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BILBAONEWS

PUERTO DE

ON WHEELS - "RO-RO" SHIPPING

From trucks to special loads

At present, there are seven Ro-Ro ramps, with a capacity of up to 250t, serving the shipping lines that operate Ro-Ro servi-ces between Bilbao and other European and tran-satlantic ports.

Europe

Finnlines started operating in Bilbao in 1978. Its vessels, represented by Consignaciones Toro and Betolaza, run a weekly service with calls at Zeebrugge, Antwerp (Belgium), Paldiski (Estonia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kotka, Helsinki and Rauma (Finland), with an extension line in Zeebrugge to Tilbury (UK) and Gothenburg (Sweden), in addition to linking with the transatlantic lines of the Grimaldi/Condeminas Norte company to West Africa and South America.

Brittany Ferries, which has recently become a partner in Uniport, has been operating in Bilbao since March 2011. It currently offers five weekly sailings to the United Kingdom; three of them to Portsmouth and, since February of this year, two others to Poole. The service to Portsmouth is provided by a ferry that

takes passengers and ro-ro cargo, with or without drivers.

Asia

Bahri, whose agent is Bergé Marítima Bilbao, has a monthly regular line between Europe and the Middle East since the end of 2015, with Bilbao as its only call in the Ibe-rian Peninsula. In Europe, the route includes Til-bury, Bremerhaven and Antwerp, before sailing down the Suez Canal to Jeddah and Dammam (Saudi Arabia), with calls in Hamburg (Germany), Jebel Ali (Dubai), Aqaba Port (Jordan), Port Suez (Egypt) and Djibouti (Dji-bouti), by inducement.

America

The most recent ro-ro service has been run sin-ce June of this year by the Nordana shipping com-pany, which includes the port of Bilbao in the regu-lar service, linking Europe with Central America, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast of the United States. The line operates at the Toro and Betolaza terminal, which also ca-rries the consignment.

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Ro-Ro ramp vessel in the port of Bilbao for traffic with the

United Kingdom, known to many as "El Patricia". Since then, loading possibilities have increased significantly

to meet demand

Finnlines will also connect with Zeebrugge on north-bound routes

TORO Y BETOLAZA

OPDR IBERIA

Service to UK and Norway

Petronor accounts for 18% of exports

PETRONOR

Petronor made sales last year of 5,391 million euros, of which 3,743 were to the domestic market and 1,647 to the export market. In the same period, according to data provided by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Bilbao, Bizkaian exports rose to 9,045 million euros, so that the refinery's exports, which are carried out through the port of Bilbao, accounted for 18% of all Bizkaia. 59% of the sales went to the domestic market and 41% to the export market

OPDR Iberia shipping company, which is part of the CMA CGM group, has launched the PENN service which, via Rotterdam, connects the European continent weekly with the United Kingdom (Grangemouth, Teesport and Immingham) and Norway (Oslo, Moss and Brevik). Shippers can connect to this service via Bilbao through the weekly sailing to Rotterdam, a port which also gives access to the markets of the Netherlands and Germany

From January onward, Finnlines, belonging to the Grimaldi group and consigned and stowed by Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza, will also call at Zeebrugge on the north-bound line that connects the port of Bilbao with Antwerp, Paldiski, Saint Petersburg and Helsinki. In addition to offering this port of call in both directions, it will be possible to use the port of Zeebrugge to transfer ro-ro cargo to the ports of Tilbury and Teesport in the United Kingdom and the port of Gothenburg in Sweden, as well as taking cargo to the Belgian port for transport to Helsinki, Paldiski and St. Petersburg. The service is operated with con-ro ships, suitable for the transport of all types of goods and with capacity to take different types of heavy lift load and oversized loads, thanks to a main deck that is 6 metres high and 13 metres wide.

