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The KNRM Breskens based lifeboat ZEEMANSHOOP in action to rescue 4 sport fishing

persons during 10-11 BFT off the Dutch coast Photo : Crew KNRM lifeboat ZEEMANSHOOP

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In Punta Arenas (Chile) the KANG SHENG KOU loaded the ill-fated LE BOREAL

Photo: DUTCH OFFSHORE CONTRACTORS (c)

Criteria for entry into force of BWM Convention not yet reached – further ratifications needed

Forty-seven countries have now ratified the convention, substantially more than the 30 required, but their combined fleets comprise, at most, 34.56 per cent of global tonnage, with 35 per cent required for entry into force. Insufficient tonnage to trigger entry into force despite recent ratifications Following the spate of ratifications in November 2015 of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, IMO and partner IHS Maritime & Trade have been engaged in a process to verify tonnage figures to ascertain whether or not the convention’s final entry-into-force requirement has been met.Although that process is not yet complete, and will continue for up to three more weeks, IMO is in a position to confirm that the November ratifications did not trigger the convention’s entry into force.Forty-seven countries have

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now ratified the convention, substantially more than the 30 required, but their combined fleets comprise, at most, 34.56 per cent of global tonnage, with 35 per cent required for entry into force.IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said, “The recent ratifications have brought the BWM Convention so very close to entry into force. While we cannot predict exactly when that will happen, I would urge countries that have not done so to ratify the BWM Convention as soon as possible so that we can establish a certain date for entry into force, and also so that it is widely accepted when it does. In particular, those countries with large merchant fleets that have not done so, are requested to accelerate their processes to ratify the Convention.”Shipowners have been encouraged to install the necessary equipment and establish operational procedures in accordance with IMO regulations and standards, so that the BWM Convention can be implemented rapidly and effectively upon entry into force. Amendments to the Convention, to be implemented after it enters into force, will be considered at the next meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, in April, 2016. Source: IMO

Super yacht OCEAN EMERALD spotted in Phuket Photo : Capt Jelle de Vries – Sunshine Offshore Services

Vier vissers gered in vliegende storm

De reddingboot van Breskens heeft vrijdagnacht vier sportvissers van hun boot gered tijdens de zware storm in de monding van de Westerschelde. De mannen zijn in Zeebrugge overgedragen aan ambulances. Vier sportvissers vertrekken donderdagochtend vroeg vanaf Neeltje Jans om ver op de Noordzee te gaan wrakvissen. Als in de namiddag de wind al redelijk aantrekt, besluiten ze op huis aan te gaan. Rond 16.00

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uur slaat het noodlot toe. Waarschijnlijk draait er iets in de schroef en de boot komt stuurloos te liggen op de Noordzee. Op dat moment zijn de vissers nog buiten marifoon- en gsm-bereik, waardoor het niet lukt om iemand te alarmeren. In het steeds slechter wordende weer zijn ze een speelbal van de golven. De boot wordt zelfs tegen boeien aangesmeten en tot overmaat van ramp breekt de antennemast af. Pas rond 23.15 uur driften ze de monding van de Westerschelde binnen en krijgen gsm-bereik. Pas dan lukt het om alarm te slaan.De Nederlandse Kustwacht alarmeert direct de reddingboten van Breskens en Cadzand. De laatste kan echter niet lanceren vanwege het zeer slechte weer (windstoten tot 11 Bft.met hoge golven). Tevens wordt de NH90 Caiman-helikopter van de Belgische luchtmacht gealarmeerd. Ook de ZEEHOND, welke wacht houdt bij het wrak van de FLINTERSTAR, spoedt zich ter plaatse. Een uur na alarmering is reddingboot ZEEMANSHOOP ter plaatse bij de 12 meter lange visboot. Deze is op dat moment verdaagd op de Droogte van Schooneveld, waar, door de ondiepte, de golven tot een hoogte van 7 meter worden opgestuwd. Het is de helikopter gelukt om een kikvorsman op de visboot te zetten, maar de personen eraf hijsen is met deze zeegang onmogelijk. De KNRM reddingboot is hun enige kans op overleving. De visboot en reddingboot worden flink weggezet door de golven, maar uiteindelijk lukt het om de reddingboot tegen de visboot te drukken. Snel worden alle vissers en de kikvorsman aan boord van de reddingboot getrokken. Eén persoon is gewond en één persoon is zwaar onderkoeld.

In overleg met de Belgische Kustwacht in Oostende wordt koers gezet naar Zeebrugge, wat op dat moment de dichtstbijzijnde haven is. In de marinehaven van Zeebrugge dragen we de slachtoffers over aan ambulances. De ZEEHOND is ondertussen bij de visboot gebleven, maar kan door de storm geen sleepverbinding maken. De boot drijft richting Nederlandse kust en zal waarschijnlijk ergens aanspoelen. Reddingboot ZEEMANSHOOP zet koers terug naar Breskens, waar ze na een zware tocht rond half drie de thuishaven weer oploopt.

