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Containership newbuilding UMM SALAL makes first call in Port of Hamburg

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12 June 2011

The UMM SALAL is 365.5 metres long, 48.40 metres wide and is equipped with over 1,000 reefer slots, making it the first of nine ships of this size to be completed in 2011 and 2012.

Together with Jörn Warwel, deputy head of the Nautical Control Centre, Günter Kuhberg, Managing Director of UASC (NWE), as well as other representatives from UASC shipping line and the terminal operator Eurogate, the Captain of the UMM SALAL, Mohammed Sajid, was presented with a plaque bearing the Port of Hamburg’s admiralty coat of arms to commemorate the ship’s first call.

The UMM SALAL and the other UASC ships are fitted with ‘Stowman’ planning software produced by Interschalt Marine Systems, based in Schenefeld near Hamburg. The software optimizes container stowage and facilitates improved use of capacity. Over and above this the UMM SALAL is equipped with the most modern environmental technology, taking a leading role in convincing environmentally friendly transport management for such giant container ships.

The UMM SALAL will sail in the weekly Europe-Far East container service AEC-8, which UASC runs together with CMA CGM, China Shipping and Evergreen. The four shipping lines deploy the nine ships with a slot capacity between 9,500 and 14,100 TEU, in the AEC-8, the FAL-2 and AEX-7 services. They call at the following ports: Hamburg, Zeebrügge, Port Klang, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Port Klang, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Hamburg. The round trip for the complete loop will take 63 days. Together with the AEC-2 and leased slots on other services from other carriers UASC has a total of seven connections between the Far East and Hamburg.

So far in 2011 the Port of Hamburg has been able to greet three new Far East Services. In the first three months of the year 1.3 million TEU were handled, in waterborne container traffic with the Asia trade. That represents 15.7 percent more than in the same time period in the previous year.

Vosta LMG signed contract for two CSD's 500 with JMI

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12 June 2011

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Concurrently, VOSTA LMG is building two CSD’s of the type 600 S for JMI. The key laying of two CSD’s 500 was scheduled to take place on Thursday June 2 in Sharjah (UAE).

Marseilles Fos completes port reform transfers

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8 June 2011

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Stevedore Intramar has a 66% stake in the company, with the port authority holding 34%. Cargo handling at the port is now entirely carried out by private or part-private companies. On May 3, a total of 160 Fos-based personnel were transferred to Eurofos and Seayard at the container terminal and to Carfos at the ore and grain terminals. Six post-Panamax container gantries were also handed over together with cranes and conveyor plant for the dry bulk operations.

This was followed on May 16 with the transfer of 210 personnel, discharge arms and the pipeline network for the Fos and Lavera oil terminals. These are now operated by Fluxel, a specially formed venture between the port authority and three private industrial partners. Under the national reforms, the port authority’s overriding future focus will be on development and infrastructure. In this respect the executive board hosted a meeting on May 24 to seek further backing from its public
funding partners. National, regional and city authorities contributed 25% of the EUR560m required under the port’s 2005-2010 investment plan for projects such as the Fos 2XL container, Tellines cereals and Marseilles passenger terminals.

The port now wants support for its 2009-2013 strategic plan, which budgets EUR600m for developments including Fos 4XL, the Distriport and Feuillane logistics zones, an enhanced rail network and enlarged access for the new generation of ferries and cruise vessels. Executive chairman Jean-Claude Terrier says: “Our ambition is to offer world class infrastructure and leading-edge multimodal logistics facilities. Strong investment partnerships, particularly with local authorities, are essential
in helping us to develop port traffic and employment opportunities.” The Fluxel board held its first meeting on May 13 to mark the
company’s official constitution as the new operator of the Fos and Lavera oil terminals. The Marseilles Fos port authority has a 66% stake in the company since the terminals are deemed to be of national importance, with three private
partners holding the balance. Global petrochemicals company INEOS, part of a group with existing interests in the Lavera industrial complex, has a 20% stake. SPSE – responsible for South European Pipeline deliveries to Switzerland and Germany – has 10%, while the remaining 4% is held by inland waterways products carrier CFT, which
serves the Rhone-Saone corridor. The port authority has the discretion to seek new partners and reduce its share while maintaining a majority stake.

Philippine president visits ICTSI Brunei terminal

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3 June 2011

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The MCT is Brunei Darussalam’s only international container terminal and is that country’s main international trading gateway. This is ICTSI’s first and only operation in that country with ICTSI currently having 22 port operations and projects in 17 countries. The presidential visit underscores Philippine success in the port industry both locally and abroad, contributing to the economy of the Philippines and the host country.