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Number 090 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Friday 30-03-2012 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles copied from various news sites.

The Havenmuseum (Rotterdam) owned former Hoek van Holland lifeboat KONINGIN JULIANA - Photo : Lex Keasberry (c)

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The MAERSK ELIZABETH enroute Amsterdam – Photo : Ruud Coster (c)

Strait's freight costs to soar

TASMANIAN importers and exporters would be hit with charges of $13 million a year by the Port of Melbourne, a meeting heard last week. And travel and freight prices will rise on the Spirit of Tasmania, TT-Line has warned. Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 TT-Line said it would need to put up passenger vehicle fares with the introduction of the carbon tax on July 1 and pending higher container fees at the Port of Melbourne. The company has said it would announce its new fee structure in April or May. The $13 million impost for the state's importers and exporters emerged when the Department of Infrastructure and the Port of Melbourne met last week. The Port of Melbourne will charge Tasmanian exporters and importers from July 1 to recoup a $75 million fee imposed on it by the Victorian Government. The charges, equivalent to $60 a container, would wipe out much of a $20 million granted by the Federal Government to Tasmanian exporters last Thursday. The POM charge is just one of a number of increasing costs for exporters, including the impending carbon tax and the end of international shipping and Bass Strait shipping from Bell Bay. Industries in Bell Bay are paying $5 million to $6 million a year more to transport containers by road to Devonport and Burnie. Shippers estimate the carbon tax will add $15-$20 a container across Bass Strait. Bell Bay Industry Group chairman Bob Gozzi said further meetings about the POM charges would be held soon. He said the Federal Government money was about half of what was needed to cover new costs of $30 million to $40 million. The Tasmanian Government and industry have been pushing for an extension to the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme. Transport consultant John Livermore said the Port of Melbourne charges should come under the authority of the Transport General Oversight branch. "The Tasmanian community has no other option than to use the Port of Melbourne," he said. "A 50 per cent increase in its tariffs would be subject to review and that option should be looked at by the Infrastructure Minister David O' Byrne and the Tasmanian Government." Also yesterday 50 representatives of exporting companies met Infrastructure Australia. Labor MPs Dick Adams, Geoff Lyons and Sid Sidebottom said that although the $20 million being offered from the Federal Government had been welcomed by shippers, it was vital that a longer-term strategy be put in place as soon as possible. Source : themercury.com.au

The Rotterdam Haven Museum owned EERLAND 28 spotted in Rotterdam – Photo : Piet Sinke (c)

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T.O.S. is sailing a record number of deliveries (around the globe)

March 2012 is the busiest month ever in the history of the ship deliveries services at T.O.S. At this very moment eight vessels are sailing the world and heading for their final destination. Today the multi service vessel (MSV) Svitzer Foxtrot from Svitzer Middle East is arriving at its port of destination Singapore. The MSV was built in China – Qingdao and delivered under T.O.S. management and with a T.O.S. crew. Only days before the Svitzer Foxtrot left the port of Qingdao the final destination was decided by Svitzer Middle East. The trained delivery crew was able to arrange the preparation for Singapore on short notice and arrived on time. We wish the crew of the Svitzer Foxtrot a safe trip home! Source: T.O.S.

Report torpedoes naval base cruise ship plan

The New South Wales Government's plan to have more cruise ships share Sydney's Garden Island navy base has hit the rocks, with a Federal Government report advising against it. The base, HMAS Kuttabul, is occasionally used as a docking point for very large cruise liners that cannot fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But ships have to apply on a case-by-case basis, with few allowed to use the base and companies often having to apply more than a year in advance. State Ports Minister Duncan Gay and the cruise ship industry had been pushing to make the arrangement permanent. In response the Federal Government asked former senior public servant Alan Hawke to examine the request. Mr Hawke's review was released today and has found it would be impractical to expand cruise ship access to the site. The State Government had suggested that the Royal Australian Navy could sacrifice space along Cowper Wharf Road at Woolloomooloo, while retaining the right to reclaim the space. But Mr Hawke has found that plan will not work. He says Australia's national security should outweigh commercial considerations. Defence Minister Stephen Smith says expanding cruise ship use at Garden Island will only be expanded if a second naval base is built in the future. "It's difficult if not impossible to envisage greater access in the short term," Mr Smith said. Mr Hawke has suggested an alternative plan, for ships to drop off and pick up passengers from the Overseas Passenger Terminal but spend the night moored in the harbour at Atholl Bay, near Taronga Zoo. He says a special mooring could be constructed for the purpose. "A dolphin could be installed there, which makes the berthing of the big cruise ships more stable," Mr Hawke said. The cruise ship industry says it is disappointed with the report's findings. Source : abc.net.au Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR SHIPPING INDUSTRY CONCLUDED IN SCHIEDAM

