Consórcio da Tailândia e de Moçambique vai construir linha de caminho-de-ferro e terminal portuário

 

2013/12/10   Notícias

A empreitada de construção da linha de caminho-de-ferro entre Moatize, em Tete e Macuse, na Zambézia e do respectivo terminal portuário foi na passada semana adjudicada a um consórcio de empresas da Tailândia e de Moçambique, noticiou o jornal Savana.

O consórcio é formado pela empresa Italthai Engineering com 60%, pelo consórcio moçambicano Codiza e pela empresa estatal Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique, com 20% cada.

O consórcio Codiza integra uma sociedade de pequenos empresários da Zambézia (Transzambézia), o grupo moçambicano Manica Terminais e o grupo português Mota-Engil.

De fora ficaram os consórcios CLZ (Zambezi LogisticsConsortium), formado pelas empresas China Communications Construction Company(CCCC), Aurizon da Austrália e Investe Logística de Moçambique e o SPI/Patel Engineering/Grindrod.

A construção da linha de caminho-de-ferro, com uma extensão de 525 quilómetros e do terminal portuário de Macuse tem um custo estimado em 3500 milhões de dólares.

Na passada terça-feira, o porta-voz do governo, Alberto Nkutumula, disse apenas que o governo havia aprovado o decreto que estabelece os termos de concessão da linha ferroviária Moatize/Macuze bem como das infra-estruturas do terminal portuário de Macuze, no distrito de Namacurra, na província da Zambézia.

O referido decreto, adiantou Nkutumula, estabelece a base legal que permite a concessão ao operador privado, da construção, operação, manutenção e gestão das infra-estruturas a serem construídas, bem como a sua exploração comercial. (macauhub)

Sonae exporta Continente para a Tailândia

Fonte:OJE 10/12/2013

 

A Sonae informa que iniciou a exportação de produtos da marca Continente para a Tailândia, prosseguindo com a estratégia de internacionalização na área alimentar. 

O comunicado refere que o acordo estabelecido "vem alargar a presença dos produtos da marca Continente a um novo mercado".

 

Luís Moutinho, CEO da Sonae MC, “A aposta da Sonae MC na exportação enquadra-se na estratégia de internacionalização da Sonae, que pretende explorar a excepcional base de activos e a capacidade de inovação que detém em Portugal”, refere Luís Moutinho, CEO da Sonae MC, citado em comunicado.
O mesmo responsável acrescenta que “a empresa está a olhar para oportunidades em vários mercados, nomeadamente na Ásia, na Europa, em África e na América do Sul, aproveitando os contactos comerciais e a presença em feiras alimentares a nível internacional”.
 

A Sonae e o Continente acumulam um vasto conhecimento na criação, desenvolvimento e comercialização de produtos, o que contribuiu para a liderança de mercado e agora está a facilitar a abertura de novos caminhos de expansão a nível internacional através de modelos capital light".

 

A atividade de wholesale da Sonae MC aposta na gama de marcas próprias e exclusivas, bem como de produtores portugueses, "fruto das parcerias estabelecidas com um vasto conjunto de produtores nacionais". Assim, a internacionalização "está a contribuir para o desenvolvimento de um vasto conjunto de empresas portuguesas, uma vez que a maioria dos produtos de marca própria Continente é produzida em Portugal", acrescenta a companhia no documento.

 

"As nossas perspetivas para o negócio internacional de wholesale são de crescimento, dada a aceitação muito interessante que as nossas marcas e produtos têm conquistado", acrescenta ainda Luís Moutinho.

 

Pescanova vende 50% na filial australiana

 

 

(05/12/13, OJE)

A Pescanova fechou a venda de 50% que detinha na sua filial australiana Austral Fisheries ao grupo empresarial japonês Maruha Nichiro Holdings, segundo informou a companhia em comunicado enviado à Comissão Nacional do Mercado de Valores (CNMV).

