DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS

DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184

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The score until today : 50.780 Euro EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS Grand Alliance to grow without PONL

THE Grand Alliance consortium has announced a 14% increase in tonnage in 2006 to meet what it calls ‘ projected growth’in demand and services. New vessels ordered by member lines amount to 112 vessels with total capacity of 640,000 TEU, the Alliance stated today. Member lines include Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, Malaysia International Shipping Corp, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line. The new service structure in the three main East-West trade lanes follows the resignation of P&O Nedlloyd, which has been acquired by AP Møller-Maersk. Discussions have taken place with Maersk with both sides pledging ‘ full co-operation’to ensure a smooth transition in 2006, the Alliance stated. The PONL resignation takes effect from 12 February next year.

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Front Rider refloated Frontline’ s 169,000-dwt OBO Front Rider (built 1992) has resumed its voyage to China after going aground off Singapore over the weekend.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 The ship, which is loaded with 165,000 tonnes of iron ore, reportedly ran aground on Saturday at about 14:00GMT. Ship manager V Ships said the vessel grounded on a sandy bottom 12 nautical miles northeast of the Horsburgh Lighthouse on the eastern bank of the Middle Channel. The Singapore-flagged ship was eventually refloated on Monday at 23:15GMT. A subsequent inspection by divers found no damage. The master of the Front Rider reports that contact by way of the port bow resulted in “no ingress of water, no pollution and no injuries to crew members”. The V Ships UK Contingency Team was helped in the refloating operation by Lloyds Emergency Response Services (SERS) and salvors Smit. Last October TradeWinds reported that the Front Rider had been fixed for three years by North China Lines at a full $39,000 per day. V Ships said it will undertake a “full investigation”into the cause of the incident

