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India’s Foreign Trade Records Positive Growth in November New Delhi Port Wings News Network xports during November 2017 have exhibited high positive growth of 30.55 per cent in dollar terms vis-à-vis November 2016. This is on the pattern of positive growth in exports in last thirteen months with a dip of 1.12 per cent in October 2017 vis-à-vis same period last year.

US $ 26195.76 MILLION EXPORTS Exports during November 2017 are valued at US $ 26195.76 million as compared to US $ 20066.26 million during November,2016. In Rupee terms, exports were valued at Rs. 169912.50 crore as compared to Rs. 135699.47 crore during November,2016, registering a rise of 25.21 per cent.

CUMULATIVE VALUE OF EXPORTS During November 2017, Major commodity groups of export showing positive growth over the corresponding month of last year are Engineering Goods (43.76%), Petroleum Products (47.68%), Gems & Jewellery (32.69%), Organic & Inorganic Chemicals (54.28%), and Drugs & Pharmaceuticals (13.39%).

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Cumulative value of exports for the period April-November 2017-18 was US $ 196482.31 million (Rs 1267771.18 crore) as against US $ 175410.66 million (Rs 1174997.07crore) registering a positive growth of 12.01 per cent in Dollar terms and 7.90 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

Non-petroleum and Non Gems & Jewellery exports in November 2017 were valued at US $ 19247.56 million as against US $ 15104.42 million in November 2016, an increase of 27.43 %. Non-petroleum and Non Gems and Jewellery exports during April -November 2017-18 were valued at US $ 143528.58 million as compared to US $ 126660.74

million for the corresponding period in 201617, an increase of 13.32%.

IMPORTS Imports d u r i n g November 2017 were valued at US $ 40024.96 million (Rs 259612.29 crore) which was 19.61 per cent higher in Dollar terms and 14.73 per cent higher in Rupee terms over the level of imports valued at US $ 33461.87 million (Rs. 226288.21 crore) in November, 2016. Cumulative value of imports for the period AprilNovember 2017-18 was US $ 296459.17 million (Rs. 1913047.30 crore) as against US $ 243296.85 million (Rs. 1630199.71 crore) registering a positive growth of 21.85 per cent in Dollar terms and 17.35 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

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Exports Back in Positive Territory With a Bang: FIEO New Delhi Port Wings News Network esponding to the Trade Data for the month of November, 2017, showing a sharp increase of 31%, Mr Ganesh Kumar Gupta, President, FIEO said that the global demand has surprised with its strength.

The positive growth in exports in November, 2017 have been witnessed by China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. reflecting recovery in global demand, though India has emerged as a top performer.

24 out of 30 major product groups were in positive territory including Engineering goods, Petroleum, Gems and Jewellery, Organic & Inorganic Chemicals, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Marine exports, Plantations, Cotton yarns, Fabrics & made-ups and Plastics & Linoleum.

However, the major growth contributors were Engineering, Petroleum, Gems & Jewellery, Organic & Inorganic Chemicals, Marine and Pharma.

President, FIEO hoped that the support given to the labour intensive sectors in the Mid-Term Review and the package announced for the Leather Sector today (15 December 2017) will boost job creation in these sectors besides additional exports.

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He exuded confidence that the problems in GST refund would also be mitigated in the days to come to ease out liquidity for Mr Ganesh Kumar Gupta, exporters.

President, FIEO However, the declining trend in sectors such as Fruits & Vegetables, RMG of all textiles, Jute Manufacturing including floor covering and Carpet needs to be analysed to address them as these sectors are highly employment intrinsic.

FIEO President said that issue of embedded taxes on exports, GST on Sea and Air freight for exports, Seamless timely refund should be the priority of the Government besides managing high volatility in exchange rate. The Government should also gradually extend the MEIS to other sectors of exports since they are also facing numerous challenges in exports.

Mr Gupta admitted that there are signs of green shoots for next year but there are still head winds including uncertainties, protectionism and volatility in currencies.

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FTP: India Losing Comparative Advantage

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owing to the increasing pressure from the trade community, the government has announced liberal incentives of Rs 8,450 crore ($1.3 billion) in its mid-term review of the five-year foreign trade policy (FTP) that was rolled out in 2015 and aimed at increasing the export of goods and services to $900 billion by 2020.

Though it has been termed as a massive relief to Indian exporters, there are some pitfalls to the midterm review which could put the trade in dangerous path of growth.

Exports, meanwhile, declined from $468 billion to $437 billion between 2014-15 and 2016-17. In fact, India’s external trade performance has grown to be so acute that the current account deficit in the first quarter of the current fiscal year reached a fouryear high of 2.6 percent.

What is more worrisome is that this trend is continuing despite favourable trade conditions in the global markets. Only domestic factors can explain the widening trade deficit.

Clearly, the uncertainty surrounding the implementation of the Goods and Services tax (GST) has had a major role to play. Data due this month will show whether the situation has improved in the second quarter.

However, the chances of any significant improvement remain bleak as issues in processing of refunds to exporters under GST has been affecting trading activities. Therefore, the sops given in the mid-term review should help in pumping up exports to an extent.

Basically, labour-intensive sectors under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme and Services Export from India Scheme, which were introduced in the FTP, were given an incentive raise of two percent each. Under the scheme, exporters are granted credit scrips based on the said percentage of the total value of their exports. These scrips can be used for payment of duties on procurement of further inputs. Additional incentives of two percent are expected to boost the subdued export activity of the last few quarters.

However, even though such an incentive was crucial in the short run given the circumstances, it always remains pertinent to ask if we are doing enough. It is quite disconcerting to realise that India’s comparative advantage in all of these sectors is nowhere close to that at the turn of the century. Moreover, all of these sectors are highly labour-intensive and losing comparative advantage in them is quite inimical to the economy’s employment-generating capacity.

Indian policymakers need to recognise that the trade challenge for India is structural in nature and cannot be done away with quick-fix solutions. Cost incentives are an acceptable approach to deal with immediate challenges like the impact of GST, but they need to be supplemented with more long-term solutions. An Sample effective measure could be to identify sectors where India has a TEXT comparative advantage and work towards making it competitive.

The government should now delve into these structural aspects of trade policy before India loses any more of its comparative advantage to world markets. Now that China is slowly losing its status as the world’s manufacturing hub, the time has never been so ripe.

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Continued from page -1 corresponding month of last year are Petroleum, Crude & products (39.14%), Electronic goods (24.97%), Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones (85.80%), Machinery, electrical & nonelectrical (23.24%) and Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc. (51.80%).

CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS: Oil imports during November, 2017 were valued at US $ 9550.97 million which was 39.14 percent higher than oil imports valued at US $ 6864.25 million in November 2016. Oil imports during AprilNovember, 2017-18 were valued at US $ 65802.97 million which was 22.65 per cent higher than the oil imports of US $ 53652.71 million in the corresponding period last year.

