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* Worldwide – IMO to assist in implementation of West and Central Africa piracy code
* Singapore, Singapore – Soil investigation off Tuas View
* Australia, all ports – Terminal operations over Easter holiday
* Brazil, all ports – Stevedores’ strike postponed
* Bunker Update – MARKET PRICE UPDATE 21/03/13
DATE: March 21, 2013
COUNTRY: Worldwide
IMO to assist in implementation of West and Central Africa piracy code
The IMO has pledged its support to assist in the implementation of a new
Code of Conduct concerning the prevention and repression of piracy, armed
robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in west and central
Africa, which has been adopted at a Ministerial meeting in Cotonou, Benin.
The Code is expected to be opened for signature at the meeting of the Heads
of State and Government of Central and West African States, expected to be
held in Yaounde, Cameroon, in May 2013.
Welcoming the adoption of the Code, IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu
said that IMO was ready to support the countries in the region in its
implementation….
….IMO has assisted ECOWAS [the Economic Community of West African States]
in the drafting of the Code, which incorporates many elements of the
IMO-developed Djibouti Code of Conduct, signed by 20 States in the western
Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden area, as well as provisions from the existing
Memorandum of Understanding to establish a sub-regional integrated coast
guard function network in West and Central Africa, developed in 2008 by IMO
and the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA). The MoU
has been signed by 15 of the 20 coastal States in the region.
Signatories to the Code intend to co-operate to the fullest possible extent
in the prevention and repression of piracy and armed robbery against ships,
transnational organized crime in the maritime domain, maritime terrorism,
illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and other illegal
activities at sea with a view towards:
(a) sharing and reporting relevant information;
(b) interdicting ships and/or aircraft suspected of engaging in such
illegal activities at sea;
(c) ensuring that persons committing or attempting to commit illegal
activities at sea are apprehended and prosecuted; and
(d) facilitating proper care, treatment, and repatriation for seafarers,
fishermen, other shipboard personnel and passengers subject to illegal
activities at sea, particularly those who have been subjected to violence.
Whilst promoting regional co-operation, the Code recognizes the principles
of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of States and that of
non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other States….
(For information about operations around the world contact the respective
GAC office. Details may be found in the ‘Contacts’ section of www.gac.com)
Source: Extracts from International Maritime Organisation (www.imo.org)
Briefing No.09 dated 21 March 2013
DATE: March 21, 2013
COUNTRY: Singapore
PORT: Singapore
Soil investigation off Tuas View
The working period and borehole positions for soil investigation works off
Tuas View have been revised. The work will now be conduicted from 22 March
to 15 May.
Accoridng to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore’s Port Marine
Notice No.32 of 2013, the works will be carried out 24 hours daily –
including Sundays & Public Holidays –
at the following marine borehole co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum):
C25-N) 1° 14.713’N / 103° 37.672’E
C25-S) 1° 14.691’N / 103° 37.672’E
C25-E) 1° 14.702’N / 103° 37.682’E
C25-W) 1° 14.702’N / 103° 37.661’E
42-1) 1° 13.752’N / 103° 37.7907’E
43-1) 1° 13.752’N / 103° 37.6866’E
44-1) 1° 13.752’N / 103° 37.5704’E
44A-1) 1° 13.752’N / 103° 37.5077’E
46-1) 1° 13.752’N / 103° 37.3391’E
Soil investigation works will be carried out by means of borehole drilling
using jack-up barges. A jack-up barge will be working on only one borehole
at any one time.
The jack-up barge, with tug boats in attendance, will have a circular
safety working zone of 50 metres radius centered at the barge. Tugboats
will be used for shifting the barge from one borehole location to another.
Safety boats will be deployed in the vicinity of the working areas to warn
other craft of the project work.
Craft involved in the works will exhibit the appropriate local and
international day and
night signals.
When in the vicinity of the working areas, mariners are reminded to:
(a) keep well clear and not to enter the working areas;
(b) maintain a proper lookout;
(c) proceed at a safe speed and navigate with caution;
(d) maintain a listening watch on VHF Channel 22 (West Jurong Control);
and
(e) communicate with West Jurong Control on VHF Channel 22 for assistance,
if required.
For information about operations in Singapore contact GAC Singapore at
singapore@gac.com
DATE: March 21, 2013
COUNTRY: Australia
PORT: all ports
Terminal operations over Easter holiday
All Australian coal and iron ore terminals are expected to work as normal
over the upcoming Easter Holidays (29 March-1 April, inclusive).
For information about operations at Australian ports and terminals contact
GAC Australia at shipping.australia@gac.com
DATE: March 21, 2013
COUNTRY: Brazil
PORT: all ports
Stevedores’ strike postponed
The Brazilian stevedores’ strike originally planned for last Monday has
been postponed until this coming Monday, 25 March.
However, discussions between the Federal Government and Port Workers’
Unions are continuing, which may result on a definitive agreement and avoid
the national stoppage.
For information about operations in Brazil contact GAC Brazil at
shipping.brazil@gac.com
DATE: March 21, 2013
Bunker Update:
MARKET PRICE UPDATE 21/03/13
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GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd Pricing Alert
MARKET PRICE UPDATE 21/03/13
180 CST 380 CST MGO MDO
Aberdeen 0 0 950.00 0
Aden 0 0 1, 385.00 0
Alexandria 705.00 690.00 1, 200.00 0
Amsterdam 617.00 593.00 881.00 0
Antwerp 631.00 601.00 894.00 0
Aqaba 0 747.00 1, 050.00 0
Bahrain 0 0 1, 079.00 0
Bergen 694.00 669.00 939.00 0
Busan 668.00 647.00 960.00 950.00
Cape Town 0 0 0 0
Colombo 750.00 725.00 1, 160.00 0
Dubai 660.00 650.00 900.00 0
Durban 649.00 0 1, 084.00 0
Falmouth 0 643.00 965.00 0
Fujairah 725.00 680.00 890.00 0
Gibraltar 681.50 650.50 944.50 0
Hong Kong 647.75 639.25 927.50 0
Houston 709.00 619.00 985.00 0
Istanbul 659.50 633.50 951.50 0
Jeddah 710.00 690.00 1, 080.00 0
Kaohsiung 669.00 667.00 996.00 981.00
Kuwait 639.00 629.00 1, 004.00 0
Leith 0 0 985.00 0
Lerwick 0 0 995.00 0
Malta 684.50 664.00 916.50 0
Mumbai 659.50 649.50 1, 036.00 0
New York & New Jersey 652.00 625.00 981.00 0
Panama 710.00 630.00 1, 022.00 0
Piraeus 690.50 665.50 924.50 0
Port Louis 744.00 0 1, 097.00 0
Port Said 0 0 1, 200.00 0
Qatar 0 0 945.00 0
Richards Bay 659.00 0 1, 103.00 0
Rio de Janeiro 647.00 623.00 1, 015.00 0
Rotterdam 625.00 601.00 889.00 0
Salalah 725.00 680.00 1, 125.00 0
Shanghai 671.50 652.00 1, 047.50 0
Sharjah 660.00 650.00 900.00 0
Singapore 635.00 625.00 912.00 0
St Petersburg 580.50 560.50 0 0
Stavanger 0 0 934.00 0
Suez 715.00 690.00 1, 100.00 0
Walvis Bay 0 0 1, 077.00 0
West Africa OFFSHORE – FROM ABIDJAN TO LUANDA 0 738.00 1, 080.00 0
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