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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 146
Number 146 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Thursday 29-05-2008
News reports received from readers and Internet News articles taken from various news sites.
KOTUG’s latest fleet addition, the SD STINGRAY arrived in Rotterdam, she and her
sister the SD SHARK will be christened June 3rd.
Photo : Ruud Zegwaard ©
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CONTENTS
EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS
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NORTH OF ENGLAND RESERVES UP
Containers in beslag genomen in Rotterdamse haven
Dutch company negotiates for release of crew of hijacked ship
Lijk gevonden op schip in Oostende
Solar Boat Team maakt zich klaar voor Frisian Solar Challenge
Nog geen oplossing voor gekaapt schip
Australia - Illegal fishermen briefed on fishing boundaries
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British nuclear-powered submarine collides with rocks in the Middle East
Kitty Hawk leaves Japan for decommissioning
THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY VISIT TO KENYA
Minister says SA has enough submarine crew
US Navy to name destroyers after 2 combat heroes
USCG: Problems with New Cutter Being Fixed
HMS Lusty: Royal Navy crew reprimanded over Turkish orgy pictures
New 007 arrives with warships
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Seadrill issues LOI for semi
ODENSE STRIVES FOR EFFICIENCY, TO SURVIVE
"Saint-Petersburg" Is Launched
Scheepsbouw breekt records
Baltiysky Zavod hopes to get contract for two icebreakers form RosMorPort FSUE
STX Shipbuilding to increase capacity by 20% in 2008
Hyundai Mipo eyes block building site in Ulsan
NAVAL INDUSTRY CONFIRM COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO PETROBRAS
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Jan de Nul signs contract for five workboats
22,000 TEU Ship Is designed
Pride International Completes Sale of Platform Rig Fleet
Jan De Nul Group to acquire IHC Beaver 1600
Swire Pacific Offshore to acquire accommodation barges
Neptun Marine Services to acquire AHTS Nor Sea
MSC adds Houston to west coast South America service
XICT (China) readies for start of IRISL service from China-Europe
Maersk to upgrade weekly service to Europe, W. Asia
Maersk Line changes North Europe – Morocco (KNSM) service
VOSTA LMG delivers dismountable cutter suction dredger ‘Petra’
Rotterdam neemt snelle veerverbinding in gebruik
Maersk adjusts South America service
Unicorn Calulo’s new bunker barges arrive this weekend
THE YEARBOOK FINNISH MARITIME INDEX 08-09 IS OUT NOW
Petrobras new sub-salt oil discovery
NAVY NEWS
SHIPYARD NEWS
ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES
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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS
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NORTH OF ENGLAND RESERVES UP
MUTUAL marine liability insurer North of England P&I club says it has has emerged both bigger and stronger from this
year’s annual renewal, with free reserves up from US$190 million to US$220m, despite a technical underwriting loss of
US$10m, and total entered tonnage rising to 90m gt.
The combined accounts show a 15.7% increase in free reserves at 20 February 2008, with investment income and
exchange gains of US$40m offsetting the underwriting loss. Net assets increased US$45 million to US$679 million.
Joint deputy managing director Alan Wilson says: “The year was again dominated by an increased level of claims
leading to a net underwriting loss. Nevertheless, and helped in part by reducing our equity exposure from 38% to 17%
last autumn, we were also able to achieve a respectable 7.1% return on investments. The industry continues to face a
difficult claims environment and investment markets are particularly volatile, suggesting the need for further industrywide premium increases.”
“During 2007/8 and at renewal we continued to attract more high-quality members, with 35 shipowners entering ships
for the first time,” says joint deputy managing director Paul Jennings. “We were also pleased that our existing
members continued to add ships and support the club, resulting in a total annual growth of nearly 10 million GT
owned tonnage and 10 million GT chartered tonnage.”
Managing director Rodney Eccleston says: “The continued growth in membership reflects the club’s proactive approach
to service. The board is acutely aware of the need to maintain service levels so has approved the recruitment of
additional staff, which will increase the team to 200 people within 12 months.” Source : Maritime Global Net
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The Jumbo Javelin at Loyang base (Singapore), in preparation for her Kikeh Spar job, off serawak.
Photo : Capt. Jelle de Vries ©
Containers in beslag genomen in
Rotterdamse haven
Bij een controle op het vervoer van afvalstoffen op het water zijn maandag in de Rotterdamse haven negen containers
in beslag genomen. Van een schip dat onderweg was tussen Rotterdam en Antwerpen werden nog eens twee
containers in beslag genomen, meldt de Rotterdamse politie woensdag. In de haven van Antwerpen werden vijf
containers ingenomen.
De zestien containers worden nader onderzocht op de naleving van de exportregels voor afvalstoffen. Van de vijf
containers die in Antwerpen zijn ingenomen, bleek er een geladen te zijn met gevaarlijk afval waarvoor een
uitvaartverbod geldt. Naar de verantwoordelijken loopt een onderzoek. De inspecties van de containers duurt volgens
de politie nog enkele dagen.
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Bij de controle, gecoördineerd vanuit Zeeland, werkten de waterpolitie van het Korps Landelijke Politiediensten, de
zeehavenpolitie Rotterdam-Rijnmond en de Antwerpse scheepvaartpolitie samen. Ook de Rotterdamse douane en de
Vrom-inspectie waren betrokken bij de actie. Bron : NOVUM
Dutch company negotiates for release
of crew of hijacked ship
A Dutch shipping company is negotiating with Somali pirates in an attempt to gain the release of nine crew members
of a hijacked freighter. Lars Walder, spokesman for the ship's owner Reider Shipping BV, said his company is in
contact with the hijackers and "as far as we know none of the crew has been injured or worse."
The ship, the MV Amiya Scan, was chartered by a Danish company, Scan-Trans Shipping, and sails under a
Panamanian flag of convenience. Officials say it departed Kenya on May 19 on its way to Romania with a
decommissioned oil platform when it was hijacked Sunday in the Gulf of Aden.
Walder says the crew included four Russians and five Filipinos. Walder said his company, based in the far northern
town of Winschoten, Netherlands, would not comment on the pirates' demands out of concern for the safety of the
crew.
The Amiya Scan is the sixth ship to have been hijacked by Somali pirates in two months, according to the
Commercial Crimes Services of the International Maritime Bureau. Since Jan. 1, 24 ships have been hijacked in the
Gulf of Aden, compared with 44 for all of last year. Globally, 157 hostages have been taken by pirates and released
unharmed this year before the Amiya Scan hijacking, said Pottengal Mukundan, director of crimes services.
Neither the company nor the agency would discuss details of the seizure of the Amiya Scan or the negotiations.
Typically, vessels are seized at the entrance to the gulf, "an area rich in targets because it is the normal route for
vessels heading into the Suez Canal," said Mukundan. The ships are taken inside Somalia's 20-kilometre territorial
limit and anchored off coastal areas controlled by militias.
