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* Norway, Oslo – Municipal/communal services strike averted
* Panama, Panama Canal – Requirement for pilot platforms & shelters
* Bunker Update – MARKET PRICE UPDATE 27/05/14
DATE: May 27, 2014
COUNTRY: Norway
PORT: Oslo
Municipal/communal services strike averted
The threatened strike by municipal/communal services that could have
affected Vessel Traffic Control for maritime traffic entering /leaving the
port of Oslo has been averted after the involved parties reached a
solution.
For information about operations in Norway contact GAC Norway at
norway@gac.com
DATE: May 27, 2014
COUNTRY: Panama
PORT: Panama Canal
Requirement for pilot platforms & shelters
ACP Navigation Regulations, Article 64 and its Annex, state that vessels
with a length of 900 feet (274.32m) overall or more must provide suitable
platforms and shelters for assisting pilots.
Under current operating practices, vessels with a length of 700 feet
(213.36m) overall or more, and a beam 100 feet (30.48m) or more, not in
compliance with Panama Canal visibility requirements, are assigned an
additional assisting pilot for the transit.
Therefore, vessels with a length of 900 feet (274.32m) overall or more, and
vessels with a length of 700 feet (213.36m) overall or more, and a beam 100
feet (30.48m) or more not in compliance with Panama Canal visibility
requirements, must be equipped with pilot platforms and shelters.
Specific dimensions and characteristics of these shelters and platofrms can
be found in OP NOTICE TO SHIPPIN No.N-1-2014 (Revions 1) “Vessel
Requirements”, Section 3, “Requirement for Pilot Platforms and Shelters on
Certain Vessel”.
(For information about operations in Panama contact
GAC-wilfordmckay.panama@gac.
Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No/.A-12-2014
DATE: May 27, 2014
Bunker Update:
MARKET PRICE UPDATE 27/05/14
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GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd Pricing Alert
MARKET PRICE UPDATE 27/05/14
180 CST 380 CST MGO MDO
Aberdeen 0 0 565.00 0
Aden 722.00 675.00 1, 100.00 0
Alexandria 760.00 0 1, 175.00 0
Amsterdam 620.00 585.00 892.00 0
Antwerp 600.00 582.00 880.00 0
Aqaba 0 715.00 1, 040.00 0
Bahrain 0 0 1, 050.00 0
Bergen 717.00 693.00 942.00 0
Busan 645.00 623.00 940.00 930.00
Cape Town 657.00 0 975.00 0
Colombo 659.00 644.00 995.00 0
Dubai 637.00 622.00 890.00 0
Durban 617.00 0 1, 040.00 0
Fujairah 615.00 612.00 992.00 0
Gibraltar 720.00 690.00 955.00 0
Grangemouth 0 0 582.00 0
Hong Kong 633.00 623.00 948.00 0
Houston 639.00 608.00 990.00 0
Istanbul 653.00 623.00 970.00 0
Jeddah 732.00 671.00 1, 075.00 0
Kaohsiung 655.00 635.00 1, 030.00 1, 025.00
Kuwait 0 615.00 995.00 0
Leith 0 0 578.00 0
Lerwick 0 0 575.00 0
Malta 753.00 726.00 930.00 0
Mersey 0 0 592.00 0
Mumbai 636.00 622.00 1, 095.00 0
New York & New Jersey 677.00 620.00 990.00 0
Panama 695.00 608.00 1, 035.00 0
Piraeus 739.00 710.00 945.00 0
Port Louis 696.00 0 1, 032.00 0
Port Said 760.00 675.00 1, 085.00 0
Qatar 0 0 928.00 0
Richards Bay 627.00 0 1, 050.00 0
Rio de Janeiro 624.00 599.00 975.00 0
Rotterdam 599.00 585.00 880.00 0
Salalah 705.00 660.00 1, 150.00 0
Shanghai 653.00 627.00 1, 075.00 0
Sharjah 637.00 622.00 890.00 0
Singapore 625.00 610.00 928.00 0
Sohar 0 635.00 1, 030.00 0
St Petersburg 515.00 495.00 880.00 0
Stavanger 0 0 962.00 0
Suez 700.00 675.00 1, 080.00 0
Sunderland 0 0 575.00 0
Thames 0 0 587.00 0
Walvis Bay 716.00 0 1, 077.00 0
West Africa OFFSHORE – FROM ABIDJAN TO LUANDA 0 656.00 998.00 0
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