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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270

Number 270***DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER***Monday 27-12-2004 THIS NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY :

VLIERODAM WIRE ROPES Ltd. wire ropes, chains, hooks, shackles, webbing slings, lifting beams, crane blocks, turnbuckles etc. Binnenbaan 36 3161VB RHOON The Netherlands Telephone: (+31)105018000 (+31) 105015440 (a.o.h.) Fax : (+31)105013843 Internet & E-mail www.vlierodam.nl [email protected]

The USNS RED CLOUD ( T-AKR 313) arrived Sunday in Cape Town, the RED CLOUD is one of the WATSON class prepositioning transport vessel operated by the US Military Sealift Command Photo : Ian Shiffman ©

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THE ELBE GALLERY

This section of the newsletter is temporarily reserved for companies which donated 500 Euro or more to save the ocean going tug ELBE. Until now we have received from the following companies the above amount : www.smit.com Waalhaven O.Z. 85 Port number 2204 3087 BM Rotterdam Tel : + 31 (0)10 454 99 11

Kahn Scheepvaart Van Vollenhovenstraat 3 3016 BE Rotterdam tel : + 31(0) 10 – 41346 30 [email protected]

D. Touw Expertise- en Ingenieursbureau b.v [email protected] Waalhaven ZZ 10 3088 HH Rotterdam Tel: +31 (0)10 2836666.

[email protected] Radarweg 36, 1042 AA Amsterdam Tel: +31-(0)20-4488300

[email protected] P.O. Box 37196 1030 AD AMSTERDAM el: +31-(0)20-686 66 31


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 [email protected] OPDR Netherlands Agencies B.V. Seattleweg 17 3195 ND Rotterdam Tel: +31 – (0)10- 7980772 [email protected] ALPHATRON MARINE Schaardijk 23 3063 NH ROTTERDAM Tel: +31 –(0) 453 4000 www.alphatronmarine.nl HAPO international Ringdijk 486 2933 GS RIDDERKERK Tel : + 31 (0) 180 41 46 71 UNIFLEET BV - Shipmanagement [email protected] Scherpdeel 28 4703 RJ Roosendaal Tel: +31-(0)165 578444 CLEARWATER GROUP Scheepvaartweg 3A 3356 LL Papendrecht Tel.: +31.(0)78.6410440 [email protected] Rederij WATERWEG bv Het Nieuwe Diep 39D 1781 AE Den Helder Phone +31 223 615 666 www.waterweg.nl

SOENEN BVBA OOSTKAMP BELGIUM [email protected]

SMITWIJS OCEAN TOWAGE Westplein 5b 3016 BM Rotterdam Telephone: +31 10 412 6969 E-mail: [email protected]

Seaspan C/O 2700 – 200 Granville Street Vancouver BC Canada Tel: (604) 482 8776 [email protected]


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 Samuel Stewart & Co 1 Tranquil Vale Blackheath London SE3 0BU Tel: 020 8297 7474 www.stewartgroup.co.uk

LKL Oceantrade, Inc. Adriaen Banckerstraat 8 3115 JE Schiedam Phone +31-10-4129622 [email protected]

LEKKO I.T.E.S P.O.Box 400 1970 AK IJMUIDEN [email protected] Bonn & Mees Sluisjesdijk 123 3087 AE Rotterdam Phone +31(0)10 - 429 05 44 [email protected]

Vopak Agencies Rotterdam BV Droogdokweg 71 3089 JN Rotterdam tel +31 10 2942222 (24 hrs) [email protected]

Sledge Hammer Engineering International b.v. Ringdijk 486 2983 GS Ridderkerk Tel.: +31 180 41 37 28

STICHTING NATIONAAL SLEEPVAART MUSEUM

HvS Dredging Support B.V. Noorderhaven 96 8861 AR, Harlingen The Netherlands Tel. +31 (0) 517 413588 [email protected]


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 HA-CE MARINE BV Specerijenhof 53 3063 BX Rotterdam Tel. + 31 10 212 2322 [email protected] HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS Vondellaan 47 PO Box 9321 2300 PH Leiden Tel : + 31 (0) 71 579 90 00 www.heerema.com

SVITZER WIJSMULLER Sluisplein 34 IJmuiden Tel : (0) 31 255 56 26 66 www.svitzerwijsmuller.com ATLAS SERVICES GROEP Westersingel 91 3015 LC ROTTERDAM Telephone: +31 10 2411040 e-mail: [email protected] www.atlasgroep.nl

URS Noorderlaan 139 2030 Antwerpen Tel : + 32 (0) 3 545 11 20 [email protected]

