martes, 28 de abril de 2009

Solicitan Ingenieros Operativos, Tuberias, Herramientas, Consumo

Demar Instaladora y Constructora S.A. de C.V.

Solicita al siguiente personal:

Ingeniero Supervisor Operativo

Ingeniero Mecanico, Industrial o Afin Titulado
Experienia Minima 3 años
Manejo de Paqueteria ( Access, Excel, Word, Power Point, etc...)
Experiencia en Manejo y Control de Inventarios
Interpretacion de Normas y Especificaciones.
Elaboracion, Implementacion y Analisis de Reportes
Colaboracion con la Implementacion de Controles Internos y Administracion de Almacen
Trato y Manejo con gente de todo nivel dentro de la empresa
Conocimiento de Sistemas de Gestion de Calidad
Tiempo Completo y Disponibilidad de Horario
Trabaje bajo Presion

Ingeniero Fase Tuberia

Ingeniero Mecanico, Industrial o Afin Titulado o Pasante
Manejo de Paqueteria ( Access, Excel, Word, Power Point, etc...)
Experiencia en Manejo y Control de Inventarios

Interpretacion de Normas y Especificaciones.
Supervisor de Procesos de Almacenamiento
Revision, Organizacion, Recibo, Entrega y Devolucion de materiales
Atencion a cliente Interno y Externo.
Control de Inventarios
Conocimiento de Tecnicas de Almacenamiento de Materiales y Equipos
Tiempo Completo y Disponibilidad de Horario
Trabaje bajo Presion


Ingeniero Fase Herramientas y Equipos

Ingeniero Mecanico, Industrial o Afin Titulado o Pasante
Manejo de Paqueteria ( Access, Excel, Word, Power Point, etc...)
Elaboracion, Implementacion y Analisis de Reportes
Colaboracion con la Implementacion de Controles Internos y Administracion del Almacen.
Atencion a cliente Interno y Externo.
Revision, Organizacion, Recibo, Entrega y Devolucion de materiales
Interpretacion de Normas y Especificaciones.
Supervisor de Procesos de Almacenamiento
Tiempo Completo y Disponibilidad de Horario
Trabaje bajo Presion

Ingeniero Fase Consumo

Ingeniero Mecanico, Industrial o Afin Titulado o Pasante
Manejo de Paqueteria ( Access, Excel, Word, Power Point, etc...)
Elaboracion, Implementacion y Analisis de Reportes
Colaboracion con la Implementacion de Controles Internos y Administracion del Almacen.
Tiempo Completo y Disponibilidad de Horario
Trabaje bajo Presion

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La Grand Alliance es premiada como mejor alianza de navieras por los AFSCA

La Grand Alliance, compuesta por las compañías Hapag Lloyd, MISC Berhad, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) y Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL), ha sido reconocida como mejor alianza de navieras en el transporte de contenedores por los premios Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCAs).
Fuente: Veintepies

“Estamos encantados de recibir este premio y creemos que refleja la alta calidad de nuestro servicio y la dedicación continua de nuestra alianza a sus clientes”, afirmó el director de Hapag Lloyd, Anthony Firmin, en representación de la Grand Alliance durante la entrega del galardón, celebrada en la ciudad de Hong Kong, tal como ha informado la agrupación de navieras.

Los ganadores de los premios premios AFSCA se eligen a través de una encuesta entre más de 12.500 profesionales del sector, que valoran requisitos como la consistencia del servicio, la innovación continua y la gestión de las relaciones con los clientes de los candidatos.

La Grand Alliance fue puesta en marcha en 1998 y recientemente celebró su décimo aniversario.

OOCL y Hapag Lloyd disponen de delegaciones propias en Valencia mientras que los agentes de MISC Berhad y NYK Line son Deep See Shipping y Combalía Agencia Marítima, respectivamente.

NYK recibe una nave para LNG y diseña un buque ecológico
La naviera Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK( ha recibido un nuevo barco para el transporte de gas natural licuado (LNG) y ha realizado un diseño provisional para un nuevo buque ecológico con el nombre de NYK Super Eco Ship 2030.

NYK Line y Tokio LNG Tanker, filial del grupo Tokio Gas Company, han celebrado el bautizo del buque "Energy Confidence", participado por ambas compañías, que ha sido construido por los astilleros Sakaide, de Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation.

Se trata de la primera vez que ambas compañías comparten la propiedad de un buque, del que Tokio LNG Tanker posee el 70% y NYK controla el 30% restante.

Está previsto que el navío se utilice para el transporte de partidas de LNG desde Malasia y Australia con destino a Japón.

El "Energy Confidence", puede albergar hasta 153.000 metros cúbicos de carga y dispone de una eslora de 289,5 metros y una manga de 49 metros. Su tonelaje bruto alcanza las 124.000 toneladas.