 

Assim, a Pescanova, apostada em terminar o proceso dos credores antes do final do ano, sai da Austral Fisheries, sociedade que partilhava em 50% com a Kailis Fisheries Holdings, a qual se dedica à captura, importação e distribuição de produtos do mar (crustáceos e pescado) dentro e fora da Austrália.

Apesar de o montante envolvido na concretização desta operação não ter sido ainda revelado, a agência Europa Press cita fontes próximas das negociações e adianta que os valores deverão rondar os 30 a 40 milhões de euros, tratando-se assim de "uma boa oportunidade" para que a companhia assegure o futuro.
Esta transação enquadra-se no planeamento realizado no processo de falência e é consistente com o objetivo primordial da empresa de elaborar uma proposta de acordo com os seus credores.

A empresa australiana, por seu turno, enviou uma carta aos vários diretores e administradores da falência, na qual agradecem o trabalho realizado e sublinham a "relação frutífera" de mais de 30 anos: "aproveitamos esta oportunidade para agradecer a todos os diretores que contribuíram para o sucesso desta empresa, para o qual a sua contribuição e profissionalismo foram muito importantes".

PWC exclui a AustráliaOs ativos na Austrália, cuja venda agora se completa, não estavam incluídos no plano de viabilidade elaborado pela consultora PwC. No entanto, contemplava necessidades de capital operacional a circular e investimentos de 185 milhões de euros no espaço de um ano.

Drop in shark fin prices lures people smugglers

Indonesian fishermen from the island of Rote have hunted sharks in the Timor Sea for generations.

 

 

But the falling price of shark fin in Hong Kong and China, a crushing debt cycle, and increasingly restrictive Australian maritime policies mean many are turning to what they see as the only other viable option for using their seafaring skills: people smuggling.
Rahman Djalilan comes from the village of Papela, on the island of Rote off West Timor.
Like most men in Papela, he has been a shark fisherman his entire adult life, sailing south on the eastern monsoon each year to the waters near Ashmore Reef.
The fishermen spend up to two months at sea, sleeping on deck, battling rough weather, and using long lines to reel in sharks for their fins.
In a good month, Mr Djalilan says he could make several hundred dollars.

But in 2012, a slump in Chinese demand caused shark fin prices to fall dramatically, having a huge impact on Papela's fishermen, many of whom are heavily indebted.
"We have thousands of dollars of debt. Even if we get a lot of fins, we can't pay the debt. Now we only get $50, sometimes $40 per month," Mr Djalilan says.

80 per cent of shark fishermen have considered people smuggling: researcher

Earlier this year, Mr Djalilan decided he would try his luck people smuggling.
"This risks of those jobs are the same. But people smuggling pays more than shark fishing," he says.
"The purpose was to earn a lot of money to be able to repay our debts to the shark fin boss."
But Mr Djalilan's trip was a failure. The motor on the shoddy boat provided by the smuggling boss broke down just off West Java, he was apprehended by Indonesian police and sent home with a warning. He was paid nothing.
Mr Djalilan's story is all too common in Papela.
Vanessa Jaiteh is a marine biologist from Murdoch University researching shark fishing in eastern Indonesia.
This year she spent three months in Papela, and interviewed more than 80 fishers.
"I'd say that 80 per cent of my respondents have said that they've thought about taking asylum seekers to Australia," she says.

Australian policies in Timor Sea have massive implications for Indonesian fishermen

Mr Djalilan's decision to become a people smuggler clearly has implications for Australia. But his story - and his crippling debts - are also intimately tied to Australian policies in the Timor Sea over the past four decades.
Starting in the 1970s, the area around Ashmore, Cartier and Scott reefs was progressively - and unilaterally - claimed by Australia as part of the country's expansion of sovereignty to 200 nautical miles from the coast.
In 1974, Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indonesia, allowing "traditional" Indonesian fishermen to continue to fish in the area, which became known as the MoU Box.
A statement from the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) says the MoU was a gesture of good will recognising these communities' long history fishing in those waters.
"The MoU Box is one of the few places in the world where one country allows its neighbour access to its economic zone and permits extractive activities for the purposes of pursuing traditional fishing activities," it says.

