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H.E. Bin Sulayem launches Seatrade event
Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM), was inaugurated yesterday
(Tuesday 28 October) by H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem,
Chairman of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs & Freezone
Corporation.
H.E. Bin Sulayem was accompanied by (from L-R): Rashid
Mohammed Al Habsi, CEO, Tasneef; Ali Al Daboos, Executive
Suez Canal boss explains
expansion plan, defends pricing
Admiral Mohab Mameesh, chairman and managing director of the
Suez Canal Authority, proved a star turn on the opening day of the
Seatrade Middle East Maritime conference, providing further details of
the Canal’s recently unveiled expansion plans and launching a robust
defence of its pricing policy.
The previous night, the former Commander of the Egyptian Navy
– appointed to his SCA role two years ago - pledged the Canal’s
ongoing commitment to providing “secure and safe” passage for
shipping despite the political turbulence and economic hardship that
his country and region had been going through.
The remarks came in an emotional acceptance speech as
Personality of the Year at the Seatrade Maritime Awards for the
Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa. “The Suez Canal is being
improved not just for (the benefit of) Egypt but for all peace-loving
nations,” he said.
Director - Operations, Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA); Amer
Ali, Executive Director, Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA);
Chris Hayman, Chairman of Seatrade; Humaid Saber Al Hameli,
Acting Director Maritime, Marine Transport Division, Department
of Transport and Vanessa Stephens, Global Events Director and
Managing Director, Seatrade Middle East.
Admiral Mohab Mameesh
At the conference he elaborated that the massive $9bn dredging
effort and construction of a second channel would cut transit time
from 20 hours to 11 hours, with works due to be completed by next
August. Expansion was needed to cater for the new generation of
bigger container ships, as well as to allow laden VLCCs to transit the
Canal, he said.
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Alexandria Shipyard in $280m
upgrade of ship repair facilities
Egypt-based ship repair concern Alexandria Ship Yard (ASY) has recently
completed major upgrades to facilities costing LE2bn ($280m), including
dry-docks and building berths, officials exhibiting at Seatrade Middle East
Maritime said today.
“The upgrade was completed this month and the official opening
will be in November,” said Ayman El Shafey, technical and engineering
department manager at the Marine Industrial and Services Organisation
(MIASO), the holding company which owns ASY.
“There is competition in the Mediterranean and that is why we have
upgraded the shipyard,” said Rear Adm. Mahmoud Ahmed, head of the
Egyptian delegation to Seatrade Middle East Maritime and also chairman
of sister shipyard, Egyptian Ship Repair and Building Co. (ESRBC), also
owned by MIASO. “We have added to the facilities of the shipyard.”
ESRBC facilities include two floating docks, of 9,000 tons, recently
introduced, and 6,000 tons, and an 800 ton boat-lift.
MIASO owns two other companies, Triumph Shipping Co., a shipping
line, and National Nile Transportation Co., a barge transportation company.
Around 70% of ASY and ESRBC business is done with commercial
lines and the rest with the Egyptian navy. Clients include petroleum and
shipping companies, some requiring conversions, including cargo ships to
livestock transporters.
Upgrades to the ASY facilities have seen the enlargement of one of the
building berths to 220m x 38m, while the smaller is 180m x 28m. The larger
of two dry-docks has been expanded to 267m x 40m.
ESRBC’s aluminium shipbuilding has seen construction of pilot boats,
tug boats, as well as fire-fighting and rescue boats, while harbour tugs,
dredgers, fast patrol boats and ferries are built from steel.
ESRBC is the only yard in the area to build aluminium vessels, and to
carry out blasting and painting jobs, and also claims to be the biggest in the
area for block assembly.
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provide onsite international factory warranties to all service jobs done
at ASRY, including dedicated machines and engineers at a workstation
within the shipyard, and access to their worldwide service network.
SOLAS signed an agreement which will see a 2,000 sqm service
centre for life boats, life rafts and fire fighting & life saving appliances
in ASRY. Seven Seas› new $800,000 facility, which opened in May
2014, has two workshops, one for metal fabrication, producing HVAC
and architectural items and another shop for carpentry, building high
quality furniture and architectural items, predominantly for offshore
solutions.
Visit stand no. C1.
ASRY set for $9.2m investment
through specialist contractors
initiative
By Gary Howard
Companies including ABB, SOLAS and Seven Seas have invested
over $3.7m in Onsite Specialist Contractors (OSCs) at Bahrain’s Arab
Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY), with more investments in the
pipeline.
The ASRY initiative, named Project Jupiter, aims to make the
company the leader for OSCs in the Middle East. Project Jupiter has
so far helped secure $3.7m in investment at the yard, a number set to
rise to $9.2m by the end of the year.
