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CIMC/Singamas buy shares
Fort Vale Engineering has applied its
proven cast composite design to a new
Code for
bottom discharge arrangement for
offshore tanks. The new valve is less
The current lull in container pro- Cosco Pacific (China) Investment tively. Singamas now owns 91% of
expensive, 66mm shorter in length
flexitanks
duction in China would appear to Holdings Ltd for US$16.4M. the shares in Huizhou Pacific, with
and 7.8 kg lighter in weight than a
have prompted the world’s two The moves mean that CIMC the remainder held by Mitsubushi conventional 3-part closure assembly.
biggest builders, China Interna- now owns 100% of the shares in Corporation, and 100% of the It comprises a 3in MKIII style
endorsed
tional Marine Containers (CIMC) TNOC and holds a 92% interest equity in Ningbo Pacific.
Highlift footvalve with “open-cage”
and Singamas, into a review of the in SCRC. Sumitomo Corpora- Simultaneously, Singamas has
reducing to a 2in integral fire-safe
At a meeting during the Inter-
shareholding structure of a tion and Shanghai Luonan Indus- sold its 20% equity stakes in Dong
designed ball valve terminating with
number of their subsidiaries. try & Commerce General Com- Fang International Container
a 2in BSP cap. The assembly includes
modal 2008 exhibition in Ham-
a sampling point with ball valve and
burg last month, the Container
In a filing to the Shenzhen stock pany retain a 5% and 3% share in (Guangzhou) and Dong Fang In-
plug. Alternatively, the assembly may
Owners Association formally
exchange, CIMC said that it had SCRC respectively. ternational Container (Jinzhou) to
be terminated with a new 2in dry
endorsed the COA Code of Prac-
bought the 22.5% shareholding in Meanwhile Singamas has Shanghai Universal for US$5.03M
break tank unit and cap. Additional tice for the Manufacture of Flexitanks
Tianjin CIMC North Ocean Con- bought the 20% equity interests and US$5.04M respectively. advantages include a reduction in
and the Testing of Flexitank/Con-
tainer Co (TNOC) held by Cosco in Huizhou Pacific Container Co Shanghai Universal has also M&R costs due to the elimination of longevity and protection against crevice
tainer Combinations.
Pacific subsidiary Fentalic Ltd for and Ningbo Pacific Container Co bought Singamas’s 10% interest in
intermediate gaskets and possible corrosion, the footvalve seat area is
The Code was drawn up fol-
US$14M and the 20% share-hold- held by Shanghai Universal, a sub- chassis manufacturer Lianyungang
consequential leak paths. For added available with a Hastelloy insert
lowing extensive consultation with
ing in Shanghai CIMC Reefer sidiary of China Shipping, for Universal Special Purpose Vehicle
container owners and flexitank
Containers Co (SCRC) held by US$9.6M and US$4.4M respec- Manufacturing Co for US$1.95M.
VTC bags UASC order
companies by a Management Im-
plementation Group (MIG)
Container/Chassis/Trailer Replacement Parts & Ship Lashings
established by the COA Board of
Vietnamese box builder Vinashin- To date, VTC has built for a Directors, comprising representa-
TGC (VTC) has secured its first number of local operators, in- tives of two shipping lines (Maersk
export order for 5000 TEU from cluding Vinalines, Nam Trieu and and Hapag-Lloyd), two flexitank
United Arab Shipping Company Bien Dong, but UASC has be- companies (Trans Ocean Distribu-
One Alliance that Covers the Globe
(UASC). The first 250 40ft high come the company’s first overseas tion and Braid) and a classification
cube units were delivered last customer. According to general society (Lloyd’s Register).
month. manager Nguyen Hong Anh, The Code has been approved
A joint venture between state- VTC is aiming to sell 80% of its as a Provisional Code of Practice
owned Vietnam Shipbuilding In- output in the export market. from 1 January 2009 but there will
The INTERMODAL
dustry Corporation and Taiwan- The new plant currently pro- be a 12 month implementation
based Toong Goen Enterprise, duces standard 20ft, 40ft and 40ft process to permit flexitank manu-
EQUIPMENT ALLIANCE
VTC launched production at its high cube dry freight containers facturers and other flexitank com-
covers the globe
new US$30M plant in the Hai and accommodation units, but panies to test their products accord-
Duong Shipbuilding Industrial longer term plans call for the ad- ing to the methods laid out in Part
with container/
Zone near Haiphong port in dition of a variety of specials, in- 2 of the Code and to obtain COA
northern Vietnam in December cluding open tops, flatracks and certification. The final Recom-
Chassis/trailer last year. The initial capacity of tank containers. mended Code of Practice will be
45,000 TEU/year has already VTC is also planning to open adopted on 1 January 2010.
repair parts,
been increased to 60,000 TEU a second factory in Ho Chi Minh At the Hamburg meeting,
and the plan is to ramp up to City within the next 12 months there was also a presentation by
ship lashings
100,000 TEU/year over the next with a similar 100,000 TEU/year the TüV Süd Rail Testing Facility
of uniform high
few months. capacity. (Görlitz, Germany), giving details
of the testing procedures it car-
quality with
IICL inspection courses
ries out on flexitanks.
As there may be further refine-
OEM specifications ments to the Code, the MIG will
The Institute of International entations of dry van inspection be maintained, both to permit dia-
available at a
Container Lessors (IICL) will of- and repair methods. Particular at- logue with container owners and
fer both flatrack and dry freight tention will be paid to CSC and flexitank manufacturers and also
moments notice.
container inspection courses in ACEP policies and procedures. to process future amendments.
Antwerp, Belgium, in March Both of these courses will be For further information visit
2009. This will mark the first time conducted at the Teveco NV con-
www.containerownersassociation.org
that IICL will conduct its flatrack tainer repair depot in order to
course in Europe since the pub- maximise the time spent review-
lication of its Guide for Flatrack ing damages, repairs and practical
Deepsea
Container Repair manual in March presentations.
2008. The IICL has also announced
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tainer Inspection and Repair, in ad- formation for all three courses are big steel coils, have proven their
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Finland and Central Europe, be-
cause the steel coils have re-
mained undamaged during the
Flatrack Technology has
whole nine years.
They face a new challenge,
with MARJATTA transporting a steel
changed over the years.
load from Raahe to New Orle-
ans. The outward journey is
scheduled to take about three
weeks, so the results will be
known by early February.
MARJATTA, chartered by
Ruukki, is carrying big steel coils
both on the tank top in Cradle
Cassettes and in the upper part of
the hold on Cradle Tween Decks.
Thanks to this the vessel’s centre
of gravity rises and the over sta-
bility, which is typical for steel
loads, decreases.
“It is much more pleasant to
sail with heavy steel coils across
big seas when one knows that they
remain securely on their places in
Domino XL Flatracks are different. The integral Domino the cradles,” said master mariner
‘FLEX’ technology prevents permanent base deflection.
Harri Viljaharju.
“In addition, the Cradle Tween
Decks make it possible to optimise
Old flatrack technology allows the base to sag, in some
DOMINO Flatracks
the stability of the vessel to a much
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www.dominoflatracks.com loads that are loaded convention-
ally, when it is necessary to stow
all the steel coils on the tank top.”
18 January 2009
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