Yesterday afternoon in the Novotel in Schiedam 16 participants of the CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR SHIPPING, organized by TOUW and KOFFEMAN CONSULT, completed their course and were awarded a certificate which was handed over to them by Arjen Herrebout of Mammoet Salvage Photo’s : Piet Sinke (c)

Pirates agree to free Malaysian ship for nearly $3M, Pakistani negotiator says

A Pakistani negotiator for a Malaysian-owned ship held by Somali pirates says he has reached agreement to free the crew in exchange for a ransom of almost $3 million. The pirates have been holding MV Albedo for more than a year. Negotiator Ahmed Chenoy says they would free its 23 crew members after agreeing to a ransom payment of $2.85 million. Chenoy did not say who would provide the money. He said it will be delivered to the pirates by plane by April 20. The Kenya-bound ship was hijacked in November 2010 in the Gulf of Aden. Its crew members come from Pakistan, Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran. Chenoy is an official in Pakistan's Sindh province. He said Wednesday he reached out to the ship's hijackers through Dubai-based Somali merchants. Source: Associated Press

MERMAID STRAIT CHRISTENED IN SINGAPORE

Photo’s top : Mike Meade – M3 Marine © ‘MERMAID STRAIT’ - 52.35m, 5,364 BHP, 67T BP, DP1, Azimuth Driven, AHT OSV delivers to Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd at ASL Shipyard in Singapore. The vessel will be deployed to Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia for a long term charter where she will perform as a dedicated off-take support vessel.

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Ship agents under increasing pressure from telex releases International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says that mistakes in arranging so-called ‘telex releases’ are a frequent and growing source of claims against ship agents. ITIC points out that this practice – whereby liner agents frequently have to arrange for cargo to be released against bills of lading surrendered at the port of loading - is risky, as no bill of lading is collected at the discharge port, and misdelivery of cargo frequently results. In the latest issue of its Claims Review, ITIC cites a recent incident in which two containers, both consigned to the same company, were shipped to a port in the Netherlands. The shipper gave instructions to the load port agent to release one of the containers. This authority was passed to the discharge port agent, who mistakenly released both containers. The consignee never paid for the second container, and the shipper appointed lawyers to pursue recovery from the shipping line of Euro 76,000, the value of the cargo in the second container. The claim was eventually settled, after negotiation, for Euro 66,000, which was claimed from the discharge port agent. Elsewhere in its Claims Review, ITIC cites a number of other cases involving ship agents, including one where an error on the part of an agent resulted in a fleet operator forfeiting its entitlement to volume discounts from a canal operator totalling approximately $2.7m. Following intervention by ITIC, the claim was eventually settled for $1.2m.

Doop ‘Santa Teresa’ zeldzame gebeurtenis

Photo : Krispen Atkinson © Vandaag wordt aan de Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam, (voor de Cruise Terminal), het containerschip ‘SANTA TERESA’ van Hamburg-Süd gedoopt. De Duitse rederij heeft een landgenote, logistiek directeur Angela Stieglitz van de belangrijke klant BASF, gevraagd om als ‘Taufpatin’ op te treden. Het is bijzonder dat het schip in Europa wordt gedoopt omdat vrijwel alle grote containerschepen in het Verre Oosten worden gebouwd en gedoopt. De ‘Santa Teresa’ is het zevende zusterschip uit een serie van tien. Het laatste grote containerschip dat in de schaduw van de Erasmusbrug gedoopt werd, was zeven jaar geleden de ‘P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan”. Rotterdam is als dooplocatie gekozen omdat het de belangrijkste Europese importhaven voor Zuid-Amerikaanse lading is en daarmee een hoofdhaven voor Hamburg Süd, de marktleider op dit vaargebied. De doopplechtigheid start om 11.00 uur met het spelen van de volksliederen Na de toespraak van de vice-voorzitter van de Raad van Bestuur van Hamburg Süd, de heer Joachim Konrad, volgt om 11.20 uur de doophandeling. Na een lunch, toespraken, onder andere namens het Havenbedrijf, en een show is er gelegenheid voor de genodigden om het schip te bezoeken. Om 15.00 uur vertrekt het schip zeewaarts. Aanvankelijk wordt het achterwaarts gesleept tot de ingang van de Waalhaven, waar het ‘zwaait’ en de reis vervolgt. Het 300 meter lange en 43 meter brede schip combineert een forse laadcapaciteit, ruim 7000 TEU, met een diepgang van slechts 13,5 meter. Hierdoor kan het Zuid-Amerikaanse havens aanlopen die andere rederijen met even grote schepen niet vol beladen kunnen aandoen. Kenmerkend voor het ontwerp is verder de grote capaciteit voor het


