COSCO SHIPPING LINE - NEW CHANGES

Cosco Shipping Lines, the container shipping unit of China Cosco Shipping Group, has appointed Yang Zhijian as the new managing director of the company. Yang will replace Wang Haimin, who was promoted as vice president of Cosco Shipping Group in February and had been holding the two concurrent positions during the transition period. 

Yang has been serving in Cosco for more than 30 years and his most recent position was managing Director of Cosco Shipping Bulk. Cosco’s container shipping unit is the third largest in the world, and the largest in Asia.

In terms of value, global seaborne container trade is believed to account for approximately 60 percent of all world seaborne trade, which was valued at around 12 trillion U.S. dollars in 2017. While the quantity of goods carried by containers has risen from around 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons in 2017, vessels have likewise increased their capacity. Between 1980 and 2018, the dead weight tonnage of container ships has grown from about 11 million metric tons to around 253 million metric tons. 

As of July 2016, the global cellular container ship fleet had the capacity to carry some 20 million standard containers. With a total capacity of around four million TEUs, 

Danish shipping line APM-Maersk is currently the largest container-shipping company globally, followed by MSC, COSCO, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd. 

Germany's Hapag-Lloyd went public in 2015, Maersk acquired Germany's Hamburg Süd in 2017.

CARGO EFFICIENCY AT THE PORT OF MOMBASA, KENYA

• All imported cargo intended for Mombasa and its environs will also need clearance at the Port of Mombasa.

The Kenyan Government through it's Custom arm, The Kenya Revenue Authority has set new guidelines to enhance efficiency at the port of Mombasa and the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi.

In a statement issued by KRA Commissioner General James Mburu, all imported cargo for delivery to Nairobi shall now be conveyed by the Standard Gauge Railway and cleared at the Inland Container Depot from August 7.

All imported cargo intended for Mombasa and its environs will also need clearance at the Port of Mombasa.

Mburu said that imported cargo not declared and removed from Port of Mombasa or the inland container depot in Nairobi within 21 days from the date of discharge of the vessel will be transferred to a designated Customs controlled area awaiting disposal in accordance to the EAC Customs Management Act, 2004.

UAE SHIPPING BUSINESS IS AS USUAL

UAE Shipping business is as usual. It's business as usual for port operators and shipping companies in the UAE as oil tankers and cargo ships sailed through Arabian Gulf waters peacefully despite growing tension in the region.

Analysts, shipping experts and leading industry players called for diplomatic efforts to defuse the tension in the wake of recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman that pushed insurance premiums and tanker rates to record highs despite a stable outlook for the global shipping sector in 2020.

Khaleej Times has learnt that shipping lines and port operators across the UAE have been functioning normal, with no cancellations or major changes in schedules of cargo shipping lines due to escalating US-Iran tension in the region. "It's business as usual in our operations," a DP World spokesperson told Khaleej Times in a statement. To a question about the outlook in the second half of 2019, the spokesperson added: "We don't forecast the future."

Referring to recent data issued by DNV GL, he said $65 billion (Dh239 billion) was invested into ports across the country during 2018.

"Taking these figures into account, WIN GD anticipates that the UAE's steady growth trajectory will continue throughout both the industry, and the nation, for the remainder of 2019 and beyond," he said.

Khaleej Times

HAPAG Lloyd EXPANDING TO AFRICAN PORTS

Hapag-Lloyd is expanding its African liner services and will offer its MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service starting in October 2019. It will include direct connections between the Arabian Gulf, India, Colombo (Sri Lanka), La Réunion, South Africa and West Africa.

"With MIAX, we are expanding our service offerings for the growing African market and integrating the continent even more tightly into our global network. We are pleased to be able to offer our customers even faster and more flexible direct connections in the future," said Mark Wottke, Senior Director Trade Management Africa.

MIAX is integrated into the Global Mainline Network with the central ports Jebel Ali (Dubai) and Colombo. Hapag-Lloyd will operate MIAX jointly with Ocean Network Express. A total of 9 vessels with a capacity of 2,800 TEU each, five of which will be provided by Hapag-Lloyd, will be used for the new route.

