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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER : Thursday 14-06-2001

EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS Greenpeace stops Greek tanker

Greenpeace activists have occupied a tanker full of oil bound for the US to protest US President George W Bush's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol and support the European Union's action on the agreement with or without the US. Fifteen Greenpeace activists yesterday stopped the Greek registered oil tanker Cosmic (built 2000, 78,918 gt) from leaving the Statoil owned Mongstad terminal. The tanker was to carry 150,000 tones of crude oil from Norway to the US East Coast. "It is too easy just to talk. Bush needs to be shown that the rest of the world is serious on this issue. We are stopping oil exports to show Bush the costs of not joining the international community to address global warming", said Truls Gulowsen, Greenpeace campaigner. "These exports undermine Norwegian policy on the Kyoto Protocol by allowing Bush to take no legitimate action on climate change. Norway must show where they really stand on climate and stick to Kyoto together with the rest of Europe", said Gulowsen. "Though it is a first small step towards safeguarding the Earth's climate, the Kyoto protocol which has been formulated over ten years, is the only global legal instrument available to start tackling the problem. Oil exports to the US will only lead to continued unregulated CO2 emissions by a country that is trying to destroy the Kyoto Protocol." Norway is currently the eighth largest oil exporter to the US, and fuels the unregulated US emissions with two percent of the total oil consumption. Norwegian exports in February amounted to more than 355 thousand barrels a day, which represents two tankers the size of the Cosmic per week. The Norwegian state-owned Statoil, soon to be privatised, supplies 10% of the oil consumed on the US east coast.

Vessel Management Services to build escort tug

Vessel Management Services, a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corporation, have contracted Marco Shipyard in Seattle for a new advanced Protector II-Class tug, which will be used to escort and assist oil tankers in Puget Sound. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in May 2002. The new tug features twin Voith Schneider 32G II/250 cycloidal propellers, powered by two Caterpillar 3608 DITA engines, and a high lift and streamlined hull designed to meet the indirect forces and speed requirements of the tankers operating in Puget Sound. The hull is derived from a design for the tug 'Boxer' and was developed by Bukser og Berging, Norway. The tug will be 129.5 feet long, 45.5 feet wide and 24.25 feet deep. It will have direct bollard pull of 150,000 pounds and indirect forces in excess of 340,000 pounds at 12 knots.

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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER Oakland-based Crowley, founded in 1892, is primarily a family- and employee-owned company mainly engaged in worldwide logistics, liner services, contract towing and transportation, energy support services, ship assist and escort services, vessel management and petroleum and chemical marine transport.

Gezonken munitieschip niet geborgen Rijkswaterstaat heeft besloten het in 1944 gezonken munitieschip Fort Maisonneuve voorlopig niet te bergen. TNO-onderzoek wees uit dat berging in verband met het uitdiepen van een nieuwe vaargeul in de Westerschelde erg duur en risicovol is. De vaargeul wordt nu om het wrak heengeleid. Volgens TNO is het risico op milieuvervuiling bij de berging vrij groot. Volgens een woordvoerder van Rijkswaterstaat Zeeland is het niet uitgesloten dat de Fort Maisonneuve ooit alsnog wordt geborgen, omdat de munitie in het wrak giftige stoffen lekt. Gedeputeerde Staten van Zeeland en de gemeentebesturen van Veere en Oostburg hebben overigens dinsdag besloten staatssecretaris De Vries van Binnenlandse Zaken te vragen zo spoedig mogelijk aanvullend onderzoek te doen naar mogelijke munitievervuiling bij Cadzand en Vrouwenpolder. Dit naar aanleiding van het onlangs uitgebrachte rapport Munitieruiming van de Koninklijke Landmacht. Daarin werden beide Zeeuwse dorpen als mogelijke voormalige springplaatsen voor het opruimen van munitie genoemd. In provinciale en gemeentelijke archieven valt niet terug te vinden dat Cadzand en Vrouwenpolder ooit als springplaats zijn gebruikt.

