The funding will allow ONC to transform the oceanographic data it collects into navigational safety information that will help vessel operators and others avoid navigational hazards and prevent marine accidents.
The goal of the Smart Ocean initiative is to help prevent marine accidents, predict and warn of natural hazards, and improve overall marine situational awareness near Port Metro Vancouver, Campbell River, Kitimat, the Douglas Channel, and Prince Rupert.
ONC is a not-for-profit society that was created in 2007 to develop and manage ocean observatories and equipment, to serve as an international leader in the science and technology of ocean observing systems, and to maximize economic and societal benefits through commercialisation and outreach.
“The contribution announced today by the Government of Canada will enable Ocean Networks Canada to continue operations of its world-leading ocean observing infrastructure and to harness its science and research capacity for the benefit of Canadians through enhanced marine and public safety, and increased environmental monitoring,” Said Dr. Kate Moran, President, Ocean Networks Canada.
November 11, 1837 (October 30 Old Style) inaugurated the first Russian railway from St. Petersburg to Pavlovsk, initiated the construction of a Russian railway network.
That day in the newspaper “Vedomosti” there was a note: “It was a Saturday, the citizens flocked to the old regimental church administration in Semenovski Plaza. They knew that opens an unusual railroad and “steel horse, carrying just a lot of a lot of coaches’ first hit the road. However, not everyone was able to see the first train. For the station itself, built recently, commoners were not allowed. At exactly 12 hours 30 minutes tiny locomotive gave a shrill whistle, and eight cars with the noble audience went from St. Petersburg – Tsarskoe Selo “.
It was the first public railway in Russia (until the opening in 1851 Nikolaev railway), the only one in the country and sixth in the world. It was built to provide a rail link between Tsarskoye Selo Station St. Petersburg, Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk. Construction of roads led Czech engineer, professor of the Vienna University of Technology Franz von Gerstner. He was in the summer of 1835 failed to convince the Emperor in the use of railways, allowing to quickly transfer troops.
Decree of Emperor Nicholas I to the Senate approving the “Regulation on the establishment of the Company’s shareholders for the construction of a railway from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo to Pavlovsk continuation” was published April 16, 1836 (old style). May 1, 1836 began the construction of a railway from Pavlovsk. In July, the platform was ready for visitors under the canopy and laid the foundation of the hotel building. September 10 laid the station and locomotive depot with turntable in Tsarskoye Selo. 30 September rails laid at a distance of 22 miles from Pavlovsk. In late September, conducted test drives (several cars), horse-drawn platform in Tsarskoye Selo to Pavlovsk.
As a result of an oversupply of vessels in the industry, the global shipping market is unlikely to see a recovery during the next two years, according to the chairman of China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO), Ma Zehua.
Vessels have swamped the market since the financial crisis of 2008 and now the sector is experiencing overcapacity, Ma Zehua told reporters.
The chairman of COSCO said that the firm now plans to focus on cost control, as well as expanding to South America and the Middle East, as it looks to secure long-term customers.
Ma Zehua said: “I don’t think the market will recover within the next two years. There are a lot of new building orders, which means the chances of the supply-demand imbalance improving soon are small.”
He added: “Everyone will compete on costs, because improving income is very difficult, if you want to increase the freight rate it’s tough, it’s not possible, the only way is to control costs.”
Ma Zehua said the company would also announce partnerships with other large Chinese shipping firms in an effort to consolidate China’s shipping industry; an initiative that has been set out by the Chinese government, according to Reuters.
A year ago our freight forwarding company Navigator Logistic with the assistance of the October Railway and Sungate launched a container train on the route Ust-Luga Port – Moscow. This ambitious project was made possible through the support of the October Railway and our partner forwarding company Sungate.
Freight container train from Ust-Luga port to Moscow reduces the cost of shipping each container in the amount of 100 euros for 40-foot containers and 270 euros for the 20-foot. It has already saved our customers more than 350 thousand euros!
However, the advantages of a container train not only in its relative cheapness, but also in its regularity. Not depending on the driving situation and weather conditions, it allows the cargo to accurately predict the time of arrival in Moscow.
For the year, thanks to the October railway, transit time was reduced from 39 to 21 hours – this allows to compete with the car delivery not only on cost but also on time delivery.
In addition to container train can carry heavy loads – up to 30.48 tons (including the weight of the container) when the standard weight of the load that can be transported by road without obtaining additional permits – up to 25 tons (including the weight of the container).
For the first year, thanks to the constant efforts to improve and develop services, “Ust-Luga Express” became affordable, reliable and regular way delivery of goods from the port of Ust-Luga in Moscow.
In response to seasonal changes in market demand, the members of the G6 Alliance announced the temporary suspension of their Central China (CC2) service between Asia and the U.S. West Coast until further notice. The last sailing for CC2 will be “OOCL Italy” departing from Shanghai on October 31. All ports called by CC2 will be covered by other G6 Alliance services.
The G6 Alliance will continue to offer a variety of services between Asia and U.S. West Coast covering all major port pairs with weekly sailings. The market environment will be closely monitored for the resumption of the CC2 service accordingly.
The G6 Alliance members are: APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line.
