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The new backhoe dredger MAGNOR, build by Ravestein for Boskalis spotted at the Boskalis main office in Papendrecht, NL. The MAGNOR sized 72.0 x 20.4 x 5.5 mtr is larger than any other backhoe dredger. The 40 mtr spuds enable to dredging up to depths of 32 mtr. The biggest bucket will have a capacity of 45 m3. The backhoe will be able to lift no less than 67 tonnes of dredged material in one scoop Photo: Hans Elbers www.fotovlieger.nl © CLICK at the photo to view more photo’s made by Hans

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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

The “ARCTIC CHALLENGER” seen departing Vancouver, British Columbia under tow by “ISLAND SCOUT”,

apparently enroute for Ensenada, Mexico. Photo : Capt Dick ©

Jakarta seized 3 boats over 'illegal fishing': KL Move inconsistent with understanding reached between neighbours in handling fisheries-related incidents, it says Shannon Teoh Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur Malaysia confirmed that three of its fishing boats were detained by the Indonesian authorities for alleged illegal fishing last month, adding that the move was not consistent with the understanding reached between both countries in handling fisheries-related incidents.The Malaysian Foreign Ministry also said in a statement that the "arrest may have happened in Malaysian waters". It has protested against the move by Jakarta while Foreign Minister Anifah Aman has raised the matter with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi.The Indonesian press last month reported on the incident that occurred on March 3, allegedly near the island of Batam. A total of 14 crewmen were arrested, including two Malaysians who were the boats' captains. Nine of the crewmen were reportedly from Myanmar, while three were from Indonesia."The arrest is not consistent with the understanding reached between Malaysia and the Republic of Indonesia in handling fisheries-related incidents," said the Foreign Ministry. The Malaysian consul in Pekanbaru has travelled to Batam to ensure the well-being of the two Malaysians, it added.On Sunday, Malaysia detained two Indonesian fishing boats off the coast of Penang, alleging that 550kg of fish were found on board. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said the vessels have been impounded for further investigations.On the same evening, the Indonesian Navy held a boat captained by a Singaporean for allegedly fishing in Indonesian waters off Bintan island without permission. On board were 13

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passengers from Malaysia and Singapore as well as three Indonesian crewmen. It was reported to be an Indonesia-flagged boat.Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that it is monitoring the matter closely and is in contact with the Indonesian authorities, as well as the next of kin of the detained Singaporeans.Since 2014, Indonesia has sunk about 170 vessels caught poaching in Indonesian waters and impounded 700 others. Most of the ships sunk were from Vietnam and the Philippines. Last year, two Singapore-registered ships were detained when they entered Indonesian waters in the Strait of Malacca, near Batam. Tension in regional waters has risen of late as hundreds of Chinese fishing boats have also made repeated forays into territory claimed by South-east Asian nations. Malaysia and Indonesia recently accused China of protecting the boats, which have reportedly been accompanied by Chinese coast guard vessels. But Beijing has insisted the vessels were in traditional Chinese fishing waters. Vietnam and the Philippines have also clashed with China over fishing rights.These alleged intrusions have increased in recent years, as fishermen struggle to bring home the lucrative catches of decades past. Source : The Straits Times

The GDF SUEZ GLOBAL ENERGY seen departing from Le Havre – Photo : Fabian Montreuil ©

MFA assisting Singaporeans detained in Indonesian waters

At least 11 Singaporeans were on a boat which was intercepted by the Indonesian navy for unauthorised fishing, according to Indonesian media.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Singapore is closely monitoring the detention of a vessel captained by a Singaporean in Indonesian waters, it said on Tuesday (Apr 19). In its statement, MFA added that it has been in close contact with relatives of the detained Singaporeans. "Our consulate in Batam is also in touch with the Indonesian authorities and will continue to render the necessary consular assistance to the Singaporeans,” an MFA spokesman said.According to a report on Indonesian news website Detik, the boat captained by a Mr Shoo Chian Huat was detained by the Indonesian navy on Saturday for unauthorised fishing. The vessel, intercepted in waters of Tanjung Berakit near Bintan island, carried 13 fishermen, among them seven Singaporeans and six Malaysians, reported Detik. On Monday, Detik reported that there were also seven crew members, four of them Singaporean. "Passengers will be deported. We are coordinating with immigration authorities on the timing and administration," a navy official told Detik.The captain had reportedly told authorities they had departed from Singapore and were sailing towards the Riau Islands. Source: channelnews asia

Asia Recovers From Slump As Oil Rebounds By: Faraz Haleem

On Tuesday, Asian stocks rebounded with Nikkei taking the lead. Strong finish at the Wall Street coupled with overnight recovered oil prices created positive sentiments in the region. Oil Prices Overnight, the oil prices recovered after plunging about 5%, followed by the Doha meeting on Sunday. Oil suppliers gathered in the city to discuss production cut to tackle the ongoing supply glut in the market. However, the meeting ended up without any consensus as Saudi Arabia wanted Iran on board to be a part of the production cut plan. Iran, on the contrary, did not just attend the meeting, but also said that it intended to increase production at 4 million barrels per day. The failure of the deal initially weighed down oil prices, but a reversal came after a report surfaced that Kuwait oil production has been badly affected by worker’s strike in the country. According to Reuters, Kuwait’s production has declined to 1.1 million barrels per day from 3 million, reflecting a 60% drop. Energy play was higher today in the Asian region as oil prices crawled back. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were at $40.20, 1.06% higher while globally-traded Brent was up 0.93% to $43.31 as of 2:29 AM EDT.



Japan Nikkei 225 paired yesterday’s losses and added 598 points to finish 3.68% higher. The Japanese benchmark started off strong and held the ground to lead the region as it was supported by industrial and consumer discretionary sectors. Among energy shares, Inpex Corp stock traded 2.66% higher while Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd was up 1.78% as energy sub-index jumped 3.11%. Exporters’ shares rallied today stimulated by weaker yen. The dollar-yen pair was trading at 109.419 as of 6:49 AM GMT. Sony Corp stock rallied 6.49%, while Honda Motor Co Ltd and Toyota Motor Corp shares surged 4.46% and 3.90%, respectively. A stronger yen is negative for Japanese exporters, as it dilutes overseas earnings when converted into local currency. China Shanghai stock exchange opened on positive note but later on tumbled and oscillated between gains and losses due to the weighed down. However, in the last trading hour, the index added 9 points to finish up 0.30% and was supported by the technology and material sector. CSI 300 index also swung between positive and negative before closing up 0.31%, adding 10 points. PetroChina Company Limited and China Oilfield Services Limited shares gained 0.79% and 0.38%, respectively as energy sub-index closed up 0.22%. In the currency market, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) boosted yuan daily reference rate for the second day and set mid-point rate at 6.4700 per dollar, strengthening yuan by 87 basis points (0.13%). In the money market, the Chinese central bank also injected liquidity of about $14 billion (90 billion yuan), which was the most in April. Australia S&P/ASX 200 index retraced its yesterday’s losses to add 52 points as financial and material sector supported the rally. Recovery in commodity prices created positive sentiments among traders as Aussie benchmark finished up 1.01%. Energy sub-sector traded 3.75% higher as Santos Ltd and Woodside Petroleum Limited shares were up 5.15% and 4.03%, respectively, due to the rise in oil prices. Resource sector also traded up as iron ore prices increased with BHP Billiton Limited shares rising 5.19% and Rio Tinto Limited stock up 3.88%. Earlier today, Rio Tinto announced first quarter of fiscal year 2016 (1QFY16) results and miner’s iron ore shipments saw 11% year-over-year (YoY) incline to 80.8 million tons. Independent Group NL and Western Areas Ltd shares were the best performers, whereas Liquefied Natural Gas and APN Outdoor Group Ltd came as the worst shares of the day. Earlier today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its minutes of policy meeting, held earlier this month, in which central bank kept the policy unchanged. In the minutes of meeting, RBA said that the impact of the appreciating Australian dollar had raised concerns. It further added that there is more room for interest rate cut in the economy owing to the low inflation in the country. Hong Kong Hang Seng index also started off strong, giving up yesterday’s losses as rally was supported by financial and consumer staples sector. The index added 275 points to finish up 1.30% at 21,436. Energy shares traded up withPetroChina Company Limited and Cnoon Ltd stocks adding 3.82% and 2.40%, respectively as crude traded higher. Tingyi Cayman Islands Holdings Corp and PetroChina Company Limited shares were among the top performers today, whereas China Merchants Holdings Ltd and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd were worst stocks of the day. Street’s View Overnight, Wall Street finished on a higher note as rallied by energy and basic material sector. S&P 500 took the lead index finished up 0.65%, adding 14 points, followed by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which added 107 points to close up 0.60%. NASDAQ surged 0.44% by adding 22 points. Strong finish at the US stock markets also boosted traders’ confidence in Asia. Source: chinabusinessnews

