Shipping Trade and Transport News 1st November 2015

 

Vessel News

M.V. Thetis D  - Hapag Lloyd

Explosion on board this vessel has caused extensive damage to the vessel it has made repair on the ship impossible. The charterer Hapag-Lloyd has removed this vessel from the Russian Express Service and replace it with the Malta Flagged vessel M.V. Frederik.

Port News

Port of Chennai - India Maersk adds the longest ship to call at the port

M.V. Maersk Serangoon making it the longest vessel to call at Chennai port.  This demonstrates their confidence in the south India market.

OOCL celebrates their Final 8,888 TEU newbuilding

OCCL announce their newest container ship, the OOCL 'Ho Chi Minh City' at Changxing Island today This vessel is the last of the eight ordered from Hungdong-Zonghau Shipbuilding yard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU Publications

 

Single market integration and competitiveness in the EU and its member states 2015 

 

The economic performance of the EU has improved in 2014 relative to the two previous years. While growth rates remain low and it will take time to reduce unemployment in some Member States, the EU is steadily recovering despite political and international economic uncertainties. The fall in oil prices is providing an additional boost to the EU economy which has presented record trade surplus figures in the first half of 2015. This report has been written by the staff of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission. It was published as Staff Working Document SWD(2015) 203 final on 28 October 2015 accompanying the Communication Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and business, COM(2015) 550.

 

 

 

 

 

Report on EU cusotms enforcement on intellectual propety rights - Results at the EU border 2014

According to a report published by the European Commission on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the EU, authorities detained 35.5 million individual items of fake or counterfeit goods in 2014 with an overall total value of over EUR 617 million. The statistics for 2014 show that the high number of detentions can be linked to the large amount of small parcels in express and postal traffic due to the rise in Internet sales. Information is also included on the categories of goods detained, on their countries of origin and on the modes of transport used to ship such goods.

Asia and the EU 

Latest news about Asia and the European Union. The EU is deepening its strategic partnerships with China, India, Japan and negotiations are well underway on new partnership and free trade agreements with South Korea and with south-east Asian countries. Asia comprises high-income industrialised partners and dynamic emerging economies but is also home to two thirds of the world's poor. Development cooperation therefore remains high on the EU's agenda with Asia, and more than five billion euros allocated to Asia by the EU for the period 2007-2013. Policies are address common challenges, such as climate change, sustainable development, security and stability, governance and human rights, as well as the prevention of, and response to natural and human disasters. The EU is stepping up its support to regional integration through the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), and intensifying cooperation with the Association of South-East Asia Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). 

 

China Calls for the UK to remain as part of the EU

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his visit to Britain on Friday with a call for Britain to remain in the European Union and a trip to see the English Premier League leaders Manchester City.

EU and the Middle East

 

The European Union's relations with the Middle East. The European Union is an active player in supporting efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and contributes, also as a member of the so-called Middle East Quartet (US, EU, Russia and UN), to the Middle East Peace process. EU relations with its southern neighbours features a regional dimension, the Union for the Mediterranean. The EU also has a region-to-region relationship with the “Gulf Cooperation Council” (GCC) made up of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, there are also bilateral EU-relations with Iran, Iraq and Yemen.

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WCO - World Customs Organisation - Is your company prepared for AEO when trading with global markets?

Information advice and guidance is available to anyone involved in shipping, trade (export/import) transport, warehousing and freight forwarding.

China  - CME 

Japan   - AEO

Korea  - AEO

Malaysia - AEO

New Zealand - SES

Singapore - STP

Argentina - SAOC

Canada - PIP

USA - C-TPAT

EU - AEO

Norway - AEO

Switzerland - AEO

Jordan - GLP

Countries to be Launched

Botswana - TKAS

Chile - AEO pilot

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - AO

Israel - AEO

Morocco AEO 

Customs Compliance Programmes

Brazil - Blue Line

El Salvador - PACE

Indonesia - MITA

Kenya - AEO

Rwanda Compiant Trader Schemes

Serbia - PSD

Tanzania - CTS

Thailand - Gold Card

Mutual Recognition Status:

Concluded

New Zeland - USA

Japan - New Zealand

Canada - USA

Jordan - ~USA

Japan - ~USA

Eu - Norway

Canada - Japan

Canada - Korea