Liquid Bulk Carriers

Lloyd's Register: Statutory Alert

Statutory alert: Design, testing and location of devices to prevent the passage of flame into cargo tanks in tankers. Applicabilty: Builders, owners and managers of tankers carrying IBC Code Chapter 17 and 18 products. New requirements for the design, testing and location of devices to prevent the passage of flame into cargo tanks in tankers will come into force on January 1, 2013. These apply to both new and existing tankers and will require that devices are tested to ensure that the Maximum Experimental Safe Gap (MESG) value is appropriate for products certified to be carried under the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code), Chapter 17. The requirements apply only to those tankers carrying IBC Code Chapter 17 and 18 products, i.e., those issued with a Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk or an International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk.   Requirements for new tankers   New tankers constructed (having their keel laid) on or after January 1, 2013, carrying crude oil, petroleum products and flammable chemicals, will be required to have compliant equipment such as high-velocity pressure/vacuum valves and flame arresters fitted to the vessel from their date of delivery.   Requirements for existing tankers  

Kinder Morgan to Purchase Terminal Assets at Port of Vancouver

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase and operate Vancouver Wharves, a bulk marine terminal, from British Columbia Railway Company, a crown corporation owned by the Province of British Columbia. The Vancouver Wharves facility, located at the entrance to the Port of Vancouver, consists of five vessel berths situated on a 139-acre site. The terminal assets include significant rail

Bulk Carrier into Unithai for Fix

The largest ship currently under repair at Thailand’s Unithai Shipyard is the 140,532 dwt bulk carrier Eurydice D, owned by Marmaras. Other ships in the yard include the 35,224 dwt bulk carrier Maris, owned by Trust Shipping Enterprise, Piraeus, the 22,857 dwt part containership Med Lerici, owned by B Navi, World CI’s 3,043 dwt lpg vessel Gas Eurasia, the 22,531 dwt general cargo vessel Everise Glory, owned by Everise Maritime, Kuala Lumpur, and Baba Kaiun’s 10

Rotterdam Sets Records in 2003

This year, the port of Rotterdam handled 328 million tons of goods, 2% more than in 2002. This surpassed the record year of 2000 by 6 million tons. The provisional figures were clarified by Willem Scholten, chairman of the Port Management, during a press meeting today. He appeared more than satisfied. "Record figures for the total, liquid bulk, RoRo and containers. In containers, we are the first non-Asian port to pass the 7 million TEU mark

Marseilles Predicts Bulks Recovery

Cargo throughput at the Port of Marseilles-Fos to the end of November was marked by sustained growth in container and liquid bulks traffic, while passenger numbers continued to be boosted by the cruise sector. In contrast, oil and dry bulk volumes fell by a combined five million tonnes compared with the first 11 months last year to leave the cargo total down 4.3% for the period on 87.9MT. The port authority says that 2008 throughput should recover to the 2006 level of more than

TOP Ships Shares Fall Below NASDAQ Par

Greek-based shipowners TOP Ships Inc. announces receipt of Nasdaq notice. TOP SHIPS Inc. is engaged in the worldwide transportation of liquid and petroleum cargoes as well as dry bulk cargoes through the ownership of a fleet of 6 tankers and 1 dry bulk carrier. TOP Ships Inc. announce  that it has received written notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq"), indicating that because the market value of the Company's publicly held shares for the previous 30

Port of Rotterdam Reports Productive Year

According to the provisional figures the port of Rotterdam in 2002 handled 321,9 million tons of goods. This result nearly equals the record of 2000 (322,4 mln tons). CEO Willem Scholten called the result "a pleasant surprise". "In the present economic circumstances a stable level of throughput would have seemed more logical, but our second half year was extremely good. In containers and oil products even the best ever".

GL Offers New Bulk Carrier Database

Shipping companies and owners of bulk carriers can now use a new database developed by Germanischer Lloyd to obtain comprehensive information about all requirements relating to the structural and equipment aspects in relation to the cargoes to be conveyed in each case. The new cargo compliance tool "PROTOS" (Provisions for Transportation of Solid Bulk Cargoes) was presented at the first Bulker Forum, which was attended by over 40 shipowners and business partners.

Rotterdam Traffic Grows 8%

In the first half of 2004, 177 million tons of cargo was transhipped in the port of Rotterdam, 8 percent more than the first half of 2003. Outgoing trade increased more noticeably than incoming trade (6.7% and 11.6% respectively) and general cargo grew almost twice as fast (12%) as bulk cargo. Only the amount of coal handled was down (2%) on the first half of last year. The other categories of goods grew: agribulk (+10.6%), ores and scrap (+7.6%), other dry bulk (+6.6%), crude oil (+5

Expansion Plan at Haiti’s Terminal Varreux

Plans call for new jetties and increased depth, along with state-of-the-art container terminal facilities to be jointly developed   Haiti-based WIN Group and South Fla.-based Santé Holding announced having reached an agreement to re-develop Terminal Varreux, S.A. in Port-Au-Prince, the largest privately-owned shipping terminal and port facility in Haiti. The fourth generation WIN Group is a Caribbean conglomerates, with stakes in multiple industries