KOTUG SMIT Towage – a new name in Europe Kotug and Smit are now working together in northwest Europe

By Peter Barker

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and KOTUG International B.V have announced that the previously reported planned merger of their European harbour towage operations has been completed. The process of completing customary conditions, including due diligence and approval from regulatory agencies in respective countries involved

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and of course in cooperation with their works councils started in December 2014 when Kotug announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boskalis to merge their European harbour towage operations. It was a year later that an agreement on the merger was announced with the MOU being formalised and financial close aiming for the first quarter of 2016 followed by the operational integration. The final step has now been completed with the new company known as KOTUG SMIT Towage becoming operational on 7 April. Both Smit (a Boskalis subsidiary) and Kotug operate on a global basis with their headquarters in Papendrecht and Rotterdam respectively and the 50/50 JV concerns their operations in northwest Europe. The agreement involves 11 ports in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and UK with a fleet of 65 tugs resulting in operational synergies and a combined total revenue of approximately €150m. Activities of both partners in other parts of the world are excluded from the arrangement. At financial close, Boskalis refinanced its contribution to the JV, as a consequence freeing up and receiving €90m in cash.The selection of the name for the new venture is perhaps predictable but intended to retain both companies’ strong brand names and to benefit from well-established brand recognition. The forming of partnerships such as this is not uncommon now as established towage operators expand into other regions where local knowledge and connections are important in establishing business and gaining confidence of customers.For Boskalis this strategy is an established part of its business model, Saam Smit Towage (Americas), Smit Lamnalco and Keppel Smit Towage (Singapore) being three examples of regional cooperation arrangements. Kotug is a family owned company also increasing its global presence with similar cooperation arrangements but are equally known for its innovative and forward-thinking activities including the well-known Rotortug and development of hybrid tugs.For Kotug, CEO, Ard-Jan Kooren commented: “The combined operation allows us to meet the increasing demands of the maritime industry in order to supply our clients with an even higher level of efficiency and port call optimization in Europe. By drawing on a combined track record over 350 years of experience and knowledge in the maritime industry and with a passionate workforce, the joint venture will further strengthen its high quality towage services. In this consolidating market KOTUG SMIT TOWAGE is able to offer competitive services against the highest operational and safety standards within the industry.” Source: maritimejournal

56 YEARS DIFFERENCE IN AGE

Age doesn’t matter above seen the tugs HOLLAND and ISA moored in Harlingen the tugs are built with 56 years in between their construction years photo : Willem-Harm Mastenbroek v.o.f. Sleepboot ISA Wijk bij Duurstede - The Netherlands www.tugboat-isa.nl

MSC Cruises rolls out new internet packages MSC Cruises' new internet packages now offered on MSC Divina from Miami

MSC Cruises is improving online bandwidth and rolling out new internet packages across its fleet. Rates now range from $4.50 per day or $16.50 for a seven-night cruise for a basic social package, which will give passengers access to social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from one device.The surfer package, which extends internet access to email and news and sports sites on up to two devices, costs $11 per day or $33 per week. Prices for the streamer package, which offers full internet access on up to four devices, is $22 daily or $66 per week, MSC said.

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The three new internet packages, which can be booked before sailing or on board, are now available on MSC Divina sailing from Miami to the Caribbean and on MSC Preziosa, which is operating cruises in the Western Mediterranean.In coming months, the internet packages will be available on other ships fleetwide, MSC said."We know that staying connected while on vacation is increasingly more important to our guests, hence we are rolling out state-of-the-art technology to allow them to stay connected," MSC CEO Gianni Onorato said. Source: sun-sentinel

The LEISURE WORLD seen moored at the Penang cruise terminal – Photo : Maarten Versluijs ©

Maersk Line to increase Asia-Europe shipping rates by US$550 per TEU

The world's largest container shipping company Maersk Line, owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to increase freight rates for transporting containers from Asia to Northern Europe by US$550 (S$735) per 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) from May 1, it said on Tuesday. The industry has been grappling with overcapacity and freight rates for shipping containers on the key route have plummeted 78 per cent this year to a level widely seen as loss-making. Maersk Line

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also aims to raise freight rates from Asia to some ports in Central America and South America's west coast by US$1,050 per TEU from May 15. Source: straitstimes

Berthed at No 5 Invergordon is Offshore Supply is seen the VIKING NEPTUN with general cargo vessel

EASTERN VANQUISH awaiting a berth & Cold Stacked OCEAN VANGUARD in background Photo : Tim onboard Paragon MSS1 ©

Maersk Ends 10-Year Hiatus with Port of Liverpool

Maersk Line has recently announced that it will be running a service to Liverpool after a 10-year hiatus, offering a feeder product to connect in its Mediterranean transhipment hub, Algeciras. The weekly service is an addition to its extensive product portfolio, which opens up multiple opportunities for its customers in the North West of the UK to connect with Maersk Line’s global network. The SLX service gives Maersk Line transit time improvements to Africa and the east coast of South America plus benefits to and from Asia main ports via its East-West network. PTI previously published a news piece reporting on Maersk and its terminal operating arm APM Terminals plan to pass more of the financial burden from terminals to carriers.The Port of Liverpool’s owner, Peel Ports recently announced that its near half-billion Liverpool2 container terminal is scheduled to open in summer, 2016. Source: porttechnology

With an almost full load of containers MSC HAMBURG entered the port of Antwerp coming from the Far East.

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een-maritieme-club-in-de-haven-is-goud-waard Eigenlijk had de 25-jarige World Ship Society Rotterdam Branch volgens voorzitter Cees de Keijzer zaterdag 16 april zijn gouden jubileum (50 jaar) moeten vieren. Want de zilveren club is in de Rotterdamse haven goud waard!



Volstrekt onafhankelijk, eigenzinnig en niet afhankelijk van declaraties bij bedrijven voor de contributie (35 euro per jaar) van hun 325 leden. Ze zijn allen gewoon liefhebbers van schepen en de haven. Niet ingegeven door hun bedrijf. De auteurs Hans Roodenburg en Cees de Keijzer (r.) reiken aan leden van het eerste uur Jan Rook en Wim Korndorffer het eerste boek ‘Mooie schepen en banen’ uit. Foto: Gerrit J.de Boer Dat bleek ook weer bij de viering van het jubileum. De meesten – vaak met partner – wisten tijdens de rondvaart in de haven van Rotterdam te vertellen op welke plaats we aan het varen waren en welke schepen er lagen of tot vaak zelfs waar ze vandaan kwamen. De Keijzer vertelde uiteraard over het ontstaan van de club ruim 25 jaar geleden. Ooit begonnen in een fabriek van pijpbeugels – toen toeleverancier van vooral de scheepswerven - in Krimpen aan

de IJssel van Jan Rook. Aan hem en een ander lid van het eerste uur, Wim Korndorffer, hebben de auteurs Cees de Keijzer en Hans Roodenburg het eerste boek ‘Mooie schepen en banen’ – alweer het vijfde in een serie – uitgereikt. Het derde lid Frans van der Stel uit de oprichting – en nog steeds trouw aan de club - was door verblijf in Singapore verhinderd. Alle leden van WSS Rotterdam Branch – de grootste ter wereld - kregen na afloop van de vaartocht tot hun genoegen een exemplaar. Jan Rook is al met pensioen. Hij kwam in de fabriek van zijn vader die deze in 1930 oprichtte. Nu runnen zijn z’n zoon en een ander familielid de tent. Opmerkelijk is dat deze toeleverancier Rook & Zn B.V. (pijpbeugels en draadbeugels) van de metaalindustrie nog steeds bestaat. Volgens Jan Rook zijn er thans twaalf mensen in dienst. Toen hij eigenaar was, waren het er zes. In het profiel van het bedrijf staat dat in de periode sinds 1930 ‘ons bedrijf zich heeft weten te ontwikkelen tot een betrouwbare en vakkundige partner voor veel constructiebedrijven, pijpleidingbedrijven, handelsondernemingen, installatiebedrijven, offshore-industrie en voor de

