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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS
The green R-Evolution continues with
the ART 80-32 Hybrid
Committed to their green philosophy Kotug has taken delivery of
the first new ART 80-32 Hybrid Rotortug®. The ART 80-32
embodies 25 years of consolidated operator experience. The
latest addition to her fleet of Rotortug®s, the RT EVOLUTION ,
was built by DamenHardinxveld –Giessendam and handed over
at the Kotug Rotterdam office to her owner Elisabeth Ltd on
November 26.The RT EVOLUTION is the first of the series of
two Rotortug®s presently being built by Damen Shipyards The
Robert Allan Ltd designed Hybrid Rotortug® improves fuel
savings and reduces harmful emissions, perfectly matching
Kotug environmental policy. The Hybrid configuration is a
continued developmentof the RT Adriaan , a combination of
motor generators in the shaft line which ensures maximum
safety, state of the art Corvus battery system in combination
with the Xeropoint system integration from AKA Aspin Kemp As.
Ltd in Canada. The RT EVOLUTION emphasizes the strong
Dutch Canadian business relations. Rotortug B.V. is the
company specializing in the design and marketing of the world
wide patented Rotor tug design. The Rotortug® distinguishes
itself from the conventional ASD, Tractor or Voith Schneider
designs by using a triangular propulsion configuration. The
excellent maneuverability of this type of tug is superior to all
other conventional designs. The Rotortug® has been recognized
as the preferred tugboat design in many port over the world.
www.rotortug.com Photo : Hans Hoffmann ©
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A change in management at SAL Heavy Lift:
Toshio Yamazaki succeeds Lars Rolner as COO
After 33 years in the service of SAL Heavy Lift, and 16 years
after taking over the management of the company, Lars
Rolner has decided to pass on his duties as Managing
Director and COO of SAL Heavy Lift to his colleague Toshio
Yamazaki. Yamazaki, despatched from “K” Line, has 29 years
of experience in the shipping business. He is acquainted very
well with the company, having spent the last four years as
Executive Officer jointly managing SAL Heavy Lift from the
German headquarters. Even before, he worked at SAL Japan
as Commercial General Manager for four years.As he
symbolically "handed over the reins", Lars Rolner (53)
commented: "I have devoted most of my life to SAL. But now,
I have decided it is time to hand over my position, because
the company is now in good shape and will be in the black in
2014." In future, Lars Rolner will work as Managing Partner
of the maritime engineering company HeavyLift@Sea, which specialises in offshore solutions and ship design.
SAL’s GRIETJE in Rotterdam Photo : Willem Holtkamp - http://fotomaker.jalbum.net/FOTOMAKER/ ©
Toshio Yamazaki (55) is intending to keep the direction of the company which was jointly established with Lars
Rolner: "We offer the utmost quality for our customers. On this basis, we will continue to develop SAL Heavy Lift
further and progress directly along the path we have chosen." The experienced shipping expert builds on the similar
values of German and Japanese colleagues and employees: "Both cultures appreciate innovation and precision. This
applies to all of our people at SAL including our onboard crew as well as to our engineers and staff working on shore.
We are all dedicated to providing innovative solutions in heavy-lift shipping."SAL Heavy Lift, a member of the "K"
Line Group, is one of the leading international shipping companies in the area of heavy-lift transportation and project
freight, and is based in Hamburg's HafenCity. It operates a fleet of 18 heavy-lifters. The company, which was founded
in 1980, employs 700 people worldwide including vessel crew.
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the FPSO Brasil under tow by POSH Terasea tugs Salviscount and Salviceroy, underway from offshore Brasil to
China. Photo : Marco Wehrmann SBM Offshore towmaster onboard Salviscount ©
Siem Offshore Receives Contract
Cancellations
Norwegian support vessel operator Siem Offshore Inc. said Monday it has received notices of termination for three
vessels that were booked for work in 2015. Karmorneftegaz SARL has sent the termination notices in respect of
seasonal work in the Kara Sea for the two Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels Siem Topaz and Siem Amethyst and
for Platform Supply Vessel Siem Pilot. According to the contract, an early termination fee is payable. Karmorneftegaz
SARL (Luxembourg) is the joint venture established between Rosneft (66.67%) and ExxonMobil (33.33%) for the
project in the Kara Sea. At 0901 GMT shares traded 11% lower at NOK3.52. Source : nasdaq
The SPIRIT OF FRANCE leaving the drydock at Damen Shiprepair in Schiedam assisted by the THAMESBANK
and TEXELBANK – Photo : Jan Simons ©
Philadelphia docks biggest box ship yet
- 8,089-TEU MSC Judith
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THE Port of Philadelphia has docked its biggest containership yet, the 8,089-TEU MSC JUDITH that berthed at the
Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. The privately held Swiss-Italian Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the vessel's
owner, is the world's second largest container carrier, and a regular port customer. The MSC JUDITH’s visit to the
port to unload containers holding a variety of general cargoes followed stops at several ports in northern Europe,
reported the American Journal of Transportation. "In the near future, more vessels of this size and beyond will be
visiting the port of Philadelphia due to our current deepening of the Delaware River's main channel to 45 feet [14
metres]," said Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) chairman Charles Kopp. Source : Asian Shipper
Wide angle shot of the PLSV TOP Coral do Atlantico moored at Bavit in the Port of Vitoria. Whilst loading flexibles,
simultaniously to both carousel in hold and reels on deck. Moored on dolpins and mooring buoys.
Photo : Capt Peter Franse ©
Saipem wins $1 billion Daewoo
engineering contract
Italy’s Saipem won a $1 billion engineering and construction contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
for work in the Caspian Sea. The contract includes yard engineering, fabrication and pre-commissioning activities as
well as the load-out of 55,000 tons of pipe rackFurther details about the contract have not been disclosed.The contract
was awarded through Saipem controlled company ERSAI Caspian Contractor.“This contract underlines our excellent
track record in a key market for Saipem and I look forward to the continued development of our presence in the
Caspian Region, working with our local partners to deliver a high quality service to some of our most important
clients,” Saipem CEO Umberto Vergine said Source : Petro Global News
MACS 2013 built BRIGHT SKY outbound from Rotterdam passing Rozenburg
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Peters: Stena Alegra will replace Arahura
The "rust bucket" Stena Alegra is being brought back to Cook Strait to replace the 31-year-old Arahura, making a
bad situation on the ferries even worse, according to NZ First leader Winston Peters. The Swedish-owned Stena Alegra
was brought in by Interislander at short notice late last year to replace the crippled Aratere, but itself broke down in
Wellington Harbour in its first week of service at the start of this year.
Thursday 17th April 2014. The STENA ALEGRA during a southerly storm and being assisted by tug Maungatea.
Photo : Dianna Robjohns ©
Peters said sources inside KiwiRail had been told the state-owned company now planned to take over the Stena Alegra
to replace the ageing Arahura.KiwiRail denied a decision had been made on a possible replacement for the Arahura. It
said it was still in discussions about possible options and could make an announcement soon.Peters said KiwiRail was
holding back from making its announcement until after Parliament rose for the year on December 10.
A Maritime Union source on one of the ships said everyone knew it was going to happen, but KiwiRail management
had not made an official announcement yet."All the crews know about it - at a meeting last week it was neither
confirmed nor denied, but all fingers are pointing at the Alegra."Peters said replacing the Arahura with the Stena
Alegra would throw the Cook Strait ferry service into further chaos, as the Swedish ship was under "constant repair"
when it was last used, he said.
For thousands of travellers and
freight companies, the ferries had
become "a sick and expensive joke".
"Trained saboteurs could not have
done a better job of disrupting the
state-owned Cook Strait ferry
service."He said KiwiRail would
argue that "spending millions to
'upgrade' Stena Alegra would be
cheaper than refitting Arahura".
Stena Alegra is at present anchored
off Batam in Indonesia, waiting to go into dry dock. It is understood it would replace the Arahura about August next
year, and a sister ship would then be sought so KiwiRail would have two the same. The Kaitaki would be sold too, the
source said. KiwiRail spokeswoman Jenni Austin said no announcement had been made to staff or others beyond
explaining the options being investigated."It is important to note a wide range of options have been considered as part
of this process, including the retention of the Arahura, and the lease or purchase of alternative vessels."Labour leader
Andrew Little said leaving the announcement until after the House had adjourned would be a "deeply cynical" move
from KiwiRail, as it would prevent the Opposition from asking questions on the choice of replacement for the
Arahura.The Stena Alegra had "an established track record of failure . . . it's not a vessel we should have anything to
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do with."KiwiRail should commission its own vessel to be built rather than settling for the Stena Alegra, he said.