Officer shortage crisis looms SHIPPING may face a 20 per cent shortage of officers by 2010, a leading ship manager told a manning and training conference in Tallinn today. Bimco had estimated an officer shortage of 46,000 in 2010, but the figure may reach 75,000 if the global merchant fleet grows at 1.5 per cent a year through the decade –as it did in 2000 – instead of the estimated one per cent, said Petter Larsen, MD of Barber Ship Management. “Ships may not be able to sail because of officer shortage,” he said. Larsen said the world’s maritime academies could train a further 10,240 officers per year on top of the 4,440 graduating now. “But it takes eight years to turn a cadet to a master mariner or chief engineer.” Shipping companies should have “two cadets per ship” as a way to tackle the problem.

Norway's Steckmest buys disputed tanker fleet LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Norwegian tanker mogul Tom Steckmest said on Tuesday that he had bought out bondholders with whom he was due to clash in the New York courts over control of a fleet of six petroleum product tankers. ``The existing bonds have been amicably cancelled and all disputes settled,'' Steckmest said in a statement. Shipping sources said he had paid $135 million to cancel the bonds in addition to $8 million he paid last year for equity in the ship-owning company First International. The bondholders lent most of the $257 million to build the fleet of tankers, which have worked all their lives on long-term charters to oil major Shell Both parties asked the courts in April to decide which of them controlled the future employment of the six vessels, after the bondholders refused to accept a new contract Steckmest had negotiated with Shell. STELMAR FORCED OUT


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER The move sinks plans by New York-listed Stelmar to buy the fleet. The deal with Stelmar, which is owned by Easyjet chief Stelios Haji-Ioannou, was originally lined up last summer, and as recently as April the company reiterated its interest in the ships. Steckmest said he planned to integrate the six tankers into his Viken Shipping Group. The acquisition of the bondholders' stake in the ships will be financed by Nedship Bank and NIB Capital Bank. Steckmest was unavailable to comment on Wednesday.

Alaska flushes cruise ships New laws to monitor sewage worry B.C. environmentalists

JUNEAU -- Alaska has passed tough cruise-ship legislation, authorizing the state to inspect and monitor waste water dumped by vessels along its coast. But B.C. environmentalists now fear ships will be more likely to dump sewage in Canadian waters, where legislation is lax and enforcement non-existent. "The message is loud and clear that Alaskans care deeply about their oceans, its marine life and habitat, and we enthusiastically embrace the responsibility for its stewardship," Gov. Tony Knowles said on the weekend. The bill allows the state to test and monitor both blackwater (sewage) and greywater from cruise ships' sinks and showers. The booming cruise industry will bring a million passengers and crew members to Alaska this summer. Most will stop in Vancouver and virtually all will pass through Canadian waters. "Are we going to be a toilet for cruise ships after they leave Alaska?" asked Ivan Bulic of the Society to Promote Environmental Conservation. He noted that the appeal of Alaska cruises is that they sail inshore and through narrow channels. "That's where the fish live and where people live," he said. Last January, the Canada Shipping Act was changed to declare nine B.C. coastal areas non-dumping zones. But only a couple are along cruise-ship routes, and there is no policing of the zones. Alaska was prompted to act after waste-water samples last season found fecal coliform levels 100,000 times higher than U.S. law permitted. John Hansen, president of the Northwest Cruise Ship Association, insisted at the time that onboard treatment systems are constantly improving. "We don't see any cause for alarm. What we're trying to do now is find the reason for these high readings," he said last September. About half of the large foreign-flagged cruise ships operating in Alaska recently told the U.S. Coast Guard they wouldn't participate in the sampling program. The U.S. federal law on waste water no longer applies to them, they said, because they are going outside state waters to dump treated sewage and sink water. Some said they planned to dump in the ocean until they got their waste-water treatment systems working so they consistently comply with new U.S. federal standards. Others said it is company policy to dump 20 kilometres out and they plan to do so indefinitely. SPEC's Bulic said ships currently dump their sewage beyond the three-mile territorial limit, but refrain from discharging in Georgia Strait up to Port Hardy. "Everyone wants the cruise ships to stay because they're a $2-billion industry," he said. "Unfortunately, Canadian regulations and surveillance capabilities are way behind Alaska's."