scheepsbouw’.Behalve mooie gefotografeerde schepen en unieke stukjes daarover staan in het boek twaalf bijzondere banen beschreven. Van bergingsinspecteur (de enige vrouwelijke ter wereld) tot een reder in de offshore .De laatste is waarschijnlijk de oudste (76 jaar) nog actieve reder van Nederland. Elke dag komt Henk Groen (Foto links: Ries van Wendel de Joode) nog op zijn familiebedrijf in Scheveningen. Hij is ooit begonnen in de ‘vetputten (machinekamers) van vissersschepen. Thans heeft hij zo’n twintigtal eigen schepen in Offshore, Guard & Support varen en zo’n dertig in charter. In het boek vertelt Henk Groen dat hij heel veel heeft te danken aan zijn vrouw Maria. ,,Zij heeft mij altijd de goede richting opgeduwd.’’Het boek is vanaf 16 april te koop voor €18,95 in de

boekhandel (ISBN 978-94-91354-53-3) of online bij uitgeverij Coolegem Media via www.mooieschepenenbanen.nl . bron vandaagenmorgen

Port of Rotterdam sails into Australia, eyes Fremantle

Europe's largest port is seeking to shake-up Australian port ownership, with an audacious bid for Western Australia's $2.5 billion Fremantle Port. While WA politicians debate whether or not to push ahead with its two port privatisations, Street Talk can reveal that the Port of Rotterdam has hired local advisers and is doing preliminary work on a bid for the Fremantle port. Rotterdam's pitch is expected to revolve around the strategic benefits it could bring to Australia. As owner of Europe's largest port - and until not that long ago the world's biggest port - it reckons it has a pretty good view of global shipping movements and a good grasp on how to utilise Fremantle to capture a bigger share of the market. Street Talk understands Rotterdam overlooked participating in Port of Melbourne's underway auction to focus solely on Fremantle.The company's international arm is increasingly active in a number of regions including the Middle East, Brazil and Indonesia. Port of Rotterdam typically seeks to be a port landlord, where port authorities lease plots of land on a long-term lease basis and container stevedores such as Hutchison Whampoa operate the actual terminals. Fremantle's sale, should it be approved by the politicians, is shaping up to be such a deal. Rotterdam is expected to come up against the usual list of Australian port tyrekickers who are presently focused on the $6 billion-plus Port of Melbourne. That list include's Macquarie Group's Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, IFM Investors, QIC Ltd, Hastings Funds Management and United States-based Global Infrastructure Partners, and their respective clients and

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financial co-investors. Street Talk understands Rotterdam has hired Melbourne-based corporate adviser Lighthouse Infrastructure to help with its bid. Should it make it to the auction, Rotterdam would be expected to consider teaming up with a financial or other investor. Rotterdam port is owned by the Dutch government and the Municipality of Rotterdam and turns over about €600 million annually. Fremantle makes about $100 million earnings a year. It's expected to be worth as much as $2.5 billion. Of course Fremantle's sale - and the sale of Utah Point Bulk Handling Facility at Port Hedland - requires a green-light from WA's politicians. Fremantle Port's sale hit a major stumbling block last month when the WA Nationals, which govern in an alliance with Colin Barnett's Liberal government, decided they would not support sale.A frustrated West Australian treasurer Mike Nahan, under pressure to sell state assets and hammer down ballooning debt, is attempting to revive the sale by travelling to the regions to personally impress on rural voters the importance of the sale.Nahan said blocking the sale put in jeopardy a live export facility at Kwinana, which was to be funded from the sale proceeds. The government plans to introduce legislation for the sale when parliament resumes in May. It wants to sell the port before the election in March.The Labor opposition, which is ahead in the opinion polls, does not support the sale. Source: AFR

The VOS PARADISE seen loading in Den Helder Harbor on 19-04-2016 morning.

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Botlek Tank Terminal to expand capacity Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) will be significantly expanding its capacity in the port of Rotterdam – from 200,000 to 467,000 cubic metres. Following construction, which starts in May of this year – with final acceptance scheduled for mid-2017 – the local subsidiary of storage and handling firm HES will have gained fourteen storage tanks and three new quays for inland vessels. With 34 storage tanks for mineral oils, biodiesel and edible oils, BTT’s existing terminal is a so-called ‘zero emissions terminal’. It is also one of the most environmentally-friendly tank terminals in the world. BTT ultimately intends to expand its storage capacity in Rotterdam to roughly 750,000 cubic metres. Source: BTT

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Traffic Centre IJmuiden north locks demolished

Almost fifty years served the lock keepers the IJmuiden locks from this property. Tuesday it was demolished . The Traffic Centre makes way for the new lock . Whole generations worked on the SLC on Lock Island. The lock keepers , employed by the Port of Amsterdam , moving to a new lock control center at the Spui pumping station . Photo : Henk Honing www.fotohoning.nl ©

EFTA Court condems dockers’ pools: Monopoly Of Norwegian Dockers Contrary To Competition

Rules, Free Movement And Human Rights The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States (more commonly known as the EFTA Court) delivered a landmark judgment on the incompatibility of the monopoly of Norwegian dockers with EU rules on free competition, free movement and human rights.At stake was the legality of a boycott by the dockers’ unions to force Holship to accept a Collective Labour Agreement granting priority of employment for loading and unloading operations to the dockers supplied by the Administration Office (AO) for Dock Work in the port of Drammen. All permanently employed dockworkers in the Port of Drammen are engaged by the AO. They are paid a fixed wage and may earn supplemental pay varying with each ship call. The dockworkers work under a rota managed by the AO. The AO is a non-profit-making entity and a distinct legal person. It has its own board consisting of three representatives of the employers and two representatives of the employees. Holship is a Norwegian company wholly owned by a Danish company. It employs its own workers to handle the unloading and loading work which in the AO’s and the dockers’ union’s view should have been replaced by pool dockers supplied by the AO. Were Holship to affiliate to the Collective Agreement, it would be bound to observe the right of dockworkers employed by the AO to priority of engagement for unloading or loading operations at ship calls. The AO would decide whether it had the capacity to take on an assignment or whether Holship would be allowed to use its own employees. It would be required to pay for the unloading and loading assignments at the applicable rates set by the AO. Registered dockworkers in 14 other Norwegian ports benefit from the same priority of engagement for unloading and loading of vessels. The dock labour regime of Norway can thus be considered a classic example of a restrictive dockers’ pool system. In an advance ruling issued at the request of the Supreme Court of Norway, the EFTA Court held, inter alia, that: (1) a collective bargaining agreement imposing the use of pool dockers goes beyond the core objects and elements of collective bargaining; (2) the exemption from the competition rules applicable to collective bargaining agreements does not cover the assessment of a priority of engagement rule or the use of a boycott against a port user in order to procure acceptance of a collective agreement, when such acceptance entails that the port user must give preference to buying unloading

