Chinese companies invest one billion US dollars to help Panama port expansion, HIT held the third sh

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Chinese-funded enterprises to invest 1 billion US dollars to help Panama port expansion; May Port Auckland container imports increased by 1.4% to 82,440 TEU

; HIT held the third shipping summit; Japan Maritime Association issued the latest rules of the steel class

According to "today's news" reported that recently, in Panama Cologne free trade area of ​​the Margaret container port (Panama Colon Container Port) officially opened the expansion project. The port was acquired by Chinese mainland enterprises in 2015 and invested about $ 1 billion to expand the project.

Panama President Varela said that this shows that foreign companies have confidence in Panama's economic stability and stressed that the expansion of China's investment in the mainland can create 800 jobs for Panama, but also in the port after the operation to create 1,200 jobs opportunity.

The container port will have three terminals, which can accommodate different sizes of container ships, including super Panama-type box ship, and is expected to handle 2.5 million TEUs per year.

Cologne free trade area at the Panama Canal Atlantic Ocean Department, is the largest free trade zone in the Western Hemisphere, but also second only to Hong Kong's world's second largest free trade zone.

In May 2017, Auckland port container imports 82,440 TEU, an increase of 1.4% over the same period last year, is a new high of two years.

Auckland's container imports accounted for 48% of the overall throughput. "Port Auckland imports have risen for four consecutive months," said John Driscoll, director of shipping at Auckland Harbor.

Port imports, exports and empty containers increased by 2.2% in the first five months of 2017.

The number of Auckland vessels fell by 7% in May, but the capacity of the vessels increased.

The Japan Maritime Association (ClassNK) has issued a revision of its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships, according to the Taiwan New Deal Shipping Edition.

The Association regularly revises its rules and guidelines to reflect the latest findings of the relevant research and development programs, feedback from the Damage Survey, requests from industry and compliance with the latest international conventions, the International Association of Classification Associations (IACS) Unified requirements (UR), national regulations and other requirements.

The amendments include the following:

1, Torsional Strength of Container Carriers (Torsional Strength of Container Carriers)

2, driving control system failure measures (Measures for Steering Control System Failures)

3, the security work load mark (Marking of Safe Working Loads)

4, recording of Engine Status, etc. in a row of nitrogen oxide emission control areas.

5, welders and welders qualification assessment test (Weldersand Welder Qualification Tests)

In addition, the association's subsidiary, ClassNK Consulting Services, has launched the EU Support Program on Carbon Dioxide Emission Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (EUMRV) to assist ship companies to develop monitoring programs to comply with the EUMRV regulations.

The regulations are subject to the establishment of a monitoring plan for all over 5,000 gross tonnage vessels entering and leaving the ports under the jurisdiction of the EU Member States and submitting a report to the EU certification body for verification units. The plan shall be in accordance with the status of the vessel, provide for the collection of the method and management procedures for the voyage information of the vessel, and the shipping company or the ship operator shall submit the monitoring plan of all the ships to the verification unit by August 31 of this year.