Source : Stuff.co
American Seafood Company Trawlers (Deadliest Catch) American Alaska, American Dynasty and Northern Eagle
alongside in Seattle Photo: Dieter Jaenicke www.vikingrecruitment.com ©
Iran readies new set of ship offerings
Dubai: Iran is gearing up to build a wider variety of ships. Iranian Deputy Road and Urban Development Minister
Mohammad Saeednejad announced the country's plans to unveil several search and rescue, passenger and cargo
vessels soon "We are trying to unveil a number of vessels," Saeednejad told local media on Saturday. While focusing
more on military vessels, the minister did add that new commercial designs would also be looked at. A big maritime
exhibition kicks off in Iran on December 2 running for four days. Source : GulfShipNews
RUYSCH INTERNATIONAL OPENS A
NEW SALES OFFICE IN MEXICO CITY
Ruysch International expands its global network and establishes a new sales office in Mexico City. The office will
open as off January 2015. Ruysch International is an international trading company established in 1935. The
company is specialized in supplying spare parts (SWD, Wärtsilä and ABC), knowledge and services in the (diesel)
engine industry.
The new office in Mexico will be positioned in the center of the capital and will be responsible for providing local
support to a growing customer base in the North and South American Market. This office is Ruysch International’s
third office worldwide. The head office is located in ‘s Gravendeel, The Netherlands and a sales office is located in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Even though the Internet makes the world smaller, Ruysch International is convinced that it is important to be
present locally. If only because of the different time zone, the language aspect, and the fast service that it is wants to
deliver. Ruysch International believes it is important to consider cultural differences and thus adjust to fit into the
local markets. In other words, Ruysch wants to be a so-called ‘glocal’, a global player that operates locally. Ruysch
International has specifically chosen for an office in Mexico due to its central position in the Americas. Mexico is an
ideal point of access for countries in North and South America. The office will be opened in January 2015 and run by
René van Aart, Managing Director Americas.
Address Mexico Sales Office (as of January 2015):
Ruysch International B.V.
Av. Paseo de la Reforma No. 350 piso 11
Col. Juárez
06600 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico
Phone: +52 (55) 9171 2032
E-mail: [email protected]
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CELLUS' and 'AVALON' working on Greenwell's Quay, Sunderland, site of former dry dock. 'CELLUS' being a regular
caller with paper pulp along with her sisters 'TIMBUS' and 'FORESTER'. Photo : Pat McCardle ©
Crowley Announces Promotions for
Terminal Operations Managers in
Jacksonville, Fla., and Pennsauken, N.J.
Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Puerto Rico liner services group announced today that Ken Orben is being promoted to
general manager of terminal operations in Jacksonville, Fla., and Karen Dempsey is being promoted to director of port
operations in Pennsauken, N.J., effective Jan. 1. Orben, a 27-year Crowley veteran and current director of port
operations in Pennsauken, will relocate to Jacksonville and report to John Hourihan, senior vice president and general
manager, Puerto Rico services. Dempsey, who has been with Crowley for 32 years and is currently manager of port
administration in Pennsauken, will remain based there and report to Orben. Orben will be responsible for all aspects of
land operations including line and staff functions, ocean terminal and related container yard and container freight
station operations, stevedoring, yard, car, and gate operations, safety, security and the transition to new technology.
In addition he will maintain relationships with union leadership, stewards, and employees through administration of
company policies and collective bargaining agreements.“Ken and Karen bring a wealth of experience to their new
roles,” said Hourihan. “I know they are looking forward to continuing to ensure our terminals run at peak efficiency,
with a focus on safety and environmental stewardship.”
Orben joined Crowley in 1987 as manager of port operations and has held positions of increasing responsibility in the
operations area during his tenure with the company. He was promoted to director of port operations earlier this year.
Orben earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Norwich University.Dempsey joined Crowley in
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1982 and served in managerial roles in port documentation and traffic until being promoted to manager of port
administration in 2005. Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a holding company of the 122-year-old Crowley
Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family and employee-owned company. The company provides project
solutions, energy and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of
business: Puerto Rico Liner Services, Caribbean and Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum
Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are: liner container
shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency
response through its TITAN Salvage subsidiary; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture
through its Jensen Maritime subsidiary; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution
and sales. Additional information about Crowley, its subsidiaries and business units may be found on the Internet at
www.crowley.com.
Seafarers claim cheap foreign labour
will take their jobs
SEAFARERS are facing tough futures under the “crook” Abbott Government and at the hands of greedy multinational
oil companies, as decisions are taken to employ cheap overseas labour on ships, unionists have claimed.Protesting in
Geelong, members of the Maritime Union of Australia claimed the Aussie crew of the ship TANDARA SPIRIT was
being replaced with foreign crew who could be paid as little as $2 a day.They were supported by other unions
including the CFMEU and Australian Workers’ Union. National Vice President of the Australian Workers’ Union, Sam
Wood, told the rally the Tandara Spirit crew staged a sit-in for nearly three weeks in Port Phillip Bay but had to pull
anchor and end their industrial action because of legal threats.The TANDARA SPIRIT had been used by Viva Energy,
which recently purchased Geelong’s Shell refinery, he said.Viva has categorically rejected the union’s claims it is
replacing Aussie workers with cheap overseas labour.But Mr Wood said the Federal Liberal Government and
multinational companies did not have the interests of seafaring workers at heart.“This is a crook government,” Mr
Wood said.“Do you think your fuel will be cheaper because they’re ripping us off? No! It goes into their pockets not
yours. These companies are full of greed and we need to stop it.”MUA Victorian branch secretary, Kevin Bracken, said
the Tandara Spirit crew had a long-running contract to move fuel between the Geelong refinery and Adelaide but was
now being replaced. “The crew of the TANDARA SPIRIT are decent, honest, hardworking Australians. They just
want to feed their kids, pay their mortgages and work under Australian conditions. Instead, their employer, Viva
Energy, wants to sack them and replace them with foreign crew on $2 an hour,” he said. A spokeswoman for Viva
Energy Australia, Jessica Marriner, said the reason the time charter on the TANDARA SPIRIT would not being
renewed next year was because the company no longer needed a dedicated vessel to run up and down the Australian
coast. Importantly, the crew on the Tandara was not employed by Viva but by Teekay Australia, she said.
Photo : Andrew Mackinnon – www.aquamanships.com ©
“The union claims that we are replacing the TANDARA SPIRIT, or the crew, is not correct at all,” Ms Marriner said.
“The company has new supply contracts where most of the fuel produced at Geelong Refinery will be sold and
delivered into Victoria. Selling more fuel from Geelong Refinery into Victoria is good for the refinery and important to
build a sustainable manufacturing business. Viva Energy intends to do everything that it can to help the refinery run
reliably and be profitable, including investing $150 million in the refinery during the next two years,” Ms Marriner said.
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“It does not make sense to continue to hire a dedicated coastal vessel at a cost of tens of millions of dollars if the need
has substantially reduced. Since taking the decision the company has held talks with Teekay Australia — the employers
of the TANDARA SPIRIT crew — unions and the government to ensure that they understand the basis of this
decision.”Newly-elected Geelong MP Christine Couzens — a former Trades Hall president — said it was fitting her first
official appearance was at a union rally.Victorians had voted for a Labor Government because it had promised to
protect workers and save jobs.“And that’s what I intend to do,” Ms Couzens said. Source : geelongadvertiser
As crude tumbles, oil drillers seek to
temporarily idle more rigs
By Rujun Shen
Offshore drillers globally are increasingly considering "warm stacking" their rigs to take them temporarily off the
market, as they gear up for a slowdown in the hunt for oil with crude prices sliding to five-year lows.Rigs in warm
stack maintain basic operations and most of the crew, and can be put to use once the owner gets a contract. Drillers
put rigs in warm stacks to lower operational costs and also to keep them sufficiently ready for quick deployment,
meaning they are hopeful a downturn won't be a prolonged one. Rigs can also be "cold stacked", or shut down, which
typically happens when an owner does not expect to find work for an extended period of time.Oil prices have fallen
about 40 percent in the past six months, with international benchmark Brent dropping below $68 to a five-year trough
and nearing the marginal production cost of the most expensive offshore projects."Six months ago, no one talked
about stacking rigs," said Thomas Tan, chief executive officer at Kim Heng Offshore & Marine Holdings Ltd, a
Singapore-based oilfield service firm, "In the last few weeks, things have become scarier and the talk of stacking
started."Tan said his firm has received enquiries to stack dozens of rigs over the past few weeks. Kim Heng currently
services four rigs in warm stack around Singapore. The company serves about 60 rigs a year in different stage of
operations, including providing repair, maintenance and logistics services. "A lot of people are looking at warm stack,
as they hope that the market will turn around quickly," Tan said. "Cold stack is on their mind... but they haven't given
up hope yet." Seadrill Ltd, the world's largest driller by market value until recently, expects to see a pickup in stacking
and scrapping next year, its CEO said. And Transocean Ltd , which owns the world's largest offshore drilling rig fleet,
said it may retire additional rigs because of a sluggish market. Transocean and Seadrill are among Kim Heng's
customers.