State’s oldest ferry sails (slowly) away EVERGREEN STATE, the first boat built for Washington State Ferries, has made its final sailing.The turquoise main engines, Nadene and Rose, won't add another second to their 120,000 operating hours, which is nothing compared to the time on drive motors salvaged from a World War II destroyer escort. The 62-year-old ferry has been decommissioned and soon will be up for sale."It's a really neat boat, but it's slow and doesn't carry a lot of people so it's time for it to go," WSF spokesman Ian Sterling said during a going-away media event at Eagle Harbor Maintenance

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Facility. "It's neat, like a Model T. You can get from Point A to Point B, but you're not going to drive it on I-5 at rush hour.

"The E-State was built in Seattle in 1954, three years after the state bought out Puget Sound Navigation. The largest ferry on the West Coast, carrying 100 vehicles and 1,200 passengers, it first served the Bainbridge-Seattle route. It was reassigned to the San Juan Islands in 1959 and remained there for most of its life. It was a backup boat from 2000 until the sudden retirement of three Steel-Electric ferries in November 2007. It was pulled back into full-time service as the interisland ferry until retiring June 29, 2014. That didn't last long. The Elwha and Tacoma both suffered major breakdowns the next month and the E-State was reactivated, primarily running on the Southworth-Vashon Island-Fauntleroy route. By then, it was one of the system's smallest, slowest boats. Riders grumbled, but it beat having nothing."It has been a reliable boat," said Jamie Pelland, a relief captain from Bainbridge Island who skippered the Evergreen State for several months during his 36-year career. "It's old and slow, but it works."Pelland said it's like a museum down in the engine room, where chief engineer Michael Fagernes ran the show. The Mount Vernon man spent the past eight years there, one week on, one week off. He came over from the Illahee, which had been the oldest ferry."They're fun to keep running," Fagernes said of the old boats. "It's a challenge, and we can do it. Repairs are a lot easier because you don't have to go looking for computer parts."Not that Evergreen State parts are any easier to find. Many of them aren't made anymore. The ferry system plans to keep some of the E-State parts as backups for its class mates, Tillikum and Klahowya.It'll take a month or two, but after the E-State is cleaned out, it'll be auctioned through the state surplus process. There's generally not great demand for old ferries, though a British Columbia scallop-farming company bought the 66-year-old RHODODENDRON in 2013 for $275,000. The E-State could be converted to another use, but it wouldn't be cheap."It takes a lot of money to renovate a vessel like this," said Fagernes, who's one year older than the boat. "Barring that, it's going to be turned into scrap, and that's an ugly thought."The EVERGREEN STATE became expendable with the delivery of two new 144-car boats — TOKITAE and SAMISH — though its retirement leaves the 34-car HIYU as the only full-time backup. Usually during the slow winter season there's another ferry or two also available. It's risky relying on such a scenario. The ferry system just needs to make it until the beginning of 2017 when the new 144-car CHIMACUM is scheduled to arrive, followed a year later by the final boat of the class, which hasn't been named."The question is, do you keep trying to keep old boats operational when it doesn't make sense anymore?" Sterling said. "At some point you have to put tax dollars toward a smarter use, like keeping larger and more modern vessels up to speed." Source: kitsapsun

The French cruise ship LE SOLEAL arriving at Dunedin for one day stop over. Photo : Ross Walker ©

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China woes felt on Georgia coast, inland too By Dan Chapman - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Few cargo ships en route to China run the Savannah River at low tide since they can carry more cargo when the water is deeper. Yet one recent day a container ship with steel boxes stacked eight high steamed into the Atlantic Ocean at low tide with no worry of scuffing the river’s bottom.The ship carried hundreds of containers filled with one of the port of Savannah’s hottest export commodities — air.

The empty containers offered stark evidence of China’s faltering economy and its impact on Savannah and other U.S. ports — an impact felt well inland at big

distribution, manufacturing and logistical software hubs like metro Atlanta. Exports to China through

