Port Authority

Port Authorities Decisions To Negatively Impact International Shipping!

  • Hai Phong City and Port authorities made decisions which will negatively impact international shipping. 
  • Quarantine zone berths designated in port, to handle ships while they’re not yet fully cleared and crew to remain on board. 
  • The list of potentially dangerous virus ships includes all the ships which arrive not only from China, but also, from South Korea and Japan. 
  • Vietnamese crew members will be allowed to disembark, subject to 14-days quarantine. 

According to a Maritime Bulletin report,...

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Proactive port authority prevents possible deficiencies

CHIRP issued its 54th Maritime Feedback outlining an incident concerning a combination of ladder deficiency and the follow up which involved both the port authority and the regulatory authority, Port State Control. This report demonstrates that when a vessel turns up ill equipped, this regulator is prepared to take immediate action. Hitting owners and managers in the pocket by delaying the ship will certainly get their attention and help change behaviours.

The incident involves a vessel that...

https://safety4sea.com/proactive-port-authority-prevents-possible-deficiencies/

Port of Rotterdam: Stricter rules to prevent sea accidents

Port of Rotterdam announced that through out 2018, 29.475 sea-going vessels arrived. That is 200 less in comparison to 2017 and equal to 2013’s numbers. Also, the number of accidents decreased from 129 to 118, on approximately a million shipping movements,maritime and inland shipping.  Although the number of accidents decreased, rules have to be updated, according to the port’s statement.

Specifically, by the 118 accidents five were serious. That is 200 fewer than last year (29,646) and as many...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-rotterdam-stricter-regulations-to-prevent-sea-accidents/

MSC, Port of Valencia tests IoT network

A pilot project from big data and fleet management specialist is being conducted, aimed at providing better overview of traffic at port for improved operational efficiency. The project is a collaboration of Traxens with the MSC Terminal Valencia, the Port Authority at the Port of Valencia and Fundacion Valenciaport (FVP) using the IoT network. The trial started in September 2018.

Namely, as announced on December 13,  MSC Spain trucks are powered with Traxens’ IoT devices, enabling real-time...

https://safety4sea.com/traxens-trials-internet-of-things-iot-at-msc-terminal-valencia/