INDIAN OCEAN MARITIME HUB TRANSPORT Dr Jacques COULARDEAU (Ivan EVE, assistant) We will keep in mind this island and its string of harbours and ports. The main harbours are Colombo, Hambantota and Trincomalee. The port of Oluvil is under construction between Hambantota and Trincomalee. Jaffna is being redeveloped after the end of the LTTE insurgency. Historically the main harbour is Galle, today rather small.
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INDIAN OCEAN MARITIME HUB TRANSPORTDr Jacques COULARDEAU (Ivan EVE, assistant)
We will keep in mind this island and its string of harbours and ports. The main harbours are Colombo, Hambantota and Trincomalee. The port of Oluvil is under construction between Hambantota and Trincomalee. Jaffna is being redeveloped after the end of the LTTE insurgency. Historically the main harbour is Galle, today rather small.
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Voyages of Zheng He
Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Sea: Zheng He onboard his Treasure Ship.
“Even the father of modern-day China, Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of the communist party said: “Zheng He demonstrated that China needs to be open. The Ming Dynasty was one of the more prosperous era in Chinese history because of Zheng He opening up China to the world”, Dr Mike Teng, National University of Singapore
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Member States Date Country Enlargement
China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
26 April 1996
Tajikistan
Founders
15 June 2001 Uzbekistan First
Observer States India Iran Mongolia Pakistan
Dialogue Partners Belarus Sri Lanka
Guest Attendances ASEAN CIS Turkmenistan
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Hub-and-stoke system with radial links and rim links.
Only first layer around the hub.
Hub-and-stoke system with transversal links from points 1 (green) and 8 (red) on the rim.
Each point on the rim can be the starting point of its own hub-and-stoke system.
We then get a real network than can be multimodal.
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Commercial Ship Sizes
Ship category Routing capabilities Size in tonnage Capesize ships They have to go around the
Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope
Over 150,000 tons Deadweight (DWT), currently between 175,000 and 400,000 tons DWT.
Panamax ships They can cross the Panama Canal
65,000 to 80,000 tons DWT
Handymax ships and Supramax ships
They can cross the Suez Canal 52,000 to 58,000 tons DWT
Handysize ships Smaller ships that include Handymax or Supramax
Under 58,000, at times under 60,000 which would create a problem for the Suez Canal.