In a rare case of naval intervention, French commandos in April freed hostages from a French tourist yacht seized last
month off the Somali coast, and then chased the pirates on land and arrested them.
The United States has been leading international patrols to combat piracy along Somalia's 3,025-kilometre coast. The
U.S. and France are drafting a UN resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates. Source : Canoe
Lijk gevonden op schip in Oostende
Aan boord van een schip met thuishaven Istanboel (Turkije) is deze namiddag het levenloze lichaam van een man
aangetroffen. De bemanning deed de vondst bij het lossen van een lading kattenbakvulling afkomstig uit Dakar. De
overledene is gestikt in de lading.
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Nog voor het aanmeren had de kapitein de kustwacht op de hoogte gebracht van twee verstekelingen aan boord. Het
gaat om Nigerianen. De scheepvaartpolitie onderzoekt nu in opdracht van het parket uit Brugge of de twee Nigerianen
de derde verstekeling kennen en of ze wisten of hij ook aan boord was. (belga/eb)
Solar Boat Team maakt zich klaar voor
Frisian Solar Challenge
Georgina Verbaan onthult Delta Lloyd Solar Boat
Aan de Amstel is woensdag een bijzondere boot onthuld: de Delta Lloyd Solar Boat. Zeven studenten van de TU
Delft, het Delta Lloyd Solar Boat Team, hebben de boot ontwikkeld en gebouwd. Het team heeft hierbij advies
gekregen van onder andere Wubbo Ockels, die aanwezig was bij de onthulling. De officiële onthulling werd verzorgd
door Georgina Verbaan, presentatrice van het wetenschappelijke VPRO-programma ‘Noorderlicht’. Het Delta Lloyd
Solar Boat Team neemt in juni deel aan de Frisian Solar Challenge.
In aanwezigheid van Wubbo Ockels onthult Georgina
Verbaan de in de Amstel gelegen Delta Lloyd Solar Boat.
Mark Meijerman zal de Delta Lloyd Solar Boat besturen
tijdens de Frisian Solar Challenge.
Bijdrage aan toepassing van duurzame energie
Jos Peeters, directievoorzitter Marketing & Verkoop van Delta
Lloyd: “Sociale en maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid is een
logisch onderdeel van ons bestaansrecht. Maatschappelijk
verantwoord ondernemen is voor ons vanzelfsprekend
geworden, met initiatieven als de reductie en volledige
compensatie van de CO2-uitstoot van Delta Lloyd Groep, het
verzekeren van het Windmolenpark Q7, de Groene
Autoverzekering en het Water & Climate Fund. Wij zijn er trots
op om als hoofdsponsor en naamgever het Delta Lloyd Solar
Boat Team te helpen om bij te dragen aan de toepassing van
duurzame energie.”
De Delta Lloyd Solar Boat is gebouwd voor deelname aan de Frisian
Solar Challenge, een race over een afstand van 200 kilometer die het
parcours aflegt van de Elfstedentocht. De race zal plaatsvinden van 21
tot 28 juni 2008, met start en finish in Leeuwarden. Het Delta Lloyd
Solar Boat Team zal deelnemen in de C (open) categorie. In deze
categorie moeten de teams zelf voor hun zonnepaneel zorgen, de
belangrijkste component van de boot. Meinte Van der Brug, teamleider
van het Delta Lloyd Solar Boat Team: “Door de smalle vorm onder water
en de geringe diepgang kan de boot toch vrij lang (6,15 meter) worden
gemaakt om een zo groot mogelijk oppervlak te creëren voor de
zonnecellen. Deze galium-arsenide zonnepanelen hebben een hoog
rendement (ongeveer 26%) en nemen op de boot 8 vierkante meter oppervlakte in. Om de energie, opgewekt door de
zonnecellen, zonder grote verliezen op te slaan in de accu’s en om te zetten in voortstuwende kracht bij de schroef, is
er een elektrisch systeem ontworpen. Belangrijk hierbij zijn gewicht en efficiëntie van de onderdelen.”
Het Delta Lloyd Solar Boat Team heeft als doel om de prestatie van hun voorgangers te evenaren. Van der Brug:
“In 2006 won het team van de TU Delft de race voor boten op zonne-energie met een ruime voorsprong. De
studenten die het nieuwe Solar Boat team vormen, zijn vanaf september 2007 continu bezig geweest met het ontwerp
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en de bouw van de nieuwe boot. Dit team, voornamelijk studenten Maritieme Techniek, zal de concurrentie aangaan
met 60 teams uit binnen- en buitenland. Met Delta Lloyd als sponsor zijn wij op weg naar een nieuwe overwinning. De
ervaring die het team in 2006 voor en tijdens de race heeft opgedaan, wordt nu gecombineerd met het enthousiasme
en de inzet van het nieuwe Delta Lloyd Solar Boat Team.”
Kon. Wilhelminahaven zz 22
www.mariflex.net
3134 KG Vlaardingen (Port No 650)
tel (24 hrs) : +31 (0) 10 434 44 45
The Netherlands
info@mariflex.net
Ter versterking van het HBO team is het Maritiem Instituut “De Ruyter” in Vlissingen,
op zoek naar twee docenten.
Docent Scheepswerktuigkunde
Docent Nautisch
Functie-eisen:
- een opleiding minimaal op het niveau van
HBO Maritiem officier,
- ruime werkervaring in de hogere rangen aan
boord van zeeschepen,
- flexibele en open instelling,
- vernieuwende kijk op het onderwijs,
- uitstekende mondelinge en schriftelijke
uitdrukkingsvaardigheden in zowel
Nederlands als Engels.
Voor nadere informatie over deze functies kunt u contact opnemen met
dhr. M. Nieboer, directeur.
Sollicitatiebrieven met uitgebreide CV dienen
20 juni 2008 in ons bezit te zijn.
Maritiem Instituut “De Ruyter”
Boulevard Bankert 156
4382 AC Vlissingen
Tel 0118-489400
www.deruyter-mi.nl
Nog geen oplossing voor gekaapt schip
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Het schip Amiya Scan dat zondagavond gekaapt werd, ligt nog steeds voor de kust van Somalië. Er is contact met de
kapers maar er zijn geen nieuwe ontwikkelingen. Dat meldt vandaag een woordvoerder van de Nederlandse rederij
Reider Shipping.
Somalische piraten kaapten het schip in de internationale wateren van de Golf
van Aden. Het schip vaart onder de Panamese vlag, maar is van de
Nederlandse rederij Reider Shipping in Winschoten (Groningen). De
bemanning bestaat uit vier Russische officieren en vijf Filipijnse matrozen. Het
schip vertrok op 19 mei vanuit de Keniaanse haven Mombasa.