Transhipping takes place at the same PSA terminal where Finnlines operates in Zeebrugge for services to Gothenburg, Tilbury and Teesport

SLP

CNAN Nord, service to Algeria

OCEAN7PROJECTS

Lotus Container Agent

Ocean7Projects is the ge-neral agent for Lotus Contai-ners in Spain and Portugal, a world leader in the commer-cialisation, rental, leasing and sale of containers, both new and used. With offices in Bil-bao, it offers a wide range of containers, as well as 40' dry van and high cube

CNAN Nord has launched a regular monthly service between Bilbao and Algeria for containerized, conventional and project cargo, with calls at Leixões, Algiers, Oran and other ports by inducement. The stevedoring company is Servicios Logísticos Portuarios (SLP)

NIRINT IBERIA

25 years sailing to Cuba

The direct regular service for container and conventio-nal cargo provided by Nirint Iberia every twelve days be-tween Bilbao and the Carib-bean and Canada has been running for 25 years. Nirint is one of the shipping compa-nies that have made it possi-ble that 30% of Spanish tra-de with the island has been made via Bilbao

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The sailors’ ground home

At the Stella Maris club, 7,200 sailors from all five continents - an average of 22 a day - who arrive at the port of Bilbao on merchant ships of all kinds, and with a wide range cargo, have found a personalised service 365 days a year. The club is open from 10am to 3pm, from 5 pm to 10 pm on weekdays, and from 5 pm to 10 pm on bank holidays, and is a place to enjoy free time and, above all, the smile and sympathetic listening of Arantza, Miren, María, Mari Nieves and Andoni. At Christmas more than ever, with the support of their Board, their president Manuel Santos, and the port community that supports them, they will provide an atmosphere of welcome and care, at a time when those who are away from home are grateful for the company.

The Stella Maris club was founded in 1930 by the Bilbao Apostolate of the Sea association, as its president comments, with the mission "to attend to the spiritual and material needs of the ships’ crews that call at the port of Bilbao, with a fraternal spirit, and without distinction of race, religion or belief". Under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO), "Convention 163 concerning Seafarers’ Welfare at Sea and in Port" was adopted in 1987 and came into force in Spain in 1990. This Convention meant that the signatory States had to provide sailors with welfare and cultural, recreational and informative means and services, and as a result, the Stella Maris of Bilbao is part of the international network of marine care and service clubs, with 400 centres in 75 countries. There are only ten in ports in Spain, and Bilbao is one of them.

Located in the port area, just before the port entrance in Santurtzi, it occupies a building that is let and maintained by the Port Authority of Bilbao, which built it expressly for this purpose. Funding for Stella Maris comes mainly from ship-owner contributions, based on the size of ships entering port, and large donations are also made, among others, by the Port Authority, Santurtzi Town Council and the ITF (International Transport Federation).

Among the services offered are information about the area and communication services such as telephones, sale of phone cards, a cyber centre and wi-fi. In addition to a bar with cafeteria service, it has a lounge with areas for television, a library and games, and a shop which sells basic toiletries, gifts and souvenirs. Just a few weeks ago, a new basketball and indoor football court was opened, although without doubt, as Manuel Santos says, "one of the services most widely appreciated by the sailors is the free minibus service between the club and the docks".

Another fact that Santos highlights is "the staff’s great experience and true vocation to serve, and this is felt by the sailors from the first moment they step into, some of them after months at sea without going ashore"

STELLA MARIS

Edited: UniportBilbaoD.L. BI-1681-98

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Renfe rail service to the container terminal

NOATUM CONTAINER TERMINAL BILBAO

Maritime Cyber SecurityJosé Mª Pedrosa - Director of Marine North Zone in Aonn

The new digital era has enabled maritime companies to benefit from numerous technological advances and auto-mated processes, but this entails the emergence of sig-nificant risks that are difficult to control and which make companies and their managers increasingly vulnerable; cyber risks.

The kind of malicious cyber activity that organisations face daily is very varied, as hackers operate with relative impunity and without limits, and they can also originate in human errors or system failures. The consequences can be significant and diverse, including economic losses from lost profit, research expenses, reconstruction and crisis management, liabilities to third parties, administrative lia-bilities and sanctions, and loss of reputation or business.

The risks to which maritime operators are exposed are numerous; ships’ navigation systems can be hacked to distort information they receive via GPS, AIS and ECDIS; hackers and pirates can access data, including the volume and location of valuable loads, as well as other sensitive information of a commercial or personal nature. In addi-tion, cyberattacks are not just aimed at ships, but at other strategic elements such as oil rigs.

