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Number 050 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Wednesday 19-02-2014 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles copied from various news sites.

The new KNRM lifeboat TJEPKE EKKELBOOM which will be based in Dordrecht

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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

The “Triple E” MADISON MAERSK during her maiden call to Rotterdam Europoort – Photo : Jan Oosterboer ©

Enrica Lexie case threatens anti-piracy efforts

The European Union and the United Nations have warned that the two-year dispute over Italian marines alleged to have killed two Indian fishermen may damage the fight against piracy. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone were members of a vessel protection detachment on board Italian-flagged oil tanker Enrica Lexie when shots were fired that killed fishermen Valentine (aka Gelastine) and Ajesh Binki on 15 February 2012. The tanker was instructed to dock at Kochi and the marines were arrested. The Indian authorities maintain the tanker was in India's 'contiguous zone' and claimed jurisdiction because Indian nationals and an Indian-flagged vessel were affected. When it became clear that India was not willing to release Latorre and Girone, relations between the two countries quickly became strained. Italy claimed that, as serving members of the military, the marines were immune from prosecution and demanded the right to try them on its own soil. In January, India indicated that it would try the marines for murder under Section 3(1)(g) of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation Act 2002 (SUA), which carries a

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mandatory death penalty for a guilty verdict. Italy's ANSA news agency reported Fabrizio Cicchitto, chairman of the Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee, as saying that a death sentence would be "an attack on Italy" - interpreted by some commentators as an act of war. Prosecutors now say the men will be tried with violence under Sec 3(1)(a) of the act, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail. SUA is essentially directed against terrorism at sea. Italy's foreign minister, Emma Bonino, has pledged to fight any conviction under SUA. Italian paper Gazzetta del Sud quoted her as saying of the marines: "They are neither terrorists nor pirates." Catherine Ashton, EU high representative for foreign affairs, said on Thursday: "We are deeply worried about the situation where the marines might be taken to court and prosecuted under anti-terrorism legislation." A spokesman for UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told a press conference the same day, "The secretary-general is concerned that this long-standing matter between Italy and India remains unresolved." He added: "He is concerned that the matter may have implications for wider common efforts and collaboration around matters of international peace and security, including anti-piracy operations." Bonino had earlier criticised Ban for stating that the case was a bilateral matter between the two countries. With the case due to resume on Tuesday, the EU and the UN have urged both sides to find a solution to the rising tension. Gazzetta del Sud on Thursday said that Italy was considering taking the case to international arbitration, while according to the Indian Express newspaper India's central government in New Delhi was examining the possibility of dropping the charges completely. Such a move would almost certainly meet opposition from the state of Kerala, which has consistently pressed for tough sanctions against the Italians. While IMO and other guidance exists for privately-contracted armed security personnel, there are no legally-binding rules on the use of force in international waters and no specific guidance on the deployment of military personnel as armed guards on merchant ships. Once concluded, the Enrica Lexie case is also expected to spark a debate over the right to claim legal jurisdiction over incidents in international waters that affect two ships of different flags. Source: IHS Maritime 360

NEW LIFEBOAT NAMED IN VOLENDAM

In Volendam the new KNRM lifeboat ROYAL FLUSH was named by Mrs Teven, the boat is donated by the the Oranje casino, for this occasion also the KNRM Veere lifeboat ORANJE was present during the naming ceremony, above seen both lifeboats in action during Bft 8 at the Gouwzee. Photo’s : Jan de Koning ©

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No need for foreign tankers, NITC boss claims

Iran has no need for foreign tankers to ship its crude, the head of the national tanker firm has said. Ali Akbar Safayee, the boss of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) told the oil ministry’s website that in the wake of sanctions being lifted, “Iran’s crude oil exports are done currently only with the country’s tankers.” He said that Iran is currently exporting crude oil to China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and Japan. The development follows the implementation of an interim nuclear accord, which was signed last November between Iran and six world powers and which took effect on January 20. NITC has 37 VLCCs, nine suezmaxes and five aframaxes in its fleet plus another 15 on charter. Last week Safaei told local media that despite sanctions the company controls the second largest oil tanker fleet in the world. Safaei said the NITC fleet now can carry 16m tons of oil, up by 2m tons in the past year. Source : GulfshipNews

A 48 mtr long Superyacht built at Royal Shipyard Huisman in Vollenhove left the builders bound for Harlingen where the yacht will be launched and the masts installed followed by the trials the transport was executed by HEBO from Zwartsluis which used 2 coupled pontoons and the pushertugs Catharina 4 and 5. Photo’s Capt. Harm Jongman ©

Rubicon & Righteous - a New Year delivery for PSA

Early in the New Year PSA Marine of Singapore, one of the largest owners and operators of harbour tugs in Asia, took delivery of the ASD tugs Rubicon and Righteous. Both tugs were built to the RAmparts 3200 design from Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) but by different shipyards. Rubicon was constructed by Cheoy Lee Shipyards, in Hong Kong and Righteous by Yuexin Ocean Engineering Co Ltd, Guangzhou, in China.

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RAL has had a long association with PSA Marine and worked closely with both of the shipyards concerned in the design development of these two tugs, which are required specifically for shiphandling service and coastal towing.

Left : The RUBICON moored at the PSA tugboat jetty at Pasir Panjang Photo : Piet Sinke © CLICK on the photo !!

