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Cutting has resumed at 4.00 am Central European time on Tuesday September 11th, following measures taken by divers and ROVs to clear an obstruction in Compartment 1 of the submarine. The Mammoet-Smit team is currently working to cut through the bottom of the pressure hull of the Kursk. Once the cutting is complete the salvage team will proceed with the next phase of operations, which include preparation of the gripper guides

EHIME MARU NEWS Navy Confident About Salvaging Ehime Maru Despite Setbacks, U.S. Will Not Give Up Effort to Raise Fishing Trawler Sunk by Submarine HONOLULU -- Despite a series of setbacks in its effort to raise a Japanese fishing ship accidentally sunk by a U.S. submarine, the Navy said last week it was more confident than ever that it would be able to recover the 830-ton wreck from a muddy hole 2,000 feet below the waves. Rear Adm. William Klemm, who is in charge of the salvage operation, said the wreck of the Ehime Maru "is in much stronger condition than had been initially anticipated -- and has been able to withstand far greater structural stresses."

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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER Klemm spoke at a news conference hastily called Thursday to squelch mounting speculation that the Navy would ditch the recovery effort after several mishaps in the past two weeks. On Aug. 31, for example, a cable that had begun to lift the stern of the fishing vessel off the ocean floor snapped, dropping the ship 24 feet. The Navy said the stern was not damaged. In fact, Klemm maintained, the team of Navy, Japanese and civilian experts working to raise the ship is "more confident today that we will be successful than we have been at any point in this operation." The Navy has been under pressure from Japan to recover the remains of nine men and boys -- four teenagers and five crew members -- who were lost and may have been trapped inside the Ehime Maru when it was rammed Feb. 9 by the USS Greeneville. The nuclear sub, carrying civilians on a demonstration tour, was conducting an emergency surfacing drill. The trawler, carrying vocational high school students on a training voyage, sank in less than five minutes. Twenty-six of its passengers and crew were rescued. The Japanese government and relatives of the missing are eager for the return of any remains or personal belongings. In accordance with Japanese tradition, the families want something of their loved ones recovered and placed in a tomb so that they can bring offerings and say prayers. Capt. Bert Marsh, who supervised the search effort for the Ehime Maru and is running the day-to-day salvage effort, told reporters Friday that the setbacks have caused the Navy to modify its plans but not abandon them. He also said the cost of the operation might exceed the original $40 million estimate. Currently, the Ehime Maru is nose down in the mud. The salvage team on board the Rockwater 2, a bright orange and red civilian ship contracted for the operation, is using remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, to place cables and steel lifting plates under the trawler. The cables eventually will be attached to a lifting frame. Then the bow will be raised until it is level with the stern, which is suspended by a cable and dangling 22 feet off the ocean floor, Marsh said. If all goes well -- and it has not so far -- computerized winches will keep the ship level as it is hoisted to about 100 feet above the sea bottom. Then, in what some experts call an unprecedented engineering feat, the Rockwater will tow the Ehime Maru 16 miles to shallow water off Honolulu International Airport. There, at a depth of about 115 feet, Navy divers will be sent down to retrieve any remains and personal belongings, as well as to remove any remaining fuel. Their search will be videotaped by cameras mounted on their helmets. When the U.S. divers are finished, a Japanese team will be sent down. And, last of all, the ship will be towed to its final resting place in 6,000 feet of water.


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The Navy has had one major piece of luck: There is far less fuel on board the ship -- perhaps only of the major risks of the salvage operation is a fuel spill. In most other respects, the operation has encountered trouble. The first setback occurred in late ROVs were unable to drill pathways through the mud underneath the ship to place steel cables. The cables were to lift the wreck with the help of the steel plates, which would distribute the Maru's weight. But the drill operators were working with little visibility, because the ROVs kick The recovery team resorted to the contingency plan of lifting the ship by its stern, a move it feared could buckle the ship and further weaken its hull. 31 incident in which a cable snapped, causing the ship to fall 24 feet. A few days later, a heavy-duty strap split while attempting the same lift. By the end of last week, the the bow deeper into the mud. Still, Marsh was bullish. "We try to always have something in our back pocket," he said. sent for dredging equipment from the mainland to drill through the mud and aid the ROVs in placing equipment on the ship is located, will be used "like a teeter-totter" to pry loose the bow. The obvious risk, however, is that the stress will weaken the trawler's hull or even The Navy, which originally had planned to have the Ehime Maru in shallow water by mid-September, is "We are looking at milestone events rather than setting a schedule," Marsh said.

EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS A Kenyan-registered ship and its crew hijacked off the northeastern coast of Somalia over a month ago is still being held, a local journalist told IRIN. The ship MV Eyl, 150 km southeast of Puntland, northeastern Somalia. fishing, and fined them between US $850,000 and 900,000 said Adan Dolar of the Garowe-based ' judgment, and a compromise was usually arrived at, he explained. Dolar said there had been reports betweens. As in the past, "some money will probably change hands before these people are released", he added. vessels against illegal fishing in Somalia's territorial waters, Reuters news agency reported on 8 September. The warning was issued by the TNG minister of fisheries and marine resources, Qanyare Afrah, who said foreign severe punishment. Qanyare said the TNG would not licences issued in any quarter other than the TNG. The self-declared independent state of autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, both granted fishing the agency noted.


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Australian navy tries to turn back more boat people SYDNEY, Sept. 11, Kyodo - An Australian navy boat is attempting to turn back an Indonesian fishing boat carrying 130 asylum seekers that has run aground on a reef off Australia's northwest coast, Defense Minister Peter Reith said Tuesday. Reith said the boat, believed to be carrying 126 Afghanis, four Iranians and five Indonesian crew, has run aground on the outer edge of Ashmore Reef -- inside Australian waters but outside Australia's migration zone. Under the country's Migration Act a valid application for refugee status can only be made within the migration zone. Reith said the navy was providing assistance to the vessel with the aim of making it seaworthy so that it could return to international waters. ''No request for asylum has been made and they're outside the migration zone,'' Reith told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. ''We are providing assistance to the boat for the purposes of making it seaworthy.'' The move comes after Australia blocked entry to over 400 asylum seekers rescued at sea by the Norwegian freighter Tampa a fortnight ago, and another 237 who were intercepted on another Indonesian vessel in international waters over the weekend. The tiny South Pacific island nation of Nauru has agreed to accept the bulk of the asylum seekers for refugee assessment in return for a generous financial assistance package from Australia. Reith said it was possible Australia could divert more asylum seekers to Nauru in the future to stop them landing in Australia.

GPS systems vulnerable, US warns GLOBAL position systems (GPS) used extensively by the maritime industry are vulnerable to both natural and deliberate disruptions, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) warned in a report released yesterday. Steps must be taken to minimise breakdowns as GPS becomes the navigational standard for global transport, the study said. It said disruptions could include environmental

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Coflexip Unit Wins Pipeline Contract In GOM Coflexip Stena Offshore Inc. was awarded by Williams Energy Services a large EPCI contract for the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of two 18-in. export pipelines, totalling 160 miles from the Devils Tower field development, located in 5,700 ft water depth in Block 773 of the Gulf of Mexico, to shallow water tie-in locations at the shelf edge. The contract work scope comprises project management, engineering, procurement and installation of two export pipelines consisting of 160 miles of 18-in. pipeline, 12 miles of 14-in. pipeline and two 14-in. steel catenary risers (SCR). CSO will also be responsible for hooking up of the SCRs to the new-built Dominion Exploration Devils Tower Spar, diving work in the shallow waters and all pre-commissioning activities on the oil and gas export lines including pigging, hydrotest and drying of the gas export line. The pipelines will be fabricated by CSO at its new spoolbase at Mobile, Ala., and the installation will be completed by the CSO Deep Blue, the CSO's new-built ultra deepwater pipelay and construction vessel, utilising the reel lay method. Installation is scheduled to take place in the second half of 2002 with the riser hook-up being completed in January 2003. The two reeled SCRs to be installed to the new Devils Tower Spar in 5,700 ft. (1,750 m) will be the deepest 14-in. SCRs installed to date. Svein Eggen, Deputy Chief Operating


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER Coflexip Stena Offshore Group, to the CSO Deep Blue in the deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico. It further demonstrates the accuracy of clients' needs in developing deepwater fields, thanks to the unique combination of installation options she offers: rigid reeled or J-Lay pipelines or flexible lines."