Savannah are down one-third from a year ago and the port, as well as various Georgia industries, is bracing for more pain.After years of growth sometimes logged in double digits, exports from Savannah are likely to drop 2 percent this year. They rose 9 percent the last fiscal year. Import traffic continues to do well. American consumers keep buying stuff made in China — Savannah’s main trading partner. The port has just embarked on a 5-year, $706 million project to deepen the channel to handle larger ships. But Chinese demand has slackened, boding poorly for Georgia in the short run. “When China, the second largest economy in the world, catches a cold, everyone else is going to feel it,” Georgia Ports chief Curtis Foltz told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Whether it’s forest products, kaolin clay, agricultural products or chemicals, they’re all going to suffer.”The ports of Savannah and Brunswick account for nearly $40 billion in statewide economic impact and tens of thousands of jobs, according to a University of Georgia study. Metro Atlanta, where much of the cargo is brought for handling at truck and rail terminals, reaps roughly 70 percent of the ports’ economic benefit.2016 might be Savannah’s worst trade year since the Great Recession, when consumer demand all but died. Yet China’s economic woes — its GDP growth is projected to drop to 6.1 percent in 2016, still high by most nations’ standard but the lowest level there since 1990 — aren’t the only trends buffeting Georgia.China’s slowdown has also wracked Latin American, African and Australian economies that once shipped huge quantities of oil, coal, copper and cotton to China. With less revenue, those countries, including Europe and Japan, buy fewer U.S. exports.A strong U.S. dollar also makes the purchase of American products more expensive for overseas buyers, cutting demand and hurting exports.The surge in traffic into and out of Savannah was bolstered last year by a West Coast port strike. With labor peace at hand, retailers and shipping lines have returned much of the business to the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland. Savannah, consequently, stands to lose cargo. “There’s weak demand in pretty much every market around the world right now,” Foltz said. “Combine that with the rising price of our goods and that translates into few exports.”Cotton and peanuts, two of Georgia’s top export crops, have been hit hard by the global slowdown with exports for both commodities down about 16 percent last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A strong dollar and Chinese sluggishness, though, explain only part of cotton’s unpopularity.China gobbled up 50 million bales of cotton in 2011 from around the world to ensure a steady supply for its mills as well as to control prices. The glut, though, remains. Per-pound prices dropped by two-thirds and Georgia growers lost their biggest customer. “They got off the market and they’re not buying any anymore,” said Lee Cromley, a Bulloch County cotton farmer and Georgia Cotton Commission board member. “That’s a big part of why we are where we are today. Our exports have gone way down.”China, three years ago, took in 229,000 commodity-filled containers from Savannah. Last year, the Communists received only 221,000 containers filled with cotton, chemicals, foodstuffs and paper, according to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA).USDA reports that U.S. farm exports to China dropped 13 percent, or $4 billion, the last fiscal year. A bigger dip is expected this fiscal year. Christine Lagarde, managing director for the International Monetary Fund, said recently that China’s slowdown will likely keep commodity prices low for a “prolonged period.”Walter Kemmsies, chief economist with Moffat and Nichol, isn’t as bearish on China. A growing middle class, with an appetite for consumer goods and quality food, should boost U.S. exports over the mid-term, said Kemmsies whose engineering consultancy advises ports worldwide, including Savannah.“People see the Chinese stock market dropping and say, ‘Oh, that’s it. Trade will be bad,’ ” he said. “But when I start digging into the data I end up with more imports, worse industrial exports and better consumer exports. I expect a little drop in

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U.S. exports, maybe zero to 2 percent. And Savannah is pretty typical of other, big U.S. ports.”About a third of the containers shipped from Savannah in 2014 were empty, the Georgia Ports Authority reports, and most were headed eventually back to China. Last year a whopping 667,000 empty containers left Savannah — half of all outbound containers. That was a one-third increase over the previous year. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported that empties also rose nearly a third through much of last year with empties out-numbering loaded containers. In August alone, the nation’s largest port, in Los Angeles, handled more than 225,000 empty exports. Revenue-wise, though, an empty container doesn’t hurt Savannah’s bottom line.“We don’t get paid any differently whether it’s got paper, cotton, poultry or air in it,” Foltz said. “All I’m moving is a box. But an empty is not good for the U.S. economy.” Source: Georgia Ports Authority

The AidaBELLA moored at the Keppel Bay Cruise terminal in Singapore

Photo : Ernst Lohmann www.ernstlohmann.nl ©

Tugboat sunk as artificial reef Escambia County's Marine Resources Division recently deployed an 87-foot-long, 141-ton steel tugboat to serve as the

county's newest artificial reef. It is about 10 miles southeast of Pensacola in the Gulf of Mexico in about 87 feet of water. The "OCEAN WIND" was purchased by Escambia County and partially funded by private donations. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission funded the cleaning, preparation, towing and deployment costs through a grant from the state of Florida special legislative appropriation bill for artificial

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reef construction. The new artificial reef will benefit anglers and divers, while also providing a habitat for marine life.Data from a recent economic analysis for the FWC found that Escambia County’s Artificial Reef Program has an annual economic benefit of more than $150 million, while also supporting nearly 2,350 jobs, according to a release. Source: PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL

The 2015 delivered CMA CGM THAMES spotted southbound in the Suez Canal – Photo : Piero Corona (c)

Seadrill Defers Delivery of Drillships from DSME Norwegian offshore driller Seadrill reported Friday that it has reached an agreement with the DSME shipyard in South Korea to delay the delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships: the West Aquila and West Libra. The drillships will now be delivered in the second quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019 respectively.Under the terms of the original construction contracts, the units were to be delivered by the end of 2Q 2016 and the total final yard instalment for both units of over $800 million was due at that time. Seadrill said the new agreement significantly improves its near-term liquidity position by deferring these capex commitments to 2018 and 2019 with no further payments to the yard until that time.On Thursday Seadrill told Reuters that it sees a challenging market in 2016 and 2017 amid low crude prices and cost cuts among oil and gas operators. Source : Rigzone