DE KIL BV DORDRECHT Pieter Hoebeeweg 99, 3316 BT Dordrecht tel. +31 (0)78 648 29 29 [email protected] Multraship B.V. Scheldekade 48 4531 EH Terneuzen Tel: +31 115 645000 www.multraship.nl

Wagenborg Sleepdiensten Marktstraat 10 / P.O Box 14 9930 AA Delfzijl tel + 31 (0) 596 63 69 11 [email protected]


Anglo Dutch Shipbrokers bvba Petrus Bogaertslaan 31 2970 Schilde Belgium Tel : + 32 3 464 26 09 [email protected] Broere Shipping Wieldrechtseweg 50 3316 BG Dordrecht Tel : 31 (0) 78 6528428 [email protected]

Falconer, Bryan & Associate Pte Ltd 20 Maxwell Road #03-02 MAXWELL HOUSE Singapore 069113 Tel: + 65 - 6222-9282 [email protected]

Harms Bergung, Transport & Heavy lift GmbH Johannisbollwerk 20 D-20459 Hamburg tel + 49 (0) 40 31 77 22-0 [email protected]

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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 Kotug International B.V. Parklaan 2, 3016 BB Rotterdam tel. +31 (0)10 2170217 www.kotug.nl

MTS Europroducts BV Heldringstraat 4A ZW 3144 CG Maassluis tel. + 31 (0)10 5991 599 [email protected]

NUTEC Rotterdam B.V. Beerweg 101 Harbour No 7033 3199 LM Rotterdam Maasvlakte tel : + 31 (0) 181 362 394 [email protected]

MCS International Marine Services Bijdorpplein 41 2992 LB Barendrecht tel : + 31 (0)180 641 690 [email protected]

Intershitra S&P Blijdorpplein 41 2992 LB Barendrecht tel : 31 (0) 180 641 630 [email protected] SMIT South Africa 31 Carisle Street Paarden Eiland 7405 Cape Town South Africa Phone +27 21 5075777 E-mail [email protected]

RISC Fire & Safety Training BV Beerweg 101 3199 LM Rotterdam Maasvlakte tel : +31 181 376 666 Fairplay Schleppdampfschiffs-Reederei Richard Borchard GmbH Stubbenhuk 10 20459 Hamburg / Germany Tel. +49-40-374999-0 (24 hrs) [email protected]

TITAN Salvage USA 410 S.W. 4th Ter. Dania, FL 33004 P.O. Box 350465 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33335 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tel : 954-929-5200 www.titansalvage.com


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International Transport Contractors Herenweg 133 2105 MG Heemstede Tel : + 31 (0) 23 548 5200 [email protected]

DISA Maritime Emiel Vermeulenstraat 160 2980 Zoersel (Belgium) tel : + 32 (0) 3 385 17 27 [email protected]

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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 ISKES towing & Salvage B.V. Min.van Houtenlaan 108 1981 EK Velsen Zuid tel : + 31 (0) 255 - 510 182 [email protected] Scheepswerf De Haas Govert van Wijnkade 1 Postbus 2 3140 AA Maassluis tel : + 31 (0) 10 5913511 [email protected]

Vlierodam B.V. Binnenbaan 36 3161 VB Rhoon Tel : + 31 (0)10 5018000 [email protected]

Marint (Offshore Services) Ltd Stags Court 1B High Street Thames Ditton KT7 0SD Surrey – United kingdom Tel: + 44 - 020 8398 9833 www.marint.co.uk Ahoy' exhibition, congress & event management Johan Teunisse Phone: +31 10 293 32 07 E-mail: [email protected] FLANDERS Shiprepair Noordzeestraat 14 8380 ZEEBRUGGE (BELGIUM) tel : +32 50 33 70 50 tel : +32 3 233 54 74 e-mail : [email protected] Tenwolde Marine Equipment Boonsweg 19 3274 LH Heinenoord tel : 31 186 60 33 33 [email protected] HOLLAND MARINE EQUIPMENT Postbus 24074 3007 DB Rotterdam tel : + 31 10 44 44 333 [email protected] Crew pipelaying vessel SOLITAIRE Enroute from Dubai to Rotterdam


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STENA LINE Stationsweg 10 3151 HS Hoek van Holland Tel : + 31 (0) 174 389333 www.stenaline.nl [email protected]

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Holland America Line 300 Eliott Ave West Seattle, WA 98119 Tel : 00 1 206 281 3535 www.hollandamerica.com

