ASPects Apr 09 - ASP Ship Management

WE MANAGE SHIPS SAFELY
APRIL 2009
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Revolution in Bridge
Management Training
IN THIS ISSUE
Tanker Safety Forum
New Singapore Office
Naval Contract Challenge
Environmental Awareness
New Mumbai Training Centre
House Journal of ASP Ship Management Group
AIMING HIGHER ON THE BRIDGE
David Borcoski Group Managing Director & CEO
Bridge management
program puts ASP in the
safety lead
ASP has always embraced
innovation in the service of safer,
more efficient and more costeffective operations in all areas
of our business. Nowhere is this
more important that in the issue
of safety on our ships.
A giant leap forward in this
respect is the program of
Advanced Bridge Resource
Management training now
being set up by international
expert Capt Ravi Najjir, which
will give ASP a pioneering role in
the development of the highest
possible standards of safe control
of ships, with the aim of bringing
bridge operations up to the same
standards as cockpit management
in the aviation industry.
We intend that this program,
now under way for the ASP
Australia fleet, will extend to
the fleet worldwide, ushering in
a generational shift in attitudes
to shipping safety issues, and
placing us at the forefront of the
world shipping industry as ship
managers.
Group training
The establishment of ASP Group
Training as an over-arching entity
to coordinate training throughout
all ASP offices and operations is
a major step forward in ensuring
that the same procedures and
standards will be followed and
aimed for, wherever ASP training
is carried out.
Specialised training centres,
such as those already in action
in Manila, Mumbai, Kolkata
and Odessa are a vital first
step in this program, backed
up by standardised training
philosophies and methods carried
out by specialist staff.
Environmental
awareness
The achievement of compliance
with the ISO 14001 standard for
the implementation of a Group
Environmental Management
System is not only leading
to the implementation of the
accreditation process throughout
the fleet, but has generated a
program of general environmental
awareness for ASP staff both
ashore and afloat.
The program, facilitated by
Australian Marine Standards
Technical Officer Julie Pearce,
shows that both in our everyday
working lives and our private
lives we all have an impact on the
environment, and that we display
the same attitudes towards this.
Cover Picture:
Modern bridge simulators are
the key to the new approach to
Bridge Resource Management
training.
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Tanker safety
Cutting dry-dock costs
ASP Tanker Management was
proud to host the 125th Informal
Tanker Operators’ Safety Forum,
in Singapore recently. This is a
very important, informal annual
gathering of tanker operators
who agree to share safety
statistics and incidents with each
other, to continuously improve
safety records within the industry.
The recently formed ASP Marine
and Technical Services is well
on the way with its program
for computerised shipboard
management and dry-docking
operations, using the REFMAN
dry-docking system. This,
combined with the practice of
ships carrying squads of classcertified tradesmen to carry
out shipboard maintenance and
inspection, means that drydocking costs and “down times”
can be significantly reduced
for owners. This is particularly
relevant given the current
shipping market.
The Forum also means that
members share their safety
performance statistics and can
benchmark against each other,
giving useful peer comparisons,
and reinforcing the process of
continuous improvement. ASP
will continue to give the Informal
Tanker Operators’ Safety Forum
its highest encouragement and
support.
Singapore office
The opening of our new
Singapore office was a pointer
to the growing importance of the
region for ASP, and an indication
of our faith in its continuing
business potential. The office
will provide accommodation for
ASP Tanker Management, ASP
Marine & Technical Services, ASP
Procurement Services and ASP
Dry Bulk, and has been designed
for future business expansion.
The Naval connection
The ASP team dedicated to the
technical management of the
Royal Australian Navy supply
vessel HMAS Sirius are to be
congratulated on the renewal
of the contract and the opening
of a new phase in their task of
keeping this vital defence link in
full and efficient operation.
Bushfires
The ASP Group was happy to
make a donation to the relief of
victims of the recent disastrous
bushfires in Australia in February
and is proud also of the personal
contributions made by our staff
members to the same cause.
ASPects
House Journal of the ASP Ship Management Group
Editor: Nigel Porteous
Editorial Consultant: Bryan Reid
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Correspondence to: Nigel Porteous
ASP Ship Management
473 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Vic 3004 Australia
Tel: +61 3 9211 9379 Email: nporteous@aspships.com
REVOLUTIONARY BRIDGE
MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM
A generational shift in attitudes towards safety issues is
foreshadowed in a major overhaul of Bridge Resource Management
training (BRM) now being conducted throughout the ASP Australia
fleet, which is expected to eventually extend to ASP Group vessels
worldwide.
The aim is to completely modernise the approach to bridge
operations and bring maritime safety up to the same standards as in
corporate aviation.
The project is being run by Capt Ravi Nijjer, an internationally
acknowledged expert on modern bridge management, who will
concentrate on bringing ship’s Masters and officers up to a level of
response to emergency situations equal to those of airline pilots.
To this end, Capt Najjir has provided a blueprint for what needs to be
done to implement a modernised approach in bridge operations. The
blueprint incorporates training in Advanced BRM (2nd generation),
shiphandling and structured simulator training and shipboard audits
of bridge operations to close the loop. The response of ASP officers
who have undergone the training so far has been overwhelmingly
positive.
• Onboard audits
• Annual simulator based competency checks for pilotage-exempt
Masters
In addition, each ship will be given three standard reference
textbooks for study and referral as the theoretical basis for
shiphandling and tug usage.
Other factors embraced by the BRM program will be the sharing of
bridge workload by pre-planning, delegation and task allocation and
monitoring to avoid an overload situation and ensure that more than
one person is involved in the operation, so that the chances of error
occurring are minimized and opportunities for detection increased.
Capt Nijjer told ASPECTS:
“The shipping industry, up to now, has operated in much the same
way, as regards bridge operations, as it did in the days of general
cargo vessels. These ships of approximately 10,000dwt were around
in very large numbers from the First World War to the early 1970’s
and still define the shipboard operating culture. With today’s huge
variety of ships – container vessels, tankers and massive increase in
the size and complexity of ships — those standards are simply not
good enough.”
It is expected to make ASP the world leaders in the modernization of
Bridge Resource Management.
The Advanced Bridge Resources Management program (BRM) will
involve ASP Masters and officers in:
• Training on manned models, which will provide a common base
line knowledge of hydrodynamics and practical understanding of
the principles underpinning the practice of ship handling
• New and intensive systems-based training on full mission
high fidelity simulators in which they will have to deal with a
variety of situations ranging from the normal, to abnormal and
emergencies and will also incorporate contingencies and varying
workloads
Capt Ravi Nijjer addressing the Bridge Resources Management seminar
in Melbourne. From left: Capt Patrick Loo (ASP), Capt Ivo Vuskovic (trainee
pilot), Keith Hagen (ASP) and Lloyd Cahill (Searoad Shipping).
DISTINGUISHED CAREER
Capt Ravi Nijjer has had a distinguished maritime career both afloat and ashore since he began his
training on the Indian Training Ship Dufferin in 1960. He completed the requirements for a Master
Class 1 Certificate in Sydney in 1970, and was awarded the Longmore Bequest Prize for obtaining
the highest mark in Australia for the Master Class 1 examination (1971). In 1980 he joined the marine
section of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) as a lecturer, later leaving to form
Marine Consulting Group Pty Ltd. He has been instrumental in developing and facilitating the Human
Factors-based Bridge Resource Management (BRM) program over the past 13 years.
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NEW OFFICE FOR
ASP SINGAPORE
Floral Tributes from well-wishers
ASP has a new office in Singapore, officially opened on
February 12 at a function attended by representatives
of the Singapore shipping industry, tanker owners,
charterers, lawyers and bankers.
Pratap Shirke, ASP Group Managing Director and CEO
David Borcoski, Group Technical Director Chris Kirton,
Group Finance Director Adrian Whatley and ASP Australia
CEO, and Chairman ASP Tanker Management Bob Bird,
attended the opening.
