MARITIME & MILITARY

By  Ian Putzger in Toronto   29/06/2018 Canada’s Pacific port of Prince Rupert is looking to stay ahead of the demand curve to avoid a repeat of the problems that bogged down container flows last winter. It has officially kicked off the next phase of the expansion of its Fairview container terminal, which will take port capacity to 1.8m teu, a 33% increase from its current capabilities. The project is due for completion in 2022 and will expand the container yard from 32ha to 41ha and add three gantry cranes, two rubber-tyred units and an eighth dock gantry crane. Additional container storage space will be created by the relocation of the buildings that house maintenance and administration. To boost rail capacity, 2km of track will be added for a total of 7.5km at the dock. This is a sensitive spot – it was problems with rail capacity that led to a pile-up of containers last winter, stretching container dwell times to as much as sev...

Επιλεγμένο άρθρο από την πλούσια αρθρογραφία του DAN GOODWILL. A number of U.S. companies told investors that rising shipping costs in recent months have cut into earnings. Many manufacturers and retailers throughout North America spend millions of dollars a year on freight transportation. Freight costs can represent between 1 and 10 percent of a company’s operating revenue, one of the largest cost items. One of the best ways to find out where a company stands in this area of rising freight rates is to conduct a Transportation Audit. Keep in mind that even a few percentage points of savings off a multi million freight spend can be a considerable amount of money. This is a year that shippers have been dreading. Increased demand, from retailers looking to restock after the holidays and from manufacturers, has made it harder for companies to book transportation, particularly on short notice. Prices have also risen due to bad weather, a new U.S. federal trucking safety rule, t...

Δόθηκε προς χρήση ο ριζικά αναβαθμισμένος και εμπλουτισμένος σε σχέση με τον προκάτοχο του BMP4 οδηγός για την προστασία των πλοίων από πειρατικές και λοιπές εγκληματικές, τρομοκρατικές ενέργειες. Ο νέος οδηγός περιλαμβάνει αντικείμενα ασφαλείας τα οποία απασχόλησαν τον BMP4 αλλά και νέα όπως η θαλάσσια τρομοκρατία, οι τοπικές συγκρούσεις, οι επιπτώσεις τους στην ναυσιπλοΐα καθώς επίσης αγγίζει  ζητήματα όπως αυτό της διαχείρισης "εγκληματικής" σκηνής. Το θετικό με τον νέο οδηγό είναι ότι πλέον δίνει την δυνατότητα στο σύνολο του πληρώματος να έχει εικόνα του χάρτη επικινδυνότητας που επικρατεί στο θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον καθώς και της μεθοδολογίας -συλλογικής συμμετοχής που απαιτείται για την αντιμετώπιση της εγκληματικότητας,τρομοκρατίας και πολεμικών συγκρούσεων στο θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον. Αφήνει πολλά περιθώρια για έναν ...BMP6 ...οι έμπειροι του χώρου θα αντιληφθούν σχεδόν αμέσως αυτή την προοπτική, ενώ το αφήγημα του εκπέμπει μια αρνητικότητα για την παρο...

The purpose of the project is to efficiently meet the Kingdom’s refined product demands in Makkah Province. A new pipeline system (YNJ-1 & YNJ-2) with ultimate capacity of 577 MBD (240 MBD & 337 MBD respectively) is planned to deliver products from the proposed Yanbu’ Distribution Hub to the existing and expanded North Jeddah Bulk Plant facility.   The pipelines shall use a dual pipeline arrangement to deliver two grades of gasoline (PG91 & PG95), ULSD and Jet A-1 refined products to an upgraded and expanded NJBP. FACTS AND FIGURES Pipelines to be built:  •  YNJ-1: 20”*333,5 Km gasoline pipeline  •  YNJ-2: 24”*333,5 Km Diesel & Jet A-1 pipeline Other Main Facilities:  •  8 valve stations (furnished with RTU's )  •  4 scraper traps  •  430 km of 48-strand ITU-G.652D Single-Mode Fiber Optic Cable (FOC)  •  18 nos. road Thrustboring +1 railroad Thrustboring work  •  Supply and install ...

 Το νέο μοντέλο της AIRBUS έκανε την παρθενική του πτήση με τα διακριτικά των Τουρκικών αερογραμμών. Από παλαιότερη ανακοίνωση της κατασκευάστριας εταιρείας: New evolution with longer range and higher capacity Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) at its facilities in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, will undergo ground tests prior to its scheduled first flight in the coming weeks. First delivery of an A321neo ACF to a customer is scheduled for mid-2018. The A321neo ACF is the latest addition to the successful A320 Family. By applying modifications to the fuselage, the ACF enables more flexible cabin configurations for up to 240 passengers. Compared to the previous A321 variant, the most visible modifications are a new rear section and a modified passenger door configuration, where the door located forward of the wing is removed and new overwing emergency exits in the centre section are introduced...

 Αν και δεν υπάρχει επίσημη ανακοίνωση, από το πεδίο Marjan διακινούνται πλέον αρκετά σημαντικές ποσότητες πετρελαίου το τελευταίο διάστημα.

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Research from the Harvard Chan School suggests U.S. flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer when compared with the general public. American flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer, including breast, uterine, gastrointestinal, thyroid, and cervical cancers, when compared with the general public, according to new   research   from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The analysis, one of the largest studies of cancer among cabin crew members to date, is the first to show that U.S. flight attendants also have an elevated rate of non-melanoma skin cancer. The findings are “striking given the low rates of overweight and smoking in our study population, which highlights the question of what can be done to minimize the adverse exposures and cancers common among cabin crew,” said Irina Mordukhovich, a research fellow at Harvard Chan School and the corresponding author of the paper. The study was pub...

Compliance with SOLAS and USCG Regulations for Operation of Main Propulsion and Essential Auxiliary Machinery Lessons Learned from the S.S. EL FARO Casualty The purpose of this Alert is to inform operators of the role that the main propulsion lube oil system was found to have played in the EL FARO casualty. This alert also recommends that operators, especially ship engineers, review the operational procedures and limitations of vital propulsion machinery, and verify compliance with SOLAS, Classification Society and regulatory standards.  The Coast Guard Marine Board Report on the sinking of the EL FARO, with 33 lives lost, revealed that loss of propulsion during extremely heavy weather was a contributing factor to the sinking of the vessel. The exact operational status of all vital EL FARO engineering equipment during the hours preceding the casualty could not be determined. However, bridge audio recordings indicate that the vessel lost lube oil pressure to the mai...

1991 interview with Soviet-born General Kang Sang Ho also sheds light on purges of 1950s Fyodor Tertitskiy  One of the wonderful opportunities  Google Books  opened to the world is the ability to find and trace obscure publications such as books published in small numbers or by small publishing houses as well as interviews in some old journals. This is truly a great asset for any historian, as one can find many valuable documents there which would have otherwise been obscured. One document found through this process is a 1991 interview by Russian journal Ogoniok with Kang Sang Ho – a former Lieutenant General of the DPRK’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. This piece will introduce two of the most fascinating parts of General Kang’s interview: his testimonies on the beginning of the Korean War and on the purges of the 1950s in North Korea. THE MAN Kang Sang Ho (강상호) was born Ivan Afanasyevich Kan (Иван Афанасьевич Кан) in the Russian Far East in 1909. Like man...