Redwise Maritime Services Redwise Maritime Recruitment Eemweg 3742 LB Baarn tel: +31 35 54 80 500 [email protected] www.redwise.com

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The score until today : 39950 Euro EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS Sea surges kill thousands in Asia Thousands of people have been killed across south and east Asia in massive sea surges triggered by the strongest earthquake in the world for 40 years. Villages have been swamped and homes destroyed after the 8.9-magnitude quake, the fifth strongest since 1900. At least 1,000 died in Sri Lanka and a similar number were killed in India. Casualty figures are rising and deaths have also been reported in Thailand and on Sumatra in Indonesia, thought to be near the tremor's epicentre. Exact figures for casualties are hard to confirm but hundreds of people are also said to be missing in India's and Sri Lanka's coastal regions. DEADLY DEVASTATION Sri Lanka: 1,500 dead India: 1,000 dead Thailand: 455 dead Indonesia: 150 dead Malaysia: 7 dead


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga has declared a national disaster, and the military has been deployed to help rescue efforts for the 500,000 people thought affected on the island. High sea waters have also struck tourist resorts on the coast of Thailand, reportedly killing scores of people. The low-lying Indian Ocean islands of the Maldives have also been severely flooded but there is no word yet on casualties. Thousands have meanwhile been displaced from their homes by high tides in Indonesia. An Indian Coast Guard helicopter lifts the body of a victim who was killed by tidal waves at the Marina Beach in Madras, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. A massive tidal wave triggered by an earthquake in Indonesia slammed into several parts of southern India Sunday killing at least 286 people, most of them in Tamil Nadu state. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia is the largest in the world in 40 years Panicked people reportedly fled their homes in the towns of Medan and Banda Aceh, the capitals of two of Sumatra's provinces. Indonesia's geological position - along the Pacific "Ring of Fire" - makes it prone to earthquakes and volcanoes. Electricity and telephone networks in the area have stopped working, making it difficult to confirm the extent of the damage, the BBC's Rachel Harvey in Jakarta reports. Indonesia's worst-hit region appears to be Aceh, a strife-torn province on Sumatra's northernmost tip, which has seen heavy clashes between government soldiers and separatist rebels. A view of the damage caused by a tsunami at a beach in Phuket, about 535 miles south of Bangkok, Dec. 26, 2004. The wave was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean and it tossed cars around like toys on Thailand's southern tourist playground on Sunday and swept into luxury hotels on Phuket Island.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 Several houses in the towns of Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe are said to have been damaged or washed away in flash floods. A witness interviewed by a local radio station reported seeing nine bodies in Banda Aceh, where part of the town's largest hotel is said to have collapsed. "The ground was shaking for a long time," another witness told the radio station. In November, 29 people died when an earthquake struck Indonesia's eastern province of Papua.

CARNIVAL LATEST COMPLETED MAIDEN VOYAGE Carnival´s cruising newest ship ended her maiden voyage with a 7-day cruise from Miami to the Eastern Caribbean. The Carnival Valor is the 3rd Conquest class, 110,000 grt vessel. Prior festivities included the naming of the ship by Katie Couric, NBC television personality, and a familiarization cruise for agents and invited quests. She became the largest Carnival ship to be home ported in Miami. This brings the "Fun Ship" fleet back up to 20 ships. Jubilee was moved from the Carnival stable two months ago. The namesake `valor' theme is carried throughout the ship as part of Joe Farcus´ designing. Below is a sample of one of the barrooms. The Bronx Sports Bar celebrates one of America´s most famous sports teams, the New York Yankees. The décor re-creates fabled Yankee stadium with white arches and grillwork, and red, white and blue bunting often found at baseball games. Each table in the bar has a piece of a number-four uniform, like that of Baseball Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig, encased in resin on the tabletop. Banquettes resemble baseballs with white leather and red stitches, while bar stools and table bases resemble sawed off baseball bats. The carpet is designed to resemble the green grass of a baseball field. This "Fun Ship" boasts 22 bars and lounges aboard.