De MV Amiya Scan was onderweg naar de Roemeense haven Costanza met
een gedemonteerd booreiland. (dpa/ep)
Australia - Illegal fishermen briefed on
fishing boundaries
The Indonesian consulate in Darwin says Indonesian fishermen being held in a local detention centre have been given
a briefing on maps agreed to between the Australian and Indonesian governments as to where to they can legally fish.
The briefing came a week after 55 fishermen were returned home after the Federal Government acknowledged they
had been wrongly detained. About 240 fishermen were apprehended in April in the Timor Sea. A further 50 were sent
home on the weekend.
The Indonesian consul Harbangan Napitupulu says some of the 150 who remain were given a briefing by the
Australian Fisheries Management Authority on fishing boundaries between the two countries. Some of the remaining
fishermen in detention believe they were wrongfully apprehended and the matter is before the courts. Source :
abc.net.au
NAVY NEWS
British nuclear-powered submarine
collides with rocks in the Middle East
Naval investigators are seeking to discover how a British nuclear-powered submarine was damaged so badly it is no
longer able to dive after hitting rocks in the Red Sea.
There were no other vessels involved in HMS Superb's underwater accident on Monday when it hit rocks apparently
marked on a chart and investigations will centre on whether it was caused by human error or equipment failure.
If human error is found to have been the cause, officers responsible for navigation are liable to face a court martial.
The extent of the damage to Superb's sonar equipment was unclear last night but embarrassed Naval chiefs must
now decide how to return her to port, when she is unable to dive.
Any potential hazards in the waters of the Red Sea are well chronicled and investigators will ask how a submarine with
sophisticated equipment could strike a rock which would have been marked on a chart.
It came just days after in another embarrassment, it was revealed that an official inquiry into an accident when a
nuclear submarine suffered £5million damage showed it has crashed into the seabed because officers had used tracing
paper to plot her course. Superb, a Swift-sure class "hunter killer" attack submarine with a crew of 112, hit the
underwater pinnacle 80 miles south of Suez which it had passed through en-route to the northern Red Sea.
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The 272-foot vessel is capable of carrying Tomahawk missiles, but it was not clear whether she was armed with them
at the time. In 2001 she was deployed in support of operations in Afghanistan.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman refused to discuss the possible cost of repair but stressed the submarine's reactor
was "completely unaffected" and there was "no environmental impact" from the collision.
'There were no casualities and the submarine remains watertight, is safe on the surface and able to operate under its
own power,' he said. It is currently in international waters and Commanding Steve Drysdale, the commanding officer,
who was forced to surface after the unexplained accident, is awaiting instructions on where the vessel should go for
repairs.
The MoD would not confirm whether the father-of-one, from Miskin, near Cardiff, was in charge when the 32-year-old
submarine crashed. Cmdr Drysdale, who joined the Navy in 1984, was appointed commanding officer of Superb in
December 2006 and had previously been navigating officer and then watch leader on Swiftsure-class submarines HMS
Sovereign and HMS Spartan.
Two senior officers were reprimanded after the earlier inquiry into how the 5,000 ton Trafalgar submarine, travelling
at 14 knots - about 16mph - crashed 165ft below the surface in waters off the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in 2002.
Three crewmen were injured when the submarine turned into rocks because trainee commanders could not see vital
symbols that had been covered by the tracing paper.
Senior supervising officers were criticised for serious lapses after the tracing paper was put over charts to prevent pen
marks damaging the maps. The paper hid ocean bed contours and symbols which showed underwater current
strengths. Post-It notes were also placed over other vital systems to simulate battle damage. The boat's satellite
navigation system had been turned off to increase the stress on the trainee captain during the examination nicknamed
"Pressure Cooker."
Trafalgar required an 18 month refit when it finally limped back into its Scottish submarine base. Source : MailOnline
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E-Mail info@tos.nl
Kitty Hawk leaves Japan for decommissioning
The oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy, the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, made its final departure from Japan on
Wednesday to be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service.
The Kitty Hawk, with sailors lining its decks, pulled away from Yokosuka port just south of Tokyo to the cheers of
hundreds of schoolchildren and the sounds of brass bands.
The Kitty Hawk, the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier in the Navy, is to be replaced later this summer by
the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered carrier.
After leaving Japan, the Kitty Hawk will make a stop at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and then travel on to the Puget Sound
Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, to be decommissioned.
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The CV 63 KITTY HAWK seen during her last visit to Hong Kong this month during her farewell cruise
Photo : Michael Luk - HUD Marine ©
The ship, commissioned in 1961 and the only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the Navy, was assigned to Japan in
1998. It has since made 20 deployments in the western Pacific and participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in
Iraq.
It was the oldest active ship with the longest total period of active service in the Navy. "Since it arrived in August
1998, the Kitty Hawk has been a visible symbol of strength in a rapidly changing world," U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo
Thomas Schieffer said. "Goodbye Kitty Hawk, hello George Washington."
The Kitty Hawk and its battle group are the centerpiece of the 7th Fleet, the largest in the Navy, with 40 to 50 ships,
120 aircraft and about 20,000 sailors and Marines. Roughly 21 of the ships are based in Japan and the Pacific island of
Guam, while the others rotate out of ports in Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.
Along with the other 7th Fleet ships, the battle group in Yokosuka, once a major Imperial Japanese Navy hub, has a
huge area of responsibility - covering 52 million square miles of the Pacific and Indian oceans, from the international
dateline to the east coast of Africa.
Japan's leadership strongly backs the U.S. military presence in the country, and says the more than 50,000 U.S. troops
in Japan are a stabilizing force for all of Asia.
However, the replacement of the Kitty Hawk by a nuclear-powered ship is controversial among some here because
of fears of an accident. Navy officials have stressed that the ship is safe, and pointed out that nuclear-powered
submarines have long transited Yokosuka with no problems.
Concerns about the George Washington were raised again earlier this month when a fire on the ship left one sailor
with minor burns and 23 others with heat stress. Sailors extinguished the fire several hours after flames were spotted
near the auxiliary boiler room and air conditioning and refrigeration space in the rear of the ship. The Navy said the
fire spread through a passageway for cables.
The George Washington is scheduled to be based at Yokosuka starting August. Yokosuka has hosted US aircraft
carriers -- the USS Midway, Independence and then the Kitty Hawk -- since 1973. Source : Seattle Times
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THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY VISIT
TO KENYA
The Royal Netherlands Navy ship "Evertsen" docked into Mombasa after escorting the World Food Program charted
vessels taking food to Somalia's citizens.
The 'Evertsen is operating in this region
for the United Nations World Food
programme who are trying to bring food
to the citizens of Somalia, a country
disrupted by war, refugees and hunger.
Millions of people in Somalia are suffering
of the fighting's and draught. It hasn't
been raining in three years in Somalia and
almost all harvest has been destroyed
because of that.