Although carrying the same RAmparts 3200 designation Rubicon, a RAmparts 3200CL design, was uniquely designed

for Cheoy Lee Shipyards to suit their production facilities and client base. The most notable feature of this design is the shallower draft than the standard tug, a frequent requirement in Asia. The Righteous is a RAmparts 3200W design with slightly different characteristics. Both tugs are 32.0m in length overall but there are small differences in dimensions and tank capacities. Both tugs have been designed and built to comply with the class requirements of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping with the notations: X 100A1, Tug, UMS, X LMC, Fire-Fighting Ship 1 with Water Spray, Unrestricted Voyages. The propulsion machinery installed in the two vessels is identical. A pair of Niigata 6L28HX main engines, each generating 1,654kW (total of approximately 4,436 bhp), drive a pair of Niigata ZP31 Z-Peller propulsion units. Two identical diesel auxiliary generators rated at 110ekW each supply the vessels’ electrical services. The FiFi 1 fire-fighting system is supplied by a single pump of 2,780 m3/hr capacity, driven by the starboard main engine. A pair of remotely operated, short barrel, fire monitors is installed aft on the bridge deck. On trials, Rubicon and Righteous both exceeded all performance expectations, with bollard pulls greater than 65 tonnes and a maximum speed of 12.8 knots. Tank capacities are designed to give the tugs extended endurance at sea. Deck machinery includes a combined, single (split) drum, towing winch and anchor windlass on the fore deck. A single drum winch is located on the aft deck, along with an open stern, gob eye, deck crane and tugger winch. Flush mounted machinery access hatches are also provided. The fendering fitted on the tugs is quite different. Rubicon has a bow fender comprising two rows of cylindrical rubber and a single hollow ‘D’ section moulding at the main deck and forecastle sheer line. Righteous as seen right has a more comprehensive fendering system made up of cylindrical rubber, ‘D’ section strakes, and numerous ‘W’ section block mouldings. Photo : Piet Sinke © CLICK on the photo !!

Accommodation is provided for a crew of up to eight persons, with en suite cabins for the Master and Chief Engineer, the crew mess/lounge and galley at main deck level. Two cabins are located below decks for a maximum of six crew, with sanitary facilities and store rooms. Source : Maritime Journal

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Posh's AHTS "SALVISION" heading into the Port of Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. Photo : Capt. Eric Vizier ©

EXMAR LPG DISPOSES OF 2 OLDER LPG VESSELS

EXMAR LPG (the Joint Venture between EXMAR and Teekay LNG PARTNERS) is pleased to announce the sale of the Very Large Gas Carrier FLANDERS HARMONY (85,826 m³ - 1993 built) and the Midsize Gas Carrier TEMSE (35,754 m³ - 1994 built). TEMSE is expected to be delivered to its new owners by the end of the first quarter 2014 and FLANDERS HARMONY in the course of the second quarter 2014. The capital gain realized by EXMAR for its 50% share in EXMAR LPG will be approximately USD 10.4 million. This transaction will generate for EXMAR LPG net cash proceeds of around USD 30.0 million. The gradual sale of older tonnage coincides with the forthcoming deliveries of EXMAR’s more efficient Midsize newbuildings. These deliveries will substantially increase the company’s ability to support its customers with a competitive quality fleet based on innovative designs. EXMAR LPG has increased its participation of 33% in the time-charter in of BW TOKYO (83,300m³ - 2009 built) and BW KYOTO (83,300 m³ - 2010 built) to 50 % in both vessels. In addition, BW LPG and EXMAR agreed that the BW TOKYO will be commercially operated by EXMAR from end March onwards.

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The Stand-By vessel STRIL HERKULES – Photo : Bert de Ruiter ©

Hoylake Lifeboat Station appoints first female deputy coxswain

A WIRRAL firefighter has been appointed Hoylake Lifeboat Station's first female deputy second coxswain. Emily Jones takes up the role after years of service as volunteer crew and several months of intensive training, both at the RNLI College in Poole and on station.She was approved by RNLI's divisional inspector to command the lifeboat when on services and exercises. Emily joined the crew in August 2004.

From then on, she built up her skills with the aid of the RNLI competence based training. Lifeboat operation manager John Curry said: "We are delighted with Emily's success, which was well deserved.

"Emily is one of a handful of female coxswains in the RNLI, and she makes history as being the first female A.L.B. coxswain to qualify both at Hoylake and in the West Division.

"At times during her 'passing out', the winds touched force nine and a heavy sea was running throughout the Inspector's exercise. Emily came out of the experience with flying colours. “Emily is dedicated and a competent crew member with whom it is an honour to serve." Source : Wirral Globe

Still waiting for ferry reservations to take sail

While Nova Star Cruises had originally said it was aiming to have its reservation system up and running by the end of January – a deadline that couldn't be met – a spokesperson for the company says the system will be launched in the next few weeks.

And the company continues to say it is on schedule for a May 1 start-up of ferry service between Yarmouth and Portland, Maine. “In the next few weeks we will have the necessary regulatory approvals to advertise fares and launch

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the reservation system on NovaStarCruises.com,” says Sean Lewis, a public relations spokesperson who deals with media inquires concerning the ferry service.

Anyone visiting the Nova Star Cruises website over the past few weeks has been met with only one page of text, underneath a photo of the ferry with the words: Full steam ahead. A message to the public reads: ‘Due to an unexpected delay, we are unable to publish a schedule of our fares at this time. We are working diligently to resolve the matter and will have the fares posted on our website as soon as possible. In addition, we expect to have our online reservation system up and running by the end of February. We apologize for the delay.’

It’s been reported in the media that the company has had to satisfy concerns of American authorities regarding ticket refunds. The company, it’s been reported, has had to prove it has enough money on hand to refund passengers in the event of ticket cancellations. Although the company awaits the launch of the reservation system and the reposting of fares online – fares for the service were announced in December but don’t appear on the website – Lewis says marketing and promotion of the cruise ferry service is underway.

“Ads have been placed in many important tourism publications, including Nova Scotia's Doers and Dreamers, Maine's Maine Invites You and a number of regional visitors' guides,” he says. “In addition, we have already generated hundreds of fans and followers on social media and have made contact with top travel writers and bloggers in Canada and the United States.”

