MARITIME & MILITARY

Έχει ιδιαίτερη σημασία η παραπομπή με αστερίσκο, κάτω δεξιά, του ορίου των 60 λεπτών που ορίζεται ως χρόνος διακομιδής από την στιγμή που θα εγκριθεί αυτή.

Λιμένας, είναι μια επιτυχώς επιλεγμένη και καλώς προετοιμασμένη τοποθεσία η οποία προσβλέπει στα πλαίσια του τοπικού και διεθνούς εμπορικού ανταγωνισμού να πετύχει τον ελάχιστο TURN AROUND TIME για κάθε πλοίο που τον επισκέπτεται χωρίς να διακυβεύεται το SAFETY και το SECURITY του πλοίου. To πλοίο, ώς βασικός πελάτης μιας λιμενικής περιοχής- εγκατάστασης, αναμένει εξ αυτής τον μέγιστο βαθμό εξυπηρέτησης και ασφάλειας αφού τόσο η λιμενική περιοχή/εγκατάσταση όσο και το πλοίο μπορεί να συνιστούν "στόχο" προεπιλεγμένο ή ευκαιρίας. Ο λιμένας, πέραν της οποίας τεχνοκρατικής διάστασης και ερμηνείας μπορεί να του αποδοθεί αποτελεί επίσης πεδίο κοινωνικής δραστηριότητας, θεμιτής ή αθέμιτης καθώς και τοπίο ενδοκρατικού και διακρατικού ανταγωνισμού - σύγκρουσης. Σε ένα  άκρως ρευστό παγκόσμιο περιβάλλον του οποίου ο ανθρώπινος πληθυσμός εμφανίζει την τάση της "Παρακτιοποίησης", τόσο η κατασκευή νέων λιμενικών εγκαταστάσεων όσο και η διατήρηση - αν...

Έφτασαν στον λιμένα της Ταγγέρης οι τρείς τελευταίες γερανογέφυρες οι οποίες θα μπορούν να εξυπηρετήσουν πλοία μεταφορικής ικανότητας 22.000 εμπορευματοκιβωτίων! Πρόκειται για τις μεγαλύτερες στην κατηγορία τους και η αναβάθμιση του προαναφερθέντος τερματικού είναι δεδομένη.

Χάρτης ο οποίος παρουσιάσθηκε το καλοκαίρι στο 4 Φόρουμ Πετρελαίου και Αερίου στην Ουάσινγκτον.

Major oil producers said Sunday that crude supply next year would outstrip demand, calling for new strategies based on production adjustments. Khalid al-Falih, Energy Minister of the world’s top supplier Saudi Arabia, said the kingdom would cut its production by 500,000 barrels per day. Russia, the world’s second-biggest producer, said it would commit to any new agreement among producers to cut output. Meeting in Abu Dhabi to examine how to curb a sharp slide in oil prices, the producers said they “reviewed current oil supply and demand fundamentals and noted that 2019 prospects point to higher supply growth than global requirements.” They would therefore consider “options on new 2019 production adjustments, which may require new strategies to balance the market,” they said in a statement at the end of the meeting. Suheil al-Mazrouei, energy minister of the host country UAE, hinted that producers are preparing to cut output. “A new strategy needs to be formed ...

www.thenational.ae State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has signed a 10-year sales agreement for liquefied natural gas (LPG) with China's Wanhua Chemical Group as the Arabian Gulf firm locks in longer-term supply deals with Asian buyers. Under the terms of the contract, whose value was not disclosed, Wanhua will purchase up to a million tonnes of LPG annually, Adnoc said. LPG, a refined product, is in high demand in Asia, mainly as a cooking fuel stored in cylinders for stoves as well as a propellant, refrigerant, vehicle fuel and as a feedstock for the petrochemicals industry. National oil companies such as Adnoc have begun negotiating and signing long-term contracts for products with buyers in East Asia as they look to secure market share and pivot business strategies to focus more downstream. Adnoc currently produces 10.5 million tonnes of LPG per year. The firm is expanding its refining and chemical capabilities through investments of up to $45 billi...

Albania’s government picked a group led by India Power Corporation Ltd. to build the Adriatic country’s first solar power station worth 70 million euros ($79.34 million) with a capacity of 100 MW, the Energy Ministry said on Saturday. The offer by India Power, Mining Resources FZE based in the United Arab Emirates and the Hong Kong-based Midami Ltd. was the one out of three with the best combination of “technical and financial credibility, price and additional capacity”, it added. “This project will be an important step in diversifying energy resources in Albania and lead the way in turning Albania into a centre of solar power in the Balkans,” said the ministry. The Socialist government of Prime Minister Edi Rama wants to install 120 megawatts of solar and 70 MW of wind power capacity by 2020, since more than 90 percent of Albania’s power is produced from rivers and a newly built power plant, beset by a cooling problem, does not work. Once the solar plant has been built ...

ABU DHABI  (Reuters)   Saudi Arabia is discussing a proposal to cut oil output by up to 1 million barrels per day by OPEC and its allies, two sources close to the discussions told Reuters on Sunday. The sources said the discussions were not finalized as much depended on the reduction in Iranian exports. “There is a general discussion about this. But the question is how much is needed to reduce by the market,” one of the sources said, speaking in Abu Dhabi where a market monitoring committee is due to be held on Sunday, attended by top exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia. Asked by reporters in Abu Dhabi if the market is in balance, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said: “We will find out. We have our meeting later.” Al-Falih last month said there could be a need for intervention to reduce oil stockpiles after increases in recent months. The United States this month imposed sanctions curtailing Iran’s oil exports as part of efforts to curb Tehra...

 REUTERS China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) is continuing to take oil from Iranian oilfields where it has ownership stakes, even after the United States re-imposed sanctions on the country’s oil sector, a company executive said on Friday. The state-owned oil giant entered Iran in 2004 when it acquired the MIS oilfield, in which it now holds a 75 percent stake. CNPC did not give an output figure for the field on its website. It has also spent billions of dollars on developing the North Azadegan oilfield, which began production in 2016 of about 80,000 barrels per day of crude along with natural gas, according to the company’s website. “Our main cooperation with Iran is upstream investment. Lifting equity oil is recouping our investment there,” Hou Qijun, deputy general manager for CNPC, said on the sidelines of an industry event. Under the waiver, China is allowed to buy 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Iran for 180 days, two sources familiar with the matter ...

Νορβηγικό πολεμικό πλοίο, η φρεγάτα KNM HELGE INGSTAD, συγκρούσθηκε με το Ελληνικών συμφερόντων δεξαμενόπλοιο TS SOLAS πλησίον του τερματικού STURE. Τα αίτια της σύγκρουσης είναι υπό διερεύνηση. Το πετρελαιοφόρο μετέφερε περίπου 625.000 βαρέλια πετρελαίου και είναι κατασκευής 2017. Η διαρροή καυσίμων από την φρεγάτα αντιμετωπίσθηκε εγκαίρως.

H μετακίνηση του παγκόσμιου πληθυσμού προς τις παράκτιες περιοχές του πλανήτη αποτελεί τον μεγάλο πολιτικό, κοινωνικό, οικονομικό,εφοδιαστικό, διατροφικό και ασφαλείας πονοκέφαλο για το εγγύς μέλλον. Η ναυτιλία σε αυτήν την περίπτωση θα κληθεί να παίξει πρωταγωνιστικό ρόλο αφού η τροφοδότηση τεράστιων πληθυσμιακών μαζών συσσωρευμένων στις ακτές των 5 ηπείρων μπορεί να ικανοποιηθεί μόνο μέσω θαλάσσης!