Photo : Lex Schutjes ©
80 per cent of WFP-aid for Somalia is
transported over sea. Which is dangerous,
because as you all know there's a lot of
piracy along the Somalian coast and some WFP-chartered vessels have been hijacked early 2007.
Because of this some countries have offered assistance by escorting the WFP-ships with their naval vessels. The
Evertsen is escorting WFP-ships from beginning of April to end of June 2008. Because of the escorting efforts no
attempts of piracy have occurred since.
In between the escorts the Evertsen is regularly in Mombasa as it is the primary port to on load the WFP-aid for
Somalia. During this Mombasa port visits the Evertsen is preparing for next escort and sometimes the crew can relax
a little.
For this reason the crew members decided to visit Wild Waters and spend a relaxing and exciting day out which they
thoroughly enjoyed. Officer Wilbert van Gemeren who organized the trip said that they had spend a wonderful time
and were very happy with the staff who made sure the visit was worthwhile and will recommend all crew members to
visit in the near future. Source : coastweek
Minister says SA has enough submarine crew
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has dismissed suggestions that the navy has sufficient crew to man only one of its
three new submarines, saying the reports are unfounded.
The third of the hi-tech German submarines, the Queen Modjadji, was delivered last week. The occasion again
prompted news reports that one crew sailed all three home and that there were only sufficient submariners for one
vessel. Briefing the media ahead of his budget vote debate yesterday, Lekota said he did not know where these
reports originated from, but “they are entirely fallacious”. He asked rhetorically how all three vessels could be at sea
simultaneously if there was only one crew. He insisted that all three were commissioned and operating.
Crew would continue to be trained for the submarines in the future, he said. Later, introducing his budget vote in an
extended public committee of the National Assembly, Lekota said that the eagerly awaited review of the force design
of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was complete and would go to cabinet soon.
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The design would provide a core nucleus of capabilities that could be expanded and developed should the need arise .
“This implies the need to ensure that all the necessary building blocks such as doctrine, technology, and training
capabilities are retained at an appropriate level to provide the backbone to future growth as and when required by
government,” Lekota said. The army’s mandate to defend and protect SA’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
demanded versatility to counter a range of potential threats, and also the mobility to operate across the range of
terrain that might be encountered.
SA’s contribution to global security also implied long-term involvement in peace missions.
After going to the cabinet, the design would go to the national legislature. Lekota explained that the review had been
made necessary because of the changing situation in the defence force. He said in 1994 with the birth of democracy
there had been a wholly defensive posture for the SANDF along with its constitutionally defined primary mandate. But
since then the involvement of the defence force in peacekeeping operations elsewhere on the continent had meant
that the force design decided in 1998 had to be revisited.
“The demands of sustaining and maintaining forces over long distances in remote and underdeveloped locations, for
example during peace missions, are a particular challenge. “Such capabilities may differ from what is required to
support operations in defence of SA or in support of the people of SA.
“However the SANDF should only be employed within the means of that government can afford. “Compliance with this
principle is only possible if selective engagement in deployment is achieved through a process of consultation between
the defence minister, cabinet and the president,” Lekota said.
He said the defence of the country from external military threats was a given as the SANDF’s primary function.
Source : businessday.co.za
US Navy to name destroyers after 2
combat heroes
The tradition of paying tribute to combat heroes by naming Navy ships after them has reached the U.S. wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq. The first two destroyers named after Medal of Honor recipients from those conflicts are to be
commissioned in 2010 and 2011.
The Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer, expected to be launched in 2011, will be named after Navy SEAL Lt.
Michael Murphy, who was killed on June 28, 2005, Navy spokesman Lt. Clay Doss said. Murphy left his cover
position to signal for help while under heavy fire in Afghanistan, according to the " Heroes in the War on Terror"
website. Murphy, who received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration, is the second IraqAfghanistan veteran honored with a ship named after him.
The Navy announced last year it would name a destroyer after Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, who used his helmet and
body to cover a grenade in Iraq on April 14, 2004, protecting members of his platoon from the bulk of the blast,
according to the Department of Defense's "Heroes in the War on Terror" website. Dunham died from his injuries eight
days later and in 2006 received a Medal of Honor for his actions. The USS Jason Dunham is expected to be
commissioned in 2010.
The initials of his parents, Debra and Daniel Dunham, were welded into the keel of the destroyer earlier this year,
Debra Dunham said.
Honoring fallen heroes by naming destroyers after them is a Navy tradition that dates back to before World War I, said
Jack Green, public affairs officer at the Naval Historical Center.
For Cpl. Dunham's parents, it's another way the military honors their son's actions, Debra Dunham said.
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"It puts his memory into history," she said. Green said there have been more than 1,000 destroyers named after
sailors or Marines.
The Secretary of the Navy has the final authority to approve names and receives input from a number of sources
including individuals, groups and the Naval Historical Center, Doss said. The Secretary of the Navy was first given
congressional authority to name all ships back in 1819, he said. Four Medals of Honor have been awarded to military
personnel who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan — two from the Navy, one from the Army and one from the Marines.
Navy destroyers are named only after sailors or Marines.
Petty Officer Michael Monsoor, who was killed in Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006, is the other sailor who has been awarded the
Medal of Honor in Iraq or Afghanistan. Source : usatoday.com
USCG: Problems with New Cutter Being Fixed
The U.S. Coast Guard's new national security cutter, the Bertholf, is steadily whittling down its number of outstanding
technical problems now that its crew has moved aboard and the ship is taking regular trips to sea, senior Coast Guard
officials said May 27.
Rear Adm. Gary Blore, the service's head of acquisitions, said in a conference call with reporters that the presence of
the crew onboard had enabled Coast Guardsman and shipyard engineers to resolve five of the eight systems "starred"
in an April report by the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey. By the time the cutter sails from its Gulf Coast shipyard
in mid-June, Blore expected all eight problems to be resolved.
"I cannot tell you how valuable it has been to have the 122 men and women aboard - it's like a whole different world,"
Blore said. "They can work fast through issues, they're all doing it all at the same time ... it's a phenomenal force
multiplier to have the crew on board. It's made a huge difference."
A Navy inspection identified 2,816 points, noted as "trial cards," plus the eight "starred" systems, that were incomplete
or needed work aboard the 418-foot, $641 million Bertholf. Those points were carried over May 8 when the Coast
Guard signed the paperwork to accept the ship in a "special commission" status, prompting a few members of
Congress to criticize the Coast Guard for taking ownership of what critics fear is at best an unfinished ship, and at
worst a lemon.
Still, officials said May 27 the cutter has used its first-of-its-kind stern ramp about 60 times to launch the new small
boats it carries - the Long Range Interceptor and the Short-Range Prosecutor - and that its flight deck is ready to
accept the first landings by Coast Guard helicopters.
