[150115.EN.LOG] GAC Samudera Logistics Operates Indonesia's First CO2 Cold Chain Warehouse

GAC SAMUDERA Logistics boosted its service capability by starting the first cold chain warehousing service of its kind 30 kilometres east of Jakarta at Bekasi.

The distribution centre is powered by a state-of-the-art cooling system, making it Indonesia's first CO2 cold chain distribution centre, said the company statement.

The CO2 cooling system is more environmentally friendly than conventional technology, which uses ammonia or other common refrigerants, which are toxic and consume more energy, the statement said.

The facility is built to meet all international standards for cold storage specifications with construction, flooring, racking systems designed to meet standards of the food and pharma sectors.

The cold chain distribution centre has six independent chambers with temperatures ranging from -25C to 5C and one chamber for chilled temperatures of zero Celsius to 8C. The chambers are separated from one another with anti-bacterial panels.

Installed with a double-deep rack system, the facility can accommodate a storage volume of more than 6,000 standard pallet positions, and is equipped with plastic pallets, said the GAC Samudera Logistics statement.

In addition to storage space, the fully-equipped facility has a dedicated product processing or customisation area, office space, mechanised material handling equipment, a pest control system and 24/7 power backup.

The facility is accessible to all truck types from small one-tonner trucks to 40-feet containers. Its 12 loading/unloading docks allow for swift loading and unloading.

Said GAC Samudera Logistics managing director Hari Krishnan: "We already have an established track record. We shall draw on our considerable distribution facility and total supply chain management experience and expertise to offer this latest new service to our clients."

Source : HKSG.

[150115.ID.BIZ] New Honda CR-V Pelopori Teknologi Nano-e

PT Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) meluncurkan model terbaru dari Honda CR-V. New Honda CR-V kini tampil dengan berbagai perubahan desain di sisi eksterior dan interior yang semakin tegas dan kuat. Selain itu, hadir juga fitur-fitur baru yang semakin lengkap dan canggih, di antaranya Power Sunroof, Power Tailgate, serta nanoe – merupakan sistem canggih pembersih udara yang pertama kalinya diterapkan pada sebuah SUV di Indonesia.

Model terbaru Honda CR-V ini mengalami berbagai perubahan, khususnya yang menonjol adalah mobil SUV pertama yang menambahkan teknologi Nano-e, yang berfungsi melindungi udara di dalam kabin. “Model ini merupakan SUV pertama yang dirancang dengan teknologi Nano-e. Teknologi ini berfungsi untuk terus menjaga udara di kabin tetap bersih dan segar,” kata Tomoki Uchida, Presiden Direktur HPM. Harga New Honda CR-V dibanderol mulai Rp 395 juta untuk tipe 2.0 L M/T, tipe 2.0 L A/T Rp 405 juta, tipe 2.4 L A/T Rp 439 juta, sedangkan tipe 2.4 L Prestige dijual Rp 477,5 juta (OTR Jabodetabek).

Honda CRV

Honda CR-V pertama kali diperkenalkan di Jepang pada tahun 1995 dan menjadi salah satu SUV terlaris di berbagai belahan dunia. Hingga saat ini, Honda CR-V telah mencapai total penjualan lebih dari 7,2 juta unit di seluruh dunia. Tahun 2000, Honda CR-V untuk pertama kalinya diperkenalkan di Indonesia dan langsung menerima respon pasar yang sangat positif, serta berhasil mendominasi penjualan di kelasnya hingga saat ini. Sepanjang 15 tahun perjalanannya, Honda CR-V telah mencapai penjualan 153.773 unit di seluruh Indonesia, dan menjadi model dengan total penjualan tertinggi di kelasnya.

Tak hanya dari segi penjualan, keunggulan Honda CR-V di kelas SUV juga tampak dari banyaknya penghargaan yang telah diraih. Hingga saat ini, Honda CR-V berhasil meraih lebih dari 130 penghargaan internasional dan 31 penghargaan di Indonesia. Penghargaan tersebut diterima CR-V untuk kategori mobil terbaik, tingkat keselamatan terbaik, kualitas produksi terbaik, pilihan konsumen, Best Resale Value, hingga tingkat emisi terbersih dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup Republik Indonesia.

