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Number 317 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Tuesday 17-11-2009 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles copied from various news sites.

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In Cape Town (South Africa) the famous tug WOLRAAD WOLTEMADE, with her SMIT logo “painted out” of her funnel seen shifting alongside the SMIT AMANDLA to transfer the latest materials, as it looks like the tug is most probably heading for the breakers.

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Coast Guard searches 6,000 square miles for missing fisherman

The U.S. Coast Guard continues a search for Devin Johnson, a 23-year-old fisherman last seen early Friday morning approximately 60 miles west of the Big Island. Air crews aboard a Coast Guard C-130 long-range search plane and HH-



65 Dolphin rescue helicopter were on scene at first light Saturday morning. The 18-member crew of the Hilo-based Coast Guard cutter Kiska has been on scene searching continuously since Friday afternoon. Also searching today are air crews aboard a Navy P-3 Orion fixed-wing aircraft and SH-60 Seahawk rescue helicopter from the Navy’s HSL Squadron 37. Both aircraft are based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. A search directed from the Coast Guard’s 24-hour Honolulu Harbor command center has covered more than 6,000 square miles — an area nearly 10 times the size of Oahu. Also on scene searching are friends and relatives aboard at least five private vessels. Searchers on scene have reported deteriorating weather conditions with seas of 12 feet and winds from the southeast at 25 mph. Johnson was last seen wearing an olive green sweater and black shorts, but no life jacket. Anyone with further information about the missing man is asked to contact the Coast Guard at 808-842-2600 or via VHF marine band radio channel 16 or the Hawaii Police Department on the Big Island. Source : Hawaii 247

Defending ships against piracy Strange though it might appear, piracy is a real problem in the 21st century, with regular attacks on shipping in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, and off West Africa. An earlier piracy “hotspot” has been the Malacca Strait and other parts of South East Asia and the China Sea, but better policing seems to have reduced this problem somewhat. Successful capture and prosecution is a great disincentive to piracy. Political instability ashore is at the root of this modern marine plague, and ultimately the piracy problem must be solved on land by governments imposing proper law-enforcement. Ships and those aboard them have to defend themselves against pirates by a combination of strategy, vigilance and communications. The Somali pirates, which have been most active, attempt to seize ships and those aboard them for ransom, using fast skiffs to board and armed with a selection of light weapons and rocket propelled grenades to capture the unarmed merchant ships. Slower ships and those with a low freeboard, facilitating easy boarding, are the most vulnerable. Strategies to counter the Somali pirates have included the patrolling by warships and aircraft and the use of recommended routes through the Gulf of Aden where surveillance can be provided. Ships have been recommended to keep several hundred miles off the Somali Coast The pirates however have extended their range by means of “motherships” and have successfully captured lone ships as far east as the Seychelles, more than 600 miles from the east coast of Africa where they have their bases. Can ships offer any defence against this modern plague? It is a fact that there have been almost no successful attacks upon fast ships, so if speed is possible, it should be employed. Vigilance is a useful tool, as pirates often rely on fast, surprise attacks from their small craft, and extra lookouts should be used. Should merchant ships be armed? Should armed security guards be employed? The shipping industry has agonised about such questions, but the consensus is that seafarers are not trained in the use of weapons and even the use of armed security guards risks the pirates escalating the situation, perhaps tooling up with heavier arms. Rather more “passive” security is recommended, such as the use of water hoses and fire monitors to dissuade pirates from boarding. Razor wire strategically deployed around the accommodation island has been effective and the use of high intensity sound has kept pirates at bay. Better design for new ships, it has been suggested, could help ships become more intrinsically secure, and prevent pirates from boarding, or if they succeeded, in ensuring that they could not enter the accommodation. Source: BIMCO Seascapes

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The SCH 303 ARIADNE seen departing from the Westerscheldt River after being drydocked at Scheldepoort in Flushing - Photo : Wim Kosten – www.maritimephoto.com (c)

Farstad affected by Aussie industrial action Farstad Shipping has been advised that its Australian vessel operations will be affected by a two day stoppage of work on 17 and 18 November brought on by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) which covers ratings and catering staff. The nature of the stoppage will potentially affect 17 of the 20 Farstad vessels working on the Australian coast. The extent to which each vessel may be affected is in turn dependent on the safety parameters concerning each vessel's operation to give priority to safety. The stoppage is in connection with the review of Farstad Shipping's agreement with the union which usually operates for a period of three years. The Maritime Union of Australia has chosen direct action instead of voluntary conciliation or arbitration as proposed by Farstad Shipping. The MUA has negotiations running concurrently with 12 companies and the key outstanding issues could result in industrial action being rolled out across the industry. The financial impact on Farstad Shipping depends on the actual number of vessels involved. A potential loss of revenue in the range of NKr 3-4 million per day might be expected as a maximum. The initial action is for 48 hours, however the MUA might come back to Farstad Shipping as part of its industry wide campaign. Source : Offshore Shipping Online



