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In Rotterdam Waalhaven the ANGLIAN PRINCESS was renamed UNION
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First staggered ITF South Asia Week of Action ends with more
gains for seafarers
A weeklong (8-12 October) campaign, launched this year by ports
and seafarers unions in selected port cities of India against
merchant ships flying flags of convenience (FOC) ended Friday with
substantial gains accruing to the ship crews. The first of the two
staggered Weeks of Actions, this time covering only selected Indian
ports saw 43 ship inspections and the signing of 12 ITF acceptable
agreements by Inspectors here and through Unions in countries of
beneficial ownership as a result of action taken in Indian ports.
In Kandla, sustained pressure on Liberian flagged vessel RAS
GHUMAYS-1 ultimately led its UAE owners to agree to sign up 7 of
their vessels with the ITF union in the Philippines. On another
Belize flagged FOC vessel ARWAD QUEEN, the Lebanese owners have
agreed to cover their vessel with an agreement. Meanwhile the
dockers union throughout the week worked hard to help the 22 Syrian
crew on board m.v ORIENTAL QUEEN-VI. The Syrian owners of the
vessel have not paid its crew to the tune of USD 277,000 and there
is no diesel on board plunging it in complete darkness and failure
of the onboard communications facility. At Mumbai port, the second
success came when action on Panama flagged GOLDEN CREST owned in
Japan, chartered by a Korean company with Myanmar and Bangladesh
mixed crew on board was covered by an ITF agreement. Agreement
negotiations for another vessel of the same company Golden
Dominance are on. It was also for the first time that ITF
Inspection teams were successful in inspecting vessels at the JNPT
port and in particular the private terminals owned by Maersk (GTI)
and Dubai Ports World (NSICT). A total of 4 vessels were inspected
and on board TS JAKARTA the Captain was very uncooperative. It was
only after hectic negotiations that the ITF team was allowed to
inspect the vessel. In Visakhapatnam, the ITF Union team succeeded
in getting the Japanese owner of Panama flagged mv. SAMMY to sign
an ITF acceptable wage agreement for the Filipino crew on board.
The Inspection team also found the Bangladeshi owned, Panama
flagged FATAHUR RAHMAN to be a sub standard ship and alerted the
Port State Control to detain the vessel from moving out of the
port. In Tuticorin, hectic negotiations are still going on to sign
an ITF acceptable agreement on the Marshall Islands registered,
Greek company owned SKY GLOBE. In New Mangalore where vessel
traffic this week was low, the Unions have offered to again join
the second week of action due in December and continue ITF campaign
activities with full fervour. Commenting on the hectic activities
during the week, SANGAM TRIPATHY, Assistant Regional Secretary ITF
Asia/Pacific region said, “The Indian Inspectors/Contacts and the
port and seafarers Unions in a display of strong solidarity have
once again made it clear that flag of convenience (FOC) ships
visiting our ports cannot escape action - hiding behind walls of
secrecy created by dubious ownership structures and hiring of cheap
and exploited crews without decent rights’’.
Venezolaanse groep breidt vloot KTK-Panama uit met 2 nieuwe
sleepboten
Een groep van anonieme CPA-werknemers die de afgelopen jaren
regelmatig van zich liet horen gedurende de vele veranderingen
binnen het overheidsbedrijf Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA), meent
dat er voor de Venezolaanse groep in Panama (voormalige
KTK-vestiging, red.) sprake is van een rendabele situatie. Dit door
een levering van Damen Shipyards van twee ‘splinternieuwe
sleepboten voor de vroegere KTK-vestiging te Panama’. Op de website
van Damen valt over de levering van de twee sleepboten het volgende
na te lezen: “De twee ASD 2810-sleepboten, ‘VIRGEN DEL VALLE’ en ‘
ARCANGEL SAN MIGUEL’ zijn op 29 september van Vietnam naar Panama
vertrokken om aan de eigenaar van de Meyers Group - MMG Shipping
Group (www.meyersgrp.com) te worden overgedragen. Beide vaartuigen
zijn door Damen Shipyards bij Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam
vervaardigd.” De sleepboten, met een lengte van 28,67 meter, zijn
met twee Caterpillar 3516 C TA HD/C-motoren uitgerust en hebben
gedurende de testfase een snelheid van 13,7 knopen behaald met een
trekkracht van 60 ton. De groep CPA-werknemers meent hierop: ”Het
gaat hier om twee sleepboten gelijk aan die van KTK op Curaçao maar
dan om nieuwere modellen, omdat ze dit jaar werden vervaardigd. De
sleepboten VIRGIN DE VALLE en ARCANGEL SAN MIGUEL zullen begin
december in Panama arriveren. Op deze wijze demonstreert de Meyers
Group duidelijk dat ze vertrouwen hebben in de sleepwerkzaamheden
in Panama en tevens in de briljante toekomst van de vroegere
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KTK-Panama, een bedrijf dat het volk van Curaçao toebehoorde. De
bewuste KTK-vestiging was volgens de ex-minister van Economische
Ontwikkeling, Abdul Nasser El Hakim (MFK) en de interim-directeur
van CPA, Humberto de Castro, niet rendabel en werd om deze redenen
opgedoekt. “Het staat de bevolking nog fris in het geheugen gegrift
hoe vorig jaar ex-minister El Hakim het overheidsbedrijf KT- Panama
aan een Venezolaanse groep heeft verkocht, en verkondigde: ‘This
nightmare is over’. Vandaag de dag moet het volk van Curaçao
toekijken hoe deze Venezolaanse groep aan het uitbreiden is”, aldus
de CPA-werknemers. De groep verwijst verder naar een aankondiging
die de CPA-interim-directeur middels een persbericht zou hebben
gedaan ‘dat de Meyers Group de nieuwe sleepboten van Curaçao in
Panama zou vervangen met oude sleepboten om zo de kosten te
verlagen’.