US military deal worth 1.76 billion kroner to Maersk Line

Danish shipper one of 12 to benefit

The MAERSK ALTAIR navigating the Westerschelde outbound from Antwerp – Photo: Henk Nagelhout (c)

Maersk Line is set to benefit to the tune of 1.76 billion kroner thanks to a deal agreed by the US military with 12 different shipping companies, reports Børsen.Under the terms of the agreement, which will cover the next 14 months, the 12 companies will be responsible for providing the US military with transportation and intermodal distribution services. According to the Norwegian shipping publication Tradewinds, Maersk Line has landed a lion’s share of the deal. For example, German shipper Hapag-Lloyds is only getting 628 million kroner. Signing a deal with multiple companies, usually in different countries, as opposed to just one, is part of the US military’s overall strategy to spread out its investments. Source : Copenhagen Post

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China Shipping’s 2009 delivered CSCC ASIA navigating southbound in the Suez Canal – Photo : Piero Corona (c)

Informatieavonden aanleg Lekkanaal/3e kolk Beatrixsluis

Consortium Sas van Vreeswijk gaat in opdracht van Rijkswaterstaat aan de slag met de aanleg van de 3e kolk Prinses Beatrixsluis en de verbreding van het Lekkanaal. In het najaar van 2016 gaan de bouwwerkzaamheden van start. Rijkswaterstaat en Sas van Vreeswijk houden op woensdag 27 en donderdag 28 januari informatiebijeenkomsten over de werkzaamheden.Tijdens deze avonden is vrije inloop op de informatiemarkt over het ontwerp van de sluis, de werkzaamheden en de effecten op de omgeving zoals hinder voor de bewoners en gebruikers. U kunt hier aan medewerkers uw vragen stellen. Elk uur geven Rijkswaterstaat en Sas van Vreeswijk tijdens een plenaire presentatie bovendien een toelichting op de plannen. U hoeft zich niet aan te melden

ABB propulsion for Meyer Werft newbuilds The latest Azipod XO podded propulsion has recently departed from the ABB factory in Helsinki. The unit is under transfer from ABB’s Vuosaari Harbour plant to the dockside for loading, bound for Meyer Werft, Papenburg. It will be installed on one of two newbuildings due delivery from the German yard in 2016. ABB is delivering the electrical power plant and propulsion systems for two new cruise ships. The vessels, which are 335-metres in length, will be able to accommodate 3,300 passengers each.The Azipod units take about two months for technicians to assemble at the Vuosaari plant. While the powerful synchronous motors at the systems core take shape over six months at the ABB Helsinki motors, generators and drives factory.ABB has delivered, or has on order, Azipod propulsion units to about 200 vessels including merchant, offshore and specialised ships source : The Motorship

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INLAND PUSHER TUG PHOENIX SALVAGED

Photo top : Hans de Visser (c) CLICK at the photo for more photos of the operation !

The pusher tug PHOENIX sank after a collision near the Volkerak locks near Willemstad in the Netherlands , as the

wreck was obstructing the traffic an early start was made to remove wreck from the channel, the accident happened Wednesday 13th and the salvage was conducted by HEBO during Thursday and completed later in the afternoon Photo’s : Erik Jan Sprong (c)

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Offshore Port Gentil the Heerema team Floated-off the Total’s MOHO TLP from the HYSY-278 with the BYLGIA and the UNION SOVEREIGN. Photo: Willem van Woercom / Frans Lichtenbeld Towmasters o/b Bylgia ©

Petrobras says to speed up asset sales; bailout 'last resort'

Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA is confident it can sell $15 billion in assets by the end of the year to pay off debt and limit further cuts to its investments as oil prices tumble to 12-year lows, executives from the state-led oil company said on Friday. While the financial challenges facing the embattled company are daunting, Chief Financial Officer Ivan Monteiro said Petrobras, as the company is known, would consider a government bailout only "as a last resort." No such request is currently under consideration, he added. Monteiro met with reporters on Friday to explain Tuesday's announcement of a 25 percent cut in five-year capital spending to $98.4 billion. Itau BBA oil and gas analyst Diego Mendes, who was part of a group that met with Petrobras officials earlier on Friday, said the executives provided "sound explanations" for Tuesday's cuts to capital spending and output. He warned, though, that a revival in Petrobras' stock, now near 13-year lows, will happen only when the company delivers on its promises. "Although management is working hard to put the company back on track, the challenges are huge and we expect the market to price-in the potential improvements in the operations and in the profitability only when they show up in the result," Mendes wrote in a note to clients. Petrobras preferred shares fell 9.14 percent to 5.17 reais in late Friday trading in Sao Paulo, their second-largest one-day drop this year and their lowest close since Aug. 6, 2003.Petrobras has cut its investment budget three times in the last year as the price of benchmark Brent crude oil LCOc1 fell 40 percent. A slide in the Brazilian real also drove up the local-currency cost of its foreign borrowing. At about $130 billion, its debt is the largest of any oil company. Meanwhile, a corruption scandal has kept Petrobras out of most capital markets. On Friday, it canceled a domestic bond sale because it could not sell the debt at rates acceptable to both the company and investors.If Petrobras cannot access capital markets and sell new debt, Petrobras' cash position could slip by about 40 percent to as low as $15 billion in 2017, Monteiro said. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, a former chairwoman of Petrobras' board, told reporters in Brasília on Friday that she would not rule out the possibility that the government may have to pump more cash into the company if oil prices continue to fall.She has previously said that there was no chance of a new Petrobras capitalization. As chairwoman, she helped plan the 2010 sale of $70 billion of new Petrobras stock in what was then the largest share sale in world history.When the sale closed, the company's market value rose to $221 billion. The company today is worth only 10 percent of that. With oil prices low, Monteiro and other

