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Number 171 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Tuesday 01-07-2008 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles taken from various news sites.

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CONTENTS EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

• Dutch Ship Owner Pays Pirates U.S. $1,250,000 Ransom • India - 40 policemen feared drowned • Sulpicio sues • Rederij gezonken veerboot klaagt meteorologen aan • Sunken ferry 'can be refloated' • Foreign vessels are allowed to enter Russian water area for operations on Sakhalin-3 project • Baron van Lynden nieuwe reddingboot voor Ouddorp • Media tycoon’s vessel saves American family on stricken yacht in Marshall Islands

CASUALTY REPORTING • Paddle boat runs aground

NAVY NEWS • HMS Superb back in Devonport after crash • Navy ship from Bremerton to be sunk • VAN SPEIJK DEPARTED FROM DEN HELDER NAVAL BASE • USS Cole to visit Sweden after exercise • 500e explosiefruiming op Noordzee

SHIPYARD NEWS • UASC signs $1.5bn boxship order, Samsung's largest ever • CSSC green lights Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard sale • Sevmash must hurry up with the Prirazlomnaya platform • Fraude op Boelwerf verjaard, reders straffeloos

ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES • 'N. Koreans Defected by Ship 6 Times This Month' • New Gateway-Terminal in Duisburg • Ofer heads Sanko pack • JILLIAN MORRISON SALVAGED • Port security back to normal after radio message ruled no threat • Doop ms. Eurodam te zien op internet • Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Takes Delivery of Supramax Vessel and Announces Time Charter

Contract • Q-Ship delivers Halul-27 vessel • Cash for Tallink • Indian port workers threaten strike from July 16 • Greece's Thessaloniki port to detail tenders by end-July • €40m plan to develop Irish island port gets under way • Maersk cuts back • Dubai World to invest in 6 African countries • Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Takes Delivery of Bunkering Tanker Newbuilding • Dockwise subsidiary takes delivery of mv TREASURE • HAVENBEDRIJF EN BBned SLUITEN EERSTE BEDRIJVEN OP GLASVEZEL



EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS Dutch Ship Owner Pays Pirates U.S.

$1,250,000 Ransom Pirates who hijacked a Dutch ship and its crew near Bargal district have released the ship after the company that owns the ship paid US$ 1, 250,000 ransom. Eyl district commissioner Said Aw Yusuf told Radio Garowe that pirates had received the ransom payment in the ocean not far from Ely beach. "After releasing the ship and its crew the pirates left for Dhanaane and Ilig coastal areas near Eyl. Another German owned is still in the hands of pirates along Eyl coast, " said Eyl district commissioner. The Puntland Minister of State of Security Jama Hersi Farah deplored the decision to pay pirates ransom to secure the release of the ship. Puntland administration will not give ransom to pirates, he said. The German owned ship was hijacked one month ago. The payment of ransom is believed to encourage pirates to be more daring in their piracy business that affect security along Somalia's long coast despite assurances from the international community that pirates will be dealt with harshly. Source : allafrica

India - 40 policemen feared drowned A local official says 40 police officers are feared drowned in eastern India after a group of suspected communist rebels attacked a police boat. Local police official Satish Kumar Gajbhiya says more than 50 police were aboard the boat in Orissa state when suspected rebels attacked on Sunday, capsizing the vessel. He says 16 officers made it to shore, but 40 are still missing and feared drowned. The rebels have been fighting the Indian government for decades. In recent years about 2 000 people - including militants and civilians - have been killed in the violence. Source : news24.com

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The Independence of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, which entered service in April 2008. The 15-deck ship can accommodate 3.600 passengers served by 1,360 crew. She was built in the Aker Finnyards drydock in Turku, Finland, builder of Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, her sister ships of the Freedom Class. At 154,407

gross tons, she joined Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas as the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels ever built (at the time of construction). She is 339m long, and typically cruises at 21.6 knots . The vessel

operates from Southampton, England were the above photo is made.

Independence of the Seas is the third of the Freedom Class vessels. In 2009, the first in a new Oasis Class of ships is slated to displace the Freedom class as the world's largest passenger ships.

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Sulpicio sues The owner of the Princess of the Stars ferry that capsized killing 800 people nine days ago is blaming the weatherman for the tragedy. Philippines TV reported that under-fire Sulpicio Lines is planning to sue the country’s weather agency Pagasa for failing to update the ship’s crew about the movement of Typhoon Fengshen. Sulpicio Lines’ lawyer Arthur Lim said the shipping company will charge Pagasa with gross incompetence and negligence, saying that the ferry could have averted the tragedy had Pagasa issued an additional warning on the typhoon’s movement. Lim said the ship’s route from Manila to Cebu was not completely reflected in the Pagasa bulletin they received before sailing. “The point is... at the time they made the wrong forecast, Pagasa knew the actual movement of the typhoon westward, but still announced it and broadcast it as northwest, thereby deceiving the captain who plotted his own course going down south to Cebu," Lim said. "Pagasa caused the vessel to sail into the jaws of death," he added. The company is seeking moral damages of PHP 2.5m ($5.56m), while the Go family, which owns the shipping company, is asking for PHP 500,000 moral damages. At the Board of Marine Inquiry investigation last Friday, Nestor Ponteres, Sulpicio’s port captain in Cebu, claimed that the company was informed six hours late by Pagasa regarding typhoon Fengshen’s changing course. Ponteres also claimed he was in constant communication with the ferry’s captain, Florencio Marimon Sr, before the ship sank. Marimon is still missing. Ponteres added that there were alternate routes that the ship could have taken had the warning been relayed earlier.