Nils Kristian Berge, ASRY CEO, commented: “This new initiative
will give ASRY the highest quality mix of OSCs in the Middle East to
ensure that any global owners needs are catered for specifically and
efficiently. By being able to offer the comprehensive range of specialist
services on site, there is less need for owners to bring specialized
engineers.”
ASRY already accommodates 33 OSCs, including leading names
such as Alfa Laval, Wärtsilä, Blohm+Voss, Harris PYE, Goltens, and
more. As Project Jupiter continues, 2014 will see several more global
names take a permanent and significant presence in the yard as new
agreements are imminent.
Earlier this year, ABB Industries opened their workshop in ASRY to
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Costs to consumer from shipping likely
to rise despite weakening oil price
UASC cautions that while lower crude oil prices could drive
consumer demand, environmental regulations could take the edge
off gains for shipping companies.
“Crude oil price is one thing, the price of fuel oil is another
thing,” Jørne Hinge, President and CEO of United Arab Shipping
Company (UASC) told the keynote session at Seatrade Middle
East Maritime. Despite there being an expected drop in the price
of crude oil, “there is a timetable for us to burn cleaner and cleaner
fuel, therefore there will a price increase to the consumer per unit.”
Hinge warned that even with a weak oil price, cost increases
could still find their way to be passed on to consumers as container
lines burn ever cleaner and more expensive fuels.
“We have two areas now where we have the ECAs in service
from January next year where we can only burn fuels of 0.1%
sulphur. This basically means traditional heavy fuel is out of the
question and we must burn diesel or gas oil fuels, so there is a price
increase for everybody.”
UASC is due to start taking delivery from Hyundai Heavy
Industries later this year of its fleet of newbuild container vessels,
including the world’s first LNG-ready 18,000 teu ultra large container
vessels.
“And this is just the beginning, we know that from 2020 right
now the IMO directive is to burn only 0.5% fuel, so there will be an
increase to the consumer regardless of the crude price.”
Middle East investing heavily to
accommodate efficiency trends
and changing trade patterns
World trade patterns are changing, the ships carrying cargo around
the globe are growing and the shipping industry of the Middle East is
investing heavily in preparation for continuing market trends.
In his opening address at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime keynote
conference session, H.E. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, vice chairman, DP
World, explained the necessity for investment in port infrastructure to
accommodate ever larger vessels, “We have invested a further $850m
to build the new semi-automated terminal 3 facility at our flagship Jebel
Ali,” said Bin Thaniah.
“We have built terminal 3 in response to both the increased size of
our customers’ vessels and in response to changing trade patterns,”
added bin Thaniah, identifying Africa and South America as areas in
particular that call for greater infrastructure investment to facilitate their
growth.
“I think this is going to be a long term trend, especially with all the
infrastructure developments that are happening,” said Rashed Al Hebsi,
CEO, Emirates Classification Society (TASNEEF).
“Bigger ship sizes, increasing the size of ports, this is all going to
help in reducing the cost of shipping in general, which will positively
impact the cause of shipping in general.”
“This will be delivered by the technology, the competency and all
the ability that has been built by all of the different countries.”
Abdulkareem Al Masabi, vice president - operations at another port
which has invested heavily to meet demand, Abu Dhabi Ports Company
(ADPC), commented: “Ten years ago we would consider a 6,000 or
8,000 teu ship a large ship. Now it is almost like a feeder vessel. The
trend of the growing size of vessels 16, 18, 20, 22,000 teu vessels, that
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Suez Canal boss explains expansion
plan, defends pricing
Doubling of capacity would also allow an increase in revenues for
the Canal, “the most important element of the Egyptian economy,” he
added, with the extra income being used to fund reconstruction of the
country after the political turmoil of recent years.
Questioned by Seatrade Daily News as to what effect this would
have on Canal tolls - which have already risen sharply in recent years and whether the industry would be consulted over any further increases
as the Panama Canal had done, Adm. Mameesh provided a detailed
rationale of the Canal’s pricing policies.
Firstly, like Panama, the SCA had the right to charge the prices it
puts a huge strain on ports as well.
“There’s a huge investment that you have to put into ports to stay
competitive. It’s not just about the size of cranes or the size of the ports
and the quay walls, there’s now the new technology of semi-automation
that we have already invested in. Even that is growing on a very fast
track.”
“It is good to have a downturn, it is good to stabilise,” said H.E.
Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World
& Group CEO. “Sometimes it is good to reconfigure your future to how
you want it.”
Buamim explained “that despite slow growth since the economic
downturn in 2008, the Middle East finds itself placed at the centre of
the emerging cross formation of North-South and East-West trade, a
position that offers multiple opportunities.
Drydocks World, which delivered the largest capacity wind power
high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) offshore platform ever built earlier
this year, the Dolwin Beta, now faces a capacity problem. Thanks to the
group’s successful diversification into the offshore market, it now finds
its services in high demand from the shipbuilding and offshore sectors.