Weather makes oil cleanup slippery Harsh winds, huge waves in Bering Sea hamper salvage ships

Punishing winds and mammoth swells shoved the freighter Selendang Ayu hard ashore in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska two weeks ago, cracking the ship in two, leading to the deaths of six crewmen and setting off an oil spill originally estimated at more than 40,000 gallons. Now the Bering Sea's harsh weather has sharply tilted the bow half of the freighter and almost fully sank it late last week in a swirl of 35 mph winds, 16-foot waves and blowing snow. In the process, up to 316,000 additional gallons of oil are thought to have spilled. Petty Officer Sara Francis, a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard, said the weather that sank the bow came up sometime Wednesday afternoon to midday Thursday and also halted cleanup and salvage efforts. "It chased all of the response vessels back here into port because it was so bad," Francis said, speaking from Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island, not far from where the Malaysian ship ran aground. The Selendang Ayu had been bound for China carrying more than 66,000 tons of soybeans and 460,000 gallons of fuel when its engines failed. Efforts by a rescue tug to stop the 738-foot freighter's drift failed in high winds and rough seas, and on Dec. 8, the Selendang Ayu grounded just off Unalaska Island, which is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 The Coast Guard was able to rescue most of the ship's crew using helicopters, but one helicopter crashed into the sea during the effort. Three Coast Guardsmen from that helicopter were pulled from the chilly waters near the ship, but six crewmen who had just been taken off the vessel were lost and are presumed dead. Those assessing the environmental impact of the spill have so far found one dead otter and 20 dead birds, said Linda Giguere, spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. An additional 20 oiled birds have been taken to Anchorage for treatment, Giguere said. Crab pots have been set in the area in an effort to determine, by Monday, whether it is safe for the local tanner crab season to begin as usual in January. Officials worry that, depending on where the newly spilled oil moves, it could interfere with the fishing and crabbing seasons in other areas as well. Francis said that flights over the wreck on Friday did not spot any large slicks and that the tumultuous seas might be helping to break down the oil. The stern half of the freighter currently sits upright, only partly submerged, where it grounded. Its fuel tanks still hold close to 90,000 gallons of oil and more than 18,000 gallons of diesel fuel, which salvage workers hope to begin removing when weather permits.

Celebrity liable for waiter attack

US-based Celebrity Cruises has been found liable for a sexual assault by a crew member on a passenger, in a decision which could have wide-reaching implications for the cruise industry.

The US Court of Appeals for the eleventh circuit has overturned an earlier ruling stating Celebrity was not responsible for the incident, due to the nature of the employment agreement between the company and the crewmember, a waiter. As a result of the decision, a federal jury award of $1m to the victim has now been reinstated. The assault took place on a port call in Bermuda during a 1999 cruise of Celebrity’ s 1,366-passenger Zenith (built 1992). In a decision this week, the appeals court held that the cruise line was a common carrier and as such was strictly liable for the safety of its passengers, without regard for who employed the crew member that committed the attack. Cruise lines have generally tried to defend their liability in such cases. Court papers show the victim, who was in her twenties, was assaulted by a waiter, a Turkish national, who had served her during the trip from New York to Bermuda. The incident took place ashore but within sight of the vessel and during a port call, described by the court as an ‘ essential part of the cruise experience’ . The problem of cruiseship sexual assaults first came to the fore in 1999 when Carnival Corp was ordered by a Miami court to publish a list of attacks reported in the previous five years. The result of 109 assaults shocked the industry. Celebrity Cruises is a division of Royal Caribbean.

'Sleepy' master facing prosecution

The 56-year-old master who dozed off at the helm of a Japanese-flag ship and crashed into a row of houses faces prosecution for causing danger through professional negligence.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 The Kure Maritime Safety Authority has sent papers to local prosecutors alleging that Masuo Hamada was fast asleep when his 500-dwt ship Shintsunetoyo Maru (built 2002) hit the Osaki Kamishima shoreline, demolishing three houses. The Kure authority's investigations says the ship was on automatic pilot at the time of the accident at 00:02 on 4 September. It also says the master had fallen asleep for "10 minutes". It appears there was no additional watchkeeper on the bridge at the time of the accident. The residents of the destroyed houses escaped serious injury, although a 70-year-old man dislocated his shoulder when he was thrown out of bed. The Shintsunetoyo Maru incident bears remarkable similarity to the infamous Jambo (built 1990) accident off the Scottish coast last year. The 3,500-dwt general cargoship grounded as the watchkeeper slept. The subsequent Maritime Accident Investigation Bureau (MAIB) probe has sparked a full scale UK government investigation into manning levels and fatigue. The UK report claims fatigue was by far the largest cause of groundings and collisions and that manning levels and crewing regulations need to be reviewed by the IMO.

