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The most talked after Sagarmala Project, envisaged by the Ministry of
Shipping, proposes fourteen Coastal Economic Zones (CEZ) across major and
non-major ports of India in a comprehensive plan to support the BJP-led
government's Make in India initiative. The proposal comes at a time when
India is lagging far behind in port-led industrialisation than China – its
key economic competitor. The CEZs are expected to increase India’s
merchandise exports by 110 billion by enhancing industrial competitiveness.
The CEZs to be built as per a comprehensive plan for port-led
industrialisation will embrace 12 industrial clusters those will require up
to Rs 8 lakh crores of industrial investment and Rs 15,000 crores of
investment in basic infrastructure.
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Azer News
Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and India have agreed to use the North-South
international transport corridor beginning from December for multimodal
transportation of cargo from India to Russia. Shipments from India will be
delivered to the southern port of Iran, and then will be delivered to
Russia through Azerbaijan by trains and trucks, Vice-President of the
Iranian Railways Hossein Ashoori told Trend. A test container train on the
route was sent two months ago. Ashoori said that at present the time of
delivery is 22 days, but in the future, the timing of freight can be
reduced to 19 days. Speaking of the North-South corridor, Ashoori noted
that Iran plans to build two lines of the railway in the country –
Qazvin-Rasht (165 kilometers) and Rasht-Astara (164 kilometers). In its
turn, Azerbaijan will extend the railway to Iran through the border city of
Astara.
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Hellenic Shipping News
Starting December 16th, 2016, CMA CGM has chosen to revamp its feeder
network to Indian Ocean to reinforce its quality, reliability and
frequency. The offering of two separate products dedicated to
Comoros/Mozambique market and North Madagascar will strengthen our
competitiveness. We are pleased to inform you that the new Indian Ocean
Feeder Loop 3 service, deploying 1 vessel of 618 TEU, will be exclusively
dedicated to Comoros and Nacala, Mozambique, via Longoni hub (Mayotte). In
parallel, the current Comoros call on Indian Ocean feeder will be discontinued
as from m/v KIRIA voy. 033JFR. Last call to Moroni on December 6th, 2016
and Mutsamudu on December 9th, 2016. Nacala call on Swahili service will be
stopped from December 9th, 2016 with m/v CMA CGM OKAPI voy. 1502SN.
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The Hindu
Andhra Pradesh can surpass Mumbai in port-led development if the available
resources, infrastructure, and demographic advantages are properly
utilised, according to Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. CEO Anil Yendluri.
The growth of the western region of the country was primarily due to the
role played by the ports. Gujarat and Maharashtra were enjoying the fruits
for many years. Now, Andhra Pradesh was inching close to the growth of
Maharashtra and would become the second fastest growing State in the
immediate future. It may be difficult to surpass Gujarat, which was far
ahead, immediately, he said. Stating that China’s strategy of development
was sea and port-based, he said that the overall development of a State was
possible through the port- oriented developmental strategies.
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Z Business
India has tanked 5 spots to reach 78th position out of 140 countries in
Global Connectedness Index for the year 2015. The country ranked at 73rd
position in the year 2013. Global Connectedness is measured on the depth
and breadth of countries’ integration with the rest of the world as
manifested by their participation in international flows of products and
services (trade), capital, information, and people (the four pillars of the
DHL Global Connectedness Index). In terms of depth dimension, India tanked 7
places from its previous ranking to 133 out of 140 countries, while in
breadth dimensions it gained 2 places to 21. “South & Central Asia lags
across nearly all aspects of global connectedness,” the report said. While
pointing out India’s lack of connectedness, the report added,
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The Hindu
Container lorry workers have issued a strike notice from December 5
reiterating their demand for provision of basic facilities and proper
parking space for container carriers at the International Container
Transshipment Terminal in Kochi. P.S. Ashik, chairman of the Trade Union
Coordination Committee, affiliated to 10 trade unions, said the workers’
demands were more than six years old. The demands were first raised in
February 2011, he added. “More than six years have passed, and the
authorities, including the district administration, Cochin Port Trust and
DP World that operates the container terminal, have washed their hands of
the issues raised by lorry drivers, workers, and owners. This will be the
last strike on the issue as the agitation will not be withdrawn until the
demands are met,” Mr. Ashik said.
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JOC
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, India’s busiest public container handler,
wants to cut the costs of using rail and increase the rates for trucking in
order to close the traffic gap between the two modes. The port last week
filed a proposal with regulator Tariff Authority for Major Ports, or TAMP,
to equalize the costs of rail-handling with trucking in order to
incentivize shippers to shift highway loads to intermodal trains. To help
facilitate the road-to-rail conversion, the port has proposed slashing
rail-handling charges from Rs. 1,547 (roughly $23) to Rs. 844 for a 20-foot
container, and from Rs. 2,320 to Rs. 1,266 for a 40-foot container. For
trucking, the port would increase rates at Rs. 844, versus Rs. 476, and at
Rs. 1,266, compared with Rs. 714, respectively. “The current share of rail
volume at JNPT, as a percentage of the total container throughput, is less
than 15 percent.