“Vandaag zien we dat Meyers Group twee splinternieuwe sleepboten
heeft gekocht van Damen Shipyards om hun vloot uit te bereiden en
te moderniseren om zo te anticiperen op de verbreding van het
Panamakanaal”, aldus de CPA-werknemers. Ze wijzen er tevens op dat
er op de website van Damen Shipyards en Meyers Group geen melding
wordt gemaakt van KTK-Panama. “Ex-minister El Hakim en
president-commissaris Amparo Dos Santos hebben verklaard dat
KTK-Panama eindelijk geld zou gaan genereren voor Curaçao, maar dit
geloofd het volk natuurlijk niet. Het volk is er tevens allang van
op de hoogte dat de KTK-sleepboten van de vestiging in Panama
overgeplaatst zijn naar Venezuela. Zo zijn nu in totaal 5
KTK-sleepboten in Venezuela werkzaam. Op deze wijze stopt KTK alle
eieren in een mand en heeft daarmee de gouden kans op groei op de
Panamese markt vergooid. Tevens heeft KTK niet de kans gepakt om
zich van hun enige klant los te weken, te weten Venezuela”, aldus
de groep CPA-werknemers. Uit de commerciële overeenkomst, waar de
Amigoe over beschikt, blijkt dat de Venezolaanse Maveco-groep vorig
jaar voor de overdracht van de concessierechten voor de
sleepwerkzaamheden in Panama, een bedrag van 90.000 dollar heeft
betaald. In de eerste fase van het contract – de eerste drie
maanden – zou het leasebedrag per boot 4150 dollar per dag
bedragen. De nieuwe sleepboten, de TRIBON en BARAKUDA, die voor de
vestiging in Panama werden aangekocht en aldaar geregistreerd
waren, werden vanaf 1 september via KTK-Curaçao geleased. Maveco
werd gedurende de eerste drie maanden in de gelegenheid gesteld om
de boten in Panama met eigen sleepboten te vervangen. De
KTK-sleepboten van de vestiging in Panama, werden vervolgens voor
sleepwerkzaamheden voor PdVSA in Venezuela ingezet. Bron :
Amigoe
Man who waves out cruise liners rewarded ‘We wish there were
more like you to acknowledge the tourists’
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Charles Cremona’s eyes lit up and his face broke into a grateful
smile as Valletta Cruise Port CEO John Portelli presented him with
a gift as a token of appreciation for regularly giving cruise liner
tourists such a hearty send-off. Sitting in Mr Portelli’s office
together with his beaming wife Consiglia, Mr Cremona was not
encumbered with the large Maltese flag which has become synonymous
with him. For every time a cruise liner courses in or out of Grand
Harbour, the 70-year-old unfailingly appears on the roof of his
apartment block to cheerfully wave the Maltese flag at the
passengers. “We first got to know about your commendable practice
when we came across the article in the newspaper,” Mr Portelli told
the Cremonas,
referring to a report in The Times. “We wish there were more
like you who acknowledge the cruise liners and the tourists. Such
little things go a long way in leaving a positive impression on
tourists”. Mr Cremona expressed his fondness for the majestic Grand
Harbour, recounting how he used to watch the frigates of the Royal
Navy sail in and out of the harbour when he was still a child. He
promised to keep waving out the cruise liners for as long as God
granted him strength. He was then presented with a set of four
limited edition prints of the colourful doors leading to the 16th
century warehouses and two vouchers to be redeemed at any Valletta
Waterfront outlet or restaurant. Together with his wife, Mr Cremona
was shown around the premises, including the small chapel built
during Grand Master Pinto’s reign and dedicated to the Holy
Family’s flight into Egypt. He was also shown a copy of a painting
depicting Grand Harbour by Celia Borg Cardona, given to Pope
Benedict XVI as a memento of his visit to the Valletta Waterfront
in 2010. “That’s where I would be,” Mr Cremona said, indicating the
block of apartments clearly visible in the painting. “It’s a pity
we weren’t aware of you at the time,” Mr Portelli told him. “We
would have included you and the painting would have been complete”.