NAVY NEWS

The USNS SHUGHART (T-AKR 295) moored in the port of Norfolk (Virginia), the SHUGHART is the former LAURA MAERSK a 3000 TEU container vessel, which was chartered during 1993 from Maersk and converted as military vehicle carriers for army equipment and supplies by National Steel & Shipbuilding (NASSCO), San Diego, Referred to as LMSR (Large Medium-Speed Roll-on/roll-off) ships. The SHUGHART was reassigned to surge force duties and placed in layup at Norfolk; they are operated by Patriot Contract Services. Photo : Willem Kappert © D: 33,971 tons light (55,123 fl) S: 24 kts (sust.) Dim: 276.43 (269.79 hull; 259.32 pp) × 32.28 × 10.64 (design; 11.18 max.) Electronics: Radar: . . ./Sperry RASCAR-ARPA nav. M: 2 Burmeister & Wain 12L90-GFCA diesel; 1 6-bladed, 7.51-m-dia. prop; 47,300 bhp (at 97 rpm)— bow and stern CP side-thrusters Electric: 12,560 kw tot. ship’ s service + 1,750 kw tot. emergency (3 × 2,500-kw, 3 × . . .-kw, 1 × 1,750-kw diesel sets) Range: 12,200/24 Fuel: 22,600 barrels heavy oil, 659 tons diesel Crew: 13 officer and 32 unlicensed contract mariners, 50 navy (2 officers, 48 enlisted)


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USS Abraham Lincoln Makes Port Call in HK The USS Abraham Lincoln and three other ships from its strike group pulled into Hong Kong port Friday morning to get replenishment and spend the Christmas holidays. The aircraft carrier, with more than 70 planes on board, will stay in Hong Kong for three to four days, said Doug Crowder, commander of Abraham Lincoln Strike Group. "We have a flexible schedule due to weather concerns," he told reporters of a media tour. There are a total of 6,500 crew members on the four ships, including 5,000 on USS Abraham Lincoln. Most of sailors came to Hong Kong for the first time, and each of them will get to the shore over the next a couple of days, said Crowder. "It is a holiday period. I imagine most of people will spend quite a lot of money here, and more important to develop some good memories of Hong Kong," he said. For him, it is the eighth time to visit Hong Kong. "I came to Hong Kong for the first time in 1975, almost 30 years ago. I'm so amazed to come to the harbor to see this beautiful city." Left : The ABRAHAM LINCOLN seen her in the Western Pacific December 21st enroute Hong Kong Photo : coll Piet Sinke He said during the several days, the soldiers will see sights, walk around the city, go to restaurants and do some shopping. According to Captain Kendall L. Card, USS Abraham Lincoln is estimated to spend about US$250,000 a day in Hong Kong. USS Abraham Lincoln is America's fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The ship was named in honor of United States' 16th president and is the second ship in the US Navy to bear the name. The nuclear-powered ship is 333 meters long, and its flight deck width is about 77 meters. Its full load displacement is approximately 100,000 tons.

Alexandria Returns to SUBASE Following Circumnavigation of Globe The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) returned to Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) New London Dec. 10 following a deployment that circumnavigated the globe. Alexandria departed SUBASE June 11 and transited under the Arctic ice to the Pacific Ocean. While this is the first transit of this type for an improved Los Angeles-class submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) was the first submarine to make such a transit, going from the Pacific to Atlantic Ocean in 1958. On


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 the golden anniversary of that ship's commissioning, that feat held the fascination of Alexandria's captain during his own transit. "I kind of kept tabs of their track," said Cmdr. Thomas Kearney, Alexandria's commanding officer. "I don't know the exact speed that they went, but I think we beat their speed record and we'll have one of the fastest under-ice transits ever." After entering the Pacific Ocean, the crew enjoyed port visits in Japan, Singapore and Guam, intermixed with their training and operations. It was in Guam where some crew members had the opportunity to reunite with their spouses. The spouses who flew out to meet their husbands followed virtually the same path as the submarine. "That was exciting that the submarine went under the North Pole and we went over it," said Lorene Hendricks, wife of Chief Machinist's Mate (SS) Steven Hendricks. "It was nice to have that break in the deployment so we could see each other," said Emily Thompson, wife of Chief Machinist's Mate (SS) Gary Thompson. "The weather and island were beautiful. We went snorkeling out in the coral reefs. I've never done that before." After the reunions and port visit in the Pacific were complete, Alexandria continued on with her circumnavigation of the globe. They joined the Yokosuka, Japan-based USS Cowpens (CG 63) and USS Gary (FFG 51) in a port visit in Goa, India, before participating in Exercise Malabar with the Indian navy. Left the USS Alexandria (SSN 757) pulls into Goa, India, October 3rd 2004 during Exercise Malabar 04. Photo : Coll Piet Sinke Exercise Malabar is a bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea training included maritime interdiction, surface events, subsurface and air events, as well as personnel exchanges. "Exercise Malabar was great," Kearney said. "We sailed around with three Indian ships and one Indian submarine and did a bunch of different exercises with them. They were a very professional navy and very interested in how we do business." Alexandria's crew also hosted an Indian commander for some of the exercises during Exercise Malabar. "At the end, I asked him what it was like to be on a submarine," Kearney said. "He said the only words he could come up with were, 'It's as if I have gone to the moon.'" Alexandria also made history by becoming the first U.S. nuclear-powered submarine to make a port call in Goa, India. "I got a lot of 'Hunt for Red October' comments while we were there," Kearney said.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 "That was their (Indians') perspective of submarines. We gave them a tour of the submarine while we were in India, and they were just blown away." After completing Exercise Malabar and their port visit in India, Alexandria transited through the Red Sea, Suez Canal and Mediterranean Sea, with stops in Crete and Rota, Spain, then home to SUBASE. After the deployment was over, Alexandria had steamed 37,175 miles in 180 days.