Tomoki mengatakan, “Model terbaru dari Honda CR-V semakin memperkuat karakter Premium Urban Cruiser serta memenuhi apa yang diharapkan konsumen dari sebuah SUV, bahkan lebih. Karena itu kami menggunakan tema Everything You Wanted, yang berarti mobil ini menghadirkan performa mesin paling bertenaga di kelasnya, desain yang lebih tegas dan premium, kenyamanan sekelas sedan, fitur yang semakin kaya, keselamatan dengan standar tertinggi, hingga terobosan baru yang memenuhi kebutuhan akan gaya hidup yang lebih sehat“.

Jonfis Fandy, Marketing & Aftersales Service Director HPM, mengklaim, Honda CR-V telah memiliki reputasi sebagai SUV premium dengan penjualan tertinggi di Indonesia. Dari generasi ke generasi, Honda CR-V selalu membuat terobosan dan menetapkan standar baru dari sebuah SUV dengan menggabungkan ketangguhan sebuah SUV, kenyamanan layaknya sebuah sedan, serta fitur yang lengkap dan berteknologi canggih.

New Honda CR-V tampil dengan desain yang lebih modern dan stylish. Mulai dari perubahan grille depan yang menyatu dengan lampu serta bumper belakang yang semakin tegas dan gagah. New HID Projector Headlight with LED Daytime Running Light yang memberikan pencahayaan maksimal pada malam hari. New Fog Lamp Design, New Dynamic 18” & 17” Alloy Wheel, dan New Exclusive Stop Lamp with New License Garnish menambah tampilan New Honda CR-V sehingga semakin eksklusif.

Untuk dashboard panel New CR-V juga menghadirkan fitur i-MID (intelligent-Multi Information Display), dengan layar berwarna 5 inchi untuk menampilkan berbagai informasi seperti konsumsi bahan bakar, Rear Parking Camera Display, audio, jam, hingga wallpaper yang dapat diisi dengan foto personal. Tampilan yang diinginkan pada i-MID dapat diatur melalui Steering Wheel-Mounted Control yang berada di roda kemudi. Fitur ini juga sekaligus berfungsi untuk mengatur volume, serta memilih sumber audio tanpa harus memindahkan tangan dari roda kemudi dan pengaturan lainnya.

Untuk masuk ke dalam kabin, Smart Key System memudahkan pengemudi untuk membuka kunci kendaraan. Kunci cukup disimpan di dalam saku dan kunci akan terbuka secara otomatis ketika tangan berada di handle pintu. Sementara One Push Ignition System berguna untuk menyalakan atau mematikan mesin hanya dengan satu sentuhan.

Semua varian New Honda CR-V telah dilengkapi dengan teknologi Drive By Wire (DBW), sistem elektronik yang diadopsi dari mobil balap Formula 1 untuk mengatur buka tutup Throttle Valve dan menghasilkan akselerasi yang presisi namun tetap hemat bahan bakar.

Untuk semakin mengoptimalkan efisiensi bahan bakar, terdapat fitur seperti ECO AssistTM yang memberikan petunjuk kepada pengemudi untuk menghemat bahan bakar saat berkendara. Gaya pengendaraan akan diukur dan hasilnya ditampilkan secara real time pada indikator warna yang berubah menjadi hijau sebagai indikasi konsumsi bahan bakar yang efisien. Sementara itu, ECON Mode merupakan mode pengendaraan yang diaktifkan melalui sebuah teknologi pintar untuk mengubah sistem pengendaraan yang memaksimalkan efisiensi bahan bakar hingga 20% (tergantung kondisi jalan dan cara berkendara). Sistem Drive By Wire melakukan penyesuaian secara bertahap, begitu pula dengan perpindahan transmisi & pengoperasion Air Conditioner yang bekerja secara efisien. (EVA)

Sumber : SWA, 14.01.15.

[140115.EN.SEA] Refrigerated Containers Expected To Dominate Reefer Trade

AN estimated 101.1 million tonnes of fresh produce was transported in conventional reefer ships and reefer containers in 2014, according to Dynamo’s annual reefer market report.