As of last week Nova Star Cruises had 440 followers on Twitter and says it has around 2,000 likes on its Facebook page. But the Facebook page hasn’t been available for the past few weeks. Lewis again explains it is because of the regulatory issues they have to work through. “In the short term, the United States Federal Maritime Commission requested that Nova Star Cruises temporarily remove some information from the website and place the Facebook page in an unpublished state while we finalize the regulatory approvals process,” he says. “We expect to receive approvals during the next few weeks, and at that time we will re-publish the Facebook page and re-post information to the www.NovaStarCruises.com , including fares, and launch the reservation system.”

Lewis says over the next few months the company will continue to inform, and engage with, travellers as it prepares to welcome the first passengers on the Nova Star. The Nova Scotia government is investing up to $21 million over seven years to see ferry service re-established between Yarmouth and Portland. Nova Star Cruises indicated last fall that it is setting a target of transporting 100,000 passengers in the first year of service. The ferry can accommodate 1,200 passengers per crossing. Source : The Vanguard

Million-scale dredging

Jan de Nul’s TSHD SEBASTIANO CABOTO Photo : Piet Sinke – Click on the photo !

Russia expects over 170 mln cbm to be dredged in 2014-17. This large-scale dredging cannot be performed without foreign companies which actually prevail in Russia’s dredging market today. According to the Port Infrastructure Development Strategy, total annual capacity of Russia’s seaports is to reach 1.4-1.6 bln t of cargo by 2030 depending on the scenario. It is 1.5-2 times as much as today. This development is to be driven primarily by new deepwater terminals the construction of which requires large-scale dredging of record-high level in the history of Russia. As Rosmorport Executive Director Andrei Lavrishchev said at the International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by media-group PortNews, the scope of dredging operations of FSUE Rosmorport is expected to exceed 170 mln cbm

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in 2014-17 including 31.1 mln cbm in 2014 and 140 mln cbm in 2015-17. In 2009-13, only 57.8 mln cbm were dredged.

Andrei Lavrishchev says dredging at Yamal-based port Sabetta alone will hit 70.2 mln cbm in 2014-17, dredging under the project on construction of deepwater port in Kaliningrad region (cruise terminal) - 20 mln cbm, under the second phase of Bronka project – 10.8 mln cmb in 2017-18 (after completion of the first phase with dredging of 18.7 mln cbm in 2013-16). As for the project on the creation of the new dry cargo district of port Taman covered at the Forum by Igor Rusu, Director General of RMP-Taman LLC (managing company of the project), 49.3 mln cbm is to be dredged there.

The largest dredging projects in Russia are being performed by foreign companies today. The majority of works at port Sabetta are executed by Jan De Nul (Belgium), at outer port Bronka – Boskalis (Netherlands).

The most challenging task for dredgers is the Ob Bay project (port Sabetta). The general contractor there is USK MOST OJSC, the contractor on dredging operations – Jan De Nul, while engineering/navigational/hydro-graphic support is provided by Fertoing company.

As Artem Melnikov, Director General of Fertoing Ltd., told at the Forum, the time spent for dredging operations at the approach canal of port Sabetta totaled 48 calendar days in 2012. Round-the-clock operations lasted from August 29 till October 15, 2012 at the 3.7-km long section of the approach canal. Total volume of dredging operations exceeded 1.5 mln cbm in 2012.

The difficulties are mostly associated with the remoteness of this region from the infrastructure and supply centers as well as with the severe climate. According to Stijn Juresic, Project Manager Sabetta of Jan De Nul N.V., the company’s dredging fleet involved in the project on construction of port Sabetta used to consume over 1 mln liters of bunker. Besides, a special vessel was used for delivery of food and water, as well as for waste transportation to remote ports. Stijn Juresic says the most difficult task was to coordinate the activities of different project participants as parallel to dredging operations the port handled vessels delivering equipment and materials needed for the construction of LNG plant.

Companies operating in the Gulf of Finland also face certain challenges. As Mark Bakker, Country Manager for Royal Boskalis Westminster in the Russian Federation said at the Forum they were connected with the dam and the underwater tunnel towards Kronshtadt that could not be checked during the dredging works. Besides, high quality standard was applied to the sand for outer port Bronka. The company succeeded in meeting all the challenges.

As for Taman project and cruise terminal in Kaliningrad, no dredging contractors have been determined yet. Igor Rusu said at the Forum that the tender for Taman will be announced by the end of 2014 with the works to commence in the middle or in the second half of 2015. Meanwhile, RMP-Taman LLC has already requested for proposals which revealed that potential contractors “overestimate” the value of works. According to Igor Rusu, the major part of the water area is to be 19.5 m deep, certain areas will have the depth of -18.2 m, - 15.3 m, -12.7 m and 7.1 m. The project implies the construction of 10 sea terminals including 4 terminal which will be probably built at reclaimed territory covering 204.35 hectares. The plot is to be created with the soil extracted during the dredging in the water area and at the approach canal. 16.75 mln cbm of soil is subject to deposition.

Russia has embarked on such a large-scale dredging projects for the first time in the country’s history. Their implementation even required the amendment of the existing legislation. According to Deputy Transport Minister Victor Olersky, when designing seaport Sabetta in the Ob Bay it became clear that expenses for dredging works are several times as high as similar expenses for burial of ground directly in the Ob Bay. However, certain norms of Russian legislation were to be amended for this. The result of the long work was the Federal Law No 87-FL dated May 7, 2013 “On introduction of amendments into the Law About the Internal Sea Waters, Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone and the Water Code”. The new law allows the burial of ground in the territorial sea provided that certain conditions are met.

Representatives of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Nadezhda Zhikhareva, and Yulia Osipova told at the Forum that their Ministries are involved in the development of new regulations to support the above law. Nadezhda Zhikhareva, deputy Director of the Department of State Policy for Marine and River Transport, says major documents needed for the execution of the Law should contain the list of harmful substances the presence of which in the ground forbid it from being buried in the territorial sea. Besides, the document should set forth the procedure for the use of bottom soil when building hydraulic facilities.

We remind that the above Law lifts the ban on the burial of ground in the internal sea waters and the territorial sea except for the cases when the ground contains harmful substances the list of which is to be approved.