SHIPYARD NEWS Doorstart scheepswerf De Greuns Voormalig directeur ing. Jacques Ceelen van de begin dit jaar failliet gegane scheepswerf De Greuns in Leeuwarden heeft de werf onder de naam Ceelen Shipyards heropend. Omdat het onroerend goed van de scheepswerf, waarvan Ceelen eigenaar was, buiten het faillissement bleef, kon Ceelen een nieuwe start maken. 'We hebben inmiddels een opdracht van Volharding voor de bouw van een aantal secties voor een ropax-ferry voor Denemarken en zijn weer met twintig man aan het werk', zegt Ceelen opgewekt. Tegelijkertijd krijgt in een van de hallen de enige jaren terug bij De Greuns gebouwde politieboot P35 een grote beurt. Aan de kade liggen diverse binnenschepen voor reparaties, waarvan één met een afgevaren stuurhut. In opdracht van het waterschap Friesland bouwt de werf balken voor een nieuwe vuilpersinstallatie aan het water. Daarnaast is er een opdracht voor de ombouw van een werkschip. Ceelen ziet de toekomst zonnig in. 'We moeten er voor gaan en zorgen dat er voldoende werk blijft binnenkomen. We hebben nog een aantal interessante offertes uitstaan en veel klanten willen weer terugkomen. De kade ligt weer vol en dat is een goed gevoel.' Ceelen mikt op opdrachten voor de bouw van kleine beroepsschepen en rompen voor grote jachten.

S. Korea Wins Again over Shipbuilding Dispute with EU

South Korea, the world's leading shipbuilding nation, was granted its second substantial win by the WTO in its dispute with the European Union over subsidies to the shipbuilding sector, trade officials here said Friday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the dispute settlement panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) sent the ministry an interim report that EU's temporary defensive mechanism (TDM) targeted against Korean shipyards violated Article 23.1 of the WTO's dispute settlement regulations.

Verkoop Amels hangt in de lucht Damen Shipyards onderhandelt met scheepsmakelaar Rein Amels uit Drachten over de verkoop van de in de bouw van megajachten gespecialiseerde Scheepswerf Amels in Makkum. Dat schrijft de Leeuwarder Courant. Woordvoerders van Scheepswerf Amels bevestigen noch ontkennen dat sprake is van onderhandelingen. 'Wij geven geen enkel commentaar', zegt een woordvoerder. Ook Jan Wim Dekker van moederbedrijf Damen, sinds 1991 eigenaar van Amels, wil geen commentaar geven. 'Ik bevestig of ontken niets als het gaat om individuele werven.' Rein Amels, die de werf met een compagnon zou willen overnemen, was evenmin bereid commentaar te leveren. 'Ik kan er helemaal niets over zeggen.' De ondernemingsraad zou door directeur Pieter Kales van Amels zijn ingelicht over de op handen zijnde verkoop. De OR wil dat echter niet bevestigen. Kales ontkent de OR te hebben ingelicht.


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Three firms bid for Defence shipbuilding contract Three companies have entered the running to win a $6 billion Defence contract to build three air warfare destroyers. The Melbourne-based Tenix group and Adelaide's ASC Shipbuilding had long been considered the two leading contenders for the contract. But the US-owned Northrop Grumman Ship Systems has emerged as a surprise third bidder. The air warfare destroyers will be one of the biggest Defence projects ever and is likely to reshape the Australian shipbuilding industry.

