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Newsletter for APSN APSN Newsletter Issue 6 No.5 / 2013 Issue 6, No. 5/2013 APSN NEWSLETTER Networking for Stronger Port Industry and Better Community Contents APSN News APEC News Industry News Upcoming APSN Events Upcoming Maritime Events in the World APEC Port Services Network (APSN) March, 2013 1 APSN Newsletter Issue 6 No.5 / 2013 APSN News Highlights APSN President Meeting The 2013 APSN President Meeting was successfully held on March 18 – 22, 2013 in Chongqing, China. Mr. President Tim Meisner, Mr. Vice-President Abdullah Yusuff Bin Basiron and delegates of Council Member from Canada and Thailand were in attendance. The meeting identified that Green Port: Time for Actions and Innovations is the theme of the 6th APSN Workshop and Council Meeting on November 4-8th 2013 in Phuket, Thailand. Four sessions/panels were decided as following: 1. Trends and Challenges for Green Port 2. Government Initiatives and Actions 3. Industry Initiatives and Actions 4. Balancing Greening and Being Efficient 2 APSN Newsletter Issue 6 No.5 / 2013 As host, Port Authority of Thailand was very active in holding this Workshop and Council Meeting. All delegates visited The Three Gorges Dam Project of Yangtze River in Hubei Province. APSN participated Workshop on Supply-chain Benefits of Electronic Information Exchange between Seaports in Selected APEC Economies’ in Shanghai. At 8 February 2013, delegates of the APSN and the Logistic Engineering Center of WTI attended the Workshop on Supply-chain Benefits of Electronic Information Exchange between Seaports in Selected APEC Economies’ in Shanghai. As host, the Department of Infrastructure and Transport of Australia invited 8 economies 21 delegates including Australia, China, Korea, Indonesia, Papua New Guinean, Philippines, Chinese Taipei and Vietnam to attend the workshop. The objectives and expected deliverables of the workshop are: 1. To strengthen the capacity of port communities in APEC economies through a better understanding of information infrastructure deficiencies hindering the efficient movement of goods through seaports and to provide a framework for strategies to overcome these inefficiencies. 2. To share workshop outcomes, findings and recommendations with port communities in other key APEC economies, aiming to address chokepoints identified by the APEC Supply Chain Connectivity Framework. 3. To provide a pathway for the effective uptake of findings and recommendations. In addition, two industry tour to Shanghai International Port (Yang Shan Port) and Shanghai Shipping Exchange were arranged for all delegates during the workshop. 3 APSN Newsletter Issue 6 No.5 / 2013 Regular Member’s News Port of Xiamen to merge three container terminals Three Xiamen container terminals operators, the Xiamen International Port Company, the Xiamen ITG Group and the Xiangyu Group, have announced plans to merge their terminals, reports the Xiamen Evening Post. The merger involves a total of 25 container berths, including Dongdu port area's #5 to #16, #20 and #21 berths, Haicang port area's #1 to #6, #18 and #19 berths and Songyu port area's #1 to #3 berths. Unofficially called the Xiamen Container Terminal Group, a joint venture will be established to operate the merged terminal with registered capital of CNY2.44 billion (US$391.04 million) with total investment expected to run to CNY7.31 billion. Xiamen International Port Company will hold 68.24 per cent; Xiamen ITG Group, 9.43 per cent and Xiangyu Group, 8.53 per cent. These three are owned by Xiamen state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. The rest 13.8 per cent is held by the Hong Kong-based and listed New World Port Investments Limited. As New World Port Investments is a foreign-invested company, the joint venture will need to get approval from the Ministry of Commerce, an unnamed person from the Xiamen ITG group said. "Nearly all state-owned container terminals in Xiamen will be merged together", an unspecified person close to the deal disclosed. The Xiamen state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission attaches great importance to the merger, which has been planned for years. (News Source: Transport Weekly) PSA's global throughput increases to 60.06 m TEUs PSA International, the world's No. 1 container terminal operator, posted a 5.2 per cent year-on-year increase in global throughput to 60.06 million TEUs in 2012, according to Exim News Service. Its main Singapore Terminals posted a 6.4 per cent year-on-year increase to 30.26 million TEUs, in addition to a 3.6 per cent increase during the same period to 28.8 million TEUs at its facilities in 17 other countries. "The PSA Group has pulled together with resilience. 