In this connection it is mentioned that the global Brent prices ($/ bbl) have increased by 34.73 % in November 2017 vis-à-vis November 2016 as per World Bank commodity price data (The pink sheet).

Non-oil imports during November, 2017 were estimated at US $ 30473.99 million which was 14.57 per cent higher than non-oil imports of US $ 26597.62 million in November, 2016. Non-oil imports during April-November 2017-18 were valued at US $ 230656.20 million which was 21.63 per cent higher than the level of such imports valued at US $ 189644.14 million in April-November, 2016-17.

TRADE IN SERVICES (for October, 2017) EXPORTS (Receipts) Exports during October 2017 were valued at US $ 14,152 million (Rs. 92103.06 Crore) registering a positive growth of 3.06 per cent in dollar terms as compared to positive growth of 0.23 per cent during September 2017 (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

IMPORTS (Payments) Imports during October 2017 were valued at US $ 8,700 million (Rs. 56620.73 Crore) registering a positive growth of 2.96 per cent in

dollar terms as compared to negative growth of 2.40 per cent during September 2017 (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

TRADE BALANCE MERCHANDISE: The trade deficit for November 2017 was estimated at US $ 13829.20 million as against the deficit of US $ 13395.61 million during November 2016.

SERVICES: As per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th December 2017), the trade balance in Services (i.e. net export of Services) for October, 2017 was estimated at US $ 5,452 million.

OVERALL TRADE BALANCE: Taking merchandise and services together, overall trade deficit for April-November 2017-18 is estimated at US $ 60927.86 million as compared to US $ 30095.19 million during April-November 2016-17. (Services data pertains to April-October 2017-18 as October 2017 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th December 2017).

India Achieves 19% Growth During 2014-17 in Overall Fish Production Panaji

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Port Wings News Network nion Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mr Radha Mohan Singh said that India is second largest fish producer in the world. Overall fish production has increased from 0.75 million tonne of 1950-51 to 11.41 million tonne in 2016-17.

Besides, this sector provides employment and livelihood support to more than 15 million people of in the country. He said it today at the Aqua Goa Mega Fish Festival, 2017, organized at SAG Campal Ground, Panaji, Goa. Mr Vinod Palyekar, Minister for Fisheries, Government of Goa, was also present during this occasion.

The Agriculture Minister said that fisheries is a fast growing sector in India, which provides nutrition and food security to a large population of the country as well as providing income and employment to fishermen and fish farmers. Fisheries development in India is not only meeting the protein requirements of the country, but it is also making significant contribution of about 6.2 percent in the fish production of the world.

Mr Singh further said that if we compare the fish production of three years viz, 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 with last three years i.e., 2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14, it is observed that the overall fish production has achieved about 19 percent growth rate. Growth rate

in marine fisheries was about 6.65 percent, whereas the growth rate of 26.07 percent has been achieved in inland fisheries in country. The Minister was pleased to inform that the country has earned more than 5.78 billion US dollars foreign exchange (i.e., Rs.37,871 crore) in 2016-17 through, exports of fish and fishery products.

The Agriculture Minister also informed that India is first in prawn production and it is the largest exporter of prawns in the world too. The average annual growth rate of fish and fish products in the world was 7.5% during the last decade, whereas India has attained first position with 14.8% average annual growth in the export of fish & fishery products.

Mr Singh said that foreseeing the vast resource, potential and possibilities in the fisheries sector, Hon’ble Prime Minister has called for a Blue Revolution. Accordingly, the Government has merged all the schemes of fisheries sector into an umbrella scheme of Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries and approved with the outlay of Rs. 3000 crores.

The Union Agriculture Minister said that Prime Minister of India has given a slogan of “Doubling the Farmer’s Income” with a vision to ensure overall development of the country. Blue Revolution is focusing to foster use of new and modern technology, training and capacity building of fishers and fish farmers,

adoption of scientific advises & methods, species diversification and proper fish health management etc. The main aim of Government is to double the income of fishers and fish-farmers by 2022 through implementation of Blue Revolution” Mariculture has been taken up under Blue Revolution to further enhance production from marine sector. Coastal States are provided with financial and technical support including training and capacity building.

On this occasion, Mr Singh informed that the financial assistance for housing of fishermen has been increased from Rs. 0.75 lakh to Rs.1.20 lakh in General States and Rs.1.30 lakh for the North Eastern and Hilly States under the Welfare Scheme for Fishermen. Fishermen Housing Scheme has been merged with the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Scheme and its financial pattern and guidelines are making uniform.

Government of India has taken an important step on 9th March, 2017 by adding a new component under the Blue Revolution to promote tradition fishers in the Deep Sea Fishing0. Under the said component, the Government of India is providing 50% financial assistance i.e., upto Rs.40 lakh to the traditional fishers, their Self Help Groups, Societies and Organizations in acquisition of deep sea fishing vessels equipped with modern technology, which costs approximately, Rs.80 lakh per vessel.

Industry Pushes Lower Corporate Tax in Pre-Budget Meet with FM Arun Jaitley New Delhi Port Wings News Network orporate India sought lower tax and more incentives for investments while exporters called for quicker GST refunds at a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the run-up to the last fullyear Budget of the NDA government before 2019 general elections.

The finance minister exhorted India Inc to make investments in infrastructure sector to build a stronger India. Private investment along with public and foreign investments are the key to boost growth and create job opportunities,

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he said in his opening remarks during his third Pre-Budget consultation meeting with business leaders and representatives of various industry chambers, the finance ministry said in a statement. Highlighting the importance of investment in the infrastructure sector, Jaitley said the government has taken various steps and has also set-up National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), among others, to boost investment in the sector.

Various suggestions were made by the business leaders, including permitting the purchase of banks’ recapitalisation bonds by institutions and the public at large, allowing banks to securities their loans and sell

the same, setting-up of Land Bank Corporation for monetisation of government land parcels, including those belonging to the Army and Railways. The industry bodies suggested lowering the corporate tax to 18-25 per cent, from up to 30 per cent at present. The exporters, who are grappling with blockage of working capital, pressed for exemption from tax on export income or lower levies on forex earnings and faster clearance of GST refunds. “The finance minister has promised 25 per cent corporate tax rate long back and we expect that the finance minister will fulfil his promise in this Budget,” Ficci President Pankaj Patel told PTI.

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Cruise Vessel Celebrity Constellation Opens New Chapter in Cruise Traffic at Mormugao Panaji

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Port Wings News Network ormugao Port played host to yet another luxury cruise liner on 11 December when M.V. CELEBRITY CONSTELLATION of the Celebrity Cruises arrived at the port with 2099 high end guests and 937 members of the crew.