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executives consider asset sales the only way to keep up investments in new production needed to pay future debt. So far, Petrobras has sold only a small fraction of the $15.1 billion target for 2015 and 2016 in its latest strategic plan. Monteiro said that if Petrobras delivers on the entire divestment plan, it will not need to borrow any money in 2016. He added that he did not think a proposed sale of stock in Saudi Arabian Oil Co or Saudi Aramco, would reduce demand for Petrobras assets. He said there was strong interest in buying a minority stake in fuels distribution unit BR Distribuidora as well as interest in the company's fertilizer assets. The company is also focusing on the sale and leaseback of part of its large fleet of oil production and drilling ships as well as funding from international finance agencies such as national trade finance banks, Monteiro saidTuesday's changes to the investment plan cut Petrobras' outlook for 2016 oil output in Brazil by 1.8 percent to 2.14 million barrels a day (bpd) and its outlook for 2020 to 2.8 million bpd. Solange Guedes, Petrobras exploration and production chief, said output cuts were small despite the capital budget cuts because the company has been able to "optimize" operations with a reduction in exploration spending, shorter drilling times and more efficient efforts at connecting production wells. Source: Reuters (Additional reporting by Paula Laier in Sao Paulo and Alonso Soto in Brasilia; Writing by Jeb Blount; Editing by Frances Kerry, Will Dunham and Chizu Nomiyama)

Medserv wins two contracts worth €2 to €3 million

The above seen ENI Oil Bouri DP4 which is the biggest platform in the Mediterranean Sea.

Photo : Capt. Lawrence Dalli - www.maltashipphotos.com (c)

Medserv has been awarded two full service logistics contracts, one with STX Heavy Industries of South Korea and one with EMAS-AMC Pte Ltd of Singapore. The contracts require Medserv to utilise both their Malta base facilities and their Libyan branch in the supply of full logistics and hook-up support services for the installation of the Gaza floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel.Gaza will replace the existing Sloug FSO on Mellitah Oil and Gas’ Bouri field, 120 km northwest of Tripoli. Installation and hook-up is scheduled to begin in the second quarter this year. Services to be provided by Medserv include the servicing of supply vessels, warehousing, provision of lay down and open storage areas. Medserv will also provide trained personnel, shipping, customs and procurement services. EMAS AMC and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding are EPIC contractors for Bouri’s new offshore facilities, which aside from Gaza include a single-point mooring system, a subsea pipeline with a tie-in to the Bouri DP4 platform and the FSO, and a power cable from DP4 to the FSO.“We are delighted to have been entrusted with a part of this major project. The total value of the EMAS/STX contract is approximately $400 million and we estimate the value to Medserv of these two contracts with STX and EMAS to be in the region of €2 million to €3 million over six months,” Medserv’s chief strategic development officer Neil Patterson said. Source: times of Malta

Pilot boat contract By Jake Frith

Norway’s Maritime Partner AS has signed a contract with Buksér og Berging AS for the delivery of two pilot boats, including an option for a further eight vessels. Including the options, the contract has a total value of approximately 100 million NOK. The contract was won in fierce competition with both national and international suppliers, and was formally signed in the head office of Buksér og Berging in Oslo.The Sales and marketing director of Maritime Partner

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AS, Gisle Anderssen, signed the contract on behalf of the Aalesund-based company: “We are very proud to have won this prestigious contract. Buksér og Berging is a competent and demanding costumer and it has been a strong and productive cooperation throughout the development phase”, said Anderssen. This type of vessel is a new concept from Maritime Partner, and has been developed in close cooperation with the customer. The design has received the type-designation Alusafe 1620 BB Pilot, where ”BB” refers to ”Buksér og Berging”.