The new offices at Gateway East, accommodate a staff of
35, providing a head office for ASP Tanker Management,
under CEO John Marnoch, and ASP Procurement Services
under Procurement Services Director Norman Bainbridge,
and ASP Marine & Technical Services.
The premises cover around 6,200 square feet and have
been designed for the management of about 50 vessels.
The stunning, sharp elongated office has been designed
to use optimum use of storage space and to accommodate
future expansion.
At the official opening, a large gathering of some 75
customers, colleagues and friends from Singapore, helped
celebrate the occasion.
In the traditional Chinese fashion, the reception area was
fi lled with beautiful bouquets of fl owers from guests, and
well wishers. Pratap Shirke cut the red ribbon, followed by
Bob Bird who gave a welcoming speech.
Opening celebrations picture gallery
Pratap Shirke cuts the ribbon.
BELOW: Pratap Shirke (second from right) with,
from left: Mr. Rohet Tolani of Tolani Shipping,
Ian Beange and Jeff O’Neill of North of England
P&I Insurance.
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Ms. Joon Neo and Mrs. Susan Marnoch.
Geoffrey Tan, Silvie Santoso, Adrian Ler,
all from Citibank.
THE ENVIRONMENT
IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS
ASP Group launches a wide-ranging environmental awareness program
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The ASP Ship Management
Group has embarked on a
completely new approach to raising
environmental awareness, not only in their workplaces
on board vessels but also ashore, ensuring personal
obligations to contribute to the preservation and
conservation of the environment.
Following an exhaustive process of reviewing and auditing
the ASP environmental policies and practices internally and
by international auditors DNV, the Group is now accredited to
ISO 14001 – the internationally recognised standard for the
implementation of an Environmental Management System(EMS).
The accreditation process has
now been completed by all the
ASP offices and throughout our
managed fleet.
This process has led to the
analysis, review and upgrading
of both shipboard and shorebased environmental practices
and the identification of ways in
which our activities may impact
on the environment at all levels.
“Perhaps the most important development from these
considerations is the program of environmental awareness
training for all employees”, said ASP Australia Marine Standards
Technical Officer Julie Pearce, who has facilitated the EMS
accreditation process:
germs through air conditioning
systems, they were asked.
Very few people were able
immediately to see that all
these situations needed to
be dealt with by virtually the
same responses as a fire, and
that all of these scenarios
were related to some kind of
impact on the environment.
The result is that the term ‘fire
drill’ is to be replaced in all offices
by ‘emergency response drill’.”
Julie Pearce
Julie explained that the underlying objective of the environmental
awareness training program was to reduce ASP’s ‘carbon
footprint’ throughout the world. “The Group has already had
procedures in place for many years for this, and is still taking
initiatives towards it,” she said.
“For instance, in our business air travel arrangements, including
crew transfers, ASP now pays the voluntary carbon reduction
levy on all flights as a matter of course, in the expectation that
the funds generated will be earmarked by Governments for the
reduction of atmospheric and other pollution.”
Modifying ship speeds is another initiative which has both
economic and environmental benefits. This was illustrated recently
when the Australian fleet tanker British Fidelity, trading between
Melbourne and the Kwinana refinery in Western Australia,
reduced speed by just one knot, significantly reducing diesel fuel
consumption and at the same time, reducing exhaust emissions.
“Already, much of what we already do in our daily tasks is
connected in some way with reducing our impact on the
environment, but we are just not fully aware of this connection.
Onboard ships, we have formal procedures for activities such
as reduction of emissions, oily water separation, disposal of
garbage, for instance—which we follow, but don’t necessarily
connect them consciously with environmental protection.”
Julie said that “during the accreditation process onboard our
managed fleet, the auditors frequently asked crew members
to identify things they did for the environment. Many said they
couldn’t name any such thing, but when they were taken through
many of their routine tasks, they were immediately able to see
the connection.
The need for environmental awareness is not confined to
shipboard life. Ashore, in our offices, most people knew what
they were supposed to do in the event of fire—carry out the
fire drill procedures and know where to find evacuation points.
But what about flooding, leakage of gases, or the spreading of
Paper goods prepared for recycling.
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THE ENVIRONMENT DOESN’T
STOP AT THE OFFICE DOOR
The need for environmental awareness continues after work,
according to Australian Marine Standards Technical Officer
Julie Pearce.
The associated environmental awareness
s,
program is intended, in many of its applications,
to carry over into the personal lives of all ASP
staff, not only helping to reduce the whole
community’s “carbon footprint” but also
bringing practical economic benefits.
Some key areas of environmental focus which
can apply both in the office and at home are:
Disposal
Recycle old equipment (computers, printers,
mobile phones etc) and consumables
(ink cartridges and toner) by engaging a
professional recycler.
Purchasing
Carefully consider purchasing of new office
equipment, eg one large printer to serve a
number of staff, rather than one on every desk, and ensure that
environmentally friendly, re-usable consumables are used.
Purchase energy-efficient equipment such as flat-screen monitors,
and equipment with automatic “switch-off” capability.
Use of equipment
After hours
Make sure all equipment not needed after office hours is switched
off—computer equipment, printers, photocopiers and lights in
particular to name just a few.
Paper & cardboard
Do you really need to print out that document?
Print double-sided wherever possible, and reuse
paper printed on only one side.
Heating & cooling
Heating and cooling systems produce huge
amounts of greenhouse gas and use a lot of
eenergy. Regulate heating and cooling systems to
ssuit seasonal temperatures. Let in fresh air where
ppossible (but don’t keep on heating or cooling it!)
SStart and stop air-conditioning to keep conditions
comfortable only when staff are in the building,
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and make sure air conditioning is well-maintained
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and cleaned to avoid breakdowns and to prevent
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conditions for the spread of diseases.
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Waste & recycling
Set up separate bins or other containers for recycling paper,
cardboard, aluminium, steel cans and plastics, and encourage
the use of reusable containers such as glass or china rather than
plastic cups.
Set monitors to switch off when inactive and switch off entirely if
they are inactive for long periods. By switching off all peripheral
equipment at the end of the working day it ensures commercial
and environmental green house gas emissions. “Standby” wastes
energy and costs money.
“Most of these things are relevant to our own domestic lives, and
the more we are aware of them and apply them both at work and
at home, the greater the contribution we will all be able to make
to the conservation of energy, the prevention of pollution and the
preservation of the environment,” Julie said.
ENSURING
ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE
An example of the Aspects and Impacts register is the cargo
loading activity. What aspect and impact does this activity have
on the environment i.e. land, water, air or noise?
As part of compliance to the Standard of ISO 14001, two
documents, the Aspects & Impacts Register and the Legal
Register, have been developed to ensure ASP’s compliance with
the ever-increasing number of local and international maritime
regulations.
The Aspects and Impact Register lists 40 areas of shipboard and
shore-based activities, and identifies for each one the risk it might
entail, its impact on the environment, the relevant compliance
regulations, how ASP can mitigate the risk to the environment and
sets out the objective for eliminating the risk, with target dates
and review mechanism.
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ASPect/risk:
A spill into port water
Impact:
Pollution of port waters
Compliance:
IMO standards/industry standards/local laws
Existing risk controls: Engineering control
Risk Score:
Moderate/Possible/ High
Objective:
No spills
Target date:
Ongoing
Review mechanism: Chief Officer’s standing orders with the
applicable JSA
The register also deals with air travel, identifying the Aspect and
Impact to air pollution, with the objective being to reduce ASP’s
carbon footprint from the amount of employees’ travel by offsetting carbon emissions to service providers’ offset programs.
The second key document is the Legal Register which lists all
relevant regulations emanating from the IMO and ILO, class
regulations, flag regulations including US, UK, Australia, Singapore
and Finland Regulations.