RATES FALL, SUPPLY GROWS
Drillers, who provide rigs on hire to oil producers, are in a pinch because day rates to hire rigs have fallen this year
while supply grows.The day rate for a top specification drillship, which can work in water up to 12,000 feet (3,658
metres) deep, was recently quoted at as low as $400,000, down from $600,000 last year. Even rates for jack-up rigs,
generally working in water depth below 400 feet, have started to weaken in recent months after holding up relatively
well earlier in the year.Rig orders soared in recent years when oil prices topped $100 per barrel, making it more
profitable to explore in hard-to-reach underwater areas. The global fleet of jackup rigs is forecast to grow 9 percent in
2015 and another 7 percent in 2016, Oslo-based investment bank Pareto Securities estimated.Pareto also expected the
number of jackups and floaters - drillships and semi-submersibles - in warm and cold stack to each reach 100 in the
next 12-18 months from 60 and 53 now.The marginal cost of producing one new barrel of oil varies, ranging from as
cheap as $10 for Middle East onshore, to $60 in deepwater offshore, and above $70 in U.S. shale oil, according to a
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Reuters survey in September. Some producers have announced spending cutbacks.Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd
said it will cut next year's capital spending by 15-20 percent.That's the kind of bad news the drilling industry is trying
to get a handle on."What we are seeing now is that people are just standing back and waiting to understand the
dynamics of the market before making decisions," said Jason Waldie, Associate Director at energy consultancy Douglas
Westwood. Source : Reuters (Editing by Emily Kaiser and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
The SIRIUS assisting the AMARANTHA between the IJmuiden breakwaters – Photo : Simon Wolf ©
Rescued round the world sailors
'shattered and emotional'
Rescuers described the nine round the world
race sailors saved after their yacht grounded
on a reef off Mauritius, including two New
Zealanders, as "shattered and emotional".
Australian skipper Chris Nicholson and his
crew, which includes experienced Kiwi sailors
Tony Rae and Rob Salthouse, took to life rafts
after they had anchored the boat to a dry
section of reef, Volvo Ocean Race control
confirmed that the Team Vestas Wind crew
has now been rescued and will stay on the Íle
du Sud, where there is a house and some
facilities. For several hours, the crew stayed
onboard their stricken vessel whose stern was
being beaten badly by the waves as it was
stuck fast in the reef with the bow facing the
ocean.The twin rudders on the 65-foot boat were broken in the collision and the stern began taking on water although
the stern compartment was locked tight. Finally, around midnight, the team abandoned the boat and then waded,
knee-deep through the sea to a dry spot on the reef from where they could be rescued by a coastguard RIB at
daybreak.
They were transported to the tiny islet of Íle du Sud, part of Cargados Carajos Shoals, which is also known as St.
Brandon and situated some 430 kilometres to the north-east of Mauritius. Race organisers and Team Vestas Wind will
now attempt to take them from there to Mauritius.Team Vestas Wind is making plans with Volvo Ocean Race on how
to transport the crew off the island as well as how to salvage the boat.Knut Frostad, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race,
said: "I'm extremely relieved that every one of the nine crew members now are safe and that nobody is injured. That
has always been our first priority since we first learned about the grounding.
"At the same time, I'm deeply saddened that this happened to Team Vestas Wind and Chris Nicholson and his team.
It's devastating for the team, for the race and for everyone involved. I really feel for Chris and the team right now and
we will continue to support them all the way going forward." American-based Team Alvimedica had motored to their
aid and had waited on the other side of the reef was in radio contact with the Danish-backed Vestas Wind crew.
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Team Alvimedica had now been released and will continue racing towards Abu Dhabi on this second leg from South
Africa.Team Alimedica's Australian navigator Will Oxley said: "All is well on board, though it is fair to say we are all
shattered and quite emotional about what happened.
"We are really pleased we were able to be of assistance and that the crew of Team Vestas Wind are all well and we
look forward to a beer with them as soon as possible." The Danish team's concern now will be a salvage mission for
their boat but it was not immediately clear how much damage the incident had caused. Frostad, said it was also not
yet known why Nicholson's crew had hit the reef,
but this would be examined in due course.
Team Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing skipper Ian Walker
said his crew had noted the damage of the reef as
they sailed past it earlier in daylight as they led the
fleet."When we went past that we actually said how
easy it would be to hit it at night. Fortunately we
went through in daylight," Walker said on the race
website as the fleet reacted to the news.
"There are different layers of charting so it's very
easy not to see it on the electronic charts and at
night time you wouldn't see it."Salthouse, 48, is a
veteran of three Volvo Ocean Races and four
America's Cup campaigns with Team New
Zealand.He is a watch captain and trimmer on board the boat.
Rae, 53, is sailing his fifth Volvo Ocean Race and has done every America's Cup campaign with Team New Zealand.
Rae is a trimmer who also handles medical emergencies on the boat. Nicholson captained Team New Zealand's last
Volvo campaign, taking Camper to second place.Team New Zealand didn't contest this round the world race as they
decided to concentrate their finances and energies on trying to win the America's Cup in 2017.That left their blue
water sailors open to other teams.The Danish yacht was a late entry in the one-design race, picking up an available
boat that could well have been Team New Zealand's had the Kiwis chosen to race.
The Volvo Ocean Race began on October 11 from Alicante and will end at Gothenburg in Sweden in June. It will cover
38,739 nautical miles in nine legs.The disaster came as the fleet was encountering a tropical storm. Team Vestas Wind
were fifth when the boat was grounded after being fourth in the opening leg from Spain to Cape Town. Team bosses
were also relieved to hear of the crew's safety. "The safety and wellbeing of the crew has been our only concern
during these difficult hours," said Morten Albaek, CEO of Vestas Wind Ocean Racing.
Photo top : Volvo Ocean Race
"We are extremely grateful to the team at Volvo Ocean Race and to Alvimedica for their support and outstanding
professionalism during the rescue operations. The extent of the damage to the boat will be evaluated and dealt with
from here on."Earlier, Oxley had given some indication of the worsening conditions as the fleet headed north in the
Indian Ocean."There's a 4-5 metre sea state, but the wind is building behind you, so you end up in a 5m head sea
running downwind, which is really bad conditions," Oxley said.
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"And it's hard to be on the right sail because the wind direction changes so dramatically in a short distance."We'll be
careful, but we'll also take an opportunity if it presents itself. It's risk/reward."Even before the leg start it was forecast
that we were going to end up in the vicinity of Mauritius at the same time as this." Source : Stuff & Co
New RNLI vessel lands in Wirral after
five day journey from Dorset
Hoylake's new £2m lifeboat has arrived in Wirral after a five day journey from the lifeboat charity’s headquarters in
Dorset. The journey gave some of the Hoylake RNLI crew on board time to get used to the boat – the Edmund
Hawthorn Micklewood – while others will face intensive training over the next week. Steve Armitage, who was
among those bringing the new boat to Hoylake, and 24 years ago helped bring the current lifeboat The Lady of
Hilbre up to Wirral, described it as an “amazing” craft.