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The FLANDRIA SEAWAYS (ex MAERSK FLANDERS) leaving the drydock in
Bremerhaven assisted by the Bugsier 6.
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Exclusive fund raising event held in Singapore by Sailors’
Society
Last Wednesday 10 October, His Excellency Anthony Philipson, the
British High Commissioner hosted an exclusive event on behalf of
the Sailors’ Society entitled ‘Challenges of a Lifetime’.
Nick Haslam, Managing Director LOC Singapore meeting the Guest
of Honor former
President of Singapore Mr S R Nathan
The guest of honor was the former President of Singapore Mr S R
Nathan. Mr Nathan began his career in the Singapore Civil Service
as a medical social worker in 1955, and was appointed Seaman’s
Welfare Officer the following year. The guest
speaker was Mr David Lim who is best known for leading the
landmark 1st Singapore Everest Expedition in 1998. Partially
disabled in both legs since 1998 from Guillain-Barre Syndrome,
David’s passion for high places remains unquenched having just
returned from having made the highest virgin peak ascent by any SE
Asian mountaineer
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climbing a c.6000m peak in the Qinghai region of China and
having the honor of naming it ‘Sangay Ri’, or ‘Lion Peak’. The
event was sponsored by Ince & Co international law firm here in
Singapore and London Offshore Consultants Pte. Ltd., Marine &
Engineering Consultants.
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Haslam, Nick White, Kent Fong
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charity who sustain a network of professionally trained Chaplains
working as ship visitors in ports around the world providing
welfare support to seafarers. The Society seeks to provide higher
standards in provision of seafarers’ welfare, and to relieve
distress and financial hardship wherever it occurs and strives to
ensure that multinational seafarers are treated fairly, positively
and with respect and are not just the invisible and largely
forgotten community that people mostly take for granted but upon
whom we all unconsciously rely for so much of our daily life. The
Society offers support to their family and relatives when disaster,
piracy or personal tragedy occurs. More information on the
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BIEN DONG TOPSIDE INSTALLED POSH-Semco’s SALVANGUARD and
SALVICEROY maneuvering into their pre-laid moorings and below seen
in position ballasting
down the S-45 during the installation of the Bien Dong platform
offshore Vietnam – Photo’s : Capt Neil Johnston – master SALVICEROY
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F.D.RELIABLE has recently been renamed SKIPSEY TIDE after
dry-docking in Leith, Scotland, she is seen berthed
just outside the Imperial Dry-dock, Leith. 8/10/2012. Photo :
Iain Forsyth (c)
NATO Warship Rotterdam Intercepts Suspect Pirate Skiff
Dutch warship HNLMS ROTTERDAM, on the morning of 11 Oct, put an
end to the activities of a group of suspected pirates from Somalia.
The suspected pirates and their boat were taken on board the
Rotterdam pending further decision. The search for the pirate
action group began the previous afternoon when the Spanish fishing
vessel, IZURDIA, reported an attack by a skiff. "The timely and
complete reporting of the IZURDIA enabled us focused action.
Following coordination between the staffs of NATO and EU task
forces the Rotterdam eventually managed to intercept the suspected
pirates," said Commodore Bekkering, Commander of NATO Task Force
508. Shots "During our search for the suspect skiff by the crew on
the bridge the Cougar helicopter and boarding team were deployed,"
says the commander of ROTTERDAM, Commander Huub Hulsker said. "From
the helicopter, the suspect skiff was forced to stop with warning
shots. The boarding team took seven suspects onto the ROTTERDAM
where they are now being held." TF 508
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HNLMS ROTTERDAM conducts patrols for Operation Ocean Shield,
NATO's contribution to the international anti-piracy mission in the
waters around the Horn of Africa. Aboard the flagship of NATO's
Task Force 508 are about 350 soldiers from all areas of Dutch armed
forces and from 8 different NATO countries. Source: oceanuslive
The AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV outbound from Rotterdam – Photo :
Kees Torn ©
Ship Operators Jump on Higher Dry-Bulk Rates: Hong Kong
Mover
China Shipping Development Co. and China Cosco Holdings Co., the
nation’s biggest operators of dry- bulk ships, both rose the most
in three weeks in Hong Kong trading because of increasing rates for
hauling commodities. China Shipping advanced 5.8 percent to close
at HK$3.48, while China Cosco added 8 percent to HK$3.66. For both
companies, it was the biggest gain since Sept. 19. The benchmark
Hang Seng Index rose 0.7 percent.