Super Eco Ship
La naviera japonesa también ha elaborado un diseño provisional del buque NYK Super Eco Ship 2030, una nave eficiente en materia energética ideada para emitir menos cantidad de dióxido de carbono que los barcos actuales.

El modelo navío, diseñado por MTI -filial tecnológica de NYK- y las empresas Garrón Porgetti y Elomatic Marine, contempla el uso de "tecnologías progresistas" que podrían aplicarse en 2030, según NYK Line.

"La energía que se necesita para mover el buque puede ser reducida al aligerar el peso del casco y disminuir la fricción del agua. La fuerza de propulsión puede incrementarse con el uso de energía solar y eólica, y con el uso de LNG, lo que puede conducir a una reducción de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono del 69% por cada contenedor transportado", explicó la compañía.

El diseño contempla para esa nave unas dimensiones que incluyen una eslora de 353 metros, una manga de 54,6 metros y un calado de 11,5 metros.

No suspenderán arribo de cruceros a Progreso

Fuente: Por Esto!
PROGRESO, 27 de abril.- En reunión extraordinaria que tuvo lugar ayer en la dirección general del API en la Terminal Remota, Sanidad Internacional informó que no se suspenderá la llegada de cruceros turísticos a este puerto, pero a partir de ahora todo personal que trabaje en esta zona federal deberá usar guantes y cubrebocas para evitar un posible contagio de fiebre porcina.
La Dra. Guadalupe Noemí Arjona González, titular de Sanidad internacional , convocó a todas las dependencias que laboran en el API, Aduana , Capitanía de Puerto, Armada de México, etc., a que se unan a este cerco sanitario para impedir el paso de la influenza porcina por vía marítima, ya que Progreso recibe continuamente pasajeros de Estados unidos, donde ya se confirmaron varias decenas de casos de este mal.

Recalcó que no se puede suspender el arribo de cruceros y barcos, pero sí intensificar las medidas de seguridad ante su llegada.

El miércoles llegan 2 cruceros, el Ecstasy y Fantasy, por lo que la API ya mandó boletines informativos a todas las navieras.

En caso de que se detecte algún turista enfermo, se le aislará e impedirá que baje del barco, como se hace en aeropuertos de todo el país y en Estados Unidos.

En caso de que el turista ya haya bajado del barco y esté fuera de la zona federal, se debe reportar a Sanidad internacional al número 9461321.

Dijo que se ha pedido a las navieras que hagan una encuesta médica de sus pasajeros y los doctores a bordo verifiquen los síntomas de los sospechosos.

También se ha pedido el apoyo de restauranteros y prestadores de servicio turístico para que si detecta cualquier caso, avisen a la SSY, al Centro de salud más cercano o al 066 .

En la reunión, que empezó a las 14 . 00 horas, estuvieron presentes el CP Mario Cuen Aranda, director general de la API; Dr. Miguel Betancurt Cravioto, de la SSY; Lic. en Enfermería, José Rommel López García, de Sanidad Internacional del Aeropuerto de Chichén itza y demás autoridades.

(Alfredo Canto May)

LNG projects key to Maine’s long-term energy policy

Glenn Poole
Source: Bangord

The recent coverage by the Bangor Daily News of issues affecting Maine’s energy future has encouraged me to comment on some of the options Maine should be pursuing, and warning about the cost impacts caused by the failure to develop and implement, a comprehensive long-term energy policy.

I am president of Maine’s Industrial Energy Consumers Group, a trade association of Maine employers, collectively providing more than 3,000 Maine jobs and whose existence depends on secure and reasonably priced sources of energy, especially electricity and natural gas. Many of our processes require large amounts of energy so we are deeply aware of the broad negative consequences of high energy prices. These high costs are driving unemployment and the loss of quality high-tech jobs. This, in turn, erodes Maine’s tax revenue base, resulting in increased taxes on those remaining while increasing dependence on state funded programs.

If you (or your employer) do not use natural gas, you may not think the price of natural gas is important to you. However, natural gas supplies about 40 percent of Maine’s electricity and sets the price of electricity more than 80 percent of the time. Natural gas prices are composed of two main components: 1) the gas itself which is priced relatively equally across the country, and 2) a locational price driven by supply and demand in a particular location. It is this second component of the cost, called the “basis differential,” that sets Maine apart from the rest of the United States. In some winter months, the basis differential can be more than half the cost of the gas price.

Maine normally has the highest basis differential in the U.S. and this contributes greatly to driving up the cost of electricity in Maine. Maine’s current basis differential costs Maine ratepayers over $100 million a year just in higher electricity costs. This cost increase affects you as a homeowner as well as those businesses that use natural gas.