Photo: Traditional Indonesian fishermen say they are turning to people smuggling amid falling prices for shark fins. (ABC: Kate Evans)

But there are strict rules: fishing inside the Ashmore Reef marine reserve is banned, and the fishermen must use "traditional methods". Under the MoU, that is defined as fishing with long lines from wooden sailing boats with no motors.
These rules are a source of resentment among the Papela fishers. Almost every year, fishermen die at sea when their boats are caught in rough weather.
Tobi Nasrudin Ginang, a veteran Papela fisher, lost two of his sons in a storm last year.
"If they had had a motor maybe they wouldn't have died," he says. "They could have reached land before the storm came."
But DAFF says the MoU Box is already "over-fished and very depleted" and the rule helps to limit the amount of fishing, as there is no official list of "traditional fishers".
"The rule allowing only non-motorised vessels was a practical, enforceable and agreed definition for the traditional activities," the statement says.
"Winding back this rule would result in every fishing vessel in Indonesia potentially gaining access to the MoU Box."

Fishermen breaking rules risk losing boats, equipment and catch

When fishermen are caught breaking the rules, their catch and equipment are confiscated, and they are fined.
As they can rarely afford to pay they are imprisoned, paying back the fine through jail time.
In some circumstances, Australia also burns the fishermen's boats - although DAFF says that decision is not taken lightly.
In the mid-2000s, the Australian Navy in collaboration with Customs launched a crackdown on illegal fishing.
In 2006, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority says 359 Indonesian boats were apprehended fishing illegally in Australian waters. Most were destroyed.
Last year, that number dropped to 10, suggesting the policy has been a successful deterrent.
But in Papela it has had a lasting unintended legacy because most fishermen do not own their own boats or fishing equipment.
They are borrowed on credit from a local boss and paid back with the shark fin profits.
When the boats were burned, equipment confiscated or captains and crew jailed, fishermen like Mr Djalilan ended up with debts they are still trying to pay back - either by taking more risks shark fishing, or attempting people smuggling.
"My debt is reducing because I've kept shark fishing whatever the risks, and despite being caught I kept sailing to pay the debt and feed my wife and children."

Few other options for indebted fishermen

But are shark fishing and people smuggling really the only options for this community?
Rote is nothing like the fertile volcanic islands of Bali and Java to the north-west. It is remote, arid, ill-suited to agriculture, and is one of the poorest islands in Indonesia's poorest province, Nusa Tenggara Timur.
The fishermen say they can just survive by fishing off Rote, but it does not allow them to pay back their debts.
"We go fishing, but we never have anything left over. The money comes in and it's gone straight away," Mr Djalilan says.
"In Rotenese we say it allows us to 'keep breathing', but beyond that it's impossible to get more if we just fish locally."
A series of Australian Government initiatives have aimed to provide alternative livelihoods for the fishers, including a scheme to grow seaweed in Papela harbour. So far, though, these have had limited success.
"It's very difficult to find solutions," marine biologist Vanessa Jaiteh says.
"Basically a solution has to be economically equal or better than shark fishing, and in these remote areas where the access to markets is very difficult, tourism is not really an option."
According to DAFF, "the greatest assistance we can offer to the traditional fishers is to try to restore and manage more healthy fish stocks in the MoU Box. The saying goes like this: 'A fisherman's best alternative is a well-managed fishery'."
But in the meantime, fishermen like Mr Djalilan believe they are left with little choice.
"Bringing immigrants is illegal. I didn't want to do it," he said.
"But the economy is so low. So I was forced to try it - whatever the risks."

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries reaches US$109 billion in first ten months of 2013

December 2nd, 2013   News

 

 

 

Trade between China and the eight Portuguese-speaking countries from January to October, 2013 totalled US$109.07 billion, a year-on-year rise of 0.81 percent against the same period of 2012, according to official figures from China published in Macau.

In the first ten months of the year China exported goods to the eight Portuguese-speaking countries worth US$35.50 billion (5.16 percent more) and imported goods worth US$73.57 billion (1.16 percent less), generating a trade deficit of US$38.07 billion.