But Pagasa director Prisco Nilo said that they always make sure to release weather updates to the public even though predicting the behavior of a typhoon cannot always be precise. Sulpicio Lines had earlier blamed the Philippine coast guard for the tragedy, saying Wednesday that it was the coast guard’s task to plot routes for vessels during inclement weather. The Board of Marine Inquiry, however, said the 1998 memorandum circular on which Sulpicio Lines based its arguments had been replaced with an updated June 2007 memorandum circular that places responsibility on the ship’s owner and captain. Meanwhile, the owner of the toxic cargo of endosulfan found on the ship has absolved itself of blame for the subsequent hold-up in recovering the bodies of the dead. Del Monte Philippines Inc (DMPI) said it was unaware that its toxic pesticide shipment was loaded in the ferry, claiming the cargo had been consigned to another ship. It added that the cargo was still “outside its control at the time of the accident." “Sulpicio Lines was fully apprised of the nature of the cargo as all documents were furnished to them including the material safety data sheet (MSDS) from the supplier," said DMPI. The company said the cargo originated from a supplier in Israel and that “it was packed and shipped in accordance with strict international shipping standards." Source : Tradewinds

Rederij gezonken veerboot klaagt meteorologen aan

De eigenaar van de Filipijnse veerboot die twee weken geleden zonk tijdens een tyfoon, heeft een aanklacht ingediend tegen het meteorologische instituut van de Filipijnen. Dat meldde het Filipijnse persbureau PNA maandag. Rederij Sulpicio Lines beweert dat het meteorologische instituut PAGASA een verkeerde koers had voorspeld voor de tyfoon Fengshen die toen over de Filipijnen trok. Daardoor besloot de kapitein van de veerboot Princess of the Stars om door te varen en niet een veilige plek te zoeken. In de buurt van het eiland Sibuyan in het westen van de Filipijnen kwam de veerboot midden in de tyfoon terecht. Door de hoge golven kapseisde het schip. Daarbij kwamen vermoedelijk honderden passagiers om het leven.



The Barque USCG Eagle seen at the “Victoria B.C.2008 Tall Ship Festival"Photo : Gerard van Hilten ©

Sunken ferry 'can be refloated' The owners of a sunken Philippine ferry are unwilling to see its vessel refloated because it would be unable to claim full damages from insurers, a maritime official said on Saturday. The senior official said that the submerged Princess of the Stars, which contains hundreds of dead bodies inside, could easily be refloated but the shipping line and authorities were stalling. The ferry, which sank off the central island of Sibuyan with 850 people aboard in a typhoon a week ago, has an intact hull with air pockets that could be used to float it once more and put it right side up, the official said. However, declining to be named, he said the owners, Sulpicio Lines, and the coast guard "are not pursuing that tack because they are waiting apparently for the insurers to conduct their own investigation." "If they re-float the vessel, Sulpicio will not be able to claim damages for a total wreck," the senior official said. The 24 000-ton ferry is sitting upside down on a reef off Sibuyan, part of its hull jutting from the waters. Only 57 survivors have been found and it is believed that most of the bodies of the dead are trapped inside the hull. Coast guard and navy divers, assisted by US navy frogmen, were trying to retrieve the dead from the ship but the already slow-moving operation was suspended on Friday after it was discovered the vessel was carrying a shipment of a toxic pesticide that might leak into the water. The maritime official said the pesticide complicated the operation but remarked that the coast guard should have had blueprints of the ship and other documents from Sulpicio Lines identifying its cargo before the retrieval operations began. The site of the sinking, earlier a hive of activity with rescue divers and their boats criss-crossing the waters, was quiet on Saturday with only a boat from the Bureau of Fisheries seen taking water samples for testing. Nanette Tansingco, mayor of the coastal town of San Fernando, closest to the ill-fated ship, said she had barred fishermen from the area due to the pesticide threat. "We will be doing a lot of studies in the area to make sure no one gets ill from eating fish," she said.



Officials earlier said that they found no trace of the pesticide in the waters but are not taking chances and have subjected the divers to medical tests. Navy spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Edgardo Arevalo said that so far, there have been no reports of divers poisoned by the pesticide although some are suffering from infections and fever from the numerous dives they had to make. Arevalo said he had not heard of any suggestions of re-floating the vessel. The coast guard meanwhile said it had recovered 16 additional dead bodies from the ferry, floating in the waters or on the shores of the island of Masbate, some 60km from Sibuyan. This adds to the 146 bodies from the ferry that were earlier recovered from the ferry. Local authorities said another 20 bodies were waiting to be picked up in Pasacao town, east of Sibuyan. Source : news24.com

Foreign vessels are allowed to enter Russian water area for operations on Sakhalin-3 project RF Government has allowed foreign vessels to make multiple calls to inland sea waters and territorial waters of the