2012 was another challenging year for shipping as global trade growth continued to be weak, undermined by the ongoing debt crisis in Europe, the sluggish recovery of the American economy, turmoil in the Middle East and the slowdown in China," said the PSA International CEO, Mr Chong Meng. "PSA will continue to invest in new port projects and upgrade our current facilities and terminals to better serve their needs globally," he added. (News Source: Transport Weekly) Welcome to New APSN Members New Council members Mr. Surapong Rongsirikul, Deputy Director-General of the Port Authority of Thailand, who was the APSN Council member of Thailand, has been assigned to the new position. In this regard, the Ministry of Transport of Thailand nominated Ms. Lawan Oungkiros, Deputy Director-General (Asset Management and Business Department) of the Port Authority of Thailand to replace him. 4 APSN Newsletter Issue 6 No.5 / 2013 APEC News Submarine cable resilience critical to connectivity Issued by the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment Increased harmonization of submarine telecommunication cable protection ensures seamless internet connectivity across the Asia-Pacific’s fast-growing web-based economies, says a report commissioned by the APEC Policy Support Unit that was endorsed on Monday by the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment. The issue was discussed in Jakarta at the Committee’s first gathering of regional trade and investment experts this year, on the eve of the First APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting here on 6-7 February 2013. “Goods and services trade, financial transactions and socio-economic welfare increasingly rely on uninterrupted internet data flows which are delivered to the region’s economies by a network of submarine cables,” said John Larkin, Chair of the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment. Protecting submarine cables from disruption and implementing measures to expedite their repair are central to improving trade and business within the APEC region. “APEC members recognize the importance of cooperating on initiatives that can help to create a more coherent regulatory environment to facilitate vital submarine cable protection, repair and maintenance,” Larkin noted. The trade impact of damage to submarine cables is being addressed by APEC economies as part of work plan to enhance the harmonization of cross-border communications. The goal, outlined in the APEC Supply Chain Connectivity Framework Action Plan, is to improve supply chain performance in terms of time, cost and uncertainty by 10 percent by the end of 2015. According to the report, over 97 percent of cross-border data traffic is carried by submarine cables given that they are cheaper and more reliable than other channels such as satellites. Submarine cable infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region is especially important due to the way many APEC economies are geographically positioned which further limits alternatives, the report explains. But the equipment is susceptible to damage from natural disasters such as earthquakes as well as shipping activities, illegal fishing and equipment stress which can affect more than one cable and occasionally could lead to widespread outages in the region. “Because almost all submarine cables are built between continents, it is crucial that economies work together to reduce the regulatory impediments that keep them from operating,” said Larkin. This includes facilitating the process of cable maintenance by allowing ships to travel efficiently across borders to repair damaged cables which are generally owned and operated by the private sector, says the report which includes a simulation of the impact of a disruption on APEC economies. “There is scope for APEC economies to facilitate bringing cable owners, operators and regulators together to discuss good practices for protection as well as recovery and repair,” Larkin concluded. (News Source: APEC Committee on Trade and Investment). Industry News Shore power arrives at the Port of Halifax The Port of Halifax will be the first port in Atlantic Canada to implement shore power for cruise ships, beginning with the 2014 cruise season. Shore power is a highly effective way to reduce marine diesel air emissions by enabling ships to shut down their engines and connect to the electrical grid in order to provide necessary 5 APSN Newsletter Issue 6 No.5 / 2013 power while docked. This initiative represents the second shore power installation for cruise ships in Canada. Today's announcement, which was made at Canada's largest East Coast port by the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Graham Steele, MLA Halifax Fairview on behalf of Percy Paris, Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism for Nova Scotia, and Karen Oldfield, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Halifax Port Authority, represents a $10-million cooperative initiative among the Government of Canada, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Port of Halifax. "Our government continues to make significant investments in Nova Scotia's future. We know that a thriving tourism industry is a key part of ensuring Nova Scotia's economic prosperity and we are happy to grow this sector of Nova Scotia's economy while helping the environment,” said Minister MacKay. “Be it the $25 billion federal initiative to build ships in Nova Scotia, offshore oil exploration or tourism, our government is committed to growing Nova Scotia's economy and creating more jobs." Transport Canada will contribute up to $5 million to the project.
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