Charter rates for capesizes have risen 50 percent from lows in
mid-September because of increasing demand and customers having to
pay more to persuade shipowners to take vessels out of lay-up,
Deutsche Bank AG analysts Joe Liew and Sky Hong wrote in a note
yesterday. The industry, which will probably post losses for the
third quarter, may also have a better year in 2013 because slower
capacity growth will revive rates, they said.
“We are encouraged by the recent pick up in spot dry bulk
shipping rates,” Liew and Hong said. Investor interest in the
sector is returning “because stocks are so bombed out and rates
have started to recover from lows,” they said.
China Shipping, which also has oil tankers, is the bank’s top
pick in the industry because it has lagged behind Pacific Basin
Shipping Co. over the past month and has a lower price. It trades
about 0.4 times the book value of its assets, compared with about
0.7 times for Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin, the analysts said.
Pacific Basin closed up 2.7 percent to close at HK$3.88. China
Shipping has tumbled 28 percent this year in Hong Kong. China
Cosco, which also
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operates the nation’s biggest container-ship fleet, has dropped
4.2 percent. The Hang Seng Index has risen 15 percent.
China Cosco’s has also announced plans to cooperate with China
Shipping Container Lines Co. on domestic cargo-box routes. CSCL, an
affiliate of China Shipping Development, is China’s No. 2 container
carrier.
The Baltic Dry Index (BDIY), a benchmark for global commodity-
shipping rates, rose 3.2 percent in London yesterday. It has jumped
37 percent since Sept. 12, when it reached a seven-month low.
Source : Bloomberg
The brandnew CELEBRITY REFLECTION seen enroute Amsterdam – Photo
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NAVY NEWS Navy Submarine and Cruiser Collide Off Florida
Two Navy vessels collided this afternoon off the coast of
northeastern Florida, there were no injuries aboard the submarine
and cruiser involved in the collision. According to a Navy
statement the submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) and the Aegis
cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) collided at approximately 3:30 p.m.
ET. The statement adds that there were no injuries aboard either
ship and that the submarine’s nuclear powered reactor “was
unaffected by this collision.” The incident is under investigation.
A Navy official says the two ships were participating in a “group
sail” along with another vessel. The three ships were participating
in an anti-submarine exercise in preparation for an upcoming
deployment as part of the strike group for the aircraft carrier USS
Harry S Truman. The Navy official says that at approximately 3:30
p.m. the bridge watch aboard the San Jacinto saw the submarine
Montpelier rise to periscope depth about 100 to 200 yards ahead of
them. The bridge ordered an “all back,” but still collided with the
sub. According to the official, the initial assessment of damage is
that there was a complete depressurization of the sonar dome aboard
the San Jacinto. Located below the water line of surface warships,
sonar domes provide the bulbous shape to the bows of warships.
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After the collision the official said the submarine surfaced and
communications were established between all the ships on the scene.
The carrier USS Harry S Truman is also there, available to provide
assistance. The two ships involved in the collision are both
operating under their own power. Collisions between Navy submarines
and surface warships are rare. In March, 2009 the submarine USS
Hartford suffered severe damage to its Con tower after colliding
with the amphibious transport ship USS New Orleans in the Strait of
Hormuz. The subsequent investigation found fault for the collision
lay with the commanders aboard the submarine. Several officers and
crew aboard the submarine were later disciplined for their roles.
Source : abcnews
The Norwegian Diesel Electric Submarine, HNoMS UTVAER S 303 is
seen arriving in the Western Harbour Leith,
assisted by the local tug SEAL - CARR, 12/10/2012. – Photo :
Iain Forsyth (c)
Namibia: Navy Ship Dimo Hamaambo to Be Auctioned
The 58-year-old naval ship, Lt General Dimo Hamaambo will be
sold 'as is' to the highest bidder through a public auction on
October 25 at the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources jetty
in Walvis Bay. According to Namibian Navy Captain, Petrus Tjandja,
the vessel, which was decommissioned on August 13 this year, is
currently worth at least N$525 000.
The C 11 LT GENERAL DIMO HAMAAMBO moored in Walvis
Bay (Namibia) – Photo : Piet Sinke (c)
"The benchmark value for Hamaambo will be determined by the
Ministry of Works and Transport, which is responsible for the
auction. However, interested parties can register with a cash
payment of N$10 000," he said. Viewing of the Dimo Hamaambo started
on Monday and will continue until October 24, 2012. Initially, the
ship was supposed to be
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dismantled locally and sold as scrap metal by means of a public
auction by the Ministry of Works and Transport in consultation with
Treasury.
Hamaambo was decommissioned after 18 years of active service in
the Namibian Navy and replaced with the newly acquired naval patrol
vessel 'The Elephant' that was built at the Wuhan Shipyard in
China. The 'Lt General Dimo Hamnaambo' was the first combat vessel
of the Namibian Navy and was acquired through naval co-operation
between Namibia and Brazil.