CHALLENGES FOR ASP ON NAVAL
CONTRACT
The RAN supply vessel Sirius in a refueling exercise at sea.
ASP in Rockingham, West Australia is facing some big challenges this
year, with an early first special survey docking of the supply vessel
HMAS Sirius scheduled for the Royal Australian Navy.
ASP Rockingham Manager Mike Mutlow said the requirement for
the docking, brought forward to April by the navy has engaged
staff in the major task of preparing a work package and arranging
competitive tenders for the special survey.
Rockingham is also evaluating and improving the navy planned
maintenance system and identifying and purchasing a fi ve-year
spares holding for all critical ship’s systems, Mike said.
ASP won the navy tender for a service support contract for HMAS
Sirius after the previous navy supply vessel, HMAS Westralia was
withdrawn from service, its disposal being managed by ASP.
The Sirius contract was signed in March 2007 for a five-year period.
Its key elements are:
• Management services – providing reports, data, analyses, etc
• Maintenance support – planned maintenance, repair delivery,
including dockings
• Engineering support (design changes, technical investigations,
recommendations)
• Supply support – procurement, storage and management of
all spares
The ASP team for the Sirius contract comprises 11 full-time staff up from the original 9 because of an increased work load.
Sirius, formally a double-hulled product tanker, was purchased
by the navy to comply with the new MARPOL regulations. She
was built in Korea in 2004 and subsequently underwent major
conversion work for naval use as a supply vessel.
Modifications included the addition of a Replenishment at Sea
(RAS) capability to allow refuelling of other naval vessels while
under way, an aft vertical replenishment platform to allow
transfer of goods from a helicopter and emergency helicopter
landings, additional accommodation for up to 90 people,
weapons, and a navy communications suite.
ASP shares the Rockingham office with 10 naval staff, and rents
additional office space to accommodate the new larger team
required for the Sirius contract.
The ASP Rockingham team
responsible for the HMAS Sirius
contract: Back Row: Support
Engineer Henry Nyeboer, Data
Officer Chris Speed,
Quality Coordinator Tim Pyatt,
Manager Mike Mutlow.
Front Row:
Purchasing Officer Jan Gardner,
Technical Specialist Allan Knox,
Administration Officer Jo Howell,
Maintenance Manager Chris Rigg
and Finance Officer Colleen Gibbons.
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BIG CHRISTMAS FOR SONGA EAGLE
Christmas 2008 was a double
celebration for the crew of the
Songa Eagle in Busan, Korea.
On Christmas Eve the vessel
was delivered to owners from
the Jinse Ship Building Co.
On Christmas Day, the whole
ship’s company gathered for a
magnificent Christmas lunch in
the crew’s mess room.
Picture shows:
Officers, crew & guests enjoying
Christmas lunch aboard the Songa
Eagle.
Flags for WHITE RIBBON DAY
ASP employees, at sea and in offices in Australia, showed their support for White Ribbon
Day 2008 on November 25, by wearing white ribbons and wristbands, while special flags
were flown at ASP headquarters in Melbourne and on ASP vessels to help promote the
significance of the day.
White Ribbon Day was instituted by the White Ribbon Foundation of Australia, which aims to
eliminate violence against women by promoting culture-change around the issue.
The major strategies to achieve this are a national media campaign as well as education and
male leadership programs aimed at men and boys around Australia. All funds received by the
White Ribbon Foundation will support the implementation of these strategies.
ASP joined other maritime operators and unions in Australia supporting White Ribbon Day.
The Botany Tribute was one of the
many ASP ships which flew the
White Ribbon Day flag.
MANILA FORUM ON FINANCIAL CRISIS
The Philippines Department of Labour and Employment (DLE)
conducted a Forum in November at AMOSUP (Associated Marine
Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Phillippines) Convention Hall
regarding the impact of the current global financial crisis on the
lives of Filipino sea-based workers.
The Forum was held to consider concerns raised by maritime
stakeholders, most importantly shipping/ manning companies,
pointing to superior information management as a paramount
factor in maintaining the Philippines’ competitive advantage as
a seafarer supply country and the assurance that demand for
Filipino seafarers remains stable, despite the global economic
slowdown.
ASP Philippines was represented by ASP Crew Management
President Vicent F. Aldanese Jr.
LEFT: Participants at the Global Financial Crisis Forum, seated from left:
Michael Estaniel, Philippine representative of International Maritime
Employers Committee (IMEC); Capt. Gregorio Oca, President of
Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamens’ Union of the Philippines Philippine Transport and General Workers’ Organization - International
Transport Workers’ Federation (AMOSUP-PTGWO-ITF; Labour Secretary
Marianito Roque. Standing from left: Dr. Conrad Oca, Vice-President of
AMOSUP-PTGWO-ITF ; Vicente F. Aldanese, Jr. – President of ASP Crew
Management, Manila and Jennifer Manalili, Administrator of Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration.
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TANKER SAFETY FORUM HOSTED BY ASP
The 125th Informal Tanker Operators’ Safety Forum (ITOSF),
hosted by ASP Tanker Management at the Grand Hyatt Hotel,
Singapore on 10 th & 11th February, was an outstanding success,
with some highly important issues discussed and information
exchanged on a wide range of safety concerns, practices and
procedures. Fifty-two members attended.
Opening speeches were made by the Chairman, Capt Paul Jones
of BW Shipping, followed by a welcome speech by John Marnoch,
CEO ASP Tanker Management.
The first day’s meeting included presentations on the recent
hijack of the tanker Sirius Star in Somalian waters, a safety
management talk by DNV and other items on the agenda. The
closed door Forum on the second day included, but was not
limited to, talks and sharing of information on the situation in the
Gulf of Aden.
ASP Australia CEO, and chairman ASP Tanker Management, Bob
Bird addressed the Forum in informal surroundings and strongly
outlined ASP’s commitment to “Managing Ships Safely”.
The Informal Tanker Operators’ Forum has been in existence
since the seventies. Originally it was a casual gathering of the oil
majors’ safety departments that were based in the UK, but now
includes independent tanker owners and tanker managers from
around the world. There are now around 75 members. ASP Tanker
Management have been a member since 2006.
PURPOSE
John Marnoch told ASPects:
“The purpose of the Forum is an informal gathering of likeminded tanker operators who agree to share safety statistics and
incidents with each other in the belief is that this can only lead to
better safety records within the industry.
“The informal segment means that no minutes are taken or
published. You can take your own notes but the names of vessels
and operators are to be protected at all times.
“The other benefit is that the members share their safety
performance statistics and benchmark against each other. This
allows participants to see on an annual basis where they stand
against their peers on safety performance. This is important in
trying to continually improve safety records.
“The sharing does not just stop at the meetings. There is a
continual flow of information throughout the year by an ITOSF
distribution list. Members can post concerns and ask questions
on any aspect of operational safety.
“I would say that every day of the year there is some topic being
discussed through the distribution list. ASP has benefited many
times from this sharing of information and I would like to think we
have helped other operators with information also supplied from
ASP Tanker Management.”
The first day of the Forum is usually filled with presentations
by members or outside third parties related to safety, such as
Classification Societies. The second day is a closed door round
the table session where every member is encouraged to have a
15 minute presentation on significant incidents that have occurred
onboard their company ships. This information is shared with all
Forum members.
If members fail to attend one of three meetings then membership
is forfeited.
RIGHT: The Informal Tanker Operators’ Safety Forum in session.
Hail & Farewell
LEFT: Outgoing Chairman of ITOSF Capt Paul Jones is welcomed by John Marnoch. AT RIGHT: John with the incoming ITOSF Chairman
Capt Ian Mathison, Director of the Safety Department, Bibby Ship Management.