The cruise vessel having a Length Over All of 294 metres and a draft of 8.17 metres even keel was deftly guided to the cruise berth terminal by the Ports’ experienced Pilots Capt. Rajiv Raturi and Capt. Rajat Saxena under the close supervision and meticulous planning of the Dy. Conservator Capt. Anuj Kumar Bhisnoi, Marine Advisor Capt.

Sharad Karnad, Harbour Master Capt. Manoj Joshi from the Marine side, and Mr Vipin R. Menoth Traffic Manager, and Mr Jerome Clement Sr. Dy. Traffic Manager from the operations, Traffic Department.

SEVENTH CRUISE LINER TO VISIT THE MORMUGAO PORT IN SEASON The berthing programme for the cruise liner was well planned and executed with clockwork precision by keeping all necessary contingency plans on standby as required in such a precise operation. The Port Management took the decisive call of bringing the large luxury cruise liner alongside the cruise berth terminal for the first time, thereby facilitating better facilities and ease of operation to all the operators’ engaged in cruise tourism at the Port. Smooth berthing

of the cruise liner with 294 metres LOA at the cruise berth terminal opens a new chapter in cruise traffic at Mormugao. On its earlier visits the cruise liner was accommodated at the General cargo berth No. 10 at the cost of cargo handling operations. In future, all such large luxury cruise liners will be berthed alongside the cruise berth terminal with all required infrastructure in place which in turn will help to enhance the image of the port and make Goa a favoured destination to other cruise liner operators. The cruise liner will make its second visit to the port once again on 27 December 2017. This is the seventh cruise liner to visit the Mormugao Port during the current cruise tourism season.

The Officials of the Goa Tourism and Development Corporation and Port officials were present at the cruise berth terminal to receive the high ends guests and assist them for smooth disembarkation and sightseeing excursions. Rich and colourful cultural pageantry of Goan culture and a traditional welcome

awaited the visiting guests at the cruise berth terminal. The Immigration Bureau extended E-Visa clearance facilities on landing at the cruise terminal to the cruise liner visitors.

The Port extended facilities of meet and greet for the members of the family of the Goan crew members.

By doing this MPT is not only contributing to the economy of Goa, but is also filling the gap between the family of the sailors, as such facilities are not quite prevalent at other ports.

The visitors were taken for a sightseeing tour of Goa’s famous tourists locations of churches, temples, beaches in the north and south Goa, spice gardens, Panjim city etc. M/s.

J M Baxi were the Ship Agents for the cruise liner, while the ground arrangement for sight-seeing tours was handled by the main operator M/s. Travelsmith Adventure Pvt Ltd. Luxury coaches and tourists taxis were at the disposal of the visiting guests to take them around sightseeing in Goa. All the operations were carried out smoothly without any hassles. All the stakeholders involved in handling the foreign guests are happy with the logistical support extended by the port officials to make cruise tourism flourish in the State of Goa. The cruise liner sailed to New Mangalore Port with the guests later in the evening after a satisfying Goan experience.

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ii) The Rules for implementation of nationwide e-way Bill system for Inter-State movement of goods on a compulsory basis will be notified with effect from 1st February, 2018.

This will bring uniformity across the States for seamless inter-State movement of goods. iii) While the System for both interState and intra-State e-way Bill generation will be ready by 16th January, Mr Arun Jaitley the Union Minister of Finance 2018, and Corporate Affairs States may choose their own timings for implementation of e-way Bill for intra-State movement of goods on any date before 1st June, 2018.

There are certain States which are already having system of e-way Bill for intra-State as well as inter-State movement and some of those States can be early adopters of national e-way Bill system for intra-State movement also. But in any case, the Uniform System of e-way Bill for inter-State as well as intra-State movement will be implemented across the country by 1st June, 2018.

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New Delhi Port Wings News Network he 24th Meeting of the GST Council held on 16 December 2017 through video conference under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Mr Arun Jaitley. It discussed about the implementation of e-way Bill system in the country.

SEPARATE E-WAY BILL SYSTEMS Till such time as the National e-way Bill is ready, the States were authorized to continue their own separate e-way Bill systems.

However, it was represented by the trade and transporters that this is causing undue hardship in the Inter-State movement of goods and therefore, bringing in an early all India system of e-way Bill has become a necessity. The GST Council today reviewed the progress of readiness of hardware and software required for the introduction of nationwide e-way Bill System. After discussions with all the States, the following decisions were taken :i) The nationwide e-way Bill system will be ready to be rolled out on a trial basis latest by 16th January, 2018. Trade and transporters can start using this system on a voluntary basis from 16th January, 2018.

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India To Host 3rd Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Panaji

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Port Wings News Network ndia will host the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of AIIB at Mumbai on 25 -26 June 2018. The Theme of the Annual Meeting, 2018 will be “Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration”. The Government of India and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Secretariat today signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to delineate the duties and responsibilities of major stakeholders who would be involved in organizing the aforesaid Annual Meeting.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on behalf of the Government of India by Shri Sameer Kumar Khare, Joint Secretary (Multilateral Institutions Division), Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), M/o Finance and

by Mr Danny Alexander, AIIB’s Vice-President and Corporate Secretary on behalf of AIIB. The Signing Ceremony took place at the Ministry of Finance in North Block in New Delhi today in the august presence of Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary (Economic Affairs) and Dr. M.M. Kutty, Additional Secretary (Economic Affairs) and other senior officers of the Government of India and AIIB. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, DEA said that it is a significant development that India is to host the 3rd Annual Meeting of AIIB at Mumbai. India is not only one of the founding members of AIIB but is also the 2nd largest shareholder in AIIB. Shri Garg noted that this

international event will provide an excellent opportunity to showcase the strengths of the Indian economy and introduce AIIB members to potential infrastructure investment opportunities in India and Asia.

In his address, Mr. Danny Alexander, Vice President, Corporate Secretary, AIIB, stated that India is central to delivering on the Bank’s mandate to support the sustainable economic development of Asia through investment in Infrastructure. “It is but appropriate that the Annual Meeting is being held in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. We are hoping that discussions in Mumbai will help AIIB to deepen our cooperation with India and to develop our approach for mobilizing more private sector capital for infrastructure in Asia.

AIIB will continue to develop the Bank according to “Lean, Clean and Green” core values”, Mr Alexander added. He also said that AIIB looks forward to continuing to work with the Indian Government and India’s business community to further develop solutions to fund vital sustainable infrastructure projects across the country.

Even though the 3rd Annual Meeting of the AIIB will take place on 25th and 26th June, 2018 in Mumbai, the Attendant Meeting of the Board of Directors will take

place on 23rd and 24th June, 2018 and preparatory work and ancillary events will take place from 22nd June, 2018 till 27th June, 2018. The Annual Meeting will bring to Mumbai the delegates from all 80 AIIB Member countries, business leaders, members of civil society organizations and media among others.