Russian Federation till November 30, 2008 for operations on exploratory drilling of well No1 at Veninsky sector of the Sakhalin 3 project carried out by the Transocean Nordic maritime platform, flying the flag of Marshall Islands. The Decree was signed by the RF Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on June 25. The same decree empowers FSB, Federal Customs Service, RosSelkhozNadzor (Federal Agency for Vetirinary and Pytosanitary Supervision and RosPotrebNadzor (Federal Agency for Health and Consumer Rights) to carry out supervision of foreign vessels as well as cargo and experts transported by them via the check points of the Russian Federation. The Ministry of Transport is to

approve the list of vessels allowed to enter inland sea waters and territorial waters of the Russian Federation. RosTransNadzor (Federal Agency for Transport Supervision) is to control the compliance with the RF legislation and international agreements on commercial navigation. Rosmorrechflot (Russia’s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport) is to arrange works on prevention and response to oil spills as well as protection of navigation against illegal acts. Sakhalin III project envisages the development of 4 sectors including Veninsky sector. Their estimated resources make 2 trillion m3 of gas and 1.5 billion tonnes of oil. Industry production is to start in 2014. Annual production is to make 16.3 billion m3 of gas and 2 million tonnes of gas condensate.

Baron van Lynden nieuwe reddingboot voor Ouddorp

Met de doop op 5 juli 2008 door drs. E.M.A. Barones van Voërst van Lynden, voorzitter van het bestuur van de Van Lyndenstichting, wordt de reddingboot Baron van Lynden officieel overgedragen aan het reddingstation Ouddorp. De nieuwe reddingboot van het type Atlantic 75 zal samen met de huidige reddingboot Griend op de Noordzee en Grevelingen hulp gaan verlenen. Bij het overlijden van de heer R. Baron Van Lynden in 1896 werd er 400.000 gulden vermaakt aan de Noord- en Zuidhollandsche Reddingmaatschappij. Het geld werd



‘bestemd tot het verlenen van hulp en onderstand aan weduwen en wezen van manschappen die bij het pogen van redden van schipbreukelingen het leven hebben verloren’. In 1911 werd het geld ondergebracht in een fonds op naam met de naam Van Lyndenfonds. Omdat de gelden niet meer werden aangewend voor de oorspronkelijke bestemming, besloot het bestuur van de KNRM in 2006 het fonds op te heffen en het batige saldo te gebruiken voor de aanschaf van een reddingboot. Als eerbetoon aan de initiatiefnemer van het fonds werd de naam van de aan te schaffen reddingboot vastgesteld op Baron van Lynden.

Van Lynden II Eerder al voer er voor Ouddorp een reddingboot die de naam van Baron van Lynden droeg. In de boeken van de KNRM is te lezen dat de roei/zeilreddingboot R. Baron van Lynden in 1897 naar station Ouddorp kwam en tot 1927 actief bleef. Na 30 jaar vertrok de mahoniehoutenboot van 10 meter naar station Hoek van Holland om daar nog een dienstjaar aan vast te knopen. Met de doop op 5 juli 2008 door drs. E.M.A. Barones van Voërst van Lynden, voorzitter van het bestuur van de Van Lyndenstichting, wordt de tweede reddingboot Baron van Lynden officieel overgedragen aan het reddingstation. Op basis van het rapport Ruim Binnenwater van de KNRM in 2006 is bepaald dat extra reddingcapaciteit nodig is voor de Grevelingen, het oostelijk deel van de Oosterschelde en de Westerschelde. In 2007 is besloten in Ouddorp een drijvend boothuis te plaatsen op de Grevelingen voor een extra reddingboot van het type Atlantic75. Met welwillende medewerking van Rijkswaterstaat is in 2007 een buitendijkse havendam aangelegd, waar het boothuis beschermd tegen wind en golven kan worden afgemeerd. Het drijvend boothuis Willemijntje is afkomstig uit Lauwersoog, waar in 2007 een vervangend kleiner boothuis is gestationeerd, dat de naam heeft gekregen van oud-schipper Anno Baas van Lauwersoog. Het reddingstation Ouddorp is gesitueerd tussen de ‘grote’ Noordzeestations Stellendam en Noordland- Burghsluis. De reddingboot Griend van Ouddorp vaart jaarlijks gemiddeld 100 keer per jaar uit, met name voor in problemen gekomen surfers en sportvissers. Het werkgebied ligt zowel op de Noordzee als op het Grevelingenmeer, aan de ‘binnenkant’ van de Brouwersdam. De Griend wordt in het boothuis Willemijntje neergelegd om bovengenoemde ‘binnenkant’ te bedienen. De Baron van Lynden zal haar werkgebied voornamelijk op de Noordzee hebben.

Media tycoon’s vessel saves American family on stricken yacht in Marshall Islands The crew of the yacht Blue Star, which is owned by Russian-Israeli media tycoon, Vladimir Gusinksy, rescued an American family from a stricken yacht on Saturday morning in the Marshall Islands, just hours after it had hit a reef in a remote atoll. Mr Gusinsky, who was on board the luxury, powered, vessel, had left the Marshalls’ capital, Majuro, for uninhabited Rongelap Atoll to dive and fish. During a brief stop at Aur Atoll they picked up a distress call from the 12 metre yacht, Elsewhere, and went to its rescue. Source : rnzi.com

CASUALTY REPORTING Paddle boat runs aground

The Coast Guard responded to the grounding of the Steamer Portland just east of The Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River near Cascade Locks Friday night. The Steamer Portland was scheduled to take part in the "The Great Steamboat Race" this weekend, but an undisclosed mechanical failure disabled the vessel. "The Great Steamboat Race" is the first steamboat race on the Columbia River in 56 years, and race organizers say the Steamer Portland will be ready for race day.