Apart from large-scale dredging projects in seaports Russia is to carry out repair dredging at inland water ways. Andrei Lavrishchev says repair dredging is being performed by Russian companies as the scope of works is not huge and fast

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mobilization is required. The volume of repair dredging is increasing starting from 2013. In 2011-13 it was 6.6 mln cbm per year, in 2013 – 8.2 mln cbm, with the year of 2014 to see dredging of 8.2 mln cbm, 2015 – 10.15 mln cbm and 2016 – 10.41 mln cbm.

The change of hydrological conditions at the Volgo-Caspian Seaway Canal entails the lowering of the Caspian Sea level. Scientists say the level of the Caspian Sea has decreased by 60 cm. According to Andrei Lavrishchev, the volume of dredging operations at the Volgo-Caspian Seaway Canal is estimated at 3.6 mln cbm for 2014. To decrease sediment accumulation it is necessary to clean the existing fishways and recovery of protective dams.

The demand for dredging operations at inland water ways of Russia is estimated at 90 mln cbm, says Igor Zlobin, head of IWW department of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot). According to him, the volume of dredging operations performed at inland water ways of Russia in 2013 hit 30 mln cbm.

Rosmorrechflot representative also draws the attention to the aging and insufficient fleet of river-going dredging vessels. He says new vessels should be built, especially

tailored for Siberian rivers. All in all, Russia needs 25 new dredgers for inland water ways. According to Igor Zlobin, the following equipment is required: 15 suction dredgers including 4 with the capacity of 2,500 cbm\h, 1 with the capacity of 1,000 cbm/h, 7 with the capacity of 600 cbm/h and 3 with the capacity of 350 cbm/h; 10 dredgers including 2 with the capacity of 600 cbm/h, 1 with the capacity of 450 cbm/h and 7 with the capacity of 250 cbm/h.

It should be noted that Russia has specialized enterprises for construction of dredging fleet. According to Evgeny Leonov, BoD member of Zavod Gidromekhanizatsii CJSC, who spoke at the Forum of Dredging Companies, Russia needs to become strategically independent of the services provided by foreign dredging companies. For that purpose, Russia should obtain her own dredging fleet. According to the estimations of Evgeny Leonov, 76 dredging vessels can be built on the revenues from the dredging operations under largest port projects (Sabetta, Bronka and Taman).

Within the framework of the state programme for the development of Arctic coast, Zavod Gidromekhanizatsii CJSC, has recently forwarded for the expert evaluation the concept for the series of special high-performance dredgers (operating in Northern and Arctic regions) – “Hydromech – Arctic Dredger”. Nevertheless, we think large port projects in Russia cannot be fulfilled without attraction of leading foreign dredging companies. Moreover, they can also share their invaluable experience, both technical and administrative one. For example, Joep Athmer, the member of the Executive Committee of Van Oord (Netherlands) says his company eyes the cooperation with Russian educational institutions training marine and river transport specialists. Joep Athme told that Van Oord has its own training class at the head office in Rotterdam where the company specialists are trained. There are simulators of trailing suction hopper dredgers, backhoe dredgers and cutter suction dredgers. The company also arranges leadership development programs (from junior to strategic management), technical practices 2-3 times a year, instruction and training on operation security.

So, through cooperation of private investors of port projects, FSUE Rosmorport, state structures, construction and specialized companies, including foreign ones, Russia can develop her own comprehensive dredging industry competitive with the best foreign practices. In this context, operation of foreign dredging companies in Russia will contribute to Russia’s dredging market competitiveness if correct approach is applied to its regulation. Source : PortNews

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Panama Canal Expansion: IHC Merwede Dredgers at Work

Photo : Wilco Hijstek ©

The custom-built cutter suction dredger QUIBIÁN I and the backhoe dredger ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA were selected by the Panama Canal Authority to help with expansion and maintenance work. The expansion project will make the Canal wider and deeper to handle larger ships and increased traffic.

This development program consists of the construction of two new sets of locks – one on the Pacific and one on the Atlantic side of the Canal. Each lock will have three chambers and each chamber will have three water reutilization basins. Enter the world of IHC Merwede by watching two of its vessels at work on the Panama Canal in this VIDEO Source : Dredging Today

TID working closely with Huta Marine Works to train personnel

An agreement was reached recently between Huta Marine Works, a marine contractor in Saudi Arabia, and the Training Institute for Dredging (TID) and IHC Parts & Services, both part of the IHC Merwede group, concerning delivery of an extensive life-cycle support (LCS) package, including training programmes, maintenance software and spare parts. This order by Huta Marine Works follows earlier contracts for the design, engineering and construction of the HUTA 12, an innovative self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The company also ordered a training simulator, featuring a control console exactly like the one found on the vessel. The package comprises project staff training and several weeks of intensive on-the-job training for the vessel’s crew. It covers a wide range of competences and project-related skills, such as maintenance and operation of the vessel, project management and efficient

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communication between crew members and personnel on shore. The contract also includes training for project engineers who will eventually deploy the HUTA 12.

To keep the vessel performing at an optimum level over its life cycle, advanced maintenance software and a range of spare parts will be provided by IHC Parts & Services. Source : Dredging News Online

The VALENTINE arriving in Singapore – Photo : Julian Wigman ©

World's largest floating fish factory in Pacific waters

The world's largest fishing vessel, the factory freezer ship Lafayette, has turned up in Pacific waters east of Australia. The controversial 49,000-tonne Lafayette, and six attendant trawlers, registered on satellite-tracking systems north-east of Norfolk Island on Friday, Greenpeace said. The Russian-flagged and Chinese-owned vessel is five times the size of the Dutch factory trawler Margiris, which was banned from Australian waters in 2012. ''It should be very worrying to the region that a vessel of the size of Lafayette would target fish in the South Pacific,'' Greenpeace campaigner Nathaniel Pelle said. ''The waters where it is now face a crisis of overcapacity. A vast number of vessels are making their way into the Pacific chasing

reduced fish numbers.'' Lafayette's appearance left regional fisheries organisations scrambling to find out what would likely disappear into its blast freezers. Pacific Andes said it was headed for the jack mackerel fishery. ''It is not taking on board fish in Australian waters,'' a Pacific Andes spokesman in Hong Kong said. Source : smh.com.

