Vessel News
Rotterdam not just the largest terminal – the most modern as well
The port of Rotterdam is not only home to ultra-modern container terminals, but also to a truly cutting-edge dry bulk terminal?
Clearing agents to shut down Lagos ports over restriction of trucks
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on
Thursday threatened to shut down the Lagos ports over restriction order
on movement of trucks.
This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos
by the National Publicity Secretary of the association, Mr Kayode
Farinto.
The statement said the association might have no option than to
collaborate with trailers drivers, ask its members to withdraw their
services and shut down the ports.
CMP Looking into Relocation of Its Container Terminal
CMP, operator of the container terminal in Nordhavn, Copenhagen
has signed a letter of intent with the Port of Køge to explore the
possibilities for future cooperation on relocation of CMP’s container
terminal.
Trade News and Updates
Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership Advisory Group
Meeting agenda – 17 September 2015
14:00-17:30, Charlemagne building
1. Investment protection and investor arbitration
2. Sectors
3. Update and forward look
4. Any other business
Updates will follow as they become available.
These will include ; Rules of Origin in TTIP
- Reasons for negotiating rules of origin
European Commission supports better access to medicines in poorest countries
The Commission agreed to support the least developed countries’ call for
easier access to cheaper medicines by means of an indefinite exemption
from World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property rules for
pharmaceuticals
Outreach -
Update on Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) negotiations
The EGA aims to remove barriers to trade in environmental goods to
reduce their cost and increase their uptake globally. Environmental
goods cover technologies crucial for e.g. renewable energy generation,
waste management, water treatment, air pollution control, environmental
remediation and clean up, environmental monitoring and analysis, and
energy efficiency.
$200k grant available for fuel-saving technology
Carbon War Room (CWR), a non-profit organisation backed by Virgin
boss Richard Branson, reports that it is to make grants up to
US$200,000 to finance shipowners or charterers in retrofitting a single
vessel with a bundle of technologies, with the aim of creating a minimum
fuel saving of 10–15 per cent.