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Platform float underway soon

FINAL preparations are underway to recover a huge, re-usable Scottish-built oil production platform from the North Sea in a trailblazing operation that could start late this month. If the Phillips Petroleum project to recover the Maureen platform is successful, it will provide valuable lessons as to how other large North Sea structures with integral oil storage tanks can be recovered as fields become exhausted. At 112,000 tonnes, no-one has every attempted to refloat anything this large before. According to oilfield intelligence gatherer, European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter, final recovery could get underway by the end of this month. Most of the preparatory work has been done in readiness for the refloat, says EOPN. It adds that a three-day good weather window is needed before Phillips and its contractor Aker Maritime of Norway can make the attempt . While a spokesman for Phillips played down the suggestion of a late June recovery, he told The Scotsman that, after 18 months of work, massive Maureen would be refloated within weeks. He said pumps needed to inject powerful jets of seawater below the bases of three huge steel storage tanks which act as the platform's base were now being installed. The jetting systems will be used to clear away huge quantities of silt and break the suction between the tanks and the seabed before the platform's own buoyancy can take over. With Maureen's tanks already empty, Phillips and Aker hope the platform will float clear smoothly and safely, and that they will then be able to tow it to Norway for storage until its fate is finally decided, probably later this year. Early last year, a consortium of North-east Scottish businessmen had hoped to persuade Phillips to take Maureen to the former Kishorn fabrication yard on the Scottish West Coast for storage and either reconditioning for further use or breaking up if that hope proved impossible to realise. Kishorn is where the platform was completed in 1983. Phillips Petroleum has been actively marketing the platform for at least three years but apparently without luck. The company continues to believe it offers a ready-made solution for an oil/gas development somewhere in the world where the water depth is similar and on-site storage is required.

OWNERS SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED FOLLOWING FATALITY AT PEMBROKE DOCK

The owners of the tanker "Whithaven" have pleaded guilty to two offences following the death of a seaman at Pembroke Dock on 21st January 2001. Kingston-upon-Hull Magistrates fined John H Whitaker (Tankers) Ltd. of hull, £1,500 for failing to provide a safe means of access and £4,500 for failing to designate a Safety Officer. Full costs of £4,977 were also awarded against Whitakers. Mr Alan Redrup from Pembroke Dock, Dyfed Powys, was employed as an AB/Cook on the tanker "Whithaven". The "Whithaven" had tied up to No. 2 Quay, Pembroke Dock on the afternoon of 20th January 2001 for a rest period prior to loading a cargo. Early in the morning of 21st January 2001, Mr Redrup was returning to the ship with a colleague after an evening ashore. He attempted to board the vessel by jumping from the quayside as a gangway was not rigged but failed in his attempt and fell into the water. Despite the efforts of the crew of the "Whithaven" and the Rescue Services, Mr Redrup was found to be dead when eventually recovered from the water. Investigations had shown that a gangway was not rigged due to an instruction from the John H Whitaker (Tankers) Ltd. which is contrary to MS (Means of Access) Regulations 1985. It was also found that the John H Whitaker (Tankers) Ltd. had failed to designate a Safety Officer for the vessel as required by the MS & FV (Health & Safety at Work) Regulations 1997. The Chairman of the Magistrates in closing said that they felt that the failure to appoint a Safety Officer was the most serious offence, as if one had been appointed then the Safe Means of Access offence may not have occurred.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER Captain Jeremy Smart, Principal Enforcement Officer, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency stated that " This is a very sad and unfortunate case. However it does show that owners of all vessels must be aware of the consequences of any instruction they may issue to their Master and crew".