The reason for this is that the push to clean up the environment by switching from coal and oil to natural gas (which has resulted in significant environmental benefits) has not been met with a commensurate buildup in gas supply. This situation is like requiring everyone to use state-of-the-art wood stoves and then outlawing woodlots.

There is a solution — the permitting and construction of one or more of the Maine liquefied natural gas projects proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay. When the LNG is vaporized and injected into the gas pipeline system, it represents an enormous increase in local natural gas supply and will put significant downward pressure on gas prices in Maine. It is like everyone having their own woodlot next to their house.

At a recent public meeting in Calais, there was tremendous local support for LNG, according to the BDN. Ironically, it is our Canadian neighbors to the north (the source of our current gas supply) who are opposing the Washington County projects and refusing passage of LNG ships through Canadian waters into Passamaquoddy Bay.

These are the same neighbors from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia who have asked Gov. John Baldacci and all of Maine to help them by allowing two massive energy corridors through Maine to Boston. These corridors are what they need to be successful in their ambitious economic development plan to build a $500 billion energy hub to serve southern New England.

We are in favor of helping our neighbors, but they need to be in favor of helping us. The commercial and provincial interests in Canada involved should immediately drop their opposition to the Passamaquoddy Bay projects; the fate of those projects will be decided by American, state and federal agencies after all necessary studies and reviews are completed. Maine elected officials need to send a clear signal to the Canadian opponents: Maine will not even consider assisting Maritime Canada and Irving Oil until they drop their opposition to attempts by Mainers to do the same kind of energy development that Irving and the provinces are also doing. That’s what real friends and neighbors do.

Glenn Poole works for Verso Paper and is the president of the Industrial Energy Consumers Group.

Kansas City Southern Announces Train Service to Ports America's Multi-Modal Shipper Facility in Toluca, Mexico

Source: Market Watch
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Apr 28, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kansas City Southern (KCS) is pleased to announce the addition of intermodal train service to Puerta Mexico, a new multi-modal facility in Toluca, Mexico. Operated by Ports America, Puerta Mexico is located on KCS' International Intermodal Corridor and offers shippers a convenient alternative to and from the busy Mexico City market.

In addition to train service, Puerta Mexico offers multi-modal terminal services and on-site customs and bonded warehousing facilities to ocean carriers, intermodal and other logistics service providers. With its direct access to Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.'s (KCSM) "N" line, Puerta Mexico will become the terminal of choice for service to and from the central valley, the Port of Lazaro Cardenas and the border crossing at Nuevo Laredo/Laredo.
With an estimated capacity exceeding 150,000 containers and two million plus tons of cargo per year on more than 130 developed acres, it essentially doubles the intermodal capacity available to the greater Mexican central valley region and alleviates congestion in the central valley supply chain. In addition to storage, cross-dock and transloading, the terminal will be a vehicle distribution center.

"KCS is pleased to partner with Ports America to provide train service to the Toluca facility," said KCS President and Chief Operating Officer David L. Starling. "This modern and efficient facility offers an attractive option for the multi-modal shipper with access to the industrial heartlands of the U.S. and Mexico via KCS' International Intermodal Corridor."

Ports America Chief Operating Officer Wim Lagaay also commented on the importance of this service.

"The intermodal and related supply chain services that have been made possible by this partnership will bring to the Central Mexican Valley Region world class levels of multi-modal service and efficiency," said Lagaay. "The significant investment in this modern facility introduces much needed high-quality capacity to serve this fast-growing and increasingly sophisticated market."

About KCS

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include KCSM, serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lazaro Cardenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The KCS website address is www.kcsouthern.com.

About Ports America

Ports America, headquartered in Iselin, N.J., is the largest independent port terminal operator in North America, providing terminal management and a full suite of stevedoring and related services, including portside automotive processing services. Ports America, including its predecessor companies, has more than 85 years of experience operating American seaports. Its current business includes 50 ports and 97 terminals in North America, handling containers, roll on/roll off cargo, general cargo and cruise ship passengers and luggage.

As one of the largest employers of maritime labor in North America, Ports America employs more than 12,000 people each day at its operations, including full-time equivalent employees.

Recession leads to downshift for shipping industry

by Betty Beard
Source: The Arizona Republic

Most of what we buy in Arizona comes by truck or train, whether it's avocados from Mexico or cars from Detroit.

And that makes the freight-transportation business a leading economic indicator and a key sector to watch for a recovery during a recession.

So far this year, there hasn't been enough good news in the industry to indicate an upward swing.
Overall, the freight transportation business remains in a slump because consumers aren't buying, companies aren't ordering and factories aren't manufacturing as much as they were a year ago, experts say.

"We were in a recession before the recession hit the rest of the economy," said Karen Rasmussen, president and chief executive officer of the Arizona Trucking Association. "It started in 2006, and we're usually the first ones to see a recovery. We are seeing little things here and there but nothing that would establish a trend so far."

