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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONSChief Engineer Indicted for

Obstruction of JusticeAn Indian national working as the Chief Engineer on the container ship M/V MSC Elena was indicted lateyesterday by a federal Grand Jury and charged with conspiracy, obstruction, destruction of evidence, falsestatements and violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships in connection with the use of a secretlyconcealed "magic pipe" used to discharge sludge and oil contaminated waste overboard.

Michael J. Sullivan, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Kelly A. Johnson, Acting AssistantAttorney General of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division; and WilliamSchenkelberg, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Coast Guard InvestigativeService, announced the Grand Jury's Indictment of MANI SINGH, age 57, of India. According to theIndictment, bypass equipment, referred to as the "magic pipe" was used to circumvent required pollutionprevention equipment. This bypass equipment was discovered by the U.S. Coast Guard during aninspection of the vessel in Boston Harbor on May 16, 2005. Chief Engineer Singh is charged in theI=indictment with making false statements to the Coast Guard denying knowledge about the existence anduse of the bypass equipment, with obstructing justice by directing subordinates to lie to the Coast Guard,with concealing evidence, and with concealing the discharges in a falsified Oil Record Book, a required login which all overboard discharges must be recorded. The Indictment further alleges that after the CoastGuard found bypass equipment hidden in a void space, SINGH directed that a printout from the ship'scomputer and a rough log of actual tank volumes be concealed in an effort to cover up the falsification ofship records. It is alleged that the Coast Guard inspectors were presented with fictitious logs containingfalse entries claiming the use of the Oil Water Separator and omitting any reference to dumping overboardusing the bypass equipment.

According to the Indictment, SINGH was the Chief Engineer on the MSC Elena, a Panamanian registered30,971 ton container ship operated by MSC Ship Management (Hong Kong) Limited. The MSC Elena maderegular voyages from ports in Europe across the Atlantic to ports in the United States, including Boston.Engine room operations on board large oceangoing vessels such as the MSC Elena generate largeamounts of waste oil. International and U.S. law prohibit the discharge of waste oil without treatment byan Oil Water Separator - a required pollution prevention device. The regime also requires all overboarddischarges be recorded in an Oil Record Book, a required log which is regularly inspected by the CoastGuard. The waste oil may be burned on board through the use of an incinerator or offloaded onto bargesor shore side facilities for disposal. According to the Indictment, upon his taking over responsibility as ChiefEngineer in March 2005, SINGH asked to be informed of the "magic pipe" arrangement on the MSC Elenaand, once informed, directed that it be used to discharge waste overboard. It is alleged that both sludgeand oil contaminated bilge waste were discharged overboard through the bypass equipment and withoutthe use of the Oil Water Separator.

If convicted, SINGH faces a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison on the Conspiracy charge, 5 years inprison on the Obstruction charge, 5 years in prison on the False Statements charge, 20 years in prison onthe Destruction of Evidence charge, and 5 years in prison on the violation of the Act to Prevent Pollutionfrom Ships. The investigation is continuing. This investigation was conducted by the New England RegionalOffice of the Coast Guard Investigative Service with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston.

Another UN ship hijacked in Somali waters



A second United Nations-chartered vessel carrying aid for hunger-stricken Somalis was hijacked Wednesdayat a small port south of Somalia's coast, becoming the fourth ship to be seized in the region since June, theWorld Food Programme (WFP) said.

The freighter had offloaded 400 ton of the total 850 ton, cargo of food aid in the port of Merka, about100km south of Mogadishu, when six gunmen stormed the ship and forced it to leave the port, the WFPsaid in a statement.

Andrew Mwangura of the Seafarers' Assistance Programme said the ship's captain called the Kenyan portcity of Mombasa and reported the hijack.

REUNIE OUD PERSONEEL NIGOCODoor Capt Frank Haalmeijer ©

Op woensdag 12 oktober 2005 heeft er voor de 6e keer een reünie plaats gevonden van oud-personeel vande voormalige rederij Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co. De rederij zou dit jaar 100 jaar hebben bestaan. Helaasheeft het niet zo mogen zijn.

