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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2007 – 115

Number 115 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Sunday 06-05-2007 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles taken from various news sites.

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The AFRICA MERCY arrived during her maiden voyage for the first time in Rotterdam. Photo : Piet Sinke © PSi-Daily Shipping News

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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

Nieuwste hospitaalschip voor flitsbezoek in Rotterdam

The AFRICA MERCY seen enroute Rotterdam - Photo : Piet Sinke © Van 5 tot 8 mei a.s. is het nieuwste hospitaalschip van ontwikkelingsorganisatie Mercy Ships, de Africa Mercy, voor een flitsbezoek in Rotterdam. De voormalige treinferry zal aanleggen aan de Wilhelminakade (havennummer 12451247), vlakbij de Erasmusbrug. Het bezoek is o.a. bedoeld om drinkwater, brandstof en andere goederen aan boord te PSi-Daily Shipping News

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2007 – 115 nemen voor vertrek naar de armste landen ter wereld. Helaas zal het schip vanwege beperkte tijd niet open kunnen zijn voor het grote publiek, maar het binnenvaren op zaterdagmiddag 5 mei zal zeker de moeite van het bezichtigen waard zijn. De Africa Mercy is het grootste particuliere hospitaalschip ter wereld en is op dit moment in Blyth, Engeland, waar de laatste hand wordt gelegd aan de inrichting. Het schip is, na een laatste stop in Rotterdam, klaar om op dinsdagochtend 8 mei op weg te gaan naar het West-Afrikaanse land Liberia. Aan boord zullen vrijwilligers uit meer dan 35 verschillende landen gaan wonen, waaronder tientallen Nederlanders. Liberia is het eerste land waar wordt afgemeerd. In het voormalige oorlogsgebied zullen bijna 4000 operaties aan boord van de Africa Mercy gedaan worden. Tevens zullen 10.000 tandartsbehandelingen worden gegeven en projecten worden opgezet voor vrouwen, beroepstraining, voorlichting (o.a. HIV/AIDS), bouw van waterputten, bouw van sanitaire voorzieningen, bouw van een medische kliniek en de bouw van een school voor 650 leerlingen.

Mercy Ships

Mercy Ships is een christelijke hulpverlenings- en ontwikkelingsorganisatie met hospitaalschepen. Mercy Ships is sinds 1978 actief in het verlenen van medische en tandheelkundige hulp, het doen van (land)bouwprojecten en het geven van training in gezondheidskunde en landbouw. Mercy Ships wil hoop en genezing brengen aan de vergeten armen. Mercy Ships biedt hulp aan alle mensen ongeacht ras, geslacht of religie. Alle medewerkers aan boord en eveneens bij Mercy Ships Holland zijn vrijwilligers. Voor meerinformatie kunt u kijken op www.mercyships.nl. Africa Mercy gegevens in het kort: -

Voorheen treinferry met naam 'Dronning Ingrid' (Koningin Ingrid) 16.572 ton 474 bedden voor de bemanning 78 bedden in de ziekenzalen Zes operatiezalen Röntgenkamer CT-scanner Tandartspraktijk Apotheek School voor ongeveer 60 pupillen Lengte: 152 meter Breedte: 23 meter

Hospital ship ready for Africa

The world's largest non-governmental hospital ship is set to sail out of a UK port after eight years of conversion work. The 16,000-gt Africa Mercy (built 1980), a former Danish rail ferry, has been turned into a medical vessel at a cost of more than £30m ($60m) and will provide free healthcare and community development services to the poorest people of Africa. PSi-Daily Shipping News

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It will sail out of Blyth on its inaugural trip to Liberia on 4 May via Rotterdam where the vessel arrived May 5th The Africa Mercy is the fourth ship to be operated by the US-based international charity, Mercy Ships, which has provided more than £350m worth of services since its inception in 1978. Acquired in 1999 through a donation from the Scotland’s Balcraig Foundation, the former Dronning Ingrid ferry was renamed Africa Mercy by Dame Norma Major, wife of former UK prime minister John Major, in April 2000. Conversion was completed at the A&P shipyard in Newcastle. More than 400 volunteer crew will serve on board in Africa, providing free medical care, relief aid and community development programmes to the people of war-torn Liberia. All crew will be volunteer professionals from around the world who pay monthly room and board costs while volunteering.

