DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER. DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER : Friday

DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER

DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER : Friday 28-12-2001

A row of F-14 "Tomcats" assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Fighter Squadron One Zero Two await their next mission on the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The Theodore Roosevelt and her embarked Carrier Air Wing One are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

Five sailors die after inhaling toxic gas

KUANTAN: Five Chinese crewmen of the freighter Sunvazs died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a section of the vessel on Tuesday. Forensic expert Dr Zahari Noor said the crewmen could have inhaled poisonous gas while waiting for iron ore to be loaded onto the ship at the port here. However, Dr Zahari could not ascertain how quickly the men died or where the gas came from. Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Ghazali Md Amin said the five were identified as Cong Su Wei, 42, Yang Hua, 23, Zhang Jia Guo, 31, Lim Wan Jun, 32, and Xue Gen Lin, 28. Their colleague Lin De Xiang, 23, who also inhaled the gas, received outpatient treatment at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital and was reported to be in stable condition. ACP Ghazali said the six were among 28 of the crewmen who had been on the waiting line to load the iron ore not far from the berth for the past nine days, adding that the six were cleaning up a section of the ship when the incident occurred at 2.30pm. He said the Sunvazs was registered at Kingstown, St Vincent Island, in the Caribbean.

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Hong Kong plays it safe THE Hong Kong Marine Department has urged all vessel owners and operators to remind crew members to strictly observe safety practices to avoid potential danger risks. The call was made following an investigation into a fatal accident in which a coxswain died after falling into the cargo hold of a vessel when it was operating on cargo loads at a container terminal. It emerged that a number of irregularities contributed to the accident. A Coroner's Court inquiry into the accident recommended that owners and crew members of vessels heed the importance of observing safety guidelines relating to the means of access and safe movement of personnel working on board a vessel. The major points in the guidelines include: Ensuring the provision and maintenance of a safe means of access to any place on the ship; all deck surfaces used for transit about the ship and all passageways, walkways and stairs to be properly maintained and kept free from substances liable to cause a person to slip or fall; areas used for loading or unloading of cargo or for other processes for transit should be adequately and appropriately illuminated to ensure that the surroundings are clearly seen; any opening, open hatchway or dangerous edge should be fitted with secure guards or fencing, except for the situation where the opening is a permanent access way, or where hindrance to necessary work progress might be posed; all ladders aboard a vessel to be of good quality and strong enough to cater for crew needs with ladders providing access to the hold to comply with the required standards; workers moving on board a vessel to stay alert to guard themselves from potential dangers; when deck cargo is being lash

A frame grab shows a tornado moving toward the Swedish maxi racing yacht Nicorette in the notoriously rough Bass Strait, between the Australian mainland and the island state of Tasmania, during the Sydney-Hobart race, December 27, 2001. Volvo round-the-world boats continued to dominate the race on Thursday after the violent storm slammed into the fleet, knocking favorite Nicorette on its side and forcing 11 yachts out

ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES NOVEMBER BOOST TO THE UK FERRY MARKET November saw a boost in the UK ferry market as all sectors of the market recorded significant increases in passenger traffic compared with the same month last year. UK-Continent passenger traffic increased by 12.6% to reach almost 1.5 million passengers while UKRepublic of Ireland traffic shot up by 19.3% to 192,000 passengers and passenger traffic on major domestic ferry routes grew by 14.7% to over 1.0 million passengers. Commenting on the figures, Bill Gibbons, Director of the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA), said,


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER “These figures are a vindication of the improved health of the ferry industry, which has faced many challenges in recent years including the loss of duty free and foot and mouth disease. With significant investment in new vessels and improvements to the quality of service and the maintenance of quick check-in times many passengers are rediscovering the ease, flexibility and comfort of ferry travel with their car. Recent events have shown that the British public prefer to be in control of their travel arrangements, be secure and wish to take breaks near to home. Car Ferry travel, with excellent links to Europe*, Ireland, the Channel Islands, The Isle of Man, the Scottish Islands and the Isle of Wight, fulfils all these requirements. We are all looking forward to the continued growth of passenger demand for independent travel close to home in 2002.” The greatest challenge to the UK-Continent ferry operators was the opening of the Channel Tunnel at the end of 1994. Channel Tunnel services expanded the total market and took a significant market share. However, November’ s figures confirm the trends over the last 3 months and shows that the ferry operators have hit back and have taken business from the tunnel.