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and loading services from a separate company, such as the AO, in place of using its own employees for the same work; (3) a pool agency employing dockers and supplying these to port operators is an undertaking subject to the competition rules, namely the prohibition of cartels between companies and the prohibition of abuse of a dominant position, which may apply separately or jointly; (4) the notion of abuse of a dominant position refers to practices which may cause damage to consumers directly, but also to those which are detrimental to them through their impact on competition; in the case of a dockers’ pool, abuses may consist of: – obliging port operators to obtain all or most of their requirements from that undertaking; – charging disproportionate prices or granting price reductions to certain users and to offset such reductions by an increase in the charges to others; such disproportionate prices may result from the pay rates fixed by the AO for using dockworkers; – reducing incentives for the AO to employ modern technology which could imply higher costs for stevedore services; (5) the pool system is contrary to the freedom of establishment as it entails a restriction of that freedom which finds no justification in overriding reasons of public interest such as the protection of workers, because the aggregate effects of the priority clause and the creation of the AO are not limited to the establishment or improvement of working conditions of the workers of the AO and go beyond the core object and elements of collective bargaining and its inherent effects on competition; the pool system protects only a limited group of workers to the detriment of other workers; Holship’s own workers are barred from performing the unloading and loading services and may even lose their employment if their employer affiliates to the Collective Agreement; (6) the fundamental freedoms must be interpreted in the light of fundamental human rights such as the negative freedom of association which is infringed by a closed shop arrangement under which employment as a docker is contingent on the workers joining a trade union; (7) Member States cannot make treaty rights subject to ILO Dock Work Convention C137 or its national implementation (ILO C137, to which Norway is a Party, grants priority of employment to registered dock workers); (8) in accordance with the proportionality principle, a restrictive measure in a dock labour regime must be such as to guarantee the achievement of the intended aim and must not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. In other words, it must not be possible to obtain the same result by less restrictive rules. The EFTA Court judgment considerably reinforces the effect of earlier rulings by the European Court of Justice and national law courts which declared classic pool systems in ports contrary to fundamental treaty principles. New elements are the explicit confirmation by the Court of the applicability of the competition rules to collective labour agreements establishing a monopoly for pool dockers, the emphasis on the right of employment for non-pool workers, and the recognition of the fundamental freedom of workers not to join a dockers’ trade union. Today’s judgment confirms the findings of a major study on port labour in the EU conducted in 2013 by Eric Van Hooydonk on behalf of the European Commission. It gives further support to the infringement actions of the Commission against Belgium and Spain which so far have not reformed their dock work systems. Eric Van Hooydonk Lawyers is currently assisting some 10 clients in port labour cases and is keeping a close watch on EU and national developments.The EFTA Court is a supranational judicial body responsible for the three EFTA members who are also members of the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It applies the same fundamental treaty principles as the European Court of Justice which interprets the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Therefore the judgments of the EFTA Court enjoy considerable authority within the EU as well. Source: Eric Van Hooydonk Lawyers

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MAIDEN CALL FOR AIDA PRIMA IN ROTTERDAM

Another brandnew passengerliner visited Rotterdam, this time the in Japan built AIDAPRIMA, as I was travelling yesterday the whole day, spending more time in waiting for the many hours delayed plane then the actual travelling and that in combination with the famous traffic in Manila I ran out of time for this newsletter, I will make a compilation of the photos received of this arrival in the Friday morning edition Photo top: Paul Gerdes ©

Newbuilding orders grind to a near halt, as ship owners turn to second hand vessels

The pattern established over the course of the past few months under which ship owners refrain from placing more newbuilding orders on the back of the already high global orderbook for most ship types, appears to be set in stone. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking confirmed that “after a very disappointing first quarter of 2016, with a large gap in the volume of fresh orders reported, it looks as though little has changed, with limited if any interest circulating in the market for most of the main ship types. Prices have seen a significant softening from where they stood at during the start of the year, but little avail as it has not managed to nudge interest as of yet. In most sectors the secondhand markets are still proving to create a significant barrier, as asset prices are being quoted at fairly competitive levels, while it is not as though freight rates have been anything to shout about, leaving sentiment on the margin and interest fro new orders in the doldrums. It looks as though this trend is unlikely to shift anytime soon and as such the small trickle of new orders will continue to disappoint shipbuilders abound”, said Allied. Meanwhile, in a separate newbuilding report out this week, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas noted that “further to the twenty 400,000 DWT VLOCs being ordered by China Merchant Group and COSCO in the last few weeks, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Leasing (ICBC Leasing) order for six firm vessels at Jiangsu New Yangzijiang last week, this same leasing company has now made a further order for four sister Vessels, however this time being built at Beihai Shipyard. These units’ additional units are reported to deliver throughout 2018 and again backed by a long-term COA to Vale. This brings the total number in this series to thirty firm ships. There have been no orders in other conventional sectors, however the RoPax market has seen two orders reported this week. B.V. Rederij G. Doeksen en Zonen have ordered two, 2,000 GT, LNG Fuelled Catamaran Vessels, with delivery in April and June 2018. These Vessels have a reported 600 passenger and 64 car carrying capacity. An unknown domestic Chinese Owner has placed an order for two 5,000 GT RoPaxes at Fujian Funing S.B. in China, although little further details are so far known about this order, apart from delivery is slated for next year”.In the S&P Market, where things are much more active, Allied Shipbroking said that “on the dry bulk side, activity continues to grow strong though with little confirmation as to the real strength of any price gains. Vies are still fairly evenly divided on this, though the gaining freight rates of late have pushed things in favor of a further in crease in buying interest. Having said that it will take a lot more to really get the momentum going, while for the time being it seems that a greater role will be played by the numerous speculators in the market. On the tanker side, Things have held fairly subdued, while on the pricing front we have been seeing mixed messages abound. Sellers are still holding hard against any further price corrections, while many are lacking interest to sell at the currently prevailing levels given the good earnings being made. At the same time buyers’ interest has been lagging due to the uncertainty of how well the freight market will hold moving forward”. Finally, in the demolition market, Allied added that “it was becoming fairly clear in the start of the week, that the prevailing price figures witnessed up until then were under considerable pressure and although on the commodities front things had been given a positive boost, the increasing level of demo candidates showing up was tilting the scales in favor of a drop in prices. Nevertheless the correction was only a small one for the time being and it looks as though we could see prices hold fairly buoyant for a little while longer. The main issue expressed by most however is in



reference to what will happen once the monsoon season begins, a period which is usually lacking in end buyer’s interest, fearing that we could see another quick drop like the one noted last year. For now it looks as though the prevailing prices are ideal in order to keep things active and in turn allowing for a considerable alleviation of excess tonnage from the freight market”, the shipbroker concluded. Source :Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Contracts continue to flow for Middle East vessels

Boskalis will use a large cutter suction dredger for trenching of a new gas pipeline in Abu Dhabi Offshore contractors and vessel owners are securing contracts for operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Saudi Arabia. State-run energy companies in these countries continue to invest in offshore infrastructure despite last year’s slump in oil prices.Investment in subsea infrastructure was highlighted recently by the announcement of contract awards for engineering contractors and vessel owners. Royal Boskalis Westminster announced a contract at the end of March from the National Petroleum Construction Co (NPCC) to support a gas pipeline project in the UAE. This is for dredging and related work for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc). Boskalis commenced work on dredging a trench for the offshore gas pipeline in the first quarter of this year. The new

pipeline will run for at least 50km between Das Island and Ras Al Qila onshore Abu Dhabi. A medium-sized trailing suction hopper dredger and a large cutter suction dredger will be deployed as well as backhoe dredgers for dredging in shallow water. Boskalis is also contracted to backfill the new pipeline once it is installed and the backfilling of an existing offshore pipeline with sand over a total distance of 34km using a trailing suction hopper dredger. This pipeline is located in the vicinity of the new line. The contract will be

carried out in phases and completed in the second half of 2017.McDermott International also won a contract recently for work in the UAE. The US-based contractor said it had secured work including engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore pipelines. McDermott vice president for the Middle East Linh Austin said this would be a fast-track project managed out of the UAE. “This fast-track project was ideally suited to our integrated capabilities involving our engineering, project management and procurement teams based in Dubai as well as our marine assets in the region,” he added. Brokers said it was related to the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co (ADMA-OPCO) Umm Shaif pipeline replacement project.ADMA-OPCO has also awarded a contract to engineering group Penspen to manage improvement projects on Das Island, which is the oil and gas processing, storage and exporting terminals for the Umm Shaif and Zakum fields. The work includes replacement and upgrading of pipeline networks and creating an oil spill response hub for the island and associated offshore production facilities.PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has gained long-term charters totalling US$85 million for five vessels operating in the Middle East. The main element of these contracts involves chartering of four new utility vessels to Saudi Aramco. These vessels will be chartered for five years to perform offshore maintenance work on production facilities in the Arabian Gulf. The