Top Coast Guardsmen also said they were confident that work was progressing on the Bertholf's command and
communications gear, known by the acronym C4ISR, which had generated about 650 trial cards in its first inspection
in June 2007. By the time of the most recent inspection, when a team from the Navy's Space and Warfare Command
came aboard in April, there were 122 remaining C4ISR trial cards, officials said.
The ship is to undergo its next major C4ISR inspection in the middle of August, Blore said, when it arrives in its new
homeport of Alameda, Calif. In the meantime, the Bertholf is scheduled to sail up the East Coast this summer and dock
in Baltimore, where senior Coast Guard officials and congressional overseers will tour the ship.
Source : defensenews.com
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HMS Lusty: Royal Navy crew
reprimanded over Turkish orgy pictures
Sailors on a Royal Navy aircraft carrier have been reprimanded over a drunken
cross-dressing party in Istanbul the day after the Queen and the Turkish
president had made an official visit to the ship.
Pictures of male and female ratings from HMS Illustrious groping each
other, exposing themselves and simulating sex appeared in a Turkish
newspaper, which suggested that the "disgusting" antics had shamed Britain.
Locals who witnessed the private party in the largely Muslim country claimed
some of the crew members had "made love to each other in the street" while
others had to be carried back on board.
Less than 24 hours earlier the 22,000 ton carrier, appropriately nicknamed
HMS Lusty, had been the venue for a prestigious reception for 350 Turkish
dignitaries, welcomed aboard by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during
the monarch’s state visit earlier this month. Source : telegraph.co.uk
New 007 arrives with warships
A catsuited model in stiletto heels strode the deck of a British warship with Royal Navy helicopters roaring overhead. It
was not a bout of naval hijinks, but the year's most-hyped literary event - the publication of a new adventure for
super-spy James Bond.
The larger-than-life launch on Tuesday of the novel Devil May Care proved that 100 years after the birth of 007 creator
Ian Fleming, the Bond brand was stronger than ever.
A large crowd of journalists and onlookers gathered to watch model Tuuli Shipster, whose silhouette adorns the cover
of the book's British edition, bring the first published copies up the River Thames in a military speedboat before
unpacking them aboard HMS Exeter, a destroyer moored near Tower Bridge.
"I can remember Uncle Ian's books being delivered wrapped in brown paper and string by a postman on a bicycle,"
said Ian Fleming's niece Lucy Fleming as she stood on the destroyer's gunmetal-gray deck. "The Royal Navy has upped
the ante a little."
Britain's military appeared happy to play up its ties to the fictional spy, who held the rank of Royal Navy commander
before going to work for MI6. The navy loaned the Exeter and its 250-strong crew for an elaborate photo opportunity
for "Devil May Care," written by Sebastian Faulks and published to mark Fleming's 100th birthday on Wednesday.
Fleming, a journalist and wartime intelligence officer, wrote 14 James Bond books before his death in 1964. But
Faulks' license to thrill, which coincided with actor Daniel Craig's reinvigoration of the Bond film franchise, generated a
renewed sense of excitement around the character.
The book's publishers - Penguin in Britain, Doubleday in the United States - were keeping its contents under wraps
until it hit shops on Wednesday. This much was known: the book has a 1960s Cold War setting; there were locations
in Paris, Rome and the Middle East; there was torture and there was romance.
Hardcore 007 aficionados were optimistic the result would be classic Bond. Source : news24.com
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SHIPYARD NEWS
Seadrill issues LOI for semi
John Fredriksen's Seadrill has been doing its bit to keep the Singapore maritime economy rolling. Today saw the
delivery from Keppel FELS of Seadrill's fourth KFELS B class jackup rig--within budget and three days ahead of
schedule.
Meantime, Jurong Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) from
Seadrill for a deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig at a turnkey contract value of US$640 (S$870) million.
This is the fourth identical newbuild deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig that Seadrill has ordered at Jurong
Shipyard. Scheduled for delivery in December 2011, the sixth generation ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig
will be built based on the Friede & Goldman Ex- D design. It will have specifications identical to its predecessors, the
first of which, West Sirius was delivered to Seadrill on schedule in the first quarter of 2008. Source : MarineLog
ODENSE STRIVES FOR EFFICIENCY, TO
SURVIVE
DANISH shipping giant AP Moller Maersk has issued a blunt statement warning of lay-offs at its shipbuilding subsidiary
Odense Staalskibsværft at Lindø. The yard is, the company says: “in an extremely difficult financial position”. It adds:
“Lindø is still operating at a massive loss and is hit hard by the
international fluctuations, including the development of the US dollar.”
The company says that severe competition from the Far East, “where
costs are substantially lower than here”, also contributes to putting
Lindø under pressure.
"This is the background for presenting a plan for an efficiency drive to
Lindø's Board of Directors, a plan which the Board has discussed at
today's meeting," says Lars-Erik Brenøe, Chairman of the Board, who
continues: "The objective of implementing the plan is to ensure that
there will still be a shipyard on Funen in the coming years. The Owner
has in recent years invested substantial amounts in the yard, but it is necessary now to bring down the yard's costs
significantly in order to provide momentum for its possibilities of surviving in the long term. In this connection, it might
not be possible to avoid lay offs," says Lars-Erik Brenøe. Source : Maritime Global Net
"Saint-Petersburg" Is Launched
The new ice-breaker will work in Primorsk
The Baltic yard has launched a multifunctional ice-breaker named "Saint-Petersburg". The ship is the second one in
a series of diesel-electric ice-breakers, which are being built due to Rosmorport’s order.
Currently the ship availability totals above 70%.
In autumn 2008 the ship will pass the trial trip in the Baltic sea, and by the end of the current year the ice-breaker will
have been delivered to the customer. The ice-breaker will be used in the water area of the Gulf of Finland, including
the specialized port of Primorsk and the port of Ust-Luga.
"Saint-Petersburg" is a two-deck vessel with 2 all wheel drive steerable propellers of the total capacity of 16 MWt.
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The ice-breaker is to provide a pilotage for big tonnage vessels of the breadth up to 50 m, for vessels’ tuggage in the
ices and clear water, for cargo transportation and for rescue operations.
Technical data:
The full load weight - abput 10 thousand tons
The length - 114 m
The breadth – 27.5 m
The draught – 8.5 m
The speed in clear water - 16 knots
The cruising capacity - 30 days
The crew - 25 members.
Scheepsbouw breekt records
De Nederlandse scheepsbouw heeft vorig jaar alle records gebroken. De omzet steeg met 23 procent tot 7,6 miljard
euro. De werkgelegenheid steeg met 17 procent tot ruim 35.000 banen.