The first naval cooperation agreement between the two countries
was signed on March 04, 1994 and renewed on December 03, 2001. The
vessel was donated in 2004 and named after Lt General Dimo Hamaambo
- a founder member of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia
(PLAN), the armed wing of Swapo during the liberation struggle, who
also became the first Chief of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF)
until his retirement in 2000.
The ship was built in Holland, launched in 1954 and commissioned
in the Brazilian Navy in 1955. The 55-metre vessel was first called
Purus after the Indian warriors of the Amazonian people, and is of
the class Imperial Marinheiro. The vessel, sporting one tier of
guns was designed for convoy escort duties. Source : AllAfrica
Broken down HMAS Tobruk, HMAS Choules limit navy's emergency
response
THE parlous state of the navy's emergency response fleet is
again under the spotlight with its oldest ship stranded in
Townsville last week with a broken clutch and an oil leak and the
newest vessel tied up in Sydney with a multi-million dollar
transformer problem.
The 40-year-old 6000-tonne heavy lift ship HMAS Tobruk , known
by many in her 150-strong crew as "HMAS Tobroken", was due to sail
for New Caledonia last Sunday but was delayed until Wednesday night
by a broken clutch and faulty oil seal. She was supposed to
participate in an exercise called Sea Lion, but was forced to
anchor off Townsville while repairs were carried out. The ship has
become so unreliable that the navy, according to official
documents, has spent $94 million on repairs and maintenance since
2007, has another $79 million earmarked for the next two years, and
has asked the government for another $40 million in "contingency"
funds in case something major breaks.
Many sailors say the ship should have become an artificial reef
years ago. "They are frustrated by the ship's unreliability," a
source close to the old workhorse said. According to answers
provided to the federal Opposition, Tobruk has been on duty at sea
for just 79 days since January 2011. That is just 44 per cent
availability. Defence sources told News Limited that the navy
recommended her retirement last year, but the government demanded
that the unique heavy lift ship, that can virtually drive on to a
beach to unload, remain in service until 2014 due to the lack of
amphibious support vessels in case of a major emergency. The first
28,000-tonne helicopter landing ship is due in service in 2014. The
first hull, that of the future HMAS Canberra, is due to be
delivered from Spain to Melbourne this week. Meanwhile, the
16,000-tonne second-hand Bay Class landing ship HMAS Choules
remains alongside at Garden Island in Sydney undergoing a $2
million transformer replacement. The ship, purchased from the Royal
Navy for $100 million, only entered navy service last December and
she could be tied up until April next year after her other
transformers were found to be suffering from excessive wear and
tear. Source : The Australian
Russia to raise sunken nuclear subs The two sunken
nuclear-powered submarines K-27 and K-159 will be lifted and
scrapped, a source in Russia’s Ministry of Defense says. An
international tender will held to get the job done, Barents
Observer reports.
Lifting and scrapping of the two submarines from the bottom of
the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea is included in a revised draft for
strategic development of Russia’s Arctic zone.
“A broad range of measures for cleaning Arctic waters of
pollution is specified [in the draft]. In addition to the sunken
submarines particular attention is given to removal of dangerous
waste left behind after the military units on Franz Josef Land, New
Siberian Islands and Bely Island”, a source in the Ministry of
Defense says to Izvestia.
The K-27 submarine was dumped in the Kara Sea in 1980 and is
laying on 75 meters depth. Lifting of this vessel should not be any
trouble, the military source says. The other submarine will
probably be harder to lift. K-159 sank in the Barents Sea during
towing in 2003 and could be laying up to 250 meters under the
surface of the sea.
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A joint Russian-Norwegian expedition to the K-27 earlier this
autumn concluded that the submarine is not yet leaking
radioactivity but that it is urgent to lift it for safe
decommissioning.
According to Izvestia’s source, Russia does not have the
capacity to do this operation on its own: “We still don’t have the
necessary vessels. After “Kursk” the fleet bought five unmanned
deep-sea vehicles of the Venom-class from the UK, which now are
being replaced by three new Icelandic Gavia underwater vehicles”.
But this is equipment for search and rescue and not for lifting he
says and adds that the Russian navy also lacks personnel that can
operate on large depths. An international tender will have to be
made to get the submarines lifted. Countries like USA, Netherland,
France and South Korea all have companies able to do the
challenging job. “Kursk” was raised in 2001 by a consortium formed
by the Dutch companies Mammoet and Smit International. In November,
the "K-27 case" will be discussed at an international conferance on
nuclear safety in Moscow, arranged by Norway, Sweden and
Russia.
