Additional clause may delay Nhava Sheva’s third container terminal
Dead line for submitting financial bids is extended to November 30 from earlier September 30, on JNPT’s decision of introducing new clauses in request for participation document such as Minimum Guaranteed Throughput (MGT)clause and clause curtailing restrictive trade practices.
Anxiety over New Port Security Norms
There is a lot of anxiety over new ISPS (International Ships & Port Security) norms issued by IMO, which are supposed to come into force from July 2004. The major motive behind this law is to prevent terrorist attack and to prevent any mishap from happening. ISPS will result in increased cost for ship companies, as they have to provide for additional Security guards and officers on board.
DG Shipping has initiated process of ISPS code compliance
Director General of Shipping has started initiating the process of compliance with International Ships and Port Security (ISPS) code, which came in existence after Sept 11, 2001 attack and is an International.
GE Shipping bags IOCs contract in consortium
In response to, bids invited for hiring 4 small and one
Large Aframax Crude tanker, for lighterage operation for imported Crude on East
coast, GE Shipping bags the contract for large vessel at $18450/ day, followed
by Mercator Lines grabbing the contract for two vessels at $1770 & $16310 /
day and SCI grabbing the remaining two at $13320 & $13260/ day. It was
second time for Mercator Line to celebrate, as they grabbed second big contract
after the one earlier with MRPL for transporting Crude from Moddle East to
Manglore.
GE Shipping sold Jag Priya, A Product Tanker
GE Shipping sold its 44128 DWT Product tanker Vessel at Hong
Kong, which was inchartered for five years. Company, after a recent acquisition
of Magellan Spirit, 1985 built 9500 DWT Aframax vessel, is planning to acquire
one more crude/ Product Tanker.
Government to seek private participation for development of Inland Water Transport (IWT)
Government is looking for proactive private role for IWT, which is being developed under Sagarmala Project. Under this project government is looking to raise 85% of the total estimated cost of 100,000 crores from private sector. Government is also thinking of giving private sector free rein in the management and operations of IWT and wants to restrict itself to the role of a regulator only. Shipping ministry is seriously mooting a plan to move to Union Cabinet for framing policies and other regulations and guidelines for development of IWT. Government is also keen on developing and strengthening river ties with Bangladesh for mutual benefits.
Government to Set up Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) at major ports
Government is planning to set up SBM at deep sea within the
jurisdiction of major ports so as to help large crude carriers of 2-3 Lakhs Dwt
unload without coming to berths. It will be both cost effective and time
effective. For enticing players to use this facility government is also
thinking of giving some cost benefits to intended parties. One of the reasons
behind it is the loss of IOC account by Kandala port to Mundara port operated
by Adani group as Kandala had no SBM facility and large players are
increasingly using large crude carriers for economy of scale. The major
beneficiary of installing SBM will be Paradip port, as it will augment the
capacity of Paradip by 10 to 12 million tones.
JNPT agrees to allow 5th gate at NSICT
Permission of additional gate near premises of NSICT will
solve Box congestion caused inside. JNPT board has also appointed three
transport service providers on expiration of previous contract for operating 30
tractor trailers each.
Kandla Port achieves 4.45 Percent growth during April - August
Total tonnage handled by Kandla port during April – August,
03 rose by 4.45 % at 16.6 mn MT up from 15.92 mn MT, during the same period of
previous year.
Kochi Transshipment Project to be postponed further
Kochi port’s
proposed International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTI) project supposed
to cost Rs.2000 crores is likely to be delayed further due to work on
appropriate model being going on. The reason being non-submission of price bids
by the bidders CSX of UK and Maersk India respectively. Besides trustees felt
the concessions demanded by bidders to be unreasonable. The bidders did not
submit bids on 12th September the stipulated time within which bids
were supposed to be submitted.
Nhava Sheva gets notice from Supreme Court (SC)
Notice was issued by SC to Nhava Sheva for clarification on keeping 150 containers containing waste oil in the garb of lubricating oil, out of which 47 were found to be containing hazardous oil, which according to Basel norms no Port is allowed to Import or Export.
Process of ISPS code compliance has been initiated by DG Shipping
Director General of Shipping has started initiating the
process of compliance with International Ships and Port Security (ISPS) code,
which came in existence after Sept 11, 2001 attack and is an International Ship
security certificate mooted by IMO, at 12 major Ports, 36 Minor Ports and 10
Shipyards.
Shipping Ministry Considering to Adopt Hybrid Model for Development of JNPT
Ministry of Shipping is considering of adopting a new model
for development of JNPT comprising of both the revenue sharing and minimum guaranteed
throughput (MGT) model for development of third container terminal at JNPT
expected to cost Rs. 800 crores. For this there is a consideration being going
on where trustees of JNPT are thinking of allotting the bid to the party, which
agrees to share highest percentage of revenue along with some MGT. This will
entail minimum risk for Government. For this the bidder is supposed to operate
a minimum of 1.4 Lakhs twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) in the first year and
1.3 million TEUs by the end of decade. If the party is unable to meet the
targets of cargo handled as mentioned in MGT there will be a fine of 100% on
the shortfall. Players in the race for
this container terminal are Maersk, West Port, NYK Line, and Stevedore
etc.
Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) allows Port trusts to levy reduced rates
To boost the competition in Ports
& Terminals, TAMP, in its recent gazette notification of September 2nd
, has given Port Trusts freedom to charge reduced rates, within a range
of tariff ceiling and floor rates, getting decided by TAMP for each individual
Port.
Traffic Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) to decide on its stand on revised norms
TAMP has decided to clear its stand on revised norms by mid October or November. In the first two discussions where the port authorities of Eastern & Southern region concerned over the view that there should be continuation of cross subsidization of tariffs. The meeting where the ports authorities of Eastern region were present was not well attended and it was a cause of concern as there was no representative from Industry, shipping interests.
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