De goede gang van zaken geldt voor zowel de werven als de toeleveringsbedrijven. De sector verwacht ook voor dit
jaar mooie cijfers, aldus voorzitter ir. M. J. van der Wal van de nieuwe brancheorganisatie Scheepsbouw Nederland.
Hierin zijn dit jaar opgegaan Holland Marine Equipment en Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Industrie.
Boskalis CRESTWAY afgemeerd voor de afbouw by IHC Merwede in Kinderdijk
Foto : Piet Sinke ©
Op de laatste afzonderlijke jaarvergaderingen van beide verenigingen is gisteren slechts één minpuntje gemeld: het
wordt steeds lastiger aan personeel te komen. Voor de zeevaart zijn vorig jaar 273 schepen opgeleverd. Van de 4,12
miljard euro die dit opleverde, was 74 procent afkomstig uit export.
De kleine scheepsbouw leverde 149 schepen af, ter waarde van 920 miljoen. In beide sectoren zijn de
orderportefeuilles voor 2008 en volgende jaren goed gevuld.
Vooral bij de bouw van grote jachten zijn de orderontvangsten amper bij te benen, aldus Scheepsbouw Nederland. In
2006 is voor 1,1 miljard euro aan opdrachten ontvangen, vorig jaar ging het om 2,3 miljard euro. Bron : PZC
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Baltiysky Zavod hopes to get contract for
two icebreakers form RosMorPort FSUE
RosMorPort FSUE plans to order two icebreakers to be deployed in the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region). Director
General of Baltiysky Zavod, Aleksandr Chistov told journalists the company hopes to get this order, RBC reports. The
company currently completes the series of two diesel-electric icebreakers Moscow and St. Petersburg ordered by
RosMorPort FSUE (the latter has been launched today). Both vessels are to be delivered to the customer in 2008. "We
hope the series will be continued," Chistov emphasized. Baltiysky Zavod, JSC is one of the leading enterprises in the
Russian shipbuilding industry (member of Industry Shipbuilding Corporation). Currently the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard
specializes in construction of icebreakers and ice-classed vessels (with nuclear-powered propulsion, as well as
conventionally powered), large commercial vessels for carrying various types of cargo, and naval ships. The company
also manufactures a wide range of marine propulsion equipment and machinery for equipping ships built at the
shipyard, as well as for supplying other yards. Baltiysky Zavod also manufactures heat exchanges for nuclear power
plants and is a major producer of non-ferrous and core-mould castings.
United Industrial Corporation controls 88.2% of the company. In 2007, the company’s revenue totaled RUR 3.5 billion.
The FAIRMOUNT ALPINE seen off Gibraltar
STX Shipbuilding to increase capacity
by 20% in 2008
Bloomberg reported that Europe's largest shipyard STX Shipbuilding Co is planning to raise capacity at its South
Korean yards by 20% in 2008 after adding a second floating dock to meet demand for new vessels. Mr Kang Ssang
Won senior VP of STX Shipbuilding told reporters that it would spend KRW 142.6 billion (USD 135 million) to build the
new dock on the south coast the yards in Busan and Jinhae will be able to handle 60 ships as compared with 50 in
2007. Mr Kang added that “We are trying to become a world leader in shipbuilding. We want to be in markets where
we believe there will be need for new vessels.''
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Mr Lee Ki Yeon executive VP at unit STX Heavy Industries Co said that “STX Shipbuilding will focus on building Very
Large Crude Carriers, the largest of their type and vessels to carry liquefied natural gas at Jinhae, while focusing on
smaller ships at Dalian.” Source: steelguru
Hyundai Mipo eyes block building site in Ulsan
South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd said on Monday it is likely to invest 190 billion won ($181.1 million) in a
new block assembly factory, where ships are part-assembled, south of Seoul to expand its capacity.
Hyundai Mipo said in a filing to the Korea Exchange that it had reached preliminary agreement with a local government
authority to build the factory in Ulsan where the shipbuilder has a shipyard. Source : Seatrade Asia
The KNRM lifeboat DORUS RIJKERS – Photo : Piet Sinke ©
NAVAL INDUSTRY CONFIRM COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY TO PETROBRAS
SINAVAL (The National Naval Industry Union) confirmed that until next 30 May they will prepare a comprehensive
study on the existing conditions of the domestic shipyards to meet the mega order that Petrobras is to announce in the
coming days, at a total of 28 drilling rigs to be constructed in Brazil and other 12 to be chartered. During a meeting
held on 20 May with the Head Chief Minister, Dilma Rousseff, about 40 representatives of the naval sector received the
announcement of this order and left with the commitment of delivering to the government technical data on the
shipyards capacity to meet this order, which investments shall exceed USD 20 billion.
Augusto Rocha, Sinaval President, confirmed that the jobs have already began. "We have called all shipyards´
representatives to see which works of upgrading and modernisation are still necessary for them to meet this order. If
we leave it up to the sector, all drilling units will be constructed in Brazil", he said. According to him, he cannot
disregard the possibility of international shipyards coming to Brazil to look for areas where to install themselves and be
prepared to participate in this bid. "There is a huge coast with some sites with excellent draft to receive investments in
new shipyards", he said.
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Jan de Nul signs contract for five workboats
The Jan De Nul Group in Belgium has signed contracts with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co Ltd in
Tianjin, China, for the construction of five workboats. The workboats are similar to the DN 46, built by the same
shipyard in 2006. The vessels have a length of 28m, breadth of 12.3m, and willbe designed to transport fuel oil in
accordance with the most stringent requirements. All of the fuel tanks will be provided with a double hull.
A hydraulic knuckleboom crane with a capacity of 260 tonnes will also be fitted and, for anchor handling, a winch with
a maximum pulling force of approximately 240 tonnes will be installed on deck.
The workboats have twin propellers, with 559kW on each, resulting in a speed of about 8 knots, and a bollard pull of
about 17 tonnes. A small deckhouse is also included in the design and the vessels are suitable for unrestricted
(deepsea) operation.
The five workboats will be used with company's Ibn Battuta class self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, which are
under construction in Pula, Croatia. The first will be delivered in mid-2009.
Jan De Nul Group has also ordered five tugboats. Together with the workboats, the tugs will be deployed with the Ibn
Battuta class cutter suction dredgers. The vessels were ordered from Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem in The
Netherlands. They will be built in Dubai, by Albwardy Shipyard.
The tugboats are derived from the Damen Stan Tug 1606 type and have a length of about 16.5m and a beam of
about 5.5m. Propulsion power is 2 x 448kW. The vessels will have a speed of 10 knots, and a bollard pull of 15.5 tons,
and will be delivered in 2009 and 2010. Source : Dredging News Online
22,000 TEU Ship Is designed
STX Shipbuilding has unveiled the design for a 22,000 teu container ship, Fairplay reports. The length of the vessel is
460 m, the breadth - 60 m.