Boven : De ALKES – Foto : Coll. Frank Haalmeijer

In 1968 vertrokken de Goudriaan's uit de Rotterdamse rederswereld en werd de SHV de nieuwe eigenaarvan NIGOCO. De ruggegraat van het bedrijf was de Rotterdam Zuid Amerika Lijn, welke een 10-daagseafvaart boodt in beide richtingen vanuit Rotterdam naar de oostkust van Zuid Amerika.Bekende namen waren ALHENA, ALDABI, ALNATI, ALCOR, ALGOL, ALKES en ALGORAB. Ze zijn erniet meer. Alleen het fraaie kantoorgebouw aan de Veerhaven te Rotterdam is er nog. Er "wonen" nuandere bedrijven in, waaronder een scheepshypotheek bank. De Lekhaven is leeg, evenals de ligplaatsenaan de Heijplaat. In 1991 ging de rederij failliet.

Afgelopen woensdag kwamen circa 200 ex werknemers bijeen in restaurant Engels in het Groothandelsgebouw om nog weer eens van elkaar te horen, hoe ze het maken. Er werd nog even stil gestaan bij hetoprichtingsjaar 1905, nu dus ruim 100 jaar geleden.

Over 2,5 jaar zal er hopelijk weer een reünie plaats vinden.



GREEK FERRY AGROUND NEAR RHODOS

Earlier this week the Greek ferry IERAPETRA of LANE LINES grounded near Rhodos Island.Photo : Ch. Elec HAL’s ROTTERDAM ©

Body of missing sailor foundNavy officials say it appears the remains of a Canadian sailor who disappeared in the Baltic Sea earlier thisyear have been recovered.

A Polish fisherman made the discovery a few days ago. Leading Seaman Robert Leblanc disappearedFebruary 9 while his ship was on patrol. It's believed he fell overboard but the details have never beenresolved. Two members of the military's National Investigation Service (NIS) are on their way to Poland tobring the remains back for an autopsy.

Taiwanese Navy may lend CoastGuard ships for patrols

The National Security Bureau (NSB) yesterday said it has suggested that the Coast Guard Administration(CGA) borrow six of the navy's warships for use in protecting the country's waters and fishermen.

"CGA ships and boats are too small in comparison with the ships of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force.To maintain the country's sovereignty and to effectively protect our fishing boats, I suggested the CGAborrow the navy's warships to patrol the waters disputed with Japan," said NSB Director-General HsuehShih-ming at the legislature.

"Our fishermen should not be caught and bullied by the Japanese," added Hsueh. Hsueh said that whilesending the navy to disputed waters with foreign countries might been seen as being too insensitive andaggressive, the appearance of CGA's ship in disputed waters would not.Hsueh said he raised the idea at aninter-ministry security meeting.CGA Minister Shi Hwei-yow also told legislators that the possibility ofborrowing warships from the navy was currently being researched.

However, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Joanna Lei and People First Party (PFP) LegislatorNelson Ku said the project is part of Shi's ambition to expand the CGA to become "the second navy" of thecountry. Shi said the CGA has been unable to effectively patrol the countries' waters because its ships andboats are too small. "Currently, the CGA's largest ship is a 1,950-tonne vessel, and the administration hasbeen looking into procuring larger ships to more effectively patrol our territory," added Shi.



ROTTERDAM PORT TO SHED JOBSTHE Port of Rotterdam Authority plans to reduce its workforce by 10% to 15% according to its 2006-2010business plan, recently adopted by the Supervisory Board, and now being presented the port’s owner, themunicipality of Rotterdam.