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KOTUG’s SD RANGER operating in Hamburg – Photo : Henk de Winde ©

Oil-Shipping Routes Lengthen A tectonic shift under way in the global oil trade is increasing the average distance traveled by a typical barrel of oil. This is likely to push shipping rates higher and benefit shipping companies as well as shipbuilders. The U.S. energy boom is largely responsible for the shift, as sharply higher domestic production of oil and gas is moving the country off its perch as the world’s largest oil importer even as Asian appetites for hydrocarbons continue to rise—a good thing for traditional U.S. suppliers, including Latin America and West Africa, who are finding ready customers (much) farther away.

For consumers, longer voyages mean increased fuel costs and freight rates, as the availability of shipping vessels diminishes in line with the increased time tankers are booked to cover extended distances. A team of analysts from DNB Bank found the average sailing distance for the crude tanker of choice—the very large crude carrier, or VLCC, which measures around three football fields in length and can carry around 2.1 million barrels—reached around 7,500 nautical miles in 2013. That is roughly a third of the distance around the globe, and it is up 9% since 2010.

“[I]t’s nearly three times longer from West Africa to China than to the U.S.,” DNB analyst Petter Haugensaid told The Wall Street Journal, citing the shift in traffic from West Africa as the biggest contributor to the rising average distance.

This is consistent with the tilting of the center of global oil consumption toward the East in what the International Energy Agency has called “a fundamental reordering of global oil trade over the coming decades.” China has already supplanted the U.S. as the world’s biggest oil importer on a monthly basis, and the U.S. Energy Information administration projected in a recent report that China will be the No. 1 net importer for the full year in 2014 with an average of 6.6 million barrels of day versus 5.5 million barrels a day for the U.S.

The IEA, a Paris-based energy watchdog representing oil-consuming countries, has estimated that the U.S.’s share of the overall global trade will decline from 27% currently to 15% in 2035, by which time it projects the global tanker trade will have increased by around 18% as average shipping distances lengthen.

Robert Willmington, operations manager at IHS Maritime, a ship-tracking service, said the trend will be very consequential for the shipping industry, as it will increase freight rates and spur more build orders for VLCCs.

Shipbuilders have already increased their rates for the large tankers by around 10% over the past six months, in line with a surge in orders, Mr. Willmington said. Better freight rates will also help charterers and operators recover from a downturn in the wider shipping industry that has been in the doldrums since 2008. An examination of import trends for two of Asia’s largest oil consumers, China and India, highlights the changing trade patterns. China’s crude imports

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from its largest oil suppliers, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait stagnated or declined in 2013, while imports from parts of West Africa, including the Republic of Congo, surged 32%, official data show.

Similarly, India has diversified its oil sources, as it increasingly looks toward distant Latin America, which according to energy consulting firm JBC Energy, increased its share in the South Asian country’s imports to 20% last year from 10% two years earlier. This makes the region the second-largest oil supplier to India after the Middle East. Chinese imports of Latin American crude in the first nine months of 2013 rose 14% compared with the same period in 2011, JBC data show.

“Faced with the loss of their historical export market on the back of the U.S. shale boom, Latin American producers have increasingly set their sights on Asia as an outlet for their production and met a ready market,” JBC said.

India is raising Latin American crude imports even further this year, with supplies flowing in from Mexico, Columbia and Argentina—countries that hadn’t exported barrels to India on a large scale before last month. The country is also taking shipments from other parts of America. Indian Oil Corp.530965.BY +0.31%, for example, was India’s first-ever recipient of Canadian crude oil late last year. Source: Wall Street Journal

ULCV capacity cliff ahead Despite vessel capacity growth exceeding cargo growth to ocean carriers’ detriment over the past two years, much more is still being lined up by those even less capable of affording it. Continuous orders for ultra large container vessels (ULCVs) reinforces the view that large and small carriers are determined to stay in the race for more competitive economies of scale even though cargo growth is unlikely to be enough to fill all of their newbuilds over the next two years. It seems to be a case of ‘do or die’, with dying not an option because creditors would then never get any of their money back.

The CMA CGM JULES VERNE arriving in Zeebrugge – Photo : Henk Claeys ©

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the trend means that the capacity of ULCVs over 10,000 teu will increase by 31.4% this year, followed by a further 30% in 2015. Even though some of the deliveries will be delayed, it is hard to see where the cargo to fill the remainder will come from, bearing in mind that the vessels are mostly designed for the Asia/Europe tradelane where westbound cargo growth last year was less than 4%. It was an even lower 2% to Northern Europe, where average vessel size already exceeds 10,500 teu.

It is difficult to predict the number of vessels that can be delayed in order to alleviate the problem as much depends on the negotiating power of the buyers that have ordered them. Although only 34 of the 44 vessels over 10,000 teu scheduled for delivery in 2013 actually came into service, 20 of which went into Asia/North Europe schedules, the ownership of the 60 vessels due out this year, followed by 68 in 2015, is completely different. Assuming all newbuilds are delivered on time, smaller carriers’ share of vessels over 10,000 teu (i.e. all excluding Maersk/MSC/CMA CGM) will grow from 45% in 2013 to 57% by the end of 2016, and their ability to postpone orders may not be the same as the power recently wielded by Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM.

As cargo growth in the Asia/Europe tradelane will be inadequate to accommodate the extra vessels, the implication is that some will have to be deployed in other tradelanes, but, were this to happen, much of their economies of scale will be lost as ULCVs are only profitable when well utilised. Figures 1 and 2 show the many ‘holes’ where their economies of scale are needed by the other lines between Asia and Europe to compete more effectively against Maersk/MSC/CMA CGM, to help highlight the point. Each Northern European service deploys between 10-12 vessels; each direct Mediterranean service deploys more-or-less the same, but there are still some with only 8.