The new design provides an option of a single or twin propellers. Speeds in the range of 24 to 26 knots can be
attained, STX said in a statement today. It is also claimed that the new design can result in cost savings of nearly 40%
per TEU. Recently Samsung has stepped up marketing for a 16,000 TEU design Source : SeaNews
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Pride International Completes Sale of
Platform Rig Fleet
Pride International, Inc. reported that the company has completed the previously announced sale of its platform rig
fleet to Blake International, LLC for $66 million in cash. Proceeds from the sale are expected to be utilized for general
corporate and strategic purposes, including potential funding for the construction of the company's three ultradeepwater drillships and other future growth opportunities.
Pride International, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is one of the world's largest offshore drilling contractors,
operating a fleet of 54 rigs, including two deepwater drillships, 12 semisubmersible rigs, 28 jackups, five managed
deepwater rigs and seven Eastern Hemisphere-based land rigs. The company also has three ultra-deepwater drillships
under construction with expected deliveries in 2010 and 2011.
Jan De Nul Group to acquire IHC Beaver
1600
Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has announced that it is to acquire an IHC Beaver 1600 cutter suction dredger
from IHC Merwede. The dredger is under construction at the IHC Beaver Dredgers shipyard in Sliedrecht, Holland and
will be delivered in September 2008.
Swire Pacific Offshore to acquire
accommodation barges
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Swire Pacific Offshore has confirmed it has signed a shipbuilding contract with Boustead Penang Shipyard for the
construction of two 111m accommodation work barges. Delivery is scheduled for first and second quarters of 2010,
respectively.
The units will be built and fitted out at Boustead's facilities in Malaysia, and will have helidecks for a Sikorsky 92
helicopter for personnel transfer. The vessels will provide accommodation for 239 personnel, each in what the
company describes as "roomy single berth cabins with private ensuite facilities for maximum privacy and comfort."
Each vessel will be fitted with a 200 tonne capacity subsea crane from Favelle Favco, to whom a Letter of Intent has
been issued. FiFi One standard equipment will also be included on the units.
The barges, designed in association with Shiptech Naval Architects of Singapore offer some unique features not
normally found on vessels of this type. These include underdeck storage capability for dry bulk and liquid mud for
offshore grouting, workover and warehousing operations, as well as a laydown area on deck. The barges are fitted
with a large 7m x 7m moon pool for diving and ROV operations, spacious offices for client use and meeting rooms,
together with a recreation room, two cinemas and a gymnasium for health and fitness for those on board. The vessels'
mooring systems and main cranes have been designed for operation in water depths of up to 1,000m.
Said Swire Pacific Offshore: "With the growth in operations in deepwater South East Asia and West Africa, these units
should be able to provide shut down maintenance services as well as servicing the hook up and commissioning needs
of offshore energy companies."
Swire Pacific Offshore is working to ensure that the units are compliant with NOPSA regulations for service offshore
Australia, where mandatory standards for crew comfort and safety are especially high. Source : Offshore Shipping
Online
The RAMBIZ with one of the concrete Thorntonbank foundations
Photo : Daniel Meyssemans ©
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Neptun Marine Services to acquire AHTS
Nor Sea
Nor Offshore Ltd, in which Solstad Offshore hasa 50 per cent shareholding, has entered into an agreement for the sale
of the AHTS Nor Sea to Neptun Marine Services Ltd.
Above seen the preparations for the naming ceremony of the Nor Sky and Nor Chief at the Jaya yard in Singapore.
Photo : Cornelis Jagt ©
Nor Sea (5,500 bhp) was built in 2005 is due to be delivered to her new owners in the third quarter of 2008. The sale
will give Nor Offshore a a gain of approximately US$17.5 million, which will be booked at the time of delivery of the
vessel.
MSC adds Houston to west coast South
America service
Mediterranean Shipping Co. (USA) says it has amended its west coast of South America service by adding a Houston
call.
The change took affect with the sailing of the MSC Peru, voyage number: 718A, from New Orleans on May 26, a
company statement said. The new southbound port rotation is now: New Orleans, Houston, Freeport, Buenaventura,
Callao, Arica, San Vicente. MSC is a privately-owned company based in Geneva that operates more than 390 container
vessels with an intake capacity of 1.3 million TEU. Source: schednet.com
XICT (China) readies for start of IRISL
service from China-Europe
Xiamen International Container Terminals has accommodated the Iran Bushehr, a 2,188-TEU vessel deployed by
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) on a trial run before the launch of regular service at XICT.
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IRISL's upcoming service will offer an express channel connecting Xiamen with the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean,
North Africa and Europe. It was the first time an IRISL vessel called at Xiamen, a statement from terminal operators
said.
Raymond Chan, general manager of XICT, said: "Our leading productivity, advanced facilities, and proactive customer
service distinguish us from other terminals in the region, and attract a continued influx of new trade services. We are
very glad to see the materialisation of this direct shipping link between Xiamen and Persian Gulf."
Xiamen International Container Terminals is a joint venture between Hutchison Delta Ports (HDP) and Xiamen Haicang
Port Company situated at Haicang in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone in Fujian. It has been in operation since 1997
and is part of the HDP network, which comprises three coastal and three river ports in Southern China.
XICT is a member of the Hong Kong's Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, a subsidiary of the multinational
conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL). HPH operates in 47 ports and owns a number of transportationrelated service companies. Source: schednet.com
Maersk to upgrade weekly service to
Europe, W. Asia
Maersk Line is to upgrade its weekly Europe/Middle East (ME3) service, also covering Nhava Sheva, by inducting
higher capacity vessels. Starting June 7, 6,250-TEU capacity vessels will replace in phases the present 5,500-TEU
capacity vessels on the route. The process of induction is to be completed within four weeks, it is learnt. New port of
call From June 7, the Port of Tangiers will be the additional port of call on the ME3 service to facilitate connection to
ports in the Mediterranean and Africa and the revised port rotation will be : Algeciras – Tangiers – Gioia Tauro – Port
Said – Salalah – Jebel Ali – Nhava Sheva – Salalah – Jeddah – Port Said – Gioia Tauro – Algericas.
The Danish carrier, it is learnt, will add an extra vessel on the route in order to slow steam not only to reduce fuel
costs but also to provide “a more environment-friendly transportation due to reduced emissions,” the sources add.