UK FERRY PASSENGER MARKET ~ November 2000/November 2001 Nov Nov PASSENGERS (000s) 2000 2001 % change UK – CONTINENT UK – REPUBLIC OF IRELAND UK – DOMESTIC UK – TOTAL Total Tunnel

1,297 161

1,461 192

+12.6% +19.3%

893 2,350 1,547

1,024 2,676 1,355

+14.7% +13.9% -12.4%

Source: Ferrystat * Notes to Editors - There are direct ferry lines from the UK to France, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Tunnel includes passengers on Eurostar and the shuttle services.

Plan maakt polder van Rotterdamse Waalhaven

ROTTERDAM (ANP) - ,,Een langsluimerende fantasie die concreet is uitgewerkt.”Zo typeert de jury van de Rotterdamse Prix Becque het plan om de Waalhaven te transformeren tot de Waalhavenpolder. In het plan van het ingenieursbureau van Gemeentewerken Rotterdam wordt voorgesteld de haven leeg te pompen en de ontstane ruimte te benutten voor opslag van bulkgoederen en materiaal van vervoerbedrijf RET. Daarboven kunnen volgens de plannenmakers bedrijven en kantoren komen. Leegpompen van de oude haven zou een terrein van ongeveer 150 hectare opleveren dat 15 meter beneden zeeniveau ligt. Een voordeel van leegpompen is dat het beduidend goedkoper is dan het dempen van de Waalhaven, al is het alleen maar omdat daar veel zand voor nodig is. Voor de plannenmakers is het idee voor de Waalhavenpolder niet zomaar een leuk plan, maar kan het worden uitgevoerd. ,,Technisch en financieel kan het. Dit plan is een oplossing voor de ruimteclaims die er op dit gebied liggen.”Bij het ingenieursbureau beseffen ze terdege dat de toekomst van de Waalhaven ook afhangt van het verloop van andere discussies. ,,Heel veel gemeentelijke diensten studeren op de toekomst van de Waalhaven. Als de tweede Maasvlakte er niet komt, geven ze de Waalhaven echt niet op en blijft het zoals het is.”Het plan is bekroond met de Prix Becque voor het beste plan voor optimaal ruimtegebruik. De naar oud-ingenieur en voormalig raadslid Becque vernoemde prijs is woensdag voor het eerst uitgereikt. Aan de prijs is een geldbedrag van 5000 euro verbonden


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Amsterdam kiest voor grote zeesluis AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Het Amsterdams college gaat akkoord met de plannen voor de aanleg van een grote zeesluis aan de zuidzijde van de Noordersluis in IJmuiden. Dat heeft de gemeente bekendgemaakt. Havenwethouder G. Dales had eerder al aangegeven daar voorstander te zijn. De grote sluis van 500 bij 70 meter kost ongeveer 1,7 miljard gulden. Dat is 300 miljoen gulden meer dan het alternatief: de aanleg van een tweede Noordersluis van 400 bij 50 meter. Dales gaf voor de zomer al aan dat de hoofdstad een fors deel van de meerkosten zou moeten betalen. Amsterdam verwacht dat de grote sluis in het jaar 2020 tot een extra overslag van tussen de 5 en 15 miljoen ton oplevert. Dat zou tussen de 100 en 300 miljoen gulden aan extra havengelden opleveren. Behalve de Amsterdamse gemeenteraad moeten ook de andere gemeenten uit het Noordzeekanaalgebied zich nog buigen over de plannen. Het gaat om Beverwijk, Haarlemmerliede/Spaarnwoude, Velsen en Zaanstad. Daarna neemt de minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat een besluit

Le Havre breaks box record THE Port of Le Havre has broken the 1,500,000 TEU container ceiling, a figure never reached so far for the container trade of the port during a year. On December 17, 1996, the port of Le Havre entered the circle of European ports handling a yearly throughput of more than a 1,000,000 TEU and ever since it has been recording a steady traffic growth. The 1,500,000th container was handled at the Atlantic Terminal on board the Hoechst Express, a Grand Alliance vessel bound for Canada (Halifax), the east coast of the US (New-York, Norfolk, Savannah) and the west coast (Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle). The final results for the container trade of this year, which will be published early next year, have already exceeded the 1,465,000 TEU of the year 2000