The first departures are scheduled for early October with the port rotation: Jebel Ali - Mundra - Nhava Sheva - Colombo - La Réunion - Durban - Cape Town - Tema - Lagos (Tincan and Apapa) - Cape Town - Durban - Jebel Ali

CONTAINER SHIPS ARE PLANNING HYDROGEN VESSELS

Container ships and other maritime vessels currently run on pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil and The world's largest container-shipping company, Maersk, has promised to make its operations zero carbon by 2050. Doing so will require using new fuels such as hydrogen.

Hydrogen vessels in use by 2030?

The quest to prove that hydrogen-powered vessels are viable is also underway in Europe. Hydrogen-powered vessels are under construction in Norway and France, also funded in part with public dollars.

The search for a cleaner, more climate-friendly maritime shipping fuel has turned up two real possibilities: liquefied natural gas and hydrogen.

Research at the U.S. Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories suggests that of the two, hydrogen is the most promising.

Using hydrogen to generate electricity is very clean. Hydrogen fuel cells combine hydrogen with oxygen and create electricity and water. The electricity can be used to turn a propeller, for example. The exhaust from fuel cells is moist air — with no greenhouse gases.

Analysts see the signs that a commercial market for such vessels exists. They says they are contacted almost continuously by ship operators wanting to know more about hydrogen vessels.

Even so, others say, it will be another decade before the shipping industry could begin to adopt hydrogen fuel cells. And, until there is more demand for fuel cell technology, hydrogen fuel will remain significantly more expensive than other, more polluting, shipping fuels.

"Technology is being tested. It's promising. I do think once it proves that it actually works, by 2025-plus, people will start ordering [new ships]," they say. "It takes three to five years to build a ship, so maybe by 2030 we will start seeing hydrogen ships."

PORT INFORMATION: PORT OF MOGADISHU - SOMALIA

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Mogadishu Alport Terminal’s UN Location Code as of Lat 02°01′.500N Long 045 20′.386” E.  Maximum draft is 11,3 meters in high tide. Totally 37 bollards. The Channel Depth is 14mtrs and above from the breakwater to outer channel. Water density is 1.025 (Salt Water).

Berthing is being preffered according to Monsoon.

Mogadishu Alport yardage is 303.000 sqm with dedicated CFS area, Import Yard Areas divided to four stacks, Empty Container areas seperated for each shipping lines, Warehouses (5000 sqm / each), Reefer Yard Area with 40 Plugs, Workshop, Administration Building, Port Control, General Cargo, Container and Ro/Ro Piers, Intake Structures, Settlements, Offices, and Security Points.

The Terminal serves for three main liners with 10 to 15 container vessels each month.

Those are MSC, CMA-CGM and SIMA PRIDE. 

With its dynamic structure, Mogadishu Alport manages Operations by on time basis in respect to fluidity in every aspect of the operation professionally by its own Equipments, Trucks, Staffs, Sub-Contractors, and vessel and pier sided Operations by Port Authority unity and Marine Service Management.

By 955 meters of total pier length, Mogadishu Alport gives a service to General Cargo and Container vessels alongside with Ro/Ro Vessels with regulated 6 piers.

We do perform Operations with below mentioned equipments;