SHIPYARD NEWS Damen to build 14 terminal tugs for
Kuwait Oil Company Damen and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) have
signed a contract for 14 Damen ASD Tugs. An extensive process of
yard prequalification and tender evaluation finally resulted in an
award to Damen this summer. The series consist of two types, with 9
tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of the
well-known 2810 design, providing 80 respectively 50 tons of
bollard pull. While being based on existing Damen designs, these
tugs have been extensively tailored to meet KOC’s exacting
requirements on layout, systems and performances.
As part of KOC’s long term strategy of increasing the country’s
export capacity, substantial investments are being made to expand
the marine facilities in coming years. The new tugs will be
assisting tankers at nearshore loading terminals and at the new
single
point moorings further offshore, for which they will also be
equipped with a powerful fire fighting system.
The cooperation between KOC and Damen goes back to late 1980’s,
when Damen delivered steel crew / pilot tenders and the large fire
fighting / terminal tug “Sabahi” to KOC. In the early nineties,
after liberation from the Iraqi invasion, Damen delivered to KOC a
complete new fleet of tugs, crew tenders, work boats and mooring
boats. Damen has supported KOC throughout all these years with
provision of technical services, spare parts, and maintenance /
renovation assistance. Damen’s naval architects and designers in
The Netherlands have already started working on the development of
this unique series of state-of-the-art tugs. Damen Shipyards Galati
in Romania will be constructing all 14 units, with deliveries
scheduled from 2014 onwards.
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Fujian Shipbuilding forms jv with Jichai Power Fujian
Shipbuilding Industry Group and Jichai Power, a full subsidiary of
CNPC, have signed an agreement on Thursday to jointly invest in a
marine engine assembly factory in Lianjiang Industrial Zone in
Fujian province. The factory is expected to be operational before
September next year, SinoShipNews reports.
The two companies will also start a joint venture in Fuzhou in
order to develop businesses of marine engines in the regions of
South China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, with a special aim to
develop the marine engine market in the offshore industry. Source :
PortNews / SinoShipNews
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Ajax Chubb Varel - Marine department trains Iraqi
crewmembers.
The training Institute for Dredging (TID), part of MTI Holland
BV (part of the IHC Merwede group) invited the marine department of
Ajax Chubb Varel to provide training for Iraqi crewmembers of both
IHC Merwede newbuilds TSHD Karbala (YN. CO1296) and GHD Dohuk (YN.
CO1270) on operation and maintenance of the fixed CO2 firefighting
system. The main goal is to improve the competences and knowledge
about the system as well as safety awareness. Unfamiliarity with
the system may lead to lack of necessary maintenance and in the
worst case lead to unacceptable delays in operating the system when
needed. 7 crewmembers of each vessel are trained with a tailor made
½ day training session consisting a theoretical part as well as
“onthe job” training ensuring competence and confidence to operate,
control and maintain the total flooding CO2 fire extinguishing
system. Ajax Chubb Varel offers a wide range of training
services including commissioning, operation/control and maintenance
on fixed fire fighting systems (e.g. CO2, NOVEC1230, FM200 etc) as
well as watermist systems, fire alarm systems, smoke detection
systems etc. for end-users, crew members, technical departments,
and commissioning- and service engineers. All programs are “custom
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Maersk takes 19 ships off Asia-Europe route as demand falls
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S , the world’s largest container line,
said it will remove 19 ships from Asia- Europe trade lanes in a bid
to bolster rates as demand slumps, Bloomberg reports. Maersk will
permanently scrap the AE5 service, which employs eight vessels, and
halt the AE9 sailing, which has 11, until early December, the
Copenhagen-based company said. The action will bring its total
capacity reduction on the route to 21 percent this year after a 9
percent cut in February. “Asia-Europe capacity is too great after
the significant reduction in demand over the summer and companies
are having to adjust much faster than they’re accustomed to,” said
Peter Sand, chief analyst at Danish shipping association BIMCO.
Container rates from Asia fell below break-even last month as
Europe’s sovereign debt crisis depressed demand for consumer goods,
according to London-based ship broker ICAP Plc. With economies
remaining weak, volumes may drop 3 percent for 2012 as a whole, and
Maersk could remove more ships and cut sailing speeds to further
manage capacity, it said in a statement.
“There is currently no need for the number of ships sailing,”
said Vincent Clerc, Maersk’s chief trade and marketing officer,
adding that the company will take steps to adjust to declining
demand “without reducing our market position.” Shares Fall Volumes
in the third quarter, normally the peak season for container flows
as retailers in Europe and North America stock up with
Asia-produced goods for the festive season, have been falling
compared with last year, Sand said. A.P. Moeller-Maersk traded down
1.2 percent at 40,520 kroner as of 1:12 p.m. in Copenhagen. The
stock has gained 7 percent this year, valuing Denmark’s
fourth-biggest company at 174 billion kroner ($30 billion).