Seventy four per cent of the total was transported in containers, highlighting that conventional reefer ships are continuing to lose market share to container operators, as shown by The Reefer Analysis: Market Structure, Conventional, Containers report, by Franz Wails.

And this trend is expected to continue in the years to come. A decade ago half of total fresh produce volumes were transported in containers, rising to 62 per cent in 2009.

Mr Wails said that one of the contributory factors behind the development is that fruit trades are increasingly sacrificing their conventional services in exchange for slots on container services, reported Lloyd's Loading List.

This development began in 2011; and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has been particularly successful in attracting fruit growers.

This year No boa axed its Ecuadorian Line service between Ecuador, the US east coast and north Europe for slots on MSC services while Chiquita will provide reefer cargo for a new Central America east coast US MSC service.

As a result of the switch from conventional to containers, the report also pointed out that reefer operators are looking to become hybrid operators offering both types of ship.

The main development on this front was world's largest reefer ship operator Seatrade Reefer Chartering's decision in July to acquire two geared 2,200 TEU box ships due for delivery in 2016.

"Seatrade has emphasized that this order was the start of a larger newbuilding programme involving similar reefer heavy box ships, perhaps even up to 20 units, as the end of the year rumour goes," the Dynamar report said.

"If the latter is correct, there may also be truth in the story that, at the same time, the company is to order 20 smaller specialised conventional reefer units, mainly for the deep frozen carriage of fish and meat."

In terms of the orderbook, just one conventional reefer ship is currently being built: a 200,000 cubic foot vessel for Toei Reefer Line for delivery in mid-2015. It will be the first new reefer vessel handed over since October 2011.

As a result of the lack of new orders and an average age of the existing fleet of 24 years, Mr Waal expects the conventional fleet to decline by 60 per cent to 140 vessels by 2025, should no new conventional reefers be built on any substantial scale.

In contrast, the number of reefer containers continues to increase rapidly.

Last year, the number of reefer boxes increased by five per cent year on year to reach 2.5 million TEU, most of which are 40-foot high cube containers.

Source : HKSG.

[140115.ID.BIZ] Gazprom Dituding Sabotase Moncrief Oil

Kabar24.com, TEXAS--Perusahaan minyak OAO Gazprom dituding melakukan sabotase usaha patungan serta melakukan pencurian rahasia dagang oleh perusahaan energi asal Texas, Moncrief Oil International Inc.

Bloomberg melaporkan pada lamannya Senin (12/1) bahwa tudingan tersebut muncul setelah Gazprom mundur dari kesepakatan dengan Moncrief dalam mengembangkan ladang gas alam di Siberia. Atas hal tersebut Moncrief melayangkan gugatan terhadap Gazprom dan menuntut ganti rugi senilai US$1,37 miliar.

Moncrief, yang berbasis di Fort Worth, Texas, mengajukan gugatannya yang ketiga setelah gagal di dua gugatan sebelumnya. Perusahaan kalah di Pengadilan Jerman pada 2010. Sementara pada 2007 Pengadilan Federal Texas tidak menerima gugatan Moncrief.

"Para tergugat melanggar aturan yang merugikan usaha Moncrief," kata pengacara Moncrief Michael Anderson pada Hakim pada 8 Januari lalu. Tindakan tersebut dilakukan Gazprom dengan mencuri rahasia dagang perusahaannya.

"Ini bukan rahasia dagang," kata pengacara Gazprom, Van Beckwith kepada hakim. "Itu promosi dagang dan itu buruk bagi Gazprom."

Sementara itu, Gazprom yang berbasis di Moskow mengatakan bahwa Moncrief seharusnya melakukan gugatan di Rusia, bukan di AS. Terkait hal tersebut pengacara Moncrief mengatakan gugatan dilayangkan di AS karena Rusia merupakan negara yang tidak taat hukum.

Sumber : Kabar24.

[130115.EN.SEA] Named After SS Man, World's Biggest Ship Brings Controversy to Rotterdam

BILLED as the biggest ship in the world, the massive gantry crane carrier, Pieter Schelte, has arrived in Rotterdam, bringing with it much controversy, including an unsung Nazi heritage.