SA vessel reaches stricken Australian yacht

The research vessel, the SA Agulhas, has reached the stricken yacht, the Cowrie Dancer, which ran into trouble after encountering rough seas. It was on its way to Australia from Cape Town.

The vessels are currently in the Southern Ocean, 1 400km south of Port Elizabeth. The three surviving crew are being transferred onto the Agulhas. One sailor is reported to have broken a leg, while another broke a hip. A doctor on board will assess their condition. A fourth crew member is believed to have drowned.

The tug VLIELAND passed with the Damen-Bergum newbuilding hull BN 9367 Instanbul enroute from Constanza to Harlingen - Photo : www.iophoto.com © PSi-Daily Shipping News

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EU Double Hull Legislation Signed

The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, officially signed a European Parliament and Council Regulation that represents an important response to offshore tanker accidents and will lead to better protection of the seas and the environment. Under the new regulation, oil tankers transporting heavy oils will only be allowed to fly the flag of a European Union member state if they are double hulled. In addition, regardless of what flag they are flying, only double hulled tankers will be able to enter member states’ harbors or anchor in their territorial waters. The regulation is directly applicable in all the Member States and, now that it has been signed, will enter into force on the twentieth day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Greenpeace 'bewaakt' Russisch schip in Eemshaven Greenpeace is met het actieschip Argus in de Eemshaven om erop toe te zien dat de lading van een Russisch schip wordt gecontroleerd door de Algemene Inspectie Dienst (AID). Het schip zou kabeljauw van drie verdachte schepen aan boord hebben. Het Russische vaartuig zelf staat op de zwarte lijst van Noorwegen. Sinds 1 mei zijn de internationale regels aangescherpt en moeten de landen, waar de schepen vandaan komen, aantonen dat de vis legaal gevangen is. Rusland heeft nog niets van zich laten horen en dus wordt het schip in de Eemshaven voorlopig niet gelost. Greenpeace blijft het bewaken.

CASUALTY REPORTING

Accident with motor boat in the exit of the port of Santos .This accident was sat 13.01.07 around 21:00 hrs, looks students on board, rumours about drunk. Unfortunately a 33 year old woman dead and all other 9 on board injuries. Photo : Bruno Pricoli ©

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Fast-attack submarine Hawaii commissioned USS Hawaii officially became part of the Navy Saturday, the third Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to join the fleet. The commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Submarine Base included Hula dancers and military and government officials wearing leis. They were all there to watch as Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle gave the boat's officers and crew the command to, "Man our ship and bring her to life." The $2.5 billion boat is the third in a group of 10 Virginia-class subs being built jointly by General Dynamics' Electric Boat shipyard and the Northrop Grumman shipyard in Newport News, Va. The USS Virginia was commissioned in Norfolk, Va., in 2004, and the USS Texas, commissioned in Galveston, Texas, in 2006. Officials say the class could eventually have about 30 submarines. The Virginia-class submarines are being built to be longer but lighter than the previous Seawolf-class. The 377-foot submarine has a displacement of 7,800 tons and can travel at speeds greater than 25 knots, or 28.8 miles per hour. It can reach depths greater than 800 feet and will carry a complement of 134 officers and crew members. The Hawaii's crew will be able to launch Tomahawk land-attack missiles and Mark 48 torpedoes, and can also conduct covert surveillance. It will also be able to deliver mines and map minefields, deliver and support special forces crew and work with other craft for anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, Navy officials said. "She is purpose-built for uncertain times," said Adm. Gary Roughead, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The Hawaii will be based in Connecticut for two years before moving to Pearl Harbor as part of a plan by the Navy to base a majority of its nuclear-powered attack submarines in the Pacific Ocean by 2010.


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The submarine is the second warship named after the islands. The Hawaii, a surface warship, was launched Nov. 3, 1945 but never commissioned. The entry of the Hawaii to the fleet comes as the USS Honolulu, another nuclear-powered attack submarine, is being retired.