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Australian Maritime College Awards
STUDENT RECOGNISES VALUE
OF WORK EXPERIENCE
Tim Latta who won many prizes at
the AMC after work experience at
ASP and ASA.
Australian Maritime College
(AMC) student Tim Latta,
who completed a session of
work experience with ASP
in Melbourne, scooped the
awards at the AMC graduation
function in February 2009.
When receiving his awards,
Tim said in tribute to ASP:
Megan Louise Profke won the ASP Ship Management Sam Marsh
Prize for best performance in nautical studies in a seafarer (deck)
course at diploma or advanced diploma level. The prize was
accepted for her by lecturer Mike Weston.
Trent James Bastian won the ASP Ship Management Prize for
highest marks in the study of logistics in a higher education
program in the Department of Maritime and Logistics Management.
Lecturer Hilary Haugstetter accepted the prize on his behalf.
“ASP generously allowed me to attend their workplace for some
‘real-world’ experience while studying at AMC. This allowed
me to relate the theory learned at university to a real business
environment, providing a wider perspective to the shipping
industry.
“I also gained experience at the Australian Shipowners Association
(ASA), looking at areas of environmental, commercial and
employee relations. This opened my eyes to the issues the industry
is facing from another different perspective. Overall, I believe
the shipping industry and AMC should continue to strengthen
their ties, providing work experience as a prominent tool in this
development”.
At the graduation ceremony, two annually awarded ASP prizes
were also presented. In both cases, the winners were not present,
but the awards, presented by ASP Australia Employee Relations
Manager Evan Westgarth, were accepted on their behalf by their
respective college lecturers.
ASP Australia Employee Relations Manager Evan Westgarth presents the
ASP Ship Management Prize to AMC lecturer Hilary Haugstetter, on behalf
of the winner, Trent James Bastian.
LIFEBOAT SAFETY
CAMPAIGN
The North of England P&I Club is supporting international efforts
to highlight lifeboat safety with a new DVD and poster campaign
designed to reduce the risk of accidents during lifeboat drills and
operation.
‘Accidents during lifeboat drills cause death and serious injury to
seafarers,’ says North’s head of loss prevention, Tony Baker.
According to the club, a planned port-state-control inspection
campaign for 2009 will target lifeboat maintenance and
records, operational safety, on-load release systems, davits and
winches as well as the critical area of lifeboat training. To help
members reduce the risks of accidents and to ensure crews are
properly prepared for such inspections, North has produced and
distributed an 18 minute DVD designed to be used as the basis of
a short, sharp briefing prior to lifeboat drills.
‘The DVD is intended to boost the confidence of seafarers and
improve levels of safety when undergoing lifeboat training,’ says
Baker. ‘It explores common causes of lifeboat accidents, such as
not being able to release the lifeboat painter, and explains the
growing use of fall-preventer devices to reduce serious incidents
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following inadvertent release of on-load lifeboat hook-release
mechanisms.’
Entitled: Lifeboat Safety - Managing the Risks, the new DVD
includes a 12 page guidance booklet for officers, assisting them
to create crew awareness on safety issues.
North of England has also published a new lifeboat safety poster
as part of its Safe Work series. The A3 poster also graphically
illustrates the use of fall-preventer devices to protect crews in
the event of an inadvertent activation of on-load release hooks.
The Club points out that such devices should only be fitted after
consulting with the ship operator and relevant authorities.
Lifeboat Safety - Managing the Risks, ISBN 978-0-9558257-1-2,
and the Safe Work set of eight posters, are both available to nonmembers for £30 each from Anchorage Press in London,
www.anchoragepress.co.uk
TOTAL COST CONTROL
for dry-docking projects
ASP Marine and Technical Services (ASPMTS) is now implementing
a series of training programs which is expected to lift vessel
maintenance, dry-docking procedures and new building supervision
to new levels of cost control and efficiency.
ASPMTS
General
Manager
Jayantha Halangode (pictured left)
said the new, computer-based
programs were aimed at ensuring
a high level of control over drydocking projects, arising from a
continuous monitoring and recording
of maintenance requirements
between surveys, with the aim of
keeping repair costs to a minimum and allowing clients to budget
more accurately for major dry-dockings.
The ASP Australian fleet is using “riding squads” of class-certified
tradesmen to carry out onboard repair and maintenance work which
would otherwise have to be done during dry-docking, thus reducing
downtime and docking costs.
In addition, ships will also carry class-certified Ultrasound Thickness
Measuring (UTM) technicians to carry out inspections of steelwork in
order that highly accurate and comprehensive specifications can be
drawn up well before the vessel is scheduled for dry-docking.
ASPMTS now has agreements with leading service providers Oscar
Marine Services, of Mumbai India to provide certified fitter/welders
for the onboard maintenance riding squads, and Shipscan Marine,
Singapore, to carry out the UTM work.
REFMAN software for
NEW BUILDINGS
REFMAN Docking and Project software was recently introduced
to the new building project of two 11,000dwt oil product/chemical
tankers under construction in China for a consortium of owners
including Pan Oceanic Bulk Carriers Ltd.
ASP Marine and Technical Service (ASPMTS) have established a
project supervision and inspection team at the Penglai/Bohai shipyard
since construction commenced last year, and the REFMAN software
will assist management to monitor the construction activity more
efficiently.
ASPMTS General Manager Jayantha Halangode installed the
software and trained the Project Manager during a recent
progress inspection visit to China. New building site inspection and
supervision periods are generally timed from the initial steel cutting
event until delivery, with a scope of work, depending on the type of
vessel being built. Management items in the software include:
• Continuation of both office and on-site approval of production
and detail drawings
The UTM instrumentation
specialists will include a classcertified supervisor to draw up
detailed specifications, accompanied by a class surveyor to witness
and oversee the whole operation.
“By establishing firm specifications well before the vessel enters drydock, we eliminate any ‘surprises’ such as unforeseen costs, in order
that our client will have an accurate cost estimate and can manage
his budget accordingly, particularly when major repairs are being
undertaken,” Jayantha said.
A Shipboard Defect Status monitoring system has also been
introduced to the Australian ASP fleet, in which defects are
identified and analysed by the vessel’s senior officers. The data,
including photographs, is then transmitted by the Chief Engineer
to the Shore Superintendent, who will decide when and where the
defect will be rectified.
All procedures for continuing maintenance and repairs are based
on the REFMAN dry-docking software system in which ASP
Superintendents are being trained in all ASP Group offices.
“REFMAN allows anyone involved with Group dry-docking to
determine the status of maintenance and repairs on any vessel
instantly,” Jayantha said. “Financial reports of the dry-docking
are transmitted to clients, depicting total control of the project
development, costs and time lines.”
It is expected that the REFMAN computerised dry-docking system
will be in use for all ASP managed vessels, in the immediate future.
• Supervision during hull
assembly, fitting out,
application of internal
and external coatings
machinery, electrical/
automation, and cargo
system installation
• Inspection at the
shipyard and at the
subcontractors for main
engine, generators, etc
Fabrication of the forward section,
of the first vessel, Oceanic Indigo.
• Outfitting
• Continuous assessment of progress to ensure construction
schedules are maintained and delivery date is met
All inspections and attended tests are planned and documented,
and the results recorded in an inspection record signed by the Site
Supervisor or the attending Project Manager. The Site Supervisor
plans and coordinates the building inspection tasks in accordance
with the shipbuilder’s production schedule and agreed quality plan.
The REFMAN software will be used to monitor and report on all
aspects of the new building process.
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ELECTRONIC CHARTS
MAY BECOME
MANDATORY
Proposals for making electronic charting (ECDIS) mandatory on all
vessels at various dates between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2018 is
now being discussed by the IMO as an amendment to SOLAS.
The deadline dates for the implementation of the amendment would
depend on the type and cargo capacity of the particular vessel.