The JEBEL ALI outbound from Zeebrugge – Photo : Ronald Ribbe – http://www.rorifocus.nl ©

The inference is that CSCL, UASC and Evergreen may either join together in an alliance, or join one of the other alliances in a more formal way. Existing alliances must also be considering further expansion of their global networks to help soak up the extra capacity over the next two years. Anything is possible, but more thinking than usual outside of the box is required. The stakes are high, as running empty ULCVs is costly, recently prompting Zim Line to again review its remaining orders for 4 x 8,800 teu vessels, due for delivery in 2015, and 4 x 12,600 teu vessels due for delivery in 2016. At the time of going to print, it is understood that both were in the process of being cancelled, with Zim Line preferring to take a lesser hit deposit fees, said to be around US$68 million for the latter alone. Asia/Europe freight rates will stay under pressure in 2014 and 2015, which explains why cost cutting is so high on Maersk/MSC/CMA CGM’s agenda. Source: Drewry Maritime Research

Cargotec appoints Mikael Laine as Senior Vice President, Strategy

Mikael Laine has been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy as of 7 April 2014. He will be a member of the Executive Board and reports to President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen, the company said in its press release. Mikael Laine, M.Sc. Econ, (b. 1964), comes most recently from Moventas Group, one of the world's leading industrial and wind gear manufacturers, where he held the position of President and CEO. Prior to that he was SVP, Business

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Development and Corporate Functions in Moventas. Laine has led strategic and financial operations in several positions in Sonera Corporation, and he has held senior executive positions in various IT and telecom companies. "Mikael has a strong industrial background and a long experience in strategic development. He has a wide and versatile financial expertise and his deep understanding from the IT and telecom industry brings us added insight as our industry is moving towards digitalisation. Due to these, among other things, we felt that Mikael is a perfect choice for the task," says Mika Vehviläinen. "My international working experience and versatile career offer possibilities to introduce new ideas to the development of Cargotec's operations. I look forward to start working in Cargotec," says Mikael Laine. Source: Portnews

The MAGNOLIA SEAWAYS passing Vlissingen enroute Terneuzen – Photo : Jan de Wit ©

Old Propulsion Machinery Top Cause of Ship Detentions

Machinery, general cargo/multipurpose ship, date keel laid 1976. 41% of all detentions in study due to deficiencies in propulsion and auxiliary machinery Preliminary results from the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery, carried out between 1 September 2013 and 30 November 2013 in the Paris MoU region show that: 68 ships (41% of all detentions) were detained over the 3 month period as a direct result of the CIC for deficiencies related to propulsion and auxiliary machinery. Problem areas included the propulsion of the main engine, cleanliness of the engine room and emergency source of power/emergency generator.

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In previous years deficiencies related to propulsion and machinery installations accounted on average for 7% of the total number of deficiencies within the Tokyo and Paris MoU´s, ranking number six in comparison with all the deficiencies by categories statistics. Reason enough for the Paris MoU to concentrate attention to this area during a CIC. More than half (54%) of all CIC-topic related detentions involved ships of 20 years or more. This category had a CIC-topic related detention rate of 3.6%, which compares unfavourable to the overall 1.8% CIC-topic related detention rate.

“This outcome illustrates that wear and tear of propulsion and auxiliary machinery remains an issue, which should be adequately addressed by ship owners”, says Richard Schiferli, Secretary General of the Paris MoU on PSC. The CIC questionnaire was completed during 3,879 inspections on 4,126 individual ships. A total of 1,105 CIC-related deficiencies were recorded and 68 ships (1.8%)

were detained as a direct result of the CIC. 41% of the detentions during the CIC-period were CIC-topic related.

During the campaign most inspections concerned general cargo/multi-purpose ships with 1,270 (33%) inspections, followed by bulk carriers with 805 (21%) inspections, container ships with 458 (12%) inspections, chemical tankers with 343 (9%) inspections and oil tankers with 272 (7%) inspections. 34 (50%) of the detained ships were general cargo/multipurpose ships, 9 (13%) were bulk carriers and 9 were (13%) container ships. Among the other detained ships were 6 oil tankers, 4 chemical tankers and 3 refrigerated cargo ships.

Analysis of the recorded deficiencies shows that most deficiencies relate to propulsion main engine (20%), cleanliness of the engine room (18%), emergency source of power/emergency generator (12%) and emergency lighting/batteries/switches (12%).

Most inspections were carried out on ships under the flags of Panama with 495 inspections, Liberia with 322 inspections, Malta with 317 inspections and Antigua and Barbuda with 246 inspections. The flags with the highest number of CIC-topic related detentions were Tuvalu with 1 CIC-topic related detention during 1 inspection, Tanzania with 6 CIC-topic related detentions during 27 inspections, Curacao with 2 CIC-topic related detentions during 16 inspections and Togo with 4 CIC-topic related detentions during 35 inspections.

The CIC was a joint campaign with the Tokyo MoU. Others have followed the same routine during the campaign.

The detailed results of the campaign will be further analysed and findings will be presented to the 47th meeting of the Port State Control Committee in May 2014, after which the report will be submitted to the International Maritime Organization. Source : MarineLink

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The SEVEN BOREALIS and SEVEN EAGLE operating near the FPSO CLOV – Photo : Andries van Eijl ©

Navio para próximo ao Emissário Submarino e chama atenção de moradores

Quem passava pelo final da tarde Santos e São Vicente ficou surpreso ao ver um navio parado próximo ao Emissário Submarino, no José Menino.