Joint Venture Sea-Cargo and VCK

Shipping company Sea-Cargo AS Norway and maritime agent VCK have put up a joint venture that will operate in Rotterdam and Amsterdam as shipping agent for Sea-Cargo's liner services. VCK will be in charge of the new agency, which will start operations on January 1. It replaces Sea-Cargo's present agent, RGR Rotterdam

NAVY NEWS USS John F. Kennedy PSi-Daily Shipping News

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - US Navy officials removed the captain of the USS John F. Kennedy after the aircraft carrier failed an inspection. Captain Maurice Joyce was removed after the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey gave the Kennedy an unsatisfactory rating last week. ''It's pretty unusual,'' said Navy spokesman Mike Maus. ''It hasn't happened in a while. But a commanding officer of a ship has responsibility over the ship. He is the man in charge.'' Navy officials in Washington said the ship's failure to pass inspection had nothing to do with its combat readiness. The problem was the ship's ''material condition,'' they said. Joyce has not been fired, but it is highly unlikely that he will gain promotion after being relieved of command, Navy officials said. The ship was expected to go to Puerto Rico for training in January in preparation for a six-month deployment. ''We're confident the ship will be able to meet any commitments it has,'' Maus said. He would not comment on what those commitments are. Joyce had been captain of the ship since October 2000. The carrier is now under the command of its executive officer, Commander Jim Gregorski. Maus said Navy officials were considering canceling holiday leave for the Kennedy's crew so the ship could pass inspection.


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MOVEMENTS

The Lifeboat Graaf van Bylandt is temporarly based in Hoek van Holland, this due that the Hoek van Holland Kapiteins Hazewinkel is under repair/maintenance at the shipyard.- Photo Ane Ree

The Polish tug Sztorm 2 arrived with the hull for the new Havendienst 13 in Rotterdam 23-12-2001 Photo : Ane Ree

RIJNMOND WEATHER Onrustig weer Onrustige dagen zijn het. We hebben te maken met neerslag in allerlei varianten en het komende etmaal wordt het bovendien erg onstuimig. Een stormdepressie trekt over de Noordzee en veroorzaakt ook langs onze kust een stormachtige westenwind of misschien zelfs een westerstorm. Landinwaarts wakkert de wind aan tot krachtig en kunnen tijdens buien zware windstoten optreden. Droog blijft het dus ook niet. Vanavond en vannacht is het bewolkt en regenachtig. Morgen overdag wisselen buien en opklaringen elkaar af en schijnt de zon soms even. De buien brengen overwegend regen, maar kunnen laat op de dag misschien ook weer gepaard gaan met winterse neerslag. De temperatuur bereikt een maximum van ongeveer 6 graden, komende nacht wordt het niet kouder dan een graad of 4. De


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER eerdergenoemde depressie trekt in het weekeinde weg naar het oosten en wat wind betreft wordt het iets rustiger. Er drijven dan echter nog steeds buien vanaf de Noordzee het land binnen en omdat de temperatuur opnieuw iets daalt, is er weer een stijgende kans op sneeuwbuien. 's Nachts vriest het licht en overdag wordt het net iets boven nul.

Weersverwachting voor vrijdag

Vannacht is het bewolkt en regent of motregent het enige tijd. De minimumtemperatuur ligt rond een graad of 5. Morgen overdag beginnen we grijs en regenachtig, maar van het westen uit klaart het snel op. Daarna schijnt af en toe de zon en vallen er geregeld buien, later op de dag mogelijk met een winters karakter. De maximumtemperatuur ligt rond 7 graden. Later in de nacht neemt de westelijke wind toe tot vrij krachtig of krachtig, 5 tot 6 Bft, langs de kust tot stormachtig of storm, windkracht 8 tot 9. Verder komen er landinwaarts zeer zware windstoten voor. In de avond begint de wind iets af te nemen.

De vooruitzichten voor zaterdag tot en met dinsdag:

Wisselvallig weer met van tijd tot tijd winterse buien en vooral vrijdag veel wind. Middagtemperatuur rond 3 graden en in de nacht lichte vorst.