Jørn Hinge, President and CEO of UASC, which is at the forefront
two key trends in the container trade-economies of scale through larger
ships and strategic alliances between lines - added a shipowner’s view
to the debate. “Growth in the size of vessels also demands that the
shipping lines cooperate. I think this is one of the reasons you see these
alliances becoming more and more common, because it allows the
shipping lines to share the capacity of these large ships.”
UASC, which is about to start receiving a fleet of LNG ready
ultra large container ships from Hyundai Heavy Industries, recently
announced the launch of a new alliance with CMA CGM and China
Shipping Container Line - Ocean Three.
“The benefits of alliances is that there are even more lines to fill the
ship. You only have the benefit of a big ship if you utilise it fully, if it is half
full there is no benefit.”
wanted, he pointed out. In the case of the Suez Canal, a special Pricing
Committee each year made “detailed calculations” as to what the
“suitable pricing” should be – a reference to the SCA pitching its price
competitively with the all-in cost of that vessel rounding Africa instead.
“No navigation company has complained about prices in the past
two years,” he stated, pointing to the fact that the Suez Canal earned
a record $5.2bn last year, compared to the Panama Canal’s $1.8bn,
proving its popularity.
“This does not mean we take money from customers,” he
continued, denying that price rises were inevitable but saying would
depend on the evolution of world trade.
Finally, service to customers would also be improved, he
emphasised, not just through reduced transit times but also by
providing more anchorage spaces, which like the waterway itself would
be dredged to 66ft draught.
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Eversendai Offshore to take seat at
jack-up construction table
Eversendai Offshore, the RAK Maritime City-based EPC fabricator
and engineering concern, is aiming to create waves in the rig
construction market in the Gulf, pledging to build structures at highly
competitive prices and to premium quality, and serving notice of intent
to incumbents in a market where barriers to entry are extremely high.
Its first rig is being constructed for Vahana Offshore, a vehicle
100% owned by founder of the Malaysia-based Eversendai Group,
Tan Sri A.K. Nathan, but the company believes that its competitive
package will in turn attract other rig operators to make orders in future.
“Rig construction will be primarily aimed at the operations of
Vahana Offshore, a vehicle 100% owned by my father, to own and
operate jack-ups,” said Narish Nathan, Eversendai Offshore CEO,
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speaking to SMEM Daily News today, adding that the company was
studying two proposals from other operators. “We are hoping to sign
deals [on construction for third parties] in December.
Eversendai Offshore was set up as the group’s oil and gas division
in 2010 and opened its new yard at RAK Maritime City 18 months ago.
“The market might get refreshed with our approach. I think we can do
four rigs a year. At $90m [apiece], our rigs are a lot cheaper [than those
built by the competition]. Quality is our first priority,” said Nathan.
Founder Tan Sri A.K. Nathan, who set up the original group in
Malaysia in 1982, owns 72% of publicly listed construction company,
Eversendai Corp. Berhad, and is represented in the UAE by his son,
Narish.
Eversendai Corp. has developed a track record in structural
steel projects related to airports, stadiums, and complex buildings. It
operates today in Malaysia, India, and the UAE. Eversendai Offshore
has yards at Hamriyah Free Zone in Sharjah and RAK Maritime City, as
well as Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial Zone.
Eversendai Offshore intends to build two liftboats, or selfpropelled, self-elevating vessels with sufficient deck space to carry
equipment and supplies for maintenance and workover operations, for
Vahana, and expects this will lead to other orders.
Nathan said the company would construct drilling rigs, as well
as self-propelled jack-ups, which could be used by the oil and gas
industry for topside fabrication work as well as accommodation.
He said Eversendai had recently invested $50m on new facilities
at RAK Maritime City as well as $40m in the last 10 years on its yard
at Hamriyah Free Zone. It has 2,000 personnel at Hamriyah and a
total of 4,000 throughout the UAE. Nathan said the overall group had
revenues of over $300m in 2013.
Eversendai’s involvement in the UAE began in 1995 with
construction on the Burj Al Arab Hotel, completed five years later, for
which it did the structural steel for main contractors Al Habtoor and
Murray and Roberts.
It has since done structural elements on several buildings in the
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and the UAE, including Burj Khalifa and
Dubai Mall, both in Dubai. “Most of the complex structural steel in the
region is built by us,” said Nathan.
Bahri merger expected to be formally
compete next month
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) is close to
completing the physical merger of Vela Marine’s International vessels
into its fleet and expects the process to be concluded by December, a
senior official said at Seatrade Middle East Maritime yesterday.
“Hopefully we are going to complete the merger by end-November,
December,” said Ibrahim Al-Omar, Bahri CEO, the company’s new ceo
appointed October 1, speaking to SMEM Daily News. “The regulatory
approval] is all done. We are receiving one ship per week on average.
Most of the VLCCs have been taken and now we are taking the product
tankers.”