$230M Offshore Contract Announced Saibos CML, an equally-owned subsidiary of Saipem contract for the million ( Offshore's share: approximately $115 million). Limited ( include BP Exploration (Angola) Limited (26.67%), B.V. (20 %) and (13.33%). The three-year contract covers: Engineering, procurement, flowlines Production Storage and Offloading) to supply the TLP (Tension Leg Platform) with electricity; CALM buoy and two rigid lines; Procurement, fabrication, pre-installation and connection of the 15 subsea umbilicals construction and installation of the risers and injection lines.

Navy helicopters and vessels are seen here ferry and a container vessel off the Baltic coast In all 20 vessels, six helicopters and navy divers test the response powers of the German navy.


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Vrachtschip Windfjord toch deels gezonken Het Noorse

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Kustwacht IJmuiden bekend. Het het ruim 71 meter schip is verticaal en vastgelopen op de Links : WINDFJORD Foto : Collectie Piet Sinke

Volgens een woordvoerder van de kustwacht is het daarom maar de vraag of het schip, dat ongeveer 220 kilometer ten noordwesten van Den Helder drijft, kan worden vlotgetrokken en weggesleept. De Britse sleepboot Lady Laura houdt de Windfjord in de gaten. Voorlopig is de deining van de zee nog te groot om aan een sleeppoging te beginnen, vindt de kustwacht. De windkracht is al wel minder. Het Noorse schip kwam in de nacht van zondag op maandag in de problemen door een noordwesterstorm. In eerste instantie verwachtte de kustwacht dat het schip was gezonken, omdat het van de radar was verdwenen. Later ontdekte een vliegtuig van de Marine Luchtvaartdienst de Windfjord op de Noordzee. De zeskoppige bemanning was zondagavond al van boord gehaald.

SHIPYARD NEWS USNS Able Exits A&P Tyne A&P Tyne has completed, within budget and on schedule, the drydocking of a US Navy vessel this summer. The USNS Able - an Ocean Surveillance Vessel arrived in Tyne on July 26 and was drydocked for 17 days in No. 4 dock at A&P's Wallsend shipyard. Various repair operations were carried out during the drydocking period including rudder repairs, underwater steel renewal and propeller blade polishing. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) and ABS attended the ship during the drydocking to carry out regulatory inspections. The vessel is technically operated by Maersk Line, the attending Port Engineer, Everett Branyan, saying, after completion; "The quality of workmanship and project control was of an excellent standard and the A&P Group will certainly be recommended to both the US Navy and my own company Maersk (A P Moller) for any future work". A&P Tyne's facilities comprise four graving docks - 216.1m x 28.9m; 173.8m x 24.4m; 170.7m x 23.2m and 149.4m x 21.3m.


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ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES Panalpina opent zeevrachtkantoor in Rotterdam

Panalpina Nederland heeft sinds kort naast de reeds bestaande luchtvrachtkantoren op de luchthavens van Schiphol, Eindhoven en Maastricht ook de beschikking over een eigen zeevrachtvestiging in de haven van Rotterdam. Met de uitbreiding wil de Zwitserse netwerkexpediteur niet alleen zijn belangen in de wereldhaven versterken, maar ook een grotere rol spelen bij de import en export van zeevrachtzendingen. Als mondiale netwerkspeler was Panalpina volgens directeur John Klompers van Panalpina Nederland eigenlijk aan zijn stand verplicht om een kantoor in Rotterdam te hebben. ,, Panalpina heeft in een ver verleden ook kleine kantoren gehad in Rotterdam maar die waren toch te klein om te overleven. Wij hebben het nu grootschalig aangepakt en een vestiging met twintig mensen geopend.” De verwachting is dat dit aantal zal groeien. Los van de strategische positionering in de Rotterdamse haven zit er ook een aantal praktische en commerciële voordelen aan een vestiging in de havenstad, zegt Klompers. ,, Zo is het moeilijk om aan personeel te komen in de regio Schiphol. Daarnaast voorzien wij toch veel groei in de zeevracht en speciale projecten. Het was dan ook moeilijk om dit vanuit ons kantoor op Schiphol te blijven doen.” Panalpina heeft dan ook de zogeheten ‘PanProjects’-Zeedivisie verhuist van Amsterdam naar Rotterdam. Deze divisie is gespecialiseerd in het aanbieden van geïntegreerde grootschalige en logistiek complexe zeevrachtprojecten. Daarbij gaat het hoofdzakelijk om ‘oversized’ en bijzonder zware zendingen. Een apart team is door de expediteur samengesteld voor Oil & Energy projecten. Branch Manager voor Panalpina in Rotterdam is Bob Mann.

