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TODAY’S BULLETIN OF MARITIME NEWS

Week commencing 2 October 2023.  Click on headline to go direct to story : use the BACK key to return.   

FIRST VIEW:   CMA CGM VALPARAISO

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• Portia Derby steps down as Transnet Group Chief Executive
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FIRST VIEW:  CMA CGM VALPARAISO

The French container ship CMA CGM VALPARAISO (IMO 9294185) arrived in Durban on 21 September from ports in India and the Middle East Gulf region.

The 2006-built vessel, with a length of 222 metres and beam of 30m, has a deadweight of 39,333 tons and is flagged in Malta.

After 7 days and 6 hours at the Durban terminal, she departed for Port Elizabeth on 28 September, where she was at the anchorage in Algoa Bay at the time of reporting. She is due in port on 2 October.

Compare these times with her immediate previous calls.

CMA CGM Valparaiso arrived in Jebel Ali in the UAE on 31 August, departing on 2 September after a stay of just 1 day and 1 hour. Her next port of call was Mundra in India, arriving there on 5 September and departing the same day after a stay of 13 hours and 35 minutes.

From Mundra she sailed to Nhava Sheva also in India, arriving on 7 September at 14h46 and departing the following day after a call lasting 10 hours 39 minutes.

While we do not know the volume of containers worked at each port, the times are nevertheless revealing.

The container ship’s capacity is just 2,824 TEU so it is unlikely that her cargo movements could be considered excessive.

This picture is by Keith Betts

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INVITATION TO TENDER: Dock Pontoon – Pontoon Lifter

Morska Stocznia Remontowa “Gryfia” S.A., Szczecin, Poland
announces a written invitation to tender for the sale of Set of units:
(Dock-pontoon PN – SSR –1, Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-3, Pontoon Lifter SSR-1)

The subject matter of the tender procedure is the ownership right to the Set of units (Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-1, Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-3, Pontoon Lifter SSR-1).

Technical description:

Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-1 – Built in 1966

– total length is 91,40 m
– external width 19,40 m
– internal width 17,00 m
– total height 9,30 m
– pontoon height 2,00 m
– load capacity 1460 tons

Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-3 built in 1967

– total length is 91.40 m
– external width 19.40 m
– internal width 16.00 m
– total height 9.20 m
– pontoon height 2.60 m
– load capacity 1460 tons

Pontoon Lifter SSR-1 built in 1966

-total length is 74.00 m
– external width 27.00 m
– internal width 21.00 m
– height of the pontoon 11.00 m
– carrying capacity 1700 tons

II. ASKING PRICE

Set of units – USD 1 100,000 (in words USD: one million one hundred thousand 00/100) net + applicable VAT.

which consists of:

– Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-1 – 300 000 USD net + applicable VAT
– Dock-pontoon PN-SSR-3 – 380 000 USD net + applicable VAT
– Pontoon Lifter SSR-1 – 420 000 USD net + applicable VAT

III. BID DEPOSIT

USD 55,000.00 (in words USD: fifty-five thousand 00/100)

IV. DATE AND PLACE OF THE TENDER, SUBMISSION OF TENDERS

1. The tender will take place on 27.10.2023 at the registered office of Morska Stocznia Remontowa “Gryfia” S.A. in Szczecin, ul. Brdowska 12, 71-700 Szczecin, Poland.
2. The rules concerning the tender procedure and the qualification procedure of the tenderers, and the formal requirements concerning the tender are regulated by the “Tender Rules” available on the website of the Morska Stocznia Remontowa “Gryfia” S.A.:
https://www.msrgryfia.pl/en/przetargi

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