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Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos begins Statewide "Down to Business" Tour at Bayport Container Terminal

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27 March 2015

Cascos serves as the state’s 110th Secretary of State. Asthe new Secretary of State, Cascos was interested in learning more about how the Port of Houston contributes to international trade and the Texas economy and made the Port of Houston his first stop. “I wanted to start here (Port of Houston) because
this is the economic engine of the coast and of the state,” Secretary Cascos said.

The Port Authority operates the public terminals at the Port of Houston, which is the nation’s largest port in terms of foreign waterborne tonnage. The Port of Houston contributes to the creation of more than one million jobs in Texas, with an economic impact of nearly $179 billion. Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria, along with key Port Authority officials, welcomed the Secretary of State and provided a tour and a briefing. “We were thrilled to host Secretary Cascos for a briefing and tour of Bayport, to demonstrate the technology, innovation and teamwork that makes our container terminals and other facilities the best and most productive in the nation,” Chairman Longoria said.

The briefing Cascos received focused on the port’s economic impact and the Port Authority’s growth and expansion plans. Opportunities for trade due to expected population growth and the Panama Canal expansion also were discussed.

Bottlenecks in Rotterdam affect inland waterway transports

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For several weeks now, the increasing bottlenecks in the processing of inland vessels in Rotterdam have led to additional costs for Transbox.

Ever since the beginning of this year, barges in Rotterdam have had to contend with long waiting times, and now many barges are having to wait for up to 72 hours to be processed. To continue to keep to its own schedules, Transbox has increasingly had to charter additional tonnage, because its own vessels were still waiting to be processed.

“In order to be able to continue to offer this product, we will be levying a surcharge of 6 Euro per TEU for full and empty containers, for all transports to Rotterdam, commencing with departures on 30 March 2015”, says Marcel Hulsker, Managing Director of Transbox. “This decision stands until the situation improves again. We will continue to keep a close watch on the situation in Rotterdam. We would ask our customers to book as early as possible to enable us to plan more efficiently.”

APM Terminals Apapa wins Nigerian Safety Award

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APM Terminals Apapa wins Nigerian Safety Award

The Managing Director of APM Terminals Apapa, Andrew Dawes, dedicated the award to the terminal’s employees and partners, stating “This achievement is made possible through the safety culture of personal responsibility which we practice and embrace, and through the personal commitment of our staff and business partners working together for a safe workplace environment”.

On a company-wide basis, APM Terminals’ Lost-Time Incident Frequency (LTIF) rate declined from 2.53 in 2013 to 1.81 per million man-hours worked in 2014 across the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, in facilities managed by APM Terminals. The APM Terminals Apapa LTIF rate for 2014 was 0.47 per million man-hours worked.

APM Terminals Apapa is the largest container facility by capacity of the three serving Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city and business center. With a container throughput of 700,000 TEUs in 2014, APM Terminals Apapa is the busiest container terminal in the West African Region, handling 50% of Nigeria’s inbound containers. A 350 million USD investment and expansion program since 2006 by APM Terminals Apapa has resulted in container volumes more than doubling and productivity increasing significantly, with waiting time
for vessel berthing eliminated. Regular rail service, running three times per week to the inland cities of Kaduna, 730 km (455 miles) from Lagos, and Kano, 960 km (600 miles) distant, was also established in August 2013.

CSCL maiden call at the AGCT launches Ocean 3 in Rijeka

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CSCL maiden call at the AGCT launches Ocean 3 in Rijeka

The vessel arrived at the AGCT last 18 February and is deployed to Ocean 3’s Phoex / AMX8 / AMC4 weekly service. In September 2014, shipping lines CMA CGM, CSCL and United Arab Shipping Co. formed the Ocean 3 alliance to optimize and consolidate several of their services routes between Asia and Europe, and Asia and North America.

The Phoex / AMX8 / AMC4 service allows Rijeka to be linked to the Far East, connecting strategic ports on the route from Shanghai to Rijeka, and follows this rotation: Shanghai – Busan – Ningbo – Chiwan – Port Kelang – Malta – Kopar – Trieste – Rijeka – Venice – Kopar – Malta – Port Kelang – Chiwan – Shanghai.

Ten container vessels are deployed in the route, with each vessel having an average length of 280 meters and a capacity of 5,700 TEUs.

Photo shows: Phillip Marsham (left), former AGCT CEO, and Alessandro Becce (right), AGCT CEO, presented the welcome crest to Tu Jianlin, Xin Qin Huang Dao Vessel Master, during the vessel’s maiden call at the AGCT.