Shipping Trade and Transport News 25th November 2015

 

 

Northern Volition on fire  with at least two burnt out containers. 

The vessel is en route from Ho Chi Nubg to Shanghai with around 900 containers on board

Bandar Abbas - Iran
15 major container lines call at southern Iranian port

 

 

Top maritime regulators arrive in Brussels to review competition in box trades

BRUSSELS will host a top level meeting of maritime antitrust regulators tomorrow to review the impact on competition of the global container line alliances and related industry developments.The June 18 meeting will be attended by representatives from the US, China and Europe

Suezmax and aframax rates firm up amid healthy vessel demand

SUEZMAX earnings firmed up last week, supported by healthy vessel demand on the Black Sea trades, where congestion in Turkey is reported, while aframax rates were supported by buoyant Caribbean and US Gulf markets.The Baltic Exchange suezmax time charter equivalent,

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North P&I predicts return to underwriting profit

NORTH P&I Club is set to bring its combined ratio back into positive territory after the key yardstick drifted out as high as 109% this year, ranking it among the worst performers in the International Group
 

BIMCO adds anti-corruption clause

BIMCO has added a voluntary anti-corruption clause to its charter contracts. The clause includes protection for a ship’s owners in the event that the ship is delayed by the refusal to make facilitation payments.When an illegal demand is made of a vessel
 

Panama Canal congestion measures 'are working

CONTINUED measures by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to ease the flow of vessel traffic and transit time in the waterway have begun to bear fruit.As a result, wait times for vessels transiting the canal have been cut by 60% from the October peak of 10 days to four days or less

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Oil currently at around $44 a barrel

 

Strike action by SVSA staff 

 

DfT discuss the future of the DVSA and DVLA

The review is looking at matching fees charged to businesses and motorists to the costs of the services provided, - See more at: https://www.rha.uk.net/news/2015-11-november/rha-messenger-18-november#sthash.9aCTeNOE.dpuf

The review is looking at matching fees charges to business and motorists for the cost of the service provided

MPs discuss driver shortages

Nick Boles said" we are working closely with a group of leading sector employers to support the development of a new apprenticeship standard for heavy good vehicle drivers.

“We are working closely with a group of leading sector employers to support the development of a new apprenticeship standard for heavy goods vehicle drivers - See more at: https://www.rha.uk.net/news/2015-11-november/rha-messenger-18-november#sthash.9aCTeNOE.dpuf

Shipping Trade and Transport News 24th November 2015

Security

Brittany Ferries are saying security is at the forefront following the Paris attacks

Security will be stepped up in light of the recent issues.

  

Collisions

M.V. Zi Yun - Collison with tanker Guoliang 399 off  Zhousan, China

Man died after falling overboard the M.V. Olza the vessel was in the Northsea unfortunately the Guolian 399 sank however with no loss of life.

MSC Mastro - Saves crew of capsized fishing vessel of the coast of Borkum Island (Saxony northwestern Germany)

M.V. Independence of Seas rescued 8 refugees fleeing from Cuba after they were spotted out at sea. The eight were floating on a row boat attached to barrels.

Owners of cruise ship Saint Laurent filed for bankrupcy after the accident during the summer of 2015 

Tug 'Entebe Megastarb' - 11 dead, one missing in collision involving a Indonesian tug Entebe Megastarb. The incident took place under the bridge in Marabahan Kabupaten Kuala

M.V Lancelot V police called to the vessel at the port of Tauranga (New Zeland) to deal with a fight which occurred on board It would appear that several police were called along with ambulances.  

 

Magleby Maersk arrived  at DP Worlds flagship Jebel Ali which is the world's largest container vessel.

Stena Nautica was involved a collision with a wind farm installation vessel which broke lose from its mooring in the port of Grenaa (Denmark) during gale force winds 

EU Trade News

Stronger control of firearms

 

Today the European Commission adopted a package of measures to make it more difficult to acquire firearms in the European Union, easier to track legally held firearms, strengthen cooperation between Member States and to ensure that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable. 

The package of measures on firearms adopted by the College of Commissioners today includes a revision of the Firearms Directive to tighten controls on the acquisition and possession of firearms; a Regulation on common minimum standards for deactivation of firearms. The Commission also announced that it will prepare an action plan against the illegal trafficking of weapons and explosives.