The port authority says that its main objectives are increasing customer satisfaction, more throughput, abigger market share in sectors such as containers and energy, more efficient use of the existing space,granting 250 ha more commercial sites, modernising the vessel traffic system and increasing returns.A statement says: “The business plan is the first to articulate the new course to be taken by the PortAuthority since it was corporatised last year. An important feature of the business plan is that the goals areexpressed in concrete terms wherever possible, in numbers, figures and amounts.

CEO Hans Smits: “In addition to the things people can expect from us when it comes to improving the portof Rotterdam’s competitive position, we will be putting a strong accent on corporate social responsibilityand on innovation in the coming years. Both themes are like a leitmotiv running through the Business Plan.The first because we are convinced that the port can and must develop towards sustainability. The secondbecause innovations will help the port to strengthen Rotterdam’s competitive position. As the biggest portin Europe, and main port of the Netherlands, we have a pioneering role to play.”

Regarding financial plans and employment the statement says: “The Port Authority is aiming at standardreturns on the invested capital of 8.5% and an annual increase in turnover of 4%. At the same time, theoperational costs are kept in check by maintaining the overheads at the same level. In the coming fouryears, 10 to 15% of jobs at the Port Authority will disappear. As a result of these developments, revenueswill rise more quickly than expenses, which will be good for the financial position of the Port Authority. Allof this is necessary to raise the costs of constructing Maasvlakte 2, to offer clients a good price-quality ratioand to comply with the dividend agreements made with the municipality of Rotterdam and the State (from2006). The Port Authority wants to be among the top 20 Dutch employers in four years, by offering staffattractive terms of employment and the freedom to develop.”

Gurkhas deployed at S'pore ferry terminalsIn the wake of the London and recent Bali terrorist bombings, the Singapore Police Force has stationedmembers of the elite Gurkha Contingent at passenger ferry terminals across Singapore.

Don't mess with me: A Gurkha guarding theInternational Cruise Centre terminal. Singapore iskeenly alert to the threat posed by maritime terrorism.

The Gurkhas have been deployed at selected high-volumepassenger ferry terminals such as the Singapore Cruise Centre,Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, Changi Ferry Terminal and theChangi Point Ferry Terminal, according to a police statement.The Gurkhas are deployed when security assessments indicatethey are warranted, the police said.

'In addition to these enhanced security measures, the PoliceCoast Guard have also been randomly checking ferries and

other vessels when they enter Singapore territorial waters,' the statement said. These measures are part ofa 'continuing review' of security measures over the past few months, the police said. This includes thedeployment of Special Operations Command and the Gurkha Contingent to enhance security at variouslocations around Singapore.



Special Operations forces have, in recent months, been deployed for patrols at commercial, entertainmentand residential districts, while Gurkhas have been regularly deployed at land checkpoints including bothWoodlands and Tuas Checkpoints, the statement added. With very small territorial waters and the world'sbusiest port, Singapore authorities have been keenly alert to the threat posed by maritime terrorism.Enhanced radar coverage of the Singapore Strait, 'no-go' zones around key petrochemical and navalinstallations and specialised maritime response units are all part of Singapore's stepped up security regime.

Gibraltar strait migrant lookoutSHIPS crossing the Straits of Gibraltar and between Africa and the Canary Islands have been put on alert tolook out for migrants in small wooden craft, after a boat carrying 53 people was intercepted close tosouthern Spain today. The early morning incident, at Motril, in the Granada region, comes after a ferryrescued a vessel carrying 30 migrants on 3 October. The migrants were taken aboard the Isla de losVolcanes, operated by Maritima Peregar, and handed over to authorities at the port of Malaga. Smallwooden boats carrying migrants are intercepted every week as they try to reach the shores of southernSpain and the Canary Islands. Radars in the Canaries are often unable to detect the boats before theyreach the coast because they are too small, a source Las Palmas said.

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Indian navy trains South African officersWith providing training to a batch of officers from the South African Navy, the Indian Navy’s submarinetraining school — INS Satvahana — has joined the elite club of establishments imparting training tofriendly foreign navies.