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Keppel AMFELS on course for delivery of first Scorpion jackup Keppel AmFELS Inc., the whollyowned Brownsville, Texas, subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), is on course for a timely delivery of Scorpion Offshore Ltd.'s first jackup drilling rig at the end of May 2007. The ultra premium Offshore Courageous, is the first of five jackups that Keppel AmFELS is constructing for Scorpion Offshore. The other four are Offshore Defender, Offshore Resolute, Offshore Vigilant and Offshore Intrepid. "The on-time delivery of Offshore Courageous is crucial to Scorpion Offshore's goal of providing superior solutions to our customers in the ultra-premium jackup market," said Mr. Jon Cole, CEO of Scorpion Offshore, a Bermuda based corporation founded in 2005 to own and operate state-of-the-art offshore drilling rigs. Mr Ho Cheok Yuen, President and CEO of Keppel AmFELS, said, "Keppel PSi-Daily Shipping News

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2007 – 115 AmFELS and Scorpion Offshore share a win-win partnership. The close collaboration and open communication between the teams are key factors that contributed to the success of the project." Scorpion Offshore's second rig, Offshore Defender, was launched on March 31, 2007. It is now undergoing final outfitting, installation of drilling equipment and remaining leg sections and commissioning prior to delivery in October 2007. The third, fourth and fifth rigs, Offshore Resolute, Offshore Vigilant and Offshore Intrepid, will be delivered progressively in 2008. All five rigs are built to the LeTourneau Super 116 design. With leg lengths of 477 ft, they can drill wells of up to 30,000 ft in water depths of 350 ft. Upon completion, the rigs can be deployed for both international operations as well as deep gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Apart from the five Scorpion rigs, Keppel AmFELS is also constructing a KFELS Super B Class jackup rig Ocean Scepter for Diamond Offshore, a LeTourneau Enhanced S116 jackup rig Atwood Aurora for Atwood Oceanics and a Sludge Vessel "Red Hook" for New York City's Department of Environmental Protection. Other ongoing repair and refurbishment projects include the Pride Louisiana for Pride Offshore.

SEVAN HUMMINBIRD DEEP INSTALL AT KEPPEL-VEROLME!

Last Friday Sheerlegs Matador 3 installed the central shaft deep into the centre of the FPSO SEVAN HUMMINGBIRD, see inserted picture. The second 100 tonnes module was lifted from quay 4 at Keppel Verolme and positioned directly into the heart of the Sevan Hummingbird. Photo: Hans de Jong


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KS&EW to build $20m tankers

The Karachi Shipyards and Engineering Works (KS&EW) will build two small tanker-cum-utility ships for Pakistan Navy. A $20 million contract was signed by director-general munitions production with the shipyard. The vessels’ primary role will be to carry out replenishment of ships at anchor and in harbour, torpedo recovery, act as attendant vessel during diving operations, perform towed-array transportation and mine-laying. The vessels are 47.2metre-long with a displacement of around 1,600 tonnes.

Hyundai Mipo Wins Ship Order

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., the world's fourth-largest shipyard, said Wednesday that it received a $245 mln order to build five petroleum carriers for a European company. The company will build the vessels by January 2011, it said in a regulatory filing. The shipyard declined to disclose the European company's name due to a confidentiality agreement. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. are two subsidiaries of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder.

Tewaterlating vrachtschip Arklow Raven

Bij Barkmeijer Shipyards te Stroobos is donderdag een 4500 tons coaster te water gelaten. Na een korte doopceremonie is het schip gedoopt als Arklow Raven. Het schip is gebouwd in opdracht van Arklow Shipping Limited uit het Ierse Arklow.

Het schip wordt wereldwijd ingezet voor het vervoer van droge lading. Ook kan het schip containers vervoeren. De toekomstige bevrachting van deze multi-purpose coaster zal plaatsvinden door Arklow Shipping Limited. De doop is verricht door mevrouw Avril Shirley echtgenote van een rederij-inspecteur van Arklow Shipping Limited.

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Sailing from Lyttelton,New Zealand.The livestock carrier Deneb Prima was originally built as the containership Ming Universe. While in Lyttelton she loaded 1800 head of cattle and 36000 head of sheep all breading stock bound for Manzanillo in Mexico. Photo : Alan Calvert ©

FINNLINES' BETTER QUARTER

THE Finland-based Finnlines Group made a Q1 operating profit of euros13.5m (US$18.3m), compared to euros9.7m in Q1, 2006. Profit before taxes from the continuing operations was euros8.3m and return on equity (ROE) was 6.3% and return on investment (ROI) was 5.7 %. Finnlines has recently been taken over by the Italian-based Grimaldi Group. In April, Finnlines Group agreed on the sale of two older ropax vessels which are being replaced on NordöLink service between Mälmö and Travemünde. The company notes: “During the first three months of 2007 unitised cargo volumes have developed positively on the main routes of Finnlines. This is due to the good economic development in Finland and in its most important trading countries and also due to Finnlines' faster timetable between Finland and Germany.” It adds: “Despite one-time expenses relating to the new vessels coming into service, the rotation of the fleet and the vessels being out of service due to conversion, the whole year operating profit for 2007 is expected to be better than in 2006. Compared to the previous year, there is and will be an increase in the depreciations and interest expenses due to the four newbuildings and two converted vessels which have already come to the service between August 2006 and March 2007 and due to the last newbuilding and one converted vessel which are still coming into the service during the year 2007.

