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1 Number 211** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS ***Thursday THIS EDITION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : VLIERODAM WIRE ROPES Ltd. wire ropes, chains, hooks, shackles, webbing slings, lifting beams, crane blocks, turnbuckles etc. Binnenbaan VB RHOON The Netherlands Telephone: (+31) (+31) (a.o.h.) Fax : (+31) Internet & info@vlierodam.nl The WESTERSINGEL seen at the Damen Shiprepair yard in Schiedam. Photo : Harry Tichelaar PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 1 9/14/2005

2 Save the ELBE Giro rekening No Att : Piet Sinke - Stationsweg HR Hoek van Holland The score until today : Euro EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS A team of SMIT Salvage refloated the ARTIC 1 in the Gulf of Mexico, the semi submersible rig was broken loose from her moorings and pushed on top of a wellhead by the hurricane Katerina. Photo : Henk Doornhein Pompen van Pasman naar rampgebied New Orleans Nederland stuurt drie pompen met een capaciteit van elk drie miljoen liter per uur naar het rampgebied in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten. De pompen zijn geleverd aan Rijkswaterstaat door Pasman Motoren & Aggregaten in Baak. Aqualink-lid Dolf Pasman vliegt mee voor de begeleiding. Een team van experts van Rijkswaterstaat is zaterdagmorgen 10 september in alle vroegte vertrokken naar New Orleans. Naar aanleiding van een eerder aanbod om hulp te bieden in het rampgebied in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten, is Rijkswaterstaat op 6 september door de Amerikaanse autoriteiten gevraagd drie pompen en bedieningsexperts te leveren. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 2 9/14/2005

3 Het materieel werd zondag 11 september naar New Orleans vervoerd. Vanwege de zware vracht - een truck met oplegger, drie pompen, vacuümmachines, een duizend litertank en 220 meter aan leidingen met een diameter van zestig centimeter - kon alleen een vliegtuig van het type Antonov het materieel transporteren. De Antonov vertrok zondag vanaf vliegbasis Eindhoven van de Koninklijke Luchtmacht. Op deze vliegbasis werden de truck met de pompen en drie containers zaterdagavond ingeladen. Chem Tankers Prepare To Carry Gasoline Stolt-Nielsen and Odfjell, the two biggest chemical tanker operators, are among shipowners switching more of their vessels to carry gasoline to the U.S. to meet surging demand as the International Energy Agency releases fuel from its stockpiles. The conversions will avert a shortage of tankers to carry additional oil supplied by the agency, Jenkins said. The agency's 26 member nations plan to release 1.97 million barrels of oil a day for a 30-day period, of which 19 percent will be gasoline, the agency said. A jump in demand for tankers has pushed freight rates to near records after Hurricane Katrina disrupted production in the Gulf of Mexico, prompting oil companies and traders to move fuel across the Atlantic to profit from differences in prices between the regions. Crude oil makes up 65 percent of the agency's stockpile release, distillates such as gas oil make up 14 percent, and fuel oil makes up 2 percent, the agency said. CPA fines 35 vessels for violating maritime rules The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) fined 35 cargo ships, oil tankers and trawlers for their alleged involvement with violating of the maritime rules. Sources said, the CPA Magistrate Mohammed Munir Chowdhury conducted a mobile court at the sea area of Chittagong Port yesterday and today and fined a total Taka 4 lakh from 3,535 cargo ships, oil tankers and trawlers under Merchant Shipping Ordinance of The CPA magistrate ordered the withdrawal MV Kafil Uddin for the sake of security of the port channel. Man overboord en vermist bij werk in Europa haven Dinsdagavond 13 september kregen de opvarende van de Hoekse reserve KNRM reddingboot Dorus Rijkers om 20,15 uur alarm via TCH. De mededeling luidt man overboord van het vaartuig d'artagnan en niet meer bovengekomen. Opvarenden van het werkschip d'artagnan hadden even voor uur alarm geslagen dat tijdens werkzaamheden een man te water was geraakt. Binnen 6 minuten na alarm was de reddingboot met bemanning onderweg naar de Europahaven waar een politievaartuig al aanwezig was en de KNRM reddingboot met schepen van onder andere de RPA en politie zochten naar de vermiste man. Gealarmeerde duikers waren om ter plaatse van de d'artagnan waar de man te water was geraakt. De duikploegen hebben drie duikpogingen ondernomen, helaas zonder resultaat. Het zoeken naar de man werd bemoeilijkt door de grootte van de haven en de diepte van 21 meter. Later op de avond werden diverse vaartuigen bedankt en gingen retour. Enkele vaartuigen waren om middernacht nog aan het dreggen naar de vermiste Nederlander van middelbare leeftijd. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 3 9/14/2005