The Norwegian Costal Administration (NCA) awarded Buksér og Berging with a 10 year contract for supplying pilot services last November. The bidding round was won in competition with a number of companies, and involves piloting assignments along the entire Norwegian coast. Buksér og Berging will take over operation of about 30 pilot vessels, in accordance with the agreement with the NCA. Furthermore, the company already have more than 30 tug-vessels

stationed along the Norwegian coast. The shipping company’s head offices are located in Oslo.The contract with Maritime Partner is part of a long-term plan, aimed towards renewing and modernizing the pilot vessel fleet along the Norwegian coast. Buksér og Berging will take over operation of the NCA’s existing pilot vessels, which will gradually be replaced by new and modernized vessels.During development of the new pilot vessel design, Maritime partner has worked in close cooperation with Buksér og Berging, focused on ensuring a design that displays remarkable seaworthiness in open waters as well as areas with a large amount of small craft traffic. Another important part of the design process was finding cost-efficient solutions for outfitting and low maintenance costs.The Alusafe 1620 BB Pilot will be outfitted with a Volvo Penta IPS (Inboard Performance System) propulsion-system, based on highly efficient pulling propellers. The main benefits of the propulsion-system include reduced fuel consumption, high maneuverability, improved acceleration, user-friendly operation, and easy accessibility for service tasks, as well as reducing noise and vibration.Maritime Partner has been an international supplier of rescue and patrol vessels for several decades, and delivered their 2000th vessel in 2015. The first two vessels will be delivered October 2016 and February 2017. When all systems are tested and expectations are met, Maritime Partner says that more vessels will be ordered. Source : Maritime Journal

Legal hurdles stall Sh31.5 billion second container terminal concession plan

By Kamau Muthoni The Kenya’s Government's plan to open up the Sh31.5 billion second container terminal to the private sector for operation is now marred by multiple legal cases instituted by disgruntled bidders. The project meant to increase Kenya's trade along the coastline might not start any time soon after another case was filed before the High Court by a consortium comprising of a Chinese firm COSCO Pacific Limited and Paramount Bank seeking to compel Kenya Ports Authority to evaluate its financial bid. The case by COSCO consortium comes after another one was filed late last year by Netherlands-based company, APM Terminals BV, to argue its side of the story on the preliminary evaluation of the tendering process. KPA had written to COSCO on December 31, 2015 notifying it that it had failed at the preliminary evaluation stage. "The applicant (COSCO) is seeking an order to quash the decision of Kenya Ports Authority contained in letter dated December 31, 2015 advising the applicant that its bid was unsuccessful upon review at stage one." "Is

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also seeking an order compelling KPA to carry out financial evaluation of the applicant's bid in adherence to the bid document and the addenda," COSCO's lawyer Gatonye Waweru said in court documents filed before High Court Judge George Odunga. The decision by KPA, according to Mr Gatonye, was made without his client being represented or being invited to tell their side of the story. In the other case filed by APM Terminals BV, other bidders; Bollore, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Kamigumi Company, Mitsui Engineering and International Container Terminal Services, all who were eyeing the lucrative deal were drawn in. See also: Mombasa Port gets boost as Sh3.1billion road project kicks off "The evaluation report is extremely crucial to the applicant's case and if the hearing of the petition will proceed on September 15 without disclosure, the entire petition will be worthless," the court heard. Kenya Ports Authority last December invited firms to apply for tenders to operate phase one of the terminal, which has two berths. The concession was slated to run for 25 years, beginning 2016 after completion of the terminal. Twelve firms were shortlisted for the role of concessionaire of the second terminal, from a list of 19 firms that had sent in applications. The authority, however, locked out the Netherlands-based company out of the process on preliminary stage prompting it to move before the petition committee in order to revert the decision. "The applicant's contention is that the second respondent in conducting the preliminary evaluation acted unfairly and discriminatorily against the applicant and it was on the basis of the impugned decision that it disqualified the applicant," the lawyer argued. The second terminal job will cost close to $300 million (Sh31.5 billion) and will have two main 300 metres and 210 metres container berths. The former will be dredged to a depth of 15 metres while the latter will be 11 metres. The Japanese government has financed construction. Once complete, the first phase will add capacity of 450,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) with subsequent work planned to increase this to 1.2 million TEU by 2019. Source: standardmedia

UASC's AL MANAMAH entering Algeciras Bay Photo : Capt Alex (c)

