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- * United Kingdom, Lerwick – Development of new quay & berth space
- * Ivory Coast, all ports – Border crossings closed
- * Oman, Salalah Port – STS & boat services at anchorage to resume
- * Bunker Update – GAC MARKET PRICE UPDATE 24/09/12
DATE: September 24, 2012 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PORT: Lerwick Development of new quay & berth space
Lerwick Port Authority has given the go-ahead for two new projects to further develop the harbour.
It has awarded a contract to a local development company to reclaim land and establish a new 151 metre quay at Holmsgarth, Lerwick. The quay space, expected to be completed in July 2013, will be used to service the proposed new fish market. Although predominately serving the fishing industry, the new quay space will also benefit a wide range of harbour users, including the offshore oil and gas sector.
The contract has also been awarded to the same company to extend berth space at Greenhead Base, Lerwick, which is primarily used by vessels operating in the offshore oil and gas sector. The new berth 8 will offer an extra 75 metres of quay space at Greenhead Base, offering users 9 metres water space and complementing the recently opened berth 7 which has 100 extra metres of quay space.
For information about operations in the UK, contact GAC UK at uk@gac.com
DATE: September 24, 2012 COUNTRY: Ivory Coast PORT: all ports Border crossings closed
Cote d’Ivoire closed its land, air and sea border crossings over the weekend following a gun attack against an army post along the border with Ghana.
The incident took place on the same day as attacks against police stations in Abidjan, indicating the presence of a continuing domestic threat in the country.
As well as the risk of physical violence, business travellers in the country also face the prospect of complete travel disruption as a result of border closures….
(For information about operations in the Ivory Coast contact GAC-GETMA at gac-getma.ivorycoast @gac.com
For more about protective solutions, contact GAC Protective Solutions, Powered by AKE at ake@gac.com)
Source: Extract from AKE Group news release dated 24 September 2012
DATE: September 24, 2012 COUNTRY: Oman PORT: Salalah Port STS & boat services at anchorage to resume
The Port of Salalah has advised that ship-to-ship operations and boat services at anchorage will be resumed at 0000 hours tomorrow (25 September).
The Port’s Marine Notice No.03/2012, which suspended the same earlier this year, is withdrawn.
For informatiohn about operations at Salalah contact GAC Oman at salalah@gac.com
DATE: September 24, 2012 Bunker Update: GAC MARKET PRICE UPDATE 24/09/12
GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd Pricing Alert GAC MARKET PRICE UPDATE 24/09/12
180 CST 380 CST MGO MDO
Aden 750.00 0 1, 225.00 0
Alexandria 725.00 718.00 1, 120.00 0
Aqaba 0 753.00 1, 056.00 0
Bahrain 0 700.00 1, 098.00 0
Busan 715.00 695.00 1, 010.00 1, 000.00
Cape Town 693.00 0 1, 025.00 0
Colombo 780.00 755.00 1, 030.00 0
Dubai 650.00 640.00 920.00 0
Durban 655.50 0 0 1, 100.50
Falmouth 770.50 740.50 1, 022.50 0
Fujairah 677.00 657.00 1, 039.00 0
Gibraltar 744.50 715.50 1, 013.50 0
Hong Kong 681.50 667.50 981.00 978.00
Houston 674.00 638.00 1, 040.00 0
Istanbul 688.50 668.50 1, 025.50 0
Jeddah 715.00 700.00 1, 070.00 0
Kaohsiung 709.00 697.00 1, 026.00 1, 011.00
Kuwait 670.00 654.00 0 1, 019.00
Malta 751.50 724.50 983.50 0
Mumbai 776.50 660.50 1, 099.50 0
New York & New Jersey 670.00 640.00 1, 005.00 0
Panama 705.00 660.00 1, 040.00 0
Port Said 718.00 710.00 1, 110.00 0
Qatar 0 0 880.00 0
Rio de Janeiro 674.00 650.50 1, 050.00 0
Rotterdam 718.50 693.50 0 0
Salalah 743.00 703.00 1, 150.00 0
Shanghai 716.50 700.50 1, 081.00 0
Sharjah 650.00 640.00 920.00 0
Singapore 676.50 662.50 984.50 979.50
St Petersburg 525.50 515.50 0 0
Suez 718.00 709.00 1, 130.00 0
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