Gulf countries urged to step up drive against piracy: Pieter Bindt

This is high time the Gulf countries should step up drive against piracy, said Commodore Pieter Bindt, Force Commander of the European Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR), while briefing journalists onboard HMNLS Evertsen,a Dutch warship that called on port of Muscat on Thursday. Commodore Pieter is commanding the EU Task Force Operations in the Somalian basin and Gulf of Aden. He also hoped the setting up of a Pan Arab task force against piracy in near future. "This is very important today as the pirates are not only plundering the merchant ships, they are also targeting vessels of the World Food Programme (WFP) delivering Food aid to displaced persons in Somalia," he said. Pieter gave a presentation in which he explained that the piracy threatens the prompt and safe delivery of food aid to 3.7 million Somalians depending on food aid and threatens international maritime trade routes comprising 80 per cent of world and 95 per cent of EU trades. Gulf countries depend mainly on sea for their major trade transportation and more importantly the transportation of oil, so it is advisable for them to support and join the forces which are fighting the pirates in the Somali basin. Piracy, he said, threatens and disrupts the lives and safety of seafarers and their families, corrupts and disrupts local communities, adds to instability of failed state of Somalia and creates instability in the region. Commenting on the role of international community in curbing the piracy Pieter said, "Presently there are approximately 27 ships from 16 different nations conducting counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. They are part of EU NAVFOR, Nato, CTF 151, or nationally deployed, like Japan, China, India and Saudi Arabia. Piracy and its threat to commerce, regional stability, and freedom of navigation is something that governments worldwide are concerned about." As of the end of October the chance for a pirate of actually hijacking, a ship, if attacked, is 1 in 9. This is a significant decrease compared to the 1 in 3 in the meteorologically similar period from February 15 until April 15 this year. In the Gulf of Aden the pirate success rate has dropped to 0 per cent. Quoting the International Maritime Bureau's quarterly report on piracy Pieter said: "The activities of the combined naval forces were instrumental in the decrease of piracy and were very, very effective". Earlier, Major Quentin Oates, Public Affairs Officer at EU Naval Force Operational Headquarters in Northwood, Middlesex (UK), welcomed the Sultanate's continuing assistance, mainly in the form of berthing facilities, to the naval task force. "Oman is a very supportive nation in the provision of berthing arrangements for not only EU Naval Force but other International Naval Coalition forces fighting piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin," he said. "The Evertsen visit is also an opportunity for the Task Force Commander to share views with the Omani authorities and develop further the relationship between Oman and the EU Naval Force," Maj Oates said. Naval assets from a number of EU countries currently make up the EU Naval Force, which has been conducting a military operation code-named 'Operation Atalanta' to deter and disrupt piracy off the coast of Somalia. Its mandate is to protect World Food Programme (WFP) shipping that moves food from Mombasa to Mogadishu, Bosasso and Berbara on the Somali coastline. Source: Oman Daily Observer

Salvage Resumes of Ship Wrecked in 1700s; Marine Exploration's RV Hispaniola Searches

Site for More Gold and Pearl Jewelry Marine Exploration, Inc. announces the RV Hispaniola has returned to the site of the 1700 wreck the Company has been salvaging. According to the contract extension and expansion recently signed with the Dominican Republic, the Company is now allowed to explore and recover treasure from additional shipwrecks in DR waters. The dive team will resume searching for more treasure immediately. “It is likely this ship sunk many years before the signing of our Declaration of Independence. Every bit of the treasure recovered thus far has been delivered to the Dominican Republic Sub Aquatic Office, Ministry of Culture for inventory and division under our Host Country Contract. The sunken treasure already salvaged includes gold and pearl jewelry,



silver fittings, dynasty china and other artifacts. We also have great photos of a beautiful bronze cannon raised from the site and expect to upload them to our website soon," notes Mark Goldberg, CEO Marine Exploration. Marine Exploration, Inc. and joint venture partner Hispaniola Ventures, LLC, headed by Burt D. Webber, Jr., plan to continue the shipwreck site survey and salvage and anticipates locating and recovering additional historic shipwrecks with valuable artifacts and treasure. Working under exclusive contract with the Dominican Republic, the Company has plans in place to pursue multiple notable shipwrecks in Dominican Republic territorial and jurisdictional waters. http://www.mexp.biz/

Another photo of the WOLRAAD WOLTEMADE seen in Cape Town without the SMIT logo in the funnel Photo : Ian Shiffman ©

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Court proceedings for Pacific Adventurer captain

The captain of the Pacific Adventurer cargo ship that spilled more than 270,000 litres of oil off the south-east Queensland coast in Australia is to face a five-day committal hearing next year, writes ABC Local. Filipino national Bernardino Gonzales Santos, 47, the captain of the ship Pacific Adventurer, faces charges of disposal of oil in coastal waters and failure to notify authorities. The charges were mentioned in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning. Santos and his employer, Swire Shipping, are due to appear again in court in May 2010.



In August, the owners of the Pacific Adventurer ship, Swire Shipping, agreed to pay $25 million compensation over the March oil spill disaster. The oil spill in March led to a massive clean up of Moreton and Bribie Islands and Sunshine Coast beaches. Source : Seatrade Asia

The 1973 built MARCO POLO seen aground on the island of Sit between Sibenika and Zadar

UK Ship Crew Decision Welcomed by Union Condemned by Owners

The UK’s union for maritime professionals, Nautilus International, has welcomed the decision by the British Home Office last week to remove ship and hovercraft officers from the ‘shortage occupation’ list. The decision will mean stricter controls over the use of foreign seafarers in UK waters and, according to the Union, help safeguard employment for British seafarers at a time of redundancies and restructuring. ‘We welcome this ruling and the protection it affords our members, particularly in these difficult times,’ said general secretary Mark Dickinson. The ‘shortage occupations’ system works by giving certain occupations exemption from the standard Resident Labour Market Test, which is applied whenever a UK employer wishes to bring a worker from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) into the UK under a points-based system. The Union believes that the current wave of redundancies amongst British ship officers and crew means that the exclusive use of foreign nationals working on vessels that are serving UK-only routes is unacceptable, claiming to have ‘concrete examples’ of such practice. In a statement Nautilus said of the government’s decision that: ‘…these are the same sort of controls that are applied to other industries within the UK, and at a time of officer redundancies and major restructuring in the ferry sector, it is essential that members are given the opportunity to serve on ships close to home.’ However the British Chamber of Shipping, which represents the interests of the owners and shipping lines, stated that they were ‘dismayed’ when the proposal for the change was issued in October. In their own statement at the time they said: ‘The Chamber is concerned that…it may mean that the vessel where the vacancy has arisen will be unable to operate, since it cannot put to sea without a specified minimum number of crew members on board. ‘The Chamber cannot accept the…argument that the presence of ship and hovercraft officers on the shortage occupation list could damage the revival in officer training and risk unnecessary unemployment of suitably qualified UK staff.’ Source: Handy Shipping Guide