Annual Meeting related Seminars would also be organized in some Indian cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore & Vishakhapatnam etc. prior to the main Annual Meeting. The website https://www. aiib.org will detail out specific information about the forthcoming Annual Meeting. Registration for delegates and media desirous to cover the event will also soon be facilitated. A Special Committee at the level of Secretary, DEA has been constituted for coordinating the matters relating to organizing the 2018 Annual Meeting, with representatives from various Ministries concerned of Govt. of India and Govt. of Maharashtra. The Government of Maharashtra has nominated Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) as the nodal agency for organising the Annual Meeting.

AIIB is a multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond. Headquartered in Beijing, China, AIIB commenced operations in January 2016. The AIIB today also approved a US$335 million loan to finance a 100-percent electric Bangalore Metro Rail—R 6 project.

ITC, UNCTAD, WTO launch Global Trade Helpdesk Chennai

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Port Wings News Network he International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the WTO have unveiled an innovative tool to help businesses, in particular smaller firms, benefit from trade.

Accessible through a new online hub – HelpMeTrade.org – the Global Trade Helpdesk will serve as a one-stop shop for businesses and policymakers to access trade data and practical information on target markets.

Launched at the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Global Trade Helpdesk is a multi-agency response to an information gap in trade. For companies looking at potential export markets, the Helpdesk, which is still in a beta version, provides data on applicable tariffs and taxes; relevant health and safety standards and compliance procedures; details about export and import procedures such as pre-shipment formalities; and current trade patterns and trade agreements. Data will be added to the Helpdesk over a three-year period, and complemented with business information such as buyer and seller contacts as well as trade fair dates and locations.

By making trade and market information freely available and accessible through a user-friendly interface, the Global Trade Helpdesk will make it easier for companies across the world – especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) – to increase their participation in regional and international value chains and help them reduce trade costs. It will assist

policymakers make better-informed decisions on trade and investment policies, and enable trade and investment support institutions improve support to their MSME clients.

‘For a small business, easy access to the right information can make the world of difference,’ said WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo.

‘With it, you can trade with the global marketplace. Without it, the challenges and costs of trading can be too high. This new helpdesk will provide all the information you need in one place, free of charge, accessible to all. It promises to be a big step forward in making trade more inclusive. That’s something for us all to celebrate.’

‘The Global Trade Helpdesk is about moving from making trade possible to making it happen,’ said ITC Executive Director Arancha González. ‘The HelpMeTrade.org portal turns trade data into practical, usable intelligence and will be an excellent tool to better identify and reduce obstacles to trade. Ultimately it will increase transparency of data, improve coherence and help MSMEs to navigate the procedures needed to break into foreign markets and grow through trade.’

‘The Global Trade Helpdesk is an innovative tool using data to tackle obstacles to inclusion,’ said UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi. ‘Through this inter-agency product, we are addressing felt needs within the trade community and relating action to results.’

The initiative is not only about disseminating information but also about collecting it. National

administrations and technical institutions in developing and least-developed countries will be offered tailored support to overcome capacity constraints in sourcing and updating trade information, as well as to develop country or regionspecific interfaces linked to the HelpMeTrade.org portal. This will help empower local stakeholders to publish relevant information in line with their commitments under the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and simultaneously update the Global Trade Helpdesk.

Business surveys of more than 20,000 enterprises conducted by ITC in 38 developing countries have revealed that a lack of transparency is one of the biggest obstacles faced by business – and especially MSMEs. Many small businesses may lack the resources and skills to conduct trade-related analysis, and the Global Trade Helpdesk will be an invaluable tool to access information free of charge. For example, the Helpdesk’s email-alert system will allow users to receive customized real-time information on markets and products relevant to their sector.

In addition to drawing on data from ITC, UNCTAD and WTO, the Global Trade Helpdesk pulls in resources from a number of international organizations and development banks, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the World Bank Group. The HelpMeTrade.org portal is scheduled to be fully functional in 2020.

For more information and to start discovering the Global Trade Helpdesk, please visit www.helpmetrade.org

Trade Talks in WTO Meet Collapses, as US, India Toughen Stand Chennai

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Port Wings News Network eading daily The Hindu reported that following the deadlocked World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, India said the Ministerial Conference (MC) ended without any substantive outcome, while the U.S. — which had attracted criticism from several quarters for “undermining” the WTO and “holding it hostage” — claimed that the event was successful.

In a statement, India said the MC ended “without… any substantive outcome,” adding that “Due to divergences among members, and a few members not supporting acknowledgment and reiteration of key underlying principles guiding the WTO and various agreed mandates, Ministers could not arrive at an agreed Ministerial Declaration.”

Statement by India at conclusion of WTO Ministerial Conference The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC) ended today in Buenos Aires. Although it ended without a Ministerial Declaration or any substantive outcome, the unanimous view was that it was extremely well-conducted with complete openness and transparency and the process afforded everyone ample opportunity to express their views.

PERMANENT SOLUTION ON FOOD SECURITY In the run-up to MC11, decisions were expected on a permanent solution on food security and other agriculture issues. Unfortunately, the strong position of one member against agricultural reform based on current WTO mandates and rules, led to a deadlock without any outcome on agriculture or even a work programme for the next two years.

However, the existing mandates and decisions ensure that work will go forward and members will continue to work on issues such as the permanent solution on public stockholding for food security purposes, agricultural Special Safeguard Mechanism and agricultural domestic support.

Some of the other decisions that were taken included a Work Programme on disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies with a view to

arriving at a decision by MC12. It was also decided to continue with the nonnegotiating mandate of the existing Work Programme on E-commerce.

Ministerial Decisions on new issues like Investment Facilitation, MSMEs, gender and trade, which lacked a mandate or consensus, were not taken forward.

Due to divergences among members, and a few members not supporting acknowledgment and reiteration of key underlying principles guiding the WTO and various agreed mandates, Ministers could not arrive at an agreed Ministerial Declaration.

The Chairperson in her remarks mentioned the widely expressed support for the multilateral trading system and the commitment to move forward on various areas of work in the WTO. During MC11 India stood firm on its stand on the fundamental principles of the WTO, including multilateralism, rule-based consensual decision-making, an independent and credible dispute resolution and appellate process, the centrality of development, which underlies the DDA, and special and differential treatment for all developing countries.

Meanwhile, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a tweet: “Congratulations to (WTO) Director General (Roberto Azevêdo) and (Argentine Minister and Chair of the Buenos Aires MC) Susana Malcorra on a successful MC.” He added that “The new direction of the WTO is set: improving trade through sectoral agreements by like-minded countries.” Mr. Lighthizer was referring to three proponent groups of WTO members announcing ‘new initiatives to advance talks at the WTO on the issues of e-commerce, investment facilitation and small firms’.