Companies should analyse their exposure to cyber risk in the following circumstances; if they handle private or confidential information, if they are highly dependent on electronic processes, if they have a contract with a tech-nology service provider, if they are subject to sectoral or specific regulations on communications security, if they have an obligation to comply with security requirements of payment means with a card, if they are concerned about material damage or personal injury resulting from a cy-ber-attack, if they depend on or manage critical infrastruc-tures, or if they are concerned about possible negligent or intentional acts by employees.

The management of cyber risks is no longer just an ex-clusively technical aspect, but has become strategic. In ad-dition to optimising cybersecurity and developing regula-tory compliance policies, companies must consider how to manage insurance policies as economic protection.

Traditional insurance policies offer a minimum level of coverage but gaps are common, as these products were not specifically created to respond to cyber risk, or expli-citly exclude them. It is the e-risk insurance that mitigate much of the consequences of an incident in a company, including coverage such as economic loss for lost profits and extra costs for security or system failures, expenses in-curred in contracting incident management services, civil liability for breach of privacy or security, or infringement of multimedia content and privacy regulatory procedures. It is essential that organisations should sit down with experts and analyse their exposure to risk, the response of their current policies, and the improvements that would result from having an independent cyber policy or the introduc-tion of certain modifications to existing policies

Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao now has a direct access Renfe rail service, increasing its rail options and giving the port of Bilbao a competitive advantage for attracting transatlantic traffic. In addition, the train’s direct entry into the terminal is an operational and economic simplification, as it means that haulage is not needed. Moreover, Renfe Intermodal Multicliente (RIM) has included Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao as the origin/destination station within its ContainerClick online sales system.

Renfe’s four services per week link Bilbao with Barcelona, Madrid, Murcia, San Roque (Cadiz), Seville, Tarragona, Valencia and Zaragoza

NEW ASSOCIATE COMPANY

BilogistikBilogistik has joined Uniport as an associate company.

Bilogistik is a versatile logistics operator that offers transport solutions and international maritime, land and air logistics for all types of cargo.

Bilogistik carries out consignment of ships and maritime charter, consolidation, storage of all types (included in the customs regime) and customs clearance. It has warehouses within the service area of the port

OPINION

BILBAO EXHIBITION CENTRE

Wordl Maritime WeekBilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) will host the World Ma-

ritime Week, from 27 to 31 March, with an exhibition area, four forums and a comprehensive programme of inter-national conferences on trends and opportunities in the maritime sector in the fields of Marine Energy, Fisheries, Ports and Shipbuilding. The Futureport forum on ports will take place on 29 March

Conferences & debate & exhibition & networking

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME FORUM

BILBAO

27-31 MARCH

2017

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On 27-31 March 2017 the World Maritime Week in Bilbao presents a wide-ranging programme of international conferences on trends and opportunities in the maritime sector. The event is to feature an exhibition area and networking time (B2b meetings organised by Meet The Buyer (MTB) and exclusive encounters with speakers, shipowners and authorities). During the gala dinner, on Tuesday 28, the sectoral awards will be handed out (FINE).

The conferences will be organised thematically under four headings:

The programme of conferences at World Maritime Week is aimed especially at:

• Shipowners• Shipyards• Charterers• Engineering firms

ShipbuildingConferences on topics of current interest such as “Reducing Environmental Footprints” (decarbonisation), “The Charterer’s View” concerning oil&gas, trading and bunkering issues, and a special section on “The Experience of Guest Countries” (Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Australia and Canada).

FishingConferences on the freezer tuna vessel sector, with the presence of representatives of African ministries and tuna boat owners: “Fisheries agreements for good governance and the fight against IUU”. There will also be a talk on “Technical and control measures”.

PortsThere will be representatives of foreign port authorities with extension projects, and a talk on “Infrastructures and equipments for a more sustainable maritime & port industry (environmental strategies of shipping companies and their repercussions for European and American ports)”. There will also be time for discussion of issues concerned with maritime law.

Marine renewablesSpecific conferences on offshore wind and wave energy, sectoral meetings, BIMEP day, visits to leading industrial firms and an exclusive workshop with Iberdrola.

Shipbuilding Marine renewables Fishing Ports