Following his voyage with four other senior Hoylake
lifeboat crew bringing the Edmund Hawthorn
Micklewood to its new home, he said: “This one is
absolutely, totally and utterly better - bigger, faster,
more manoeuvrable, with electronic systems totally
integrated.“The trip up, the weather was mostly
gorgeous, although when we had a bit of bad
weather at the start she handled really well.“It’s a
new era, with intensive training for the next week
and we now have to cascade everything we have
learned to the others.
“The Lady of Hilbre has been a great boat and served
us well but after being on a Shannon class for five
days there is no competition.”Dave Whiteley, Hoylake
RNLI Coxswain, added: “The Shannon is much faster
and the fact it is jet propelled means it behaves
differently from a boat with propellers but once
you’ve mastered that, it is much more agile and easy
to manoeuvre in shallow water.”The Hoylake lifeboat
station is only the fourth in the UK and Ireland to receive the new Shannon class vessel.It is the first modern RNLI allweather lifeboat to be propelled by water jets instead of propellers. photo’s : Jon Godsell ©
Designed by an in-house RNLI team, it is the most agile all-weather lifeboat in the charity’s fleet and has been
developed with the safety and welfare of RNLI volunteer crews as a key priority.The new lifeboat has been funded in
part by a legacy left to the RNLI by Miss Paulette Micklewood, from Oxford, and is named Edmund Hawthorn
Micklewood in memory of her father. A community fundraising appeal also contributed towards the cost of the lifeboat,
while the new £1.5m ‘Launch and Recovery’ rig which accompanies the Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood has also been
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funded by a legacy, from local businessman Roland Hough, and is named in his honour.The launching rig operates as
a “mobile slipway” and will make the lifeboat launch and recovery process both faster and safer.
Hoylake RNLI operations manager John Curry said they were “thrilled” to receive the new boat which he said “is such
an improvement on anything else the RNLI has for speed and response times”. Mr Curry said trials had shown the
Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood could achieve more than 35 knots, although its official top speed is 25 knots, and
added: “That helps us get to the hand before it goes beneath the waves.”The Shannon replaces the station’s current
RNLI Mersey class lifeboat, Lady of Hilbre, which has operated at Hoylake since 1990, carrying out 237 rescues,
saving 263 people. Source : liverpoolecho
QE2 remains stuck in Dubai dockyard
The iconic QE2 cruise ship is still languishing in a Dubai dockyard, according to a report at the weekend. The ship,
which was flagship of the Cunard fleet for 40 years, has been stuck in Dubai for six years after plans to turn it into a
floating hotel have failed to go ahead.The QE2 had been due to sail to Zhoushan in China in October 2013 to become
a waterfront hotel with its cabins converted into 400 suites. But, according to The Sunday Times, the QE2 remains in
Dubai with a group of workers living onboard to maintain the vessel. These workers have been pictured barbecuing a
pig on one of the ship’s decks.
Photo : Peter Maanders ©
Former QE2 crew members have expressed their disappointment at the way the ship has been treated since leaving
the Cunard fleet in 2008.The Dubai-based group that currently owns the ship has not given any update on its plans for
the QE2 since last year. Source : TTG Digital
Inmarsat Maritime strengthens
distribution network with new partner
appointment
Inmarsat the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has appointed SpeedCast
International Limited (SpeedCast), a leading global network and satellite communications service provider, as a
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Distribution Partner (DP) for its flagship maritime service, FleetBroadband, and Fleet One, its new voice and broadband
data service for leisure yachts and near-shore fishing boats.
As part of the agreement signed today, SpeedCast has also been appointed as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Fleet
Xpress, Inmarsat’s high-speed broadband maritime service, delivered over the new Global Xpress (GX) constellation.
“SpeedCast is a valuable addition to our partner channel and strengthens Inmarsat’s capabilities across Asia Pacific
during a period of unprecedented investment and service development in our maritime business,” said Ronald
Spithout, President, Inmarsat Maritime. “Given their many years of experience in satellite communications and
commitment to serving the maritime industry, including strong links into the leisure market, SpeedCast is perfectly
positioned to support end-users seeking the most effective communications solutions to drive operational efficiencies
and enhance crew welfare.” “As an industry leader and pioneer of mobile satellite communications, Inmarsat has been
powering global connectivity for more than three decades,” said Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast. “We are very
pleased to solidify our partnership with Inmarsat via this appointment; it is an extension of our existing relationship
and a testament to SpeedCast’s strong market position in maritime satellite services, providing communications and IT
solutions to meet the unique requirements of our customers. Inmarsat’s portfolio of satcom solutions, including the
much anticipated Global Xpress service, will be a valuable addition to our comprehensive suite of maritime solutions.”
SpeedCast’s maritime unit has continued its growth momentum in the marketplace across all segments of the maritime
industry, including merchant shipping, offshore services, and the leisure market. SpeedCast successfully acquired
SatComms Australia, an existing Inmarsat Service Provider, earlier this year, and has for many years provided VSAT
services to Globe Wireless, which was acquired by Inmarsat in January.
Seacontractors new built DAMEN shoalbuster 3209 Fi-Fi SEA INDIA was named November 25th in the Marina
of Khawr Dubai. Photo : Laurens Bergenhenegouwen ©
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APM Terminals interested in potential
Istanbul terminal
Container terminal operating company, APM Terminals, are interested in opening a facility in Istanbul in Turkey’s
Marmara region. Although, no specific timeframe has been mentioned, Turkey’s “sizeable” economic growth compared
to the rest of Europe plus its “low container penetration ratio” are proving attractive to the multinational company.
Turkish container volumes are growing at twice the speed of GDP, which grew by 4.0% in 2013, and APM Terminals
are currently “analysing the markets to determine the preferred strategy to enter”. Mogens Wolf Larsen, managing
director of APM Terminals’ Izmir operations, told CM: “Marmara is interesting because Istanbul accounts for
approximately 60% of the total Turkey volumes, so there is scale to have a large operation. The Istanbul market is
also served by many of APM Terminals’ 60 global shipping line customers, so we would like to be able to also provide
them with our services in Istanbul.”
He continued: “The potential comes from the large scale of the market and the fact that Turkey is one of the few
countries in Europe which still provides sizable GDP growth and in addition has a low container penetration ratio, so
there is potential to containerise more of the overall export and import cargo.”He added that APM Terminals expects
the first phase of the Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT) in the Aliaga peninsula near Izmir in western Turkey to be
constructed by the end of 2015. By the end of 2016 when the terminal should be completed, it will provide a dedicated
700 m container berth with 16 m depth alongside and a total capacity of 1.3m teu.
Larsen said: “The 16 m depth alongside will enable shipping lines to call Izmir directly with large vessels on their Asia
services, which cannot be done today where the market is served through inefficient and expensive feeder vessels
through relays elsewhere in the Mediterranean.”AGT’s location is close to Izmir, the country’s second largest industrial
city, which currently has a market utilisation of 90% and therefore, may benefit from increased capacity. There will
also be the capacity to handle around 1m tonnes of general cargo through a dedicated general cargo berth. The
Hague-based firm will pay annual fees to Turkey’s largest petrochemicals maker Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS while
operating the port’s facilities for 28 years, which are located next to a Petkim plant. Petkim, owned by Azerbaijan’s
State Oil Company, and APM Terminals will invest US$450m in the port while global investment bank, Goldman Sachs,
bought a 30% stake in the port for US$250m this year. Larsen does not expect to see much collaboration between the
Izmir project and the potential new facility in Istanbul, adding: “They would address separate markets but we would
expect that some shipping lines who call both Izmir and Istanbul on the same string would see the benefit of using the
same operator in these two key markets.” Source : container.mag
Offshore: Ulstein and the First U.S. Built
X-Bow
Veteran Norwegian designer and builder Ulstein will, for the first time, build one of its signature X-Bow hull designs in
the U.S., Maritime Reporter has learned. Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Louisiana is keen to build, and
has found a Norwegian partner to share the risk. Judging by ever-evolving Ulstein business models and Jones Act
strictures, Ulstein’s U.S. foray could lead to series production of the SX 165 offshore construction vessel. The U.S.-built
combined light well-intervention and inspection, maintenance and repair vessel will be the second of the type. A
prototype will be made at Ulstein’s yard in Norway, where close collaboration with is the norm with Island Offshore,
Chouest’s joint venture partner on the project. Having Ulstein take on all the detailed engineering was said to have
been an attractive element to the deal for the U.S. yard, despite its modernity. Chouest will avoid having to assign “80
or 90 engineers” the task of overseeing the newbuild. “The idea is to build the prototype here in Norway and then to
copy that in the United States yard,” said deputy chief executive Tore Ulstein. The first SX 165 will slide the slip in
Louisiana “by Christmas 2015” despite changes to the beam and length decided late in development. “This project is
also about developing while building, and that’s of interest with respect to the yard’s capability. It’s different than with
(some yards). If you want small changes made, you’ll (often) have to come back after delivery. It’s very demanding for
the shipbuilder. The Island Performer — an SX121 of similar layout to the SX165 and delivered by Ulstein this July
— incurred last-minute design changes that included a beam widened by 2 m to 30 m on a 150 m long vessel.