4 Met vragen kunt U contact opnemen met Ron Zegers, PR-Coördinator, en bemanning reddingboot "Kapiteins Hazewinkel" Van Spilbergenstraat BZ Hoek van Holland. Tel ron.zegers@chello.nl De Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij wordt uitsluitend door vrijwillige bijdragen in stand gehouden SHIP MYSTERY SIX Ukranian sailors were rescued from their boat and quarantined in Stornoway last night after being struck down with a mystery illness. They were rushed to a sealed-off ward in the Western Isles Hospital from the 97,000 tonne cargo ship Yeoman Bridge. Health bosses were last night making contingency plans amid fears that more of the 39 crewmen would have to be taken ashore. A spokesman said: "They are being treated in isolation from other patients as a precaution CASUALTY REPORT Zwarte Zwaantje zinkt bij uitdokken Het speeltuinschip 'Zwarte Zwaantje', de vroegere veerpont Gorinchem V, is donderdag 8 september na het uitdokken gezonken bij scheepswerf Van Brink (pier 8) in Rotterdam. Het vaartuig is nog niet geborgen en door de RPA afgebakend met boeien. Het Zwarte Zwaantje heeft zijn ligplaats in de Maashaven en zou na de dokbeurt door de welzijnsstichting AMVV worden overgedragen aan de LOVK, de vereniging voor Landelijke Onderwijs aan Varende Kleuters. Foto : Frans Sanderse PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 4 9/14/2005

5 Vessel Holed and Grounded On September 13, 2005 the m/v "Ladoga-101" got holed having collided with an unidentified object while entering the Gulf of Finland. The vessel owned by North-Western Shipping Company JSC was going from the Finnish port Vuoksi to the English port Sherihamn via the Saima Channel with steel (1641 tons) and carving wood (270 tons) on board. As the north-western regional center of the Emergency Control Ministry told SeaNews, there are no oil spills and victims as a result of the accident. The captain of the vessel decided to strand the ship to avoid water entry. The reasons of the accident are under investigation. As present the vessel is affecting the navigation in the channel as it is stranded in the fairway. NAVY NEWS THIS SECTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : ANGLO DUTCH SHIPBROKERS bvba Petrus Bogaertslaan SCHILDE BELGIUM Tel : Fax : anglodutch@pandora.be Inzet Van Amstel bij Biloxi ten einde Nederland heeft op dinsdag 13 september de inzet van het fregat Hr.Ms. Van Amstel ten behoeve van de inwoners van de Amerikaanse stad Biloxi beëindigd. Mede dankzij de bemanning van de Van Amstel is de eerste nood gelenigd en zijn stad en omstreken weer vanaf het achterland bereikbaar voor hulpgoederen en hulpdiensten. Daardoor kan de Amerikaanse hulp zich nog verder ontplooien en hoeft het Nederlandse fregat niet langer te blijven. Foto : Royal Netherlands Navy Bemanningsleden van de Van Amstel hebben de afgelopen dagen geholpen met het weer begaanbaar maken van wegen en het opruimen van de verwoeste stad. De marinehelikopters vlogen hulpgoederen naar de moeilijk bereikbare locaties. Ook voorzag Nederlands marinepersoneel in de primaire levensbehoeften van de bevolking in het door de orkaan Katrina verwoeste gebied. Ter plekke PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 5 9/14/2005

6 deelden ze voedsel en schoon water uit. Als laatste hielpen ze met het ontladen van een Antonov vliegtuig met waterpompen en verbandmiddelen uit Nederland. The Russian navy museum ship AURORA seen here moored in St.Petersburg Photo : Rob Kievit Two newbuilding frigates for Brunei moored in Rosyth, the FFGH 28 NAKHODA RAGAM and the FFGH 29 BENDAHARA SAKAM, both built together with sister FFGH 30 JERAMBAK at the BAE Systems yard in Scotstoun. Photo : Jan van der Klooster PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 6 9/14/2005