Tall ships publiekstrekkers tijdens Sail

Tijdens Sail 2005 varen maar liefst 21 grote zeilvaartuigen, de zogeheten tall ships, mee. Dit soort schepen dienen al sinds de 16e eeuw als vrachtvaarders. De Nederlandse VOC-vloten zijn hiervan bekende voorbeelden. Hieronder volgt een overzicht van de deelnemende tall ships. - Alexander von Humboldt: in 1906 als lichtschip in Duitsland gebouwd. Het schip met zijn smaragdgroene zeilen is 62,6 meter lang en telt een zestigkoppige bemanning. De Alexander von Humboldt wordt gebruikt als zeiltrainingsvaartuig voor Duitse jongeren. - Amerigo Vespucci: in 1930 werd van dit schip de kiel gelegd in Italië en een jaar later ontpopte het zich officieel tot trainingsschip van internationale officierscadetten. Het driemastvolschip is vernoemd naar de ontdekkingsreiziger uit Florence en is ruim 104 meter lang. Aan boord zijn 409 bemanningsleden. - Dar Mlodziezy: ontworpen door de bekende scheepsbouwer Zygmunt Choren (ook verantwoordelijk voor de deelnemende schepen MIR en Khersones) en in 1982 te water gelaten in Polen. Het volschip (bijna 109 meter) dient als opleidingsinstituut voor de handelsvaart in het thuisland. - Dewaruci: oorspronkelijk uit Duitsland en in 1953 overgedragen aan de Indonesische marine. De bemanning bestaat uit 75 man en de Dwaruci (63 meter) biedt plaats aan 72 cadetten. De muziek op de barkentijn verwierf al wereldwijde bekendheid. Foto : Leendert Langbroek © - Eendracht: Nederlands' grootste driemastschoener. In 1989 gebouwd bij scheepswerf Damen. Het schip is eigendom van stichting Het Zeilend Zeeschip en heeft prins Maurits als beschermheer. Doel van het bijna 60 meter lange schip is mensen kennis te laten maken met het zeezeilen. - Europa: eveneens afkomstig uit Nederland. Van origine voer dit lichtschip uit 1911 onder Duitse vlag. In 1985 redde Amsterdammer H. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 Smit de Europa van de ondergang. Hij legde het toen verveloze en mastloze vaartuig voor verbouwing in het Zouthaventje in de hoofdstad. De 55,1 meter lange bark doet, als zij voor de wind vaart met de lijzeilen bijgezet, denken aan een opvliegende zwaan. - Kaliakra: deze barkentijn (52 meter) is gebouwd in 1984 in Bulgarije en heeft zijn naam te danken aan een nationale heldin. De Kaliakra telt een vijftienkoppige bemanning en biedt plaats aan 34 trainees. - Khersones: in 1989 gebouwd in het Poolse Gdansk in opdracht van de voormalige Sovjetunie. Inmiddels vaart het schip onder Oekraïense vlag. De Khersones is de vierde in een unieke rij van zes zusterschepen. Het driemastvolschip, met een lengte van 109,6 meter, wordt gebruikt als opleidingsschip voor cadetten. - Kruzenshtern: deze Russische bark is, op de Sedov na, het grootste nog varende zeilschip ter wereld. Het werd in 1926 gebouwd in Duitsland. De Kruzenshtern heette tot 1946 Padua, en maakte onderdeel uit van de befaamde 'Flying P cargo line'. In dat jaar kwam het schip in handen van de Russen die het vernoemden naar de Russische navigator en oceanograaf. De viermastbark heeft een lengte van 114,4 meter, is 8,5 meter breed en 51,3 meter hoog. - MIR: afkomstig uit Rusland en in 1988 gebouwd in Polen. Het driemastvolschip (108,6 meter) staat bekend als snelste windjammer ter wereld en heeft relatief veel luxe aan boord. - Mircea: in 1938 gebouwd in Hamburg en inmiddels in handen van Roemenië als zeiltrainingsschip. De bark is vernoemd naar prins Mircea Staria die Roemenië bevrijdde uit handen van de Turken en zo de zeehandel kon stabiliseren. - Oosterschelde: het grootste gerestaureerde Nederlandse vrachtschip uit 1918 is de laatst overgebleven driemastschoener uit een grote vloot en vervoerde in de vorige eeuw vooral klei, stenen, aardappelen en bananen. Het schip meet 50 meter. - Pogoria: in 1980 door de Poolse Academie voor Wetenschap in gebruik genomen voor een bezoek aan Antartica. Daarna deed de 46,8 meter lange bark dienst voor projecten in Afrika en inmiddels is het schip in gebruik als zeiltrainingsschip. - Sagres II: in 1937 gebouwd in opdracht van de Duitse marine. De driemastbark werd in de Tweede Wereldoorlog gebruikt voor trainingen op de Baltische Zee. In 1961 nam de Portugese marine het schip (89,5 meter) over. - Sedov: de grootste nog varende historische vrachtzeiler uit Rusland doet vrijdag Amsterdam aan. Het was een van de laatste barken die zijn gebouwd voor de zeevracht van Zuid-Amerika en Australië naar Duitsland. De viermaster kwam na de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Russische handen, waar het werd vernoemd naar de Russische Poolreiziger en Oceanograaf Sedov. Het schip is 117,5 meter lang, 14,7 breed en 53,5 meter hoog en telt maar liefst 4000 vierkante meter zeil. - Shabab of Oman: in 1971 in Schotland gebouwd en nu in handen van Oman. Het schip (52,4 meter) geeft een weerspiegeling van de oude maritieme historie in deze staat en vaart de hele wereld rond. De barkentijn biedt plaats aan 58 bemanningsleden. - Sorlandet: dit Noorse schip (66 meter) is een van de kleinste, volgetuigde trainingsschepen. De driemaster werd in 1927 hiervoor gebouwd, maar deed vooral dienst als vrachtschip. Het maakte als eerste Noorse schip de Atlantische oversteek. - Stad Amsterdam: in 2000 gebouwd naar ontwerp van G. Dijkstra. De Amsterdamse klipper uit de 19e eeuw nam hij als voorbeeld. Het schip is 76 meter lang en vaart woensdag voorop bij de Sail In Parade. Prins Willem-Alexander vaart mee. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 - Statsraad Lehmkuhl: dit Noorse schip uit 1914 is met 98 meter de grootste nog varende driemastbarkentijn. Het schip is bekend van de tv-serie Onedin Line uit 70'er jaren. - Tarangini: in 1995 in India gebouwd. De driemastbark is het enige trainingsschip van de Indische marine en heeft een lengte van 54 meter. - Tenacious: het grootste houten tall ship in zijn soort dat de afgelopen honderd jaar is gebouwd. De Britse Tenacious is in 2000 gemaakt. De driemastbark telt een lengte van 65 meter.