SHETLAND COASTGUARD ALERTED TO GROUNDED FISHING VESSEL At 3.25 a.m. this morning Shetland Coastguard were alerted on VHF Channel 16 by the 6 crew of the Peterhead-based fishing vessel `Resplendent’ that they were aground on the north end of the Island of Yell. The vessel with 20,000 litres of diesel on board had grounded in very calm seas at high water and was now firmly stuck on the rocks. Shetland Coastguard immediately sent it’s Coastguard Rescue Team from Yell to the scene and the Lerwick lifeboat was requested to launch. The team have reported back that there is no obvious damage to the vessel but the Agency’s Counter pollution team have been informed as a matter of course as has the local authority. Shetland Coastguard Watch Manager Sandy Wylie explains: " Fortunately the weather is very calm this morning with south westerly force 3 winds in the locality. She is in sheltered waters and upon hearing the radio traffic two further local fishing vessels have arrived to assist. Both crews from the `Renown’ and the `Guardian Angel’ are now trying to get a towline on the `Resplendent’ and get her back into the water. " If they don’t succeed then we’ll have to wait until high water this afternoon before any further action can be taken. The situation is not so serious to merit any crewmembers being removed from the vessel, but we will continue to monitor her stability and watertight integrity closely whilst she remains grounded." ARA (Georgia) SEIZURES & ARRESTS - Beirut, Jun 11 -- Mv Ara was under seizure by court order at Tripoli, Lebanon. She arrived at Tripoli on Apr 28. On June 10 after midnight she broke her lashings and disappeared. We have contacted Lloyd's Agents in Syria who replied that the vessel has not called at any Syrian ports so far. -- Lloyd's Agents.

Nog meer opstand tegen fusie HBG en Ballast Nedam AMSTERDAM - Een groep grootaandeelhouders van HBG wijst de baggerfusie met Ballast Nedam af, zo meldt de Telegraaf. De groep bezit inmiddels 35 tot 40 procent van het aantal uitstaande aandelen. Ze verwachten in de aanloop naar de extra aandeelhoudersvergadering van 26 juni meer steun te kunnen krijgen. Vorige week zette de Vereniging van Effectenbezitters (VEB) ook al vraagtekens bij de fusie tussen de twee baggerpoten. De VEB vermoedt dat HBG zijn aandeelhouders niet voldoende heeft ingelicht over de fusie. Op de aandeelhoudersvergadering van 23 mei is niks gezegd over de mogelijke fusie met Ballast Nedam, terwijl de gesprekken toen al ruim zes maanden bezig waren. De VEB vindt ook dat er onvoldoende onderzoek is verricht naar het al dan niet samengaan van HBG en Boskalis. De groep grootaandeelhouders eisen dan ook dat HBG het voor hen aantrekkelijker overnamebod van 1,25 miljard gulden van Boskalis in heroverweging wordt genomen.


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CASUALTY REPORTING Explosion sinks tanker killing three - update

Three crew members have died and one other is still reported missing following an explosion that sank the Heng San (built 1976, registered Singapore, 122,270 gt) in the Arabian Sea, some 350 nautical miles south west of Mumbai, India. Thirty-eight other crew members have been rescued by eight vessels in the vicinity. The crew members comprised seven South Koreans, one Myanmese and 34 Chinese nationals.

The Ocean Tankers-managed VLCC is understood to have been en route from Singapore to Fujairah. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, she caught fire at about 2330hrs GMT on 11 June 2001 as she headed to the Persian Gulf in the Arabian Sea. At the time of the incident, the vessel was sailing in ballast some 350 nautical miles (630km) off the West Coast of India. Ocean Tankers also reported that as a result of the fire, an explosion occurred onboard the vessel, causing it to break into two. The broken parts of the vessel are reported to have sunk. Following the explosion, the shipmaster had alerted the search and rescue authorities in India and Norway for assistance. Eight ships in the vicinity responded and are assisting in the search. Early reports say gas trapped in the empty tanks is responsible for the explosion which ripped four cargo tanks and punched a hole in the deck. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is in contact with Ocean Tankers and is monitoring the situation. An investigation of the incident will be conducted.