Meanwhile, India China Service (ICS), jointly operated by TSK Line, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and
Regional Container Line to offer direct service between China and India also covering Singapore and Malaysia with five
vessels of 2,700-TEUs each, was recently launched. The service, on a 35-day round trip with fixed day weekly sailing,
has the following port rotation: Xingang-Qingdao- Ningbo-Shekou-Singapore-Port Kelang-Nhava Sheva-PipavavSingapore. Source: thehindubusinessline
Maersk Line changes North Europe –
Morocco (KNSM) service
The reefer season is ending and therefore Maersk Line will adjust our KNSM service between North Europe
(Bremerhaven and Rotterdam) and Morocco (Casablanca and Agadir). From 1 June 2008, we will deploy two vessels,
the Maersk Ferrol and Maersk Fawley, instead of the current three vessels. The last voyage on the current
schedule will be the "Skirner" with estimated departure from Agadir on 31 May. Maersk Line is committed to the
North European - Moroccan trade and we will ensure sufficient space throughout peak seasons. This entails a return to
a three-vessel service during the period November – May. Source: maerskline
VOSTA LMG delivers dismountable
cutter suction dredger ‘Petra’
VOSTA LMG has delivered, assembled and commissioned a cutter suction dredge to be used for potash production in
the Dead Sea by her owners Arab Potash Co. from Jordan.
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The design is specific for the harsh corrosive environmental conditions in which the dredge has to operate, thus the
use of specific materials, adequate cooling capacity and cleaning devices for coolers. Due to the location of the Dead
Sea, the dredge was transported by sea and land to her final destination. This is why the dredge was made
dismountable. The use of digital technology and modular design allowed for easy disassembly and assembly. The
dredge is a stationary dredge equipped with two spuds on the aft side, which can be hoisted and lowered in a
controlled manner. The bottom parts of the spuds are weighted to increase impact during controlled lowering and
penetration of the ground. One of the spuds is installed on a spud carrier, which is moved by means of a horizontal
hydraulic cylinder. The swing is performed via two side winches installed on the ladder, under the control cabin. The
anchors are placed by two anchor booms, located on the forward pontoons on both sides of the vessel. The cutter is
driven by a hydraulic motor. For maintenance purposes a cutter platform is provided. The dredge excavates at an
average depth of two to three metres.
Rotterdam neemt snelle veerverbinding
in gebruik
Foto : Piet Sinke ©
Het Rotterdamse Havenbedrijf en rederij Aqualiner nemen woensdag een nieuwe en snelle veerverbinding in gebruik.
De waterbussen varen tussen de Willemskade in het centrum van de Maasstad en tuindorp Heijplaat. De vaartijd
bedraagt circa vijftien minuten en is daarmee volgens beide bedrijven flink sneller dan over land. Met de auto, bus of
metro duurt het zeker dertig minuten, in de spits kan dat oplopen tot een uur, aldus een woordvoerder. De
waterbussen vertrekken dagelijks vijftien keer vanaf zowel Heijplaat als de Willemskade. De eerste week is de dienst
gratis. De nieuwe verbinding is in eerste instantie bedoeld voor studenten van de Hogeschool Rotterdam en het Albeda
College. Beide onderwijsinstellingen hebben zich gevestigd in een 30.000 vierkante meter grote loods van de
voormalige Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM) op Heijplaat. Met de herontwikkeling van het RDM-terrein
zijn ook enkele tientallen nieuwe bedrijven naar Heijplaat getrokken.
Aqualiner wil bekijken of het in de toekomst de veerdienst kan uitbreiden naar onder meer Katendrecht, Vlaardingen,
Spijkenisse, Hoogvliet, Pernis en Schiedam. Het vervoer over water kan de snelwegen rond Rotterdam ontlasten.
Maersk adjusts South America service
Maersk Line has adjusted its South America service, adding a second Ecuador feeder with an improved loop to provide
a more reliable schedule.
The line will phase in a fully dedicated feeder for all cargo moving to and from Buenaventura, Colombia and provide
improved connections to and from North Chile and Peru, according to a company statement.
These feeder services will all connect to the hub port in Balboa, Panama and link into Maersk Line's global network to
and from Europe, Asia, North America, Middle East, Africa and Oceania via Balboa, Panama.
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The first vessel in the new North Chile - Peru service will be the Nedlloyd Juliana with an estimated departure from
Balboa, Panama on July 25, 2008. Source : cargoinfo.co.za
Unicorn Calulo’s new bunker barges
arrive this weekend
Two bunker barges, built in China for Unicorn Shipping are due to arrive in Richards Bay on Sunday, 31 May. They will
arrive on board a semi-submersible deck barge Zhong Ren 1501 under tow behind the tug Sui Jiu 201.
The two barges will herald the arrival of a new bunker barging operation in South Africa, operated by Unicorn Calulo
Bunker Services, which is a BEE joint venture between Unicorn Shipping and Calulo Petrochemicals. Unicorn Calulo has
entered into five-year contracts with the oil majors to provide bunkering services by barge in the ports of Durban and
Cape Town.
Once discharged and checked out from the Zhong Ren 1501 the barges, which have been named Southern Valour and
Southern Venture, will make their way from Richards Bay to Durban under their own power. One of these barges is to
remain in Durban to take up duty at this port, while the other will subsequently sail also under its own power to Cape
Town.
The third barge, which is to be built in Durban by Dormac Marine for a figure of R80 million will in all likelihood be
stationed at Durban as well.
The contracts awarded by the oil majors are worth USD 75 million over a five year period with options for renewal.
Smit Amandla Marine was the other successful tenderer and has had a new double-hulled bunker barge Smit LiPuma
built in Durban with two existing barges undergoing double-hulling also at the Dormac shipyard.
Unicorn Calulo opted to build the first two barges in China with a third barge to be built locally at Dormac’s Durban
yard. Source : ports.co.za
Petrobras new sub-salt oil discovery
Brazilian state player Petrobras has confirmed the presence of oil in pre-salt reservoirs on Block BM-S-8 in the Santos
basin. Petrobras said in a statement that a formation test had proved the presence of oil in well 1-PRSA-532A-SPS.
The company said preliminary analyses shows oil gravity to be between 25 and 28 API grade, comparable to that of
the other pre-salt oils found in the Santos basin.
The well, the first on the block, lies in 2139 metres of water about 250 kilometres off Brazil's Sao Paulo state. The well
was drilled to total depth of about 6773 metres, tapping oil accumulations at about 6000 metres.
Petrobras is operator of block BM-S-8 while Shell holds a 20% stake and Portugal's Galp Energia holds a 14% stake.
The consortium was preparing an evaluation of the find to be presented to Brazilian energy regulator ANP, Petrobras
said.
However, the company provided no reserves estimates. It is not clear whether the find, and other recent sub-salt
discoveries in the so-called Sugarloaf region, are part of a single structure. The new oilfield is close to Petrobras's
giant Tupi find of last year, estimated at between 5 billion and 10 billion barrels, and one of the biggest oil discoveries
in the last 20 years.
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The ADAMS SURVEYOR seen entering the Victoria & Alfred basin in Cape Town
Photo : Aad Noorland ©
…. PHOTO OF THE DAY …..
KOTUG’s latest the SD STINGRAY
Photo : Willem Harlaar ©
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