Indian Railways Record 5 % Jump in Freight Traffic in Last 8 Months New Delhi Port Wings News Network he Indian Railways has registered a rise in both its freight and passenger business during April-November as compared to the same period last year, according to a data with the national transporter.

ALMOST 5 PER CENT JUMP The freight traffic, which essentially serves the revenue of the railways, recorded an almost 5 per cent jump in loading during April 1-November 30, 2017, as compared to 2016. Amongst the commodities which contributed to this performance in the freight traffic include iron ore, which registered a 5.16 per cent growth in loading, cement which grew by 10.14 per cent, steel by 16.23 per cent, container traffic by 12.71 per cent and coal by 2.23 per cent.

“In fact, freight loading has seen a 0.79 per cent growth which is

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more than what our target was for these months,” a senior official of the railway ministry said.

Overall freight loading saw a growth of 747.70 million tonne in these eight months of this year, which is 32.02 million tonne more than last year.

“In the passenger sector, we have grown by 5.22 per cent during April 1-November 20 over the same period last year and added around 50.33 million more passengers. This shows that railways continues to be the preferred mode of transportation for the people,” Member (Traffic) Mohd Jamshed said.

The railways, Jamshed said has also earned an additional Rs 1,579 crore in this period as against last year.

With these numbers in the last eight months, the railways seems to have finally come out of the rut after a dip in passenger traffic since 201314 and a marginal high in 2016.

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Dec. 20th - 26th Issue

PM Modi Dedicates INS Kalvari to the Nation Mumbai

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Port Wings News Network he Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, on 14 December dedicated the naval submarine INS Kalvari to the nation, at a function in Mumbai.

Congratulating the people of India on this occasion, the Prime Minister described INS Kalvari as a prime example of “Make in India.”

He commended all those involved in its manufacture. He described the submarine as an excellent illustration of the fast growing strategic partnership between India and France. He said the INS Kalvari will add even more strength to the Indian Navy.

The Prime Minister said that the 21st century is described as Asia’s century. He added that it is also certain that the road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian Ocean. That is why the Indian Ocean has a special place in the policies of the Government, he added.

The Prime Minister said this vision can be understood through the acronym SAGAR - Security and Growth for All in the Region.

The Prime Minister said India is fully alert with regard to its global, strategic and economic interests in the Indian Ocean. He said that is why the modern and multi-dimensional Indian Navy plays a leading role in promoting peace and stability in the region.

He said the ocean’s innate potential adds economic muscle to our national development. That is why, he added, India is well aware of the challenges such as seaborne terrorism, piracy, and drug trafficking, that not just India, but other nations in the region also have to face. He said India is playing a key role in tackling these challenges.

He said India believes that the world is one family, and is fulfilling its global responsibilities. India has played the role of “first responder” for its partner countries, in times of crisis, he added. He said the human face of Indian diplomacy and Indian security establishment is our speciality. He said a strong and capable India has a vital role to play for humanity. He said countries of

the world wish to walk with India on the path of peace and stability.

The Prime Minister said that the entire ecosystem related to defence

and security has started to change in the last three years. He said the skill-set accumulated during the manufacture of INS Kalvari is an asset for India.

The Prime Minister said that the Government’s commitment has ensured that the long pending issue of “One Rank One Pension” has been resolved.

The Prime Minister said that the Government’s policies and the bravery of the Armed Forces have ensured that the use of terrorism as a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir has not been successful.

The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to all those who have dedicated their lives to the nation’s security.

FIRST OF SIX SCORPENECLASS SUBMARINES INTO THE NAVY Inducting the first of six Scorpene-class submarines into the Navy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned INS Kalvari at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai and said the induction was testimony to the significance of the government’s Make-in-India initiative.

“To dedicate this submarine to the nation is an equally proud moment

NHAI Announces Incentives For Timely Implementation of Bharatmala New Delhi Port Wings News Network n order to expedite implementation of the Bharatmala Pariyojna, the project launched by the Government of India with prime focus on optimizing efficiency of the movement of goods and people across the country, NHAI has decided to start an incentive

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scheme for its officials.

The scheme not only envisages completing the projects earlier than the scheduled time, but also aims at savings on account of cost overruns due to time delays. The scheme will reward hardworking, meritorious officials and will act as a catalyst to motivate other officials to work more efficiently.

Under this scheme, cash incentives and other rewards such as Certificates, Trophy, Appreciation

letters, etc., would be given to the NHAI officials to complete the assigned task in a time bound manner.

BHARATMALA PARIYOJANA Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella program for the highways sector that focuses on optimizing efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps through effective interventions like development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes, National Corridor Efficiency Improvement, Border and International connectivity roads, Coastal and Port connectivity roads and Greenfield expressways.

A total of around 24,800 kms are being considered in Phase I. In addition, Phase I also includes 10,000 kms of balance road works under NHDP. Estimated outlay for Phase I is Rs 5,35,000 crores spread over five years. The objective of the program is optimal resource allocation for a holistic highway development/improvement initiative.

Economic Corridors Identified Highways Corridors of Economic importance are expected to carry 25% of freight in the coming years. Once built, the National and Economic corridors along with their inter-corridor and feeder routes would be able to carry 80% of our freight traffic. Around 26,200 km of Economic corridors have been identified to be developed as Economic corridors out of which 9,000 kms are being taken up in Phase-I of Bharatmala.

Inter-corridor and feeder roads to National and Economic Corridors Around 8,000 km of inter-corridor and around 7,500 km of feeder routes have been identified out of which 6,000 kms are being taken up in Phase-I of Bharatmala.

for me. After a gap of nearly two decades, India has got this kind of a submarine and Kalvari is a fine example of the Makein-India initiative. It is also a good model for international collaboration,” Modi said.

INS Kalvari, a diesel-electric submarine, has been built by the Mazagon Dockyard Limited (MDL) in collaboration with the French builder, M/s Naval Group.

The Commissioning Warrant of the submarine was thereafter read out by the Commanding Officer, Captain S D Mehendale.

Subsequently, the Naval Ensign was hoisted onboard for the first time, followed by the breaking of the commissioning pennant.

STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY The state-of-the-art technology used in the Scorpene gives it superior stealth features such as advanced acoustic silencing techniques, low radiated noise levels, hydrodynamically optimised shape and the ability to launch a crippling

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attack on the enemy using precision guided weapons. An attack can be launched with both torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles, while underwater or on surface. The stealth is enhanced by the special attention given to various signatures.

The second of the Scorpenes under construction at the MDL, the Khanderi, was launched in January 2017 and is currently undergoing sea trials. The third Scorpene, Karanj, is being readied for a launch. The remaining three submarines are in various stages of outfitting. The project is expected to be completed by 2020.

As is the tradition, ships and submarines of the Navy are “reincarnated” after decommissioning.