COSTA VESSELS NOT THE FIRST IN ROTTERDAM

In several publications was mentioned that the COSTA EUROPA and COSTA ALLEGRA are the first COSTA passengerliners which will visit Rotterdam, but it appeared that the FREDERICO C of COSTA visited also Rotterdam allready in 1981 as can be seen at the picture made by Henk van der Lugt ©

Huge salvage barge shelters from weather in EL

THE 1400 ton Dormac barge, Jumbo, at just on half the size of a rugby field, and her attendant tug, Pentow Service, from Durban, put into East London over the weekend in weather which demanded top seamanship. The vessels will be used by the Dutch salvors, SvitzerWijsmuller, to salvage 7000 hardwood logs from the wreck of the stranded bulk-carrier Kiperousa near Wesley. Swells of six metres prevented the operation from starting on Friday. "The weather forecast was for big seas until at least Monday, so we decided to head for East London and, as you see, conditions are still pretty rough,"said salvage master Nic Sloane yesterday. "Hopefully we can look at starting work on Wednesday or later in the week," he added. He added that the crack in the hull of the doomed Kiperousa had widened but at present there was no imminent danger of the logs awash in the four flooded holds being lost overboard. Both the Pentow Service and the Jumbo, which is 45m long with a beam of 19m, are berthed on the West Bank.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 A second tug and barge which the salvors intend using in the new phase of the Kiperousa salvage operation are steaming to the Sunshine Coast from the Middle East. Sloane said this barge, with a displacement of 5500 tons, "is closer to a rugby pitch" at 82m long and 26m wide. The South African Maritime Safety Association, which has to approve any salvage plan before it is put into operation, hold a $25m guarantee lodged by the Kiperousa's French underwriters for the salvage operation, wreck removal and cleaning up of any pollution.

Viking ship built with 15 million ice cream sticks

A replica Viking ship made of 15 million ice cream sticks was launched in Amsterdam by a former Hollywood stuntman who hopes eventually to sail it across the Atlantic.

The 15-metre ship, which took Robert McDonald two years to build, was launched in Amsterdam harbour with a crew of around 25 in a bid to set a world record for the largest sailing ship made of ice cream sticks. The Viking longship, equipped with oars and a mast, is built with sticks of birch-wood glued together painstakingly by McDonald and two volunteers in a Dutch workshop. It was put through its paces around 90 minutes on Tuesday. "It's a dream come true. It's truly worth all the hard work," McDonald said. "I never want to look at glue again. I don't think I will be in a hurry to look at ice cream sticks again," the 45-year-old from Florida said. The ice cream sticks used to make the ship were provided by Unilever's ice cream maker OLA and by children who collected discarded sticks around the world. McDonald, whose Sea Heart Foundation helps provide leisure activities for children in hospitals, hopes to sail his Viking ship across the Atlantic next year. "That's still the ultimate goal, to sail across the Atlantic in the Viking-style," McDonald said.

104 migrants die when boat sinks

AN Ecuadoran ship with 113 would-be migrants on board sank in Pacific waters off Colombia, killing 104, a port spokesman said today. The boat had departed from the Ecuadoran port of Manta, port captain Armando Elizalde said. Nine of the occupants, whom he described as illegal emigrants, were rescued and the rest were lost, he said.

Cargo ship capsizes at Bohai Bay, 15 rescued

A cargo ship capsized early Wednesday in the Bohai Bay, north China, and all the 15 crew members were rescued about five hours later.


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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 The source with Hebei provincial marine search and rescue center said said a strong wind measuring nine on the Beaufort Scale occurred on the Bohai Sea, making the "Zhuyang III" heading from Tianjin to Ningbo, carrying 4,000 tons of coal and 30 containers, capsize. The center received the SOS signal and mobilized six ships and one helicopter to save the cargo ship at 8:10 a.m. All the crew members are rescued at 10:18 a.m., three injured. The local government is dealing with the aftermath work.