Coast Guard Sector Portland was notified around 5:30 p.m. that the 186-foot steel vessel lost its propulsion after running aground with 97 people aboard.

A response boat crew from Station Portland, a rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., and two Coast Guard Auxiliary boat crews were launched to the scene. Hood River County and Skamania County Sheriff's Department, as well as Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission assets also assisted the vessel. The crew of the tugboat Invader responded to the Coast Guard's Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and took the vessel into tow. The Invader crew safely moored the Portland at the Columbia Gorge stern wheeler dock in Cascade Locks, Ore. No injuries have been reported. Initial reports show no hull or structural damage to the vessel. The rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene and verified no pollution was released. The Coast Guard responded to the grounding of the sternwheeler Portland

paddleboat one and a half miles east of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Coast Guard Sector Portland was notified around 5:30 p.m. that the 186-foot steel vessel lost its propulsion after

running aground with 97 people aboard.NAVY NEWS

HMS Superb back in Devonport after crash The nuclear submarine HMS Superb has returned to Devonport after hitting a rock in the Red Sea, damaging its sonar. The boat collided with a pinnacle after passing through the Suez Canal last month and had to put in for repairs at the NATO facility in Souda Bay, Crete, before returning to Devonport naval base. The Swiftsure-class submarine will now be assessed while an investigation is conducted. A Royal Navy spokesman said they would not comment on the circumstances of the grounding, in which there were no casualties, because the incident is now the subject of a Board of Inquiry. He said: “An initial inspection carried out in Aqaba, Jordan, identified damage to her main sonar system and some damage to her ballast tanks. “After transiting the Suez Canal, the submarine conducted a further assessment and some necessary repairs at the Nato facility in Souda Bay, Crete, before commencing the passage home.” Source : thisisplymouth

Navy ship from Bremerton to be sunk A US Navy destroyer that had been mothballed at Bremerton for six years has been towed away. The David R. Ray will be used for target practice and sunk next week near Hawaii in the Rim of the Pacific war exercise. The exercise will involve ships, submarines and aircraft from 10 nations. The 31-year-old Ray had been based at Everett before it was decommissioned in 2002. State Rep. Larry Seaquist of Gig Harbor was the destroyer's commanding officer from 1981-1983 when it operated several months in the Persian Gulf and traveled to the South China Sea. He says the crew nicknamed the ship the "Malacca Marauder" for the straits it passed through. Source : Kitsap Sun



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VAN SPEIJK DEPARTED FROM DEN HELDER NAVAL BASE

The Dutch frigate Van Speijk departed from Den Helder naval base, the frigate will be for the next 6 months the “Duty frigate” in the Caribbean, the frigate will be based in Willemstad (Curacao)

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USS Cole to visit Sweden after exercise Guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) is scheduled to pull in to Stockholm, Sweden June 27 after recently completing the fast paced, multinational operation BALTOPS 2008 from June 9-19. "BALTOPS was a unique chance to collaborate with a host of foreign navies and Sailors," said Navy Cdr. Cary J. Krause, Cole's commanding officer. "The crew got the once in a lifetime opportunity to visit a part of the world they may never have the opportunity to visit again."



One of the main goals of BALTOPS is to foster interoperability and cooperation amongst all participating nations. Year after year, the exercise provides multiple navies, who don't normally operate with one another, a chance to work toward common objectives. This year's BALTOPS theme of operation was "Uniting the Spirits". True to its motto, more than 13 countries' including Sweden, and 30 ships and submarines joined forces to participate in the 36th annual maritime and land exercise. Over the 10 day operation, forces from around the Baltic Sea conducted replenishment-at-sea evolutions, flight operations and sailor exchanges. The navies also covered a variety of other training such as air defense, mine countermeasure, undersea warfare, surface warfare and maritime interdiction operations. "These last few weeks have been a lot of fun," said Navy Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class Erika Burrell. "My shipmates and I have learned so much from the experience of working with foreign navies." The battle group originally joined up in Gdynia, Poland for pre-sail events including a reception, sporting events and planning conferences. As the exercise neared completion, all ships came back together and pulled into Kiel, Germany for the post exercise conference. BALTOPS 2008 wrapped up Cole's operational engagements during her six month deployment which began Jan. 17. Cole, operating in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Fleet Areas of Responsibilities, participated in exercise ORION 2008 where Cole made the first deployment of a single U.S. ship with a foreign nation's battle group. Stockholm will be Cole's last port visit before returning to their homeport of Norfolk, Va. Cole is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer with Aegis guided missile capabilities and is part of Destroyer Squadron 22. Source : eucom.mil

500e explosiefruiming op Noordzee De mijnenjager Hr.Ms. Willemstad ruimt donderdag 3 juli het 500e explosief sinds de start van operatie Beneficial Cooperation. Met deze operatie heeft de marine de explosievenruiming op de Noordzee geïntensiveerd na het dodelijke ongeval aan boord van vissersschip OD-1 op 6 april 2005. Bij dit ongeval verloren drie mensen hun leven door het ontploffen van een opgevist projectiel. Sindsdien melden vissers vaker dan voorheen op welke locatie zij een explosief in hun netten hebben gevonden en werken de Koninklijke Marine en de Belgische Zeemacht samen om de explosieven zo snel mogelijk te ruimen. Door een verbeterde samenwerking tussen de kustwacht, de marine en de visserijvereniging zijn nieuwe methoden ontwikkeld voor het melden van explosieven. In de Noordzee bevinden zich nog vele onontplofte explosieven uit de twee wereldoorlogen. De Koninklijke Marine heeft 24 uur per dag mijnenjagers paraat om de zee veiliger te maken voor de scheepvaart.