Holland America Seattle cruise season begins

On the eve of its first cruise from Seattle to Alaska, Holland America Line said its cruise operations will have a statewide economic impact of $469 million, with direct spending in Seattle estimated at $170 million.

Holland America said it will have 58 Alaska Explorer cruises leaving Seattle this season, down from 61 in 2006. Because of the ships used, the number of passengers carried to Alaska from Seattle will remain about the same. Holland America has six other cruises leaving from Seattle, with destinations including Hawaii and Asia. PSi-Daily Shipping News

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2007 – 115 Holland America, a division of Carnival Corp. of Miami, said its five ships will carry a total of 115,000 passengers this cruise season.

CMA CGM Starts New Service

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the start up of a new dedicated service between Asia and North Africa, via its hub of Malta.

The MSC IDIL seen off Malta – Photo : Lawrence Dalli © This new service, to be called North Africa Express, will operate with 7 ships of 3.000 teus which will call on Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Jakarta, Malta, Port Kelang, Jakarta, Chiwan. North Africa Express will provide connections with CMA CGM feeders to Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya via the main hub of Malta. Highly competitive transit times, such as Chiwan to Algiers in 21 days or Shanghai to Tripoli in 24 days, will be offered. The first ship, the CMA CGM JASMIN, will leave Shanghai on June 15 th, 2007.

Groot cruiseschip aangekomen in Amsterdamse haven

Het cruiseschip The Navigator of the Seas is donderdag binnengekomen in de Amsterdamse haven. Niet eerder meerde zo'n groot cruiseschip af aan de Amsterdamse kade, meldt Haven Amsterdam. De binnenkomst van het schip kost volgens het havenbedrijf niet meer dan die van andere grote schepen. Foto : Willem Kruit © Het schip komt uit Kopenhagen en vertrekt


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2007 – 115 vrijdag om 06.00 uur naar Southampton in Engeland. Aan boord zijn rond de 1100 bemanningsleden en ongeveer 2600 toeristen. Zij komen voornamelijk uit Europa en de Verenigde Staten. Het schip weegt 138.278 ton, heeft een lengte van 311 meter en is 38,6 meter breed. Ongeveer 3800 passagiers en 1181 bemanningsleden kunnen op het schip verblijven. En dat hoeft niet vervelend te zijn. Het schip beschikt over een drie dekken hoge winkelstraat, een ijsbaan, een golfbaan en een eetzaal met achttienhonderd zitplaatsen. De Navigator of the Seas is in 2001 gebouwd. Het aantal cruisepassagiers dat Amsterdam bezoekt, is volgens het havenbedrijf vorig jaar met 32 procent gestegen tot 350 duizend.

Maersk Line to Upgrade Its Service Maersk Line is beefing up its Oceania - Americas service with more direct calls in the US, reports TradeWinds. The revamped Oceania - Americas (OC1) operation will begin in June, with direct calls in Newark and Miami supplementing current regular stops at Philadelphia, Norfolk and Savannah. Group senior vice president Peter Frederiksen said: "By introducing an upgraded and dedicated service in the Oceania - Americas trade, we aim to offer the best product to our customers." Maersk claims OC1 is the only dedicated direct service between Oceania and North America.

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The latest new tug for the port of Rotterdam is the FAIRPLAY III seen here in Navia (Spain) ready to depart for Rotterdam.

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Vliegtuig van Kenya Airways van radar verdwenen

Een vliegtuig van Kenya Airways met 115 passagiers aan boord is opgegeven als vermist. Dat heeft de luchtvaartmaatschappij zaterdag op een speciaal bijeengelegde persconferentie gemeld. Het toestel was op weg van Abidjan in Ivoorkust naar het Keniaanse Nairobi via Douala in Kameroen.

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The FAIRMOUINT SHERPA seen with the semi submersible ESSAR WILDCAT in the port of Cape Town Photo : Aad Noorland ©

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