Opening a new chapter in the role and responsibility of this premier submarine training establishment,basic submarine training of the South African Navy officers on the Type-209 diesel-electric patrol submarinestarted from January 31.

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Samsung to Build Tankers for LukoilSamsung will build four ice-class 70,000-ton tankers for Russia’s oil major Lukoil to help it export crudefrom the Arctic to Western markets, according to a report on MosNews.com. The ships will reportedly willbe built by 2008, though the company has yet decided who will operate the ships. The firm has reportedlyshortlisted three companies including Russian shippersSovComflot, Murmansk Shipping Company andSwiss-registered trader Western Petroleum.

New box seriesGerman shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) is heralding a two-ship Gebab order as thebeginning of a series for its Emden-based yard, Nordseewerke.

The builder characterises the order as the start of a series, for which it apparently harbours greatexpectations. TKMS said in an announcement: “These orders mean the development, design and buildingof a new generation of compact containerships with a capacity from 3,100 to 3,700 teu.”



The announcement confirms a report one week ago in the print edition of TradeWinds that compatriotshipfinance company Gebab would order two such ships. The capacity specification is for 3,414 teu with500 reefer plugs. Service speed is given as 23.75 knots.

No price has been announced but brokers peg the market for a 3,400-teu ship at around $52m. Gebab is asteady customer of TKMS yards, which have already built it 28 ships and have 11 more in the works.

As TradeWinds also reported, the deal was done on the back of concessions by labour unions. Part of thedeal with the IG Metall union entails that Nordseewerke employees “bear a part of the costs for thedevelopment and building of the new container ship series”, according to the builder.

Besides Nordseewerke, naval-civilian shipbuilder and shiprepairer ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG ownsHowaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Blohm + Voss in Hamburg, Kockums in Sweden and HellenicShipyards in Greece.

Aker Yards to build wellintervention vessel

Norway's Island Offshore, in which Edison Chouest Offshore is a partner, has signed another contract withAker Yards. Worth approximately NOK 650 million (almost US $100 million), it covers construction of a

Well InterventionVessel for delivery inJanuary 2008.

Built to a new Rolls-Royce design (UT 767CD), the vessel will bemaintain and repair oiland gas wells in depthsdown to 600 meters.

It will operate with ariserless wirelineintervention system.and will deploy an ROV,(remote operatedvehicle), for operationson the sea bed. The

sub sea related equipment will be provided by FMC and Aker Kvaerner Wellservice.

Island Offshore has been assigned a contract by Statoil for well intervention services on the Norwegiancontinental shelf. Under the contract Island Offshore will use its pioneering light well intervention vesselIsland Frontier, built by Aker Yards, in 2006 and 2007. The new vessel, to be named Island Wellserver,willtake over the service from April 2008.

Vessel type : UT 767 CD, Subsea Riserless Well Intervention Vessel Contract value : Approx. NOK 650 million Yard : Aker Yards, Langsten Delivery time : January 2008 Length and width : 116 meters long, 25 meters wide



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CNN makes news in Spain yard salePROSPECTS for a successful sale of Spain's publicly-owned shipbuilders have been boosted by the creationof a ship construction investor, Construcciones Navales del Norte. CNN will be led from Bilbao by formerIzar director Jose Luis Alvarez, and brings together Basque shipbuilder Astilleros de Murueta, industrial andsoftware engineering groups Ingeteam and GTD and investors Naviera Nervion and Inciativas Navales delNorte. The consortium is expected to make a bid for either Sestao shipyard or for an undisclosed numberof shares in all three shipyards and engine builder Manises before the 17 October deadline. The creation ofCNN comes after private shipbuilder Astilleros de Huelva and the Boluda Group expressed interest inacquiring Izar's Seville shipyard in southern Spain.