Although a number of digital devices are already used in modern
navigation, the latest ECDIS equipment brings together all other
shipboard navigation instruments, and differs from other navigation
tools by combining planning and positional awareness and allowing
various levels of combination of different systems.
ECDIS makes passage planning easier by the automatic updating of
electronic charts and by the capacity to take account of other factors
such as a ship’s characteristics, weather and tidal conditions.
The possibility of mandatory ECDIS raises the question of
providing back-up for the system, either by paper chart or a second
ECDIS. Whatever the case, it seems clear that there will be an
urgent need for special training of navigators in ECDIS.
The IMO timetable for the introduction of mandatory ECDIS on
vessels would be:
• New passenger ships of 500gt and upwards from July 1, 2012
• New tankers of 3000gt and upwards, from July 1, 2012
• New cargo ships, other than tankers, of 10,000gt and upwards,
from July 1, 2013
• New cargo ships, other than tankers, of between 3000gt and
10,000gt from July 1, 2014
• Existing passenger ships of 500gt and upwards must be
equipped with ECDIS by the first survey after July 1, 2014 at
the latest
• Existing tankers of 3000gt and upwards must be equipped
with ECDIS by the first survey after July 1, 2015 at the latest
Existing
cargo ships, other than tankers, of 50,000gt and
•
upwards must be equipped with ECDIS by the first survey after
July 1, 2016 at the latest
• Existing cargo ships, other than tankers, of between 20,000gt
and 50,000gt must be equipped with ECDIS by the first survey
after July 1, 2017 at the latest
• Existing cargo ships, other than tankers, of between 10,000
and 20,000gt must be equipped with ECDIS by the first survey
after July 1, 2018 at the latest.
“TRY BEFORE YOU BUY” for trainees
A new procedure for selection of trainee Integrated Ratings (IR), (a classification of seafarer in Australia performing the
duties of both an AB and a Greaser/Motormen) for ASP Australia will give potential recruits the opportunity to “try before
they buy”. ASP Australia Employee Relations Manager Evan Westgarth told ASPects the procedure will give groups of
candidates a period onboard ships (a) to determine whether each individual responds positively or otherwise to life and
work at sea and (b) to give ASP the opportunity to assess their suitability for the job.
The new selection method commenced in December 2008 with the first batch of trainees being assigned to ships, where
the Master and other officers can provide feedback on their selection prospects.
“The procedure means that candidates who don’t find shipboard life congenial will automatically disqualify themselves,
leaving the others to be selected on their shipboard assessment merits,” Evan said. “It is a win-win outcome for both
parties – ASP gets a better understanding of who the best candidates are, while the candidates themselves have a
greater opportunity to assess whether a career at sea is actually something they want to embark on.”
TOUGH DECISION ON SUB-STANDARD SHIPS
An EU decision to ban ships with three detentions from European
ports was described as the “best way to tackle sub-standard
shipping” by European Community Ship Owners Association
secretary general Alfons Guinier.
The ban is part of the port state control directive, one of seven Erika
3 Maritime Safety Laws drafted by the Strasbourg-based European
parliament. Instead of the temporary ban that most governments
wanted, vessels detained three times in the past three years will
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be on a permanent blacklist. After conciliatory talks held earlier this
week, the EU extended the new law to anchorages as well as ports.
Malta, one of the world’s top six shipping registries, opposed both
the permanent ban and the anchorage extension, but its concerns
were over-ruled by the EU’s qualified majority voting system.
”Banning ships after three detentions is a far more effective and
reliable deterrent than the two-detention ban the EU had previously
proposed,” Mr Guinier said.
PILOTS’ TRIBUTE
TO TANKER
From left: Trainee Integrated
Rating Christian Webster, Port of
Mackay Pilot Service Manager
Capt Graeme Ring, Chief
Integrated Rating Mark Glover,
Capt Mike Ashby and Mackay
Pilot Capt Roland Svensson.
LEFT: The plaque awarded to the
officers and crew of the British
Loyalty.
The Port of Mackay Marine Pilots on the Australian North
Queensland coast have made a special award to the BP tanker
British Loyalty and her crew for their seamanship in continuing to
provide safe and efficient access for pilots boarding the ship.
“Thanks for the opportunity to present you and your crew with a
small token of our appreciation for the consistently high standard
of pilot ladder access on the British Loyalty during your regular
visits to Mackay.
The British Loyalty is a regular caller at Mackay and the pilots
have noted that the pilot ladder is not only perfectly rigged but
also maintained to a high standard.
“As pilots we see a wide range of pilot ladder standards and it
is the Mackay marine pilots’ wish that some day they may all be
rigged as efficiently and as safe to use for pilot transfer as those
on the British Loyalty.”
As a result, the ship has become a firm favourite for the pilots
who know they can have full confidence in the rig, especially as
they put their lives in jeopardy when climbing a pilot ladder.
In a letter to the ship’s Master, Capt Mike Ashby, the Pilot
Services Manager in Mackay, Capt Graham Ring, wrote:
The crew of the BP tanker
British Loyalty have grown
somewhat hairier over the past
few months. They all grew
moustaches to raise funds for
the Movember Movement,
an organisation dedicated to
raising awareness of men’s
health issues and raising funds
for research into prostate
cancer and depression. At last
report, the ship had raised
$720 for the cause.
Capt Ashby told ASPects: “We are very proud of this recognition.
In this day and age, where doing the right thing seems to
go unnoticed, we hear only the negative points of a ship’s
operations. I think we have every right to be proud of this award.”
HAIRY EFFORT FOR HEALTH
Since its inception as a formal
charity in 2004 Movember,
has raised over $30 million
globally, significantly increased
awareness of prostate
cancer and depression in the
community, and is continuously
working to change the attitude
men have about their health.
The money raised by
Movember is dedicated to
improving men’s health in
rural, remote, regional and
metro areas across Australia
by supporting men’s health
projects.
British Loyalty crew display their facial adornment, from left: Steve Pastoors (3/E), Tony James (CC),
Ben Newman (1/E), Jordan Tedman (C/O), Chris Picken (IR), Capt Mike Ashby (Master), Luke Borchet (OTD),
John Bailey (IR), Ryan Miller (IR), Wayne Ferrier (IR), Andrew Burns (3/O), Brett Baker (CIR), Sean Liley (2/O),
John Morley (C/E), Brendan Eakan (ext 3/O), Paul Storey (2/E), Mike D’lecki (Master),
Keith Hagen C/O and Alain Dillenseger (IR).
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TRAINING
EXPANDED ROLE FOR ASP GROUP TRAINING
ASP Group Training is now administered as a stand-alone
department to which ASP Crew Management and ASP Ship
Management will respond for all training needs and functions.
The Group Training Department will be directly responsible for:
• Cadet study expenses
• VOD (computer based training)
• Employment of Training Superintendents
• Safety and industry awareness programmes
• ASP Training Centre costs
• Conducting staff seminars
ASP Crew Management will be responsible to Group Training for:
• External training as required
• Travel for staff seminars
• ASP Training Centre operation
• Travel, expenses and travel for cadets
ASP Ship Management will be responsible for costs of training
and the facilitation of the quarterly ASP Seminars accessing three
shipboard staff personnel per vessel per year, and also ensuring
that the requisite numbers of trainees are funded across the Group
catering to the needs of particular clients.
Group Training Manager Ben
Brooksby (left) told ASPects:
“Shipping has been experiencing
a period of growth at a time
when suitably skilled labour is
increasingly difficult to attract
and retain. To continue to rely
on the ‘poaching’ of qualified
personnel from competitors
is not and never has been a
sustainable labour plan.
“The solution to the global shortage of seafarers is not simple
and the action being taken by ASP to address this is complex and
multi-faceted. We must be innovative within an industry steeped
in tradition, an industry ever more driven by ‘the bottom line’.”