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charters will commence progressively from the first quarter of 2017, with the first three vessels due to be delivered over the first half of 2017. POSH expects the fourth vessel to be delivered in June 2017. The second contract for POSH was a five-year charter of an anchor handler from the first quarter of this year to an unnamed energy company operating in Qatar.Mermaid Subsea Services has secured a US$10 million order to provide subsea cable installation, and accommodation services as a subcontract, for a project in Qatar. It will use construction barge Mubarak Supporter along with other chartered-in vessels for the three-month project, which commenced in April 2016. In the Red Sea, Saudi Aramco has ordered a large-scale ocean bottom seismic survey to hunt for more oil and gas resources. Magseis and BGP will conduct a nine-month survey using survey ship Artemis Athene starting in July 2016. Source: offshore support journal

Scaldis reveals official calling name for their unique

During the design phase of the new DP II heavy lift vessel, Scaldis used the provisional calling name RAMBIZ 4000 referring to the lifting capacity. In the meantime an important milestone took place. The vessel’s keel laying ceremony took place on Saturday 27 February 2016 at the Hong Qiang shipyard near Shanghai. Following this event, it is now time to reveal the name of the vessel. Scaldis and its shareholders are very proud to announce that the vessel will sail under the name

“GULLIVER” The vessel’s name refers to Gulliver from Gulliver’s Travels. In the book, Gulliver is famous for his travels, especially his voyage to Lilliput where his physical size and strength are an advantage. His extraordinary capabilities puts Gulliver in a unique positionThe new heavy lift vessel will reflect these qualities as it executes its worldwide projects.The Contract for the construction and delivery of the ship was signed on 29th January 2015. The design was drawn up in-house in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, part of Royal IHC on the basis of the extensive experience that Scaldis has accumulated hoisting heavy objects in challenging offshore conditions. Delivery is scheduled for spring 2017 in Europe. The vessel will be built underfull responsibility and coordination of Royal IHC in Qidong and finished at Huisman in Xiamen, bothof which are located in the People’s Republic of China. The ship is ordered to further support and expand the services, including the installation of offshore infrastructures and

decommissioning-deconstruction activities for the oil and gas industry as well as the installation of offshore wind farms. The ship can also be used for any type of marine related heavylifting work in challenging situations, such as the construction of bridge components and clearing subsea obstacles. The provision of a helipad in combination with accommodation for 78 people means Scaldis is capable of providing a varied range of additional services.A few specific characteristics make this new crane ship unique in its field. It has two Huisman craneseach with a lifting capacity of

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2,000 tons, based on a design by Vuyk. The ship also has extra carryingcapacity of 3,000 tons. The cranes can be moved by 25 m on the ship. This allows the deck to be usedto transport and then relocate cargo at a later stage.The ship and the cranes are an integrated design which allows the maximum load to be hoisted insignificant wave heights of up to 1.5 m. In these circumstances, the freeboard is not less than 3 m anywhere on the vessel. In standby or transport modes, significant wave height can be as much as 7.0 m. It is also worth noting that the maximum load can be lifted in water depths of around 5.0 m. The four azimuth thrusters and the DP II system allow installation work to be conducted in deeperwater without the use of anchors. This guarantees flexibility and efficiency and also means that work can be carried out in zones where many pipelines and cables already lie on the bed, for example. The crane ship is also equipped with 4 main working anchors and winches and 4 secondary devices.The powerful and rapid ballast system can follow the hoisting operation exactly, allowing jobs to be completed quickly and continuously.The ship will be equipped with a so-called 'moonpool' for the purposes of operating a separate ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) for inspecting and supervising installation work on the seabed. Finally,the presence of heavy fenders allows containers to be loaded/unloaded at sea. Supplementary information : Main characteristics Calling name GULLIVER Type Self-propelled crane ship Principal SCALDIS Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V. Shipyard Royal IHC Length 108.00 m Beam 50.90 m Depth 8.00 m Draught 4.90 m Speed 7 knots Hoisting capacity 4.000 Ton Total installed capacity 10,450 kW Accommodation 78 people Special feature DP II and skidding cranes

Angola is world’s second largest supplier of oil to China in February

Angola was the world’s second largest supplier of oil to China,just behind Saudi Arabia,accounting for 15 percent of all Chinese imports, according to the OPEC monthly report.According to the same report China imported 8 million barrels of oil per day from Angola, which represented a 20 percent increase over the same month of 2015. In January, China had imported 1.7 million barrels of oil per day from Angola.Also according to the OPEC monthly report Angolan oil production in March reached a daily average of 1.778 million barrels, an additional 18,000 barrels on the previous month.In March Angola increased its oil production again and, within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), posted the largest increase after Iran and Iraq. Source: MacauHub

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Company of 10 Indonesian crew kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf agrees to pay $1.46 million ransom

The private company that owns the Indonesian boats whose 10 crew members are being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf militants in the Southern Philippines has agreed to hand over 50 million Peso (S$1.46 million) in ransom, said Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Tuesday (April 19). "The next communications between the company and the hostage-taker may be on Wednesday or Thursday," Mr Luhut told reporters in Ternate, North Maluku province. Mr Luhut added that efforts to free four other Indonesians being taken hostage in a later incident are still underway. "Communications with the group taking hostage of the 10 Indonesians is smoother than with the other group holding 4 Indonesians," Mr Luhut added. The Abu Sayyaf militants abducted the 10 Indonesians from the tugboats Brahma 12 and barge Anand 12 at sea around March 28, and demanded US$1 million (S$1.34 million) for their release. The militants did not take the the vessels, on of which carried more than 7,500 tonnes of coal. Ms Sarah Lubis, corporate secretary of United Tractors, which owns the vessels whose 10 crew were taken, told The Straits Times by phone: "We are ready to do what is best for our crew members." In a separate incident last Friday (April 15), pirates believed to be linked to the Abu Sayyaf militants struck again, taking four Indonesian sailors hostage.The four men were part of a crew of 10 manning the tugboat TB Henry, which was towing a barge called Christi. They were en route to Tarakan, North Kalimantan, after unloading 8,000 tonnes of coal in the Philippine island of Cebu. The hostage-takers did not manage to seize the tugboat or the barge, but a member of the crew was shot in the chest by one of the pirates after trying to resist capture.The sailor who was wounded and the remaining five crewmen escaped and were rescued by Malaysian maritime police. This is the third reported incident of piracy in just over two weeks involving a tugboat and barge formation and the second involving Indonesia-flagged vessels. The Abu Sayyaf was formed by disgruntled Moro Islamic fighters in 1991 with funding from Al-Qaeda. It is known for exortions, kidnappings, beheadings and bombings and has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group. "They are a group that's motivated by money, not ideology," Mr Luhut said. Source: straitstimes

Tentative Agreement Reached Between Portland, Nova Scotia Ferry Company

Portland has reached a tentative agreement with the operators of a ferry to Nova Scotia on a schedule. The schedule calls for the high-speed ferry to arrive in Portland daily at 1:30 p.m. and depart an hour later. The goal was to coordinate with cruise ships using Portland Harbor.City Manager Jon Jennings tells the Portland Press Herald that he wants the ferry to arrive after the afternoon arrivals and departures of cruise ship excursions. Jennings has said that he’d like to avoid adding hundreds of ferry passengers to the mix of people on the eastern waterfront.The ferry service

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is expected to begin June 15. Bay Ferries has already posted the schedule, with a 2:30 p.m. departure from Portland, on its website. Adult fare is $194 round trip. Source; MPBN news

MISC on the lookout for distressed FPSOs and petroleum tankers

By; Eva Yeong MISC Bhd, whose shareholders approved the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in the Gumusut-Kakap semi-floating production system, is on the lookout for distressed floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) and petroleum tankers with long-term charters.President and group CEO Yee Yang Chien said while new FPSO contracts are limited due to the low oil price, there are also assets put up for sale by distressed companies. "We have been looking at the market very closely since mid-2015 and it is beginning to show. Quite a few assets have shown up in the market but those are not what we're looking for. We are patient, we believe more assets will come. There's no need to rush," he told reporters after its AGM and EGM today.Yee said the group has no issue with funding and is confident that good opportunities will come up for asset acquisition in the next two to three years. Source: the Sun Daily