Damen biedt servicecontracten aan Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld wil met andere Damenwerven onderhoudscontracten gaan afsluiten, die in geval van defecten garanderen dat het schip direct op een van de werven van het concern terecht kan. De werf mikt daarbij in eerste instantie op schepen van douane, KLPD, Rijkswaterstaat en eigenaren van grote jachten. 'Wanneer een douaneschip pech heeft, pikken wij de melding op en organiseren capaciteit, een soort ANWB op het water', zegt directeur Jos van Woerkum. Damen Hardinxveld heeft zich gespecialiseerd in nieuwbouw en reparatie van schepen tot 26 meter. 'Die lengte is voor ons het maatje om binnen af te bouwen.' In vergelijking met Damen Gorinchem is Hardinxveld meer gericht op kleine opdrachtgevers. 'Wij bouwen soms custom built, zoals onlangs het werkschip Waterral (13,42 bij 3,90 meter) voor Binnenwater Beheer Amsterdam. Met dit soort opdrachten concurreren we met de kleine werven en bedienen we een marktsegment dat binnen Damen is blijven liggen.' Sterk punt is volgens medewerker Peter Baars, dat er altijd casco's op voorraad liggen. 'Een onderaannemer krijgt vaak voor drie of vier jaar werk in de offshore aangeboden en heeft dan binnen vier à vijf maanden een nieuw schip nodig. Wij kunnen dan leveren. Bovendien is de merknaam Damen wereldwijd een begrip. Wanneer je zegt dat je met een schip van Damen komt is het goed.' Hoewel uitbesteden van werk aan buitenlandse zusterwerven een belangrijke policy is, blijven reparatie en afbouw in Hardinxveld. 'Wanneer een klant een schip koopt wil hij een werf zien. Omdat Damen al dertig jaar in het buitenland produceert, hebben we in dat opzicht wel een voorsprong op andere werven.' Van Woerkum sluit omkering van de huidige trend overigens niet uit. 'Polen is nu voordeliger, maar de lonen stijgen snel. Misschien zijn de lonen er over tien tot vijftien jaar net zo hoog als in Nederland en zit je op een keerpunt waar het aantrekkelijker wordt weer casco's in Nederland te bouwen. Veel vakmensen komen uit Oost-Europa hierheen. Om die te houden moeten de werven in het Oosten de lonen wel verhogen.'

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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 TOTAL VESSEL MANAGEMENT K.P. van der Mandelelaan 34 - 3062 MB Rotterdam (Brainpark) - The Netherlands Telephone : (31) 10 - 453 03 77 Fax : (31) 10 - 453 05 24 E-mail : [email protected] Telex : 24390 wosh nl

A FERRY HAPPY LITTLE SEND-OFF Christmas spirit was in the air when the new £5 million ferry Plym II made its first public journey from Torpoint to Devonport. Tamar Bridge and Torpoint ferries general manager David List played Santa as he announced to cheers from passengers that the first crossing would be toll-free. Earlier, Mr List was officially presented with the vessel's safety certificate by Plymouth marine surveyor Simon Judge of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Then it was time for the vessel to take on its first load of vehicles, with six lanes boarding a Torpoint ferry for the first time ever. Also staking his place in history was a cheeky seagull, which hitched a ride across the river on the rear prow. The ferry was noticeably quieter than the old ones, with just minimal clanking from its chains as it set off. The Plym II will take longer to load and unload than the old ferries, but cruises across in just 5.5 minutes, compared with seven minutes at present. The Plym II was driven across by Andrew Cannon, whose father is also a ferry driver. It will be used only when a three-ferry service is running to give the crews time to adjust to it, and for engineers to sort out any teething troubles. The three original ferries are to be scrapped next year. Yard No: 716 Shipbuilder: Ferguson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow Launched: 03 August 2004 Built: 2004 Ship Type: Chain Ferry Ship's Role: Tamar Ferry Owner: Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee Remarks: Capacity for 73 cars