7 The Frigates are measuring 1500 ton with a length of 95 mtr, beam of 12,8 mtr. The ships are powered by Paxman diesels for a top speed of over 30 knots, and equipped with 8 MM 40 Exocet Block 2 SSM missiles ; 1 Sea Wolf vertical missile launch SAM syst. (16 missiles); and 1 76-mm 62-cal. OTOBreda SuperRapid DP on the forecastle and 2 single 30-mm 75-cal. DS-30 AA + 2 single 7.62-mm mg guns. The vessels are able to stay at sea for 14 days, with a maximum range of 5800 nm by a speed of 12 knots, the crew consist out of 8 officers and 54 enlisted crewmembers. US warship arrives in China for visit A top grade US guided missile destroyer arrived at one of China's main ports as part of efforts by the two countries to increase military-to-military exchanges, AFP reported. US Navy Aegis guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur cruises into Qingdao port in east China's Shandong Province for a fourday visit September 13, The USS Curtis Wilbur, an Arleigh Burke class Aegis guided missile destroyer will spend several days at Qingdao, a key port of China's North Fleet, officials said. "This is an opportunity for the US personnel to meet their counterparts in the People's Liberation Army navy," US navy officials said. "The port call will provide the crew of more than 300 sailors aboard USS Curtis Wilbur a chance for sightseeing and cultural exchanges." The USS Curtis Wilbur is deployed to the Western Pacific and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. It is part of the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier group. The destroyer is equipped with the Aegis Combat System which integrates the ship's sensors and weapons systems to engage anti-ship missile threats. SHIPYARD NEWS THIS SECTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : RENERGI-mergi --mergi added to the fuel, changes the structure of the hydro carbons within the fuel. This will increase the efficiency of the combustion process and effectively lead to: * Cleaner turbochargers, exhaust gas boilers and engines. WESTMARK bv * Extended maintenance intervals and reduced consumption Postbus 1082 of spare parts EB Woudenberg * Lower emissions and substantially cleaner exhaust gasses. The Netherlands * Reduced fuel consumption Tel + 31 (0) * Easy and simple dosing system Fax + 31 (0) westmark@cablesafe.com website : : PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 7 9/14/2005

8 Lindo beefs up staff Danish shipyard Lindo has recruited 235 workers since 1 January as it seeks to boost productivity. And the yard will continue to improve its efficiency, as part of a strategy including investment, its boss Torben Anker Soerensen told the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, The AP Moller-Maersk yard wants to improve the use of its capacity. In June, Lindo said it was looking for 175 new staff, including 25 engineers. It has about 2,000 employees and builds boxships for Maersk Line. The Danish yard was told by board chairman Michael Pram Rasmussen earlier this year to increase productivity after losing DKK 500m ($87.41m) in It is based in Odense on the island of Funen. LNG era for shipyards China will build at least 30 tankers over the next decade to ship in liquefied natural gas to feed its voracious energy appetite, according to an industry official. China will build at least 30 tankers over the next decade to ship in liquefied natural gas to feed its voracious energy appetite, according to an industry official. Although China's first ever LNG tanker will not be delivered until the end of 2007, its shipyards will be able to build more than 10 tankers annually by 2015, Yan Weiping, general manager of China LNG Shipping (Holdings) said at an industry conference Tuesday. Each will cost about US$160 million (HK$1.25 billion), he said. Beijing has decided to allow three domestic oil majors, CNOOC, PetroChina and Sinopec, to build 10 or 11 LNG terminals along the coast, with total capacity of about 30 million tonnes by The first terminal for the super- cooled, compressed natural gas will start operation in the middle of next year in Guangdong. Before the first China-made LNG ship is in use, Australia LNG, the gas provider to the Guangdong terminal, would offer tankers to meet requirements until 2007, Yan said. ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES THIS SECTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : TOTAL VESSEL MANAGEMENT K.P. van der Mandelelaan MB Rotterdam (Brainpark) - The Netherlands Telephone : (31) Fax : (31) mail@workships.nl Telex : wosh nl PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 8 9/14/2005

9 The WARLOCK arrived with the ANNA 4 in IJmuiden from the MICHELLE location Photo : Joop Marechal Great Eastern sells Indian shipowner Great Eastern is cashing in on the high secondhand value of modern tonnage with the sale of the 46,000-dwt Jag Prakash (built 2003). The double hulled tanker built by Hanjin Heavy Industries in South Korea is due to be handed over to its new owner during the third quarter. Great Eastern said its decision to sell was not only influenced by high asset values but that it had three similar medium range tankers on its order boom. Mumbai based Great Eastern currently owns 13 crude tanker, 17 products vessels, two gas carriers and 12 bulkers in addition to offshore oil rigs and support vessels. Boxship rates sliding downhill DESPITE the fixture of several vessels in long-term deals being recently concluded, boxship charter rates continue to head slowly downhill. According to Braemar Seascope: Some encouraging signs this week that charterers are still willing to commit to longer period fixtures have not been enough to halt the general erosion of rates in the market. A return to rate levels seen earlier in the year appears to be elusive with the slump that began during the summer continuing for the foreseeable future. Recent fixtures include the BV2200-class Pacific Senator, which has been fixed to Zim. This F Laeisz-owned 2,680 TEU ship has attained a rate of $30,500 a day for a 40-month charter commencing in October. Meanwhile, CMA CGM has fixed the Klaus E Oldendorff-owned, UCC14-class Nordsun for a two-year charter at $16,000 a day. In the feeder vessel sector, SITC Container Lines has secured the 724 TEU Sky Bright for two years at $12,000 a PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 9 9/14/2005