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 vervoer van koel- en vrieslading. De schepen uit de Santa-klasse hebben 1.600 aansluitingen voor 40-voets koelcontainers (‘reefers’). De hoofdmotor van 41.000 kW maakt een dienstsnelheid van ruim 22 knopen mogelijk. Rotterdam is de belangrijkste Europese haven voor Zuid-Amerikaanse lading. Voor de meeste containerdiensten is het de eerste loshaven. Een groot deel van de containerlading bestaat uit grondstoffen en halffabricaten voor de omvangrijke voedingsmiddelenindustrie die relatief dichtbij Rotterdam een zwaartepunt heeft. Vanuit Brazilië gaat het om gekoelde en bevroren lading (kip, rundvlees groenten en fruit, sappen) in koelcontainers (‘reefers’). Het is de verwachting dat deze markt verder groeit en dat de grote Braziliaanse voedselproducenten hun basisproducten ‘hogerop’ brengen. Denk hierbij aan mondiaal vrij uniforme ‘gemaksproducten’ zoals burgers, worsten, pasta, pizza, kaas en kant-en-klaar maaltijden. Ook ijs leent zich voor een globaal productiesysteem. (1) Schepen zoals de ‘Santa Teresa’ vormen de verbindende schakels met hun enorme reefercapaciteit. Zo zou het schip theoretisch ruim 55 miljoen diepvriespizza’s, (groot formaat, per stuk in verkoopdoos) per keer kunnen vervoeren. Het Coolport concept voor de Rotterdamse haven bevat dan ook een op- en overslagcentrum voor alle geconditioneerde producten, geschikt voor alle (achterland)modaliteiten, met een zekere nadruk op de binnenvaart. Dit voor het vervoer binnen het havengebied en dat tussen Rotterdam en achterlandterminals waarvan enkele zoals Medel en Venlo/Wanssum zich ook extra richten op geconditioneerde lading, vooral fruit en groente. In samenwerking met de verssector, ontstaat zo een systeem dat efficiënter en duurzamer is. Coolport wordt gerealiseerd in het Waal/Eemhavengebied. Bron : Port of Rotterdam

Seen in Barbados last Monday the SERENE, taken of the Bridge wing of the MSY Wind Spirit Photo : Daniel Smith - 3rd officer Wind Spirit ©

RESOLVE SALVAGE & FIRE (ASIA), PTE LTD. COMPLETES REMOVAL OF TEN VESSEL WRECKS AT KANKESANTHURAI HARBOR, SRI LANKA Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 RESOLVE Marine Group, Inc. and its RESOLVE Salvage & Fire (Asia) Pte Ltd. (RESOLVE) subsidiary have announced that wreck removal operations at Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour in northern Sri Lanka have been completed. Retained by the Government of India/Shipping Corporation of India, and working on site in cooperation with the Government of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Navy since June 2011, RESOLVE crews undertook the mapping, removal and disposition of ten vessels which were sunk during the LTTE conflict between 1994 and 2000. The wrecks, lying outside and within the port, had obstructed safe navigation in the area and effectively prevented commercial shipping activity since that time. As a first effort on site, RESOLVE sonar surveys located and identified individual targets before clearance operations began. Initially contracted to remove the known wreckage of six vessels, RESOLVE encountered four additional vessels inside the Harbour during the survey phase. This additional work -- combined with the approach of the northeast monsoon season -- drove an accelerated project schedule which RESOLVE accomplished by expanding logistics efforts and conducting simultaneous operations inside and outside the breakwater. Given the limited industrial base in the remote location, RESOLVE ultimately supplied all heavy lift equipment, diving resources and experienced technicians while employing a local work force to support on-water operations and facilities construction on shore. Deteriorating weather and sea conditions brought on by the advancing weather fronts, the severely wasted steel in the sunken vessels and the heavy silt that had accumulated over the years presented significant challenges to raising the wreckage. Concern for worker safety and risks to floating equipment dictated extreme caution in rigging and lifting each target. Further complicating operations was the discovery of live ammunition at two of the vessel wreck sites. With completion of the wreck removal phase, dredging and rehabilitation of the breakwater/pier and construction of new pier and port facilities will proceed. It is anticipated that the port rehabilitation project will result in increased trade in the Jaffna peninsula and restoration of economic activity in the Northern Province. www.resolvemarine.com