The financial merger, valued at $1.3bn, of Saudi Aramco subsidiary
Vela was announced earlier this year. Saudi Aramco owns 20% of
Bahri’s shares, while the Public Investment Fund is the other major
shareholder, with 22.5%.
Most of the Bahri fleet is engaged in long-haul voyages to bring
crude from Ras Tanura to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, with backhaul
voyages carrying oil to India, China and Singapore from the Caribbean.
“We have taken 14 ships already, very smoothly, and there are six
to go. Then the merger is complete. There are 14 VLCCs, one storage
VLCC and five product tankers, including four MRs and one Aframax,”
said Robert Houston, president, Mideast Ship Management Ltd., the
ship-management arm of Bahri.
The merger received approval from shareholders in June, as Bahri
won 60% support from institutions and retail investors to merge with
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The evolution of the OSV fleet
has produced vessels with a
broad range of capabilities.
Mike Sano, Manager for ABS Energy
Development, ABS Corporate talks to SMEM
Daily News.
In the course of the last decade, offshore
support vessels (OSVs) have become
increasingly sophisticated and technically
advanced, in great part in response to
demands from deepwater drilling, production,
and subsea operations. Today, many OSVs are
multipurpose vessels that have capabilities
that far exceed those of the fleet only 10
years ago. These vessels incorporate the
latest technologies and offer new capabilities
to fulfill the varied demands required in their
specialized support roles.
Changing roles, changing guidance
As OSVs change, so do class
requirements. Rules and Guides are evolving
to address the more specialized roles of
the OSV fleet, which today is outfitted with
increasingly complex industrial equipment and
systems.
Involving class societies early in system
development makes it possible to identify
issues that need to be resolved before
construction begins or prior to installation.
The benefits of involving a class society
are improved equipment compatibility,
serviceability and reliability and a longer service
life for operations.
The recognition that advances in technology
were changing the roles and capabilities of the
world’s OSV fleet led ABS to partner with the
offshore industry to identify areas of concern
in order to update and expand the ABS Guide
for Offshore Support Vessels. With roughly onethird of OSVs worldwide built to ABS class, the
organization was well positioned to develop the
new Rules for Offshore Support Vessels, which
was released in January 2013.
Dynamic positioning systems are another
change in the OSV fleet. Increasing numbers
of OSVs are now equipped with DP capability,
and these DP technologies are being applied
in a growing range of applications. The 2014
ABS Guide for Dynamic Positioning Systems
(DP Guide), which is applicable to systems
installed onboard vessels, offshore installations
and facilities, documents requirements for
designing, testing, and surveying DP systems,
including the new Enhanced System (EHS)
notations. EHS notations for power, control,
and fire protection provide the flexibility to
tailor the notation to the most important
components of the system for the unit’s
intended operations.
Another way of staying in step with
industry is through joint development projects
(JDPs). One ongoing JDP is looking into
creating a much needed specialized Industrial
Equipment notation. When the requirements
are formalized, additional notations will be
developed for other specialized vessel types
such as cable layers, subsea support, and
offshore construction vessels.
Industry outlook
The challenges for class societies working
with the OSV fleet will continue to expand
because the market is growing. Improving
macroeconomic conditions and a buoyant oil
price are moving the OSV market into a robust
recovery. Analysts at Infield Systems predict
strong growth demand thorough 2017, with
the trend toward more sophisticated and
multifunctional units set to continue.
Classification societies are in a unique
position to witness the transformation in
design capabilities firsthand and will keep
pace to provide guidance that allows
these new units to operate safely in their
expanding role in demanding new operating
environments.
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both of which are increasingly enhancing the shipyard’s preference
amongst shipowners/ managers. True to our ‘Near Market Near
Customer’ strategy, N-KOM is also pleased to announce a commercial
representative that will be based in UAE to service our customers better.
The team from AHI is promoting their small-scale newbuilding
services for vessels (barges, pontoons, etc.) as well as their drydock
and slipways to service the extensive small vessel market in the country.
Visit stand no. T7.
Vela, after formally announcing the merger in late 2012.
Houston said a major growth area was expected to be in grain
imports through Bahri’s joint venture with ARASCO, which owns five
bulk carriers for this purpose. Saudi Arabia is to phase out wheat
production in 2016 to save water.
He said Bahri could announce new orders for VLCCs and dry bulk
vessels in the next three-four months, although there was “nothing
definite” at this stage.
Bahri’s is the biggest fleet in the Middle East, with 77 ships, and it
is third-largest VLCC owner in the world, with at total of 23 VLCCs, after
Mitsui OSK Lines and John Fredriksen’s Frontline Ltd.
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OSV fleet
metamorphosis
N-KOM and AHI unite for SMEM 2014
Qatar’s Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) and UAE’s
Arab Heavy Industries (AHI) are showing together for the first time
at this year’s Seatrade Middle East Maritime Exhibition, Stand T7
(Hall 7). Both shipyards are managed by leading Singapore shipyard
Keppel Offshore & Marine.