Photo : Paul Lammers ©

A Capitania dos Portos foi avisada e dois rebocadores foram até o local para levar o navio graneleiro Fu Tong para a área correta. Por causa da operação, outros navios tiveram que esperar autorização para entrar no Porto de Santos na noite deste sábado. A embarcação teve problemas no sistema de propulsão (movimento criado a partir de uma força que dá impulso). O comandante do navio e agência de navegação responsável serão notificados pela Capitania dos Portos para informar o que aconteceu para a embarcação parar neste local Source : De A Tribuna On-line

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MANSEN SPIRIT seen loading at Gullfaks SPAR bouy Photo : Bert de Ruiter ©

NAVY NEWS Zr.Ms ZEELAND AANGEKOMEN OP CURACAO

Het stationsschip Zr.Ms. Zeeland is na een reis van ongeveer drie weken vanuit Nederland, gisterochtend om negen uur op Curaçao gearriveerd. De binnenkomst van het schip ging ditmaal niet gepaard met de ceremoniële saluutschoten. De reden hiervoor is dat de Zeeland reparatie nodig heeft en daarom is besloten bij de volgende binnenkomst, het stationsschip met het gebruikelijk ceremonieel te ontvangen.

Dit laat marinewoordvoerster Maartje van der Maas desgevraagd weten. Het is nog niet duidelijk wanneer de volgende binnenkomst zal zijn. Het patrouilleschip maakte onderweg naar Curaçao een stop in Key West, waar zij een Amerikaanse

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maritieme helikopter, Hitron, aan boord nam die de komende vier maanden ingezet zal worden voor counter-drugsoperaties in het Caribisch gebied. Ook kwam een reddingsactie van het stationsschip in het nieuws, toen ten noordoosten van Miami zeven drenkelingen uit het water werden gered. Bron : Amigoe Photo : Kees Bustraan – http://community.webshots.com/user/cornelis224 (c)

17-02-2014 : The Halifax Tug "Atlantic Willow" meets with a Rib off of the German Military Ship "Bonn" just off the coastline at Portuguese Cove. The Bonn's last port as shown on AIS was Reykjavik. It has been standing off of Halifax for quite some time - a couple days - just steaming around. Then the Rib heads back to the Bonn this afternoon and the Atlantic Willow heads back into Halifax Harbour. The Bonn heads out to sea after picking up the Rib and crew. And later AIS shows the Bonn circling around about 30 nm south of Halifax. Photo : Rene Serrao, Portuguese Cove NS. ©

China plans to build 4 carriers, including nuclear: report

China plans to build four aircraft carriers in total to boost its naval power and exert its maritime claims, according to a Russian media report.

Official reports in January said that the PLA plans to have at least two aircraft carriers by 2015 or 2016 and said the country's second aircraft carrier is indeed under construction as previous unofficial reports had claimed. The country plans to build four aircraft carriers in total, the state newswire Xinhua citing a Russian weekly newspaper as reporting.

China commissioned the Liaoning, a refitted Soviet-era carrier purchased from Ukraine, in 2012. Future carriers are expected to be built domestically and take the Liaoning as their blueprint, at least initially.

The report further said construction appears to be behind schedule, but Beijing has mapped out a clear plan for its development. China's aircraft carrier program is set to be implemented in two phases, the report said, the aim being to build two carriers to establish carrier battle fleets to operate while two more advanced carriers are developed.

The report said the first two planned conventionally powered aircraft carriers may have a displacement of between 50,000 to 55,000 tonnes. The second phase may see the construction of two nuclear-powered carriers with an electromagnetic catapult system and displacement of 65,000 tonnes. These could possibly enter service by the late 2020s.

In order to carry out the second phase, the government approved a plan in February to build vessels that use nuclear power, the report said. However, the Ministry of National Defense denied claims that it has plans to build more aircraft carriers at present. The Communist Party secretary of Liaoning province, Wang Min, had said in January that an aircraft carrier was being built in Dalian, the port city where the Liaoning carrier was refitted. But reports related to Wang's remarks were promptly deleted from the internet for unknown reasons. Source : Want China Times

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SHIPYARD NEWS

Ferus Smit Bags LNG-Powered Cargo Vessel

For Ferus Smit shipyards it is a great challenge to build the first LNG powered short-sea dry cargo vessels to date. Many concepts and studies have been above the market already, but it will be down to the long-term cooperation between yard and ship owner to work out viable solutions that can be profitable in daily use. The ships will be bulk oriented general cargo vessels sizing 5,800 DWT, with the option to convert them into self-unloaders. They will be of ice-class 1A and suitable for year-round Baltic service. The vessels will be equipped with a Wartsila Dual fuel main engine and a pressurized LNG tank enabling round trips of abt. 2 weeks. Classification will be done by Lloyds Register. The first vessel will be delivered in autumn 2015 from the yard in Westerbroek, Groningen. Source : Shipbuilding tribune

Finnish Transport Agency orders new icebreaker from Arctech Helsinki

Shipyard Efficient and cost-effective icebreaker assistance is a critical factor affecting the competitiveness of Finland’s economy and foreign trade. It is the responsibility of the Finnish Transport Agency to provide the operating framework for winter navigation and to ensure effective year-round seaborne transports, the company said in its press release.

The Finnish icebreaking capacity will decrease in the next few years. In order to ensure sufficient capacity and provide cost-effective icebreaking services in Finland, the Finnish Transport Agency has ordered a new basic icebreaker. The icebreaker operations will be put out to tender.

“The new basic icebreaker will be owned by the Finnish Transport Agency. Our goal is that the business model adopted for the operations of the new icebreaker will enhance competition. The Finnish icebreaking operations were opened to competition already in 2004, but in practice the opened competition has neither created effective markets nor improved efficiency”, says Antti Vehviläinen, Director General of the Finnish Transport Agency. Procurement of the icebreaker totals 123 million euros. The EU has granted the project 24 million euros, which significantly reduces the share financed by the state.