Oil rig tragedy ends with dismissal

Deputy Director of Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka, owner of the Kolskya jack-up rig that overturned and sank during towing last December, has been fired after the prosecutors have found that several mistakes were made during the towing operation. The deputy head of the company’s security department has also received an admonition. Both men deny to have had anything to do with the accident. The Kolskaya drilling rig with 67 people aboard was being towed in a severe storm when it overturned and sank some 200 km off the Sakhalin Island in December 2011. The waves were 5-6 meters high and the water temperature around 1°C. 53 people died in the accident, making it the largest in the history of the Russian oil and gas sector. 14 people were rescued. At least 32 of the crew of 67 came from the Murmansk region. Deputy Director for Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka’s (AMNGR) fleet Vasily Vasetsky was appointed to coordinate and supervise the towing


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 operation from Murmansk. But Vasetsky was out of the country until the catastrophe was a fact. He is now removed from his post, Izvestia writes. According to the prosecutors, the people at AMNGR’s head office in Murmansk left the office at the end of the workingday, leaving nobody to supervise the towing operation. Vasetsky denies having any responsibility for the outcome of the accident and says he is ready to prove his innocence. Source : BarentsObserver

The NORDIC PIA enroute Rotterdam – Photo : Kees Torn ©

Kerala High Court orders release of Italian ship

The Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, detained off Kochi port for over a month in connection with the gunning down of two Indian fishermen allegedly by marines aboard the vessel. Allowing the plea of ship owners Dolphin Tankers, Justice PS Gopinathan directed the state government and police to release the ship, subject to the owners executing a Rs 3 crore bond before the deputy conservator of Cochin Port Trust. The court also directed the shipping company to give an undertaking that the vessel, its master and crew would appear as and when called upon by competent authorities with three weeks' prior notice. On the argument of Advocate General KP Dandapani that other marines (on board the ship) could also be required as part of the investigation, the court said release of the vessel should not interfere with the probe. The owners argued they could not take responsibility of the marines as they were not part of the ship's crew and they were deputed by the Italian navy for security. The two fishermen, Valentine Jalstine and Ajesh Pinki, were killed when the marines allegedly fired at their fishing boat off Kollam coast on February 15. Marines Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Gironi have been Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 arrested and charged with murder and lodged in the Central Prison in Thiruvananthapuram under judicial remand. Meanwhile, Italy's Defence Minister Giam Paolo di Paolo met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the state capital in connection with the case. After their meeting, which lasted about 30 minutes, the Italian minister declined to make any statement to the media. The minister and Italian officials accompanying him also met the marines at the prison. Source : Zeenews

The CCNI TOLTEN enroute Rotterdam – Photo : Kees Torn ©

NAVY NEWS

32nd anniversary for Ukrainian guided missile patrol vessel U153 PRYLUKY.

30-year plan has fleet size at about 300 ships

The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan for 2013 shows few unexpected changes, projecting a slightly smaller average fleet size and slightly reduced shipbuilding rate. The plan, sent this week to Congress, projects an average fleet size through 2042 of 298 ships, a drop of seven ships from last year’s 306-ship standard. The force is projected to rise from today’s 282-ship level to 300 ships by 2019. Ten fewer ships are scheduled to be bought over the three-decade time span, reducing last year’s 276-ship 30-year total to 268, a drop from 9.2 ships per year to 8.9. Many of the force reductions already have been announced, particularly new orders to decommission seven Aegis cruisers more than a decade before previously scheduled, a slowing in the rate of ballistic missile defense destroyer conversions and cancellation of plans to buy more than 10 small and cheap Joint High Speed Vessels. The amphibious fleet also is being reduced by about two ships. Other