Going into its fourth year of operation, N-KOM has delivered more
than 300 projects and is promoting its expanded range of services
which include repair, conversion, construction and maintenance
for a wide range of marine and offshore vessels. In addition, the
shipyard is now offering desloping and desludging services as well
as the ‘Ship Spares in Transit’ for custom clearance of spare parts;
The Egyptian Ship Repairs and Building Company
(ESRBC) put its 9,000 ton capacity floating dock into
operation this week, as the company celebrates its 90th
anniversary.
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Celebrating
excellence at
Seatrade Maritime
Awards 2014
Individuals, organisations and companies from across the Middle East,
Africa and the Indian subcontinent maritime and shipping industry
were honoured at the annual Seatrade Maritime Awards in Dubai on
Monday 27 October, a part of Dubai Maritime Week.
Hosted by international journalist and broadcaster Mishal Husain
and now in its eleventh year, the Seatrade awards is widely recognised
as the region’s premier maritime awards programme.
The presentation ceremony, which took place at Atlantis, The
Palm, Dubai, in front of more than 850 guests, was a celebration to
recognise excellence in all areas of maritime activity right across the
Middle East and beyond.
The awards programme has been reformatted for 2014 with new
award categories, a new judging panel and a revamped format, with
Seatrade Maritime Awards winners chosen by an independent panel
of judges based on a predetermined set of transparent criteria.
“This evening’s awards ceremony has attracted hundreds of key
industry professionals covering the entire spectrum of the maritime
and shipping industry in the Middle East, Africa and India. It certainly
echoes the confident and optimistic mood of this vital industry sector,”
remarked Chris Hayman, Chairman, Seatrade.
The Seatrade Personality of the Year 2014, was presented
to Admiral Mohab Mohammed Hussein Mameesh, Chairman and
Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority.
“After a distinguished naval career, Admiral Mameesh took up
his present position in 2012 and has since overseen the raising of
$9 billion from Egyptian investors to fund a second channel parallel
to the existing one that will be 72 kilometres in length. Together with
deepening of the existing channel, this will reduce the time needed to
transit the Suez Canal, from nearly 20 hours to 11 hours, allowing the
number of daily transits to rise from less than 50 today to nearly 100,”
added Hayman.
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Personal Contribution to the Maritime Cluster
was awarded to by H.E. Sultan Ahmed bin
Sulayem, Chairman of DP World. Presented by
Chris Hayman, Chairman, Seatrade & Mishal
Husain, International Broadcaster
Maritime Personality of the Year – Africa
was awarded to H.E. Ahmed Tusa Dalo, CEO,
Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics. Presented by
Mr JO Espinoza-Ferrey, Director, Administrative
Division, IMO
Seatrade Young Person of the Year was
awarded to Mr Ali G Maghami, Vice Chairman,
Simatech Shipping LLC. Presented by Mr John
Doviak, Managing Director, Cambridge Academy
of Transport
Special International Award was awarded to
Mr Philippe Donche-Gay, Chairman of IACS
and Executive Vice-President of Bureau Veritas
Marine & Offshore Division. Presented by Bob
Jaques, Editor, Seatrade Magazine
Seatrade Outstanding Achievement Award
was awarded to Mr Sufyan Al Zamil, President,
Zamil Offshore. Presented by Sheikh Khalil bin
Ahmed Al Salmi, Deputy CEO, Oman Drydock
Company
Seatrade Lifetime Achievement Award was
awarded to Mr Abdul Kader Al Bakri, Founder
& Chairman, A.K. Al Bakri & Sons Holding.
Presented to Sheikh Faisal Abdul Khader Al
Bakri by Capt Sunil Chaudhary, Founder &
Director of CS Offshore
Seatrade Personality of the Year was awarded to Admiral Mohab
Mohamed Hussein Mameesh, Chairman & Managing Director, Suez
Canal Authority. Presented by Mr Mohammed Ali Ahmed, COO, DP
World UAE Region
Returning 25 October 2015 to the
JW Marriot Marquis Hotel Dubai
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The Safety & Quality Award was won by Kuwait
Oil Company. Presented to Capt Lafi Al-Murtaji,
Team Leader Port Operations by Mr Nils Berge,
CEO, ASRY
The Ship Repair Innovation Award was won by
Drydocks World – Dubai. Presented to Engr Ali
bin Towaih Al Suwaidi, Business Development,
Commercial & Project Manager by Mr Koichi
Murata, Regional Manager, Middle East Region,
Class NK
The Technical Innovation Award was won by Caterpillar Propulsion.