New World Alliance halveert NEX-dienst Eerste stap in grootschalige capaciteitsbeperking op vaargebied Europa-Azië De New World Alliance zet haar nieuwste wekelijkse containerdienst tussen Europa en Azië vanaf volgende maand om in een tweewekelijkse dienst. Daarmee willen de betrokken rederijen een bijdrage leveren aan een vergaande capaciteitsbeperking op dit vaargebied. De capaciteitbeperking tekent de belabberde situatie voor de containerrederijen op het vaargebied. Het ladingaanbod blijft afnemen en de tarieven blijven dalen, zowel eastbound als westbound. Ook APL heeft inmiddels bevestigd drie gecharterde containerschepen in de dienst aan de eigenaar te retourneren. Daarmee resteren er vijf schepen in de recent opgestarte Northern Europe-China Express Service (NEX). Vier van deze schepen zullen elke veertien dagen gaan varen op de de route Qmgdao, Ningbo, Sjanghai, Hongkong, Chiwan, Singapore, Aden, Hamburg, Antwerpen en Southampton. Het vijfde schip wordt benut voor een shuttledienst tussen de Chinese haven en Singapore met een aansluiting op de NEX-dienst. APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine en Mitsui OSK lopen vooruit op tal van andere initiatieven die de capaciteit op de vaarroute tussen Europa en Azië moeten verminderen. Volgende week komen de leden van de Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) in Sjanghai bijeen om de beperking verder uit te werken. Duidelijk is dat CMA CGM bijvoorbeeld al heeft ingestemd met het schrappen van vijf afvaarten in de komende maanden. Voor deze carrier is dit een grote stap omdat de rederij onlangs nog een aantal 6.600 teu schepen in gebruik heeft genomen op het vaargebied tussen Europa en het Verre Oosten, die nu niet ten volle kunnen worden benut. Ook andere leden van de FEFC, zoals de Grand Alliance en Maersk Sealand, hebben stappen aangekondigd. Deze partijen hebben echter nog geen concrete maatregelen bekend gemaakt. Gedacht wordt aan het opleggen van schepen, het afstoten van gehuurde schepen en het aanpassen van de vaarschema’s. De FEFC-rederijen zouden mikken op een capaciteitsbeperking van gemiddeld 10.000 teu per week in het laatste kwartaal van dit jaar. Begin volgend jaar moet een verdere vermindering worden doorgevoerd.


