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Wednesday, 23 March 16
THE PANAMA CANAL - WILL THE MELTING OF POLAR ICE CAPS CREATE RIVAL NAVIGATIONAL WATERWAYS THROUGH THE ARCTIC? - INTERMODAL
 The Panama Canal, 102 years after its initial opening, is now about to have its expansion completed with a cost of USD5.25 Billion. It is a project financed by International credit institutions of Japanese, European and American interests.
In August 1914, when the first ship crossed the Canal, this route changed world trade. The torturous completion of the de Lesseps works is recognized as one of the greatest engineering milestones of the 20th century. Now, just over a century later, the thriving shipping artery of the Panama Canal is worth an impressive USD 1 billion per annum for Panama. The ever growing Shipping transport needs have led to the biggest and most important infrastructure development since its creation: the widening of the Panama Canal.
The size of the Panamax ships is constrained by the existing size of the locks (33.53m wide, 320.04 m long and 12.56 m deep). The third set of locks will allow the transit of the Post-Panamax type vessels, the Super Post-Panamax. Maximum vessel capacity will increase to 49m width, 366m length and 15.2m draft. Container vessel-wise this means from about 5,000 to a 13-14,000 TEU capacity. Dry cargo-wise it means that up to the size of a small Caper will be accommodated. Wait time will remain constant, or even increase, at least until the PCA (Panama Canal Authority) come to grips with the operation of the new lock. The Panama Canal Authority is training its personnel to ensure that the transition will be a smooth one via the use of a simulator and hands-on experience with transit training on a chartered Neo-Panamax type vessel.
At this point of time (March 2016) the expansion is 96% complete. Excavation, infrastructure improvements, dredging improvements to the water supply, all the hard work that is about to be completed -according to the information on www.micanaldepanama.com- aim at increasing capacity to meet demand growth impacting on the international maritime trade.
The PCA anticipates that the Transit Booking System (additional 15% service charge over the regular tolls) and the Transit Slot Auction (25th slot), in operation, helps dealing with the long queuing during the high season (from December to March).
The expansion project is creating a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of the new set of locks. Projected to double the capacity of the waterway, the challenge remains as to how long Panama can afford to keep expanding its Canal to meet the ever growing size of ships. Climate change is another factor which likely changes the equation.
Will Panama’s rainfall persist to the levels needed to maintain the Canal operational?
Will the melting of polar ice caps create rival navigational waterways through the Arctic?
The imminently anticipated benefits to the shipping economy are tri-fold:
a) The decrease to transport costs will facilitate the transportation of a higher volume of goods including LNG, coal and grain cargos.
b) Transhipments from Panama’s ports of Balboa, Colon and Manzanillo will link distribution centers like Shanghai with smaller hubs in S. America and the US, bolstering Panama’s strategic position.
c) The provision of an alternative route for agricultural products from the US to the Far Eastern markets which will also promote the Mississippi River corridor to a dominant position.
So we should be able to see sooner rather than later the degree to which these benefits will take place or whether expectations were set too high for this huge expenditure project.
By Sophie Cotzias
Managing Director
Cotzias Intermodal Shipping Inc
Compiled by:
Intermodal Research & Valuations
Analysts:
Ms. Eva Tzima
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Friday, 15 April 16
U.S WEEKLY COAL OUTPUT FALLS ACROSS ALL BASINS - EIA
COALspot.com – U.S the world’s second largest coal producer has produced approximately totaled an estimated 10.2 million short tons (mm ...
Thursday, 14 April 16
AUSTRALIAN MINING SERVICES SECTOR SQUEEZED BY MINERS' COST CUTS - FITCH RATINGS
Fitch Ratings says mining services companies' revenues and margins will remain under pressure as miners continue to focus on reducing costs ami ...
Thursday, 14 April 16
DRY BULKERS' PRICES COULD BE HEADING UPWARDS AS BUYERS' APPETITE INCREASES - HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS
Investment sentiment is beginning to trend upwards in the market for second hand dry bulk carriers. According to the latest weekly report from ship ...
Wednesday, 13 April 16
U.S COAL PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY 16 PER CENT IN 2016; THE LARGEST ANNUAL PERCENTAGE DECLINE SINCE 1958 - EIA
EIA estimates that U.S. coal production in March 2016 was 52 million short tons (MMst), a 2 MMst (4%) decrease from the previous month and 29 MMst ...
Tuesday, 12 April 16
INDONESIA COAL BENCHMARK PRICE INCREASES FOR SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH
COALspot.com: The Indonesia Coal Benchmark Price Increases For Second Straight Month in April 2016.
The Director General of Mine ...
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- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
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- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- The University of Queensland
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
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- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
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- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
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- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
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- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
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- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
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- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
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- MS Steel International - UAE
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
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- Planning Commission, India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Minerals Council of Australia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Australian Coal Association
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
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