According to MarineCircle News issued on December 3rd, today Sinopec completed its first order of international maritime integrated service at the anchorage and replenished fuel, food, goods and materials as well as lubricants for ‘MV Ocean Star 88’ injust 4 hours, also included replacing one seafarer. It was announced that Sinopec's Global Bunker Fuel Center officially took an important step towards the goal of building a world-class integrated service provider for ships.‘MV Ocean Star 88’ arrived at MaZhi anchorage at 5 p.m. yesterday and set sail for the next port-Singapore at 5 p.m. today. The entire stay time at the anchorage was exactly 24 hours. MarineCircle News had also reported before that on November 22nd, foreign ship ‘KSL SEATTLE’ completed a number of comprehensive maritime services including fuel oil bunkering, food supplies and crew replacement in less than 24hours at MaZhi Anchorage, which shows that Zhoushan Anchorage Maritime Integrated Services has entered anormal operation, and its efficiency is on par with international first-class maritime service ports such as Port of Singapore.
The material supply ship and the fuelsupply barge leans near the port side and starboard side of MV Ocean Star 88
Prioritizing efficiency,normalizing integrated marine services at anchoragesDue to the cold wave yesterday, all services started this morning, and it only took 4 hours tocomplete all the services for the foreign ship. At 6:30 a.m., the supply ship ‘Dongsheng99’ which can deliver goods and materials docked at Zhujiajian Xi Ao Putuo Taimao terminal. This is the first international maritime service shore-based base that China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone has attempted to set up. All goods and materials were supplied to the foreign ship on the anchorage and crew were replacedby boarding and disembarking from the ship at this base, which facilitates centralized supervision by functional departments like customs and border inspection functions, etc. The shore base of international maritime services is a major measure and innovation of China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone whoseaim is to improve the overall efficiency and service quality of anchorage’s maritime services.
Ship delivery materials are hoisted fromTaimao terminal to material supply ship
At 8:40, the material supply ship loaded with goodsand materials worth about 30,000 US dollars left Taimao terminalfor Mazhi Anchorage. At 9:30, the material supply ship arrived at the port sideof the foreign ship. At the same time when all the goods and materials werehoisted on board and began to count and hand over, at 11:10 the bunker bargeapproached the starboard side of the foreign ship, and began to bunker fuel forthe foreign ship; the fuel supply task ended at 13:35, the barge left the foreignship at 13:50; At 17:00, the foreign ship set sail and departed from the port.
Material supply ship leaned near the port side of the foreign ship
Meanwhile, the replacement of one seafarer from theforeign ship was carried out. On December 2nd, the shipping agent of Ocean Favor Shipping Agency Co., Ltd (Zhoushan) has accompanied the success or crew from Myanmar to handle relevant procedures for boarding. The ship crew departed from Taimao Terminal at 8:15 a.m. and the Chinese crew was on leave and disembarked from the ship at 12:00. Coincidentally,the two foreign ships anchorages’ maritime integrated services agents are both Ocean Favor Shipping Agency Co., Ltd (Zhoushan).
the fuel supply barge leaned near thestarboard side of the foreign ship
‘ocean star 88’ is an ocean-going refrigerated ship.This time it sailed from Shidao to Singapore, passing Zhoushan for bunkering, goodsand materials supply, as well as crew replacement. The ship planned to sail to Singapore but chose to complete so many services in Zhoushan, which also fullyshows that Zhoushan International Maritime Services' competitiveness isconstantly improving. In fact, in recent years, Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zonehas continued to make policy innovations, increase investment in relatedindustries, and let Zhoushan quickly become a boned fuel oil bunkering centerin Northeast Asia and move towards the goal of Zhoushan International MaritimeService Base at a fast speed, which has achieved remarkable results.‘Easy Joy at sea’，Sinopec'sfirst comprehensive maritime serviceWhen the bunker barge ‘Shunkai 7’ slowly leaned closeto the foreign ship, a huge banner on the ship was particularly noticeable. In addition to the eye-catching logo of Sinopec and ‘Easy Joy’, there was also aloud slogan- ‘Cheer for a Better Life’. This is an announcement of the gorgeous transformation of Sinopec Global Marine Bunkering Center from a purely bondedmarine fuel oil supplier to a maritime integrated service provider.
a huge banner on the bunker barge ‘Shunkai 7’ which was quite noticeable
In fact, Sinopec's desire to become a comprehensive maritime service provider is not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but ‘along-term plan.’ The author is concerned that when Sinopec's global bunker fuelcenter entered Zhoushan in early 2018, it had early expressed its ambitiousvision of becoming a “world-class integrated ship service provider and cleanenergy supplier”. At that time, Sinopec’s global bunker fuel Center announced that they were committed to building a global ship bunker fuel and ship service network development path, relying on domestic terminal networks and overseas joint venture cooperation platforms to increase the market share of ship bunkerfueling terminal supplies; depending on Sinopec's low sulfur’s advantages of resources and the advantages of coastal refineries to create important traders of international marine oil products; relying on overseas business developmentand the introduction of comprehensive services, enhancing the supporting service capabilities at home and abroad, as well as building a global shipcomprehensive service provider.In retrospect, when Sinopec Zhejiang ZhoushanPetroleum Co.,Ltd. 's headquarters settled in Zhoushan, it was not only to seethe advantages of Zhoushan in the field of bonded fuel oil supply, but also to see Zhoushan's unique conditions for the development of integrated international maritime services , firm determination and practical style ofwork from the government of China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone to build aninternational maritime service base.
Cheng Anxiang, deputygeneral manager of Sinopec Zhejiang Zhoushan Petroleum Co.,Ltd. shook handswith the ship’s captain cordially
As a household name of Sinopec, Easy Joy has now opened up new markets at sea. Cheng Anxiang, deputy general manager of SinopecZhejiang Zhoushan Petroleum Co.,Ltd. personally directed the comprehensive service of the foreign ship. According to the general vision of Cheng, ‘EasyJoy’ is to build a platform for integrated maritime services, and it will workwith all service providers to quickly and efficiently provide various cost-effective services for ships pass Zhoushan. In fact, in addition to fuel oil and lubricationoil, materials and food supplied by Sinopec were jointly completed by RMS Marine Service Company Ltd. and Zhoushan Port First Shipping Supply Co.,Ltd. the two foreign ship supply limited company. A common goal can be described as aconcerted effort to achieve unity.Mr. Cheng praised the service consciousness of the Zhoushan government. He said, "why the first order for Sinopec's maritime comprehensive services had been completed so efficiently depended on the strongsupport of relevant departments, such as Zhoushan Port and Shipping Administration Bureau, Zhoushan Customs, Zhoushan Maritime Safety Administration, Zhoushan Border Inspection and Zhoushan Port Free Trade Zone Administrative Committee, etc. as well as the cooperation between agents and partners, my company and I need to say thank you to them. " In addition, he also emphasized that through the cooperation of multiple partiesand the integration of resources, this supply task has achieved "one ship with multiple supplies and one ship with multiple capabilities", making abeneficial attempt to reduce costs and increase efficiency of Zhoushan International Maritime Integrated Services.Sinopec joined the international maritime integratedservice team of Zhoushan with the brand of “Easy Joy at sea”, which is a major benefit for the construction of Zhoushan International Maritime Service Base.It will help to promote the standardized and large-scale development of theinternational maritime service industry in Zhoushan’s anchorage and enhance the Competitiveness of the entire international maritime integrated services.Source: MarineCircle News