So is it with Kalvari, named after the Tiger shark. The first Kalvari, commissioned in December 1967, was also the first submarine of the Indian Navy. She was decommissioned on May 31, 1996 after almost 30 years of service.

Modi said India was fully alert with regard to its global, strategic and economic interests in the Indian Ocean and the Navy plays a leading role in promoting peace and stability in the region.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lamba, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and CM Devendra Fadnavis were present at the ceremony.

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MOL SUCCESS

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FME

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27/12

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Solar Power Company Moves High Court Against Import Duty

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Port Wings News Network cme Cleantech Solutions, a solar power developer, has petitioned the Madras High Court against a move by customs officials at Chennai port to charge import duty on panels and modules, which were previously exempt from the levy.

In its petition filed on November 24, Acme said it had been importing solar panels and modules for the past seven years without ever having been asked to pay duty. It noted that starting September 12, Acme has had to furnish bank guarantees totalling Rs 6.05 crore as import duty as well as a provisional bond of Rs 66.11 crore for the full value of the consignments that arrived at Chennai port, to get them released.

The company needs to import about 5,000 containers of solar modules over the next six months with a value of Rs 2,100 crore for various projects under construction, which would require payment of another Rs 162 crore as duty if such classification continued, said Acme, which operates 874 MW of solar projects across 12 states and is setting up 940 MW. About 90% of the solar panels and modules used in Indian projects are imported because domestic manufacturing capacity is small and cannot match global prices. Imported solar panels and modules had been classified in

a category that includes diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor devices and light-emitting diodes, which did not attract any duty, as reported by ET on October 14.

Since early September, Chennai customs officials have grouped them as electrical motors and generators, which attract import duty of 7.5% and other cesses.

Acme said in its petition that customs officials were not following the proper procedure in making their revised assessments.

“It is against the principles of customs law to dispute the self-assessment by the importer without reassessment of the bill of entry and the passing of an oral order, or without the issuing of a show cause notice,” the petition said. “The respondent (i.e., Commissioner of Customs, Chennai) has blatantly ignored the elementary principles of customs law.”

Acme is the only one that has gone to court on this matter even though a large number of solar developers are similarly affected.

Minister for New & Renewable Energy RK Singh has written to finance minister Arun Jaitley to intervene in the matter and restore the former classification (ET, November 25), but there has been no response so far. MNRE Secretary Anand Kumar has taken up the matter with the Central Board of Excise and Customs to no avail. Instead, Chennai port’s classification of solar panels and modules has since been extended to some other ports as well.

Dec. 20th - 26th Issue

Cabinet Approves Special Package for Employment Generation in Leather and Footwear Sector Chennai

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Port Wings News Network he Union Cabinet chaired

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the special package for employment generation in leather and footwear sector. The package involves implementation of Central Sector Scheme “Indian Footwear, Leather & Accessories Development Programme” with an approved expenditure of Rs. 2600 Crore over the three financial years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

Major Impact: The scheme would lead to development of infrastructure for the leather sector, address environment concerns specific to the leather sector, facilitate additional investments, employment generation and increase in production. Enhanced Tax incentive would attract large scale investments in the sector and reform in labour law in view of seasonal nature of the sector will support economies of scale. The Special Package has the potential to generate 3.24 lakhs new jobs in 3 years and assist in formalization of 2 lakh jobs as cumulative impact in Footwear, Leather & Accessories Sector.

Human Resource Development (HRD) sub-scheme: HRD sub-scheme proposes to provide assistance for Placement Linked Skill Development training

to unemployed persons @ Rs. 15,000 per person, for skill up-gradation training to employed workers @ Rs. 5,000 per employee and for training of trainers @ Rs. 2 lakh per person. The placement of 75% of trained persons is proposed to be mandatory for availing assistance related to skill development training component. The proposal under this sub-scheme is to train/skill 4.32 lakh unemployed persons, upgrade the skills of 75,000 existing employees and train 150 master trainers during the three years with proposed outlay of Rs. 696 crore.

Mega Leather, Footwear and Accessories Cluster (MLFAC) sub-scheme: The MLFAC sub-scheme aims at providing infrastructure support to the Leather, Footwear and Accessories Sector by establishment of Mega Leather, Footwear and Accessories Cluster.

Graded assistance is proposed to be provided upto 50% of the eligible project cost, excluding cost of land with maximum Government assistance being limited to Rs. 125 crore. The outlay of Rs 360 crore has been proposed to support 3-4 new MLFACs, for the three years.

Leather Technology, Innovation and Environmental Issues sub-scheme: Under this sub-scheme, assistance is proposed to be provided for upgradation/installation of Common

Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) @ 70% of the project cost. The subscheme will also provide support to national level sectoral industry council/ association and support for preparation of vision document for Leather Footwear and Accessories Sector. The proposed outlay for this sub-scheme is Rs. 782 crore for the three years.

Promotion of Indian Brands in Leather, Footwear and Accessories Sector sub-scheme: Under this subscheme, the eligible units approved for Brand Promotion are proposed to be assisted. The Government assistance is proposed to be 50% of total project cost subject to a limit of Rs.3 crore for each brand, each year for 3 years.

The proposal under this sub-scheme is to promote 10 Indian brands in the international market in three years with proposed outlay of Rs. 90 crore.

Additional Employment Incentive for Leather, Footwear and Accessories Sector sub-scheme: Under this scheme, it is proposed to provide the employers’ contribution of 3.67% to Employees’ Provident Fund for all new employees in Leather, Footwear and Accessories sector, enrolling in EPFO for first 3 years of their employment. The sub-scheme would be applicable to employees with salary upto Rs.15,000/-. The proposed outlay is Rs. 100 crore to assist in formalization of approximately 2,00,000 jobs in the sectors.

Indian Register of Shipping Receives Authorisation as Recognised Organisation From Malta Chennai

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Port Wings News Network n yet another demonstration of its growing global recognition, Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), a leading classification society, has received authorisation as a Recognised Organisation (RO) from Merchant Shipping Directorate of Transport, Malta. Malta is the sixth largest flag in the world and largest in Europe with a tonnage of 72.1 Million GT. This year, IRClass has earned a spate of authorisations from various flags worldwide, including US Coast Guard, Latvia, Antigua & Barbuda, Thailand and Bangladesh.

Moreover, IRClass has set up its offices in Malta & Istanbul.

With offices already established

in London, Piraeus and a representative office in Cyprus, IRClass can provide better services to its European customers. IRClass has seen growth in business with several vessels from European owners taken into class this year. It has also seen an overall growth, because of increase in new

construction surveys, ship’s audits (DOC, ISM, ISPS and MLC), and also increase in marine component inspection business for new construction projects.

Mr. P K Mishra, Vice President and Regional Manager – Europe and Americas said today: “Following the EU recognition received last year, IRClass has been growing from strength to strength in Europe. We are looking to further enhance our reach within Europetoprovide prompt, efficient, value-added services and winning the confidenceof European shipowners.”