LISE MALEEN (Norway) London, Jun 11 -- A report from Sandnes, dated today, states: On Jun 5, mv Lise Maleen (453 gt, built 1958), under way from Karmoy to Etne for loading asphalt, experienced engine breakdown in Bomlafjorden. The vessel was taken in tow, by rescue vessel Nils C.P.Aune, and moored to Stord for repairs. The weather was good and there was no danger for the vessel.

Products tanker in collision THE Ukrainian-registered 55,870 DWT products tanker Geroi Sevastopolja is making for Durban with hull damage to its starboard side adjacent to the engine room as well as forward of midships. The damage was caused by a collision between the tanker and an unnamed Iranian vessel. Details of the incident are as yet unknown. The tanker, owned by Novoship, is expected at the Dormac Marine shipyard on June 16 where a full repair involving 60 tonnes of new steel will be carried out.


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SHIPYARD NEWS Pan-United to build sophisticated DP 3 vessel Pan-United Shipyard Pte Ltd (PUY), a subsidiary of listed Pan-United Corporation Ltd, has won a shipbuilding contract of about US$38m for DP3, a diving construction and support vessel. The order was placed with PUY, one of the largest medium-sized shipyards in Singapore in May 2001. Having a length of 130 metres and a beam of 22 metres, the vessel will be purpose-built for offshore diving, drilling, repairs, construction and cable work. The engineering, construction and testing of the vessel will be in accordance with American Bureau of Shipping standards. The vessel will be powered by six thrusters, allowing it to work under most severe weather conditions. These thrusters will be designed to give a high bollard pull and a transit speed of around 14 knots. The vessel will be designed and equipped with the state-of-the art dynamic positioning system giving it a class notation of DP3. "There are very few ships in the world with a DP3 system that are suitable for the offshore industry. Our vessel will have the enhanced capability of operating in shallow waters, in waters as deep as 5,000 metres. Each thruster unit is segregated and independent of any other unit. The same applies to the switchboards, control panels, generators and the auxiliary systems. The aim is clear, we will have multiple redundancies on all the critical systems onboard the ship. The requirements of the offshore industry are certainly to increase and with this vessel and its design we will be able to serve the industry's coming needs. We chose Pan-United Shipyard to build the ship because we believe that they are the best and most reliable shipyard in this region", said a representative of Shanara Maritime, the Owners of the vessel. The vessel will be delivered in the first half of next year. Earlier on, Pan-United successfully delivered two units of a DP2 cable-laying ships for the same owner. Pan-United operates with two shipyard facilities, one in Singapore, and the other in Batam, to handle vessels up to 100,000 deadweight tonnes. Both yards are ISO 9001 accredited shipyards with capabilities in shiprepair, shipbuilding and shipconversion. With the contract, the order book of the two shipyards stands at more than SGD 100 million. Currently in progress in the Singapore facility are newbuildings of five supply vessels, for delivery in 2001 and 2002. The Batam facility completed and delivered two units of 5,000 m3 hopper barges for an international dredging company in the first half of year 2001 and major projects on hand include some 3,000 tonnes of steelwork for a conversion. Pan-United has also secured construction contracts for five ship-to-shore container quay cranes for Jurong Port Pte Ltd to be delivered in the first half of year 2001 and 2002.


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ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES Rotterdam to be new king coal? TEN years after initial plans were made, Thyssen Krupp Stahl has finally agreed that its Rotterdam subsidiary Ertsoverslag Europoort (EECV) may build a 5.5M tonne, 35-ha coal terminal. The terminal will be situated in the Dintelhaven and should become operational in 2003,and may mean Rotterdam can restore its position as the main coal port in the Le Havre/Hamburg range. Between 1990 and 2000, the traffic rose from 59.3 to 70.8M tonnes but Rotterdam’s share fell from 36.1 per cent to 32.8 per cent, with a low of 29.4 per cent in 1999. The main beneficiary was Amsterdam/Ijmuiden, but Hamburg/Bremen and Dunkirk also increased their share. Coal traffic in the Belgian ports of Antwerp and Ghent remained stable, resulting in their share of the trade being reduced, but Zeebrugge lost almost all its 3.5M coal traffic in 1990.