10 day. Vessels being secured for the intra-european feeder trades include the 532 TEU Northsea Trader, which has been extended by Eucon for two years at euro8,000, and the 366 TEU Amsteldijk which has been extended by Unifeeder for a further year at a rate of euro6,200. Ferry Service Klaipeda - Baltiysk New ferry service Klaipeda - Baltiysk linked Lithuania and Kaliningrad region. The "Lisco Patria" ferry owned by the Lisco Baltic Service (LBS) shipping company is deployed at the service. The vessel can accommodate 250 passengers and 95 articulated vehicles. The new line is expected to attract passengers and forwards from Russia and Scandinavia. NORFOLKLINE LAUNCH NEW TRAVEL TRADE SERVICE Norfolk line, the Dover - Dunkerque passenger ferry operator, is launching its first-ever dedicated travel trade website. The introduction of the new sales incentive will now allow agents to check availability, book direct and receive their commissions and special fares all directly online. Norfolkline Dover - Dunkerque Ferries, part of the AP Moller Maersk group, the largest shipping company in the world, is now making this new service available to the trade to coincide with the introduction of three new purpose built car ferries to the route over the next 12 months. The first of the new ships is scheduled to enter service in October 2005, with the second ship due in December 2005 and third in July With major investment in its fleet, more capacity and plans to further increase its business and market share through the Port of Dover, the new website is just one of many initiatives planned by the company, who have operated the Dover - Dunkerque route exclusively since Chris Newey, Norfolkline's Passenger Marketing Manager commented : "We are in the process of making the largest Dover to France investment on the channel in new ships for over a decade with three new vessels being launched into service for the 2006 peak season." "We are committed to offering agents and motoring tour operators the best deals in the market and with this new booking facility we will have the simplest and most user-friendly site from which agents can easily find the most competitive fares. It's also a great opportunity for the travel trade to receive competitive commissions and rates, whilst their customers will receive the best value fares and enjoy the newest and most consistent product for cross channel passengers." Norfolkline's Dover - Dunkerque service for the tourist is dedicated to the needs of the motorist carrying only cars, cars and caravans, motorhomes and motorcycles. Coaches and foot passengers are not carried and the new ships will continue this policy. Each new ship will have capacity for 780 passengers, up to 200 cars and 120 freight vehicles. Major new features will include separate loading decks for freight and tourist vehicles and exclusive facilities, also on separate decks, for tourist passengers and freight drivers. Shenzhen Port's Container Volume Rises PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 10 9/14/2005

11 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, Cosco Pacific Ltd and other operators of southern China's Shenzhen port, the world's fourth-busiest, handled more containers in August because of expanding trade. Shenzhen processed 18% more boxes in August at 1.54 mn TEUs. In 8 months of the year, Shenzhen's cargo volume grew 22% to mn TEUs, informs Business Times. Limarko (Klaipeda) Acquires Vessel On September 12 AB "Limarko" shipping company signed a contract concerning purchasing of the motor boat "Serenade", previously called "Friesedijk". According to Vytautas Lygnugaris, president of LSC "Serenade" constructed in 1999 in Holland is perfectly suitable to carry containers of diverse measurements. The maximum speed of "Serenade" is 15 knots. The capacity of a 100 meters long motor-boat is 344 of 20 feet TEUs. The ship has special equipment for carrying up to 70 reefers. "Serenade" will operate in Northern and Western regions. The company plans to buy not only reefers but also bulk carriers and make general investments into the development of the fleet of the company will exceed considerably $52.4 mn. Helsinki - Tallinn Ferry Crossings Ferry services between Helsinki and Tallinn have been cancelled all day Wednesday due to strong winds. Ferry service providers Linda Line, Tallink, Nordic Jet Line and Silja Line have all notified the cancellation of their ferry services for Wednesday. The first crossings of the day by Silja Line's SuperSeaCat left according to schedule, but whilst the vessels were still at sea, the company made the decision to cancel the rest of the day's crossings. The Finnish Meteorological Institute issued a storm warning for all Finnish sea areas. The Gulf of Finland, Northern Baltic, Sea of Aland, Sea of Archipelago and the Sea of Bothnia have been forecast a southwest severe gale of 23 metres per second. The Eastern Gulf of Finland and The Quark are forecast a southwest severe gale of 21 metres per second. According to the Institute, the wind is also dangerously strong in the southern and central parts of the country. Coscon, "K" Line and Hanjin launch Service Cosco Container Lines Co., Ltd. (Coscon), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) and Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce the launch of South China Middle East Express Service (SMX), a fixed day weekly express service linking South China with Middle East. This new joint express service is expected to commence beginning of October The intended port rotation is as follows: Kaohsiung (Tue/Tue) - Hong Kong (Wed/Thu) - Yantian (Thu/Fri) - Singapore (Mon/Tue) - Dubai, Port Rashid (Tue/Wed) - Bandar Abbas (Wed/Thu) - Singapore (Fri/Fri) - Kaohsiung (Tue/Tue) Total 4 vessels of effective 2000 TEU capacity will be deployed, 2 vessels by Coscon and 1 each by "K" Line and Hanjin. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 11 9/14/2005