With Brazil, China’s main trading partner both amongst the Portuguese-speaking nations and the rest of the world, two-way trade totalled US$74.26 billion (3.3 percent more), with Chinese exports of US$29.21 billion (6.34 percent more) and imports of US$45.05 billion (1.42 percent more).

Angola, China’s second trading partner amongst the Portuguese-speaking countries, had two-way trade with China totalling US$30.12 billion (5.0 percent less), with Chinese exports of US$3.15 billion (4.92 percent less) and imports, mainly oil, totalling US$26.97 billion (5.01 percent less).

Two-way trade with Portugal totalled US$3.21 billion (4,54 percent less), with China exporting goods worth US$2.03 billion (2.64 percent less) and imports of US$1.18 billion (7.66 percent less).

Mozambique was China’s fourth-biggest trading partner amongst the countries, with two-way trade of US$1.35 billion (22.25 percent more). China exported goods worth US$1.00 billion (29.25 percent more) to Mozambique and imported goods worth US$349 billion (4.41 percent more).

In October trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries totalled US$10.49 billion, which was a downturn of 16.43 percent against September. (macauhub)

 

MAP realiza segunda pesca de salmão

 

Fonte:  Governo de Timor-Leste
Data: Seg. 25 de Fevereiro de 2013 

 

O Ministério da Agricultura e Pescas (MAP), pelo Ministro Mariano Assanami Sabino, convidou o Presidente da República, Taur Matan Ruak, para a segunda pesca de salmão em Metinaro, Díli, no dia 23 de Fevereiro, através da empresa Meti Murak, Lda.

 

 

O Chefe do Estado elogiou os serviços desta empresa ao mesmo tempo que referiu acreditar que isto fará com que se reduza a importação de peixe, contribuindo ao mesmo tempo para o aumento das receitas no interior do país. Segundo Matan Ruak, isto traz benefícios aos cidadãos uma vez que o consumo de peixe ajuda a combater a malnutrição que aflige a comunidade, especialmente as crianças em Timor-Leste.

Mariano Assanami Sabino, referiu que o Governo tem um plano para ajudar todas as empresas que partilhem este tipo de iniciativa de criar viveiros, em que o Governo vai procurar desenvolver a piscicultura, cultivando espécies de grande valor no mercado internacional.

O Director da Meti Murak Lda., Amaro Ximenes, assegurou a intenção da empresa em, de acordo com os resultados obtidos, contribuir para o desenvolvimento desta actividade.

Desta cerimónia fizeram parte a Primeira-Dama, Isabel Ferreira; o Vice-Primeiro-Ministro, Fernando La Sama de Araújo; o Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Mariano Assanami Sabino, e o seu Vice-Ministro, Marcos da Cruz; membros do Parlamento Nacional, jornalistas e a comunidade residente em Metinaro.

 

 

 

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Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) is the governmental scientific institution of Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) dedicated to promoting excellence in fisheries sciences.

The academy plays an influential role in national fisheries science and management policy and supports developments in fisheries engineering and technology in a wide range of ways. Its research

priorities are shown as below:

+ Resources Conservation

+ Ecological Environment
+ Biotechnology
+ Genetics & Breeding
+ Disease Control
+ Aquaculture
+ Processing
+ Seafood Quality
+ Fishery Engineering
+ Information & Strategy

The headquarter of the academy is located in Beijing, which is composed of Research Center of Fisheries Information & Economy, Research Center of Fisheries Resource & Environment and Research Center of Fishery Product Quality & Standard, excepting for administrations. In total, the academy has 9 fisheries research institutes and 4 fisheries resources enhancement stations. In terms of sea areas, it has 3 institutes who are Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute located in Qingdao Shandong province, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute in Shanghai, and South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute in Guangzhou Guangdong province. Moreover, being specific for marine resource enhancement, four of its stations are located in Qinhuangdao Hebei province, Changdao Shandong province, Yinkou Liaoning province, and Changyi Shandong province respectively. In terms of water valleys, it has Helongjiang Fisheries Research Institute located in Harbin Helongjiang province, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute in Jingzhou Hubei province, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute in Guangzhou Guangdong province, and Freshwater Fisheries Research Center in Wuxi Jiangsu province. In terms of engineering, it has Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute and Fishery Engineering Research Institute, located in Shanghai city and Beijing city respectively.

