Rizhao port and Rio Tinto strengthen cooperation

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Rizhao Port inked cooperation framework agreement with miner Rio Tinto to expand iron ore and supply chain services. Katherine Si | Nov 26, 2021 The two parties will establish an exchange and communication mechanism for port safety management and environment protection, and jointly explore safe, efficient, green and smart development. Rizhao Port and Rio Tinto also establish a Joint Technology Center for providing more innovation in services for iron ore business. Related: Rio Tinto develops blending iron ore delivery hub at Dalian port Rizhao and Rio Tinto started cooperation in 2018. Rio Tinto launched RTBF blending ore business at Rizhao port in 2020, a milestone for the two parties to deepen collaboration. 

Shenzhen 8-month volume up 11pc to 23.7 million TEU

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THE Port of Shenzhen has posted a 10.7 per cent year-on-year increase in January-October throughput to 23.788 million TEU, reports Jacksonville's Container News. Foreign trade was up 11.3 per cent to 21.99 million TEU, and empties' throughput increased 18 per cent to 7.35 million TEU. During the period the port handled vessels of 62 international container liner routes. Shenzhen's transportation department said Covid caused congestion that resulted in a shortage of shipping capacity. According to officials, that helped to increase transportation of foreign trade and provide cargo owners with as much space as possible. The Ministry of Transport of China recently formulated and issued the "14th Five-Year Development Plan for Comprehensive Transportation Services" to promote the development of comprehensive transportation services. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period China achieved significant progress in the development of comprehensive transportation services, said the report.

Guangzhou adding Alexandria port as 54th sister port

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Guangzhou port signed Letter of Intent for sister port cooperation with Alexandria port in Egypt. Katherine Si | Nov 19, 2021 The number of sister ports cooperating with Guangzhou reached 54. Since from 2003, Guangzhou port has established sister port cooperations with Port of Durban in South Africa, Lagos in Nigeria and Port of Dakar in the Republic of Senegal. Related: Ports of Guangzhou and Rotterdam strengthen cooperation Guangzhou port is the hub container trading port connecting with Africa in China, said Yuan Yue, deputy director of Guangzhou Port Authority.   Guangzhou port currently operates six liner services to Suez of Egypt, importing 20,000 tons of cargo from Egypt and exporting 440,000 tons of cargo to Egypt in 2020.

OOCL to boost coverage of China, Singapore and Malaysia service

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ORIENT Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is introducing a new container shipping service to strengthen its China to South-East Asia service network with the launch of the new China Straits Service 3 (CSS3). "To supplement CSS1 and CSS2 which were launched in 2020, CSS3 will further enhance the network coverage between China, Singapore and Malaysia, providing customers with competitive and reliable shipment options," the Hong Kong-based carrier said. The new CSS3 service will directly connect multiple ports in China with Singapore and Malaysia to cater for the increasing demand in the market, the company said. CSS3 port rotation is Qingdao, Shanghai, Xiamen, Nansha, Singapore, Port Kelang, Penang, Port Kelang, Pasir Gudang, Nansha and returning to Qingdao. The first sailing will start from Qingdao on December 18, 2021.  

Dalian port operations stable amid latest Covid-19 outbreak

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The northeast Chinese port of Dalian is facing a new round of Delta variant of Covid-19 outbreak caused by cold chain supply. Katherine Si | Nov 15, 2021 Since the first infection was reported on 4 November, a staff working for a local cold storage base, Dalian port has maintained stable operations. Local import cold supply chain related companies, third parties, bonded and individual cold storage food producers and sellers suspended operation temporarily, which is likely to affect the circulation of cold supply chain goods in domestic market as well as export market.  Related: Ningbo terminal closure and what if Covid hits more Chinese ports Dalian is the biggest cold supply chain import city in China. Nearly 70% cold supply chain goods are imported through Dalian port, with more than 600,000 employees are handling imported cold-chain products. Residents in Dalian have faced city wide testing following the latest outbreak Related: Maersk warns Yantian port congestion a ‘much bigger disruption’ than Suez Canal closure The Ministry of Transport issued the eighth version notice of Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control measure guideline to port and front-line staff early this month, for strengthening the control of overseas Covid-19 importations and implement the Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control measures strictly. So far, other Chinese port operations in the region remain largely unaffected. Covid outbreaks in Chinese ports are of major concern to shipping, especially the container sector which saw major impact from the three-week closure of around 70% of Yantian port earlier this year. In August Ningbo-Zhoushan’s Ningbo Meishan Island International Container Terminal (MSICT) was closed due to a single Covid case among its workforce. However, the rest of the port continued to operate meaning the impact on global shipping was not as great as that of the Yantian closure.    

China major ports container volume fell 0.6% in late Oct

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Container volume at eight major Chinese ports declined 0.6% year on year in late October. Katherine Si | Nov 12, 2021 Export container volume dropped 0.8% while the domestic volume just declined 0.1% in late October. Among which, the port of Tianjin and Dalian posted a growth rate of over 10% for export container volume. Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports increased 4.8% year on year while international trade cargo throughput up 3%. Related: Major Chinese ports container volume falls 6.3% in mid-Oct Crude oil shipments at major coastal ports back to growth and posted an increasing rate of 15.1% year on year. The port of Rizhao posted a growth rate of over 100%. Port inventory declined 6.7%. Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports increased 8.9% while the port inventory increased 15.2%. The port of Ningbo-Zhoushan and Rizhao posted a growth rate of over 20%. In late October, cargo throughput at three major Yangtze river ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, slightly increased 0.6%. Container volume dropped 1.6% year on year.  For the whole month of October, cargo throughput at major Chinese coastal ports increased 0.3% year on year. The container volume at eight major ports increased 0.4%.    