Ceremonial welcome TOS ship delivery

On Saturday 14th November, the Patriot arrived safely in Odessa (Ukraine). TOS performed the crewing en technical management for the delivery from Shanghai (China) to Odessa. A ceremonial welcome took place at the passenger terminal. This event is very significant for the port of Odessa, because the Patriot is the first new build tug in the last 15 years which will work in the harbor of Odessa. It is also the first time that Odessa Marine Merchant Port purchases a tug. The Patriot is a new build ASD-tug (project 2310), built in Shanghai (China) by Damen Shipyards. Source: TOS

Odessa Commercial Seaport (the Ukraine) took delivery of Patriot tugboat built in the Dutch shipyard Damen Shipping. It is the first tugboat acquired by the port within last 27 years, highlighted Most Odessa with reference to Nikolai Pavlyuk, Head of OMTP. The cost of the vessel amounted to Euro 5.7 mln. As per the Head of the port, a new tow-boat will allow solving the problem of moorage of heavy container-carriers and cruisers for the nearest 20-25 years. Another one tow-boat is to be delivered in January, 2010. As per Vadin Akimov, Damen Shipping representative, Patriot was delivered at Odessa port 3.5 months before the term stipulated in the contract. The second vessel is to be put into operation 7 months before the date. The tugboat capacity is 4080 h.p., its length – 22.73 m, width – 10.43 m. Water displacement - 325 tons. Photo’s : TOS



The British SENTINEL seen outward bound from Rotterdam - Photo : Ruud Zegwaard ©

Russian ships return home after anti-piracy mission off Somalia

A Russian Pacific Fleet task force returned on Monday to its base in Vladivostok after completing an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. One of the ships, the Admiral Tributs destroyer with two helicopters, a salvage tug, a tanker, and a naval infantry unit escorted commercial ships, conducted aerial reconnaissance, and searched for suspected pirate vessels off the Horn of Africa from July 30 to October 15. During the tour of duty, the Pacific Fleet task force escorted a total of over 100 commercial vessels from 26 countries along the shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden. The task force also held two anti-piracy exercises together with Chinese naval ships. Russia joined international anti-piracy efforts off the Somali coast in October 2008. The task force was the third group of warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet engaged in the anti-piracy mission off Somalia. The previous two task forces from the Pacific Fleet were led by the Admiral Vinogradov and Admiral Panteleyev destroyers. The Pacific Fleet will send a fourth task force, comprising a missile destroyer, two support ships and a naval infantry unit to the Gulf of Aden. Pirates have been active off Somalia as the war-ravaged country has been without an effective government since 1991. Source: RIA Novosti

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KEEL LAID FOR GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78) Northrop Grumman Corporation's Shipbuilding sector laid the keel last Saturday for the next generation aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), in Newport News, Va.

Susan Ford Bales, daughter of President Gerald R. Ford, served as the ship's sponsor and keel authenticator for the ceremony. Bales authenticated the keel by chalking her initials onto a metal plate. (Left to right) Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus; U.S. Senator Carl Levin, (D-Mich); Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Adm. Kirkland Donald; Ship Sponsor Susan Ford Bales; and Corporate Vice President and President of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Mike Petters.

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US sub surfaced at North Pole The US Navy’s submarine USS Texas broke through the ice in the vicinity of the North Pole in mid-October. The brand new USS Texas is the first of the Virginia-class attack-submarines in the US Navy to conduct operations in the Arctic, reports navy.mil, the official website of the United States navy. USS Texas was on its first voyage from the naval base in New London to its new homeport at Pearl Harbor, Hawai, when it sailed and surfaced in the Arctic.

Photo : US Navy (c)

The Globe and Mail writes that until now, conventional wisdom held that the Virginia-class submarine was not designed for use in Arctic waters. But now, with the surfacing of USS Texas at the North Pole it seems that the Americans have taken steps to modify the Virginia-class sub’s Arctic abilities. The submarine and its 134-member crew stayed surfaced at the North Pole for 24 hours. According to the Ottawa Citizen, the USS Texas is the third U.S. submarine to sail the Arctic so far this year. Earlier this year, Russia surprised the United States by launching an intercontinental missile from a Delta-class submarine breaking through the ice in the Arctic. The Russian Northern fleet has several submarines in the area at the time. The increased Russian submarine activities in the Arctic come

after near two decades of little Russian naval activity in the Arctic. As BarentsObserver reported earlier this year the



number of submarine patrols falls all the way from the end of the 80ties down to 2002 and it was not a single patrol. In 2008, seven longer patrols were reported and it was said to be the same as in 2007, BarentsObserver wrote with reference to the Defence News. In addition to longer patrols, shorter deployments of both strategic and multi-purpose submarines closer to homeport may also be taking place for training purposes. Source : BarentsObserver

BAE hands new nuclear submarine to the Royal Navy – four years late

When the Navy gets its hands on the first new class of submarine launched for 17 years, it is sure to be a quiet affair. The handover of the first British submarine to provide every crew member with his own bunk might seem like an excuse for noisy celebration on board HMS Astute, but a nuclear submarine's raison d'être is silence and stealth. So by the time you read this, she may well have slipped silently from her moorings at Barrow-in-Furness and be heading for her new home at the Faslane naval base on the west coast of Scotland. The exact launch date for the start of Astute's sea trials depends on the weather, and is not disclosed for security reasons, but the submarine was being loaded up with fresh food at the end of last week, and her departure seemed imminent. The captain of Astute, Commander Andy Coles, was champing at the bit to see what his new vessel will be capable of on its voyage up the west coast, but he acknowledged the delays which beset the project in its early years and led to the long gap since the Navy took on a new class of submarine.