Decisions to make changes were “made in stages” after steel had been laid.
“It’s a milestone for us,” said Ulstein, of Chouest building an Ulstein vessel in the United States for the first time. Older
generation UT designs now owned by Rolls-Royce had once been American-built. The X-Bows date to just 2006, when
Bourbon Offshore took delivery of the Bourbon Orca, an anchor-handling tug-supply vessel. Meeting Jones Act
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strictures “for at least one vessel” appears to have been important to the Island Offshore and ECO JV that’ll operate
the two vessels. Island is acting as coordinator on the project.
Mr. Ulstein, deputy to his equally energetic CEO sister, Gunvor Ulstein,
said the vessel LA Ship will build will be able to lift and lower the
increasingly large loads demanded by subsea construction operations.
Norwegian oil company Statoil has made much ado about its coming
“subsea factory.” and so larger surface-to-seabed loads are
anticipated.“I think this is a very interesting platform. Having a platform
of between 28 and 30 beam adds a lot of capability. We’re looking in
the direction of doing more with the same platform. We think it’ll add
competitiveness to future designs,” says Mr. Ulstein from the pit of
Ulstein’s collegial “cinema room.”The attractiveness of the design — a
750 ton handling tower; 400t main and 140t secondary cranes; two
moonpools — to the vibrant-again Gulf of Mexico suggests ECO might
want to build more of the type into its backlog. It is understood that
production of the SX165 will shift from Norway to the U.S. once the
prototype is built, although it could be well into 2016 or 2017 before the
first X-Bow built in America is launched.
Despite the promise of a growing deepwater market for subsea
operations, Mr. Ulstein tempers his enthusiasm for the vessels of this
well-work class. “I didn’t see this as a mass market. There’s room for
some, but it’s not like the PSV market which will (grow) to a higher
number (than today),” he says. He confirms, however, that the future
market for these OCV types is in the Gulf of Mexico.
In August 2014, when Ulstein unveiled the X-Stern — a design for
better station-keeping and working conditions in bigger waves — it was
clear designers had spent a lot of time speaking to ships captains and ship owners.Yet, “taking a walk with ship
owners” is, Mr. Ulstein says, just one of two ways he develops a “business model” which grew out of building sturdy
fishing vessels that rivaled the Gulf of Mexico’s early offshore designs. The other model is the “design conduit,” where
raw creativity leads to business development. “We have to balance that creativity with that need to be efficient,” he
said, before rhetorically adding, “What is the design stage? In such projects it’s more difficult to decide because you’re
deciding while developing your market.”It isn’t clear which development path the SX165 too, but the X-Stern could well
have been creativity driving business. Then again, pointing the “stern toward the weather (and the platform)” is
“natural for captains”, so a design — if not a market — was created in support of vessel commanders.
The density of owners and
suppliers in this picturesque part
of Norway has forged unique
relationships. Friends and family
work in the same companies only
to emerge in new or existing
companies as “competitors who
also cooperate.”
The Ulstein relationship with
offshore vessel owners like
Island, with its growing fleet of
offshore service vessels, has
allowed Ulstein as yard and
designer to risk playing ship
owner or at least as co-investor
for periods, spreading risk with
partners in order to build ships.
“Ulstein without the (local) maritime cluster would be nothing,” said Mr. Ulstein. Sometimes the cluster isn’t enough.
When the company took on 1.6 billion kroner in risk to series-produce the streamlined PX121 platform supply vessels
in 2011, it looked outside its local maritime cluster to the financiers at Pareto. Pareto found Nordic American Tankers,
which had an office in Sandefjord Norway, wanted in on the offshore market and was building Nordic American
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Offshore. The PX121 was a yard- and owner friendly design — “the lowest threshold entry into shipping” — and the
Ulsteins knew it. Yards “good with steel but who struggle with installations, pipe and electronics” could build it with
basic support from Ulstein. Indeed, building 30 PX121’s since 2012 and selling them has given birth to a new Ulstein
offering — pre-commissioning services, a business understood to replicate fitting in Norway for overseas yards,
including Chinese yards, where 90 Ulstein staff and newly recruited Chinese cooperate at some five yards.The SX165
X-Bow project in Louisiana is the high-water mark for yard and designer Ulstein’s cooperation with other builders.
We’re more than just an ordinary shipyard. We’re investing in vessels,” said Mr. Ulstein. Indeed, he and his sister now
preside over 40 new-build projects worldwide, including five at their own yard in Norway, where “we made it possible
to be competitive” despite contract costs “20 percent less” in China.Wherever Ulstein ships are built, 90 percent of
their content is “Norwegian maritime cluster” and “10 percent content from outside Norway”.“I think the center of
gravity is (still) in this region,” said Mr. Ulstein of this patch of western Norway. At another center — ECO’s brand new
shipyard at Houma, Louisiana — a 1,000 strong workforce is already building “several new well-stimulation vessels.”
Source : Maritime Reporter & Engineering News
Seabourn (CCL) Exercises Option on
Second Fincantieri S.p.A.-Built Ship
Seabourn, a brand of Carnival Corporation and plc has announced that it has exercised its option for a second new
40,350-GRT ship to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. It will be a sister ship to the newbuild announced
earlier this year. The first new Seabourn ship is scheduled for delivery in late 2016, and the second ship will be
delivered in spring, 2018. Hospitality design icon Adam D. Tihany will also design the second new ship in its entirety,
creating all indoor and outdoor guest areas, including multiple dining venues; the Spa at Seabourn; showrooms; casino
and lounges; outdoor deck areas; and the innovative and popular Seabourn Square, the social hub of the ship
with a club-like ambiance.
"There has been an incredible amount of excitement and interest since we announced the order for the first ship, and
we're very pleased that the demand for our brand has allowed us to add a second new ultra-luxury ship to our
expanding fleet," said Richard D. Meadows, Seabourn's president. "These two new ships will offer the understated
elegance we are known for, as well as new amenities, innovations and modern design features that embody the
hallmarks of Seabourn."
Giuseppe Bono, Fincantieri Chief Executive Officer, stated: "When dealing with such important investments, exercising
an option should never be taken for granted. We are very glad that Seabourn decided to 'double' its trust in us,
especially considering that our partnership is very young and getting stronger quickly. I believe that this clearly
demonstrates that new clients as well as old, such as Seabourn's parent company Carnival Corporation, and the
market as a whole, consider Fincantieri as the world leader in the cutting-edge cruise line sector including the ultraluxury segment where our partner for this project operates."The new ships' configuration will be based on the highly
popular Seabourn Odyssey-class ships, with one additional deck and new expanded public areas. Each ship will
carry just 604 guests based on double occupancy in luxurious all-suite, veranda accommodations. The interior
design will maintain Seabourn's high ratio of space per guest and enable highly personalized service by nearly one
staff member per guest on board. Both of the new ships will continue the fleet modernization that the line began in
2009 with the launch of SEABOURN ODYSSEY. This award-winning new class of ship, which includes Seabourn
Sojourn (2010) and Seabourn Quest (2011), has won acclaim from luxury cruisers, travel agents and journalists
alike, one of whom proclaimed the design "a game-changer for the ultra-luxury cruise segment." With the addition of
these two new vessels, Seabourn will have the most modern, ultra-luxury fleet in the industry. Source :
streetinsider
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Pirate tracking, highways in the sky and
laser deployment
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's first public mobile application gives users access to reports on maritime
piracy around the world, including NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Message database, a searchable catalogue of recent
pirate attacks that includes geographic coordinates.A search of the database returned 19 reports of attacks in the last
month in far-flung waters, from Colombia to Indonesia.The app is available through iTunes and will soon be available
through Google Play, NGA said. Data that users store from the app is available to them even without Wi-Fi or cellular
connection, the agency added."These reports are useful for all mariners -- military, commercial and the general public
-- traveling through active piracy hot spots," NGA Director Robert Cardillo said in a statement.