 

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Salmon and Cod Aquaculture Complex to be Built in China

 

CHINA - On the 21 October 2013, Norwegian companies Futurama and AquaOptima signed an agreement with Lim Shrimp Organization to create 'Aquapolis', the world's first land based fully intergrated salmon and cod farming facility in Hainan, China. Lucy Towers.

 

The aquaculture complex will cover the production of cod and salmon from egg to market size in a demonstration farm and smaller grow-out units will be run and managed by individual farmers.

The farming system will be an indoor temperature controlled recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), with multiple stack in one building, thus increasing the productivity and shortening the length of culture, Djames Lim, CEO of Lim Shrimp Organization, told.

Futurama and AquaOptima will be responsible for supplying fingerlings to the farms and for selling the fish to market.

With China's population currently standing at 1.3 billion and growing, the Aquapolis will provide Atlantic cod and salmon to meet the increasing demand for fish, especially from the growing middle income families.

"If we start growing Atlantic Cod and Salmon in China, we will be at the door step of the huge market, thus reducing the cost of production and fish importation," said Mr Lim.

The first phase of the project is to build 70 hectares and the first trial unit is expected to be completed in six months time. Once the facility is proven successful, at least 100 units of each species will be built.

Mr Lim told  that other species will also be grown in Aquapolis, as individual farmers will have their own factory unit in which they can grow their species of choice. Other species to be grown will most likely be sea cucumber, crab, grouper and polychaete.

Individual farmers will also be given training and technical know-how to help guide them through to harvest. 

The Lim Shrimp Organization is a non-governmental livelihood programme developer which uses aquaculture as the instrument to create livelihood, helping many poor families become aquapreneurs.

 

Lucy Towers, Editor

 

 

 

 

Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo

Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo

 

 

The world's largest, busiest fish market has long been a favorite destination for jet-lagged tourists with predawn hours to fill. But the main reason for going at 5 a.m. is to catch the live tuna auctions. Before you go, however, be sure to check this website to see if public access is permitted that day. If so, it will be on a first-come, first-serve basis, and limited to 120 people, admitted in two shifts of 60. You can register starting at 4:30 a.m. at the fish information center inside the Kachidoki Gate off Harumi Street. If you prefer to do your exploring at a more reasonable hour, keep in mind that by 9 a.m., business will have already started to wind down. You'll still see fishmongers filleting the day's catch, but you won't have to dodge so many trucks and trolleys.

It's been said that no visit to Tsukiji is complete without a sushi breakfast. There are plenty of sushi counters here, but to find best ones, you need to wend your way to the restaurant area near the wholesale fruit and vegetable market, just inside the main gate off Shin-ohashi Street. To get there, walk in from the gate, with the fruit and vegetable market on your right, pass the off-limits loading zone (with its stacks of polystyrene boxes) and turn left at the main road. Walk three short blocks, then turn left again down a small side street. Sushi Dai is the second shop on your right. Look for the faded green doorway curtains and very long line out front. Daiwa-Zushi, a bit farther down on the same side of the street (curtains are red), is just as good. Expect to pay between 300 and 800 yen per generously cut, amazingly fresh piece. Order the chu toro (fatty tuna). To help get your bearings, click on this map.

If the wholesale market smells too fishy for you, a less pungent alternative is Tsukiji's outer market, a warren of narrow streets packed with stalls selling fresh seafood and other specialty items, such as real wasabi. You can buy bowls and sashimi knives there too. Right in the thick of it is the reliably superb Sushizanmai's honten (main branch), open 24 hours.

Video: Documentário Tsukji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan, 2012

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