The icebreaker will be built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. “We are very pleased with the opportunity to build the Finnish Transport Agency’s new icebreaker and thereby provide jobs for the Finnish maritime industry. The fact that this order was placed in Finland demonstrates Finnish arctic expertise and is of great importance for the whole shipbuilding cluster”, says Esko Mustamäki, Managing Director of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. The new icebreaker will be handed over to the Finnish Transport Agency by the beginning of 2016.

The icebreaker ordered by the Finnish Transport Agency has been planned by Aker Arctic Technology and ILS. It will feature the industry’s most advanced technology and it has been planned especially for operations in the most demanding icebreaking conditions in the Baltic Sea. The icebreaker will be able to perform oil spill response operations and emergency towing under demanding conditions at open sea both in winter and summer, and will therefore

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operate all year round to ensure safe seaborne transports in the Baltic Sea. The icebreaker will be powered by both diesel and LNG, i.e. liquefied natural gas, which reduces both emissions and fuel costs. The icebreaker will be the first LNG-powered icebreaker and its planned state of the art innovations promote Finnish arctic expertise worldwide. Source : PortNews

COSCO Shipyard Launches FPSO Hull for Dana Petroleum

Dana Petroleum has recently celebrated a milestone achievement on its flagship Western Isles Development Project (WIDP) with the hull launch of the floating production, storage offloading vessel (FPSO) in China. The project achieved more than 1.5 million man hours incident-free during construction at the COSCO shipyard in Qidong, China, where the FPSO is being built. The hull launch marked the end of a year of major construction work. Hugh McClure, Director of Capital Development Projects, said: “Significant progress has been made on the project in just over 12 months. I look forward to meeting

our 2014 milestones and delivering on our commitments.” UK Managing Director Paul Griffin said: “Western Isles is a key project for our future growth ambitions as we aim to significantly grow our production. The safe and successful launch of the FPSO hull stands us in good stead for the year ahead.” The Western Isles Development Project (Dana 77% and Cieco 23%) will develop two oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of Tern field. It involves a subsea development of at least five production and four water injection wells plus two exploration wells tied back to a new build floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) with oil export using shuttle tankers. Source : Dana Petroleum

ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES

Mombasa sets new container record The Mombasa Port Container Terminal has once again set a new record in cargo handling performance, registering 834 container lifts (moves) in a single shift of 8 hours. According to a statement sent to East African Business Week

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from Mombasa, confirmed Operations reports indicate that, Mv. Maersk Cairo, the widest ever container vessel to call at the port set the new record at the recently commissioned berth No.19.

The presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda have opened a new dock in Kenya’s Mombasa port which has received a $66 million makeover. Huge amounts of trade has flowed through the shipping hub but it has suffered in recent years from congestion, delays and corruption.

The special WAF MAX class vessel designed for African Sea ports was on her maiden call and is 37.5 meters wide with a draft of 13 meters. She has a capacity of 4350 TEUs.

The ship which worked with three ships to shore gantry cranes registered a performance of 364 moves to also break the one crane performance of 354 moves set by MSC Namibia on September 19, 2013. The new record by the fairly new ship continued at the expiry of the initial 24hrs after commencing operations when she achieved 1569 moves. This record wiped out an earlier record performance of 1556 moves set by a sister vessel Mv. Maersk Buxlink in September 2012.

Mv. Maersk Cairo with a length overall of 249 meters was piloted into the Kilindini channel by the General Manager, Operations Capt. Twalib Khamis. The vessel did a total of 2973 moves during her two day stay at the port. She was earlier received in a ceremony graced by the KPA Chairman Danson Mungatana, the Managing Director Gichiri Ndua and key stakeholders. During the brief ceremony, the master of the vessel Capt. Christopher Hall acknowledged the special reception accorded to his vessel.

He was extremely impressed with the initial performance and predicted that their expected four day stay at the port would be shortened by half and indeed it was.

Following the breaking of the new record, the management has congratulated the operators for their dedication on the entire operation cycle and the engineers for providing well-oiled machinery that didn’t break down when handling the vessel.

The management attributed the performance to also non interruption of electricity saving the operations from the usual surges and blackouts. Sudi Mwasinago, the Head of Container Operations commended staff for upholding team work spirit, effective yard and ship planning that ensured fluidity at the busy container terminal.

He said the good performance was also as a result of the twin lift 20 foot containers by the new Ship-to-Shore cranes. He added that the recently implemented traffic management regulations at the container that improved receipt/ delivery operations. Source : East African Business week

The BREGEN outbound from Amsterdam – Photo : Lourens Visser www.navcom.org ©

Oceania - US Container Shipping Services Revised

French Box Specialist Upgrades to Weekly Rotation

US – OCEANIA – THE AMERICAS – French container shipping line CMA CGM says it will now be able to provide weekly services to and from Australia and New Zealand, Central and South America, the Caribbean, North America (USEC) and Canada with the upgrading of Oceania - US services with the launch of the PAD 2 service, as from the beginning of March 2014.

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PAD 2 will complement the existing fortnightly PAD 1 service and the company says it will offer the fastest direct transit times from Australia and New Zealand to all US ports whilst the routing will have direct calls in New Zealand’s North & South Islands and will allow CMA CGM greater reefer capacity. From March 4, 2014 the new PAD 2 service rotation will be as follows:

Philadelphia (Tue) – Charleston (Fri) – Cartagena (Wed) – Balboa (Fri) – Auckland (Tue) – Sydney (Fri) – Melbourne (Mon) – Port Chalmers (Sat) –Napier (Tue) – Tauranga (Thu) – Auckland (Fri) – Manzanillo, PA (Tue) – Cartagena (Wed). Xavier Eiglier, Vice-President CMA CGM Oceania Lines, emphasised that using the group’s global network would mean a better overall service offering, saying: “With this new service, CMA CGM reinforces its presence in the Pacific region by increasing its offer to and from the U.S. We thus confirm the importance for the group to grow in Oceania Source : The Handy Shipping Guide

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The Dutch pilot tender LYNX operating off Vlissingen – Photo : Willem Kruit ©