Astute's specifications are heaven for lovers of big numbers – it is 97m long, the equivalent of 10 London buses, and weighs 7,400 tonnes compared with the 5,000 tonnes managed by its predecessor, the Trafalgar class. It has the biggest "ears" of any sonar system in service today, with the processing power of 2,000 laptops. The nuclear reactor which drives the propulsion system is roughly the size of a dustbin but will last the 30-year life of the boat without needing to be replaced.

But there are some other big numbers to bear in mind – the first three Astute class submarines (HMS Astute, Ambush and Artful) cost the Government £3.8bn, according to last year's National Audit Office report, compared with an initial contract for £2.58bn. That report also showed the project was 47 months late, with an original in-service date for Astute of May 2005. What caused this four-year delay? The end of the Cold War and the gap between designing the Trafalgar class submarines meant a lot of nuclear submarine-building experience had disappeared, and contractor BAE Systems struggled with Astute's computer-aided design. Eventually, in 2003, the Ministry of Defence had to promise more money and help was enlisted from US submarine builder Electric Boat, owned by General Dynamics. So finally in November 2009, Astute is starting 18 months of sea trials. Rear Admiral Simon Lister, the Navy's director general of submarines, insists Astute will be an "asset" before the end of that period.

The Astute class submarines are being built at BAE Systems' huge yard at Barrow, which employs 5,000 people in the Cumbrian town. The company and the Navy have an order from the Ministry of Defence for a fourth boat, HMS Audacious, and are in negotiations over numbers five and six. Seven Trafalgar class submarines are due to be withdrawn over the coming years, and seven Astute vessels were planned to replace them. "It's our intention to purchase seven Astute class submarines," said Rear-Adml Lister. Like all large defence projects, the Astute boats not yet under contract could be at risk from the outcome of the Government's planned strategic defence review. "They will be a huge improvement in capability," said Rear-Adml Lister. "The issue in the strategic defence review will be which capability this country wishes to fund." With the Army at full stretch fighting insurgents in landlocked Afghanistan and



the Ministry of Defence's coffers distinctly empty, what would be the justification for spending billions on nuclear submarines?

"The surveillance capability is very important in carrying out anti-piracy and anti-terrorism at sea," said John Hudson, managing director of BAE's submarine business. "The key thing is stealth. A submarine can go in, do something, then leave, and you never know it's been there." During the Cold War, submarines were used to tap telephone cables, and at present, there is a British submarine somewhere "east of Suez" every day of the year. HMS Astute has the capacity to send out a launch and recover personnel, although for security reasons neither BAE or the Navy would go into detail. There is also an access hatch for special forces troops. The "quantum leap" in Astute's capability also has a more human side. One of the benefits of the submarine being so much bigger than its predecessors is that her crew of 98 men will be the first in the Navy to have their own beds. Submariners at present work round the clock and have to "hot bunk", or share a bed with someone on the opposite shift pattern, one sleeping while the other one works. But conditions are still hardly luxurious. The captain is the only man who has his own room and wash-hand basin. The bunks for everyone else are stacked three high, with the middle bed the favoured choice – the top one is harder to get in to and the bottom one means being close to people's feet, which after 90 days without fresh air is not a desirable place to be. Each submariner has one small locker to keep all his worldly goods in during the three-month tours. The invention of the Sony Reader electronic book has transformed the life of one bibliophile submariner, who previously filled his tiny locker with novels and kept his clothes under his mattress. There are five showers and five toilets for the sailors. Astute is a huge improvement, but it will still be a special kind of person who can live on a submarine. A final piece of information that might disappoint devotees of Second World War films – the Astute is the first British submarine not to use an optical periscope. Instead of using what one of Astute's submariners described as a pair of glasses on the end of a pole, fibre-optic cables will stream footage down to TV screens.

Hr.Ms. Amsterdam doneert schoolbus De kinderen van de stichtingen Boso Kosecha en Siloam keken afgelopen zaterdag hun ogen uit toen zij een dag te gast waren op Hr.Ms. Amsterdam, het stationsschip van de Koninklijke Marine in het Caraïbisch Gebied. De

bemanning zette zich tijdens hun Westdeployment sterk in voor deze twee goede doelen, met als hoogtepunt de gift van een schoolbus aan Boso Kosecha. Foto : Peter Bijpost

“Dit is boven verwachting. We zijn de bemanning ontzettend dankbaar dat ze dit hebben gedaan voor de kinderen en het eiland”, reageerden Erwin en Miriam Adamus, initiatiefnemers van de stichting Boso Kosecha, nadat de kinderen – in aanwezigheid van de premier Emily de Jongh-Elhage – hun nieuwe

schoolbus onthulden. Het echtpaar biedt hulp aan kinderen die thuis niet genoeg aandacht en zorg krijgen. Naast naschoolse opvang zorgt de stichting er ook voor dat de kinderen elke dag op school kunnen komen en weer thuis worden gebracht. De behoefte aan een veilig en ruim vervoersmiddel was echter groot. Deze wens maakte de stichting, op aanwijzen van de geestelijk verzorger aan boord, kenbaar bij de bemanning waarna de zoektocht naar een schoolbus begon en die uiteindelijk gevonden werd in Amerika.