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Havendebat: "In Rotterdam wordt te weinig verdient" Het was een illuster gezelschap dat de trap in het Rotterdamse Ahoy’ afdaalde naar de tribunes, waar zich een Lagerhuis-achtig debat ontwikkelde. Niet minder dan achttien ‘kopstukken’ uit het havenwereldje wilden wel een bijdrage leveren aan het ‘Eerste nationale havendebat’, georganiseerd door Nieuwsblad Transport. Onder hen politici, ondernemers, directeuren, voorzitters van brancheorganisaties en een enkele topambtenaar maar, opmerkelijk genoeg, géén vertegenwoordiger van het Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf. De veelheid van debaters zorgde weliswaar voor veel verschillende gezichtpunten, maar bleek tegelijkertijd ook een obstakel om de echte boodschap voor het voetlicht te krijgen. En die was volgens dag voorzitter Harry Welters toch echt dat er iets fundamenteel mis is met het imago van de Rotterdamse haven: ,, De groeicoalitie, die Rotterdam heeft groot gemaakt, is uit elkaar gevallen.” Welters, die het debat samen met Victor Deconinck leidde, deed geen pogingen zich populair te maken. ‘De haven wekt volgens hem een ‘sleetse’ associatie, havenwerkers zijn niet trots op hun werk, in politiek Den Haag heerst een zekere Rotterdam-moeheid en in bepaalde overslagsectoren is Rotterdam veel marktaandeel kwijtgeraakt. Hoewel hij van verschillende kanten ook bijval kreeg, was de teneur onder de meeste sprekers toch veel positiever. Zoals Ton Jansen van Hanno die vond dat Rotterdam ‘helemaal niet zielig’ is en juist heel goed is in het organiseren van logistiek of John Verschelden van Maersk Sealand die vond dat het helemaal niet zo slecht gaat met Rotterdam en dat de toegang tot de politiek heel goed is. Waarop Deconinck constateerde dat het ‘niet meevalt om met een open mind voor de spiegel de mind op te maken’. Tweede Kamerlid Francisca Ravestein stelde onomwonden dat het Rotterdamse bedrijfsleven vaak ten onrechte stelt dat ‘de politiek’ de haven niet ziet staan. ,, Dat is dus absoluut niet waar. Neem de Tweede Maasvlakte, alle grote fracties in de Tweede Kamer zijn vóór aanleg, 126 van de 150 Kamerleden. Dat de tegenstanders ons met brieven bestoken en daar vervolgens aandacht aan besteden, is een ander verhaal.” Toch waren de meeste sprekers het er wel over eens dat er iets schort aan het imago van Rotterdam. Deltalinqs-voorzitter Klaas Westdijk: ,, De zichtbare haven bepaalt de beeldvorming, maar de meesten hebben niet in de gaten hoe geavanceerd we eigenlijk zijn. En Rutger van Slobbe van P&O Nedlloyd: ,, We zijn enorm met onszelf bezig en hebben soms niet in de gaten dat we lang niet altijd meer voorop lopen.” Hoewel de meeste ondernemers zich opvallend op de vlakte hielden, waren ze het over één ding roerend eens: ,, Er wordt te weinig verdiend in de haven”, aldus Seabrex-eigenaar Ebus. Hij kreeg nota bene bijval van een advocaat: ,, De grote kantoren hebben hun vestigingen hier opgedoekt omdat de haven gewoon te weinig omzet oplevert voor topadvocaten.” Al met al bleef Welters’ constatering dat Rotterdam op zijn minst een imagoprobleem heeft overeind, maar de vraag ‘hoe nu verder? ’ werd niet echt beantwoord. Wordt volgend jaar vervolgd.


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NAVY NEWS Iraq said on September 11, 2001 its air defenses had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance plane, the second such incident in two weeks. Earlier, in Kuwait, Western defense sources said there were strong reports the United States might have lost contact with a Predator pilotless craft after taking off from the USS Carl Vinson. A Predator is shown flying above the USS Carl Vinson in 1995 off California

Old Connie's still quite a ship

At 1,079 feet, the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation is 50 feet shorter than that of newer Nimitz-class counterparts, and pilots catapulted off it get a bigger jolt to become airborne. Eight steam boilers power the carrier instead of a nuclear reactor. But the nearly 40-year-old Constellation, the Navy's second-oldest ship, still is an awesome sight and packs an equally awesome punch. The "Connie" and its crew of 5,000 sailors, Marines and aviators pulled into Pearl Harbor last week before heading home to San Diego yesterday to wrap up its second-to-last deployment. The USS Ronald Reagan is expected to replace the Constellation in the Pacific Fleet in 2003. Four times during the six-month deployment, the Constellation made world news, showing that it hasn't taken a back seat among the Navy's dozen carriers. After it replaced the USS Harry S. Truman in the Persian Gulf at the end of April, Constellation's pilots flew hundreds of sorties in Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch, striking seven targets. Its approximately 70 aircraft, including F-14D Super Tomcat and F/A-18C Hornet fighters, EA-6B Prowlers and S-3B Vikings, made up over two-thirds of U.S. striking ability in the region.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER "We brought every bit as much capability as Truman had, which is a real testament to the people who designed and built the ship," said Capt. John W. Miller, the Constellation's commanding officer. The 17-story carrier received an overhaul to its 4.5-acre flight deck in the mid-1970s, upgrades in 1982 to carry the F/A-18 Hornet, and $800 million in improvements in the early 1990s. In June, the carrier dubbed "America's Flagship" by President Reagan in 1981 went on high alert after terrorist threats prompted the Pentagon to order U.S. ships out of Bahrain. More recently, the Constellation battle group steamed into Hong Kong on Aug. 20 in the first major port call since the EP-3 spy plane incident chilled relations with China. Three days earlier, the Constellation took part in a military exercise in the South China Sea that some analysts called a show of force aimed at Beijing. Guysen Pauline, 19, who graduated from Waipahu High School in 2000, said Navy videos warned of potential risks in Hong Kong and sailors were cautioned to "watch your back." But Pauline, an airman apprentice, said the former British colony was "mild" and people there were nice. As for the gulf, "We'd be on alert all the time. We had to be on our toes, knowing this was the real deal." Lt. Tyler Nekomoto, 26, of Kaua'i, an F/A-18 pilot on his first deployment, flew missions in Iraq. "At first it's kind of scary and you get butterflies, but as time went on, you get more used to it," he said of the sorties. Arman Lagman, 19, of Waipahu, an aviation boatswain's mate handler who drives tractors on the carrier, said he was looking forward to 10 days' leave here. "I just want to see my family and play some music," he said.