The ship was also marked by a difference in tonnage readings, at first weighing in at 50,000 tons deadweight, but then reporting a gross tonnage of 75,000 tons.

This stark difference prompted the HK Shipping Gazette to check out Wikipedia, as it had recently learned that a grounded car carrier Hoegh Osaka off Southampton had weighed in at 51,000 gross tons but only 16,880 deadweight.

Wikipedia explained that gross tonnage is the volume a ship's enclosed spaces from keel to funnel expressed as 2.83 cubic metres per gross tonnne.

Deadweight tonnage is the displacement, that is the actual weight of a ship fully loaded, minus its displacement weight when completely empty. Warships are gauged by displacement tonnage.

Satisfied that this accounted for the difference, but then wondering who would enjoy the honour to having the world biggest ship named after him, the Shipping Gazette again searched the Web to learn that the choice had aroused much controversy,

The ship was built by the Swiss company Allseas, and its founder, Edwin Heerema, wanted the world's biggest ship named after his father, Pieter Schelte, a renowned maritime engineer. reported the Daily Telegraph in London.

But the Telegraph also reported that Pieter Schelte was a member of the SS (Schutzstaffel), the private paramilitary of the Nazi party, news of which provoked an outcry from politicians and Jewish groups.

The Port of Rotterdam makes no mention of this in its press release, but says "with a length of 382 metres and a width of 124 metres, this is the biggest ship in the world. It was designed and developed by the Dutch-Swiss offshore company Allseas", said the Rotterdam Port Authority.

The Pieter Schelte will spend the next four months in Rotterdam undergoing final assembly in the inner lake of Maasvlakte 2.

Among other things, 65-metre long support beams will be fitted to the ship. Including this work, the spin-off of the total construction of the vessel for Dutch business is estimated at EUR700 million (US$826.1 million), said the release.

"The arrival of the Pieter Schelte is to strengthen the Rotterdam offshore sector's new port sites in the existing port area and on the Maasvlakte," said port CEO Allard Castelein.

The Maasvlakte provides possibilities on existing sites, on sites still to be developed and the plots of water on Maasvlakte 2 can also be put to good use for the offshore industry, he said.

Source : HKSG.

[130115.ID.AIR] Jonan Anulir Sanksi Maskapai, Aneh Bin Ajaib

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pengamat penerbangan Gerry Soejatman mendesak Menteri Perhubungan Ignasius Jonan segera mengusut kekeliruan dalam audit izin penerbangan maskapai nasional.

Pernyataan bahwa lima maskapai telah mengoperasikan 61 penerbangan tanpa izin pada Jumat lalu, 9 Januari 2014, dinilai telah menghebohkan negara dan bisnis maskapai. "Audit itu harusnya sudah lengkap," kata Gerry ketika dihubungi, Ahad, 11 Januari 2015. (Baca: Jonan Anulir Sanksi Maskapai, 'Siapa Yang Bodoh')

Menurut Gerry, Jonan harus mengusut hasil audit tersebut. Bisa saja, ujar Gerry, lima maskapai yang sebelumnya dinyatakan melanggar izin penerbangan ternyata tak melanggar sama sekali.

"Saya yakin kebijakan Jonan ini niatnya baik, terlepas dari kebijakannya yang aneh dan ajaib di Kementerian Perhubungan. Mungkin dia menerima masukan yang jelek saja," tutur Gerry. (Baca: Jonan Anulir Sanksi Maskapai, 'Siapa Yang Bodoh')

Jumat lalu, Menteri Jonan mengumumkan ada 61 penerbangan yang melanggar perizinan. Garuda Indonesia disebut melakukan 4 pelanggaran, Lion Air 35 pelanggaran, Wings Air 18 pelanggaran, Susi Air 3 pelanggaran, dan Trans Nusa 1 pelanggaran.

Temuan itu, kata Jonan, diklaim berdasarkan audit Inspektorat Jenderal Kementerian Perhubungan. Berdasarkan temuan itu, izin 61 penerbangan tersebut dibekukan.

Sumber : Tempo, 12.01.15.