D.C. first with 'highways in the sky'
The Washington D.C. region's three major airports were the first in the nation to use a part of the Federal Aviation
Administration's state-of-the-art air traffic control system in tandem.The agency said just before Thanksgiving that
three satellite-based "highways in the sky" systems would enable three parallel optimized profile descents (OPD) for
aircraft serving Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Dulles International Airport and Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport.The OPD directs aircraft to descend from cruising altitude to the runway in a
smooth, continuous arc, instead of the traditional staircase descent. The smooth arc reduces fuel consumption,
pollution and radio voice traffic between controllers and pilots, according to the FAA. Clearances required during each
step of a staircase descent are eliminated with the new technology, the agency said.The OPD into
Baltimore/Washington opened in November, joining the existing OPDs into Dulles and National, according to the FAA.
Complementary, satellite-based departure paths are also being rolled out at the three airports that allow aircraft to
more quickly join high-altitude traffic streams.
Navy deploys first laser weapon in Persian Gulf
The U.S. Navy has deployed its first laser weapon on the amphibious transport ship USS Ponce patrolling in the Persian
Gulf, Defense Systems reports.Initial deployment of the prototype Laser Weapon System, or LaWS, came in late
August. The 30-kilowatt laser weapon could be used to knock out enemy drones or small boats. Navy officials have
touted the system as an "extremely affordable, multi-mission weapon" since it can be fired as long as electrical power
is available. It would also eliminate the need to carry propellants and explosives aboard warships. Source : fcw
Harold Linssen Port Personality of the
Year 2014
The Rotterdam-based foundation Port Personality of the Year (in Dutch: Stichting Havenman/vrouw van het Jaar) has
unanimously awarded managing director Harold Linssen of Keppel Verolme the honour of becoming Port
Personality of the Year 2014. It is the first time that a representative from the shipbuilding, ship refit, ship repair and
maintenance industry receives this title. Members of the foundation have chosen Harold Linssen as the Port Personality
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of 2014, because with the docking of the world’s biggest cruise vessel ‘Oasis of
the Seas’ Keppel Verolme once again draws attention of the public to the
importance of the maritime industry in the port of Rotterdam.
Harold Linssen is the 34th entrepreneur in the port community in a row to
receive the distinction, which was established in 1981 by the then Rotterdambased Harbour Press Club Kyoto. He will officially succeed Port Personality 2013
Raymond Riemen mid January 2015. Tradition entails the distinction will be
handed over on the second Monday in January, in this case during a festive gettogether on board the ‘Smaragd’ on 12th January 2015. On that venue,
Foundation Port Personality of the Year chairman Frank de Kruif will provide
further details as to why Harold Linssen has been awarded and Linssen can rely on
receivinga medal of honour and a framed certificate. The Foundation Port
Personality of the Year consists of a Board of four members (independent
journalists) of the former Port Press Club Kyoto, the three Personality of the Year
predecessors, the recently awarded Jong Port Talent (of the port of Rotterdam)
and three sponsors of the Foundation Port Personality of the Year.
AHTS Go Phoenix arriving in Freemantle on 02-12-2014 from her offshore search for flight MH370. She will take
bunkers and stores and return approximately 1200 NM offshore for another 6 weeks search with side scan sonar gear,
visible on her aft deck. Photo : Peter Sierdsma, Global Maritime o/b Surf Supporter.(c)
DongBang and OHT select OCTOPUS
advisory solution
Decision-support tool enables safer and more efficient heavy lift operations.
Amarcon, an ABB Group company, announced that the company will deliver OCTOPUS-Onboard vessel advisory
solutions to a total of three vessels owned by Norwegian oil service company OHT AS and Korean heavy cargo
transporter DongBang. The information and control system will support the vessels route planning, optimization of
speed and insight in critical motions. The repeat order with OHT encompasses OCTOPUS motion monitoring and
forecasting for vessel M/V Albatross. Amarcon has previously delivered advisory suites to OHT’s heavy lift cargo
vessels Eagle, Falcon, Osprey and Hawk. “We have deployed the OCTOPUS technology across our fleet to
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improve the safety and efficiency of critical heavy lift transportation operations. All the other vessels of OHT use the
OCTOPUS technology in order to execute critical heavy lift transportation projects in a safe and efficient way. For us it
was therefore a logical step to also equip the newest edition in our fleet, the M/V Albatross, with this system”, says
Bertil Rognes, Project Engineer at OHT.
Under the contract with DongBang, Amarcon will deliver OCTOPUS-onboard systems and motion monitor systems
(TMS-3) to two heavy freight cargo vessels, the DongBang Giant No 2 and Giant No 3. The motion monitor system
is based on three accelerometers that continuously provide the crew with information for decision-making support.
Both OHT and DongBang will have access to OCTOPUS-Online, which is an online reporting service. By using this
tool, the vessel owner can download and display all measured motions and accelerations that are collected from the
vessel.
The SAGA SAPPHIRE passing Hoek van Holland enroute Schiedam Photo : Kees Torn ©
Tanker market’s rebound is due to strong
demand and lack of tonnage supply
Limited fleet growth, coupled with strong demand from nations such as India and China have been the main driving
forces behind the rebound of tanker rates over the course of the past few months. According to recent reports from
shipbroker Poten & Partners, since the summer of 2013, VLCCs on the AG-East route, for example, have returned
$30,500/day year-to-date versus $12,300/day during the same period of 2013. It added that this recovery of the spot
market has manifested itself in two ways: (1) increased volatility due to a tighter supply/demand balance and (2)
higher peaks and troughs.One of the key reasons for this development has been the fact that for most tanker markets,
fleet growth has been modest at the very best (VLCCs), or not at all. Poten said that “for the Suezmax, Aframax and
Panamax segments, the fleet size (in number of vessels) actually declined. The one exception has been the Medium
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Range product carrier (MR) segment, which saw a net influx of 66 vessels, according to our data. In our opinion, the
overall modest fleet growth has been the main driver of the tanker market so far this year.
Meanwhile, despite the fact that Asian oil demand is still touted as one the main reasons which could cause another
downturn in the tanker markets going forward, Poten said that this may not be the case. According to the shipbroker,
“crude oil imports into Asia are quite volatile on a month-by-month basis, but the overall trend is still positive. The
most recent reports out of China are quite bullish for the oil and tanker market, even though the official Chinese GDP
numbers for Q3 2014 came in at a disappointing 7.3% growth versus the same quarter of 2013. China’s implied oil
demand in September increased 6.2% from August and reached a seven-month peak. This was primarily driven by
growth in Chinese gasoline demand, which increased 18% year-on-year (up 11% YTD) and a recovery in diesel
demand”.Poten added that “oil product demand in the other key Asian market, India, also remains robust. Gasoline
demand has increased 10% YTD and diesel demand is up as well. In October, the new Indian government lifted state
controls on diesel prices to encourage investment in the country’s refining industry and reduce its fiscal deficit.
Because of weakening crude oil prices, Indian retailers have been able to lower prices at the pump, which may
stimulate further growth in diesel consumption. India ended price controls for gasoline back in 2010. Healthy demand
for tonnage has already pushed up rates for VLCCs and Suezmax tankers en route to Asia. Lower oil prices could
stimulate oil demand in Asia even further in the coming months, as it may well stimulate opportunistic stock building in
China and India”, it concluded.
Meanwhile, in terms of future fleet growth, Poten said that the current trend established in 2014, could very well
continue into 2015. The shipbroker draws this conclusion, by comparing the orderbook scheduled for delivery in 2015
with the fleet that will be 20 years or older during the same time period, which is the main source of future scrapping
or conversion. More specifically, Poten estimates that “the VLCC fleet may grow slightly and the MR segment will most
likely grow at a faster pace (unless there is much more scrapping than expected or deliveries are increasingly
delayed). The medium-sized segments, however, seem to be fairly balanced. Obviously, tanker demand growth will
also be a significant factor in the equation, but based on the developments on the supply side, the outlook appears to
be most encouraging for the medium-sized (crude) tankers. The supply outlook for MRs is rather challenging, but for
that segment the demand prospects could be more favorable”, it concluded. Source : Nikos Roussanoglou,
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
December 1, 2014, the Heavy Load Carrier ZHEN HUA 8 south in the Sound on the way to Gdynia with two Container
cranes.Built at Uddevallavarvet, Sweden 1980 as VIKING FALCON. Photo : Per Körnefeldt ©
South American Dry Bulk Exports
Making A Return?