NAVY NEWS

The Dutch AOR A 832 ZUIDERKRUIS seen here enroute the Wilton yard in Schiedam Photo : Bert Bot ©

US softens military ties with New Zealand The United States has relaxed a 20-year-old ban on joint military exercises with New Zealand, imposed over the Pacific island country's strict anti-nuclear policies, reports said on Wednesday. The US has invited New Zealand to take part this week in exercise Deep Sabre off Singapore in which a number of Pacific nations will practice intercepting ships carrying weapons of mass destruction. Washington has barred New Zealand from joint military exercises since the mid-1980s, when the former Labour government of then-Prime Minister David Lange introduced a law declaring the country nuclearfree. It banned US nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered ships from its ports, and Washington retaliated by withdrawing New Zealand's ally status and cutting military ties, including the exchange of intelligence. The US embassy in Wellington confirmed New Zealand's participation in this week's exercise, which includes Australia, Britain and Japan, the Dominion Post reported. Peter Cozens, director of Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Studies, said that the move was "extremely significant" and an apparent step towards restoring normal relations. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 Lange's death on Saturday and the campaign for next month's general election have revived attention on the anti-nuclear policy. The current Labour government claims the main opposition conservative National Party wants to relax the policy to improve relations with Washington. National Party leader Don Brash insists this would not be done without voter approval in a referendum.

Two U.S.-built Kidd-class destroyers to join Taiwan navy before year end Taiwan's naval defense capabilities against rival China will be boosted after two Kidd-class guided missile destroyers join the island's forces, a high-ranking naval officer said Tuesday. The first two of the four second-hand destroyers on order were due to leave the United States in early November, Rear Admiral Li Hau told reporters. A further two U.S.-built Kidd-class destroyers are expected to join the navy next year, he added."The acquisition of the warships will be a milestone in the lifting of the navy's combat capabilities," Li said. Taiwan acquired the four 9,600-tonne destroyers as part of an arms package approved by U.S. President George W. Bush in April 2002. The deal, which followed a two-year review by the United States of Taiwan's air force and navy, has infuriated China, which opposes any arms sales to the island it regards as part of its territory. Taiwan and China split in 1949 at the end of a civil war.Last month the Pentagon released a report warning that China had deployed up to 730 ballistic missiles targeting the island. It said Beijing's defense build-up could tip the military balance against Taiwan and pose a credible threat to other countries in the region. Analysts say Taiwan's navy badly needs the destroyers, which will be armed with Standard II missiles and a system capable of simultaneously tracking dozens of incoming air bone threats. The surface-to-air missiles have a range of 144 kilometers (90 miles) and vastly outperform the Standard I missiles deployed on Taiwan's Perry-class frigates. The Kidd warships will boost the navy's surveillance capabilities, and provide Taiwan with a maritime antimissile platform, said Tamkang University professor Wung Ming-hsien. China in 1996 fired ballistic missiles into the shipping lanes of Taiwan in an apparent attempt to intimidate the island's voters not to vote for then president Lee Teng-hui who was seeking re-election. The crisis ended only after the United States sent two battle carrier groups to waters off Taiwan in a warning to Beijing not to invade the island.


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SHIPYARD NEWS

The SMIT KAMARA and SMIT KOMODO seen here fitting out at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore Photo : Fokke Jan Botke ©

Samsung making money again Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has returned to profitability in the first half of 2005, but remains well short of 2004’ s figures. It posted net earnings of KRW 15.13bn ($14.88) to 30 June, compared to KRW 56.92bn in the corresponding six months of 2004. Like all Korean yards, higher steel prices have been taking their toll. Samsung logged a loss of KRW 4.5bn in the first quarter, against a profit of KRW 15bn in the same period of 2004. Revenues in the first six months climbed to KRW 2.68 trillion, from KRW 2.31 trillion.

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LARGEST VESSEL EVER AT WERSTERSCHELDT RIVER

The 107849 gross tonnage, 2005 built MSC PAMELA seen here at the Westerscheldt River, with her DWT of 110.000 ton, length of 336.7 mtr and beam of 45,6 mtr the MSC PAMELA is until now the largest vessel which ever entered the Westerscheldt river Photo : J.Tollenaar ©

German feeders join forces CONTAINER feeder lines operating out of Bremerhaven and Hamburg have followed the deepsea carriers’ model and agreed to share their slot capacity. Team Lines, Baltic Container Line (BCL) and IMC Line, which carry transhipment containers from the German ports to the Baltic Sea region, hope to optimise their processes by combining cargoes. “They are able to reduce the number of port calls substantially,” explained Christian von Georg, managing director of liner agency PWL, which represents BCL in Bremerhaven. “In Hamburg for example all the operators used to call at all three container terminals consecutively. Now each of them is focusing on one facility.”The initiative has also been welcomed by local terminal operator Eurogate, which hopes to raise its efficiency by reducing the number of feeder calls.