In Fort Rucker, waar ook Nederlandse marine en luchtmachtvliegers hun opleiding genieten, werd bijstand voor dit goede doel gevonden. Met hulp van het Nederlandse detachement geplaatst op de Flight School, werd een geschikte bus gevonden, opgeknapt, verzekerd en overgebracht naar Miami. Hiervoor hebben de Nederlanders op Fort Rucker zelf geld ingezameld. Met steun van twee weldoeners op Curaçao – Berry Wouters en Martien van der Valk – en de Rotary op Bonaire, konden het zeetransport en de inklaring worden geregeld. “Dit soort acties geeft mij moed in mijn functie als minister-president”, was de reactie van de premier op de nobele actie van de bemanning van Hr.Ms. Amsterdam. Bemanningslid, korporaal Sylvana Lambij, kon met een voldaan gevoel terugkijken: “Dit soort kinderen verdient het om in het zonnetje gezet te worden. We hebben er hard aan gewerkt en ik vind het prachtig dat wij dit aan hen kunnen geven.” Ook de stichting Siloam werd afgelopen zaterdag verrast door een gulle gift van het schip en mocht een pallet vol medische benodigdheden in ontvangst nemen.

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DORUM FITTING OUT IN SINGAPORE

Above seen the DORUM fitting out at the ASL shipyard in Singapore-Jurong. IMO 9454307 shows her being built as ASL 869 for owners URAG Unterweser Reederei GmbH Germany.

However photo taken 14th Nov shows her with the name DORUM. Photo : Ian Edwards – Sydney Australia (c)



Vinashin suffers cancellation of order Vinashin recently said the group was facing a financial crunch as 15% of its contracts were cancelled due to the financial crisis. The group didn’t give any details on the value of the cancelled contracts. Vinashin said it is still a new company with limited investment capital, and a lack of funds was inevitable amid the economic downturn, especially when it had to keep the jobs of about 80,000 workers. One of the projects, the 150,000 DWT floating oil storage depot and offloading unit FSO-5, has had its completion date rescheduled many times. It is now expected to be delivered to state-run PetroVietnam 15 months after the original deadline late last year. A recent report of the National Assembly Standing Committee found that the shipbuilder had run up massive debts of VND3.8 trillion, or 91.4% of total debt owed by the country’s seven industrial groups. To ease the financial situation, Vinashin has been allowed to issue government-guaranteed bonds to raise VND3 trillion ($168 million) for two of its subsidiaries. Under a government decision, the sale of notes with maturities of between five and ten years will help finance the shipbuilder’s projects to expand the Pha Rung Shipyard in Hai Phong City and increase the capacity of Ha Long Shipbuilding Company in Quang Ninh Province. Source : The Motorship

Seen at Van Brink Rotterdam mv " RMS Bucholtz " from Owners messrs RMS Duisburg for portside fwd shell repairs. - Photo : Joop Bartels ©

Sri Lanka Dockyard Sept quarter profit almost doubles

Sri Lankan ship builder Colombo Dockyard said net profit for the September 2009 quarter almost doubled from a year ago with earnings boosted by orders to build new vessels for overseas customers. The yard, which is majority owned



by Japan's Onomichi Dockyard, said in a stock exchange filing that September quarter net profit shot up 93 percent to 721 million rupees from a year ago. Revenue for the quarter rose 40.2 percent to almost 3.3 billion rupees. Earnings per share for the quarter went up to 10.54 rupees from 5.46 rupees in the previous year. Ship repair revenue fell but ship building revenue soared and the yard's heavy engineering division also reported sharply higher revenue. The yard has built and delivered a series of specialised anchor handling tug supply vessels for an Indian ship owner in recent months. Colombo Dockyard also has said it has a full order book until the end of next year. It is building or has on order two 250 passenger vessels for an Indian customer and four multipurpose support vessels for the Singapore unit of Greatship India. In September, the yard said it has won an order worth about seven billion rupees to build two tugs for a Singapore customer with an option for two more vessels of the same type. The vessels are scheduled to be delivered by the end of June 2011 and the end of September 2011. Colombo Dockyard said net profit in the nine months to September 30, 2009 were up 80 percent to 1.8 billion rupees from the same period last year. Source: Lanka Business

The COSTA DELIZIOSA seen returning at Fincantieri Venezia-Marghera after performing sea-trials Photo : Henry Veringa ©

Hindustan Shipyard plans new yard State-owned Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) plans to build a large shipyard to accommodate very large crude carrier ships (VLCC) at an estimated project cost of Rs 3,000-4,000 crore, a top official said. The proposed shipyard, which will be built on a public-private-partnership model, is expected to receive cabinet approval by the end of this fiscal, HSL's Chairman and Managing Director, Naresh Kumar said. ‘We will be building one shipyard in Orissa or Andhra Pradesh. We expect the Cabinet approval for this by the end of this fiscal,’ Kumar said, adding that the shipyard is expected to get operational in three to four years. Once the project receives cabinet nod, the shipyard will start the process of inviting bidders, he said. Source: seatradeasia-online

China: Newbuild orders slow again Chinese shipyards received a total of 2.2 million DWT of newbuild orders in October 2009, according to the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This was a decline of 63 percent compared with the 5.9 million DWT ordered in September. The total orderbook at the end of October was 189.6 million DWT, down eight percent compared to the earlier months of 2009.



Analysts said that the jump in newbuild orders in June and September was short lived and due to new comers; however, most shipowners remained cautious. Analysts added that the number of newbuilds ordered over the next month would continue to drop due to overcapacity in the market. Source : Baird Online

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Above seen HAL’s 1997 built cruise liner ROTTERDAM anchored south of Mgarr Harbour, Gozo on 28th October, 2009, making her the largest cruise liner ever anchored off Mgarr.