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EU Approves CP Ships AcquisitionTUI AG and CP Ships Limited jointly announced that TUI's proposed acquisition of CP Ships has beencleared by the European Union and that the regulatory review period in China has expired. Regulatoryapprovals under competition legislation in certain other countries in which the companies carry on businessare pending. The EU approval granted by the European Commission's competition directorate, is contingentupon the withdrawal by TUI's Hapag-Lloyd from two agreements, the Transatlantic Conference Agreement(TACA) and the US South Europe Conference (USSEC). TUI intends to combine Hapag-Lloyd and CP Shipsto create the world's fifth-largest container shipping company. TUI anticipates completion of its offer inOctober, 2005.

OSG IN NEWBUILDS DEAL



US-based Overseas Shipholding Group is to time charter four product carrier newbuildings for ten yearseach from , Inc. Hong Kong-based Parakou Shipping. The vessels, two of which are already underconstruction, will be built by South Korean yard STX Shipbuilding and are scheduled for delivery to OSG inSeptember and October 2006 and April and June 2007.

The 51,000 dwt ships will be able to transport petroleum products, vegetable oils and IMO III chemicalswith six segregations. Delivery of the vessels will increase the number of international and US-flag productcarriers in OSG's fleet to 50. Morten Arntzen, President and CEO of OSG, said, "This transaction representsanother step in OSG becoming a market leader in the product carrier segment while establishing a longterm partnership with Parakou Shipping, one of the leading shipowners in Asia."

“STILL GOING STRONG”October 14th in the afternoon an “old baby”arrived in the port of Walvis Bay (Namibia)

the BLUE WATER built in 1967 at theBurmeister yard in Copenhagen (Denmark)under yard number 820 as the Fish factoryvessel KOVDOR and renamed in 1998 in

BLUE WATER.

At present the 102 mtr long vessel is tradingalong the African west coast and manned with

a complete Russian crew.

The vessel with teak decks was original builtas a fish factory vessel but the stern is nowclosed permanently and the vessel is just

trading as normal cargo ship.

The vessel is powered by an 6 cylinder Burmeister & Wainengine type 6-50VBF-90 with an output of 2280 kW,

which was giving the vessel in the earlier years a speed of14 knots, but according the captain the vessel was now

only able to make max 9 knots.

Top : The gyro compass



Top : The Russian captain together with SMIT’s salvage supervisor Erik de Graaf at the wheelhouse of theBLUE WATER.

Photo’s : Piet Sinke ©

Enhanced Disney cruise ship returnsto service

After 10 days in dry dock, the Disney Magic cruise ship returned into service Oct. 15 with some newfeatures. The cost for the upgrades was not disclosed. The 2,700-passenger Magic, the company'soriginal ship, has renovated its Vista Spa and Salon, adding three private indoor/outdoor treatment roomsfor use by individuals or couples and expanded its fitness center by 1,700 square feet, bringing the totalspace to 10,700 square feet. Three conference rooms have been converted into additional space for youthactivities, bringing the number of dedicated kids-only areas to five.

A new 24-by-14-foot jumbo-screen television, totalling 336 square feet, will provide poolside movies.Disney Cruise Line offers three-, four- and seven-night itineraries to the Bahamas and the Caribbean,cruising from Port Canaveral. The Disney Magic is adding a seven-night alternate Western Caribbeanitinerary next year.

“K” LINE TO LAUNCH EGYPT-BLACK SEA SERVICEJAPANESE owner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) plans to start a new weekly container serviceconnecting Port Said with Turkish and Black Sea Ports in December. The new Black Sea service will be usedfor “K” Line’s transhipment business to and from this region, and additionally third party commercial cargoon the same basis as the IBESCO services, which “K” Line presently operates connecting the UK,Scandinavia, Iberia, and the North Continent.

“K” Line says that two 864 TEU newbuildings have been engaged on a long-term charter basis specificallyfor this new service. The first sailing of the new service is scheduled to depart from Port Said in late



December 2005. The calling ports of this service are: Port Said – Istanbul (Hydrapassa) – Odessa –Constanza – Varna – Istanbul (Hydrapassa) – Port Said.