Marfret suspends Channel service FRENCH liner operator Compagnie Maritime Marfret is suspending its freight service between Boulogne and Folkestone in the UK. The service, marketed under the banner Falcon SeaFreight, was operating the 2,150 DWT, 1977-built ro-ro Neptunia and employed 21 people in the UK and France. Marfret president Raymond Vidil said Falcon had been losing an average of FF100,000 ($13,000) per week for 18 months. The company was heavily affected by the launch by AP Møller subsidiary Norfolk Line’s new freight service between Dunkirk and Dover, and encountered seasonal operating problems at Folkestone. Falcon Sea Freight was created in 1998 by UK interests. It needed fresh capital, and was taken over by Marfret last year. In 2000 the company carried 40,000 trailers, a significant figure but not enough to make the operation profitable.

Daebo wins Pusan ferry contract KOREA’S Daebo Shipping has won government approval to operate a high-speed passenger ship between Busan and the Japanese port of Hakata. Five companies were in the race, but Daebo’s experience in ferrying people and cargo for the construction of Inchon airport, appeared to have swung the decision in its favour. The service will be launched later this year, S Y Cho, head of business planning, told Fairplay today. He said negotiations were in hand for the ship, which will be able to seat 262 people and achieve a speed of 45 kt. Seoul-based Daebo was established in 1974 and has been involved in shipping export cargo, including steel for Posco. Besides three car ferries, it operates six general cargo and two bulk vessels.

Waterbus draait proef naar Gorcum

GORINCHEM - In de nabije toekomst gaan wellicht snelle waterbussen varen tussen Werkendam, Sleeuwijk, Hardinxveld, Gorinchem en het industrieterrein Avelingen. Op de langere termijn komt er heel misschien zelfs een verbinding met Dordrecht. Tijdens de Havendagen afgelopen weekend deed de Waterbus Gorinchem al aan.


