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New Zealand’s government has announced that foreign charter fishing vessels working in New Zealand waters will have to be reflagged under the national flag over a four-year transition period.
The move is “welcome, right and overdue. Scandal has followed scandal in this area in recent years, including grave instances of crew abuse. We congratulate MUNZ and all those who pushed for this reform,” Whitlow said.
MUNZ General Secretary Joe Fleetwood said that once the policy goes into effect, foreign fishing vessels catching New Zealand quota will have to totally stick to New Zealand employment, health and safety and labour laws.
“The Government’s decision sends a clear message that New Zealand is serious about the fair treatment of fishing crews, the safety of vessels and its international reputation for ethical and sustainable fishing practices,” Primary Industries Minister David Carter and Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson said, TVNZ reports.
Fleetwood noted that the four-year transition period announced was overly generous because the shift is actually needed right away. He thus hopes that no exemptions will be granted at the end of the four-year period to...
Global terminal giants such as APM Terminals of Denmark, DP World of Dubai and Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) have continued to spurn India’s tariff fixing. Their complaint has been that the guidelines set by the government needs a review and the port regulator – Tariff Authority of Major Ports (Tamp) is creating a difficult environment by reducing the tariff at various terminals. Some terminal operators have threatened that they would reduce the number of containers handled at their facilities.
From the Financial Chronical
A shipping alliance will begin calling on the Port of Charleston in June, linking the port to countries in Asia and North Africa, the S.C. State Ports Authority announced recently.
For the new service, the New World Alliance and Evergreen will call weekly on Charleston, the last port of call for the outbound service.
The service is the port’s first with a direct call to Vietnam. It also will link Charleston to Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Morocco.
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The Grand Princess will move to San Francisco in May 2013.Princess Cruises plans to base a cruise ship year-round in San Francisco — a first for the line.
The California-based cruise operator said the 2,600-passenger Grand Princess would move to the city in May 2013 to sail a mix of voyages to Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico and the California coast.
From USA Today
'The short-sea, Jones Act idea has died,' said Rudy Mack, AFL’s chief operating officer. 'If you can’t run a feeder service from Halifax to Boston and Portland, how will you be able to run other short-sea services?'American Feeder Lines, which suspended its 9-month-old feeder service from Halifax to Portland, Me. and Boston recently, is going out of business.
AFL started the Halifax-Boston service last July with a chartered vessel called the AFL New England with a capacity of 700 20-foot-equivalent units.
The carrier had hoped to build up to 10 container ships in the U.S. and launch weekly short-sea services that would link up to 18 ports under the Jones Act.
“The short-sea, Jones Act idea has died,” Mack said. “If you can’t run a feeder service from Halifax to Boston and Portland, how will you be able to run other short-sea services?”
From the Journal of Commerce
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