Sale agreed on for Chim Sao FPSO owner Ezra Holdings and EMAS Offshore Production Service (Vietnam) have accepted a non-binding letter of intent to sell their current combined 78.4% equity in PV Keez to an infrastructure investment specialist.PV Keez owns the FPSO Lewek EMAS, which Premier Oil has chartered for the Chim Sao field offshore southern Vietnam. Ezra has also formed a new 50:50 venture with Chiyoda Corp., EMAS Chiyoda Subsea.This combines the two companies’ strengths, allowing them to bid for larger subsea construction projects from the conceptual phase through engineering, procurement, construction, and installation. Source : Pennenergy

Amarinth secures order to equip the Pioneiro de Libra FPSO with a vertical sump pump capable of withstanding

heavy seas Amarinth secures order to equip the Pioneiro de Libra FPSO with a vertical sump pump capable of withstanding heavy seaAmarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial and power markets, has secured an order from London Marine Consultants on a very short 14 week lead for a vertical sump pump that will mounted on the bow of the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra and is IP66 rated to protect against heavy seas washing over it.London Marine Consultants was awarded the EPC contract to supply an external turret mooring system for the EWT (Extended Well Test) FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel Pioneiro de Libra, a conversion of the Suezmax tanker Navion Norvegia. On completion of the build at the Jurong Shipyard of Singapore, the vessel is destined for the ultra-deepwater Libra oil prospect field, operated by consortium leader Petrobas, located in the Santos Basin, about 230km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Libra field is estimated to contain recoverable resources of up to 12 billion barrels of oil and is one of the largest deepwater oil accumulations globally. During the design of the turret the need for a wash-down sump facility with drains pump was established and with a short lead time of just 14 weeks to provide this before the vessel was due to be moved, London Marine Consultants turned to Amarinth for its ability to provide bespoke vertical sump pumps on tight deadlines.Due to much higher seas in the operating region than is usual for where an FPSO might operate, the drain pump in the wash-down sump, which is located in the bow of the vessel, was liable to submersion during heavy seas. Amarinth worked closely with London Marine Consultants to design a pump that could withstand the demanding conditions, modifying its proven T-Series vertical sump pump to be fully IP66 rated, which is defined as “dust tight and protected against heavy seas or powerful jets of water”. The IP66 rating covered the pump, motor and transmitters and even the control panel which was also open to the elements. Level transmitters were installed to automatically start the pump when the sump has filled, pumping the water to the cleaning package before its return to the sea, and to switch off the pump once the sump has been emptied.Oliver Brigginshaw, Managing Director of Amarinth, commented: “This was our first order from London Marine Consultants and also for the Libra field and we are pleased that we have been able to provide this IP66 rated vertical sump pump so that the vessel can be completed on schedule. We are looking forward to leveraging our expertise gained on this project into new projects for the Libra field that we are starting to see as it is being developed.” For more information, please visit: www.amarinth.com

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SAIPEM AWARDED €430M OF E&C CONTRACTS Saipem has been awarded new E&C contracts cumulatively valued at approximately €430 million.

This includes, among the various initiatives:

- a contract with Statoil, for the lift and mating operations of offshore floating wind turbines for the Hywind Scotland project;

- additional works related to the installation of multi-phase pipelines in the Caspian Sea; and

- the recently announced contract for the offshore section of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project.

Most of the recent awards are related to gas and renewables infrastructure, highlighting Saipem's exposure to activities that are not directly impacted by the oil price, where the company is able to leverage its diversified portfolio of assets and know-how. Saipem is one of the world leaders in drilling services, as well as in the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of pipelines and complex projects, onshore and offshore, in the oil & gas market. The company has distinctive competences in operations in harsh environments, remote areas and deepwater. Saipem provides a full range of services with “EPC” and “EPCI” contracts (on a “turn-key” basis) and has distinctive capabilities and unique assets with a high technological content.

Angle lifeboat launched to rescue fishing vessel ANGLE RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was alerted on Saturday (April 16) to assist a seven metre fishing vessel with a fouled propeller, at Mill Bay just inside the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway. The Tamar class lifeboat Mark Mason was launched at 8.43am and located the casualty approximately 30 metres from the cliffs. There were 2 people on board and the vessel’s anchor was deployed.The lifeboat rigged a tow to the casualty, her anchor was recovered and a course was set for Milford Docks.At the entrance to the Docks, the fishing vessel was put alongside the lifeboat and taken to the Fisherman's Pontoon. With the casualty safely berthed, the lifeboat was released shortly before 10am to return to her station. Source : westerntelegraph

OCEANTEAM ASA - SOLUTIONS WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY AND ENGINEER 4000T AND 1100T TURNTABLES

FOR CABLE HANDLING AND SPLICING Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a contract to supply 4000T and 1100T turntables and auxiliary equipment for the storage, splicing and multiple loadouts of cables to a client at Oceanteam's own base in Velsen Noord, The Netherlands.Oceanteam Solutions is supplying engineering services, a professional cable handling crew and equipment for the complete project. A total of three cables will be delivered and spooled onto the two turntables. Subsequently, the cables will be spliced in Oceanteam Solutions' custom-made workshop and then spooled onto a cable laying vessel. The engineering work has already been completed and mobilisation of the equipment started this month. "We are very pleased with this contract and our ability to support our client at such short notice. It shows our flexibility in delivering high quality engineering, custom made equipment and professional cable handling within a challenging time frame. We are looking forward to taking care of our client's future cable storage, handling and transport requirements," says Lex van Doorn Managing Director of Oceanteam Solutions.

About Oceanteam ASA

The Company is comprised of two operating segments, Oceanteam Shipping and Oceanteam Solutions. Oceanteam Shipping owns, charters and manages deep-water offshore support vessels and fast support vessels. Oceanteam Solutions focus is to provide its clients with complete offshore solutions. This year, Oceanteam ASA is having its ten year anniversary, celebrating a decade of offshore solutions. For more information: www.oceanteam.no

Philippines, Malaysian military officials to meet over kidnappings

Senior Philippines military officials are expected to meet their Malaysian counterparts to discuss security coordination in view of a spate of kidnappings along the shared sea borders. Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) spokesman Maj Filemon Tan Jr said that Westmincom chief Lt Gen Mayoralgo dela Cruz would be setting the meeting next week. Tan said a joint patrol might be among the issues to be discussed in finding solutions to the kidnappings of 18 sailors - 14 Indonesians and four Malaysians - in three separate raids along the Sabah and Tawi-Tawi sea

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borders since March 26. He said troops were on high alert following the latest kidnapping of four Indonesian sailors on board tugboat TB Henry by Filipino gunmen on Friday night. The other six sailors including one who was shot during the raid fled towards Sabah and arrangements are being made for their return to Indonesia while the injured victim remains in the Tawau hospital. However, Tan said the military was still trying to ascertain the identities of the abductors who attacked TB Henry in the seawaters near Pondo Sibugal, Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi. He said the attackers might just be claiming to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) as the Sulu sea had many pirate groups in operations. Following abductions along the border, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein had called for joint patrols and aerial surveillance with neighbouring countries to tackle piracy and kidnappings in the Sulu Sea. There is also mounting pressure by leaders of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to address the issue of kidnappings following the April 6 Sabah government’s move to ban barter trade with its neighbours in Tawi-Tawi where prices of sundry goods including fuel have doubled. ARMM executive secretary Laisa Alamia said the sea trade shut down was badly affecting traders in Tawi-Tawi, which has a traditional barter-trading route in the southern backdoor of the country. He said ARMM Gov Mujiv Hataman wants to meet Philippines president Benigno Aquino Jr to discuss the issues with Malaysia. Tawi-Tawi, a chain of islands along the Sabah’s east coast, relies on sundry goods and other supplies from the state as it is closer and cheaper source then getting the goods from the Philippines’ Zamboanga City. Residents in the area claimed that the price of a bag of rice has doubled from around 600 Pesos (RM60) to about 1,200 Pesos (RM120).