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Normal ops at Port Klang, no delays due to haze

Last week's haze, which reduced visibility in western Malaysia and caused schools to be closed, did not cause any delays at the country's busiest harbour, says the chairman of the operator of Port Klang. 'The port is in operation now,' said Port Klang Authority's chairman Yap Pian Hon, in a phone interview yesterday from the port, west of the Malaysian capital. 'We stopped operations for two hours.' The government declared a state of alert last week at Port Klang and in nearby Kuala Selangor town, after air pollution reached levels considered hazardous by the health ministry. Schools were shut and outdoor restaurants were mostly empty for several days. At the worst of the haze, a pall of smoke hung over the country, the result of forest blazes sparked by dry weather or set by farmers clearing land in Borneo and Sumatra islands. The pollution threatened air and sea traffic and was among the worst since 1997-98, when the El Nino weather effect exacerbated the haze, harming tourism and health and resulting in US$9 billion of losses throughout the region. Port Klang sits on the west coast of Malaysia's peninsula, along the Straits of Malacca, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Three ports operate at Port Klang. Container traffic at Northport, the biggest handler of Malaysia's import and export cargo, rose 8.8 per cent in the first nine months of 2004 to 2.04 million 20-foot boxes. Port Klang Authority's Mr Yap did not provide updated figures of the port's traffic. About 50,000 ships ply the narrow Malacca Strait annually, carrying about a third of world trade and half its oil supplies. The strait separates Peninsular Malaysia from Indonesia's Sumatra island.

K Line ups forecast

Diversified Japanese shipowner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha is expecting the current financial year to deliver a better than forecast profit despite high bunker costs. K Line figures on paring JPY 5bn ($46m) from its overheads in the current year but has only put a JPY 1bn reduction into its forecast of a JPY 69bn profit forecast. K Line is benefiting from strong cargo volumes between Asia and the US and Asia and Europe.The improved outlook was disclosed by Mamoru Shozui, the K Line managing director responsible for investor relations in an interview with the Bloomberg newswire. K Line which recently disclosed a first quarter profit of JPY 15.5bn, down from JPY 17.2bn for the same period of last year sees cargo volumes remaining strong, with bulk carrier freight rates recovering in the second half, while the trend for tanker rates will also be favourable. Although profitability was down through the first three months of the current financial year operating revenues were higher at JPY 221bn, up from JPY 199 bn in the first quarter of 2004. The Japanese financial year begins in April. About 360 vessels including containerships, bulkers, tankers, car transporters and LPG and LNG carriers are operated by K Line, the third largest of the Japanese shipping giants. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 Under a strategic plan “K Line vision 2008”the fleet is set to grow by 100 vessels over the next three years with operating revenue targeted to rise to JPY 870bn. K Line is figuring on an average bunker price of $262 per ton for the current quarter with the price falling marginally to an average of $260 per ton through the second half.

PSA in US$755m bid for Turkish port PSA International may soon be operating another Mediterranean terminal after submitting a US$755 million bid along with its joint venture partner for a 36-year operating lease at Turkey's Mersin port. Better volume: At its Singapore terminals, PSA handled 9.6 per cent more containers over the first seven months of the year, compared to the year-ago period, for a total throughput of 12.84 million. PSA teamed up with Turkish Akfen Holdings, a diversified company involved in construction, tourism, defence industries, insurance brokerage and industrial plants among others. The PSA-Akfen joint venture was among three consortiums competing for the project, which included Hutchison Port Holdings and the Dubai Port Authority (DPI), according to the online TurkishPress. The Global-Hutchison joint venture dropped out of the contest in the third round leaving just two competing groups. The PSA-Akfen group submitted the highest bid of US$755 million, according to the report. PSA International declined to comment. The tender results for the port located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea opposite Cyprus, which currently has three quay cranes for container handling as well as breakbulk facilities, will now be presented to Turkey's competition and privatisation boards for approval. The PSA-Akfen joint venture is expected to invest a further US$70-100 million to upgrade the facilities. The port is currently operated by the General Directorate of Turkish State Railways. Meanwhile, PSA said in a statement yesterday that it handled 9.3 per cent more containers globally in the first seven months of this year from a year earlier, for a total of 20.70 million TEUs (or 20-ft containers). At its Singapore terminals, PSA handled 9.6 per cent more containers over the period for a total throughput of 12.84 million.