DHL Announces title Partnership of Africa’s Largest E-Commerce Event Chennai

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Port Wings News Network HL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (www. dpDHL.com) has announced that the company has signed on as title sponsor for the 2018 DHL eCommerce MoneyAfrica Conference & Exhibition (Confex), which will be hosted at the new East Wing of the Cape Town International Convention Center on the 14th and 15th of March 2018.

The DHL eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex has established itself as one of Africa’s biggest opportunities to bring stakeholders in the fintech and e-commerce sectors together. Next year’s event will feature presentations and knowledge sharing from an array of African and international thought leaders, geared at enabling participants to formulate innovative strategies to unlock more opportunities on the

continent. Delegates from some of the continent’s biggest tech, retail, banking and legal firms will also be in attendance.

Steve Burd, Vice President of Sales for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, explains that the partnership between DHL and eCommerce MoneyAfrica stemmed from great synergy in their objectives. “As the market leaders in international express logistics in Africa, we have extensive first-hand experience of the positive impact that e-commerce has on the continent. ‘Brand Africa’ has become increasingly popular across the globe and we’re thrilled to work with thousands of customers across the continent, helping them expand their brand across borders. The evolution of the DHL eCommerce Money Africa is a wonderful platform for DHL to further connect and support the industry.”

He adds that the development

of e-commerce in Africa continues to unlock major opportunities for growth. “Historically, international trade was often overlooked or ignored by start-ups and SMEs, due to perceived complexities. But if you have the right partner, international trade can be hassle free. The world is so well connected that customers now have access to any product, irrespective of their location. This means that even small businesses can now compete on a level playing field.”

PwC recently released a report which shows that mobile subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa increased from 174 million in 2007 to around 772 million by 2016. This amounts to 344% growth in under ten years, over three times the rate at which mobile phone usage grew in the rest of the world. “This presents a huge opportunity for Intra-Africa trade too.”

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NEWS - BITS DG Shipping Derecognises Chennai-based Maritime Institute

The Director General of Shipping, Govt of India, Ministry of Shipping, Mumbai has with immediate effect de-recognized Maritime Training Institute namely Pondicherry Maritime Academy, Chennai Campus, Institute’s Address; 261/127, Rohith Tower, Angappa Naicken Street, Parrys Corner, Chennai – 600 001 and also permanently withdrawn all the approvals to the below mentioned courses vide their Order No. vig – 11 (2)/2015 – Part/917 dated 06.12.17 Courses like -- Security Training for Seafarers with Designed Security Duties, Chief Mate Phase – I,Chief Mate Phase – II, High Voltage and Switch Gear Course, Advanced Shipboard Management (ASM) Course, and Refresher & Upgradation course for Masters and Deck Officers are permanently withdrawn from the institute.

“Hence the aspiring students who wish to study the above courses at Pondicherry Maritime Academy, Chennai Campus is hereby cautioned not to take any admissions at Pondicherry Maritime Academy, Chennai Campus for the above course as same shall not be valid,” DG Shipping said in a media statement.

Export Cargo Shipping via Russian Ports Grown 6.3% in 11 Months

This year there has been steady growth in the volume of export cargo being transported through Russian ports. For the first 11 months of 2017, it increased by 6.3% over the same period in 2016, reaching 266.8 million t due to a 10.5% increase in coal shipping, 10.6% in fertilizers, 55.2% in grain, 7% in paper, and 5% in lumber. A total of 47% of export cargo is coal, 27% is oil, 8% is ferrous metals, 7% is fertilizers, and 3% is grain.

Export cargo shipped to the ports of the northwest amounted to 111.9 million t (up 9.3% from the level of 2016), 69 million t was shipped to southern ports (up 6.5%), and 85.5 million t was shipped to ports of the Far East (up 2.8%).

A growth in cargo traffic is ensured, among other things, by increasing the efficiency of transportation. The railway network uses polygon technologies to manage transportation, traction, and infrastructure. New customer services are being introduced, including the scheduled transportation of goods (Freight Express). Together with stevedoring companies, Last Mile operations are being optimized, in particular, to organize unloading.

New Managing Director for GAC North America – Logistics

Industry veteran Patrik Ziegler has been appointed Managing Director of GAC North America – Logistics (GNAL). He brings to the role more than 30 years’ experience in logistics and oil & gas.

In his new role, Patrik is tasked with overseeing the continuing expansion of GAC’s integrated logistics services throughout North America. He is based at the company’s main office in Houston. The Group also serves the U.S. logistics market through its offices in Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Lars Heisselberg, Group Vice President – Americas, says: “Patrik’s personality and wealth of experience makes him an ideal fit to GAC’s culture and his expertise will advance GNAL’s growth strategy to the next level.

“We are confident that Patrik’s track record of strong leadership in both logistics and oil & gas industries makes him uniquely qualified to lead our North American Logistics team successfully into the future.”

WFS Opens Pharma Facility In Copenhagen And Wins New Air India Contract

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, is continuing to enhance its ability to handle pharmaceutical cargoes with the opening of a new temperature-controlled facility in Copenhagen.

The investment is in support of WFS’ airline customers’ growing pharma volumes and WFS’ own IATA CEIV Pharma certification programme in Denmark, which it expects to complete in early 2018. The facility has the capacity to store up to 16 cargo units and offers separate temperature chambers offering both 2-8°C and 15-25°C environments. Each lane in the building is also equipped with an electronic rollerbed system to expedite the handling of pharma shipments.

The WFS team in Denmark is also celebrating winning the cargo handling contract for Air India’s new three times weekly Boeing 787 passenger and cargo services linking the country’s capital city with Delhi.

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Port of Felixstowe Handles 1 million TEU by Rail

AirBridgeCargo, DHL Global Forwarding Successfully Ferries Pharma Shipments From Russia Chennai

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Port Wings News Network irBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has successfully completed a multi-modal shipment trial for DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami using an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain standards.

The RKN is a certified air cargo ULD container which ensures the integrity of pharma products by maintaining product temperatures in either the +2 to +8°C range, in the controlled room temperature range of +15 to +25 °C, or at any chosen set temperature within the operating range of ±0 to +20°C throughout the transportation process.

For the trial shipment, AirBridgeCargo’s pharma logistics practitioners opted to use an abcPharma active solution using an Envirotainer RKN unit, replacing real vaccines with service water in order to test the delivery process at each step of the transportation and monitor the condition of the water, which replicates the state of vaccines under similar circumstances.