China Shipping's Q3 sales up 25%on cargo growth

China Shipping Container Lines Co, which operates the country's biggest ocean transportation company,said third-quarter sales gained 25 per cent as expanding trade increased cargo volume and sent freightrates higher.

Sales rose to 7.78 billion yuan (S$1.6 billion) inthe three months ended September, Shanghai-based China Shipping said in a statementpublished yesterday in Hong Kong's South ChinaMorning Post, without providing profit figures.The company said it carried 1.2 million 20-footstandard boxes, 21 per cent more than lastyear.

Photo : Ricardo van Liere ©

China Shipping, Evergreen Marine Corp andother Asian shipping lines are moving morecargo at higher rates as the region's exports ofelectronics, clothing and other goods to theUnited States and Europe increase. About 80per cent of global trade is carried by sea.

'We believe that volumes will continue to remain strong for the balance of the year and see rates risingslightly due to various surcharges,' JPMorgan Chase & Co's analysts Chan Wai-Shin and Peter Negline wrotein a report on Tuesday. China Shipping's shares fell almost one per cent to HK$2.925 in Hong Kong.They've lost 6.4 per cent this year, lagging behind a 2.5 per cent gain in the benchmark Hang Seng Index.

China Shipping said the average shipping rate in the third quarter rose 3.1 per cent to 6,461 yuan for each20-foot box. The company and other members of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilisation Agreementbegan collecting on Oct 1 an inland surcharge on boxes they move to Asia to help cover higher fuel andtrucking costs.

The price of bunker fuel in Singapore has nearly doubled this year, rising 3.2 per cent on Tuesday toUS$321 a tonne, according to Bloomberg data. China Shipping's revenue from US routes, the biggest salescontributor in the third quarter, rose 34 per cent to 3.22 billion yuan. Sales from European andMediterranean routes grew 11 per cent to 2.63 billion yuan, the company said.

The company said it increased capacity by 9.4 per cent from the end of June to 327,841 boxes at the endof September.

Capacity will expand 37 per cent this year to 349,293 containers. China Shipping surpassed CoscoContainer Lines Ltd, a unit of China Cosco Holdings Co, as the country's biggest container line operator atthe beginning of September, according to Containerisation International.



Montanari to sell 10-ship LPG fleetITALIAN owner Navigazione Montanari is assessing interesting offers to acquire its ten LPG ships. The newsdrove up the company’s share price by 10% on Friday, prompting trading to be suspended in Milan.Montanari owns 28 vessels, of which 17 are product and crude oil tankers and 11 are LPG carriers. One gascarrier, Valle Azzurra, is to be sold at the end of the year to its current bareboat charterer Fingas, whichbought three other ships (Val di Fiemme, Valmisa and Valgrande) earlier this year. The directors havedecided to focus on the buoyant tanker markets, and have given president and chief executive CorradoMontanari and general manager Fabio Montanari responsibility for the sale of the gas carriers. The ships tobe sold are: Valderice, Valdisole, Val Badia, Val di Fassa, Valsesia, Valle Aurora, Vallesina, ValFoglia, Val Fiorita and Val Cadore

Singapore box numbers riseState-owned Singapore port operator PSA Corp has seen a 20.2% year-on-year increase in the number ofcontainers handled by its container terminals.

Some 29.6m-teu were moved by PSA terminals around the world in the first nine months of 2005. Thiscompares with 24.6m-teu last year. PSA’s international terminals handled 12.9m-teu in the first ninemonths of 2005, a massive 38.8% up on the 9.4m-teu handled last year

The PSA’s domestic terminals handled 16.6m-teu between January and September 2005, an 8.7% increaseon the 115.3m-teu moved in 2004. PSA International's container growth has received an additional boostsince August, when it began including container data from its newly acquired Hong Kong operations.