12 MOVEMENTS THIS SECTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : MULTRASHIP Towage & Salvage Scheldekade EH Terneuzen The Netherlands Tel : Fax : Internet commercial@multraship.com The Shelf Express operating near the L2FA1 platform Photo : Dick Pollé The RO RO STAR moored at the buoys in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam Photo : Cees de Bijl PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 12 9/14/2005

13 THE NEDLLOYD HONG KONG is expected at the CERES terminal September 16 th around 17:00 hrs AIRCRAFT / AIRPORT NEWS US offers India 8 P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft The US has offered to sell eight P-3C Orion naval reconnaissance aircraft to India and New Delhi is examining the proposal, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash said today. The US has offered to modernise eight old P-3C Orion planes and supply to India, he told reporters here. "We are examining that offer," the Naval Chief said. Admiral Prakash said India needs some maritime reconnaissance aircraft as "we lost a few and some have retired." "So, we are looking out for a replacement. This (the US offer) is one of the candidates." Russia has also offered to sell naval reconnaissance aircraft to India, said the Naval Chief who earlier inaugurated the 46th annual conference of the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine here. Pakistan has recently taken delivery of eight P-3C Orion patrol aircraft from the US. The planes, worth up to USD 970 million, were provided free of cost. Orions, manufactured by US defence firm Lockheed Martin, are long-range maritime patrol aircraft with an endurance of 18 hours, reports said. On the Scorpene submarines deal with France, the Naval Chief said once India starts producing submarines, "our force level will be adequate to meet any threat." He said India would build six submarines at Mazgaon dock in Mumbai under license from the French. "From the date the contract is signed which should be very shortly, the first submarine should be out in five or six years," Admiral Prakash said. "After the first production of six submarines is over, we will design and produce our own submarines," he said. "We are required to have certain force level of submarines which were slowly running down because they were getting old and being decommissioned," he added. Admiral Prakash said China is helping Pakistan to build a commercial port but it's not a cause for concern for New Delhi "at this moment." Asked if he anticipated "much more than that" (Chinese going beyond helping Pakistan in port building), he said, "We are watching. We will see what happens in the future. We are prepared for any future developments. At this moment, there is no cause for concern or alarm to us." The Naval Chief said he was unaware of any move by Beijing to set up a naval intelligence unit in Pakistan or a naval base there. He said about Rs 300 crore has already been invested in designing and developing naval version of the Light Combat Aircraft. Once it receives certification, expected in 2011 or 2012, it will fly from "both of our aircraft carriers." PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 13 9/14/2005

14 On the seabird naval base at Karwar "INS Kadamba", he said it is one of the largest and most capable bases that India has and is meant to relieve the load from the Mumbai Port, which is very congested. "Over the years, we will shift many units from Mumbai to Karwar that includes an aircraft carrier," he said. Asked about the recent naval helicopter crash in the jungles of Belgaum, he said the inquiry is going on. He said one crewmember survived the crash, while four died. One is still missing. MARINE WEATHER THIS SECTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : Internet: Tel : sposinfo@meteo.nl Today s wind (+6Bft) and wave (+3m) chart. Created with SPOS, the onboard weather information & voyage optimisation system, used on over 500 vessels today. PHOTO OF THE DAY PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 14 9/14/2005

15 The MARCALZONE OCEANICO moored in Sardinia Photo : Marco Lugthart SMITWIJS TOWAGE B.V. Westplein 5b 3016 BM Rotterdam The Netherlands Telephone: Telefax: SmitWijs@SmitWijs.com PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 15 9/14/2005

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