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Inchcape Shipping Services to expand customer base with office opening in Venezuela

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The new office is part of ISS’s South America expansion strategy which will see it open more offices in Venezuela and other parts of the subcontinent.  

ISS, which has worked in Venezuela for many years through qualified sub-agents, has opened the office in Puerto La Cruz to meet the country’s growing demand for shipping services, particularly in the tanker, offshore and liner sectors.  The office will also enable ISS to take advantage of the growth in cruise business in the country.

Juan Carlos Trujillo of ISS Venezuela, said: “The Venezuelan economy is steadily expanding and we are now well-positioned to service the needs of shipowners and operators using her ports.

“The new office enables us to capitalise on market opportunities and also enhance the service to existing customers. In seeking to become the largest proprietary agency network on the subcontinent, this will be the first of a number of new offices in the Venezuela and across South America.”

Performance Team opens On-Terminal Transload Operation at Port of Charleston

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Performance Team will operate out of the Wando Welch Terminal’s container freight station, where the company will transload cargo from ocean-going shipping container to truck for distribution to its network of customers throughout the Southeast.

“We are excited to be able to offer our customers on-port transload and distribution services,” said Cliff Katab, president of Performance Team. “The service will greatly improve turn times and allow their supply chains to be more flexible with increased speed.”  

The Wando site is expected to handle both import and export cargo as the company continues to expand in the Southeast. Transloading the goods on-site allows for greater efficiencies, reduced cost and faster speed to market for retail imports.

“We welcome Performance Team’s expansion in the Charleston region,” said Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority. “This on-terminal transloading service offers added value to shippers who rely on Charleston’s high productivity, proximity to population centers and extensive service network to get their product to market.”

Furthermore, the port’s deep shipping channels have placed Charleston in prime position for big-ship growth in the coming years, as carriers deploy larger vessels and the Panama Canal expansion is completed in 2014. A next-generation harbor deepening project for Charleston is currently underway.

“As the premier East Coast deep water port, Charleston will be able to support all of our importers’ needs for years to come. It is a great match,” Katab said.

Performance Team, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., operates more than 5 million square feet of warehouse space across the U.S., including a 250,000-square-foot warehouse in nearby Goose Creek, SC. The company has extensive experience in product-handling for the retail sector, with customers including Belk, Positec, Best Buy and others.

David Madden, the company’s new senior director of operations, will oversee the Charleston facilities. After entering the local market in 2007, Performance Team’s local staff has grown more than 200 percent in just 5 years.

Antwerp port community publishes first Sustainability Report

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The report arose out of the “Total Plan for the Port of Antwerp” which reached its completion on 22 June 2010. The final conclusions put forward by the various workgroups all pointed to a common theme, namely sustainability. This was a clear sign that all stakeholders in the port are conscious of the importance of sustainability in developing the port of the 21st century. Competitive advantage is no longer limited to the strictly economic sphere; increasingly it is being sought in a wider social and indeed international context.

The main initiative-takers and driving forces behind the report were Antwerp Port Authority and the Left Bank Development Corporation (for the public sector) and Alfaport Antwerp (representing the private sector). The report was drawn up in accordance with the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standard, with the GRI guidelines and methodology being adapted in consultation with the GRI bureau. This was necessary in order to make the reporting framework relevant to the port of Antwerp, as the GRI standard was initially developed for individual companies or organisations whereas a community such as a port is much wider and more complex. This first Sustainability Report also forms a “zero datum point.” As such it lays the ground for new joint projects, indicates where further study and research are necessary, and forms the basis for developing a sustainable port of and for people.

In preparing the report the indicators and texts were submitted to the stakeholders no less than three times, so as to ensure that it enjoyed the widest possible support. A number of selected indicators were then validated by the PwC auditing company. The Port of Antwerp Sustainability Report has been published in the form of a website, with the port and its sustainability first being placed in a global, strategic perspective. The report then follows the path that goods from all over the world take to their final destinations in the hinterland via the port of Antwerp. This takes the form of a series of nine “stops along the way” looking at various results in terms of people, planet and profit. By means of testimonials, interviews, film clips and photographs, readers obtain an in-depth view of the actions taken and the investments made by stakeholders within the port in order to ensure sustainability as part of a future-oriented policy for the port.
The Antwerp port community is proud of this Sustainability Report and the support that it enjoys, and aims to repeat the exercise every two years.

Indonesia's most complete fertiliser producer orders second Siwertell unloader from Cargotec

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“The customer chose our Siwertell technology again, because they wanted a highly efficient continuous screw-type unloader, which was also capable of safely handling potentially explosive materials, such as sulphur,” says Anders Paulsson, Cargotec Sales Manager, Bulk Handling. “We have by far the most knowledge and experience of screw-type unloaders, and can offer them at competitive prices.”
Cargotec supplied Petrokimia Gresik with a ST640-DOB Siwertell ship unloader in 1996, and this latest contract will see it deliver the latest version of the same type within the next 13 months. The ship unloader will be erected at its operating site in Gresik, Indonesia and able to handle rock phosphate, sulphur, urea and ammonium sulphate at a rated capacity of 1,000t/h. Petrokimia plans to have the site running from mid 2013.
 
“With a totally enclosed system, our Siwertell unloaders offer customers an environmentally-friendly solution. Also, for handling sulphur, the unloader has a built-in safety mechanism; our award-winning 4S system,” highlights Mr Paulsson.

The 4S (Siwertell sulphur safety system) is designed to minimise the risk of explosions and detect fires. Cargotec now applies the 4S to all ship unloaders aimed for sulphur unloading, both those for larger ships and road-mobile unloaders for smaller ships.

To prevent explosions and fires, the Siwertell unit is equipped with nozzles that spray water at the inlet feeder and in the conveyor transfer points. An automatic lubrication system is installed to lubricate and cool down end bearings and intermediate bearings. There are also fire detectors along the conveying line, and when activated these automatically start the fire extinguishing system spraying water and stop the conveyors. This is vital to prevent fires entering the storage building. To manage any explosion, the conveyor’s steel casings are reinforced with extra-thick steel, and explosion-venting valves are fitted along the conveyors and dust collectors to relieve pressure.