Cadet Programme
To ensure that ASP vessels continue to be manned by skilled and
motivated personnel ASP Ship Management invites and strongly
urges clients to embark upon a joint cadet training programme,”
Ben said.
“ASP currently employs cadets from Australasia, India and the
Philippines. Maintaining 3 cadet berths per vessel is sufficient
to produce one new junior officer per year per vessel. At this
time of rapid growth, even this level of training is unlikely to
fully meet demand.”
To broaden their experience, cadets will be rotated through the
coastal and internationally trading vessels, working with different
nationalities and on different trades.
ASP will manage the cadet training program on behalf of clients.
The objectives of the program are:
• To increase the supply of well trained junior officers already
indoctrinated into the company culture
• To maximise client control and to minimise the risks associated
with transporting cargo
The
maximum utilisation of training funds
•
• To foster open, honest communications.
The programme aims to produce seafarers with the required skills
and knowledge of ASP procedures and requirements to meet
and exceed ASP and client expectations for quality and safety
performance. A structured training and career path plan will help
retention rates of well qualified, motivated and dedicated crews.
TRAINING THE TRAINERS for BRM
Bridge Resource Management (BRM) consultant Capt Ravi Nijjer conducted
a three day “Training-the-Trainers” exercise in Manila in February, organised
by Group Training Manager Ben Brooksby as part of the development of ASP
Group Training and of the Fleet Training Superintendents.
The aims of the course were to provide the trainers with advanced levels of
knowledge and up-to-date application of Advanced BRM and to convey ASP’s
vision of a fleet-wide culture of operational safety developed and initiated in
Australia last year.
Ravi told ASPects that the very intensive seminar indicated that the
participants had gained a good understanding of the application of Advanced
BRM principles in their independent analysis of the case studies. All agreed
that the approach to safety embedded in the content of the BRM seminar was
the way of the future.
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Capt Ravi Nijjer conducting an Advanced BRM training
session at the Manila Training Centre.
TRAINING
MUMBAI TRAINING CENTRE OPENS
The ASP Group Training strategy of establishing training
centres for all international offices is well under way, with new
centres already established in Manila and Odessa and most
recently, in Mumbai.
The official opening and inauguration of the Mumbai Training
Centre was carried out recently by Mr Patwardhan, Managing
Director of Chowgule Steamships Ltd. Other guests included Mr
Sawant, CFO of Chowgule Steamships; Mr Sarosh Buhariwala,
Deputy General Manager, Technical of PFS Shipping and Capt
Tariq Khan, Operations Manager, PFS Shipping.
The occasion was also attended by ASP Crew Management
India CEO, Capt Girish Phadnis, ASP Group CFO Adrian Whatley,
Capt Purnendu Shorey, and staff from ASP Mumbai.
Ideas were exchanged between the representatives of ASP
and the shipowners, and the guests were given a guided tour of
the facilities and information on the training programmes being
undertaken. The tour was followed by celebratory refreshments.
The ASP Training Centre in Mumbai, located in Andheri (East)
Mumbai, a short distance from the ASP Ship Management
office, will focus on:
• Induction training for all new crews and staff
• Star IPS-related training
• Computer Based Training for Seafarers
• Safety Officers’ Course and Shipboard Security Officer
Training.
• Bridge Resource Management and Electronic Chart
Training
Replicating the training philosophies at all Crew Management
centres, Training Centre Manager Capt Purnendu Shorey has
also initiated training sessions at ASP Crew Management,
Kolkata. The first course in Kolkata was held on November
Pictured at the Mumbai Training Centre opening, from left: Mr. Shreet Kumar
(General Manager, Keel Marine India), Capt Bomi Dastur (Seagoing Master),
(rear) Adrian Whatley, ASP CFO, (front) Mr Patwardhan, Mr Sawant, Capt Tariq
Khan, Capt Girish Phadnis, Capt Purnendu Shorey and Mr Sarosh Buhariwala.
10 and 11, 2008 and feedback from the participants gave strong
encouragement to continue the program.
The Mission of the Training Centres is to:
• Inculcate an “ASK if you do not know” culture
• “Train and Retain” the best
• Create a platform to discuss seafarers’ concerns
• Stimulate the seafarers’ underlying initiative where required
• Emphasise the crew’s role during inspections
In Mumbai, Capt Shorey will conduct the courses, assisted by visiting
lecturers as needed. Capt.Sumit Das Gupta will support the training
sessions to be carried out in Kolkata. ASPTC Mumbai will also serve
as the focal point (maintaining records) for Videotel training carried out
across the fleet.
Benjamin Brooksby plans to follow up on
the positive outcomes of the seminar and
to maintain the momentum, with further
similar courses to be held at various
locations throughout the year.
ASP personnel attending the seminar
(pictured from left) included:
Frederick Solde, Timoci Tamani,
Marcelino (Butch) Bautista,
Milind Phadnis, Achintya Bhadra,
Ben Brooksby, Ravi Nijjer,
Siddharth Mishra, Purnendu Shorey,
Gyles Deacon, Jotama Tolo,
Sumit Dasgupta.
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IMO URGED TO ACT ON ENCLOSED SPACES
The UK Marine Accident
Investigation Branch (MAIB)
is pressing the IMO to tackle
the long-standing problem of
safety in enclosed spaces.
The worst of the incidents reported by MAIB was the death in
September 2007 of three experienced seafarers inside the chain
locker on board the emergency response and rescue vessel Viking
Islay, when conducting rig support operations at an oil field off the
UK West Yorkshire coast.
In a recent bulletin, after
outlining a number of incidents,
some fatal, the MAIB stated:
The first two men were overcome while securing an anchor chain to
prevent it from rattling in the spurling pipe. The third to die was the
first rescuer who entered the chain locker wearing the Emergency
Escape Breathing Device (EEBD). He was soon constrained by the
device and removed its hood. All three men died as a result of
the lack of oxygen inside the chain locker caused by the ongoing
corrosion of its steel structure and anchor chains.
“There can be few more
important aspects of personal
safety on board vessels than
following the correct procedures
before entering a dangerous
enclosed/confined space.
“Tragically, it is clear that the measures which have been put in
place have failed to prevent the death of many seafarers. Indeed,
data already collected indicates that accidents in enclosed/
confined spaces continues to be one of the most common causes
of work-related fatalities on board ships today. This is due to:
•
•
•
•
Complacency leading to lapses in procedure
Lack of knowledge
Potentially dangerous spaces not being identified
Would-be rescuers acting on instinct and emotion rather than
knowledge and training.
The bulletin also records that the Marine Accident Investigators’
International Forum instigated research into the problem which
has so far identified 120 fatalities and 123 injuries resulting from
entry into confined spaces since 1991, not including the two most
recent cases.
The MAIB bulletin continues:
“It is essential that the IMO recognises the unacceptably large
fatality rate in this area and takes the lead in identifying initiatives
to improve this very poor safety record.
“It is also vital that all shipping industry bodies raise the
awareness of the continuing and increasing number of deaths in
enclosed spaces to show that no one is immune to the physical
effects of the lack of oxygen or harmful gases.
SHIP MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA
International Bunker Supplies (IBS) CEO Mark Patman (pictured left) has been awarded a Diploma in
Transport and Logistics (Ship Management) after completing a part-time correspondence course with
the Cambridge Academy of Transport.
The course involved research and a series of assignments over a period of four years covering all
aspects of ship management. Mark said his main aim in pursuing the study was to gain a better
appreciation of his shipping industry clients’ perspectives and needs, thus enabling him to have a more
knowledgeable marketing approach.
Mark joined Australian shipping line ANL’s purchasing department in 1985, transferred to ASP in 1991
and was appointed CEO of IBS following the acquisition of BHP’s Marine Fuels business by ASP in 2002.