Photo : Cpt. Lawrence Dalli - www.maltashipphotos.com (c)

New €10.7 million tug joins Tug Malta fleet Catherine Gonzi, joined by her husband Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, named Tug Malta’s new 80 tonne tug the Spinola in a ceremony at the Valletta Waterfront. Speaking at the ceremony, Tug Malta chairman John Sullivan noted how, since the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group acquired a majority shareholding in Tug Malta, it has invested over e100 million in acquiring all Tug Malta shares and



in placing orders for this tug and two anchor handling supply vessels that are currently under construction in Spain and are expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2010. Mr Sullivan noted: “Malta’s towage rates remain most competitive when compared to other competing ports in the Mediterranean and even beyond. We shall continue to develop our fleet in line with our customer requirements as long as we are permitted to give a cost-effective service for the Group to earn a reasonable return on its capital employed as well as on its future investments.” Those present for the naming ceremony were also addressed by Rimorchiatori Group managing director Gregorio Gavarrone, who spoke about the company’s commitment to offering its clients an excellent service, as well as the group’s challenges in recruiting local qualified seafarers to work on its vessels. The Euro 10.7 million Spinola was ordered from the Spanish Shipyard Armon SA and was primarily designed to operate in Maltese harbours and their approaches. The tug is fully equipped with fire-fighting class 1, oil recovery and salvage equipment, in order to be prepared for any emergency that may occur in Maltese waters, or off port in the Mediterranean. The vessel is equipped with Voith Schneider propulsion and twin MAK main engines able to give a total power of 7180bhp, resulting in the powerful bollard pull of 80 tonnes.

The winch installed on board the tug is a double drum in waterfall arrangement, having the upper drum for long-distance purposes with a drum capacity of 1000m steel wire rope. The tug also has a lower drum divided into two sections, one for escorting purposes (capacity 250 metres of synthetic rope) and one for harbour towing (capacity 150 metres of synthetic rope). The vessel was delivered to Malta from Spain under the command of Capt. Herman Thornton, Tug Malta’s Operations Manager and manned by a Maltese crew. She will be based in Malta and will carry out both harbour towage services and salvage/off port towage services. The Spinola is the latest addition to Tug Malta’s present fleet of six modern tugs. Source : Malta Independent Online

International Paint Parent signs Copenhagen Communiqué

AkzoNobel Chief Executive Hans Wijers recently threw his weight behind ‘The Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change’ by adding his name to those of hundreds of other global business leaders who are calling on world leaders to close a deal on climate change when they meet in Copenhagen in December. The move by the CEO of International Paint’s parent is significant for several reasons. Firstly, Mr. Wijers is agreeing with key points of the Communiqué, including the statement that global economic development cannot be sustained in the longer term unless the climate is stabilised. Secondly, the document points out that the right economic backdrop is required if industry leaders are expected to invest billions of dollars in low carbon products, services, technologies and infrastructure. And thirdly, Mr. Wijers is aware that international shipping has found itself in the environmental spotlight recently amid criticism that it has not done enough to limit its emissions. Yet various technologies already exist today to cut shipping’s emissions by very significant margins. One of these is hull coatings, a sector in which AkzoNobel’s subsidiary, International Paint, is market leader. As the Communiqué states: “The problem of climate change is solvable – many of the technologies required are available today while others can be developed if the right incentives are in place.” Earlier this year, when the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee held its 59th meeting in London, there was disappointment that more emphasis was not placed on the role that hull coatings are playing in cutting fuel consumption and reducing emissions. In the Second International Maritime Organisation Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, hull coatings merit barely a mention. Dr. Julian Hunter is just one of those disappointed. “Modern foul release coatings can make a huge difference right now to ships’ fuel consumption and therefore their emissions,” says Dr. Hunter, who heads International Paint’s Regulatory Affairs Division and attends IMO meetings on a regular basis. “We can demonstrate some remarkable fuel savings figures verified by some of the world’s leading blue-chip owners,” he says. “Savings typically lie in the range of 6 – 9% as compared with conventional hull coatings,” Hunter continues, “and that’s a significant benefit.” Leading owners and charterers are already investing in latest foul release coatings and are reporting startling cuts in fuel consumption and corresponding emissions of CO2. However, in an overall shipping context, the number of companies choosing to invest in the latest generation of coatings is still quite small. AkzoNobel’s Mr. Wijers says “I’m



right behind Julian Hunter”. “We need to get the message across … we have the technology today. I really do hope that our leaders can reach a robust deal in Copenhagen and that those in shipping take note of the technologies that are already available today.” Source : copenhagencommunique.com

Oasis of the Seas causes traffic jams at Port Everglades

Throngs of people trying to get a look at the Oasis of the Seas,the world's largest cruise ship, created traffic snarls at Port Everglades last weekend. Oasis is not open to the public for viewing. The $1.5 billion Royal Caribbean ship sailed into its new home for the first time Friday morning, drawing crowds of onlookers at vantage points

surrounding the port. Photo’s : Jonathan Zier (c)

Since then, the port has been flooded with people asking to get a closer look at Oasis or wanting to take a tour, Ellen Kennedy, spokeswoman for Port Everglades, said on Sunday. Only ticketed cruise passengers and authorized personnel are granted access to Port Everglades for security reasons, she said. While port security officials have been turning spectators away, mass crowds have made it difficult for cruise passengers to enter and exit the port, Kennedy said. "We can't have the public in," she said. "We are asking that



people be courteous." Good Morning America will broadcast from Oasis on Nov. 20, offering the public the first look at the massive vessel. Source : sun-sentinel.com

Saudi sand ban to have eco impact Bahrain’s concrete suppliers have said a new ban on importing sand from Saudi Arabia will force them to increase usage of marine sand, a resource known for destroying the underwater environment. The ban, which includes gravel products, was announced by the Saudi government end October and will take effect later this month. It is not known how long the ban will be in effect, but the order was reportedly given, following a ministry report on the negative ecological effects of massive sand and gravel removal. Source : Constructionweek