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SHIPYARD NEWS UASC signs $1.5bn boxship order,

Samsung's largest ever United Arab Shipping Company has placed a Dh5.5bn ($1.52bn) contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for nine 13,100teu containerships. It the largest order for container vessels by a GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) owned company. It is also the largest single order SHI has ever received. The signing ceremony was held at the Mina Al Salam hotel in Dubai on June 29, attended by UASC chairman Sheikh Ali Al Thani and SHI president and ceo Jing Wan Kim. Sheikh Al Thani said UASC was very happy to have chosen SHI "from a long list of highly reputed and skilled shipbuilders" and that their reputation 'for high quality and on-time delivery' preceded them. The new A13 vessels will measure approx. 366 metres loa by 48.3 metres wide by 29.8 metres draft (moulded). The accommodation block will be located in the forward section of the hull, the engine room aft. Deliveries are scheduled to take place between late 2010 to end of 2011. UASC, which is owned by UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Iraq, currently operates a fleet of 41 fully cellular container vessels with three more being delivered this year and 10 more in 2009. By the time the nine A13 ships join the fleet, its strength will go up to 60 units of 270,000teu combined capacity. The vessels will be deployed on the Far East-Middle East-Europe route. Ken Bloch Sorensen, UASC president and chief executive, said the fleet growth is in line with the industry's growth. "With the new orders we will be more than able to meet the growing needs of the industry," he said. Officials of Samsung, the world's second biggest shipbuilder, said the Middle East represents about 20% of its total order book, valued currently at $46bn."We currently have an order backlog of 500 vessels, of which about 44 have been placed by our Middle Eastern customers," Jing Wan Kim said. "This year, we will deliver 56 ships with a possible turnover exceeding $10 billion, up from last year's $9 billion." Source : Seatrade Asia

CSSC green lights Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard sale

China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), the country's largest shipbuilding group, has put its Wenchong Shipyard up for sale on the Beijing Equity Exchange for 3.04 billion yuan ($443 million), according to the exchange's website ( The official China Securities Journal quoted analysts as saying that Guangzhou Shipyard International Co , a Shanghai-listed subsidiary of CSSC, was the most likely buyer for the shipyard, one of CSSC's best unlisted assets. CSSC stipulated that the buyer must be in the shipbuilding business, have earned more than 300 million yuan in net profit each year from 2005 to 2007, and have built ships with a total of at least 500,000 dead weight tonnes in fiscal year 2007, the exchange said. The buyer would also have to be state-owned or state-controlled, with total assets of no less than 10 billion yuan at the end of 2007, it said. Wenchong Shipyard is based in Guangzhou. Source : Seatrade Asia

Sevmash must hurry up with the Prirazlomnaya platform



Sevmorneftegaz thinks Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk is too slow in constructing the Prirazlomnaya platform.

- Sevmash needs to speed up, says Alexander Mandel, Director General of Sevmorneftegaz. Mandel also said that the construction is seriously lagging behind the schedule, only 300 mln RUB out of 2.4 bln RUB were spent over the first three months of 2008. Director of the Sevmash yard, Nikolai Kalistratov, acknowledged the fact that the shipyard is facing certain problems. - One of the main problems is workforce, he stressed. - The weather permits to conduct works on the upper deck of the platform, but we are really short-staffed. The workers at the construction of the Prirazlomnaya platform get one of the highest salaries of all employees at the shipyard – over 30 000 RUB per month.

The senior management of Sevmash believes such high salaries will help. But there are others hindrances as well, like continuous adjustments to the technical design. Nikolay Kalistratov expressed a hope that the yards staff and Sevmorneftegaz will join forces and work together to solve all problems. Source : BarentsObserver

Fraude op Boelwerf verjaard, reders straffeloos Vier reders van de failliete Boelwerf in Temse worden niet bestraft. De reders sjoemelden begin jaren '90 met Vlaamse scheepskredieten. Hun miljoenenfraude met overheidsgeld is volgens de rechtbank verjaard. Daardoor blijven de beklaagden straffeloos. De rechtbank in Dendermonde oordeelt dat zowel de wettelijke als de redelijke termijn overschreden is. Daarom kan het hof geen straffen opleggen voor de oplichting via valse offertes en facturen. Door de internationale scheepsbouwcrisis in de jaren '80 en de groeiende concurrentie van goedkopere Aziatische scheepswerven, kreeg de Boelwerf het steeds moeilijker om te overleven en in 1992 ging het een eerste maal kopje onder. Overheidssteun mocht niet baten. In november 1994 werd de Boelwerf definitief failliet verklaard. Bron : Gazette van Antwerpen

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'N. Koreans Defected by Ship 6 Times This Month'