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Times of India
Union minister of state for shipping, Mansukh L Mandaviya, recently
informed Rajya Sabha MP from Goa, Shantaram Naik, in a written reply, that
no social impact study had been undertaken with respect to the proposed
satellite port at Betul in South Goa. He also stated that the statutory
clearances required were obtained. Mandaviya further said that Mormugao
Port Trust (MPT) is exploring various options to augment infrastructure,
including expansion possibilities at Betul. “A request was made to the Goa
government on May 9 this year to allot 107.10 acres of land for the
purpose. The project is in the exploratory stage. This exercise will be
undertaken only after land is alloted by the Goa government and due
approvals are received from the central government,” he said. While
replying to another question, Mandaviya told Naik that there was no
proposal for negotiations with private companies for the development of
rivers in Goa.
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Infra Circle
The ministry of shipping has awarded the contract to build a new
navigational lock at the Farakka barrage to Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T)
at a cost of Rs.359 crore. The project was awarded on 24 November. A
navigational lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships
and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on
river and canal waterways. The ministry of shipping has appointed SBE
Belgium as an engineering consultant to design the state-of-the-art
navigational lock at the barrage. Farakka is a barrage across the river
Ganga in West Bengal, roughly 16.5km from the bordering country of
Bangladesh near Chapai Nawabganj district. “In a significant development,
the Farakka lock has been awarded to L&T on 24 November. We already
have a lock in Farakka which is quite old, takes a long time and is not
maintained well.
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Hellenic Shipping News
Mumbai and Nhava Sheva Ship Agents Association has drawn the attention of
Mumbai Port Trust towards the shortage of dock workers and winch drivers
that continues to adversely affects the vessel operations and if need be to
outsource these activities. Shortage of workers at the ports has been
instrumental in prolonging the vessel stay at the port affecting the
turnaround time to 4-5 days from around 2-3 days, thereby escalating the
costs. As against the normal requirement of 4/5 gangs (workers) per vessel,
the supply is only of 1/2 gangs. In fact, the port had invited applications
for awarding stevedoring licenses to the private operators in light of the
heavy shortage of labour, but the progress of this initiative is yet to be
ascertained.
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Handy Shipping Guide
The Qatari Minister of Transport and Communications, Jassim Saif Ahmed Al
Sulaiti, who is also Chairman of the Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani
Qatar), and Sheikh Ali bin Jassim bin Mohammad Al-Thani, Chairman of Qatar
Navigation (Milaha), today witnessed the signing of an agreement between
Mwani Qatar and Milaha to establish a new company, QTerminals, to manage
the newly constructed Hamad Port. The port, which is scheduled to become
fully operational this week, is a $7.4 billion megaproject that the Qatari
government expect will boost their logistics industry hugely and make Qatar
a key regional hub by 2030. As per the agreement, the new company will be
co-owned by Mwani Qatar; 51%, and Milaha; 49%, and will manage operations
at Hamad Port as an independent company with its own board of directors,
executives and staff.
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Sea News
The European Commission in Brussels has given the green light for
Germany-based Hapag-Lloyd to purchase United Arab Shipping Co (USAC) on the
condition the Middle East shipping line withdraws from its "consortium
on the trade routes between northern Europe and North America." When
completed, the merger of the two shipping lines will lead to the
establishment of the world's fifth-largest container shipping line,
reported Lloyd's Loading List. European Commission officials noted that
both Hapag-Lloyd and UASC were members of shipping alliances respectively.
The commission examined the potential impact of a merger between the two
shipping lines on market competition on 13 trade routes. It was concerned
that the merger could create networks on the northern Europe-North America
trade routes handled by the alliances and consortiums that Hapag-Lloyd and
UASC are separately part of.
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Yahoo News
The container shipping unit of Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk on
Tuesday refused to comment on a report that it was mulling an acquisition
of German peer Hamburg Sud. The company was interested in buying the entire
business, which had $6.7 billion (6.3 billion euros) in revenue last year,
and "not just... a few vessels", The Wall Street Journal reported
on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. "Out of principle
we do not comment on rumours," Maersk said in an email to AFP on
Tuesday. Hamburg Sud's owner, the family-owned Oetker Group, was discussing
a sale of its shipping business, the same newspaper reported last week.
"Hamburg Sud is one of the players in the industry that is probably too
small to survive in the long run. It only has three percent of the
market," Sydbank (LSE: 0MGE.L - news) analyst Morten Imsgard told
Danish news agency Ritzau.
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