South America is significant in global dry bulk trade, with exports from the region accounting for around 650mt in 2013
(equivalent to 15% of total dry bulk trade). However, in 2012-13, growth in South American dry bulk exports was
weak and accounted for just 2% of global trade growth. This included a decline in iron ore, coal and minor bulk
shipments out of the region.
Recovering Exports
Following the financial crisis, when dry bulk trade declined, trade recovered somewhat with South American exports
rising by 130mt in 2010-11. Most of the growth was accounted for by Brazil’s iron ore exports, which make up the
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11, contributing to an overall 71mt rise in South American iron ore exports. Elsewhere, coal exports from the region,
largely accounted for by Colombia, recovered by 13mt in 2010-11 to reach 80mt. Meanwhile, grain exports (including
soybeans) from Argentina and Paraguay bounced back in 2010 following a decline in 2009. This drove an overall 29mt
increase in South American grain exports in 2010-11 to total 89mt.
Miner Setbacks
But, in 2012-13, South American dry bulk exports grew only slightly (10mt). Total iron ore exports fell by 7mt as
Brazilian mining was partly affected by heavy rainfall which hampered output and logistics in Q1 2012 and Q4 2013.
Miners also experienced delays in acquiring environmental licenses and project development. Meanwhile, Colombian
coal exports also fell due to strikes at the country’s two largest coal mines, and the temporary suspension of a major
miner’s loading license. Also during this period, estimated minor bulk exports from the region fell, partly due to a
reduction in Argentina’s soymeal and Chile’s salt exports. In contrast, grain exports from South America grew by 23mt
in 2012-13 as Brazil and Argentina ramped up wheat and coarse grain exports when shipments from the US were
restricted due to a drought in the 2012/13 crop year.
Set For Strong Growth?
Despite weak growth in 2012-13, this year has seen an improvement in South American exports, with total growth of
70mt expected in 2014-15, which would account for 20% of global dry bulk trade growth. Iron ore export growth is
expected to make up 48mt of this rise (equivalent to 20% of total projected ore trade growth). In the year to date,
Brazil’s iron ore exports have risen partly due to a lack of weather disruptions and further growth is expected in 2015
as miners ramp up output. Elsewhere, despite disruptions to Colombian coal exports in early 2014, the implementation
of direct loading infrastructure at ports is expected to support an 8mt rise in South American coal exports in 2014-15.
Meanwhile, grain export growth out of the region is expected to continue, partly supported by China’s strong soybean
demand growth.So, the short-term outlook for growth in South American dry bulk exports is more positive than in
recent years. Historically, exports from the region have been an important part of dry bulk trade, and after a recent
slowdown in growth it looks like South America may be returning to form again. Source: Clarksons
Coast Guard official fails to appear in
court over ferry tragedy
A Coast Guard official accused of leading a poor initial rescue operation during April's ferry disaster failed to appear at
his first court hearing Monday, citing time constraints.Kim Kyoung-il, the captain of the 100-ton rescue boat called
123, was indicted on charges of negligence of duty and removing some of the work records written on the day of the
ferry sinking and filing new content, possibly out of fear that his rescue team's poor initial response would be
disclosed.
"The defendant is currently on duty and has not yet fully consulted with a lawyer," Kim's lawyer said during the first
trial session held at a district court in this southern city, adding that more time is needed for consultation.It is
customary for both the defendant and his or her lawyer to appear at the first trial session.The 123 boat of the
maritime police office in Mokpo, a southwestern port city, was the first to arrive at the scene when the 6,825-ton
Sewol sank on April 16 off the country's southwest coast, claiming more than 300 lives.Kim was charged with not
properly following the Coast Guard disaster management manual and not taking any proper measure as the person in
charge of the scene.The next court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 22. Source : yonhap
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Australia rules out open tender for new
submarines, Japan in box seat
By Matt Siegel
Australia will not hold an open tender to replace its ageing Collins-class submarines, government officials said on
Tuesday, a decision that bolsters Japan's position as the likely builder of the new multibillion-dollar fleet. Reuters
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reported in September that Australia was leaning towards buying as many as 12 off-the-shelf stealth submarines from
Japan despite fierce domestic opposition to buying the vessels abroad instead of building them at home. Australia did
not have time for an open bidding process, Treasurer Joe Hockey said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation. "We need to make decisions now and we don't have time to go through a speculation process. We do not
have time for people to suggest that they can build something that hasn't been built," he said."No, we don't have time
for that because Labor failed to make decisions," he said, referring to the previous government, now in opposition. A
spokesman for Defence Minister David Johnston said no manufacturer had yet been chosen, but confirmed that an
open tender was off the table. Prime Minister Tony Abbott had previously pledged the submarines would be built in the
state of South Australia, where unemployment exceeds the national average, but his government began back-pedalling
in July, signalling cost and schedule were paramount. Since then, pressure has mounted on Abbott from regional
officials, labour unions and members of his own party to have a competitive tender. Sources have said Australia is
strongly considering a replacement for the Collins based on the 4,000-tonne Soryu-class ships built by Japan's
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Such a deal would mark Japan's re-entry into the global
arms market, just months after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended a ban on weapons exports as part of his efforts to
steer Japan away from decades of pacifism.But strong interest from European manufacturers willing to build
submarines in Australia had recently emerged.Swedish defence firm Saab France's state-controlled naval contractor
DCNS and Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems have all expressed interest. Last week Johnston apologised after
saying he would not trust government-owned submarine firm ASC "to build a canoe", comments that fuelled
expectations that most work on the A$40 billion ($33.96 billion) programme would go offshore. Source : Reuters
(Editing by Dean Yates)
More counter-piracy duty for Navy OPVs
her tour of counter-piracy duty in the Mozambique channel on December 12 and one of her sister craft, SAS Isaac
Dyobha (P1565), will take up station for the next six weeks.The offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) are increasingly being
used as platforms to carry Maritime Reaction Squadron (MRS) teams who are responsible for the boarding and
searching suspect vessels.
Operation Copper is a tri-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) initiative to reduce piracy off the
east coast of southern Africa. President Jacob Zuma extended South Africa’s commitment to the operation until the
next of February next year. South Africa, along with Mozambique and Tanzania, committed to the counter-piracy
operation in 2011. Isaac Dyobha is scheduled to be replaced by SAS Galeshewe (P1567) as the command cadre of
the maritime arm of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) appears to be moving to using exclusively OPVs on
Operation Copper deployments. Galeshewe is set to take over from Isaac Dyobha at the end of January. The OPVs
currently operated by the Navy are all refurbished Warrior Class strikecraft with Makhanda coming out of SA Shipyards
Durban facility earlier this year. She then successfully underwent all acceptance trials and was deployed on her first
tour of counter-piracy duty in July.
The Navy initially deployed its Valour Class frigates for Operation Copper duty but the reintroduction of the OPVs,
albeit as modified vessels but still capable of packing a punch, has seen them used almost exclusively in this task.
Air support is provided by a C-47TP operated by AFB Ysterplaat-based 35 Squadron based at Pemba in Mozambique.
An Oryx helicopter is also usually deployed to Pemba in Mozambique as further aerial support. This aircraft is provided
by either15, 17 or 19 Squadron.While South Africa has maintained a naval and aerial presence in the Mozambique
Channel only one maritime platform, the supply ship SAS Drakensberg has actively worked a piracy contact. She was
designated in the “stopper” role for an EU Naval Force action further up the east African coast off Somalia.