Much of the industry, particularly rail and overseas shipments, wasn't doing that badly for most of 2008 until the Lehman Brothers collapse in September, which resulted in frozen credit and global problems.

Freight shipments have picked up some since then, leading some experts to hope that the sector has bottomed out, enabling a recovery to start.

But when?




Truck shipments

The American Trucking Association's seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, based on a survey of members, rose a total of 4.8 percent in January and February, indicating that business picked up nationwide. But the ATA said that does not erase a 7.8 percent contraction in December.

Truck-shipment data isn't available at the state level. But the industry is hurting, as the Arizona Department of Commerce reported this month that trucking jobs dropped almost 12 percent in March compared with a year earlier.

Last year was particularly hard on truckers. They had to deal with record-high diesel prices, on top of a reduced demand for hauling lumber and other construction materials; reduced demand for clothes, electronics and other products made in China, India and other countries and shipped to the U.S. in containers; and reduced demand for mining materials and cars and trucks.

Many drivers lost their jobs or shut down their companies, said Pam Howerton, who for 24 years has operated Security Truck Park Inc. in west Phoenix. The lot rents space by the day, week or longer to truck owners.

She sees firsthand how the truck business has slumped as she's lost customers she had served for decades.

"The main thing people are complaining about is that there is just no freight," she said. "People who used to drive every day a week now just drive a few days a week. It's not paying their insurance. It's not paying their costs."

I'm really sympathetic. I feel for them. I really do. It hurts me to see them hurt."

Knight Transportation, the largest public trucking company in the Phoenix area, reported Wednesday that shipments fell in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the slump continued into this year. But as the first quarter progressed, the decline in its shipments started moderating and shipments began increasing.

Loads hauled per week grew from about 12,150 in January to 12,800 so far this month, Kevin Knight, chairman and chief executive officer, said in an earnings conference.


Rail shipments

In contrast to the trucking business, most of last year was good for the rail business, said Tom White, a spokesman for the Association of American Railroads in Washington.

Because the dollar was weak for part of the year, foreigners were able to buy American products cheaply and there was a huge demand for coal, commodities and American goods, he said. It also helped that high diesel prices made it cheaper to transport goods by rail than truck.

Volumes of cargo moved on rails nationwide last year were running only a few percentage points below the previous year, but in mid-November the bottom dropped out, White said.

Union Pacific Corp., the country's largest railway company and operator of a line through the Phoenix area, reported a 26 percent increase in earnings, to $2.3 billion, in 2008. Even though it also posted a profit in the fourth quarter, business volumes fell 12 percent compared with a year earlier.

White is cautiously optimistic.

"At this point, about the best we can say is that maybe it shows signs of having bottomed out," he said. "But that's a little difficult to call right now because of the fact that we have had some really bad weather conditions in recent weeks and that has adversely affected our traffic. It's a little difficult to come up with any sort of pattern yet."


Ocean shipments

Reports on container shipments around the world show that international trade also dropped off sharply in the fall with the credit-market freeze. As a result, various trade publications report that ships have been idled and orders for new ships and containers have been canceled.

The shipping industry also now has to deal with increased piracy on some key trade routes, leading to more security costs and, in some cases, longer trips to avoid problem areas.

Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, a large container-shipping company that plans to move its American headquarters to metropolitan Phoenix this year, said in its 2008 earnings report in February that "the collapse in global trade over recent months is without precedent." It said shipments rapidly deteriorated beginning in September and continued to fall every week.

Neptune spokesman Mike Zampa said the U.S. exports to Asia rose in 2007 and part of 2008, but then fell. Recently, they have begun to rise again.

"It is not significant," he said. "There is nothing that would indicate that we are out of a recession, nothing that would indicate the U.S. shipping-container industry is past the worst of it. But at least it's a glimmer of hope."

Neptune plans to move its American headquarters from Oakland to metro Phoenix but has not announced the exact location. From here, the company will manage operations of 130 ships and thousands of containers as they move among ports throughout North, Central and South America.

The company doesn't expect to be hurt by pirates, who have increasingly begun attacking ships in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, Zampa said. That is a major shipping route leading to the Red Sea and Suez Canal.

"Some carriers have begun to go clear around the tip of Africa to avoid it, but most shipping lines are still conducting routes through the canal," said Zampa, director of corporate communications.

He said Neptune's ships have security plans and trained crews, and follow prescribed routes through the area. Also, the ships are high and fast.

"We keep constant surveillance for approaching craft," he said. "And one thing in our favor is that our ships are fast and powerful and create quite a wake. And that is really one of the best deterrents against small pirate crafts. The wake can discourage unwelcome approaches."