1 UNIT OF MHC – HMK 300-E, 100 TONES OF CAPACITY
1 UNIT OF MHC – 280-E, 100 TONES OF CAPACITY
4 UNITS OF KALMAR STACKER – 45 TONES OF CAPACITY
1 UNIT OF COLES CRANE – 10 TONES OF CAPACITY
1 UNIT OF KAMA EXCAVATOR – 40 TONES OF CAPACITY
3 UNITS OF HYUNDAI EXCAVATOR
4 UNITS OF HYUNDAI FORKLIFT – 3 TONES OF CAPACITY
2 UNITS OF TCM FORKLIFT – 3 TON KAPASİTELİ
1 UNIT OF JAC FORKLIFT – 3 TONES OF CAPACITY
1 UNITS OF KOMATSU FORKLIFT – 15 TON KAPASİTELİ
1 UNIT OF CAT FORKLIFT – 4,5 TONES OF CAPACITY
1 UNIT OF LINDA FORKLIFT – 5 TONES OF CAPACITY
3 UNITS OF SİSU TRANSTAINER
5 UNITS OF MERCEDES TERMINAL TRACTOR
1 UNIT OF 10 TONES OF MERCEDES WATER TANKER
2 UNITS OF GENERATOR (400 KVA + 275 KVA)
1 UNIT OF HYUNDAI FORKLIFT – 4,5 TONES OF CAPACITY
1 UNIT OF PICKUP TRUCK
SERVICE VEHICLES

• General Cargo & Bulk carrier loading/discharging, lashing/unlashing services
• Container vessel loading/discharging, lashing/unlashing services
• Pilotage, Towage and Mooring services
• Open and Covered storage/warehouse services
• Container, General Cargo & Bulk material terminal services
• Container loading and discharging services
• Tally services

Gates Open 07:00

Sat-Thu
Empties 5:00 pm
Dry Loads 5:00 pm
Reefer Loads 5:00 pm
Out of Gauge Loads 4:00 pm
MSC / CMA / SIMA MARINE Empty Returns: Alport Marine Terminal

SHAREHOLDING AGREEMENT SIGNING BETWEEN MSC & KENYA NATIONAL SHIPPING LINE

Kenya's President Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has jumpstarted operations of the Kenya National Shipping Line at the Port of Mombasa. President Uhuru was in Mombasa Port, Kenya to witness the signing of a shareholding agreement between the Mediterranean Shipping Company and the Kenya National Shipping Line (KNSL).

The Presided said the occasion marked the beginning of a well-thought-out plan to transform the national shipping line into a world-class one in the next 10 years. Uhuru recalled that the journey to revive the blue economy and the fisheries sector started in 2016. He said the passage of necessary legislation to support the revival of the KNSL is crucial in ensuring the growth of Kenya’s maritime economy.

The President also commissioned the Bandari Maritime Academy, which is expected to become a centre of excellence in maritime training, research and skill development for the blue economy.
The academy will be a supplier of world-class seafarers for shipping lines across the world. During this occassion, President Uhuru also witnessed the passing out of 62 out of the 119 seafarers recruited by the MSC.

“I am very pleased to note that 40 of them have already been assigned a ship, by the Mediterranean Shipping Company,” he said. Uhuru said about 90 per cent of Kenya’s foreign trade is dependent on maritime transport.  The MSC-KNSL agreement will enable Kenya to benefit from regional and global maritime transport value chain.

The MSC is the second largest shipping company in the world and the only one that owns both cargo and cruise ships.

“We are, therefore, fortunate that, through this reinvigorated partnership, we can quickly grow our shipping capacity by riding on its wings,” the President said.

Last November, From the same area, President Uhuru launched the Kenya Coast Guard Service (KCGS) to secure Kenya’s territorial waters. The Coast Guard Service guards against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, provides safety to seafarers, and prevents drug smuggling as well as illegal movements of people and goods.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the agreement is expected to facilitate the growth of traffic throughput at CT2 to over one million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit), create 2,000 seafarer jobs and 1,500 sea-time training opportunities annually.

“The bulk of these seafarer jobs will be generated through cruise shipping,” the President said, regretting that while there have been many opportunities for Kenyans to serve in foreign ships, they lacked opportunities to get sea time, a pre-requisite for serving on ships.

The MSC has committed to create training opportunities for Kenyan youth and to provide about 3,000 jobs per year. It will provide 1,500 sea time slots for Kenyan youth. The KNSL, under the agreement, will gain access to more than 500 ports across the world.