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The tug RHEA departed with the barge CAROLINA M (ex SMITBARGE I) from Rotterdam bound for New Orleans Photo : Piet Sinke ©

The COLUMBIA LEADER seen here arriving in Zeebrugge Photo : Henk Claeys © NYK heeft een carcarrier-dienst opgestart tussen Zuid-Afrika en Noord-Europa. Op 25 juli verzorgde de 'Columbia Leader', die een capaciteit van 3800 wagens heeft, een eerste vertrek vanuit Durban. De dienst loopt achtereenvolgens Durban, Zeebrugge en Vigo aan. Marokko en Algerije zullen op vraag worden bediend. Dit initiatief bevestigt de belangstelling van de rederij voor de groeiende export van auto's vanuit Zuid-Afrika.


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The TRINITY SUPPORTER in the Tartar Strait Photo : Bert Kielen ©

The MAERSK LEADER enroute Rotterdam Photo : Nico Ouwehand ©

AIRCRAFT / AIRPORT NEWS

Vliegtuigramp Venezuela kost 161 mensen het leven

Een Colombiaans passagiersvliegtuig is dinsdag neegestort in Venezuela. Geen van de 153 Franse passagiers en acht Colombiaanse bemanningsleden overleefden het ongeval. Het was het tweede grote vliegtuigongeluk in 48 uur. Zondag stortte een Cypriotisch vliegtuig neer in Griekenland waardoor 121 mensen de dood vonden. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 In tegenstelling tot het ongeval in Griekenland is de directe oorzaak van de ramp in Venezuela duidelijk. De piloot maakte melding van motorproblemen en wilde een noodlanding maken in het Venezolaanse Maracaibo. Slecht weer Het contact met de verkeerstoren ging evenwel verloren en de kist stortte in slecht weer neer in de regio Sierra de Perija, niet ver van de grens met Colombia. Ooggetuigen zeiden dat de MD-82 van West Caribbean Airways als een baksteen uit de lucht viel en op de grond explodeerde. Het toestel was van Panama op weg naar het Caribische eiland Martinique, een Frans overzees gebied. De passagiers waren inwoners van Martinique die terugkeerden van vakantie. De Franse president Chirac reageerde geschokt op de dood van de Franse staatsburgers. Dinsdagavond waren pas ongeveer zestig lichamen geborgen, zo berichtten Venezolaanse media op hun websites. Dodelijk ongeval West Caribbean Airways, gevestigd in het Colombiaanse Medellin, was al eerder betrokken bij een dodelijk ongeval. In maart kon een van de toestellen niet goed van de grond komen tijdens een start in de Colombiaanse stad Providencia. Het kleine toestel stortte neer op een nabijgelegen heuvel. Er vielen acht doden. De maatschappij, die in 2000 begon met regionale vluchten, zou volgens media in Venezuela hoge schulden hebben. Bovendien zouden de meeste klachten die de Colombiaanse luchtvaartautoriteiten afgelopen jaar registreerden betrekking hebben gehad op West Caribbean Airways. De leeftijd van de copiloot in het ramptoestel dinsdag - hij was 21 jaar - leidde ook tot nieuwe twijfels over de gang van zaken bij de maatschappij. Technische problemen Volgens de Amerikaanse nieuwszender CNN moest het betrokken toestel eind vorige week nog enkele dagen aan de grond blijven omdat er technische problemen waren. Bij vertrek vanaf Panama werden er evenwel geen onregelmatigheden vastgesteld. De Franse autoriteiten hebben naar eigen zeggen het toestel in de afgelopen zes maanden tweemaal gecontroleerd op Martinique. Ook daar werd niets bijzonders gevonden.