Vessels on Maersk Line’s AE5 service each have a capacity of
6,500 standard 20-foot containers of TEUs, while ships on the AE9
route can carry 8,000 TEUs. The Shanghai Containerized Freight
Index, a measure of rates for goods leaving China’s busiest port,
fell 1.1 percent today to the lowest value since March 23. Source :
PortNews
On the Clyde this week we have the barge AMT TRADER alongside
Fergusons Shipyard at Port Glasgow getting prep work done before
she heads upriver to the BAE yard at Govan to load a huge section
of the new Royal navy aircraft carrier that will be assembled at
Rosyth. Alongside her is a little Hoverbarge, built by Fergusons
but never
collected by the customer who ordered it. Photo : Tommy
Bryceland, SCOTLAND (c)
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Powerful visitor leaving soon A muscular little red ship seen
around Port Nelson this month will soon be gone. The tug NGAHUE,
owned by Centreport in Wellington, has been chartered by Port
Nelson to fill in while the two Nelson tugs undergo survey
work.
Port company marine operations manager Dave Duncan said the
40-year-old W H Parr and the nearly 30-year-old Huria Matenga would
be out of the water in turn. The W H Parr, the smaller of the two
with a 23-tonne bollard pull, was on the Calwell Slip this week,
and as a birthday treat would be repainted in "Port Nelson dark
funnel blue" to replace its traditional black. It was re-engined
about eight years ago and was "in great condition for a 40-year-old
ship", Captain Duncan said. The Huria Matenga, with a 33-tonne
pull, wasn't in need of repainting.
The Ngahue, which has a bollard pull midway between that of the
Nelson tugs, would be at Port Nelson for another week or so, he
said. Source : Fairfax NZ News
The TSHD GATEWAY arrives in Colon with a nice morning sunrise
13-10-2012
Photo : Crew BKM 104 ©
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Loses in Shipping Industry
LOCAL managers and shipping agency executives are seeking an
exit strategy for foreign managers and shareholders who have been
dominating the country's shipping industry after more than ten
years of liberalization. The Tanzania Shipping Agents Association
(TASAA) says in a report, after a decade of liberalization of the
shipping industry, it is time for largely foreign owned shipping
agencies to reflect local ownership and save billions of shillings
being siphoned out in terms of salaries and under-declared revenue.
The report states that most shipping agencies are owned by
multi-national shipping companies which used local personalities
mainly lawyers and politicians as fronts holding nominal shares to
justify their presence, as per the 2002 Shipping Agency Act."It is
clearly stated by the law that more than 50 per cent of the shares
in the agents must be owned, directly or indirectly, by a citizen
of Tanzania. However, to-date out of all 26 licensed agencies,
ownership of many, if not all, companies is in the hands of foreign
shipping lines or companies which is against the law," the report
states. TASAA accuses the Surface and Marine Transportation
Authority (Sumatra) and the Ministry of Labour and Employment of
laxity in dealing with the problem which is costing the country a
fortune annually.Decrying failure by the regulators to reign in
foreign shipping companies, TASAA saiys: "The government through
the parliament enacted the Shipping Agency Act of 2002 to regulate
the business of shipping agency. Furthermore, the law was meant to
empower Tanzanians to run, manage and own majority shares in
licensed shipping agents." But Minister for Labour and Employment,
Ms Gaudensia Kabaka and Sumatra spokesman, Mr David Mziray defended
their performance by stating that local stakeholders should report
names of shipping companies and individuals violating the law. "The
process of endorsing foreigners to get work permits is very tough
and we have dismissed many applications in the past so it is not
true that there is laxity," Ms Kabaka argued, saying her ministry
only licenses Class 'B' permits in
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collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs. She said other
foreigners get Class 'A' permits from Tanzania Investment Centre
(TIC) "Before issuing any permit, we make sure that the position
being applied for has no one locally to serve them," she argued as
TASAA members faulted her by saying that most agencies are actually
managed by ex-National Shipping Agencies Company Limited employees.