Together with DHL Global Forwarding Russia, ABC’s pharma experts supplied the Envirotainer RKN unit to the customer’s warehouse and accepted the cargo as a fully built-up unit ready for carriage at its airport warehouse premises. This represents a new solution in the Russian market for an RKN to be physically loaded in a pharmaceutical cooler of a production plant without additional cross-dock operations during the main leg delivery to Miami. The total solution provided by the ABC

and DGF teams covered delivery, leasing and guaranteed customs clearance for the customer as well as ensuring a minimum transit time and the elimination of temperature risk.

On 24 November, the trial shipment took off onboard one of AirBridgeCargo’s Boeing 747 freighters from Moscow on its direct route to Chicago, where it was met by local ABC representatives, who monitored the offloading and ensured the smooth transportation of the Envirotainer RKN onto a refrigerated truck to take the more than 400 kg of ‘vaccines’ to Miami.

Even though the special container can run on battery power for more than 90 hours and sustain the required temperature range, it was decided to maintain +50 C inside the truck to introduce a second safety measures. From Miami, the RKN continued its journey to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, onboard another carrier.

“We are proud to be been given this opportunity to demonstrate the quality of the pharma solutions we can provide and to have earned the trust of our customer for the organization of vaccines transportation. With ABC only developing temperature-sensitive solutions for less than a year, it is a

huge achievement to be chosen to provide dedicated lift of healthcare products, which will improve the quality of life for people of the Republic of Nicaragua when we commence the delivery of vaccines in 2018,” highlighted Fedor Novikov, Global Director, Pharma for AirBridgeCargo Airlines.

This is the latest demonstration of AirBridgeCargo’s commitment to make its abcPharma product the best possible solution for customers requiring high quality pharma logistics. The airline achieved IATA CEIV Pharma certification in 2016 and has since developed a number of special benefits for pharma customers, including the use of digital technologies to send automated notifications to all supply chain stakeholders via the Sky Fresh web platform, and supporting industrylevel initiatives such as Pharma.Aero to generate a home-grown pool of logistics experts and orchestration of all internal handling procedures.

These initiatives have helped ABC report significant increases in its volumes of temperature-sensitive pharma cargoes in 2017 as well as improved overall performance.

In September 2017, AirBridgeCargo enhanced its pharma services further by gaining Envirotainer QEP accreditation at its global hub at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport and in Dallas. In the following two months, ABC gained additional accreditations for its online stations in Milan, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Boskalis Completes Successful Aasta Hansteen Float-over Installation Chennai

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Port Wings News Network arly yesterday morning [11 December 2017] Boskalis successfully completed an impressive dual vessel float-over operation of the Aasta Hansteen topside. Over the last number of years Boskalis through its subsidiary Dockwise, has played a critical role in the transportation of the Aasta Hansteen SPAR from South Korea to Norway and the topside installation.

With this achievement, Boskalis has broken many engineering records with the transport of the largest and heaviest SPAR ever, the largest catamaran topside float-over and more than 100,000 worked hours with zero lost time injuries.

The Aasta Hansteen FPSO SPAR is a gas production and storage platform that will be operated by Statoil on the Aasta Hansteen field approximately 300 kilometers off the coast of Norway. The SPAR consists of a lower part, referred to as the hull or substructure, and the topsides on top of the SPAR hull.

The SPAR hull was transported

horizontally by Boskalis from the yard in South Korea to a fjord near Stavanger in Norway.

This enormous cylindrical buoy with a diameter of 50 meters, 198 meters length and weight of 46,000 tons was transported by the Dockwise Vanguard earlier this year.

Subsequently, Boskalis transported the 24,300 tons topside which was also built in Korea. This operation was carried out with the White Marlin, the newest and second largest vessel in the Dockwise fleet.

The third and final phase was the installation of the topside on top of the SPAR hull. Once the White Marlin arrived in Norway,

the topside was transferred onto two S-class vessels, the smallest in the Dockwise fleet.

After accurately positioning these two vessels on either side of the White Marlin, they started unballasting whilst the White Marlin ballasted down and maneuvered out from underneath. The result was a sort of catamaran structure with the topside linking the two hulls.

Over the weekend, the catamaran structure with the topside was towed out to the vertical SPAR hull. Once everything was in position above the substructure, the mating operation between the hull and topside was successfully completed.

Dec. 20th - 26th Issue

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Port Wings News Network utchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has become the first port in the UK to handle over 1 million TEU by rail in a single year.

The one millionth unit was loaded today (13 December 2017) onto the 13:34 Freightliner service to Birmingham.

Commenting on the achievement, Clemence Cheng, Executive Director, Hutchison Ports and CEO of the Port of Felixstowe, said: “This new milestone for the port reflects the dedication of our workforce and the excellent relationships we have developed with all the rail freight operators at the port. Rail is an increasingly i m p o r t a n t differentiator for shipping lines as well as importers and exporters and we are able to offer them a greater number of rail services to more destinations, more often, than any other port.

“Rail is also a key factor in reducing the environmental impact of transport and helps reduce road congestion. We are continuing to invest heavily in rail infrastructure at Felixstowe and are currently working with Network Rail on capacity enhancements to the

Felixstowe Branch Line.”

Adam Cunliffe, UK Managing Director of Freightliner Group, added: “We would like to congratulate the Port of Felixstowe on this achievement. As a reliable, efficient and sustainable method of distribution demand for intermodal rail freight continues to grow. The Port of Felixstowe plays a vital role in delivering a broad network of rail services to all major UK conurbations. We look forward to continuing to work with Felixstowe to further grow the movement of containers by rail.”

There are a total of 66 freight train movements at the Port of Felixstowe making it the UK’s busiest intermodal rail freight terminal. In addition to Freightliner, services are offered by GB Railfreight and DB Cargo to a range of destinations including Glasgow, Manchester, Trafford Park, Liverpool, Leeds, Teesport, Birmingham, Doncaster, Rotherham, Hams Hall, Daventry, Wakefield, Ditton (Widnes), Birch Coppice and Bristol.

World’s Largest Automated Sea Container Terminal Opens Chennai

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Port Wings News Network hase IV of Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port, the world’s biggest automated container terminal, started trial operations.

Located at the south of Donghai Bridge, phase IV of the Yangshan Port covers 2.23 million square meters and has a 2,350-meter shoreline.

Once it enters full operation, the fourth phase of the Yangshan Port will initially be able to handle 4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).

The number will expand to 6.3 million TEUs at a later stage.

The project uses automated handling equipment designed and manufactured in China. The machinery used in loading and unloading, including a bridge crane, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) and a rail-

mounted gantry crane, are all made in China by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company. A domestically developed automated management system is also used at the port to maintain safety and efficiency.

“The automated terminal not only increases the port’s handling efficiency, but also reduces carbon emissions by up to 10 percent,”

said Chen Wuyuan, president of Shanghai International Port Group.

The port will help consolidate Shanghai port’s standing as the world’s busiest container port and further support Shanghai’s efforts to become a world shipping center.—Xinhua

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