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 ABERDEEN 16 160 z Dakar nr Lobito, ALDEBARAN 16 te Antwerpen, ALLIANCE 16 te Rotterdam, ALSERBACH 20 verw te Garston, ANDROMEDA 15 te Porto Vesme, ANET 16 te Nantes, ANKERGRACHT 16 te Fremantle, APOLLOGRACHT 16 pas Singapore nr La Coruna, ARCHANGELGRACHT 16 vn Rades nr Genua, ARKLOW RANGER 16 te Huelva, ARKLOW SKY 16 te Tilbury, ARTISGRACHT 16 te Rauma, ATLASGRACHT 15 300 n Brisbane, BALTICBORG 16 te Sheerness, BASTIAAN BROERE 16 te Tees, BERMUDA ISLANDER 15 vn Salem nr Hamilton, BESTEVAER 16 80 no Hoburg nr Joutseno, BETTINA K 17 vn Gaeta, BLUE STAR 16 50 w Figueira da Foz, BOTHNIABORG 16 thv Sundvall nr Haraholmen, BRO GALAXY 16 te Lissabon, BRO GEMINI 15 vn Amsterdam, BRO GENIUS 15 vn Brofjorden, BRO GLOBE 16 vn Plymouth, BRO GLORY 15 vn Malmo, BRO GRACE 15 vn Fawley, BRO GRATITUDE 15 vn Tenerife, CHRISTINA 16 15 w Texel nr Terneuzen, CITO 16 w vn Finisterre nr Bayonne, COASTALWATER 16 te Immingham, CORAL MEANDRA 16 t a Steenbank, CORAL RUBRUM 15 te Tianjin, CORNELIA 16 15 n Borkum nr Helsinki, CRYSTALWATER 16 22 nno Ramsgate nr Tees, DAGNA 16 80 w Papendrecht nr Nantes, DANIEL K 16 vn Ibiza, DANIELLA 16 150 w Conakry nr St Nazaire, DIEZEBORG 16 45 w Guernsey nr Southampton, DOCK EXPRESS-12 15 120 w Los Angeles nr Nanaimo, DOGGERSBANK 17 vn Kemi nr Brake, DONGEBORG 16 te Cagliari, DUTCH AQUAMARINE 16 t a Barcelona, DUTCH EMERALD 16 30 n Bari nr Antwerpen, DUTCH ENGINEER 16 35 w Casquetes nr Antwerpen, DUTCH FAITH 15 60 n La Coruna nr Dordrecht, DUTCH MARINER 16 te Antwerpen, DUTCH MATE 16 te Rotterdam, DUTCH NAVIGATOR 16 onderweg nr Salt End, DUTCH SPIRIT 16 te Antwerpen, EDAMGRACHT 17 te Inchon, EDISONGRACHT 16 te Adelaide, EENDRACHT 16 te IJmuiden, EGBERT WAGENBORG 16 te Livorno, PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 EGELANTIERSGRACHT 16 vn Tema nr Abidjan, ELANDSGRACHT 16 390 ozo Vitoria nr Luanda, ELISABETH K 16 vn Livorno, ELKE K 26 verw te Rotterdam, EUROGRACHT 15 200 o Havana nr Cristobal, FAIRLIFT 16 840 wnw Cork nr Bergen, FLINTERBORG 16 te Rauma, FLINTERHAVEN 16 20 n Cap Vert nr Dakar, GOTLAND 16 te St Petersburg, GRIEND 16 175 no Lofoten, HANSEATIC SCOUT 19 verw te Santander, HAPPY BUCCANEER 16 640 z Colombo nr Mombasa, HAPPY RANGER 15 te Aviles, HAPPY RIVER 15 820 w Vancouver, HELENE 16 te Gent, HOLLAND MAAS BATAVE 15 560 nw Azoren, ICE STAR 16 vn Odda, ILSE K 16 te Sete, IVER EXACT 15 te Houston, IVER EXAMPLE 15 105 w Kingston, IVER EXPERT 15 800 o Cape Canaveral nr Curacao, JO ASK 15 660 o Saint John's nr Antwerpen, JO SELJE 15 te Curacao, JO SPRUCE 16 35 w Anambas Isl nr Guam, JOHN PAUL K 19 verw te Sevilla, JUMBO JAVELIN 16 20 nw Singapore nr Sikka, JUMBO SPIRIT 165 230 o Aden nr Kakinada, JUMBO VISION 15 600 w Los Angeles nr Panama, KASTEELBORG 16 t a Duluth, KINNE 18 verw te Durres, KIRSTEN 16 te Kotka, LECKO 15 vn Otterbacken, LEVANTGRACHT 16 te Melbourne, LIJNBAANSGRACHT 15 te Veracruz, LURO 16 vn Stenungsund nr Aalborg, MAASSTROOM 16 te St Petersburg, MAERSK ROSCOFF 16 te Bremerhaven, MAINEBORG 16 te Agadir, MAJESTIC 16 t a Davao, MARIANNE K 16 vn Hoensaeter, MARINUS GREEN 15 80 n Gran Canaria, MARJOLEIN 16 te Leith, MARLENE GREEN 15 vn Norfolk nr Mobile, MEKONG CAYENNE 16 vn Laem Chabang nr Saigon, MENNA 16 te Vaasa, METSABORG 16 320 no Bermuda nr Philadelphia, MIGHTY SERVANT-1 15 750 zw Guayaquil nr Bremerton, MIGHTY SERVANT-3 16 500 o Bermuda nr Barein, MOEZELBORG 16 80 n Ameland nr Philadelphia, MORRABORG 16 1020 o Quebec nr Tornio, NEDLL ASIA 16 120 nw Alexandrie, NEDLL EUROPA 16 te Port Said, NORDIC AMANDA 18 verw te Montrose, PSi-Daily maritime press clippings

