India, Japan to Strengthen Cooperation in Maritime Sector

India and Japan have decided to further strengthen their cooperation in the maritime sector as a part of the overall robust bilateral relations. The two countries agreed to enhance their interaction through the existing forums and through port-to-port exchanges.

These issues came up for a discussion between the Union Minister of Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan, who is on an official visit to Japan and his Japanese counterpart Shri Akihiro Ohta, Minister of land, Industries and Transport & Tourism, Government of Japan.

Shri Vasan explained the developments that were taking place in India in the Ports sector and assured Shri Ohta that concerns regarding infrastructure and connectivity of ports are being addressed expeditiously. In particular, he said that the ports in Ennore and Chennai are catering to the Japanese car exporters like Toyota and Nissan who have so far exported about 42000 and 300000 cars respectively from these ports.

During the talks, Shri Vasan thanked the Japanese government for its support to various Indian Ports and infrastructure projects through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He also mentioned the possibility of JICA assistance to VOC Port at Thoothukudi for the upcoming Outer Harbour Project.

Read more : ARCADIS – First Consultancy with Delft3D Certificate

  ertification means that Deltares decides on the basis of recent projects whether Delft3D application has complied with all the norm requirements. Proof is required of expertise and skills in at least three different areas such as water flows, sediment transport and water quality.

Other preconditions for certification are that the use of Delft3D must be a core business, that the application must be advanced enough and that there should be a clear embedding of the results in the deliverables for the client. In short, there should be an expert process involving the transformation of model results into consultancy.

Delft3D is a model simulation system with a range of modules, including a flow module, a wave module, a water quality and sediment transport module and a morphological module. The system can be used to simulate a range of processes:

- Salt intrusion in estuaries and channels;

- Thermal stratification in rivers and seas;

- Cooling-water circulation and wastewater disposal;

- Tidal reproduction and the impact of wind and atmospheric pressure fields;

- Filling and emptying storage areas and controlled overflow areas;

- Medium-term predictions of morphological processes associated with sediment and sand transport;

- Refraction of currents and waves, and the resulting morphological processes.

The certificate is valid for a period of three years.

Press Release, November 11, 2013

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