Sky-high scrap price for old Keystone ship PSi-Daily Shipping News

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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 US-based Keystone Shipping has scrapped another vintage tanker, this time for one of the highest scrap-sale prices ever. Sources say the 40,000-dwt, US-flag Chilbar (built 1959), which was built at the Ingalls shipyard, has been sold to India for $461 per ldt or $4.7m. Brokers say some key factors explain the high price: the vessel was built in the US, was US-owned and flagged, had stainless-steel content, was rich in nonferrous content and was well maintained. However, because few ships are being scrapped these days, even average ships are managing to fetch a good price. European Navigation (Elka Shipping) of Greece is said to have sold the 32,000-dwt tanker Makhachkala (built 1976) for demolition in India for $422 per ldt or $3.1m. Earlier this year the company sold two sisterships, the Grozny and Maykop (both built 1975), for scrap. Elka still has three 1970s-built tankers in its fleet, including two more sisterships to the Makhachkala . Last week, there were reports Elka had sold the 45,000-dwt tankers Elka Bene and Elka Baluni (both built 2002) for $90m en bloc but brokers now say there was no deal. Earlier this year Keystone sold the sistership Fredericksburg (built 1958) for scrap. And the drillship Northern Explorer 3 (built 1973) has been sold "as is" to Malaysian buyers for $371 per ldt or $3.4m. The 5,600-dwt bulker Sam (built 1976) has also been sold for scrap. No price has been given.

Kaptanoglu tanker launched with flair The HI Kaptanoglu group of Turkey celebrated a host of special events earlier this month, starting with the launch of the 15,000-dwt Puli , the biggest chemical tanker ever built in the country, in the presence of Prime Minister R Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and some 2,500 other guests. Three other government ministers, 18 members of parliament, including Cengiz Kaptanoglu, who after many years at the helm of the Turkish Chamber of Shipping has moved into the political sphere, and guests from the Turkish shipping industry and other sectors turned out for a full programme. The Puli is the first in a series of four ice-class 1A products/chemical tankers being built for the HI Kaptanoglu group's KS Tankers. The series was designed in co-operation with Delta Marine of Turkey and incorporates a number of innovations. The keel of the second vessel in the series was laid and steel cut for the third unit on the day of the launch. The series is considered to be a new generation of chemical tankers. The ships are designed with twin engines and twin azimuth thrusters, which the company says give excellent manoeuvrability and allow for less tug assistance at many terminals. Also alongside was the 40,000-dwt tanker Barracudas , which was purchased from Trogir Shipyard and taken to Turkey to be converted from a double-bottom/single-hull ship to a double huller. The new vessels are what Cenk Kaptanoglu, general manager of KS Tankers, calls the "first fruits" of the group's newbuilding programme, in which it is investing over $120m. Half of the investment is coming from the group's own capital and the rest is being financed by Denizbank of Turkey and Germany's HSH Nordbank.


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DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 270 Cenk Kaptanoglu says the group hopes to grow its tanker fleet and is close to agreeing an order to build two more 10,000-dwt IMO-II tankers, as well as looking at opportunities to acquire bigger vessels. Haci Ismail Kaptanoglu established his shipping company in 1940 and was later joined by sons Engin, Gunduz and Cengiz. The next generation, including Cenk and his sister, Sadan, is now active in the group. Up to now HI Kaptanoglu has operated dry-bulk tonnage and currently controls six handymax bulkers. It is also one of the consortium that bought out the former state-controlled Turkish Cargo Lines.

Havenwerkers vechten met petitie ontslag aan van 'domme grappenmaker ECT' Een als rouwkaart verzonden E-card leverde ECT'er Marcel Du Mee niet alleen een straf op van Justitie, maar kost hem nu ook zijn baan als havenwerker. Dat laatste wordt door collega's in de haven als 'onterecht levenslang' bestempeld en is voor hen reden een online handtekeningenactie te starten om het ontslag ongedaan te maken. Wat is er gebeurd? De opstellers van de online petitie leggen uit: 'Onze collega Marcel Du Mee heeft naar aanleiding van de Europese staking op 29 september 2003 in het kader van Portpackage veel te emotioneel gereageerd naar iemand die werkwillig was op deze dag. Hij heeft een E-card gestuurd in de vorm van een rouwkaart. Dit was bedoeld als een ludieke grap.' Achteraf zag Du Mee wel in dat zijn actie een grote stommiteit was. Bedreiging De ontvanger van de E-card zag die als een bedreiging en heeft de politie ingeschakeld. Uit onderzoek is gebleken dat Marcel Du Mee de afzender moet zijn geweest. Marcel Du Mee heeft dit ook bekend en heeft een straf van Justitie gekregen. Daarmee meende hij de zaak te hebben afgesloten. Maar toen de directie ECT erachter kwam werd hij op staande voet ontslagen. 'Dit lijkt ons erg overtrokken', schrijven de opstellers van de petitie. 'Marcel Du mee is al veroordeeld door Justitie en hij heeft zijn straf geaccepteerd. Als ECT-directie nog iets had willen doen, dan was bijvoorbeeld 3 dagen kuieren meer op zijn plaats geweest. Maar niet levenslang voor Marcel Du Mee. Nu gaat er een goede havenwerker verloren!'

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