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 184 NORMED GEMLIK 16 20 zw Almeria nr Cardiff, NORMED ISTANBUL 15 30 z Sicilia nr Amsterdam, NOVA 16 te Pori, OLGA 16 w vn Vigo nr Savona, P&O NEDLL BARENTSZ 16 140 zo Ningbo nr Kaohsiung, P&O NEDLL BRISBANE 15 300 no Salvador nr Paranagua, P&O NEDLL DUBAI 16 te Jebel Ali, P&O NEDLL HOUTMAN 16 60 o Socotra nr Suez, P&O NEDLL MERCATOR 15 65 o Sapporo nr Vancouver, P&O NEDLL SYDNEY 15 400 zo Halifax nr Rotterdam, PANDA 16 te Rotterdam, PARKGRACHT 16 50 nw Malta nr Ravenna, PAUWGRACHT 16 90 n Palau Isl nr Brisbane, PIETERSGRACHT 15 70 ono Gibraltar nr Casablanca, PIONEER 16 vn Augusta nr Valencia, POOLGRACHT 16 1100 ono Manila nr Brisbane, PRINCE OF SEAS 15 te St Petersburg, REESTBORG 16 vn Laem Chabang nr Pt Klang, RHONEBORG 16 te Xingang, SABINIA 16 vn Inkoo, SAIMAAGRACHT 16 28 nnw Korsor nr Vlissingen, SCHELDEBORG 16 20 z Houston nr New Haven, SCHOUWENBANK 16 vn Cork nr Kokkola, SCHUITENDIEP 16 te Sousse, SEREEN 16 1200 w Huelva nr Huelva, SINGELGRACHT 16 50 o Stockholm nr Gothenborg, SMITWIJS ROTTERDAM 16 40 zw Aden nr Alexandrie, SMITWIJS SINGAPORE 15 110 w Sao Miguel nr Bremerhaven, SNOEKGRACHT 16 te Rauma, SNOW STAR 15 vn Glomfjord, SPIEGELGRACHT 16 670 ono Cayenne nr Kotka, SPRING TIGER 15 52 vn Birthday Point nr Kaapstad, SPUIGRACHT 15 290 zo New Orleans nr Baltimore, STADIONGRACHT 16 te Puerto Limon, STELLA LYRA 16 55 nw Texel nr Trondheim, STELLA POLARIS 16 te Tarragona, STELLA WEGA 16 te Viana do Castelo, SUOMIGRACHT 16 pas Cabo Sao Vicente nr Santander, SWING 16 pas Holtenau nr Soraker, THEODORA 15 105 wnw Trondheim nr Tromso, TRAMPER 16 30 w Mauritanie nr Gibaltar, TRANSPORTER 15 230 zw Panama Kan nr Philadelphia, TUNA 16 vn Hoganas, UAL AFRICA 16 400 w Luanda nr Lobito, UAL TEXAS 16 80 w Senegal nr Las Palmas, VAASABORG 16 pas Skaw nr Mantyluoto, VANCOUVERBORG 17 te Kubikenborg, VIRGINIABORG 16 530 zw Reykjavik nr Green Bay, VLISTBORG 16 120 z Lissabon nr Ventspils, ZEUS 16 te Ambarli, ZILLERTAL 163 vn Sevilla.


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