CASUALTY REPORTING

Explosion Aboard Tanker Kills One By Aiswarya

An explosion aboard a Korean-registered vessel Heung-A Pioneer killed one person and injured five others during its voyage down the the Tanjung Dawai coast, Malacca Strait, Malaysia near Kedah waters last night. The explosion was preceded by a fire, which broke out in the middle of the ship’s deck. The deceased has been identified as Myanmar national Tha Tun while the victims are aged between 28 and 58.Penang Port received the ship’s mayday call and informed the relevant authorities, including the fire and rescue department and the police station, of the incident. Paramedics were deployed to the scene, but one seafarer died straight away after the explosion. Once the vessel arrived at the port, the injured personnel were hospitalized for treatment. “The captain of the ship revealed that the fire started from the middle of the ship’s deck which in turn caused the explosion,” a local official from Penang port said. Acting chief executive officer of Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) Rosihan Adi Baharuddin said: “As soon as we received the call, we alerted the relevant authorities, namely the Fire and Rescue Department, the Seberang Jaya Hospital, the Butterworth Police Station and the Civil Defence Department (JPAM) to assemble and be on standby to await the arrival of the ship which was still about 45 minutes away.” Rosihan said the cause of the fire is being investigated by the authorities and there were no disruptions on the port’s operations. Source: Marinelink

One dies, four rescued after tug boat flips on San Jacinto River

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The body of a missing tug boat crew member has been recovered on the San Jacinto river in East Harris County. The Harris County Sherrif's Office Marine Unit and the U.S. Coast Guard found the man after a tug boat overturned in the San Jacinto River on Tuesday morning about a mile south of I-10 according to a release from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.Four of the crew members were successfully rescued. The tugboat was working around some barges when it flipped, but it's not known what caused the incident.The Harris County Sheriff's Office was the first to receive word of the accident. Source : 12newsnow.

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NAVY NEWS Retired navy ship begins final journey to Nova

Scotia — By Keith Doucette in Halifax

After a storied career spanning half a century, a former Royal Canadian Navy workhorse is winding up its final seven-week journey, sailing towards its own dismantling on Nova Scotia's south shore. The former HMCS Protecteur carried more than 10,000 sailors over 800,000 nautical miles in its time, including service in the 1991 Gulf war.Now de-commissioned, it left its home base in Esquimalt, B.C., on Feb. 24 and was towed south through the Panama canal before beginning its final leg north to Liverpool, N.S., expected to arrive this week.The 172-metre long supply ship will meet its end, coincidentally, in the hometown of a family closely connected to the ship, including the high ranking officer who once commanded her as head of Canada's Pacific Naval Fleet."It's a small-world scenario where the ship ends up back in Liverpool, which is where I was raised," said Rear-Admiral Bill Truelove, now the Canadian defence attache to the United States based in Washington, D.C.Truelove said he gained an affinity for the vessel because of his family's connection to it — his father Larry served three years as the deck officer on the ship and his two brothers Brian and Peter travelled aboard the vessel as high school students during its annual voyage to the Arctic. But his interest is mainly the result of his involvement in the decommissioning of Protecteur after 46 years of service, following a crippling engine-room fire off the Hawaiian Islands in February 2014.At the time of the fire the ship was on its own and without power in the middle of the ocean as the crew beat back a blaze that burned for several hours and sent thick dark smoke billowing from its stacks.Truelove said the ship's crew persevered under the "worst conditions you can imagine" in fighting the fire."That's a very significant chapter of my life during my time as the commander on the West Coast," said Truelove. "For me this was almost a full-time commitment over many months from the first phone call I got on the fire to seeing the entire ship's company safely back."The Protecteur was decommissioned during a ceremonial farewell in May 2015 attended by more than 100 former crew members and its last crew. Before transferring to the West Coast in 1993, Protecteur regularly served as part of NATO's standing fleet in the North Atlantic.The ship served in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and in the Arabian Sea in 2002 during the Afghan war, earning battle honours for both deployments. The vessel was also part of hurricane relief missions in Florida and the Bahamas in 1992.Larry Truelove, who retired near Liverpool after 37 years in the navy, said Protecteur's imminent arrival is seen as good news to a community that has experienced a lack of jobs since the closure of the Bowater Mersey mill in 2012. The dismantling is expected to create 30 to 40 jobs, according to the municipality.Truelove has fond memories of his time in the navy and of the ships he sailed on, but he takes a practical view when it comes to Protecteur's demise. "It's always sad to see a ship broken up, but it served the country well," he said. "It's getting tired like the rest of us, is the expression I use."Nova Scotia company R. J. MacIsaac won a $39 million federal contract to break up the Protecteur and the former HMCS Algonquin in January.The vessel was constructed in Saint John N.B., and was commissioned on Aug. 30, 1969. Source: metronews

U.S. to give Philippines eye in sky to track South China Sea activity

United States will transfer an observation blimp to the Philippines to help it track maritime activity and guard its borders amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday. Philip Goldberg, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, said Washington would give Manila, its oldest Asia-Pacific security ally, $42 million worth of sensors, radar and communications equipment."We will add to its capability to put sensors on ships and put an aerostat blimp in the air to see into the maritime space," Goldberg said in an interview with CNN Philippines,The

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blimp is a balloon-borne radar to collect information and detect movements in the South China Sea, a Philippine military official said China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have huge deposits of oil and gas. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to parts of the waters, through which about $5 trillion in trade is shipped every year.U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited the Philippines last week to reaffirm Washington's "ironclad" commitment to defend Manila under a 1951 security treaty. China has been expanding its presence on its seven artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago and on Monday landed a military plane for the first time on one of them, Fiery Cross Reef.It comes ahead of a planned U.S. freedom of navigation patrol this month near the Spratlys. Carter's visit also signals the start of U.S. military deployment in the Philippines, with 75 soldiers to be rotated in and out of an air base north of Manila.Goldberg said the two allies had agreed to set up a system for "secure and classified communications" as part of a five-year, $425 million security initiative by Washington in Southeast Asia.Manila will receive some $120 million in U.S. military aid this year, the largest sum since 2000 when the American military returned to the Philippines for training and exercises after an eight-year hiatus. They signed a new deal in 2013 allowing increased U.S. military presence on a rotational basis and storage of supplies and equipment for maritime security and humanitarian missions. Source: Reuters (Reporting By Manuel Mogato; Editing by Martin Petty and Nick Macfie)

SHIPYARD NEWS

Keppel Corp posts lowest profit in nine years, hit by oil slump

Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corp posted its lowest quarterly profit for nine years, as revenue dropped at its offshore and marine divisions, hurt by project delays and after it suspended work on contracts related to a Brazilian company Keppel, one of the world's largest builders of offshore drilling rigs, has been hit by the 60 percent drop in oil prices since mid-2014. Its businesses include property development and infrastructure.Keppel's net profit fell 41 percent to S$211 million ($156 million) for the three months to March 31, with revenue dropping 38 percent to S$1.74 billion. The company cut its global workforce by 9.4 percent, or about 2,800, since the start of the year. Pre-tax earnings at Keppel's key offshore and marine division, which builds offshore drilling rigs and support vessels, dropped by 51 percent to S$122 million. The segment's revenue fell 58 percent to S$818 million. The division recorded a net order book of S$8.6 billion.Keppel had stopped work on rigs for Sete Brasil, an indebted affiliate of state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras since end-2015. It said it will not resume construction until payment restarts.The company said some clients had deferred deliveries of their projects, including two semi-submersible vessels that have been delayed to 2019/2020 from 2017 as well as Ensco Plc and Transocean .It said it did not need to make provisions for these contracts currently, but was monitoring the situation. Revenues at its property division rose 66 percent to S$503 million due to higher sales of residential projects in China and Singapore. It sold about 940 homes in the first quarter, a 31 percent increase.China's housing market bottomed out in the second half of 2015 on a series of government support measures, but a strong rebound in prices in the biggest cities has sparked concerns that some markets may be overheating, driving Shanghai and Shenzhen's authorities to tighten home purchase requirements The company said it continued to see positive demand for its developments in Shanghai, Chengdu, Tianjin and Wuxi.The company's

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shares closed 2 percent down on Monday ahead of the results, while the broader market ended 0.2 percent lower. Source : Reuters (Reporting By Aradhana Aravindan, additional reporting by Gaurav Dogra in Bangalore; Editing by Keith Weir)

Jan de Nul’s TSHD BARTOLOMEU DIAS seen in drydock No 7 at Keppel Verolme in Rotterdam-Botlek for a

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Small San Diego shipyard may repair big Navy ships