Diana Shipping deliveries The Capesize Bulk carrier m/v houston

and commences charter contract with Shagang shipping Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, announced that the Company has taken delivery of the newly-built m/v Houston, a 177,729 dwt Capesize dry bulk carrier built jointly by Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. As previously announced, the Houston is chartered to Shagang Shipping Co. a guaranteed nominee of the Jiangsu Shagang Shipping Group Co. The charter contract provides for a minimum 59 to a maximum 62 month period at a gross rate of US$55,000 per day. The charter commenced on November 3, 2009. During the minimum period, this employment is expected to generate gross revenues of approximately US$97 million. Source: Diana Shipping

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The tide is turning : October report on publicly-traded Hellenic shipping companies

OCEANFREIGHT INC On October 1st the company has agreed to acquire a 2005 built 180,263 dwt Capesize bulk carrier for a purchase price of $49.5 million. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in Q2 2010. Upon delivery, the vessel will be renamed M/V Montecristo and will commence employment on a time charter for a minimum period of four years at a gross rate of $23,500 per day and a maximum of 8 years at an average gross rate of $24,125 per day for the optional period. Presently, the company’s fleet charter coverage for 2010 stands at approximately 72%.



Grand Alliance Announces Winter Program for Asia-Europe Services

Grand Alliance member lines Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL announced their Winter Program beginning from December 28, 2009. Grand Alliance partners Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) today announced their Winter Program for Asia-Europe services, with effect from December 28, 2009. Four of the GA’s current Asia-Europe services, EU1, EU2, EU3, and EU4, will be temporarily adjusted into three weekly services, renamed Loop A, B and C. The service changes have been made to ensure continuation of the service network by adjusting capacity to the seasonal demand of our customers. The port rotation for the three weekly services is as follows: Loop A Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Shimizu, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jeddah, Suez Canal, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Southampton, Le Havre, Suez Canal, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yantian and Kobe. 9 vessels with a capacity of about 8,600 TEU each will operate in this service. Loading will start on December 28, 2009 in Kobe. Loop B: Dalian, Xingang, Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Suez Canal, Hamburg, Antwerp, Southampton, Cagliari, Suez Canal, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Singapore, Shekou, Qingdao, Pusan and Dalian. This service is operated by 12 vessels with a capacity of 8,300 TEU each. Loading will start on January 2, 2010 in Dalian. Loop C: Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, Suez Canal, Southampton, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Southampton, Suez Canal, Singapore, Shekou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Ningbo. This service will consist of ten vessels of 7,860 TEU. Loading starts on January 1, 2010 in Ningbo. The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, is the leading integrated consortium in global container shipping. Its members are presently Hapag-Lloyd (Germany), MISC Berhad (Malaysia), NYK (Japan), and OOCL (Hong Kong). Source: Hapag-Lloyd

Portland Port's new tug named “Maiden Castle”

MINI mayor Katherine Paisley performed the honours when Portland Port’s £2.5million tug was named. She helped her dad, Portland Town Council Mayor Richard Paisley, launch the new boat at the former naval dockyard. They unveiled a plaque on board the tug to officially name it Maiden Castle. Katherine, aged seven, who goes to St George’s Primary School, said: “I liked pulling the flag away. “I have told all of my friends at school about it.” Katherine, who is dubbed ‘mini-mayor’ by her family, has accompanied dad Richard and mayoress mum Corinne to several official functions during his year in office. They include the opening of the Portland Marina and the launch of the 1,000



days countdown to the Olympics. Richard said: “It is a special year. Part of my focus is to involve younger children and Katherine enjoys coming along.” He added: “Normally an adult would pull the flag away for the naming of the tug, but they asked Katherine to do it.” He added: “The addition of the tug is excellent for the port. There’s nothing they can’t handle now.” The addition of the tug to the Portland Harbour Authority and Portland Port’s fleet means more ships may visit. Steve Davies, who is chief executive for Portland Harbour Authority, said: “With the arrival of the Maiden Castle we can now look to handle even larger vessels within the harbour waters and have the confidence that we can deal with any eventuality, whatever the weather.” The Maiden Castle is the port’s fourth tug, but her arrival more than doubles the towage capabilities of the harbour. The boat has a greater towing capacity than the harbour’s three existing tugs combined. The tug will also be available to other businesses as well as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Mr Davies said: “The Maiden Castle will effectively be helping to protect the Jurassic Coast.” Source : Dorset Echo

THANK YOU FROM CAPT. FRANK HAALMEIJER Many reactions from readers, throughout of the whole world, received about the OLDIE in Clippings nr 311/2009. Many thanks. Several suggestions, some detailed and inclusive foto material. Toghether with some reactions it seems to be the m.v. LA CUMBRE of Buries Markes Ltd of London.

She was built in 1944 as the EMPIRE MACDERMOTT to serve the British Navy during wartime. In 1948 she was delivered to her original owner and converted into a regular general cargoship, after she was renamed LA CUMBRE. In 1958 sold to Panama and renamed PARNON, flying the Greek flag. In 1969 sold again and became STARLIGHT.Her owners came from Hong Kong, but the Somali-flag was on her poop. In 1975 tranferred to COSCO (Republic of China).

