LEGISLATION IN CHINA

China launches its inland navigational channel and port layout;The first programme of national waterborne transport safety released;Ship＇s endorsement management regulations, as modified, to be effective on October 1.     

CCS:Pioneer for LNG Ship Standard

Although China is relatively late in the trial use of LNG ships,she has become the front runner in the promotion of LNG ships.The launch of China’s first LNG/diesel hybrid pilot inland waterway ship in 2010 became the prelude for the application of LNG as bunker fuel for water transportation.At present,with the speeding up of the layout of LNG stations of energy companies,and the increase of the government’s policy support,there is the trend of fast development of"oil converted to     

基于模拟减少集装箱船待港时间的实用方法(英文)

The main challenge for container ports is the planning required for berthing container ships while docked in port.Growth of containerization is creating problems for ports and container terminals as they reach their capacity limits of various resources which increasingly leads to traffic and port congestion.Good planning and management of container terminal operations reduces waiting time for liner ships.Reducing the waiting time improves the terminal’s productivity and decreases the port difficulties.Two important keys to reducing waiting time with berth allocation are determining suitable access channel depths and increasing the number of berths which in this paper are studied and analyzed as practical solutions.Simulation based analysis is the only way to understand how various resources interact with each other and how they are affected in the berthing time of ships.We used the Enterprise Dynamics software to produce simulation models due to the complexity and nature of the problems.We further present case study for berth allocation simulation of the biggest container terminal in Iran and the optimum access channel depth and the number of berths are obtained from simulation results.The results show a significant reduction in the waiting time for container ships and can be useful for major functions in operations and development of container ship terminals.     

SHIPBUILDING IN CHINA

Guangdong province to attract foreign capital to improve navigational route Guangdong province plans to arrange 250m Yuan RMB from the provincial traffic outlay each year in the next three years to invest into river navigational route construction starting from this year, and attract foreign and social capital to invest into the construction of infrastructure for navigational routes.     

Reader's Guide

<正>Dear readers:Concurrent of opening of "Two Congresses" and early spring arrival, port business in China has witnessed ever-promoting.From this issue our readers are entrancingly to notice from the Column at "Port Statistics" a continuing strong traffic growth in port industry across the country and well particularly in aspect of container traffic that reveals well perspective.     

Chinese Ports:READY FOR IRON ORE INFLUX?

Due to China's huge demand in iron and steel the iron ore volume to be imported has increased largely. The local governments and port authorities at all levels are putting more and more efforts on port infrastructure construction in order to satisfy iron ore import. However, the operation capacity of docks of China is still not sufficient. The gap between demand and supply has attracted a large mount of social investment to put on iron ore wharves facilities construction, especially after Port Administration System Reform Rules was published in 2002. So it is clear that three parties like steel mills, ship owners and port authorities surely will seek more cooperation in this field.     

ABSTRACTS

COSCO Piraeus port projects： ＂a new silk road＂ between China and Greece
During the bilateral meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Greek President KarolosPapoulias in Sochi on Feb 7, the two sides agreed to expand cooperation in the fields of the Piraeus port, railway transport, ship building, trade, maritime matters, tourism and culture among others. Under a 35-year concessionagreement, Chinese-owned COSCOsubsidiaryPiraeus Container Terminal （PCT） launched operations in the country at Pier II of Piraeus port in 2009 with a plan to turn it into a leading container terminalin the Mediterranean Sea region and ever since has built Pier III and posted remarkable results.     

Chinese waterborne transport made significant achievement

The tenth "five-year" is the first five years of the new century in which waterborne trans- port kept a continuous, high-speed and healthy development momentum, coastal port construction com- pleted 131.3 billion RMB investment while inland water- way con…     

Georgia Ports Authority:Faster to Market,Better for Business

Did You Know…?* The Port of Savannah is the fourthlargest container port of the “five”globalU.S. ports.* The Port of Savannah is the biggestportal for China Trade in the U.S. Mid- andSouth Atlantic, handling 44% of total U.S.Mid- and South Atlantic trade with China in2005 alone.* Trade between Savannah and Chinahas grown 139% over the last five years.* With 18 services to China, Savannahhas more direct China services than any otherport on the East Coast.* Through these services,…     

英文导读

<正> Dear readers: Farewell past and embrace New Year,the first issue of“ChinaPorts & Harbours” appears with novel image.In the“Foreword”of the issue is all article titled“Epoch—PacedForward to New Year”that summarizes the achievements in sector ofport over a past year in China,suggesting a number of uncertaintieschallenging port industry of the country and further lookout to upcom—ing year.