A small, family-owned boat yard in Chula Vista that cultivated a relationship with the Navy by providing it with a variety of reliable support vessels may graduate to repairing large, powerful warships. The Navy says Marine Group Boat Works has demonstrated the capacity and expertise to do repair work on non-nuclear warships, which could stir competition in San Diego’s bustling shipyard industry.Marine Group will focus on winning contracts to repair littoral combat ships, the newest and most troubled class of ships operated by the Navy. The company has built a floating pier in National City to handle LCS, high-speed vessels that were designed to improve the Navy’s ability to conduct a variety of missions in shallow coastal waters around the world.Marine Group also may bid for repair work on amphibious warships, which are among the largest vessels in San Diego Bay. Marine Group has repaired and upgraded a series of ferries that are used in San Francisco. Courtesy of Stephen Whale “We’re the little guys who are going to give the big guys a run for their money with fixed-price contracts,” said Todd Roberts, Marine Group’s president. “We’re in growth mode. We expect to add about 55 employees over the next year.”The company currently has 185 employees, and does everything from repair yachts and ferry boats to build small vessels, including tugboats and dive boats used by the Navy. Marine Group also built a series of support boats that the Navy uses in training exercises in and around San Clemente Island.Marine Group’s push to repair warships represents a big leap. The company will face competition from two large, well-established San Diego shipyards, General Dynamics-NASSCO and BAE Systems. A third, smaller yard, Continental Maritime, also has the expertise to handle LCS.But there may be plenty of work to go around. The first seven or eight LCS are, or will be, homeported in San Diego. And the vessel -- which comes in two classes -- has a history of design, construction and operation problems that have required repairs and upgrades.In December, the LCS Milwaukee broke down off Virginia and had to be towed to shore for repairs. At the time, the Milwaukee was en route to San Diego, its homeport. About a month later, the LCS Fort Worth suffered damage to its propulsion system in Singapore, apparently after the crew failed to put enough oil in the gears. Fort Worth was already scheduled to return to San Diego for repairs. But the gear accident added to the LCS’ reputation for being delicate and accident prone. Source : sandiegouniontribune



MSC’s Dwt 72,045 Container Ship (5.919 Teu’s Capacity) “MSC MARTA” (275 x 40 m) on her 2nd. Special Survey including the new propulsion propeller replacement (65 tons) in Cernaval Group Shipyards in Algeciras Port. Photo : Enrique Pérez – CERNAVAL GROUP. ©

Keppel Offshore & Marine diversifying in downturn: CEO

Keppel Offshore & Marine's chief executive Chow Yew Yuen says the company is looking to diversify its business while trying to ride out the energy market downturn.

The world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs is looking to diversify its business while trying to ride out the energy market downturn, a top executive said on Tuesday (Apr 19)."We're looking at some non-oil and gas related projects where we are able to use our offshore technology," Keppel Offshore & Marine's chief executive Chow Yew Yuen said at an industry forum."That'll include power projects, desalination. So we'll look for alternate projects where we'll get to use our technology for jack-ups, for semis, for floaters and so on," he said, referring to different types of rigs. Mr Chow said it was an attempt to keep Keppel profitable in the face of the weak oil market.Keppel Corp - Keppel Offshore's parent company - announced on Monday that it has been trimming employee numbers. Staff worldwide have been reduced by 9.4 per cent, or about 2,800 positions, since the start of 2016.Oil prices hit historic lows this

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year in the face of massive oversupply, with the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate trading at US$26.05 on Feb 11, and European benchmark Brent seeing US$27.10 on Jan 20.They are now trading around US$40 a barrel, well off mid-2014 levels of more than US$100 a barrel.At the same forum, a Norwegian consultant predicted the current oversupply will continue for the next three years before the market starts to pick up again.Oil prices will cross the US$100 mark only in 2020, said keynote speaker Jarand Rystad, who runs an energy consultancy."Even if the oil price returns, (the offshore marine) sector is lagging two to three years after the oil price. But the share prices will follow the oil price even if it's predicted the revenue will be very weak for the next two to three years," he said. Source; channelnewsasia

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China wants ships to use faster Arctic route opened by global warming

China will encourage ships flying its flag to take the Northwest Passage via the Arctic Ocean, a route opened up by global warming, to cut travel times between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, a state-run newspaper said on Wednesday.China is increasingly active in the polar region, becoming one of the biggest mining investors in Greenland and agreeing a free trade deal with Iceland. In 2013, the Arctic Council admitted emerging powers China and India as observers.Shorter shipping routes across the Arctic Ocean would save Chinese companies time and money. For example, the journey from Shanghai to Hamburg via the Arctic route is 2,800 nautical miles shorter than going by the Suez canal.China's Maritime Safety Administration this month released a 356-page guide in Chinese offering detailed route guidance from the northern coast of North America to the northern Pacific, the China Daily said."Once this route is commonly used, it will directly change global maritime transport and have a profound influence on international trade, the world economy, capital flow and resource exploitation," ministry spokesman Liu Pengfei was quoted as saying.Chinese ships will sail through the Northwest Passage "in the future", Liu added, without giving a timeframe.Asked if China considered the Northwest Passage an international waterway or Canadian waters, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China had noted that Canada considered it to cross its waters, although some countries believed it was open to international navigation."China has also noted that Canada has taken some management and control steps in the Northwest Passage, including that foreign ships before entering or crossing its exclusive economic zone and territorial waters report to and obtain Canada's permission," she told a daily news briefing.The route would also be strategically important to China, another maritime official, Wu Yuxiao, told the China Daily."Many countries have noticed the financial and strategic value of Arctic Ocean passages. China has also paid much attention," Wu said.He pointed to risks, such as lack of infrastructure and possible damage by ice and unpredictable weather."As sea ice has declined due to global warming, Arctic navigation has increasing possibilities. That's why we need guidance for ships with the Chinese flag."Melting sea ice has spurred more commercial traffic and China has sought to become more active in the Arctic, where it has said it has important interests. Chinese ships, even merchant vessels, using the Northwest Passage could raise eyebrows in Washington.In September, five Chinese Navy ships sailed in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, in an apparent first for China's military at a time when U.S. President Barack Obama toured the U.S. state. Source ; reuters (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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Shipping Lines Take New Global Alliance to

Regulators China Ocean Shipping Co., or Cosco, and China Shipping Group Co. will announce a new shipping alliance as early as Wednesday as they try to win approval from U.S. and European regulators for their recently completed merger, people involved in the matter said.The world’s biggest operators have been meeting with the Federal Maritime Commission, the U.S. watchdog, the European Commission and China’s Ministry of Transportation on an agreement expected to set a new landscape in container shipping following consolidation moves since the end of last year Chinese regulators have already approved the Cosco-China Shipping merger which resulted in a new Shanghai-based entity called China Shipping Cosco Group. “An announcement is expected from Shanghai, likely tomorrow where China Shipping Cosco Group will announce its proposed partners,” one of those people said. “Talks with the regulators are continuing and substantial changes in the composition of existing alliances may happen.”Two other people involved in the matter said the new grouping may comprise China Shipping, Cosco Group, France’s CMA CGM, Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line, Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine and Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. The alliance would control around 26% of the trade between Asia and Europe, the world’s busiest container shipping lane. “This is the likely scenario, but if regulators give out signs they are not happy with the new group, it may change. Talks are continuing as we speak,” one of those people said.CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container operator by capacity, also is seeking approvals by the U.S., European and Chinese regulators for its $2.4 billion acquisition of NOL, announced in December.The European Commission, the EU’s regulator, has set April 29 as its deadline to decide on the merger of CMA CGM and NOL. “Chances are that the alliances you see today will change significantly,” William Doyle, a commissioner at the FMC, told The Wall Street Journal this month at a global liner conference inLondon.CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Lines, the container unit of China Shipping Group, currently belong to the Ocean Three alliance along with Dubai-based United Arab Shipping Co. The alliance handles 22% of all cargo moved between



Asia and Europe, the world’s busiest ocean trade route.Cosco belongs to a different alliance, called CKYHE, made up of Asian operators. CKYHE controls 25% of the Asia-Europe trade loop. Industry leaders A.P. Møller-Maersk A/S of Denmark and Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Co., comprising the 2M alliance, have a 34% market share. ‘I expect three main alliances instead of four going forward, and anyone not making it into those gro

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