BAL Container Line launches Australia service from Xiamen

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The maiden voyage connecting China with Australia provided by BAL Container Line was launched at COSCO Shipping Ports’ Xiamen Yuanhai terminal. Katherine Si | Nov 08, 2021 The service will deploy three 5,000 teu containerships initially, calling at major Chinese ports of Qingdao, Ningbo, Xiamen and Yantian, and the ports of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.  Currently, Xiamen Yuanhai terminal operates three routes to Australia. 

Major Chinese ports container volume falls 6.3% in mid-Oct

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Container volume at eight major Chinese ports declined 6.3% year on year in mid-October. Katherine Si | Nov 04, 2021 Export container volume dropped 3.3% while the domestic volume declined 14.2% in mid-October. Some of the ports shut operation temporarily due to bad weather. Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports dropped 4.9% year on year while international trade cargo throughput also declined 3.1%. Related: Major Chinese ports container volume up 8.3% in late Sept Decreasing of crude oil shipments at major coastal ports further expanded to 14.4% year-on-year. Port inventory declined 13.3%. Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports declined 10.5% while the port inventory increased 16.9%. In mid-October, cargo throughput and container volume at three major Yangtze river ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, dropped 21.2% and 3.1% year on year, respectively.

DNV and Atlas establish Shanghai Joint Collaboration Space

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DNV and Atlas Corp shipping arm Seaspan Corporation have set up an Atlas-Seaspan and DNV Joint Collaboration Space (JCS) in Shanghai. Katherine Si | Oct 29, 2021 Bing Chen, Atlas President said “The establishment of a JCS in Shanghai marks a significant milestone of the partnership between the two entities. The JCS shall serve as an interactive platform for expertise across the two entities to exchange experiences and insights. We look forward to the strengthening of our collaboration and joint expansion into new areas including onshore and offshore renewable energies, decarbonization and digitalization, which Atlas has been strategically focusing on.” Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV Maritime CEO, said: “The JCS in Shanghai is a new and exciting dimension of our strategic partnership, ensuring easy access to expertise in decarbonization and digitalization, and deeper cooperation between our leadership teams in Asia.” Related: Liberian Registry and DNV award AiP to HHI CO2 carrier design DNV and Seaspan’s collaboration spans more than two decades. DNV has been an instrumental partner in Seaspan’s rapid container fleet development which now comprises 201 vessels including newbuilds, with the majority of ships classed by DNV. The JCS shall continue to support ongoing and future newbuild programs of Seaspan in Asia, and further facilitate new areas of cooperation beyond the maritime industry, such as renewable energy and R&D. Related: DNV Maritime boss highlights seafarer crisis once again Norbert Kray, DNV Maritime Regional Manager for Greater China, said: “It’s our great honor to host this collaboration space in our Shanghai headquarters. Seaspan has ordered 70 ships since 2020, of which 60 will be built in Chinese shipyards, the majority under DNV class. I believe the JCS will play an instrumental role in delivering these projects safely, to time and to the highest quality.”

New China-India service debuted at Nansha port Nansha Port

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Wan Hai Lines and Interasia Lines jointly launched China-India service from Nansha port of Guangzhou. Katherine Si | Oct 28, 2021 The China-India service (CI2), will deploy three 2,000 teu containerships and two 2,000 teu containerships by Wan Hai and Interasia, respectively. Guangzhou port had newly added 20 foreign trade services so far this year, connecting with over 400 ports from over 100 countries and regions.  Related: Wan Hai Lines adds 12 boxship newbuilds in Japan The port of Nansha currently operates 134 international trading routes. 

Rizhao port starts operations of fully automated container terminal

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Rizhao port in China has started operations of a fully automated container terminal with an innovative side loading and parallel layout. Katherine Si | Oct 12, 2021 The fully automated container terminal uses a process of shore layout side loading and unloading technology plus driverless truck horizontal transportation that could reduce the comprehensive terminal cost by 70%. It could also lower 50% total energy consumption of single container during loading and uploading. The independently designed vehicle road coordination system V2X used for the terminal is designed for the safe and orderly operation of driverless container trucks achieving "one click container handling" from the landside. A success rate reaching 100% is claimed, the highest level of the industry. For the first time, the terminal jointly applies Beidou + 5G as well as domestic terminal operating system TOS on the whole process of automated container handling. Since the establishment two years ago, Shandong Port Group had been engaged in fully automated container terminal construction, the successful operation of automated container terminals at Qingdao port and Rizhao port will further promote smart port development of the group.

SITC and Xiamen port collaborate on container shipping expansion

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SITC and Xiamen port have inked three-year cooperation agreement for global shipping service development. Katherine Si | Sep 16, 2021 The two parties will jointly develop international shipping routes, cargo transhipment, global logistics chain service, cross-border e-commerce logistics platform and port cargo hinterland resources expansion. SITC will develop Xiamen port to be a regional container shipping home port, explore international shipping service and establish transhipment base, aiming to secure double digit growth for Xiamen ports’ container throughput during 2021 and 2023, according to Yang Xianxiang, ceo of SITC. Related: SITC posts a 79.6% first half revenue growth Cai Liqun, general manager of Xiamen port said, as the world’s 14th largest container port, Xiamen port is forming alliance with SITC for high quality development on container hub port construction and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).  Currently, SITC operates seven shipping routes for Belt and Road Initiative.