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De komende zomer gaat de boot bij wijze van ‘lekkermakertje‘ op tien achtereenvolgende zondagen tussen Dordrecht en Gorinchem op en neer varen. Waterbussen zijn snelle aluminium catamaran-boten die veertig kilometer per uur kunnen. Ze vervoeren tegen normale openbaar vervoerstarieven alleen voetgangers en fietsers. Vier van deze boten, die verkocht worden door de Gorinchemse scheepswerf Damen, onderhouden een dienst tussen de vier Drechtsteden (Dordrecht, Zwijndrecht, Sliedrecht en Papendrecht). Naar verwachting zullen ze dit jaar één miljoen mensen vervoeren. Ze zijn bijna net zo kostendekkend als de rest van het openbaar vervoer, zegt H. Ottevanger van Waterbus bv. De waterbussen moeten niet worden verward met de ‘fast ferry‘; een snelle boot tussen Dordrecht en Rotterdam die niet snel mag varen vanwege te veel golfslag. En is daardoor ook niet zo succesvol als werd gehoopt. “We willen de mensen in de regio deze zomer wat meer bekendmaken met het fenomeen waterbus. We hopen dat forensen dan de charmes ontdekken, waardoor er meer druk op de ketel komt om ook de regio Gorinchem te gaan bedienen“, stelt directeur Ottevanger. Zaterdagmiddag stond hij al verbaasd van de belangstelling. “Ik telde net zeker vijftig mensen die van boord kwamen. Terwijl de publiciteit van tevoren te wensen overliet.“ De Waterbus komt deze zomer op initiatief van de gemeente Gorinchem richting Rivierenland. Om de boot definitief in deze regio te laten varen moeten er nog heel wat neuzen van geldschieters dezelfde kant op gaan wijzen. Behalve de provincie Zuid-Holland, moet ook Noord-Brabant en Rijkswaterstaat het project gaan ondersteunen. Ottevanger denkt dat een groot deel van de file op de A27 voor de Gorkumse brug kan worden opgelost als de snelle bootdienst tussen Brabant en Gorinchem er komt. Deze waterbus komt als aanvulling op de 'langzame' gemeentepontjes die tussen Sleeuwijk, Woudrichem en Gorinchem varen. “De waterbussen moeten op nieuwe trajecten gaan varen. Werkendam is gewoon te ver voor langzame boten. Pas als je snelheid biedt, komen forensen er op af“, weet J. Hania van de Gorinchemse ‘varende dienst‘. “Deze zomer dient als ‘lekkermakertje‘ voor publiek en politiek.“ Deze zomer vaart de Waterbus alleen op Dordrecht. Voor Dordtenaren een leuke manier om Gorinchem, Woudrichem, Fort Vuren of Loevestein te bezoeken. Omgekeerd is er bijvoorbeeld in Dordrecht elke eerste zondag in de historische binnenstad het Kunstrondje. Ook de boekenmarkt (1 juli) en het bluesfestival (26 augustus) vallen op een zondag. De bedoeling is in beide plaatsen om het uur af te varen, met in beide richtingen een tussenstop in Sliedrecht. De totale reisduur is net geen drie kwartier. “Op dit lange traject is het denk ik moeilijk om voor forensen concurrerend te zijn met trein of auto. Beide doen er ongeveer een half uur over. Maar je weet maar nooit hoe de files zich ontwikkelen“, weet Ottevanger. Overigens is de start van de Waterbus in de regio Drechtsteden ook moeizaam geweest en mochten de overheden vorig jaar er miljoenen extra bijleggen. De verwachtingen zijn nu bijgesteld en een aantal kinderziektes zijn opgelost. “Iemand achter een bureau had bijvoorbeeld de kaartverkoop via een automaat aan de wal gepland. Nu verkopen we gewoon kaartjes aan boord. Ook is het personeel nu meer gewend aan het materieel zodat het afmeren sneller gaat. Maar het is een harde strijd. Toch is het aantal passagiers het afgelopen jaar met tien procent gegroeid en denken we dit jaar op 1,1 miljoen verkochte kaartjes uit te komen. Het gaat nu dus de goede kant op met ons“, aldus Ottevanger. “Maar dit zijn projecten waarvoor een lange adem nodig is.“

Stolt-Nielsen unit PrimeSupplier takes over OneSea

ONLINE ship supply venture OneSea.com has effectively been consumed by Stolt-Nielsen subsidiary and rival PrimeSupplier. Stolt-Nielsen will hold a controlling interest in the Bermuda-registered merged entity, SeaSupplier. Rumours have suggested for weeks that OneSea was in difficulty. When contacted by Hong Kong Shipping News International (HKSNI) earlier in the year, staff would only say that there were no problems and that the website would be back up 'in a few days'. Jacob B Stolt-Nielsen will serve as CEO for SeaSupplier, while OneSea chief Arvild Bergvall will become its deputy CEO. Other senior management from Mr Bergvall's company will transfer to the new firm.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER Mr Stolt-Nielsen said: 'We are excited to partner with OneSea.com shareholders and management. The support of OneSea.com's industrial shareholders for our proven, and cost saving, e-procurement solution is a significant milestone towards a larger user base and commercial success. 'OneSea.com, with its wealth of business process knowledge acquired from its diverse group of ship operators, will provide the basis for further enhancements to our industry wide solution.' 'SeaSupplier will offer its customers access to Marcas and Snoco purchasing consortiums to help save purchasing costs and achieve the savings associated with using a common and integrated eprocurement platform.' SeaSupplier will own minority stakes in both the Marcas ship purchasing consortium and the StoltNielsen Owning Consortium (Snoco). Mr Bergvall added: 'PrimeSupplier has a proven, working, fully functional system that has been developed over the last 6 years. 'Combining this system with our dedicated industrial support creates the most powerful combination in marine e-procurement. 'Our shareholders will benefit as both users and investors. I also look forward to playing a major role in the merged company.' Both PrimeSupplier and OneSea are online ship supplies purchasing systems, looking to deliver cost and time savings to ship owners when dealing with their spares and supplies requirements. PrimeSupplier is currently used by the Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group as its sole marine purchasing system. In addition, PrimeSupplier has pilot agreements in place with customers including MOL Ship Management Asia, Seabulk International, Stolt Offshore, Tschudi & Eitzen Shipmanagement, and VBSK (Bernhard Schulte).OneSea.com already has the support of ship owners with more than 1,200 ships.