Presented to Mr James Johnson, General Manager by Mr Marcel Van De
Kreke, Head of Sales & Marketing, Damen Shipyards Sharjah
The Environmental Responsibility Award was
won by DP World UAE Region. Presented to Mr
Abdula bin Damithan, Account Management
Director by Joe Brincat, Vice-President, Middle
East, ABS
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Two Offshore Marine Development – Africa Awards were presented to:
Topaz Energy and Marine and CS Offshore. Presented to Mr Rene KofodOlsen, CEO and Capt Sunil Chaudhary, Founder & Director by Engr
Ibrahim Abdulrahman Alomar, CEO, Bahri respectively.
Two Contribution to the Development of
the Regional Maritime Cluster Awards were
presented to: Emirates Classification Society,
TASNEEF and YoungShip Dubai. Presented
to Mr Rashed Al Hebsi, CEO, TASNEEF and
Mr Christoffer Thorsheim, Founder YoungShip
Dubai by Mr James Walsh, Project Manager,
Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC).
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The Corporate Social Responsibility Award was
won by Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited.
Presented to Mr C Sasidhar, Managing Director
by Mr C F George, Managing Director, Simatech
Shipping LLC
The Offshore Marine Technology & Construction
Award was won by Drydocks World – Dubai.
Presented to H.E. Khamis Juma Baumim,
Chairman by Mr Pascal Poilliot, Regional Marine
& Offshore Chief Executive, Bureau Veritas
The Finance for Shipping was won by Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. Presented
to Mr Arif Usmani, General Manager by Mr Jorn Hinge, President & CEO,
UASC.
The Maritime Service Provider Award was won
by Sharaf Shipping Agency. Presented to Mr
Salah Sharaf, Executive Director by Mr Hamad
M bin Mejren, Executive Director, Dubai Tourism
Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing
(DTCM)
The Education & Training Award was won by Maritime Training &
Research Foundation, India. Presented to Capt Suresh Bhardwaj,
Resident Director (accepted in his absence by Vanessa Stephens, Global
Events Director & Managing Director, Seatrade Middle East) by June
Manoharan, Regional Director, Middle East, Asia & Africa, Lukoil
The Port and Terminal Development Award was
won by DP World UAE Region. Presented to Mr
Mohammed Ali Ahmed, COO by Mr Rene KofodOlsen, CEO, Topaz Energy & Marine
Shipping Company of the Year was won by United Arab Shipping
Company (S.A.G). Presented to Mr Jorn Hinge, President & CEO by Mr
Trond Hodne, Global Business Development Director, DNV GL Maritime,
Norway
Deal of the Year was won by DNV GL. Presented
to Mr Frederick Leo Ebers, Vice President &
Regional Manager, Middle East & India by Mr
Geoff Taylor Managing Director, NICO
The Maritime Law Award was won by Holman Fenwick Willan Middle
East LLP. Presented to Mr Hugh Brown, Partner by Mr Peter Ford, COO,
Gulftainer Company Limited
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Grandweld goes international
with fast support intervention
vessels
Grandweld Shipyards is looking to market its fast support intervention
vessels internationally after completing a delivery of four of the craft
to Mexico in September.
“We are looking for markets outside the region, especially for our
FSIVs. Lately some of these vessels went to clients in Mexico, and
other clients of ours have located these vessels in that region,” said
Grandweld ceo, Jamal Abki, speaking to SMEM Daily News today.
“Our goal is to create a new market for these vessels outside the
Gulf. We feel our priority will be the Americas, and maybe Asia will be
our next target,” Abki said. “We are examining the West Africa, Brazil
and Gulf of Mexico markets in depth,” he said.
Grandweld completed delivery of four 42m aluminum crew boats
to Cotemar Mexico, as part of a contract signed in June 2013. It said
the vessels were fitted with EPA Tier 3-compliant main engines and
advanced navigation equipment and could exceed a speed of 26
knots.
“Each vessel can seat 100 offshore personnel, has a 100sqm
loading area for over 90 tons of deck cargo, and can carry ample
quantities of fuel and freshwater. The four vessels… will comply with
the US Environmental Protection Agency requirements and US Coast
Guard regulations,” the company said.
The Grandweld-built 42m crew boats can operate in several
functions, and supply and security uses are creating increasing
interest, Abki said. A number of the vessels had also operated in
a security context to escort merchant shipping around the Horn of
Africa to avoid attack by Somali pirates, he said.
Khalifa Port increases
productivity level by 36%
Only two years after the start of commercial operations, ADPC’s
state-of-the-art Khalifa Port now ranks number five in the Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region with regard to port productivity
according to a report published by the Journal of Commerce (JOC).
At present, Khalifa Port shows a crane productivity of no less than
34 gross moves per hour (gmph), which marks an increase of 36%
since September 2012, when the port commenced operations and
showed an overall crane productivity of 25 gmph.
In addition, since 2013, the number of direct links from Khalifa
Port to destination ports across the globe rose by 12, from 40 to 52.