While urging local stakeholders to give her specific cases so that
she can address them, Minister Kabaka also defended her ministry
against criticism of failure to stop hefty payments made into
foreign accounts abroad as salaries. "My ministry only deals with
pegging the statutory minimum wage, but companies are free to pay
anyone whatever they want but not less than the minimum wage," she
noted while stating that Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is
responsible for Pay As You Earn (PAYE) collection.Mr Mziray said
Sumatra only issues licences to shipping agencies once they have
completed basic requirements at TIC, Immigration Department and
Business Registration and Licensing Agency (Brela). "As for
shipping agency companies being owned by foreigners or using locals
as fronts, I don't know anything unless I am given a specific
example," Mziray argued. He, however, noted that Sumatra and
stakeholders are currently reviewing regulations governing the
shipping industry to curb loop-holes which allow foreigners to get
jobs at the expense of locals. TASAA's report also accuses foreign
managers and owners of recruiting fellow foreigners in junior
positions such as storekeepers, accountants, documentation and
sales officers often without proper work permits as required by the
law. The Shipping Agency Act (2002) restricts foreign ownership,
recruitment and domination of the industry which should be under
the control of nationals, following a heated debate to liberalise
the industry formerly controlled by the state under Nasaco. "The
government is losing huge amounts of revenue due to this as foreign
companies tend to export much of their income to their home
country. These foreign companies also under-declare their income to
pay less tax in the country," the report reveals.Foreign managers
and chief executives earn between ten and 15,000 US dollars
(between 15.7m/- and 23.5m/-) per month compared to locals who do
much of the donkey work but earn less than 5m/- a month. "Much of
these salaries are paid through their accounts abroad in Dubai,
Europe of British Virgin islands while they receive allowances here
which are subject to taxes," the report pointed out.'Daily News on
Saturday' investigations established that only three of out of the
26 licensed shipping agencies in the country employ local managers
and are owned by Tanzanians while the rest are operating illegally.
The three companies are Forebridge Shipping Limited, Wosac Tanzania
Limited and Tanzania Shipping Agents Limited. - Source :
AllAfrica
The COASTAL LINER passing Hoek van Holland equipped with
additional survey equipment on the bow
Photo : Kees Torn (c)
Deiulemar Shipping declares bankruptcy Italian dry freight group
Deiulemar Shipping SpA (Deiulemar Shipping) has declared bankruptcy
with debts of more than €500 million ($647 million), according to
statements by the firm and an Italian court, Ship & Bunker
reports.
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"Deiulemar Shipping was declared bankrupt by the court of Torre
Annunziata this week," said Astolfo Di Amato, the lawyer
representing Deiulemar Shipping.
"Unfortunately, the source of much pride has vanished into thin
air and the hopes of a recovery have ceased," the firm said on
their website, who in July was reported to be seeking liquidation
to avoid formal bankruptcy proceedings.
The slump in the shipping industry has claimed a number of
notable casualties this year, including one of the world's oldest
shipping companies in Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, who with a
282 year history held the title of Britain's oldest shipping
company.
Deiulemar Shipping had a more modest 7 years under its belt,
formed in 2005 by a "transfer of the business" from Deiulemar
Compagnia di Navigazione, itself going bankrupt in May 2012 owing
about €860 million ($1.1 billion) having said to have irregularly
issued around €700 million ($905 million) of bonds.
Since then, nine members of the founding families of Deiulemar
Compagnia di Navigazione have been arrested and earlier in the year
Italian prosecutors seized assets totaling €323 million ($399.5
million) which included 10 of its vessels. On September 18, 2012
two more vessels were seized. "At that point we started making new
calculations to evaluate whether it was possible to come out with a
new plan but we thought this was not possible and asked for the
company to be declared bankrupt," Di Amato told Reuters.
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Yangpu port further opens up Yangpu port of Hainan has passed
the acceptance of the National Port Administration Office on
Thursday; its open water area has been expanded by 55 square
kilometers, and becomes the largest import and export port in the
South China Sea. “Opening up Yangpu port is very important and
supportive to Yangpu and Hainan’s economy, all the pillar
industries in Hainan including tourism, logistics, and
petrochemical industry, all relies on port. Yangpu Economic Zone
also has been an important base for China’s offshore oil and gas
exploitation strategy and energy reserve strategy, we are also
making new strategies for further expansion,” an official from
Yangpu port told SinoShip News. There are 23 large projects
including petrochemical projects and oil reserve projects which
have opened on the island in recent years with a total investment
of RMB93.1bn. Currently Yangpu port has 25 berths and has opened 15
international shipping lines to Singapore, Vietnam and the Middle
East. Source: Sino Ship News
OLDIE – FROM THE SHOEBOX
Henk Ros came across some old slide showing the NRS tug
“HOEKSEBANK” operating in Alexandia / Egypt
approximately April –may 1982. Henk took the photo whilst
serving as r/o on Splietshoff’s “LOOIERSGRACHT”. Note that
“HOEKSEBANK” is showing figure 2 on her funnel , she operated in
Egypt together with her sister
BRIELSEBANK which was having a 2 in the funnel - Photo : Henk
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Japanese Ferries by Bruce Peter & Tsuyoshi Ishiyama
Japan is a nation of islands, connected by numerous ferries of a
wide variety of types and sizes. Ferry design in Japan has emerged
from distinctive cultural conditions and shipbuilding traditions.
Here, for the first time, a history of Japanese ferries from the
latter nineteenth century to the present day is presented in the
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the Imperial Government Railways train ferries and the subsequent
development of extensive networks of car ferry routes. The story
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