North Koreans defected to South Korea by ship six times this month, a government official said Thursday. The government is looking into the issue involving such defections, he added. ``On four occasions, North Koreans came down to the South by power vessels they stole. As a result, the North will likely reinforce patrols near border areas of the East Sea and West Sea," he said. Two days ago, a 60-year-old man and his son crossed the southern limit line by ship and expressed hope to settle down here, according to the National Intelligence Service. The government is expected to decide on how to deal with them and the ship as soon as government agencies finish questioning them. On Monday, a North Korean on a small fishing boat was found in the East Sea but he made it clear that he had no intention to defect from the North. He said he arrived here by mistake, according to the official. Source : koreatimes

New Gateway-Terminal in Duisburg The Imperial-Group will make a major investment in the logport II logistic park and build a new container terminal which will be opened in spring 2009. “The terminal will be part of a new transportation link between the Upper Rhine ports and Duisburg. It will handle cargo which is not forwarded through Duisburg at present,” explained Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG and Logport Logistic-Center Duisburg GmbH

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Ofer heads Sanko pack Israel's Ofer Group is now the largest investor in Japan's Sanko Steamship. The fourth largest shipping line in Japan is aiming to head back to the Tokyo Stock Exchange next year following its ignominious, bankrupt exit in the 1980s. Following recent purchases the Ofer Group has snapped up a 15.1% stake in bulker and tanker giant Sanko. Source : Seatrade Asia

JILLIAN MORRISON SALVAGED



In April 2008, BISSO MARINE completed the salvage of the 180’ (54m) x 40’ (12m) dive support vessel (DSV) JILLIAN MORRISON. The vessel sank in the US Gulf of Mexico following an explosion which occurred while conducting diving operations.

BISSO MARINE mobilized a salvage team and supporting assets to the location, approximately 18 miles offshore of the Louisiana coast. The DSV was found to be sitting on the seafloor in approximately 30’ (9m) of water in close proximity to several pipelines and a subsea assembly. As directed by the USCG, fuel and lube were removed from the DSV while it was on seafloor. Upon completion of the fuel and lube removal, the vessel was rigged with four sets of salvage bundles which were connected to the 700 ton capacity derrick barge D/B CAPPY BISSO and the 600 ton capacity derrick barge D/B LILI BISSO. The tandem derrick barges were used to lift the 1265 ton DSV from the seafloor. Once on the surface the DSV was transported by the derrick barges while on the hook to protected waters in the Atchafalaya River where it was placed on to the deck of an awaiting cargo barge. After being secured to the cargo barge, the DSV was transported via the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to the New Orleans area. The D/B CAPPY BISSO and D/B LILI BISSO were subsequently mobilized to New Orleans to remove the DSV from the cargo barge and place it into the customer’s facility on the Harvey Canal.

Port security back to normal after radio message ruled no threat

The Ketchikan port security level is back to normal after a radio message was determined not to be a threat.



The Coast Guard returned the threat level to normal on Thursday afternoon. Officials say a "concerning" radio message had been received Wednesday morning, but officials declined to provide more information. The Coast Guard requested heightened security in Southeast Alaska after the message was received. Petty Officer Levi Read said the investigation by Coast Guard and local law enforcement decided "the threat was nonexistent at the time." The Ketchikan Daily News reports a Coast Guard helicopter was in Ketchikan Thursday, seen flying along the starboard side of the cruise ship Golden Princess soon after the vessel departed.

Doop ms. Eurodam te zien op internet

Foto : Piet Sinke ©

De doop van de ms. Eurodam, het nieuwe schip van Holland America Line, is vandaag ( dinsdag 1 juli ) ‘live’ te volgen via internet. De Eurodam wordt die dag in Rotterdam gedoopt door koningin Beatrix. De doopplechtigheid vindt plaats tussen 15.45 en 17.00 uur. Op internet zijn de beelden te zien op de website van de rederij:

www.hollandamerica.comDe doopplechtigheid vindt plaats op de Holland-Amerikakade, pal naast de cruiseterminal. Daar is voor de 2.500 genodigden een enorme tribune gebouwd. Op dinsdagavond is er, ter afsluiting van de festiviteiten, om 23.15 uur een vuurwerk dat vanaf pontons op de Nieuwe Maas wordt afgestoken. Het vuurwerk wordt aan Holland America Line en alle Rotterdammers aangeboden door de stad Rotterdam en het Havenbedrijf Rotterdam. Op woensdag 2 juli, ’s middags om 16.00 uur vertrekt de Eurodam naar Hamburg.



Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Takes Delivery of Supramax Vessel and Announces Time Charter Contract

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of the Goldeneye, a 2002 built 52,421 dwt Supramax dry bulk vessel. The Goldeneye, which was acquired as part of a two vessel transaction announced on May 21, 2008, will commence a one year charter at a rate of $61,000 per day. The second vessel, the Redwing, which was also acquired charter-free, will deliver in September 2008. Sophocles N. Zoullas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, ``Today's announcement that the Goldeneye has joined the fleet, together with the recent delivery of our first newbuild vessel, the Wren, signals the commencement of a period of sustained, highly-accretive growth for our Company. Specifically, we expect to take delivery of three additional vessels during 2008 and nine vessels in 2009. The larger fleet allows us to pursue a strategy for our shareholders that maximizes cash flows, supports our dividend, and secures future growth.''