PORT INFORMATION: JEBEL ALI - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Position – Lat. 25° 10’ 30” N, Long 54° 52’15” E

Location: Dubai
Annual container volume: 13.6 million TEU (2013)
Available berths: 67
Opened: 1979
Operator: DP World

Container Terminal
Jebel Ali Port's Container Terminals are equipped with a total of 23 berths and 78 cranes to cater to the world’s largest container vessels. The facility can accommodate ships of any size in existence and on the order book.


Hours Of Operation (Vessel and Gate)
Continuous loading and unloading: 24 h/24, 365 days per year
Berthing: 24/7 (DP World website).

Berth Information
Quay1 Quay3 Quay4 Quay5 Quay 10
Gantries 29 26 10 13 19
Berths 8 8 2 5 6
Length 3000m 2500m/td> 830m 1545m 1862m
Depth 16m 13.5/15.5m 16m 10.5m 17m
General Cargo Terminal
Jebel Ali’s General Cargo facility covers a total storage area of over 1.4 million sqm consisting of 26 berths. This includes 928,499 sqm of open storage and 71,501 sqm of covered storage area.

Port Authority Contact Details
Address: DP World Jebel Ali - PO Box 17000 - Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 8815555
Web: www.dpworld.ae

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INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) ON SHIPPING SECTOR CARBON EMISSIONS

LONDON (Reuters) - The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a joint project with Norway to help the shipping industry cut emissions by at least 50 percent from 2008 levels by 2050, the UN’s shipping agency said on Monday.

The Norwegian government is providing 10 million NOK ($1.1 million) for the first two years of the GreenVoyage-2050 project, and additional funding subject to government approval for 2020 and subsequent years.

The scheme aims to bolster government and port efforts to achieve emissions cuts through legal and policy reforms, national action plans, private sector partnerships and new technology projects, the IMO said.

More than 50 countries across the world are expected to participate, with eight countries from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific region taking pilot roles.

The IMO said this will then spur more action by supporting other countries in their regions to follow.

Reporting by Nina Chestney; Editing by Jan Harvey

AFRICA SECTOR BUSINESS BOOMING CONTAINER TRAFFIC

Demand growth recovery in the Asia-West African trade has inspired two new fortnightly services, international shipping and container traffic consultant, Drewry, has revealed.

According to Drewry’s latest Container Insight Weekly Report dated September 4, 2017, “container volumes during the second quarter of 2017 in the southbound Asia to West Africa registered their first positive year-on-year comparison since the final three months of 2014.

“Shipments in 2017 reached 330,500 teu according to Container Trades Statistics Ltd. (CTS), worth a 3 per cent gain on the same period last year. This follows a minor decline of 0.3 per cent in an upwardly revised first quarter (previously -14 per cent), putting the first-half growth rate at 1.4 per cent as volumes landed just shy of 600,000 teu.

“CTS’ revision to earlier year data means that the start of the upwards inflection in the long-term trend can be traced back to the start of this year. Our rolling 12-month monthly average bottomed out in February and has since shown steady improvement, enough to reduce the annual comparison from -12 per cent to nearer -8 per cent. It will take longer for the average monthly teu count to reach anything like the recent high of 125,000 teu (February 2015) but as the comparisons get easier the growth change will inevitably move towards the neutral line and beyond.

“Carriers have reacted to the upturn in demand by introducing two fortnightly services. The first, the joint WAX2/FEW5 from Maersk Line and CMA CGM was resurrected after being suspended in February when it was a weekly operation. The WAX2/FEW5 brings back six 4,200 teu units to the trade (instead of 10 x 4,700 teu previously) on a rotation of Nansha, Singapore, Tin Can, Apapa, Cotonou, Singapore and back to Nansha ports.

“The second new service comes from Cosco and Gold Star Line (owned by Zim) in the form of the WAX5/FA3 loop. It will use the same number and size ships as the WAX2/FEW5 and will serve Ningbo, Nansha, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, Durban, Tin Can, Tema, and Ningbo. The net impact from these two new operations is that the total number of available southbound Asia to West Africa slots will be approximately 5 per cent greater in October than in the same month one year ago, according to Drewry estimates.”
Source: TribuneNG

CMA CGM TAKES OVER CEVA, SET TO RUN 3PL

CMA CGM is shortly to find out what it really means to run a 3PL.