MIDF maintains neutral outlook on Bumi Armada

MIDF Research maintained its neutral outlook on Bumi Armada Bhd (Bumi Armada) on the lack of near term re-rating catalysts for the oil and gas (O&G) company due to the weak crude oil price The research arm of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd in a report yesterday said while expecting headwinds to persist, investors can still benefit from opportunistic trading in the company’s shares.It opined that Bumi Armada’s share price will continue to fluctuate within a price band, noting the the company’s share price has been consolidating between 80 sen to RM1.12 since August last year.MIDF Research pointed out that the price range was one of the lowest levels traded since the company re-listed in September 2011.Meanwhile, MIDF Research said Bumi Armada’s floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) segment is still the key business driver for the group.The research firm noted the O&G company’s Kraken FPSO is set to be commissioned by the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16) while both FPSO vessels, one to Block 15/06 offshore Angola and the other for Madura’s gas projects offshore Indonesia are targeted to be deployed by the first quarter of (1Q17).Apart from that, MIDF Research observed that the company is still actively bidding for works in Vietnam, Nigeria and Brazil.The research firm believed there could also be up to two FPSO tenders from India by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) this year.Contrary to the FPSO segment, MIDF Research said Bumi Armada’s offshore support vessel (OSV) segment is expected to continue to be a drag to group’s earnings.It noted the company’s fleet utilisation rate was approximately 50 per cent with around 20 vessels stacked and charter rates are still weak below US$1.50 per brake horsepower (bhp) while breakeven cost is estimated to be below US$1 per bhp.In addition, MIDF Research noted approximately 47 per cent of the company’s vessels have contracts extending through to 2017 and beyond.Thus, the research firm anticipates the company’s OSV segment to incur an operating loss for at least the next few quarters.Likewise, MIDF Research said Bumi Armada’s transport and installation (T&I) segment was also a drag to the group.It observed the activity levels for the LukOil project in the Caspian Sea is expected to remain subdued in 1Q16 and could only pick-up towards the middle of 2016. Furthermore, the research firm noted Bumi Armada’s vessels, the ARMADA HAWK has been stacked and ARMADA CONDOR will be stacked soon, thus activity levels from both vessels are nil. Nonetheless, it noted revenue and earnings from the T&I segment tends to be lumpy in

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nature and as such, there could be possibilities that the segment could contribute more in the future. Business segment-wise, MIDF Research noted 88 per cent of Bumi Armada’s order book consist of FPSO jobs, while eight per cent from OSV charters and four per cent were for T&I contracts. Source : theborneopost.

The ARKLOW RESOLVE enroute Amsterdam – Photo : Patrick Deenik ©

The DCV THIALF, spotted in the Gulf of Guinea, Bight of Bonny nearby Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, doing

preparations for installing the new gas compression platform ALBA B3. Photo: Cor Draijer (c)

VLCCs, LRs led broad tanker market improvement during 2015

Although the start of the new year hasn’t been as rosy so far, for the tanker market, few could argue that 2015 was an exceptional year for tanker owners, as all asset classes across both the crude and product tanker segments witnessed higher year-on-year earnings. In fact, all segments posted their second straight year of growth, with the exception of

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MRs, which has eased modestly during 2014, from 2013 levels.In its latest report, shipbroker Charles R. Weber noted that “VLCCs led the rally with the strongest average annual gains. VLCC earnings rose 112% y/y to an average of ~$66,985/day during 2015, following a y/y gain of 60% during 2014. This marked the strongest year since 2008 and came despite an acceleration of net fleet growth to 2.9% from 1.3% during 2015. Though new deliveries fell from 24 during 2014 to 20 during 2015, phase‐outs fell from 16 to just two due to the stronger earnings environment which offset the impact of higher maintenance and regulatory compliance costs for older units. On the demand side, the trend of an increasingly diverse geographic distribution of demand origination areas and trade routes continued, but actual ton‐mile demand returned to positive y/y growth territory for the first time since 2012 (which remains the peak year). Having fallen by 9% between 2012 and 2014, ton‐miles grew by 7% during 2015”, said CR Weber.The shipbroker added that “compounding the advantageous environment for owners, the swelling volume of crude in the market led bouts of delays of upwards of two weeks in Asia as charterers were frequently forced to temporarily (and non‐structurally) store crude on VLCCs while seeking onward shore‐side distribution outlets and in cases where the onward distribution of full stems was more certain, ullage delays became increasingly common. More usual weather‐related delays are also noted as having a negative impact on availability and thus a positive impact on earnings. Though time‐charter demand swelled at the start of 2015, the anticipation that these units were set to enter into structural, contango‐driven storage failed to come to fruition at significant levels and only a small number of units were observed as being utilized for multiple‐month storage during the year. Slow steaming levels declined due to low bunker prices and strong earnings, which we estimated further augmented overall availability by 6%, but failed to negatively impact earnings as we estimate that the ongoing widening geographic distribution of demand boosted that from straight ton‐mile generation to a combined estimate of 15%”, noted CR Weber.Product tankers followed the VLCCs, with LR2s and LR1s each observing a 78% y/y average earnings gains to ~$35,979/day and ~$27,405/day, respectively and followed y/y gains during 2014 of 36% and 46%, respectively. “The ongoing orientation of global refining capacity growth to areas in close proximity to crude production centers and the rationalization of refining capacity in economically disadvantaged demand centers is closely correlated to the earnings growth as product tanker demand continued to grow in tandem. Key refining capacity additions in the Middle East were fully in play year‐end with the third of three new 400,000 b/d capacity expansion projects (Ruwais) reaching normal utilization levels in November. With these refineries largely vying for a share of the Northern European distillate market, long‐haul demand gains materialized and briefly elevated LR2 earnings to over $65,000/day and LR1 earnings to over $45,000/day during 3Q15 (coinciding with the ramping up of production at the new 400,000 b/d Yanbu refinery). The new 300,000 b/d Paradip refinery commenced operations during 4Q15, and was reportedly targeting a 60% utilization rate by early 2016. Long‐haul export volumes from India, already benefitting from earlier large‐scale capacity additions, were boosted by the strongest annual US gasoline demand growth since prior to the Great Recession (+3.1% y/y, implied EIA) as gasoline prices fell, unleashing pent‐up personal transportation demand while also incentivizing greater sales of less efficient SUVs. This supported greater utilization of LRs for product flows to the US East Coast and to transshipment centers in the Atlantic basin for onward regional distribution as warranted:, CR Weber concluded. Source: Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

The GENCO CHAMPION arriving at Lyttelton to load logs for China. Photo : Alan Calvert (c)

Scorpio Tankers Announces Upsizing of a Previously Announced Credit Facility

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced the upsizing of its previously announced ING Credit Facility.