Q-Ship delivers Halul-27 vessel Doha Qatar Shipping Co (Q-Ship) announced that it has delivered the vessel Halul-27 which was constructed by Qatar Engineering and construction Co (Qcon), a fully owned company of Q-Ship. In a press statement issued yesterday Q-Ship said the vessel (Halul -27) was delivered to Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC) on Thursday pursuant to the contract between Q-Ship and HOSC for building of two Anchor Handling Towing Supply Vessels in compliance with the International Rules of Lloyds'' Register of Shipping. The first vessel Halul-26 was delivered on May 5, 2007. Both vessels were built in Qcon Marine Fabrication Yard at Mesaieed Industrial City. Source: Peninsula

Cash for Tallink The European Investment Bank (EIB) is helping to finance the delivery of Estonian owner Tallink’s new Baltic ferry.



The EUR 25m ($39.42m) loan will help towards the acquisition of the new 48,000-gt Baltic Princess, due from Aker Yards this year. It will be employed on its existing Tallinn-Helsinki route "contributing to the development of the European internal market and to the promotion of short sea shipping," the bank said. This is the first EIB loan granted under its Structured Finance Facility (SFF) in Estonia, and allows for risk-sharing as part of a syndicate of banks arranged by HSH Nordbank. Philippe Maystadt, president of the EIB, said: “The diversification of our lending in Estonia into new products and new sectors demonstrates EIB’s desire to increase its support for and value-added in key sectors of Estonia’s economy.” Tallink chairman Andres Hunt said: “It is highly appreciated that EIB has joined the bank syndicate in financing of our new Baltic Princess which is a great support for the sector. It also shows the trust in our company and helps us to implement our fleet renewal strategy.” Source : Tradewinds

The WELLSERVICER seen at the river Tyne Photo : Kevin Blair ©

Indian port workers threaten strike from July 16

Five federations of port and dock workers have decided to serve a notice on Tuesday for a nationwide strike at all major ports on July 16, as the Government has not given formal approval to pending employee-related issues. According to a statement from the All India Port and Dock Workers Federation, an agreement had been reached on some of the issues between the Indian Ports Association representing port managements and recognised federations. The agreements include grant of 13.5 per cent interim relief with effect from January 1, 2007; amendment to settlement on liberalising the definition of pay and eligibility limit for PLR (productivity-linked reward) effective from FY07 as decided by the Cabinet; filling existing vacancies in various categories of port and dock workers; and merger of 50 per cent D.A. (dearness allowance) with basic pay with effect from January 1, 2005. However, the federations have requested Minister for Shipping Mr T.R. Baalu to intervene and implement the agreements to avert the strike, the statement said. The federations include All India Port and Dock Workers Federation; All India Port and Dock Workers Federation (Workers); Water Transport Federation of India; Port, Dock and Waterfront Workers’ of India; and Indian National Port and Dock Workers’ Federation. Source: Hindu Business Line



Greece's Thessaloniki port to detail tenders by end-July

Greece's Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) will detail tenders calling for investors to run its facilities by the end of July, once bidders' objections have been looked into, it said on Friday. Greece, with two of the largest ports in the Mediterranean, launched a tender to sell and modernise outdated port facilities at the northern city of Thessaloniki and at Piraeus Port near Athens, aiming to turn them into regional hubs. "The company is now examining the objections raised. We estimate this phase will be complete by July 20, if there are no appeals. After that, the company will detail the offers made," OLTH's board of directors said in statement. China's Cosco Pacific , Hutchison Port Holdings joined by pharmaceutical group Alapis and Dubai Port World DBW.DI together with Piraeus Bank have submitted bids to run OLTH's cargo facilities. Earlier in June Piraeus Port named Cosco Pacific the top bidder in a tender to run and upgrade facilities at Greece's largest port. Source: reuters.com

The STAVROS S. NIARCHOS – Photo : Derek Sands ©

€40m plan to develop Irish island port gets under way

The biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken on an Irish island got under way earlier this week. At a cost of €40m, the redevelopment of the port on Inis Mor - the largest of the three Aran Islands - is also the biggest single project ever funded by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It is the equivalent of €50,000 per head of population on the island. The Irish Independent newspaper said Inis Mor is the largest of the country's populated offshore islands, with 824 people living there. At the height of the tourist season, the population is multiplied several times over.



"The re-development of the port, planned in conjunction with Galway County Council, involves the construction of a 550m breakwater; widening and upgrading of the pier; dredging works to create a deep anchor bed; new cargo facilities; a new lifeboat station, a walkway and parking facilities," said the report. Source : Dredging News Online

The MIGHTY SERVANT 1 seen ready to float off the Perdido Spar at Ingleside Texas late last week. Photo : Kees Kuyper ©