Russian Railways is planning to add a 105-mile detour to the Trans-Siberian Railway to the south of Lake Baikal in order to increase its capacity to carry both passenger and freight trains. The new section would require the construction of six tunnels and would cost an estimated RUB114bn
Participants of the meeting headed by Roman Romanov, deputy head of Kerch administration, proposed to revive the idea of building a port and logistic complex in Tobechik district, press center of Kerch city council says. The project was supported by the representatives of Kerch fishing and commercial ports, Gosgidrografia, Zaliv shipyard, Kamysh-Burun seaport of Kerch and DP Tis-Krym.
Port business participants consider it to be reasonable to place a complex capable of taking part of Kerch ports’ load in Tobechik district as it is the closest to the city and has an access to the Black Sea.
Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg) has been visited by the students from Hamburg School of Business Administration. The delegation was headed by Prof. Dr. Jan Ninnemann, says Bronka project investor Fenix LLC. The visit organized by Natalia Kapkaeva, Port of Hamburg Marketing in Russia, was planned as an insight into the process of construction, environmental compliance, trends of container and ro-ro cargo handling in Saint-Petersburg, general trends of shipping.
The package of special environmental measures including baby fish release into the water bodies of the Leningrad Region attracted particular interest. The Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, in the place where the dam and the ring road border the territory of Lomonosov. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will feature the 1.176 m-long waterfront (including 5 berths). The waterfront of rolling cargo terminal will be 630 meters (3 berths).
The Bronka Phase 1 capacity is projected to be 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. The facility’s container throughput is planned to be increased to 1.9 million TEUs. The Bronka Multipurpose Complex will be able to handle Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class. Private investors are expected to inject nearly RUB 43.7 billion in the project with the Russian Government investment at some RUB 15.2 billion. Implementation of the Bronka project will bring 2,300 work places at sea terminals alone. Upon completion of the outer harbor facilities annual direct tax payments to the budget of St.
Petersburg will be at RUB 1.7 billion (plus indirect tax due to a multiplier effect – RUB 5.1 bn), the federal budget will get RUB 2.0 billion a year (RUB 5.9bn).
Freight turnover in September 2014 increased by 7.4% compared to the same month a year ago and amounted to 193 billion tariff ton-kilometres. Freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs in September 2014 increased by 6.9% to 246.7 billion ton-kms.
According to the latest figures, loading in January-September 2014 was 913.2 million tons, 1.2% less than during the same period in 2013.
In January-September 2014, the railways shipped the following goods. Figures in brackets indicate the percentage change compared to January-September 2013:
coal – 229.6 m tons (+0.8%);
coke – 8.7 m tons (+1.9%);
petroleum and petroleum products – 190.6 m tons (+2.3%);
iron and manganese ores – 80.8 m tons (-2.3%);
ferrous metals – 53.3 m tons (+1.2%);
ferrous metal scrap – 12.2 m tons (-0.7%);
chemical and mineral fertilisers – 37.2 m tons (+7.1%);
cement – 25.8 m tons (-6%);
timber – 29.3 m tons (+8.5%);
grain and milled products – 11.8 m tons (+38.4%);
construction materials – 109.7 m tons (-17.4%);
non-ferrous ores and sulphur feedstock – 14.7 m tons (-6.3%);
chemicals and soda – 19 m tons (-3.1%);
industrial feedstock and moulded materials – 26.6 m tons (+4.9%).
Freight turnover since the beginning of 2014 amounted to 1,707.7 billion tariff ton-km, an increase of 5.7%. Freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs was 2,197.9 billion ton-km, up 6.2%.
The gathered heads of rail companies and transportation agencies from around the world usually discuss the global challenges and trends in rail transport.
The main themes at this year’s summit were increasing mobility, developing information services and client applications and mutually integrating systems.
Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, noted in his welcoming speech that growing prosperity and mobility are inextricably linked with the flow of goods, passengers and information. The economic dynamism of any particular region depends on the increase of these flows. Rail transport accounts for a significant share of traffic today and therefore has a major impact on these flows and processes.
According to Rüdiger Grube, Chairman of the Board at Deutsche Bahn AG, it is true that today the global economy has moved into the digital era.
The summit’s participants agreed that due to increasing mobility and transportation and the improving performance of rolling stock, together with the reduced costs of maintain the infrastructure of traditional ticket sales channels, it is possible to lower the cost of travel and thus further increase the frequency of train journeys.
“Our goal is customer satisfaction, so we are focusing on improving customer focus,” said Vladimir Yakunin.
According to Yakunin, the interest in purchasing electronic tickets through the Internet is growing every year, as evidenced by an increase in sales by 1.5-2 times. Nowadays, every fourth ticket purchased by passengers is electronic.
Russia’s railway system began selling electronic tickets in 2007. Today, passengers can purchase tickets through the web portal of Russian Railways and the Company’s mobile app.
“We need to develop services that will meet the needs of our customers so that they enjoy buying tickets using a mobile phone,” said Vladimir Yakunin.
According to Rüdiger Grube, the first mobile app for the sale of train tickets was in 2009, but now in China alone, there are 1.5 million such apps. In Germany, 30% of all train tickets are sold through the Internet, while at 40% the figure is even higher in the high-speed train segment.
The participants in the summit also touched on the mutual integration of information systems used by different modes of transport and railways all over the world in order to improve the transparency and user friendliness of their services.
“As part of the work of the International Union of Railways, we are developing technologies and standards that can be mutually integrated in various countries and information systems,” said Vladimir Yakunin.