LIFE ON BOARD
ASP Manila office staff visited the tanker High Century recently during
its discharge in Port Limay, Bataan, Philippines, on a familiarisation visit.
The ship’s officers and crew introduced the visitors to all departments
on board and explained the workings and daily routine of the vessel. All
agreed that the visit had been a most worthwhile experience.
Pictured during the visit, from left: C/E Jagdish Shenoy; Mary Sorongon
- Admin Staff; Sheena dela Torre - Opts Assistant; Marichu Pampilon Admin Officer; Judith Alvero - HRD Manager; (middle) Capt Tom Manikath;
Hydee Remedio - Admin Officer; 3/O Shashi Raman; Capt Bautista,
Crewing & Training Manager and Cheska Boncales - IT/HR Assistant.
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STAFF APPOINTMENTS
SHIP MANAGER FOR GLASGOW
Ship Manager for ASP Glasgow, Roger Clark, began sea service with the Australian National Line in 1981 on
the coastal vessel Townsville Trader, then served on various vessels, predominantly in the dry bulk trades,
which included the British Phosphate ships and the ‘P’ boats. His last ship was the car carrier Australian
Searoad, when it came under ASP management.
He joined CSR Shipping in 1992 and remained as Chief Engineer and Project Engineer until 1996 when the
vessels were brought back to ASP Ship Management. He remained as Chief Engineer on the Kowulka until
May 2007, then took up a posting as Ship Manager for the Rio Tinto Marine fleet at Gladstone, before
transferring to ASP Glasgow as Ship Manager in late 2008.
TWO FROM SOUTH AFRICA JOINED
GLADSTONE STAFF
Two new appointees to the ASP Australia staff in Gladstone, North Queensland both hail from South Africa.
Superintendent Hilton Jackson (top right) began work as an apprentice Millwright with South African
Railways & Harbours, in 1989. Working for the Marine Department and later the dry-dock department, he
later became Technical Manager for the Port of Cape Town’s three ship repair facilities. Hilton holds both
Managerial and Technical qualifications including a National Diploma (B-Tech) in Business Management,
and he plans to complete his Degree in Australia.
Hilton and his wife Tracey have a son and daughter, Alex (10) and Andie (5) and he says his family is looking
forward to life in Australia.
Alan Unsworth, (lower right), newly-appointed Superintendent, was born in the United Kingdom but
emigrated with his family to South Africa in 1983, where he took up an engineering cadetship with Safmarine
in 1988, studying marine engineering at Cape Technikon/Cape Peninsula University of Technology. After
Safmarine was acquired by Maersk in 2000 Alan remained with the fleet, becoming Chief Engineer in
December 2008.
Alan and his wife Janet have two sons Alex 14, and James 9. A keen fisherman, Alan says he can’t wait to
get out on to the Great Barrier Reef.
Hilton and Alan commenced work with ASP Gladstone in January.
DESKTOP SUPPORT
Isabelle Magnin-Bougma has recently been appointed Desktop Support Officer at ASP Australia, based in
Melbourne. French-born Isabelle emigrated to Australia in 2005.
After a brief return to France, she came back to study in Melbourne for a Microsoft Professional Certificate.
She worked in desktop support for Sensis and KPMG before joining ASP in October 2008.
TANKER EXPERT
Andy Russ, who has joined ASP Tanker Management as Senior Superintendent in Singapore, brings with him
a wealth of technical experience. He has served as both Chief Engineer and Technical Superintendent and
spent his career working with oil major companies on tankers.
Andy’s position as Senior Superintendent will also include a supervisory role. He started with ASP Tanker
Management in February after relocating from his previous employment in Dubai.
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TRAVEL
ANDREW
JOINS THE
RICH &
FAMOUS
Andrew Deneshensky with Sir Richard Branson at the V Australia party.
Mariner Travel Senior Consultant Andrew Denishensky had fame
thrust upon him when he was photographed with Virgin chief Sir
Richard Branson in Sydney at the February 26 launching of the first
V Australia commercial flight to Los Angeles. Andrew flew on the
new aircraft from Melbourne to Sydney.
The launching celebration began with the arrival of Sir Richard by helicopter on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour, where he greeted
some 800 guests, including Andrew as representative of Mariner Travel. The party featured an auction in support of Australian bushfire
victims, in which more than $200,000 was bid on items including flights, a private concert with Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia,
naming rights for one of the V Australia aircraft, and a two hour Boeing 777 simulator session, which went for $15,000!
WORLD
TRAVEL NEWS
The British pint of beer and metric mile are safe after the European
Parliament shelved plans to force the UK to adopt litres and
kilometres. An indefinite opt-out has been agreed by European MPs
in Strasbourg to allow the continued use of the mile for roads, the pint
for draught beer, cider and bottled milk, and the ounce for precious
metals. The concession to British tradition was due to expire next
year, when imperial measures faced being banished altogether from
packaging, road signs and market stalls.
An in-flight mobile phone service has become available on board
20 Ryanair aircraft. The move is the first step in fitting the budget
carrier’s fleet of more than 170 aircraft over the next 18 months to
allow passengers to make and receive mobile calls and texts on all
flights. Passengers on Ryanair’s 20 OnAir enabled aircraft, mainly
operating from Dublin, can now make and receive voice calls at (non–
EU) international roaming rates (£1.50-£3 per minute) text messages
(40p+) and email (£1-£2) using standard mobile phones, BlackBerrys
and other smartphones.
The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), and
Cox and Kings India have signed a joint venture agreement to set up
a company called the Royale Indian Rail Tours to manage and operate
the first pan-India luxury tourist train. The train is scheduled to start
operations in the third quarter of 2009. IRCTC managing director, Dr
Nalin Shinghal said the train, which would travel through multiple
states in India, would be a landmark in the growth of luxury tourism in
India. The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited, a
public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, is the tourism
arm of Indian Railways.
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If you want a pillow and blanket in coach class on US Airways, it’s
going to cost you US$7. Airways began charging for its “Power-Nap
Sack” on February 16.
Travelpro, the original inventor of Rollaboard luggage and leader
in innovative, high-quality luggage, introduces Platinum 6, its new
flagship collection designed to meet the unique needs of business and
frequent leisure travellers who seek durability and style in their travel
gear. The strikingly innovative Platinum 6 collection takes you to the
next level of luxury travel. From the chrome accents to the sealed ball
bearing wheels and sleek moulded corners, this elegant luggage is a
bold fusion of fashion, functionality and lightweight durability.
While High Tea is common at many places around the world, it is most
famously known as being an experience and steeped in centuries of
tradition. One of the most well known places and also rated as one
of the best teas in London is Brown’s Hotel, now part of the luxury
Rocco Forte Collection. The tea is served with generous portions and
one category allows you to eat as much as you’d like of any of the
menu items. Tea is served in the traditional silver teapots and hot
water is constantly refreshed.
If you have the time and the money, there’s no better time to travel.
An expert for Priceline.com says leisure travellers could benefit from
a drop-off in business conventions due to the economy. ”Leisure
travellers who want the most “bang for the buck” out of their vacations
this year should look to the convention cities, where they’ll find big
discounts on everything from vacation packages and hotels, to theme
parks, attractions and restaurants,” said Brian Ek of Priceline. “These
cities want and need those tourist dollars more than ever, and they’re
pricing aggressively. The big convention cities include Las Vegas,
Orlando, Chicago, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Anaheim, New Orleans,
San Francisco, Dallas, San Diego and Washington,” said Brian Ek of
Priceline.com
ESSAY COMPETITION
How to win $US1000! ASP offers an annual prize of $US1000 for the best and most suitable essay published each issue
for the year ending with the August 2009 issue. Write about your life at sea or anything else you think interesting and
mail it to The Editor, ASPects, ASP Ship Management 473 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Vic 3004 Australia, or email it to
nporteous@aspships.com
MOORING OPERATIONS CAN BE FATAL
Serious accidents in mooring
operations involving death
or serious injuries appear to
be on the rise over the long
term, according to the UK P
and I Club, which believes its
own claims statistics indicate
similar experience over the
whole shipping industry.