Maersk cuts back Higher bunker costs have led to AP Moller - Maersk taking 4,000-teu a week of capacity out of its Asia Europe services. It is suspending Maersk Line’s AE5 service linking China and Taiwan via Port Said with Eastern Mediterranean ports. The service will be suspended from early July with a new rotation of the China – North European AE8 service brought in to try to fill the gap. Maerk is also slowing sailing speeds on its AE7 China – North European service while introducing port calls in Morocco and Malaysia. Further changes will also take place to the AE2 China – North Europe service, which will have the effect of speeding the transit time between Kwangyang in South Korea with Northern Europe. Maersk said that as fuel costs were increasing significant it was necessary to take measures to ensure the sustainability of services. Removing the equivalent of 2,000 forty foot containers a week of capacity would improve cost efficiency while keeping all corridors served by the network opem. AP Moller also announced that it was buying out a 40% stake held by Merit its long standing local partner in the Maersk Denizcilik, Turkey agency in Turkey. Subject to the approval of the Turkish competition authorities Maersk Denizcilik which acts as agent for Maersk Line and Safmarine in Turkey will become a wholly owned subsidiary of AP Moller. Source : Tradewinds



Dubai World to invest in 6 African countries An official at Dubai World said that the company is targeting new projects in six African countries as part of its investment drive on the continent, Gulf News reported. He also mentioned that Dubai World's largest holding company manages and supervises a portfolio of businesses and projects for the Dubai government in one hundred cities throughout the world. At the moment the company has invested in ten African countries, mainly in tourism with 20 projects. It is important to mention that Dubai World Africa has invested $230 million in tourism projects in Rwanda and has port operations in Mozambique and Senegal and owns game parks in South Africa. Source: menafn

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Takes Delivery of Bunkering Tanker Newbuilding

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of the Mykonos, a 4,600 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The Mykonos will be deployed to Aegean's Gibraltar service center, increasing the total number of vessels operating in this market to five. Including the Mykonos, Aegean has taken delivery of three newbuilds year-to-date and now boasts a total of 23 bunkering tankers in operation. The Company expects to take delivery of five additional double-hull newbuilds in 2008, another 13 in 2009, and six in 2010, which will more than double Aegean's bunkering tanker fleet to 47 over the next two years. E. Nikolas Tavlarios, President, commented, "We are pleased to take delivery of our seventh newbuild from Fujian Southeast Shipyard. As we continue to expand our high-quality logistics infrastructure, Aegean remains committed to further strengthening its position as the leading independent physical supplier of marine fuel globally." Source: Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

Dockwise subsidiary takes delivery of mv TREASURE

Hamilton Bermuda, 30 June 2008. Following the delivery of mv "TALISMAN" in May 2008, the fourth vessel out of a series of six mv "TREASURE", now joins the fleet of Dockwise Transport, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dockwise Ltd. As was the case with the earlier three, also this vessel is delivered in accordance with the delivery schedule. The remaining two converted tankers TRIUMPH and TRUSTEE will be delivered at the end of 2008. With the addition of six vessels to the fleet, Dockwise is able to optimize strategic deployment of the 22-vessel fleet to best serve the various markets. More specifically, Dockwise will be able to provide clients with unparalleled flexibility in using various types of vessels, reducing risk and increasing scheduling and contracting opportunities for different clients.



After successfully completing the submerging test and sea trials, mv " TREASURE" has been delivered to the owners on 30 June 2008. The heavy transport vessel is designed to transport complex, high-value cargo like jack- up drilling units and has a carrying capacity in excess of 35,000 tons. This vessel was converted at the COSCO shipyard at Zhoushan, China. During the conversion the entire midship section has been replaced and machinery and equipment were fully revised. To ensure the most effective way of operating the vessel, Dockwise has appointed Anglo-Eastern Ship Management to provide technical and crew management. As such, the new vessels will operate under the same management systems as the existing Dockwise vessels. Source : Dockwise

HAVENBEDRIJF EN BBned SLUITEN EERSTE BEDRIJVEN OP GLASVEZEL

ABIRD Industrial Rental Services uit de Botlek (havennummer 4133) is één van de eerste bedrijven die door BBned aangesloten is op het glasvezelnetwerk van de haven van Rotterdam. Havenbedrijf Rotterdam heeft een netwerk van ongeveer 155 km laten ontwikkelen. Daarmee is de haven het grootste bedrijventerrein in Nederland dat voorzien is van glasvezel. Hans Smits, president-directeur van Havenbedrijf: "Het havenbedrijfsleven heeft nu supersnelle verbindingen tegen een aantrekkelijke prijs. Het is zaak om daar massaal van te profiteren. Ook dat draagt bij aan de concurrentiepositie van de haven."

Communicatie is essentieel in dit knooppunt van internationale goederenstromen, terwijl het havengebied op bepaalde plaatsen slechts beperkte bandbreedte kon bieden. Onder de naam Fiberport zijn BBned en Havenbedrijf Rotterdam daarom gestart met de aanleg van een glasvezelnetwerk. De samenwerking heeft als doel alle bedrijven te laten beschikken over een infrastructuur die de komende jaren mee kan groeien in de behoefte naar meer breedbanddiensten. Een glasvezelverbinding is snel, veilig en geschikt voor bundeling van meerdere diensten, zoals online back-up, videoconferencing, applicatiebeheer en pinnen.



MOVEMENTS

The Nordnes seen during the loading in Averoy, with seen in the background Kristians (Norway) Photo : Marc van der Stok ©

…. PHOTO OF THE DAY …..



Seen a (former) tug in Fortaleza, Brasil , Pay special attention to the man on the waterline, next to Starboards anchor chain. Hard Working?????

Photo : Christiaan van den Berg ©

B O E K B E S P R E K I N GDoor : Frank NEYTS

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