According to a statement this morning, the French shipping line will soon own close to 100% of the forwarder, which would then de-list from the SIX Swiss stock exchange.

After CMA CGM’s tender offer closes on April 16, it could own some 89% of the shares, which will allow it to implement a “squeeze out”, and Ceva would de-list, probably in the third quarter.

Ceva’s board has recommended that remaining shareholders tender their shares. The statement said “it is expected that members of the company’s executive board will tender their shares into the offer, and that shares held by Ceva‘s board of directors will be unblocked”.

Ceva said its board was expected to propose that Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and chief executive of CMA CGM, become chairman of Ceva at the company’s April 29 AGM. Existing chairman Rolf Watter will become vice chairman. CMA will retain three independent members of the board of directors of Ceva for the time being.

The only question remains then as to how the shipping line will manage its 3PL arm.

CMA CGM claims there will be no change in the way Ceva works with shipping lines, but the forwarder’s ocean freight forwarding arm is expected to expand, while the pair will enjoy economies of scale and cost reductions, with synergies from shared procurement and services.

Mr Saadé has made logistics a major part of his strategy and has pledged an end-to-end service for customers.

HAPAG LLOYD FRESH SURCHARGE TO NIGERIAN CONTAINERS

Shipping Firm Slams Fresh Surcharge On Nigerian Importers

A shipping company that operates in Nigeria, Hapag-Lloyd, has increased its freight rate with the review of its Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) on all container types originating from anywhere in the world to Tin Can Island, and Apapa ports in Lagos, Nigeria.

The German-based firm, which is also the fifth largest shipping company in the world, in a memo obtained by LEADERSHIP, a 20-foot and 40-foot containers from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau would pay $700 PSS each.

It also said those from USA and U.S. territories would pay $700 each from March 15; and those coming from the rest of the world would pay €610 on the consignment.

The review it said is to enable it, "maintain a continued high level of service." Accordingly, the company excluded the consignment from the United States of America in the rate review.

The growing demand leads to lack of space on vessels and increasing costs for supplying sufficient equipment. Carriers can implement this surcharge any time and at any level until further notice.

In practice, PSS functions like the General Rate Increase (GRI). It is usually announced as an additional fee on top of the base rate, although it may be cancelled or mitigated at a lower rate.

CHINA'S COSCO TERMINAL INAUGURATED IN ABU DHABI, UAE

Cosco Shipping Ports container terminal inaugurated in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Ports and China Cosco Shipping subsidiary, Cosco Shipping Ports, have inaugurated the $300m CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal at Khalifa Port in the UAE, an investment that ties the emirate into Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal has a design capacity of 2.5m teu and will open with a handling capacity of 1.5m teu and 1,200 metres of quay. The water depth of the terminal is 16.5 metres, which means it can accommodate mega-vessels up to 20,000 teu.

The deepwater, semi-automated container terminal includes the largest Container Freight Station in the Middle East, covering 275,000 sq me. The facility offers facilities for full and partial bonded container shipments, the full range of container packing services, short-term warehousing for de-consolidated cargo as well as connectivity with the other container terminal at Khalifa Port.

The inauguration on 10 December was attended by a number of UAE government ministers, demonstrating the importance of the project and the flourishing relationship with China to Abu Dhabi. The CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal is the first overseas greenfield project controlled by Cosco Shipping Ports.

The 35-year concession agreement for the terminal, also known Terminal 2, was signed in September 2016, and includes the option for a further 600 metre of quay length in the future to allow for anticipated volume growth, and capacity to increase to 3.5m teu.

“The decision by Cosco Shipping Ports to invest in Abu Dhabi is a testament to our strategic location, attractive business environment and supportive regulation,” said Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport. “We believe that it will open the door to more foreign direct investment in the Emirate.”