Source : defenceweb
China dispatches escort fleet to Somali
waters
The 19th Chinese naval squad left Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, on Tuesday to conduct
escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters.The fleet, sent by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy,
comprises of missile frigates Linyi and Weifang, as well as supply ship Weishanhu, with two helicopters and more than
700 troops.It will replace the 18th escort fleet currently conducting similar missions in the area. It is the first time the
two frigates will undertake the job. China sent its first convoy fleet to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters in December
2008. The previous 18 fleets have escorted more than 5,800 Chinese and foreign vessels and successfully rescued or
aided more than 60 ships. Source : ECNS
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SHIPYARD NEWS
The SAGA SAPPHIRE assisted by the SD SPARTA and ZP CHALONE entering the drydock at Damen Shiprepair
in Schiedam Photo : Jan Simons ©
ZNT Yard delivers SAR boat of Project
23040 to RF Ministry of Defense
On November 24, 2014, ZNT Yard and RF Ministry of Defense signed an acceptance/delivery certificate for
multipurpose offshore Search and Rescue Boats of project 23040, the shipyard says.In late March 2013, ZNT Yard
signed a state contract for the construction of 16 SAR boats of 23040 design ordered by Russian MoD. The first four
vessels were built and delivered to Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet based in Novorossiysk by the end of 2013. In 2014,
ZNT delivered 6 vessels of the series in compliance with the contract. The 23040-series boat will join the Search and
Rescue Unit of the Black Sea Fleet.The 2015 delivery schedule includes six boats for the Baltic Fleet (Kronshtadt).
JSC Nizhny Novgorod Motor Vessel Yard (ZNT Yard), based in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, was founded in 1911.
Today, the shipbuilding firm with its in-house design bureau specializes in the construction of supply and auxiliary
fleet, harbor equipment and marine engines and provides a broad range of ranged services. Source : PortNews
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French offshore wind industry hopes to
catch up with Germany
France's offshore wind industry has called on the government to open a third tender and said it would work to reduce
costs to catch up with foreign competitors. France is aiming to have 6,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity
by 2020, but has so far only issued two tenders for a combined 3,000 MW to be installed by that date.
And while France currently does not have any offshore turbines installed, Britain, Denmark, Germany and other
countries have built more than 2,000 with combined capacity of 7,000 MW.
Germany's Siemens and Denmark's Vestas have European market shares of about 60 and 23 percent respectively.
Meanwhile, the French industry feels its government is falling behind its own modest target. "Let's be clear, France will
not reach its target," French renewable energy lobby SER president Jean-Louis Bal told reporters.Bal said the industry
aimed to lower the cost of offshore wind from about 200 euros per megawatt/hour (MWh) at the first two French
tenders to around 100-120 euros/MWh by 2030.
But foreign players already achieve 125-140 euros, while Dong Energy, Europe's largest offshore developer, is aiming
for 100 euros by 2020, a decade before French industry. French groups Alstom and Areva, part of different
consortiums to sell turbines for the French tenders, have European market shares of less than one percent."French
players need to acquire a European dimension," said Areva Renewables CEO Louis-Francois Durret.Areva and Spanish
partner Gamesa are ready with the design of an 8 MW turbine and expect to build a prototype by the end of 2015 or
early 2016 and a prototype at sea in early 2017."We are very confident, as our 8 MW turbine is based on the same
concept as our 5 MW turbine," Durret said.
Areva is part of a GDF Suez-led group that won a 4 billion euro French tender for 1,000 MW in March.Alstom, part of
an EDF-led consortium that won the first French tender, is opening its first two factories in Saint Nazaire, France, on
Tuesday. Alstom renewables chief Denis Cochet said coming late was not necessarily a handicap, as in onshore wind
Alstom had built up a strong market position after a late start.GDF Suez renewables boss Jean-Baptiste Sejourne said
it was realistic for French to aim for 15,000 MW of capacity by 2030. Source : Reuters (Editing by Mark Potter)
Alba Tanker buys tanker unit of
bankrupt OW Bunker to retain assets
OW TANKER, a unit of bankrupt OW Bunker and owner of its bunker vessels, has been taken over by a newlycreated company, Alba Tanker, which has the trustees of the bankrupt company on its board. The world's largest
fuel supplier, OW Bunker, collapsed earlier last month after it claimed that it had lost US$300 million in hedging losses
and unauthorised credit lines given in Singapore, reported London's Tanker Operator.
Fleet manager Henrik Pedersen told Reuters that the takeover by Alba Tanker was part of the process of securing
assets for the estate."We are not a very big part of the company," Mr Pedersen said. "We're the shipowning part of
OW Bunker and Trading. And that was our biggest client, of course, but we have always been run as a separate
company."OW Tanker owns 10 vessels and charters 19, according to its website. Mr Pedersen said it employs 115
people, mostly vessel crews and is now looking for new clients.
In another move, PricewaterhouseCoopers said it had agreed with ING Bank NV and OW Bunker's trustees to work
together in recouping $750 million the company owes to a group of 13 banks, including ING. Source : Asian Shipper
Ocean Three delays launch till midJanuary as CMA CGM breaks off old ties
THE launch of the Ocean Three alliance has been delayed until late January as the network re-organises services, says
United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) president and CEO Jorn Hinge. Alliance partners China Shipping and UASC are ready
to go, but CMA CGM must still extricate itself from joint services with non-member lines, said Mr Hinge, reports Lloyd's
List.
The alliance has survived US regulatory scrutiny as it had already been approved by the Federal Maritime Commission
without a detailed review because of its low 13 per cent market share in the US trades. Ocean Three will have a 20 per
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cent market share of the Asia-Europe trade, which is within the European Commission's threshold for a consortium's
block exemption from competition rules.
The network serves three main trades in 17 fixed-day weekly loops, 159 ships of combined capacity of 1.5 million TEU
carrying capacity serving 91 ports of call. 42 ships of 300,000 TEU will serve the Asia-Mediterranean trade in four
weekly loops making 59 weekly calls at 31 ports.While transatlantic services have not yet been finalised, the network
will offer seven weekly loops in the Asia-North American trades, deploying 52 vessels with a capacity of 400,000 TEU
serving 29 ports. Source : Asian Shipper
New members invited to join the Isle of
Man Maritime Group ahead of major
London 2015 event
The Isle of Man Maritime Group, which was formed earlier in the year to promote the Isle of Man as a maritime centre
of excellence, has announced that they will soon be signing up as an official sponsors of the London International
Shipping Week in September 2015 (“LISW”). In addition to becoming Bronze sponsors, the Group also plans to host its
own event– an announcement which follows their very successful inagural event at the International Festival for
Business in Liverpool in June (IFB2014), where the Group’s event was hailed by organisers as one of the highlights of
the Maritime, Logisitcs and Energy week.
LISW is the must attend maritime event of 2015, with over 100 industry functions and networking opportunities taking
place during the 7th – 11th September 2015 in the heart of London. Organised by Shipping Innovation, the event is
aimed at leaders across all sectors of the international shipping industry – from regulators, charterers, ship owners,
ship managers, bunker suppliers, lawyers, ship brokers, bankers, insurers, commodity traders, ship suppliers, port
operators and shipping service providers.
Isle of Man Maritime Group Chairman, Bruce McGregor, commented, “LISW presents the perfect opportunity for the
Group to build on the awareness and publicity generated from our event at the International Festival for Business. The
Isle of Man has a very strong maritime sector and we are keen to promote the fact that although the Group are Island
based, our expertise spreads globally – many of our members have international offices and large international client
portfolios.
We are currently planning to host an evening reception as part of LISW on Tuesday 8th September 2015, where we
hope to attract a large international audience. We will be inviting guests to come and network with us, explore our
maritime history and learn more about the strength and breadth of services provided by Isle of Man based
organisations. LISW provides a great new opportunity to showcase the Isle of Man Maritime Group and its members”.
The Isle of Man Maritime Group was formed to enable locally represented companies, with an interest in the shipping
and maritime sector, to promote the Isle of Man and its members to the international maritime community, as well as
to explore shared business opportunities. The Group would like to welcome expressions of interest from any Isle of
Man based maritime related companies to join the Group ahead of LISW.
Current members of the Isle of Man Maritime group include: Baker Tilly; Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement; Bibby
Ship Management; Bibby Ship Travel; Boston Limited; Cayman National Bank and Trust Company (Isle of Man)
Limited; Döhle; ICM Group; i-Bos Ltd; Isle of Man Ship Registry; Isle of Man Shipping Association; the Isle of Man
SuperYacht Forum; KPMG and PDMS. The Group maintains close communications with the Department of Economic
Development (DED), with respect to complementary activities. Source: Isle of Man Maritime Group
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