[120115.EN.SEA] The Pilot Who Stranded That Massive Cargo Ship Was An Expert 'Who Knew What He Was Doing'

The Pilot Who Stranded That Massive Cargo Ship Was An Expert 'Who Knew What He Was Doing'

To non-professionals, it looks like a disaster: The Höegh Osaka, a large car-carrier currently sitting lopsided in shallow water off the port of Southampton, was beached by its crew on Saturday night and images of the ship — just sitting there, half-sunk in the Solent — have dominated the UK media ever since.But the deliberate decision to run the boat aground was not an unhappy accident.

Sunday, 11.Jan.2015, 11:19 (GMT)

To non-professionals, it looks like a disaster: The Höegh Osaka, a large car-carrier currently sitting lopsided in shallow water off the port of Southampton, was beached by its crew on Saturday night and images of the ship — just sitting there, half-sunk in the Solent — have dominated the UK media ever since.But the deliberate decision to run the boat aground was not an unhappy accident.

Rather, it was a mastery of piloting and ship handling. "Things could have been much worse," says the chairman of the UK Maritime Pilots' Association (UKMPA).The ship's company said in a statement that the captain and the pilot of the Höegh Osaka noticed that the ship was dangerously listing to one side, and decided to strand her deliberately in order to prevent further damage.Business Insider spoke with Captain Don Cockrill, a professional pilot at the Port of London and chairman of UKMPA, to figure out what actually happened on board. "The quick thinking, decisions and actions of the Southampton port pilot on board the Höegh Osaka with the ship’s captain and his team resulted not only in the prevention of a major catastrophic event for the ship, but most importantly, saving the lives of the 25 crew members." he said.

Cockrill explained that every time a ship of that size is leaving a port, the captain is helped by a professional pilot from the same port, who literally drives the vessel to safe waters.It is a tough job: "ships grow bigger and bigger, but the ports have remained the same as decades ago," Cockrill said. It is like having the same garage, but buying a larger car: it might fit, but it's harder to drive in.Cockrill reconstructed what happened on the Höegh Osaka on Saturday night: the operators would have rapidly realised that something was going wrong and the ship was listing dangerously.Before losing control of the vessel, the pilot and the captain decided to run aground on shallow waters, where the bottom of the sea is higher and the Höegh Osaka could easily be stranded safely.

According to Cockrill, the instability was not apparent until rounding the Bramble Bank bend so about an hour after it left Southampton at 8.20 p.m.: The pilot would have had only seconds to decide they had to beach the vessel, give orders to the crew, plot a course to the bank, and then successful "park" the ship on top of it.As well as lowering the safety risk for the crew, it also kept the navigation channel towards the port open. In fact Southampton port is now operating as per usual — despite the massive shipwreck a few hundred yards from its mouth.If the ship had capsized, the crew's lives would have been at serious risk; the cargo likely lost; and Southampton port would have been clogged for days. "Thankfully, there was a very expert pilot on board, who knew what he was doing," Cockrill said.

Concerning what might have caused the lifting in the first stance, "it is all related to the stability of the ship," Cockrill said. "We are talking of a big ship, but not extremely huge, and the analysis did not reveal any mechanical issue so far. It is more likely that some tanks of fuel or water towards the bottom were half full, prompting a certain instability. The effect of a sudden crash of water on one side or the other is far greater than you expect, even for such a big ship."Reuters/Peter NichollsOn Monday salvage experts from Svitzer, a vessel rescuing company, were on board the Höegh Osaka to assess the damage and inspect the cargo, the BBC reported. A press conference at the Grand Harbour Hotel in Southampton on Monday evening confirmed that the salvage experts could decide to start working on the vessel tomorrow.

 That would involve towing the ship on higher waters and slowly putting back afloat, an operation that could solve the situation by Wednesday at noon,when the tide is the highest. At the same time, weather and tidal conditions play a major role in this sort of operations and the team is also considering to leave the vessel anchored where it currently stands for now and wait for more favourable conditions. This, though, could take months, The Telegraph wrote.There are about 1,400 vehicles on board, including 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover first-class cars, 65 BMW Minis, and 105 JCB agricultural machines.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/pilot-of-hoegh-osaka-prevented-tragedy-2015-1#ixzz3OVjMs8H2

STEFANO POZZEBON , Business Insider.

Source : SN-TR.