Ning Jizhe, deputy director of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, commented: “The inauguration ceremony is not only a milestone in the cooperation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, but also a good start for China and UAE’s pragmatic cooperation in other key areas. The two countries’ strong determination for cooperation laid a solid foundation for development and deepening of mutual relations, and thus provided promising prospects for cooperation in the future. Under the strategic leadership, China and UAE will continue to cooperate in more flagship projects and jointly contribute to the Belt and Road Initiative.”

The partnership with Cosco Shipping Ports is part of a five-year strategy by Abu Dhabi Ports aimed at strengthening the maritime sector in the emirate and driving economic diversification by increasing regional trade and attracting foreign direct investment. Abu Dhabi Ports is planning $2.7bn of investment to increase the capacity at Khalifa Port from the current 5m teu to 9.1m teu, including boosting capacity at Terminal 1 to more than 5m teu.

Captain Xu Lirong, chairman of Cosco Shipping said his company would support the CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal by developing shipping routes and a transhipment network to drive volume growth. The terminal will benefit from a feeder service network as well as connectivity with other container terminals at Khalifa Port.

China is the UAE's largest non-oil trade partner. In 2017, bilateral trade between the countries increased by 15% to more than $53bn, representing 14.7% of the UAE's total foreign trade. During the same period, the UAE accounted for nearly 30% of total Chinese exports to Arab countries and about 22% of total Arab-China trade. Bilateral trade is expected to increase to $70bn a year by 2020.

It is hoped that the new terminal will act as a catalyst for Chinese companies to set up in the free zone alongside the port. A demonstration zone was opened at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi by Chinese Jiangsu Provincial Overseas Cooperation & Investment Company in August 2017, and to date a total of 19 Chinese firms have signed land lease agreements there.

BWALA AFRICA TO OPEN A $1 MILLION WAREHOUSING PROJECT IN KENYA

Nairobi — Logistics Firm Bwala Africa plans to set up a state-of-the-art logistics distribution center in Kenya.

Bwala Chief Executive Kennedy Nyabwala says the center that will be located on a 5,000-acre piece of land and will be the single unit biggest warehouse in Kenya.

The facility will cost the firm Sh100 million and will be ready by August 2019.

"2018 has been a great year for us at Bwala Africa and for us to continue serving our customers well, we are planning huge investments that include the warehouse. Our last mile connectivity is also moving to Mombasa next month and Kisumu in January," Nyabwala says.

The firm is planning to raise about $5 million (Sh500 million) for expansion purposes and is in talks with venture capitalists.

According to Nyabwala, the firm sees Kenya growing to be Africa's economic hub with demand for storage expected to rise in tandem.

"We are also expanding to Uganda next year, we have gotten all the necessary requirements and we will open an office in Uganda in February," he added.

Currently the firm has 3,000 square feet in the Industrial Area.


Kenya's demand of warehouses is 23.7million square foot, three times the supply at 6.9 million square foot according to Grit Real Estate Income Group.

The Group in their June report says that average warehouse rentals in the Kenyan market range between Sh375 and Sh484 per square meter a month, figures that are likely to increase in light of the shortage of high-quality space.

A survey by real estate firm, Tilisi Developments Limited earlier this year indicated that warehousing is a major bottleneck to companies in Kenya.

The survey, which polled 52 manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, logistics, import, export, retail and e-commerce companies indicates that 62 per cent reported that they have experienced some form of warehousing shortage in the recent past.

The companies polled also reported constraints caused by the quality of their warehousing.

Half of the companies polled by Tilisi said they had sought new warehousing facilities, but pharmaceutical and food producers reported a scarcity in warehousing with cold storage, and of temperature-controlled warehousing.

The international logistics companies also reported that modern well-configured logistics space and height was scarce, with most of the Kenya's warehousing currently falling short of international standards and is constructed for small traders rather than large companies.

In September, Bwala Africa secured Sh10 million financing from Stanbic Bank to venture into last mile logistics.