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 changes already announced were shifts in the aircraft carrier and littoral combat ship construction rates, and a decision to push back new ballistic missile submarine construction by two years. The new plan covers the years 2013 to 2042, while last year’s documents covered 2012 to 2041. The 30-year plan is broken roughly into three major sections. Near term reflects the coming decade, defined by the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) of 2013-2017 and a second FYDP from 2018 to 2022. The mid-term planning period covers 2023 to 2032, while far-term planning begins in 2033. For the near term, the service projects an annual shipbuilding budget of $15.1 billion in 2012 constant dollars, a baseline used throughout the plan. The rate of spending rises to $19.5 billion a year in the mid-term, due largely to the SSBN(X) Ohio Replacement Program, the effort to replace existing Trident ballistic missile submarines. Average yearly expenditures fall to $15.9 billion per year for the far-term period. Over the entire 30-year plan, the annual ship construction budget is projected at $16.8 billion per year, including Navy and National Defense Sealift Fund ships. For the most part, the annual shipbuilding rate drops across the plan, but a number of ships are simply delayed, or shifted to the right, rather than eliminated. Construction rates tend to pick up in the 2020s, then again fall below last year’s projections in the 2030s. Destroyer construction shows a jump, and from 2023 on out two or three ships a year are procured. Last year’s plan showed one or two ships a year, with three ships only in 2036. Construction of attack submarines jumps to three in 2020, falling to one per year in 2026, whereas last year the plan showed one per year for every year beginning in 2023. Force level projections reflect the Navy’s decision to stretch the build time of new aircraft carriers from five to seven years, avoiding situations where the force, set by law at 11 ships, would temporarily rise to 12 flattops. Now, the John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), funded in 2013, will be delivered in 2022 rather than 2020, and the yet-to-be-named CVN 80, funded in 2018, will deliver in 2027. Overall, the carrier force drops to 10 ships beginning in 2040, where last year’s plan showed 11 into that decade. The attack submarine force, projected last year to reach a low of 39 boats in 2030, now bottoms out at 43 subs in 2028. The level begins to rise again in 2032 and reaches 50 hulls in 2037. Last year’s plan projected only 45 submarines in service for most of the late 2030s. The number of SSBN ballistic missile submarines drops from 14 boats to 13 boats in 2027. But whereas last year’s plan never fell below 12 ships for any given year, the new plan shows a force of 11 ships in 2029 and 10 in 2032, holding there until the number starts to rise in the early 2040s. The plan for SSGN guided-missile submarines remains the same. Two ships are decommissioned in 2026, and the last two are gone by 2028. The Navy plans to replace the ships with a stretched version of SSN 774 Virginia-class attack submarines. The number of large surface combatants — cruisers and destroyers — drops in the near term but surpasses earlier projections starting in the late 2020s. The force drops in 2014 to 78 ships, down from last year’s 85. The revised numbers remain from two to 10 ships below the old numbers until 2027, when the new plan begins to show more ships in service than under the old plan. The growth in the number of destroyers in service is sustained through the remainder of the plan, with an increase of as many as 11 ships a year. The small surface combatant category, including littoral combat ships (LCS), frigates and minesweepers, now shows an all-LCS force in 2029, six years sooner than previously forecast. The annual amphibious ship force level is one or two ships below last year’s, returning to parity in the 2030s. The plan provides few, if any, new details on construction plans in the current FYDP, as those are included in the Navy’s 2013 budget request submitted in February. But the second FYDP, for the years 2018 to 2022, includes the most ambitious, complex and expensive new start of the plan, the SSBN(X) submarine. The Navy plans for 12 new ships to replace 14 existing submarines, with detail design to begin in 2017 and the lead ship to be funded in 2021 — a change already Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 announced and two years later than last year’s schedule. The price tag for the first SSBNX is projected at $11.7 billion, including $4.5 billion in non-recurring engineering costs and $7.2 billion for the ship’s construction. The second FYDP also will feature the start of the LSD(X) dock landing ship replacement program. The new ships will be delivered sooner than when the older LSDs are to be retired, a move the Navy says is “ahead of need,” but necessary to preserve the shipbuilding industrial base and reduce the risk associated with the decision to operate an amphibious force of only 30 ships, rather than 32 in the current fleet or the 38-ship force the Marines say they need. At the lower end of the scale, the first two of five planned T-AGOS(X) ocean surveillance ship replacements and the first two of four planned T-ARS(X) salvage ship replacements also are to be purchased in the second FYDP. Other details listed in the new plan include: • Up to 33 Flight III DDG-51-class destroyers will be bought featuring the new Air Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), a replacement for the Aegis system’s SPY-1 series of phased-array sensors. Twenty of the ships will come in during the mid-term planning period, the last in 2030. Procurement of an “affordable follow-on, multi-mission” destroyer is to begin in 2031. • Both versions of the littoral combat ship (LCS) will continue to be purchased through 2026, completing the initial, 55ship inventory. The first follow-on LCS(X) replacement is to be bought beginning in 2030. • Procurement of a Virginia-class replacement submarine design, tentatively designated SSN 774(X), is aiming for a 2033 start. • Construction of Flight I LHA(R) amphibious assault ship replacements is to continue, with one ship being built every four years starting in 2024. • The LSD(X) dock landing ship replacement program remains at a total of 10 ships, the last coming in 2032. • Plans remain to build two replacement submarine tenders, with one each in 2023 and 2025. • The two long-serving LCC command ships, in service since 1970 and 1971, will be replaced with new construction starting in 2032. Source : NavyTimes

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Damen Shipyards bouwt drie identieke ASD 2810 sleepboten voor KOTUG

KOTUG neemt binnenkort drie Damen ASD Tugs 2810 in gebruik. Deze sleepboten werden gebouwd in opdracht van Elizabeth Ltd te Malta en worden gecharterd door KOTUG; beiden onderdeel van de Kooren Maritime Services Group (KMS). Twee sleepboten worden ingezet in de haven van Rotterdam en de derde zal dienst doen in de haven van Hamburg. Het is de eerste keer dat Damen Shipyards sleepboten voor de KMS Group bouwt.

