emitted during their mooring at ports. Regulations began for container ships in 2007, and car carriers are scheduled to be included in the regulations in 2025. In June 2015, CAEM became the first company to receive CARB approval for its barge-based Marine Exhaust Treatment System (METS-1) which captures air pollutants exhausted from the ship’s stack and treats the exhaust removing all of the required pollutants pursuant to CARB standards. CAEM has been providing

IATA: Accelerate Asia-Pacific Aviation Recovery

17 mayo, 2022

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged Asia-Pacific states to further ease border measures to accelerate the region’s recovery from COVID-19. “Asia-Pacific is playing catch-up on restarting travel after COVID-19, but there is growing momentum with governments lifting many travel restrictions. The demand for people to travel is clear. As soon as measures are relaxed there is an immediate positive reaction from travelers. So it is critical that all stakeholders, including governments are well-prepared for the restart. We cannot delay. Jobs are at stake and people want to travel,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General, in his keynote address at the Changi Aviation Summit. The Asia-Pacific region’s international passenger demand for March reached 17% of pre-COVID levels, after having hovered at below 10% for most of the last two years. “This is far below the global trend where markets have recovered to 60% of pre-crisis levels. The lag is because of government restrictions. The sooner they are lifted, the sooner we will see a recovery in the region’s travel and tourism sector, and all the economic benefits that will bring,” said Walsh. Walsh urged Asia-Pacific governments to continue easing measures and bring normalcy to air travel by:

Port of Salalah commissions to new equipment to increase efficiency and meet demand

17 mayo, 2022

Source: APM Terminals This year, the Port of Salalah, Oman, has brought sixteen new eco-efficient, rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG’s) from ZPMC into operation and three new mobile harbour cranes from Liebherr. This has enabled the port to expand operations, enhance container and general cargo handling and reduce the terminal’s environmental impact. The contract with ZPMC and Liebherr is a part of a wider investment in expanding the Port’s future capacity to ensuring the terminal is equipped with the latest technology and equipment to support local and international business customers. This agreement aligns with Oman’s 2040 Vision, to elevate infrastructure as a key economic instrument to further grow the transportation and logistics sector. Environmental benefits Reducing fuel burn by 20%, the new RTGs are an important step in the terminal’s long-term plan to have zero-carbon emissions. They are fitted with the latest Siemens technology and are capable of lifting 41-tons, with six wide stacking plus truck lanes. They can be fully monitored remotely and are integrated with the asset digitization system currently being installed in the terminal to monitor production and efficiency. In addition, they have laser anti-collision systems to provide protection to machinery and pedestrians. “Innovation and improvement are at

Colombia: Dimar anuncia medidas de seguridad durante el desarrollo del Sail Cartagena 2022

17 mayo, 2022

Fuente: Dimar De cara al desarrollo del Sail Cartagena 2022, evento que tendrá lugar entre el 21 y el 26 de mayo, la Dirección General Marítima (Dimar), a través de la Capitanía de Puerto de Cartagena, invita al gremio náutico a cumplir las medidas de seguridad marítima dispuestas para las diferentes actividades que se llevarán a cabo. Es importante que las naves que se sumen al desfile de bienvenida de los veleros y el concierto al interior de la bahía que se realizará el sábado 21 de mayo, desde las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., respectivamente, deberán estar en óptimas condiciones para navegar, tener a bordo los elementos de seguridad y contar con los permisos y documentación vigente ante la Autoridad Marítima. A su vez, las tripulaciones con las licencias correspondientes y al día. La Capitanía de Puerto reitera que está prohibido el trasbordo de personas de una embarcación a otra, lanzarse al agua durante los eventos, exceder el cupo de pasajeros dispuesto para cada nave, lanzar fuegos artificiales, y exceder los límites de velocidad y ruido permitidos en la bahía interna. Asimismo, se invita a los participantes a respetar la señalización que será instalada en próximos días por

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