UAE issues new law on Dubai Ports Authority to boost maritime trade

RIYADH : A new law aimed at boosting investments and trade in Dubai’s maritime sector has been issued by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, VicePresident andPrimeMinister oftheUAE.

Under the new law, marine and offshore services providerDrydocksWorld-Dubai,apartofDPWorld,willbe affiliatedwithDubaiPortsAuthority.

The ruling also provides new responsibilities to the Dubai Ports Authority, which include strategic planning and policy development for overseeing the ports and terminals in Dubai, developing and managing port infrastructureandregulatingtheiroperations.

Under the new law, the authority will regulate businesses, activities, and professions authorized to operateinportsandterminals.

Al Maktoum, on his official website, noted that “the law seeks to advance the Dubai Ports Authority’s position as a leading global model in port operation, management, and terminalhandling.”

The statement added: “It aims to offer efficient operational services while regulating and developing the port sector in Dubai in accordance with strategic plans andpolicies.”

All the responsibilities of Drydocks World-Dubai will now be transferred to Dubai Ports Authority, as well all employees, without affecting their acquired rights, assets andfunds.

It should be also noted that Dubai Ports Authority will be also in charge of all duties and liabilities of Drydocks World-Dubai.

Centre pushes for Alang to emerge as vehicle scrappage hub

NEW DELHI - Apart from senior officials of the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and representatives of the Gujarat Maritime Board and Ship Recycling Industries Association (India), the January meetingwaschairedbyoneoftheUnionMinisters.

Itwasalsodecided atthemeeting thataBISteamshall visitAlang–thecountry’slargestshipbreaking centre–to study the ground activity of the Ship Recycling. “The team will discuss the issue and way forward with the Ship Recycling Industries Association and Gujarat Maritime Boardofficials.StandardOperatingProcedure(SOP)tobe placed for testing of raw material for re-rolling mills,” the minutesofthemeetingsaid.

Steel scrap from the demolished ships is a major source of raw material for the re-rolling mills in our country. Normally at least 70 per cent of the total light displacement tonnage of a ship broken constitute of rerollable scrap. These are then converted into bars and rods that are used in the construction sector. The other raw materials to produce bars and rods are re-rollable scrap from Railways, pencil ingots from induction furnaces, semis from the integrated plants and imported scrapofferings.

The Ship Recycling Industries Association in a submission made earlier this year had referred to a “nonviable norms of quality control order and BIS standard” impactingrecyclers.

As a result of these revised norms that came into effect in2012, activity atAlang hasbeen hit.“We…arenotableto sell our materials directly to rerollers”, it said adding that 90 per cent of the plots at the yard have achieved HKC compliance certification from internationally recognised agencies.

The HKC certification stands for Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009.

First ship at Vizhinjam port by September: Kerala CM

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Efforts are on to bring the first ship to Vizhinjam international sea port by Septemberthisyear,said Kerala ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan recently.

Responding to a question in the legislative assembly, the CM said the project will be a game-changer for the state as major cities and business centres have come aroundsuchmotherportsaroundtheworld.

“We are planning to bring the first ship to the port by September. Work is going on at a brisk pace and serious attempts are on to realise this,” he said, adding that with the commissioning of the port, an industrial corridor will bedevelopedinsouthKerala.

“It will usher in development in the area. The government is planning to develop industrial parks, logistic centres and many other projects. It will give employmentopportunitiestomanyyoungsters,”hesaid.

The Adani Group is developing the first mother ship project of the country in Vizhinjam, 16km south of the state capital.

Now, the country is depending heavily on Colombo, Singapore and Dubai mother ports for the transhipment of heavy cargo to the country incurring additional cost and time. Once the Vizhinjam port is functional, itwillbridgethegap.

Once fully commissioned, the largest mother ship of the world can easily be anchored here, said port officials, adding that five mother ships can be berthed at a time after its full commissioning.

Conceived three decades ago, the port (with 20m natural depth), 12 nautical miles away from the international ship channel, is expected to be a big boost to the industrial growth of southern India, experts said.

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