Damen Shipyards en KOTUG onderhouden al jarenlang een goede relatie met elkaar. Ard-Jan Kooren, CEO van KOTUG, zegt hierover: “We kennen Damen al lang als reparatiewerf en nu dus ook als nieuwbouwwerf. Dit is de eerste keer dat we met Damen in zee zijn gegaan voor een nieuwbouwproject. Damen’s portfolio is van hoge kwaliteit. Ter vervanging van een aantal oudere, verkochte sleepboten hadden we snel extra sleepboten nodig en Damen had die op voorraad. Binnen twee weken waren we eruit. De korte levertijd en de kwaliteit waren doorslaggevend om in drie sleepboten tegelijk te investeren.” De slepers zullen de namen SD REBEL, SD RANGER en SD ROVER krijgen.

Indian shipyards global market share fell to 0.14 pc in 2010

The Indian shipyards saw its global market share slump down from 1.23 per cent in 2007 to 0.14 per cent in 2010 due to global economic slowdown and other factors, the government said today, The Economic Times reports. "As per estimates of Shipping Ministry, the share of Indian shipyards in new order for ship-building slumped from a high of 1.23 per cent in 2007 to 0.14 per cent of world order in 2010," Defence Minister A K Antony, in a written reply to Rajya Sabha, said. He said the Shipping Ministry has attributed the main reasons for this slowdown to inability of Indian shipyards to compete with their foreign counterparts due to incidence of taxation and withdrawal of subsidy, besides global economic downturn. "As far as Defence Ministry is concerned, Indian shipyards both in public and private sectors are encouraged to participate in naval acquisition programs, provided they have requisite capacity and necessary capability to deliver required platforms with quality and performance parameters within the timelines," he said. Antony said the Shipping Corporation of India has been asked to conduct a feasibility study for setting up a new shipyard of international standard on PPP model as joint venture. The government has already given an in-principal approval for setting up the shipyard. On the issue of strengthening the indigenous defence industry, Antony said, "There has been a major thrust on indigenous manufacture of defence equipment through collaborative efforts of DRDO, Defence Public Sector Undertakings, OFB and private sector." Source : PortNews Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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ULSTEIN delivers Polarcus Amani

ULSTEIN delivered the next generation seismic research vessel Polarcus Amani to marine geophysical company Polarcus on 29 March 2012. The vessel is of the SX134 design from ULSTEIN, and is vessel number seven in Polarcus’ fleet of some of the most modern and advanced seismic vessels in the world; all with the X-BOW® hull line design. “Ulstein Verft is known for its punctual and highquality deliveries, and with the delivery of Polarcus Amani, they have once again proven their ability to handle demanding building projects,” says CEO of Polarcus, Rolf Rønningen.

Polarcus Amani is the first Polarcus vessel built by ULSTEIN’s own shipyard in Norway. She is soon to be followed by her sister vessel, yard number 293, due for delivery at the end of Q2. “Our cooperation with Polarcus in designing and building this state-of-the-art seismic vessel has been the very best,” confirms Gunvor Ulstein, CEO of Ulstein Group, who is looking forward to the companies’ continued collaboration. ULSTEIN has also delivered switchboards and the communication and information system ULSTEIN COM® to the vessel. Arctic Approach Polarcus Amani is an arctic-ready vessel designed and built for operations in arctic waters. She carries the ICE-1A* and Winterized Basic notations from DNV, and can operate in first-year ice of up to 1 metre thickness without the assistance of icebreakers. The entire vessel is ice-reinforced with thicker ribs and skin plates. She has de-icing and ice-preventing systems at critical tanks and pipelines, and propellers, gears and thrusters are dimensioned for withstanding operations in ice. Escape corridors and rescue equipment are also protected against icing during arctic operations. Although 3D seismic acquisition will only take place in ice-free, or possibly bergy water conditions, the arctic qualities of the vessel enables it to move through ice on her way to and from the survey area, or remain in icy areas waiting for the ice to clear, increasing the operational window of the vessel. Environmental efforts Minimising environmental impact is central to Polarcus’ business philosophy and a focus area in all the company’s activities. This is particularly important when operating in fragile areas such as the arctic. A number of environmental initiatives have been taken when designing and building the Polarcus Amani. “We take every precaution to prevent or minimise our environmental footprint,” says Peter Zickerman, Executive Vice President of Polarcus, and continues: “The vessel’s double hull and its advanced bilge water cleaning system and ballast water treatment system reduce emissions to water down to a minimum. The vessel, like the other vessels in our fleet, runs on marine gas oil (MGO) with low sulphur content and has high specification exhaust catalysts, which Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 clean the exhaust before it is emitted to air. Polarcus Amani is also equipped with a diesel electric propulsion system. The vessel’s X-BOW hull line design is another of its many green features, in that it reduces fuel consumption and therefore emissions to air. This is one of the reasons why we only have X-BOWs in our fleet.” Polarcus Amani carries the Clean Design notation from DNV. Bad weather vessel The hydrodynamic efficiency of the X-BOW, which leads to reduced emissions and more cost-effective operations, is not its only benefit. With its superior sea-keeping abilities, it also provides a safe and comfortable workplace for the crew both during transit and seismic surveys. This is particularly the case in heavy sea. The X-BOW eliminates slamming and hence increases the well-being of those on board. “The X-BOW’s gliding movements and the absence of slamming allows us to relax and sleep uninterruptedly – a definite benefit for the people on board, says a chief officer in Polarcus, who has plenty of experience with the tiring effect slamming has on the body from his time on board vessels with a conventional bow. Polarcus Amani is a 3D 12-14 streamer seismic research vessel. The vessel has two workboats and a MOB boat on board. The seismic operation room is located midship over two decks in close vicinity to the seismic winches in the work area. The vessel is equipped with a helideck for added safety and to ensure an efficient crew change, and is built according to IMO code of safety for Special Purpose Ships (SPS), enabling it to operate worldwide. Polarcus Amani has a length of 92 metres and a breadth of 21 metres. The ship has a towing pull of 82 tons in seismic operations and a maximum speed of 17 knots. Polarcus Amani is built with a hotel compliment with permanent capacity for 60 persons in 32 single and 14 double cabins. There is a mess room which seats 43, day rooms, internet café, gym and sauna, as well as a hospital, offices and a conference room.