In June, PSA bought its second set of port assets in Hong Kong in four months to give it better access toChina’s booming export and import market. Outside of Singapore, PSA has operations in Belgium, Brunei,China, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea and Thailand.

Meanwhile, fellow Singaporean terminal operator Jurong Port has reported another massive jump incontainer volumes for the first eight months of 2005. Between January and September 2005 Jurong Porthandled 680,000-teu. This compares with 476,000-teu for the corresponding period last year.

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AIRCRAFT / AIRPORT NEWS



Navy Jet From Oceana Crashes OffKey West; Pilot Rescued

The U.S. Coast Guard says a Navy jet crashed off the Florida Keys and its pilot was rescued after ejectingfrom the plane. The plane was attached to a VFA-106 based at Naval Air Station Oceana. The F/A-18Hornet aircraft went down 60 miles west of Key West around 9:00am.

The pilot ejected and was recovered by a Coast Guard Search and Rescue boat, transferred to the NAS KeyWest SAR helicopter and transported to a local hospital. His condition is unknown at this time. VFA-106,known as the "Gladiators", is the east coast Fleet Replacement Squadron for the F/A-18 Hornet andSuper Hornet aircraft. They routinely deploy detachments to Key West for training.

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TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP IN DEMARITIEME INDUSTRIE

HME slaat brug tussen theorie en praktijk

Op 7 en 8 december 2005 verzorgt Holland Marine Equipment (HME)in samenwerking met Bucomar, I.E.S. Asset Management en TechnoFysica de workshop ‘Total Cost of Ownership in de MaritiemeIndustrie’. Deze workshop is specifiek gericht op de dagelijksepraktijk van reders, ontwerpers en maritieme toeleveranciers. Hetgeeft op pragmatische wijze inzicht in principes en toepassingen,waarmee strategieën kunnen worden uitgestippeld die bij het eigenbedrijf passen.

Door toepassing van Total Cost of Ownership (TCO ofwel “wat kosthet schip mij gedurende de tijd dat ik het bezit”) kunnen redersobjectief onderbouwde beslissingen nemen ten aanzien van wel ofniet aanschaffen van een schip of scheepssysteem. Tevens kan mentijdens de exploitatie objectief bepalen wanneer het kosteneffectief isom een schip te dokken voor onderhoud of conversie.

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ontstaan en de mogelijkheden om het falen met onderhoudsmaatregelen te voorkomen. Zorgvuldigregistreren van onderhoudshistorie is daarom van belang om beslissingen te kunnen onderbouwen.Maritieme toeleveranciers kunnen hiermee onderhoudskosten verlagen en reders dus weer beter van dienstzijn. Aandacht voor onderhoud tijdens het ontwerp (Design to Maintain) leidt namelijk tot minder storingenwaardoor beschikbaarheid en benuttinggraad van het schip/systeem toeneemt. De voortvloeiende lagereexploitatiekosten verbeteren daarmee de concurrentiepositie van de scheepseigenaar.

Met het toenemen van de technische complexiteit aan boord en het varen met kernbemanningen neemthet belang van Total Cost of Ownership en Design to Maintain in de maritieme wereld toe. Uit eerder doorHME georganiseerde symposia, is gebleken dat er veel interesse is, maar dat er ook grote onbekendheidbestaat over TCO.

‘Het is daarom dat zowel reders als ontwerpers en producerende partijen in deze workshop kunnen eneigenlijk moeten participeren’, verteld Nick Wessels van HME. ‘Gezamenlijk meer kennis over dezeonderwerpen ontwikkelen en opdoen zorgt er uiteindelijk voor dat de gehele Nederlandse maritiemeindustrie nu en in de toekomst betere, duurzamere én efficiëntere schepen c.q. systemen kan ontwerpen,bouwen én exploiteren. Daar is iedereen bij gebaat!’

Voor meer informatie kan contact worden opgenomen met Holland Marine Equipment(T: (010) 44 44 333 of E: [email protected]) of download het inschrijfformulier op www.hme.nl bij

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