Some messages telling, that she was scrapped in 1977, somewhere in the Far East, but Lloyds Register deleted her name in 1992 as continued resistance in doubt. Thanks again Capt. Frank Haalmeijer

Panama Deep-Sea Drilling Ship 'West Polaris' for Dar

As an oil-starved East Africa intensifies its search for the product, Tanzania is expecting a drilling ship to dock next month to propel the country's off-shore exploration. The Panama-registered West Polaris is owned by the oil firm Seadrill but hired by Ophir Energy-Tanzania under a sharing agreement. The vessel will be the first of its kind to visit the country and will be deployed in the Mafia Oil Basin in the south. Jeff Clarke, Ophir's general manager in Tanzania, told The EastAfrican that the state-of-the-art vessel is capable of drilling a 3,000-metre deep-water oil well. "Ophir plans to bring into the country one of the world's largest and newest ultra-deep-water drilling vessels. The rig is a completely self-contained drilling facility," he said. The Mafia basin has been found to contain reserves of oil and gas that however need such a vessel to access. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea in 2006, the West Polaris' recent assignment was in Brazil. To avoid delays to its African oil activities in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, among others, Ophir entered into "rigs and drillship" sharing agreements with other oil companies to counter the shortage of such equipment. The agreements have given it access to rigs and drillships like the West Polaris, which are owned and operated by competitors. Similar vessels -- like the West Aquarius and the Deep Venture -- could also be deployed in the country's waters should the need arise, The EastAfrican has learnt. The vessels were built in Finland in 1983 and



upgraded in 2007 in South Africa. Norwegian consultancy firm Fearnley Offshore AS had tipped Ophir to the rising demand for such vessels amid short supply and advised it to enter into "sharing deals" with competing companies to secure lease rights. The cost to Ophir of leasing the West Polaris is yet to be made public, as is its duration of stay in Tanzania. Tanzania has diverse energy potential, much of it untapped, and Ophir says exploration has so far inferred "the presence of a potential reservoir" in the country. "The Group is optimistic that the petroleum system in the deepwater areas may be oil-prone but is also considering whether a gas-prone system may be commercially attractive as the structures mapped are substantial." Source : All Africa

CRUISE OLYMPIA LAUNCHED The CRUISE OLYMPIA was launched at Castellammare di Stabia 14 November.

There are pictures and a video here: http://www.stabiachannel.it/news/index.asp?idnews=10952

India's Visakhapatnam terminal to spend US$25.6 million to double capacity

Visakhapatnam port on the east coast between Calcutta and Madras will spend INR120 crore (US$25.6 million) on the Visakha Container Terminal to double its capacity to 600,000-TEU a year, reports India's Business Standard. During the first half of the current fiscal year, the company handled 45,843 TEU. "We expect container cargo from the Nepal government, apart from some new cargo like tobacco and waste paper this year, which will help us meet our target," said company vice president R Ravi Kumar. The port is already in discussion with cranes manufacturers to fit out the terminal which handled 87,637-TEU last financial year. Source: schednet

Still no conclusion to Norfolkline sale Discussions over the sale of ro-ro operator Norfolkline have still not been concluded, according to its owner AP Moller Maersk. While announcing its third-quarter results, Maersk said: "The previously announced discussions concerning a possible transaction involving Norfolkline have not yet been concluded." In April, Maersk announced it was willing to listen to offers for Norfolkline. P&O and DFDS emerged as the Frontrunners to buy the ferry operator. At the time, a P&O spokeswoman told IFW it had "registered its interest" with Maersk, but declined to comment further, while DFDS issued a statement saying it was holding discussions with the Danish shipping giant. Maersk also gave a trading update for Norfolkline. It said: "Norfolkline was also negatively affected by the economic crisis and declining activity level in the first nine months of 2009. A number of initiatives have been launched to optimise capacity and reduce costs." Source : ifw-net.com

Glimmer of hope for Haldia port After months of hampered operations, there is now an official assurance that the floundering Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), West Bengal's only facility capable of handing large vessels, will have a new navigational channel by the first half of next year. Functioning of the Haldia port, which is administered by the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), has been significantly affected due to heavy siltation of the Auckland channel, the major navigational route in and out of the facility, that has disallowed the entry of ships carrying large vessel loads. Consequently, the shipping ministry's technical advisory committee had recommended the opening of an alternative route, known as the Eden Channel, to improve the situation.



“The tendering process for the removal of impediments in the Eden channel has been initiated. We will start testing the new route by April 2010 and the channel should be fully operational by October next year,” minister of state for shipping Mukul Roy said here. He was speaking at the 52nd annual general meeting of the Calcutta Customs House Agents' Association. In the interim, Roy said, the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) would be instructed to take up silt removal at Auckland channel with greater urgency to ensure that the port remains operational. “The number of dredgers which work at Haldia is not the criterion. We are searching for more effective vessels. The DCI chairman visited the facility a few days back and all possible measures are being taken from the ministry with the resources available,” he said. The shipping ministry along with KoPT was looking at fast-tracking the progress of other capacity augmenting facilities such as the establishment of jetties at Salukhali and Sagar which would require 700 and 1,000 acres respectively. “We have already received expression of interest for the Sagar project, which will be analysed and sent to the ministry. As for Salukhali, we have taken up the matter with the state government and the zilla parishad. We have also formed an informal committee for the acquisition of land there,” Roy said. Talks on new facility at Diamond Harbour The defence and shipping ministers are likely to meet next week to attempt at working out a deal to allow the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) set up a facility at Diamond Harbour, minister of state for shipping Mukul Roy said. KoPT had proposed to set up a container terminal over 130 acres at Diamond Harbour which hit a roadblock after the Defence ministry, earlier this year, declined to give up about 40 acres of land that it owned. Since then, the project has remained stalled as the defence land was crucial for the terminal. “We have some land at Raichak which we would like to offer to the defence ministry in lieu of the plot at Diamond Harbour,” KoPT vice chairman A Majumdar said. Source : Business Standard

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Biglifts TRAMPER seen outward bound from Amsterdam enroute Bremen Photo : Marcel Coster ©



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