SANABORG LAUNCHED IN FARNSUM

At the Niestern-Sander yard in Fransum (Delfzijl) The Netherlands the SANABORG under construction for Wagenborg Kazakhstan BV Aktai was launched - Photo : Jack Blitterswijk ©

ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES China Shipping Container Lines posts loss of $434.56m in 2011

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) was left lying in red ink after it posted a huge net loss in 2011, a reverse from a net profit in the previous year, Seatrade Asia online reports. The Hong Kong-listed line recorded a net loss of RMB2.74bn ($434.56m) last year as against a net profit of RMB4.2bn in 2010. Revenue fell to RMB28.25bn compared Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 to RMB34.81bn. The company blamed the poor year on slow demand for container transportation, oversupply of vessels into the market and persistently high fuel prices, said Li Shaode, chairman of CSCL. Li said the company “calmly coped” with the situation by setting out clear corporate development strategies, refining management and reinforcing cost control. “In 2012, the shipping transportation market will continue to be affected by the global economy and international trade as numerous uncertainties continue to exist,” he said. “Eurozone countries will pick up slowly as risks from the sovereign debt crisis remain while the US economy is expected to recover steadily and therefore stimulate trading demand.” Source : PortNews

The PRISCO UDOKAN enroute Amsterdam – Photo : Simon Wolf (c)

MSC Merges India-EuropeMediterranean Services

Mediterranean Shipping Company will upgrade and combine its existing Indian Subcontinent-EuropeMediterranean service network operated in conjunction with Shipping Corporation of India, effective in early April. The Geneva-based ocean carrier said the current services, ISES and I-Med, will be merged into a single loop, deploying ships of 6,500 20-foot equivalent units capacity. The new ISE port rotation will be Colombo, Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), Mundra, Salalah, Gioia Tauro, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp, Gioia Tauro and back to Colombo. MSC said it would continue to cover the Mediterranean ports via Gioia Tauro. “This will give customers much wider coverage and quicker connectivity to the Mediterranean ports.” The first vessel in the combined service will be the SCI Chennai, scheduled to depart from Colombo on April 7. The current ISES rotation is Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Pipavav, Salalah, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Gothenburg, Antwerp, Jeddah and Colombo. The I-Med calls Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Salalah, Port Said, Istanbul, Barcelona, Genoa, La Spezia, Gioia Tauro, Port Said, Salalah and Colombo. Source: The Journal of Commerce Distribution : daily to 21800+ active addresses

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The MSC TANZANIA - Photo : Richard Wisse – www.richard-photography.nl (c)