Furthermore, over the course of just one year, Khalifa Port managed to
attract three additional major shipping lines, bringing to 20 the number
of shipping lines currently being served at Abu Dhabi’s flagship port.
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DP World posts 9% growth in
first nine months
Grandweld is able to provide ‘plug and play’ options for different
clients. “This vessel has developed into a multi-mission crew boat. It
can perform for cargo transport and supply as well as passengers.
It can carry 100t of fuel. As an FSIV, it can deliver fuel, water and
passengers in comfort,” Abki said.
He said 12 of the vessels were being built at Grandweld’s yard in
Dubai today for a number of clients. Two Grandweld FSIVs operated
by a Middle East-based client transferred under their own steam to
offshore-Venezuela, Abki said. “We see a market [in the Gulf of Mexico]
and we have the ideal product.”
Grandweld also recently delivered six seismic support vessels to
Bourbon, as well as six of its own-design maintenance vessels for
Kuwait Oil Company, and two diving support vessels for Abu Dhabi
National Oil Company. Two AHTS have also gone to Halul Offshore
of Qatar.
Visit stand no. K1.
“We are very proud of what we have accomplished within such a
short time frame. This not only confirms our financial investments and
hard work but Khalifa Port’s massive potential in terms of productivity
and service offerings for the years to come,” said Capt. Mohamed
Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, ADPC.
“Apart from its ultra-modern infrastructure and excellent market
access to 4.5bn people within four time zones, a major advantage
of Khalifa Port is its proximity to Kizad. Both, Khalifa Port and Kizad,
offer an unprecedented intermodal transportation network, as well as
optimum supply chain and logistics efficiencies,” Al Shamisi explained.
Phase one of the new Kizad Logistics Park (KLP), which covers
an area of more than 45,000 sq m, has recently been completed. All
of the 41 warehouse units of phase one have now been leased to
national and international investors who are in the process of moving
into their units.
Phase one of KLP is the first out of three phases. Phase two, which
will add another 32 warehouse units, is expected to be launched later
next year.
As part of a larger scheme, the logistics park, when finalized, will
provide a total area of around 120,000 sq m and is designed to become a
major regional logistics and warehousing centre.
Agility, one of the world’s leading providers of integrated logistics,
and United Printing & Publishing, one of the largest newspaper print
companies in the UAE, are only two examples of the high profile
enterprises who have chosen KLP as their logistics base with more to be
announced as phase two units become available.
Other companies, which have discovered KLP as a beneficial location
for their business activities, include First Gulf Bank, Al Kabeer Foodstuff,
Galaxy Building Materials, Back Office Logistics, Oriental Fasteners,
Protect Middle East, Creative Communication and Smart Design.
“The completion of phase one of the Kizad Logistics Park adds to
our success story and marks a further breakthrough in the development
of our infrastructures. Khalifa Port and Kizad are cornerstones of the
Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, a vision that not only inspires us in
our daily work but represents a clear road map for the future of this
beautiful and flourishing country,” Al Shamisi added.
Visit stand no. P1.
DP World handled 44.8m teu in the first nine months of 2014, a 9%
increase over the 40.7m teu recorded in the same period in 2013.
The company attributed the majority of the improvement to the
Asia Pacific and Indian Sub-continent region, which handled 20.9m
teu in the first nine months, a 10.3% growth over the 18.9m teu in the
previous year.
Meanwhile, newly-opened London Gateway contributed to the
10.6% nine-month growth recorded in the Europe, Middle East and
Africa region – to 18.6m teu from 16.7m teu in 2013.
However, the big player in this region was the UAE, which handled
11.4m teu, a 12.6% increase.
“Our flagship Jebel Ali port achieved yet another new record,
with 4.0m teu handled in the third quarter,” said DP World chairman
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. “The port is operating at almost maximum
utilisation and we are therefore pleased to announce that Terminal 3 is
now operational, adding 2m teu capacity.
“A further 2m teu is expected to come online in the second half
of 2015, taking total Jebel Ali capacity to 19m teu. This is part of our
commitment to invest to meet future capacity demands in Dubai.”
However, despite new capacity coming online at Embraport in
Brazil, the Americas and Australia region›s volumes contracted by
1.4%.
Sulayem commented: “Volume growth for the first nine months
of 2014 has been impressive, and we remain encouraged by the third
Viking introduces fixed-price
offering to follow shipowner
agreements
Viking is introducing a new fixed-price offering to follow its popular
Shipowner Agreements, enabling customers to leverage the
manufacturer’s unsurpassed global reach, broad range and worldwide
stock points to streamline day-to-day safety equipment purchases in
ports around the world.
Marine and fire safety equipment manufacturer Viking Life-saving
Equipment has come up with a new answer to shipowners’ requests
for predictable costs, reduced risk and easier administration. Viking is
combining its extensive network, and worldwide stock points, and is
integrating marine equipment supplier Hygrapha to do it.
