Port News
-Caribbean still top cruise destination
Source: The Windsor Star, June 16, 2012
There are new itineraries everywhere. River cruising is on the rise. Ships are on the move in Europe. Business is up in Australia. Double-digit growth is showing up in Asia. Sometimes, the Caribbean gets lost in the shuffle. The majority of people who cruise are from North America. The majority of North Americans who cruise still go to the Caribbean, a sea mecca that includes ports in Florida, Mexico and the Bahamas. At the Cruise Lines International Association, the umbrella organization for the cruise lines, the numbers tell the story for 2011. Read more
-DavisvillePort Dredging Plan Makes Progress
Source: Dredging Today , June 15, 2012
The General Assembly has passed and the governor has signed resolutions approving plans of the RI Economic Development Corporation to issue $7.5 million in bonds for maintenance dredging at the Port of Davisville. Read more
- Canada: MeafordHarbour Ready for Dredging
Source: Dredging Today , June 18, 2012
MeafordHarbour is filling with silt and causing problems for boaters. Those issue was brought to light at a MON council meeting. Read more
- Giant container ship arrives in Port of Long Beach from China
Source: Press-Telegram, June 9, 2012
More than two-tenths of a mile long and more than half a football field wide, the Mediterranean Shipping Co.'s vessel, the Altair, made its way from China's Port of Yantian into Long Beach before the sun rose Thursday. It's the second time a container ship as large as the Altair had ever called to North America. The first one, the MSC Fabiola - about the same size as the Altair - was lauded when it first came to Long Beach in March. Read more
- Panama Canal to Implement Plan for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Watershed
Source: World Maritime News, June 17, 2012
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) and the German Agency for International Cooperation to apply mechanisms that will reduce emissions in the Canal Watershed. Read more
- Shipowners Stress Their Role in Delivering Green Growth (Brazil)
Source: World Maritime News, June 16, 2012
On Saturday 16 June, in Rio de Janeiro, at a high level ‘Oceans Day’ event during the United Nations ‘Rio+20′ Summit on Sustainable Development, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) presented the views of the world’s merchant shipowners on delivering green growth. On behalf of ICS, the principal international trade association for shipowners, representing over 80% of the world merchant fleet, ICS Regulatory Affairs Director, David Tongue, told Rio + 20 delegates: “Shipping carries about 90% of world trade but is already by far the greenest form of commercial transport producing between 40 and 100 times less CO2, per tonne of cargo moved one kilometre than cargo aviation and significantly less than trains and trucks. Read more
- CIP Secretariat announcements:
(i) In the cooperation framework between CIP, International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Port of Le Havre, we would like to extend an invitation requesting nominees for a fellowship to attend the Twenty-Sixth Advanced Course on Port Operations and Management to be hold from September 10 to October 12, 2012 in Le Havre, France. Candidates must have good working knowledge of either English or French. The due date to apply for this fellowship is June 25.Should you are interested please send an e-mail or more information.
(ii) Visit the "CIP-web foto" Official of the CIP to observe the sessions of the VII CIP Meeting (Lima-Peru, March) the Third Hemispheric Conference on Environmental Managment Port (Montevideo- Uruguay, May) and the Seminar on Port Management (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, January)Read more