SEMINAR MARITIEME INNOVATIE: VAN PAPIER NAAR PRAKTIJK

Nederland Maritiem Land en het RDM Campus Innovation Network organiseren in samenwerking met Scheepsbouw Nederland en het Havenbedrijf Rotterdam op dinsdag 3 april het seminar Maritieme innovatie: van papier naar praktijk op RDM Campus. Tijdens het seminar staat het Innovatiecontract van het Maritieme Cluster binnen de Topsector Water centraal. Sprekers zijn Thessa Menssen (COO Havenbedrijf Rotterdam), Sjef van Dooremalen (voorzitter Scheepsbouw Nederland), Jan Bout (boegbeeld Topsector Water), Marnix Krikke (adjunct-directeur Scheepsbouw Nederland), Annet Jonk (plv. Directeur Topsectoren & Industriebeleid van het Ministerie van EL&I) en Bas Buchner (president MARIN). Met de gasten, vertegenwoordigers van de hele Nederlandse maritieme sector, bespreken zij in een paneldiscussie hoe we invulling kunnen geven aan de plannen op basis van de inzet van de overheid. In het tweede deel van het programma wordt de link met de innovatiepraktijk gelegd door presentaties van enkele aansprekende cases uit het Innovation Dock van RDM Campus, waaronder Ampelmann, Huisman Research Lab en Imtech Marine. Wilt u deze bijeenkomst bijwonen, dan kunt u zich aanmelden via www.rdmcampus.nl/lezingen/maritiemeinnovatie . Hier vindt u ook meer informatie over het programma, dat aanvangt om 14.00 uur. Aan deelname zijn geen kosten verbonden. De bijeenkomst vindt plaats in de congresruimte van Innovation Dock op RDM Campus, RDM-kade 59, 3089 JR Rotterdam.

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 090 De Dutch Cruise Council (DCC) is onderscheiden met de ReisKoffer 2012 voor haar succesvolle inspanningen om de cruisesector op de kaart te zetten. De onderscheiding is uitgereikt aan DCC-voorzitter Nico Bleichrodt door Steven van der Heijden, voorzitter van de ANVR. De ReisKoffer wordt jaarlijks toegekend aan een organisatie of persoon die zich verdienstelijk heeft gemaakt voor de reisbranche. Sinds de oprichting van de DCC in 2009 heeft de verkoop van cruises in Nederland een grote vlucht genomen. De uitreiking viel nagenoeg samen met de bekendmaking van de jaarcijfers van de European Cruise Council (ECC) over 2011. Hieruit blijkt dat de Nederlandse markt inmiddels bijna 100.000 cruise-passagiers telt. Ook voor dit jaar wordt een verdere groei verwacht. ‘Deze onderscheiding betekent veel voor onze jonge organisatie’, zegt voorzitter Nico Bleichrodt van DCC. ‘De cruisevakantie is voor velen een nog onbekende vakantiemogelijkheid. De DCC ontwikkelt verschillende activiteiten om zowel de klant als de reisagent te informeren en hen met cruises te laten kennismaken. Want cruisen is voor iedereen. Dat werpt zijn vruchten af, zo blijkt uit de cijfers. En ook voor dit jaar verwachten we een groei van de markt. Na een korte periode van terugval, trekken de boekingen inmiddels weer goed aan.’ Nederland inmiddels bijna 100.000 cruisepassagiersIn 2011 maakten 97.895 Nederlandse vakantiegangers een cruise en realiseerde daarmee een groei van 27% ten opzichte van 2010 met 76.073 passagiers. Dit blijkt uit de jaarcijfers van de ECC die vorige week zijn bekend gemaakt tijdens de jaarlijkse Cruise Shipping Miami Convention. Vrijwel de helft van alle passagiers maakt een cruise in het Middellandse Zeegebied, gevolgd door Noord-Europa en de Caribbean.

The RDO CONCERT in Cape Town – Photo : Ian Shiffman ©

Nhava Sheva dock strike closes Port of Jawaharlal Nehru in Mumbai

CARRIERS diverted ships away as farmers and political protestors blocked roads to Mumbai's Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) port in a battle over late land compensation settlements, successfully closing India's biggest container gateway. The protest is scheduled to continue through Friday if authorities fail to reach a settlement. "Protestors have set up blockades on access roads to the port to prevent trucks loading or unloading containers at cargo terminals," local shipping sources said. The west coast port has three terminals: port-run Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal; Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal operated by DP World; and Gateway Terminals operated by APM Terminals, with a combined capacity of more than four million TEU. Source : Portnews The compiler of the news clippings disclaim all liability for any loss, damage or expense however caused, arising from the sending, receipt, or use of this e-mail communication and on any reliance placed upon the information provided through this free service and does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information

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MARITIME ARTIST CORNER

46 years ago the PING AN stranded near the Dutch coastal village of Ter Heijde, the Hoek van Holland lifeboat KONINGIN JULIANA was dispatched (see photo on top of the newsclippings) which rescued first the 27 crew members and after the vessel drifted more towards Ter Heijde lifeboat PRINSES MARGRIET rescued another 21 persons prior the vessel stranded on the Ter Heijde beach, the painting made by Aad Knops is made on a canvas of 40 x 60 cm.


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