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Source:  www.deltamarin.com Deltamarin, well-known service  provider for shipping, shipbuilding, naval, marine and offshore industry worldwide, has announced a d esign contract awarded by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) for the new 37,000 GRT (Gross Register Tonnage) hospital ship to be built for Mercy Ships at Tianjin Xingang Shipyard. Deltamarin’s contract includes approval, procurement and detail design for the vessel, which will be the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, and the first of its kind in Deltamarin’s history. Deltamarin has earlier developed, for yard tendering purposes, the concept design of the vessel together with Stena RoRo, who will manage the actual construction of the hospital ship. The shipbuilding contract was successfully negotiated by shipbrokers Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS). The d elivery of the ship is planned for July 2017. Excited about this unique project, Director of Deltamarin’s Marine business, Mr Jarmo Valtonen, co...

Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/steps-on-to-tide-over-sea-time-crisis-dgs/ Mr. Gautam Chatterjee, Director General of Shipping, has announced that necessary steps are taken to tide over the sea- time shortage for trainees. In his address at the Shipping, Marine and Ports International Conference 2014, organised by  Chemtech in Mumbai, he said that the Government, stakeholders and Maritime Training Institutes are coming together to  resolve the issue. Former Director General and Secretary of Shipping M. P. Pinto rued that scores of seminars and conferences are being held  and reams of reports have been churned out, but the share of coastal shipping in the multi-modal transportation is not as  impressive as it should be. There are benefits galore in promoting coastal shipping including environmental and economic  takeaways that surprisingly prompt one to pose the question why the sector that promises on all accounts needs to be  pampered...

Source:http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/chennai-port-maduravoyal-elevated-expressway-gets-hc-green-signal/ Giving the much awaited relief to the Chennai Port management , the Madras High Court  on Feb. 20 gave its nod to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to  restart the 19-km long Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Expressway project, which  was stalled by the Tamil Nadu Government’s Public Works Department (PWD) for almost  two years. Setting aside the orders of the PWD, which had in March 2012 asked the NHAI to  suspend the work immediately as it did not approve the alignment of the elevated  structure along the Cooum River, a Division Bench comprising Justices N. Paul  Vasanthakumar and P. Devadass  in High Court directed the State Government and all  the contesting respondents to e xtend full co-operation for continuance of the  project which has been already commenced after obtaining proper clearance from...

Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/overwhelming-response-to-ennore-ports-rs-500-cr-bond/ With the view to smoothening execution of its ambitious expansion plans, Ennore  Port, country’s only Corporate Major Port controlled by the Union Government and  located in Tamil Nadu, hit the market with a tax-free bond issue of face value Rs 1,  000 each to raise up to Rs. 500 crores. “Within two days since the offer has began Ennore Port has pooled in about Rs. 200  crores and we are hopeful that we could touch the total expectation before the  deadline – March 14 ,” a senior port official told Sagar Sandesh. According to official sources, the port is offering a coupon rate of 8.36% p.a. for  10 years, 8.75% p.a. for 15 years and 8.75% p.a for 20 years for Qualified  institutional buyers, corporate and high networth Individuals. For retail individual investors, the coupon rate would be 8.61% p.a. for 10 years  and 9% p.a. for 15-20 years, an ...

Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/dp-world-chennai-hosts-launch-of-direct-service/ Mr.T Johnson, MD, Greenways Shipping Agency Pvt.Ltd. Capt.Arul Lawrance, Chairman, CHENSAA, Mr.P S Krishnan, President, CCHAA, Mr.Ennarasu Karunesan, Director & CEO., D P World, Chennai, Mr.Atulya Misra, IAS. Chairman, Chennai Port Trust and Mr.N Vaiyapuri, Traffic Manager, Chennai Port Trust (L to R), during the launch of service in Chennai. DP World Chennai has hosted the launch of Simatech Shipping L.L.C’s Chennai Colombo Gulf service (CCG Service) which will  link South & East India to Arabian Gulf & East Africa trans-shipping at Jebel Ali . The service commenced on Feb. 14 with  MV Sima Perfect making the maiden call. The CCG service is a milestone for both DP World Chennai & Simatech Shipping. This service is a unique service to Gulf. Simatech owns and operates three vessels namely Sima Perfect, Sima Prestige and Sima Sapphire by offering a weekly fixed...

Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/poor-show-by-major-ports-causes-concern/ The Union Shipping Secretary, Dr. Vishwapati Trivedi, has expressed concern over the  sluggish performance by the Major Ports of the country in the past two years, while  attributing the slowdown to global recession, which has affected world trade as a  whole. “The Shipping Ministry has prepared a vision document for 2020 which is also called  ‘Maritime Agenda’. It provides a benchmark on what we need to do,” he said, while  attending the inaugural session of Portlore-2014, an event on ports, logistics and  resources, here on Feb. 15. The Secretary lauded the State Government for being proactive in terms of ensuring  better connectivity for ports, while observing that his Ministry has benefitted in  terms of decision making. Stressing on the need to expedite waterways projects in the State, Dr. Trivedi  stated: “I am sure the NW-5 (Brahmani, Paradip ...

Source:http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2014/02/arctic-archipelago-heat-14-02 The average temperature at Svalbard is so far this year almost 15 degrees above  normal. By  Atle Staalesen February 14, 2014 Usually, February is a freezing month at the far Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. But  this year is different. Over the last 30 days, the average temperature has been only  1,6 degrees Celsius, almost 15 degrees above normal. Normally, the average February temperature at Svalbard is minus 16,2 degrees . “We are talking about temperatures and temperature variations, which we normally  never encounter”, Trond Lien from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute says to  NRK. The reason for the abnormal temperatures is a long-lasting low pressure over  the southern parts of the Norwegian Sea and the Northern parts of the Atlantic. As previously reported by Barents Observer, there have over the last years been  several cases of ...

BY DR. SURESH BHARDWAJ Master Mariner Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/globalisation-shipping-a-critical-analysis/ Transportation is said to be the fourth cornerstone of globalization along with telecommunication, trade liberalisation and international standardisation. In transportation, it is the maritime transport that dominates this sector with 80% of share by volume. Matter of fact, the growth rate of world trade and consequently the seaborne trade is exceeding the growth rate of world GDP. It stands to reason that it is the reducing cost of marine transportation that facilitates growth of trade thereby contributing positively to the growth of economy. The efficient port operations, economies of scale achieved on size of ships and importantly the economic advantages drawn out of globalisation have all contributed to this lowering of cost. Shipping is today an integrated constituent of global supply chains, so marine transportation is constantly under pressure t...

Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/new-land-policy-comes-as-a-breather-for-chennai-port/ The new Land Policy unveiled by the Shipping Ministry could bring the much needed relief to the Chennai Port, which was struggling with its idle plots after the Madras High Court banned handling of dusty cargoes like coal and iron ore here, Port Trust Chairman Atulya Misra has said. Speaking to reporters after explaining about the advantages of the Shipping Ministry’s new policy on land utilization here, he said: “ The new policy guidelines provide us a great opportunity to make up the losses incurred after High Court-effected ban on handling of coal and iron ore in 2011. After the court order, both the plots remain vacant and not generating the revenue it had generated over the years.” With the new land utilization policy in place now, Chennai Port can go for a long term lease of those idle plots (iron ore and coal yards) and if we succeed in getting a best offer in the process...

Source: http://www.sagarsandesh.com/news/chennai-hosts-customs-preventive-service-federation-conference/ (From Left) Mr.D Srinivas - President(CCPSA), Mr.Venugopal Nair - President(AICPSF), Mr.S Ramesh - Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mr.Sanjay Kumar Agarwal - Commissioner of Customs(Air Cargo & Airports), Ms.Jane K Nanthaniel - Commissioner of Customs(Imports), Mr.Mayank Kumar - Commissioner of Customs(Exports) and Mr.I B Mishra - General Sectary(AICPSF) during the meeting. The All India Customs Preventive Service Federation, which is the apex organization representing the Preventive Officers and Superintendents of Customs of Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Cochin, Goa and Mumbai organised its 43rd Annual General conference for two days in Chennai from Jan. 24. According to official sources, the main focus area at the meeting was the proposed restructuring of the cadre departments and detailed deliberation on issues relating to the welfare of the officers and evolvi...

Source:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ news/article-2550720/WORLD- EXCLUSIVE-First-picture- Mexican-shark-fisherman- survived-13-MONTHS-adrift- Pacific-catching-turtles- birds-bare-hands.html# ixzz2sEiErmlw   EXCLUSIVE: First picture of the 'Miracle Man of the Pacific' who survived 14 MONTHS adrift. Fisherman stumbles ashore, saying 'I can't remember much, it is all one thought - the sea, the sea' By RICHARD SHEARS and KAREN EARNSHAW IN MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS PUBLISHED: 02:22 GMT, 3 February 2014 | UPDATED: 05:02 GMT, 3 February 2014   This is the first picture of the 'Miracle Man of the Pacific' - the fisherman who survived on turtle blood, raw fish and seagull flesh for more than a year as he drifted helplessly across the world's largest ocean. Stumbling ashore today at a dock in the Marshall Islands from a naval boat that picked him up on an outlying atoll, Jose Ivan managed a smile before telling MailOnline: ' I'm alive ...