The new “Global Safety Product Agreement” is a unique,
centralised safety equipment purchasing agreement designed to help
shipowners who need to acquire or replace safety equipment in a
variety of ports around the world – and who want to avoid wasting
valuable resources and time to find the right product at the right price.
Anyone whose vessels sail among multiple ports is familiar with the
problem: A routine purchase decision is made to replace pyrotechnics,
quarter performance which has grown 8.4% year-on-year on a likefor-like basis. It is evident that the significant investment of recent
years is aiding in the delivery of stronger volume growth.
“The solid nine-month performance leaves us well placed to
outperform the market, which is forecast to grow at approximately
5% in 2014.
Visit stand no. R1.
an EEBD or other item needed to ensure safety – and safety rules
compliance – on board a vessel. While the item itself requires only a
modest expense, its true cost needs to reflect the time and resources
it takes to procure it. Over a period of time, these hidden costs can
inflate the shipowner’s total safety equipment investment. To make
matters worse, varying local conditions mean that vessels often buy
products whose pricing, quality and compliance can vary widely from
port to port.
Viking ceo Henrik Uhd Christensen explained: “Shipowners
don’t want to spend too much time dealing with minor, one-off
purchases, they don’t want to risk buying sub-standard equipment,
and they certainly don’t want to overpay for anything in the name of
convenience. Highly efficient shipping operations, for example, have
carefully specified the types of equipment that make business sense
for their fleet. But working with local marine suppliers takes time, and
they may not have a similar product in terms of quality, compliance
or price in stock.”
Viking’s Global Safety Product Agreement solves these problems
by enabling shipowners to ensure their vessels have global availability
of over 50 products to start with in pre-determined ports at annually
fixed prices, consistent quality and full compliance. The agreements
include single-point-of-contact management as well as easily
accessible reports that provide an overview of key procurement
data. As a result, shipowners get all the advantages of centralized
procurement with dependable, local availability.
“We started preparing for this type of agreement a few years
ago, adding a long list of multi-brand list of marine and occupational
safety equipment to Viking’s supply capabilities,” says Christensen.
“Obviously, you don’t set something of this size up overnight, so we’ve
been working hard to build the new capabilities into our organization
with the same cost-effectiveness and reliability that’s already in place
for Viking’s existing safety equipment supply systems.”
Henrik Uhd Christensen also sees his company’s marine safety
equipment know-how as a vital part of each Global Safety Product
Agreement.
“VIKING now carries tens of thousands of products – more than
anyone else in the market. So we’re in a unique position to help
shipowners and operators make the best choices for their specific
needs.”
Visit stand no. A12.
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Day Two | 29 October 2014
TIMETABLE
Wednesday 29 October
Conference
0930 – 1615 Refreshment breaks
sponsored by
Global Workboat Technology Forum – With strategic partner Saudi Aramco
- Al Multaqua Ballroom
0930 – 1130 Port Investment & Logistics – Forum Area
Refreshment breaks sponsored by Panama Maritime Authority
1430 – 1630 Ship Repair & Refurbishment – Forum Area
Exhibition
0930
Exhibition Opens
1830
Exhibition Closes
Networking
Cocktail Reception
sponsored by
1230 – 1400
Lunch Area Open- Exhibition floor
1830 – 2030
Cocktail Reception sponsored by Wärtsilä - Al Multaqua Ballroom
Third Party
1130 – 1330
Invitation to free ECDIS Implementation, Policy & Procedures Seminar – Al Wasl Press Room
1200 – 1230
Seatrade Stand Awards Ceremony –
Forum Area
Thursday 30 October
Conference
1000 – 1200 Offshore Oil and Gas Logistics
– Al Multaqua Ballroom
Offshore Oil and Gas
Logistics sponsored by
Refreshment breaks
sponsored by
Refreshment breaks sponsored by Panama Maritime Authority
1400 – 1600 Ship Recycling – Al Multaqua Ballroom
1400 – 1600 Bunkering – Forum Area
Exhibition
1000
Exhibition Opens
1600
Exhibition Closes
Networking
1230 – 1400
Lunch Area Open - Exhibition floor
Third Party
1130 – 1330
Invitation to free ECDIS Implementation, Policy & Procedures Seminar – Al Wasl Press Room
Calling for women in shipping
If you are a professional woman in the shipping industry, then you might
like to join the UAE chapter of WISTA (Women’s International Shipping &
Trading Association). The ladies will be meeting today at 1500hrs in the
Lunch Area and women in shipping are welcome to join in and network.
WISTA UAE was established in 2010 and now has more than 50
active members. The UAE chapter’s mission is to raise awareness of
the Middle East shipping industry amongst professional women inside
the country and abroad, to encourage more to join the maritime &
trading sector and to build a network platform for women within mainly
male dominated industries.
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