Carnival takes delivery of new 88,500-ton Carnival Pride. 'Floats out' new 88,500-ton Carnival Legend In a traditional maritime hand-over ceremony at Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Carnival Cruise Lines, a unit of Carnival Corporation December 12, 2001, took delivery of the new 88,500-ton Carnival Pride, the 16th vessel in the line's "Fun Ship" fleet. Following the hand-over ceremony, Carnival Pride's sister ship, the 88,500-ton Carnival Legend, was floated out of her building dock. Now in the final stages of construction, Carnival Legend will inaugurate the line's first-ever European sailings in August 2002. "For these two events - the delivery of the Carnival Pride and the float-out of the Carnival Legend - to take place on the same day is truly special and marks a significant milestone in the continued growth of Carnival Cruise Lines," said Bob Dickinson, Carnival president. The 2,124-passenger Carnival Pride will left Helsinki Dec. 13, on a 13-day transatlantic crossing, and arrived in Miami Dec. 26. Carnival Pride will sail on its inaugural cruise, a six-day western Caribbean voyage from Miami, Dec. 30, then serve as the venue for an overnight fundraising gala benefiting the


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER United Way of Miami-Dade. Carnival Pride will then reposition to its permanent homeport of Port Canaveral, Fla., from where it will operate a two-day preview cruise for the travel trade Jan. 7-9 and a three-day Bahamas cruise Jan. 912. On Jan. 12, Carnival Pride will launch seven-day eastern and western Caribbean service, becoming the newest and largest cruise ship to operate year-round from Port Canaveral. Carnival Pride offers a variety of "resort-style" amenities and facilities, including 16 themed bars and lounges with dramatic interiors celebrating "icons of beauty" that exist in art, architecture, sculpture and décor. Other features include a 13,700-square-foot health spa, a duty-free shopping mall, an Internet café, four swimming pools, and a high-tech children's play area, part of the line's top-rated "Camp Carnival" program. A wedding chapel and conference center are included, as well. Dining options range from Mermaids' Grille, a poolside eatery with casual alternatives and 24-hour pizzeria, to the Normandie, a two-deck-high formal dining room, and David's, an intimate "steakhousestyle" supper club offering prime aged beef, along with a Carnival exclusive - crab claws from Miami Beach's world famous Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant. All of these options comprise Carnival's Total Choice Dining (SM), cruising's most comprehensive dining program offering the widest variety of formal and casual choices at sea. Additionally, 80 percent of the ship's 1,062 staterooms offer an ocean view with 80 percent of those featuring private balconies. In addition to the Carnival Pride and Carnival Legend, the line has four other vessels scheduled for delivery between now and 2004 -- the 88,500-ton Carnival Miracle and the 110,000-ton Carnival Conquest, Carnival Glory and Carnival Valor.

Holland America Line details delivery of new ships

Holland America Line (HAL) announced a revised delivery schedule of ships from Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. As previously announced, the first of the vessels, Holland America Line's 1,848 passenger ms Zuiderdam will be delivered Nov. 15, 2002 and sail on her maiden voyage Dec. 14, 2002, on a seven-day Caribbean cruise from Ft. Lauderdale.

Holland America Line's new ms Oosterdam, is scheduled for delivery in June 2003. Two other vessels, currently unnamed, are scheduled for delivery to Holland America Line in April 2004 and October 2005.The fifth ship, a new build option, if exercised, will be delivered in May 2006. A vessel delivery time previously planned for HAL in January 2005 will be assigned to a sister company,


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER Cunard Line.The ship building slot with the yard has been transferred to Cunard. Both Holland America Line and Cunard are units of Carnival Corporation "Assigning this building slot to Cunard allows our sister company to quickly expand its presence in the lucrative British cruising market, and does not dramatically impact HAL's plans for new vessels," said A. Kirk Lanterman, chairman and CEO, Holland America Line. At 85,000 tons, HAL's "Project Vista" series of premium ships are the largest ever built for the company, they also will boast the highest passenger space ratio of its fleet at 46, keeping the company firmly placed as the leader in premium cruising. The Vista-class ships feature innovative "exterior elevators," located on both sides of the vessel and vertically transversing 10 decks, providing guests with panoramic sea views. The ships also include a wide range of spacious accommodation categories. About 85 percent of the staterooms feature an ocean view, with approximately 80 percent of those offering private verandahs. The 951-foot-long ships build upon the hallmarks of the Holland America brand, displaying extensive multi-million-dollar art collections and a signature Waterford Crystal installation in the ship's atrium. The vessels feature numerous dining options, from elegant full-service meals to casual Lido Restaurant service. The ships also will continue other trademark features of Holland America ships, including the Explorers Lounge, Ocean Bar, an exterior covered promenade deck encircling the entire ship, a large Lido pool with a retractable dome, and Holland America's signature "Crow's Nest" observation lounge. The ship also will offer a new "cabaret-style" show lounge complementing a new three-deck main show lounge. Other new features include a sophisticated nightclub, the casual "round-the-clock" Windstar cafe, an Internet cafe, the largest spa facilities in the fleet, Internet/e-mail data ports in all staterooms, an extensive Club HAL children's facility with inside and outside play areas, a concierge lounge for the exclusive use of Penthouse and Deluxe Verandah Suite guests and two interior promenade decks. The new vessels' propulsion system includes a full-scale diesel-electric power plant, backed up by a gas turbine as an additional power source, giving the vessel the capability to operate on either diesel or gas turbine power. The ships also will use the Azipod propulsion system, allowing for greater maneuverability, enhanced operating efficiencies and environmental benefits.