MOVEMENTS The in 1980 build British Customs and Excise patrol vessel “ SEEKER “ was the guest of the Dutch Custom , and exercised together with the Dutch custom vessel “ ZEEVALK “, The SEEKER stayed in the port of Hoek van Holland on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Seeker moored in the Port of Hoek van Holland ( Photos : Piet Sinke )


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….AT LAST BUT NOT LEAST ….. Weekly Piracy Report 5-11 June 2001 The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast to all shipping by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre on the safetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 5 - 11 June 2001.

Warnings Increasing number of piracy incidents have been reported in the Malacca Straits between the coordinates 01 to 02N - 101 to 103E. The most risky area is within 25 nm radius surrounding 02N 102E, where the same armed gang of pirates seems to have repeatedly attacked ships. Attacks have been reported at Chittagong, Mongla and Chennai while at anchor. Ships at ports in Bangladesh have been subjected to theft of zinc anodes welded to ship's sides and the stern. Ships calling at Indonesian ports of Belawan, Dumai, Jakarta, Merak, Samarinda and Tanjong Priok have reported numerous pirate attacks whilst at berth and at anchor. Persons in small fast boats have been trying to board several ships off Bab Al Mandeb in the southern tip of Red Sea, around 13N - 43E. Masters have reported that small boats wait at the northern end of traffic lane where ships slow down to make a turn. Somalian waters continue to be a risk prone area for hijackings. Ships should keep at least 50 miles and if possible 100 miles from the Somali coast. Use of radio communications including the VHF in these waters should be kept to a minimum.

Suspicious craft 11.06.2001 at 11.30 UTC in position: 14:14.8N - 042:43.3E, Abu Ali Channel, Southern Red Sea. Three speedboats with about 10 persons in each approached a bulk carrier. The master took evasive action. No boarding took place. 10.06.2001 at 04:43 UTC in position: 01:08S - 085:09E, Indian Ocean. While underway, a light green colour boat, length about 12-15 m, with 6-7 persons followed a tanker for about 55 minutes before changing course and retreating. 07.06.2001 at 1215 UTC in position 01:14N - 103:25E, Malacca Strait. A dark gray speedboat doing 25 kts approached a LPG carrier. The boat hovered around the ship for 15 minutes. The ship flashed a searchlight on the speedboat. As a result the boat retreated. The master reported the incident to Johor VTS and sent a warning message via VHF broadcast.

Latest reported incidents 07.06.2001 at 0243 UTC in position 05:35.27N - 123:04.73E, Philippines. While underway, armed pirates in a boat attempted to board a general cargo ship. The boat followed the ship for 30 minutes and seeing the alert crew abandoned the attempted boarding 06.06.2001 at Pussur River, Mongla, Bangladesh. In the early hours thieves approached a general cargo ship discharging cargo. They stole four pieces of zinc anodes welded to the rudderpost.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 04.06.2001 at 0100 LT in position: 06:45S - 039:20E, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Crew on a general cargo ship at anchor, noticed two boats near the anchor chain. Each boat had 20 to 30 persons and some were trying to climb up the chain. Alarm was raised and crew mustered on forecastle. As a result the boats fled.

Last Titanic survivor passes away

Antonio Martinelli, the last survivor of the Titanic, passed away in hospital near Isernia, according to Italian reports. Martinelli was still in diapers when the liner went down, taking 1,523 people to their icy grave. Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, the luxury liner sank two hours after running into an iceberg at 23.40 on 14 April 1912, on her maiden journey from Southampton to New York.

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