Tag: maritime traffic

Following the increased traffic due to the Suez Canal blockage, Saudi Ports Authority, MAWANI, launched an initiative to support shipping lines stranded at the south end of the canal.

Following a similar warning in April 2020, the Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator now informed it continues to receive loss of propulsion reports from ships while in high density traffic or in narrow waters in China.

A new study by not-for-profit research centre Clear Seas provides a comprehensive picture of the commercial vessels operating in Canada’s Pacific region, aiming to help better assess and understand risks associated with commercial shipping in Canada’s Pacific waters.

It is known that the COVID-19 oubreak has negatively affected global shipping and many others sectors. Following the situation, Europeran Maritime Safety Agency issued a report to analyse the impact of the pandemic on certain shipping activities by analysing vessel traffic data.

The new routeing systems, established this summer in Skagerrak and Kattegat in order to create more predictable traffic patterns and separate oncoming ship traffic better, work as intended, the Danish Maritime Authority informed. 

RMI issued a marine safety advisory citing recent cases where ships have lost propulsion while in areas of high-density traffic or narrow waterways in China. Local PSC authorities have increasingly been concerned of similar incidents.

Australia's Pilbara Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 49.7 Mt for February 2020, representing a 9% decrease compared to the same month in 2019. The total throughput for the 2019/20 financial year to date is 461Mt, an increase of less than 1% from the same time last year.

HAROPA, the port complex of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, saw a 5% drop in maritime traffic in 2019, with a total of 90 million tonnes of maritime traffic over the year. However, the bulk and container sectors grew by 13% marking the best figure since 1992.

The Montreal Port Authority launched an upgrade of the Trucking PORTaI application, which helps port truck drivers plan their routes better and also enhances the traffic flow on port territory, playing a major role in reducing GHG emissions.

EMSA announced the Agency’s Traffic Density Maps (TDM) which was launched by EMODnet, offering a simple but effective way of displaying ship movement patterns. The maps work by using AIS data, received by EMSA from the Agency’s data providers. This data is then processed to recreate the track of each individual ship from its recorded positions.