Indonesia in need of strong Navy: President JAKARTA (JP): President Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Monday that Indonesia needed to develop a strong navy to guard the country's territorial waters. A strong naval force reflects a nation's dignity, thus (by having one), we can gain the respect of other countries in the world, the President said, while addressing the 50th anniversary of the Navy Academy in Bumi Moro Krembangan, Surabaya, East Java, as quoted by Antara. Present at the ceremony were Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil, Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Adm. Widodo AS, Indonesian Navy chief Adm. Indroko Sastrowiryono and other highranking military officers. Indonesia, she said, also needed a strong commercial fleet so that the country would not be left behind in international trade. Megawati further underscored the alarming security lapses that have occurred amid an increase in illegal activities conducted in Indonesian waters. Illegal fishing and piracy have increased and have yet to be kept in check by the Navy, she said. In addition, many fishermen, as well as fishing companies, continue to ignore the preservation of marine resources, she added. We have to see all these problems as challenges in developing a better future for Indonesia, the President said. In the past, the government had been ignorant about it's marine resources, she said. Ignoring our marine resources and letting other people (from other countries) exploit our waters is a big mistake. This has inflicted great losses to the country and will cause many people in related professions to lose their livelihoods. With the growing economy, we hope we will be able to support our Navy so that it can develop and increase its strength. This archipelago has more than 17,000 islands. Its waters comprise about 2.82 million square meters, or two-thirds of the territory. Experts and observers lamented that the government had never really taken care of its seas, environmentally or economically. Last year, then minister of maritime affairs and fisheries Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said that Indonesia badly needed an integrated sea security system to maintain its sovereignty over its sea territory and to curb fish theft.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER He said that the average loss of fish stolen in Indonesian waters amounted to US$2 million annually. According to then director general for small islands and management Rokhmin Dohuri, up until 1997 Indonesia had only exploited 59 percent of its marine resources.

MOVEMENTS

For the new to build bridge between Rion and Antirion ( Greece ) the second pylon called M4 was placed in position yesterday by a team of Smit Maritime Contractors for the builders consortium Kinopraxia Gefyra. For the Positioning of the pylon the suppliers Maersk Puncher, Banckert and Golfo do Bengala and also the barge E 6001 and one LGH winch positioned onshore were used.

RIJNMOND WEATHER Woensdag 12-09-2001 9 uur 's ochtends : temperatuur: 14 graden kans op neerslag: 17% wind: matig (15 km/u) uit W 5 uur 's middags : temperatuur: 17 graden kans op neerslag: 5% wind: matig (28 km/u) uit WZW


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….AT LAST BUT NOT LEAST ….. Olieprijzen scherp omhoog door aanslagen VS

De prijzen van ruwe olie zijn dinsdag scherp gestegen in reactie op de terroristische aanslagen in de Verenigde Staten. Op de termijnmarkt in Londen ging de notering van Brent-olie voor levering in oktober omhoog naar 31,05 dollar per vat (159 liter), 13 procent hoger dan het slot van 27,45 dollar op maandag. De notering zakte wat later terug naar 30,35 dollar, altijd nog meer dan 10 procent hoger. De prijsstijging zorgde ervoor dat koers van Koninklijke Olie op de beurs in Amsterdam 3 procent hoger was terwijl de meeste andere hoofdfondsen diep in de min stonden. KPN was de enige andere winnaar onder de 25 fondsen van de AEX-index. Ook de beurskoersen van andere oliemaatschappijen gingen tegen de grote stroom in flink omhoog. Het Britse BP boekte 7 procent winst en het Franse TotalFinaElf ruim 4 procent.

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