Mooring operations are becoming more dangerous to crews,
because of the great loads mooring lines carry and the possibility
of their breaking under tension.
Hazard areas include bulkhead frames, mooring bitts, pedestal
fairleads, cleats and structures such as the windlass and hawse
pipe cover platforms. All relevant deck areas should be kept clean,
clear, painted and marked - especially the “snap back” zones where
broken ropes and wires can recoil with devastating effect.
Operations should always be undertaken with enough crew to do
the job safely. That means at least two people for each mooring
station. Even with automatic mooring systems, a second person
should be ready for things going wrong. All operatives should
have a clear view of relevant equipment and active operations.
Only personnel involved in mooring operations should be present
at stations during operations. Inexperienced people, such as
cadets, should be supervised by experienced seafarers.
Deck officers must watch out for hazards and take action to
avoid possible incidents but crews must take responsibility for
themselves. A significant number of personal injury incidents
still result from standing within a bight or coil of rope. Even
experienced seafarers do not always pay enough heed to the
snap-back zone when a mooring line is under tension.
Personal protective equipment - hard hats, safety footwear and
boiler suits or other protective full-length clothing - should be
worn during mooring operations. So should gloves but loose
gloves might become trapped under a line on a windlass drum,
hauling a crew member over it.
Crews should not operate a windlass or capstan and handle
ropes at the same time. Fixing a lanyard to an operating lever
and pulling on it from the rope-handling position should not be
allowed. If only two crew members carry out mooring operations,
they should work together on the lines at one end of the vessel
and then move to the other. The crew member at the windlass
drum must keep his hands clear of the turns and avoid becoming
fouled in coils of rope.
ASP MAKES QUICK RESPONSE TO BUSHFIRE TRAGEDY
ASP staff Australia wide raised $4,840.00 in donations to
support the appeal in aid of victims of the disastrous Australian
bushfires in February when more than 1800 homes and 200 lives
were lost.
Donations included $2,000 from the ASP Board and the
remaining from ASP offices in Rockingham, Gladstone, and ASP
Melbourne and the crew of the alumina carrier Endeavour River.
The crew of River Embley, also in the alumina trade, made a
contribution directly to the Red Cross who were coordinating
the fire appeal.
Along with monetary contributions, many staff brought in food
and groceries as well as clothes for the victims on what is now
known as Black Saturday. ASP were also able to provide boxes
of bottled water, overalls, gloves, boots and first aid kits to the
victims of the fires.
Some ASP staff were
personally affected by
the fires. The partner of
Australian Marine Technical
Services Officer Julie Pearce
drove to his 92-year old
grandparents to evacuate
them but was refused entry by police at the base of the
mountain. Luckily his uncle had been able to get through the
police barricade 5 minutes previously to rescue them from their
already burning house and surrounds. However it took them in
excess of an hour to negotiate out of the fire torn area to safety.
Mariner Travel Senior Travel Consultant Andrew Denishensky’s
veterinary surgeon wife who has a surgery in Whittlesea near
the fires area, was inundated when treating fire-affected
animals and pets.
ASP supports The Mission to Seafarers
ASPECTS APRIL 2009
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ASP SHIP MANAGEMENT
ASP CREW MANAGEMENT
AUSTRALIA
GERMANY
AUSTRALIA
PHILIPPINES
4th Floor, 479 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne Vic 3004
Contact: Bob Bird
T: +61 3 9211 9311
M: +61 412 313 969
F: +61 3 9211 9325
Email: rbird@aspships.com
Paul-Dessau-Strasse 6
DE-22761 Hamburg
Contact: Mikael Holm
T: +358 18 620 622
M: +358 40 900 7090
F: +358 18 620 680
Email: mholm@aspships.com
479 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne Vic 3004
Contact: Michael Clinch
T: +61 3 9211 9332
F: +61 3 9211 9325
Email: mclinch@aspships.com
801 United Nations Ave
Manila, 1000
Contact: Milind Phadnis
T: +63 2 524 3783
M: +63 921 558 4829
F: +63 2 524 7517
Email: mphadnis@crewships.com
33 Goondoon St
Gladstone Qld 4680
Contact: Stephen Hill
T: +61 7 4973 4200
M: +61 412 636 314
F: +61 7 4972 7049
Email: shill@aspships.com
INDIA
6B Leach Cres Rockingham,
WA 6168
Contact: Mike Mutlow
T: +61 8 9529 4311
M: +61 437 614 753
F: +61 8 9529 4211
Email: mmutlow@aspships.com
NEW ZEALAND
Silver Fern Shipping
Level 10, Allied Nationwide Finance
Tower, 142 Lambton Quay, Wellington
Contact: Steve Parker
T: +64 (0)4 460 3924
M: +64 (0)27 4524 744
Email: stevep@sfsl.co.nz
FINLAND
Strandgatan 12
FI - 22100 Mariehamn
Finland
Contact: Mikael Holm
T: +358 18 620 622
M: +358 40 900 7090
F: +358 18 620 680
Email: mholm@aspships.com
INDIA
571 Solitaire Corporate Park,
Andheri - Ghatkopar Link Rd,
Chakala Andheri (East), Mumbai 400-093
Contact: Hirakesh Roy
T: +91 22 6602 9000
M: +91 9833 125 226
F: +91 22 6602 9047
Email: hcroy@aspships.com
NORWAY
N-Nedre Vollgt.1
0158 Oslo
Contact: Mikael Holm
T: +358 18 620 600
M: +358 40 900 7090
F: +358 18 620 680
Email: mholm@aspships.com
571 Solitaire Corporate Park,
Andheri - Ghatkopar Link Rd,
Chakala Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 093
Contact: Girish Phadnis
T: +91 22 6602 9000
M: +91 98 2064 9939
F: +91 22 6602 9047
Email: gphadnis@crewships.com
UKRAINE
Office 10,
33 Shevchenko Ave,
65058, Odessa
Contact: Peter Pashegor
T: + 380 48 785 1114
F: + 380 48 785 1214
Email: ppashegor@crewships.com
6 Ballygunge Tce,
Golpark Kolkata 700 029
Contact: Sumit Dasgupta
T: +91 33 6458 0507
M: +91 98 3038 6810
Email: sdasgupta@crewships.com
SINGAPORE
ASP Tanker Management
152 Beach Road,
105-01-04 Gateway East,
Singapore 189721
Contact: John Marnoch
T: +65 6576 5750
M: +65 9739 2689
F: +65 6222 3463
Email: jmarnoch@aspships.com
UNITED KINGDOM
Granite House
Level 1, 31 Stockwell St
Glasgow G1 4R2
Contact: Chris Kirton
T: +44 (0) 141 553 2230
M: +61 431 700 542
F: +44 (0) 141 553 0888
Email: ckirton@aspships.com
International Bunker Supplies
33 Goondoon St, Gladstone 4680
Australia
Contact: Mark Patman
T: +61 3 9211 9333
M: +61 411 141 942
F: +61 3 9211 9365
Email: mpatman@ibsfuels.com
Web: www.ibsfuels.com
Universal Bunkering
473 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 3004
Australia
Contact: Mark Neve
T: +61 3 9211 9313
M: +61 418 530 171
F: +61 3 9211 9352
Email: bunker@unibunker.com
www.aspships.com
Mariner Travel
473 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne Vic 3004, Australia
Contact: Joanne Tomasi
T: +61 3 9211 9341
M: +61 407 312 254
F: +61 3 9211 9359
Email: jtomasi@marinertvl.com
Web: www.marinertvl.com