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SHIP OF THE DAY Frank A Shrontz

The Frank A Shrontz is the first of a series of four new-generation VLCC tankers, built for Chevron by Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea. DESIGN The Frank A Shrontz has an overall length of 1092ft and a moulded breadth of 190ft. Its depth is 102.6ft and the width of the moulded skin is 11ft at the sidewall and 9.8ft at the bottom. It has a displacement of 350,849t and a gross tonnage of 160,036t. During trials, the vessel's average service speed was 16.23kt, which was almost a quarter of a knot in excess of the specified guarantee speed. The tanker has a cruising range of 27,500 nautical miles. On the port side of the Frank A Shrontz there is a helicopter-landing area. It is capable of handling a Sikorsky S58T with a 20.1m clear zone


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER CARGO SYSTEMS The vessel is equipped with five main centre tanks and five pairs of side cargo tanks. There are two slop tanks with aluminium brass heating coils, allowing an increase in temperature of from 20°C to 77°C within 48 hours, when 50 per cent full of sea water. Three grades of cargo can be handled simultaneously. The double hull spaces continue from the storage tanks to surround the bunker fuel tanks aft of the cargo section. The aft bunker tanks are protected by a 2.5m-wide cofferdam. The Frank A Shrontz has a ballast capacity of approximately 99,500m3 including the peak tanks. The Bergan radar-based cargo tank gauging system features tank pressure monitoring for each individual cargo tank. The facilities allow a maximum cargo loading rate of 18,000m/hr through three cargo manifolds with three tanks open in each segregation. The cargo is handled by three Shinko steam turbine-driven cargo pumps. These have a total discharge head of 150m and are rated at 5,000m3 /h. For tank washing, there is a Dasic Marine deck-mounted crude oil washing (COW) system. The two Westfalia 5,000t/h heavy fuel oil and two 4,700t/h light oil purifiers are stored in the same area as the Ssangyong main and auxiliary engine fuel oil pumping and heating units. PROPULSION The tanker is powered by a Samsung-MAN B&W 7S80MC Mk Vl engine with a maximum continuous rating of 25,485kW (34,650bhp) at 79rev/min. Its fuel oil system uses a 50 micron automatic backwash filtration system based on a Boll & Kirch filter unit. It also has a single Mitsubishi MAC90B double drum auxiliary boiler, which is rated at 90t/h at 16kg/cm2. In addition, there is a Kangrim composite boiler with both an exhaust gas and oil-fired section (fired by a Saake burner), which are each rated at 2.5t/h. Electric power comes from three 980kW Sangyong-Holeby diesel generators which operate at 720rpm. The emergency generator is from MAN-DEMP and rated at 400kW. The engine drives a Hyundai four-bladed FP propeller. The tanker is steered by a Samsung-Hatlapa conventional dual ram system. AUTOMATION AND CONTROL Most engine and machinery control functions are carried out using a Samsung/STN Atlas Elektronik main engine control system. The main plant machinery is monitored using a Samsung Electronics dual CPU-based system. The Kyma ship performance monitoring assembly includes fuel flow meters, shaft torquemeter and computer work station. The Litton navigation system incorporates a dual C Plath gyrocompass, Sperry voyage management system and autopilot and two Decca radars. There are two sets of differential GPS navigators, speed log and Sperry Voyage Data Recorder. The tanker has GMDSS area A3 radio equipment, with two VHF radio systems, Inmarsat B and C satellite communications terminals and MF/HF radiotelephone with telex and suite. HAVE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING SITE FOR SHIPPING INFO AND PICTURES OF SHIPS AROUND HOEK VAN HOLLAND AT : http://www.scheepvaarthoek.nl


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