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In January 2016, the Company received a commitment to upsize its previously announced $87.0 million credit facility with ING Bank N.V. to $132.5 million. The facility will bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.95% per annum, and the proceeds will be used to partially finance the purchase of STI Lombard (currently bareboat chartered-in) and refinance the existing indebtedness on an MR product tanker (2015 built). The terms and conditions, including covenants, of the credit facility are similar to those in the Company's existing credit facilities. Scorpio Tankers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products worldwide. Scorpio Tankers Inc. currently owns 79 product tankers (18 LR2, 14 Handymax, and 47 MR tankers) with an average age of 1.3 years and time or bareboat charters-in 11 product tankers (three LR2, one LR1, four MR and three Handymax tankers). The Company has contracted for 12 newbuilding product tankers (eight MR and four LR2 tankers). The four LR2s are expected to be delivered in 2016 (one per quarter), and the eight MRs are expected to be delivered throughout 2017. Additional information about the Company is available at the Company's website www.scorpiotankers.com , which is not a part of this press release.

ABB Turbocharger upgrade boosts Return on Investment to 64%

Independent study shows ABB turbocharger upgrades further improve engine performance and reduce fuel consumption. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced study results1 showing a 64% return on investment from turbocharger upgrades. The increased revenue resulting from higher engine output of three engines in a power plant accumulated to approximately $537,000 per year, and in addition, fuel savings of $470,000 per year2 were realized.Forrester Consulting conducted a study* examining the return on investment (ROI) from upgrading ABB turbochargers for a major power plant operator in the Caribbean. Data gathered and analyzed from the three engines before and after the upgrade indicated a Net Present Value of $1.4 million3, calculated over three years, with an annual value of $824,000 and a payback time of 11 months.An industrial turbocharger uses engine exhaust energy to force more air into the cylinders of a combustion engine, thus enabling higher engine output and efficiency. An upgrade entails replacing old turbochargers or turbocharger components with new, improved versions. Using latest technology turbochargers or components brings about a number of significant potential benefits, such as lower fuel consumption, lower emissions, higher engine output and reduced maintenance cost. Overall, the engine operation can be better optimized to the specific needs of the operator.In the case study, new advanced compressor wheels with a higher efficiency and wider speed margins were fitted to six turbochargers on three engines. The increased efficiency led to fuel savings of 1.6% equating to a reduction of $470,000 in the annual fuel bill. In addition, due to the wider speed margins of the new compressor wheels, it was possible to run the turbochargers at a higher speed, particularly during the hot period of the day. Before the upgrade, the engines could not be run at full load but had to be derated due to very high outside temperatures. After upgrading, the power output could be increased by 2.4% resulting in $537,000 additional revenues per year.“Benefits of upgrading our products are significant and we have always been confident that improved performance gives true value to our customers”, said Oliver Riemenschneider, Managing Director, ABB Turbocharging. “The study analysis showing the financial benefits from a customer point of view helps us to even better support our customers, delivering on their needs – all in line with our Next Level strategy.”As well as financial benefits, the study by Forrester Consulting provides information on additional benefits from the turbocharger upgrades. These include lower emissions, extended component lifetime due to lowered thermal stress, as well as longer running hours between overhauls leading to reduced maintenance cost. Approximately 200,000 ABB

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turbochargers are in operation across the globe on ships, power stations, gen-sets, diesel locomotives and large off-highway vehicles. Source: ABB

The STEMAT SPIRIT arriving in IJmuiden heading for the Monnickendamkade

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Baltic index slump continues on demand concerns

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying industrial commodities, touched a record low for the ninth straight session Friday, mostly due to vessel oversupply and lack of global demand. The overall index, which gauges the cost of shipping dry bulk cargoes including iron ore, cement, grain, coal and fertiliser, was down 10 points, or 2.61 percent, at 373 points. The index has plunged by over hundred points or about 22 percent this year. On Wednesday, it fell below 400 points for the first time on record. The capesize, panamax and handysize indices also touched record lows on Friday. The dry bulk sector has taken a beating from the slowdown in Chinese business at a time when the sector is struggling with huge overcapacity. The capesize index shed 27 points, or 12 percent, to 198 points on Thursday. Average daily earnings for capesize vessels dropped $193 to a record low of $2,748.“ (The) fundamental problem is not fleet growth but negative demand growth. Slowing economic growth and significant turmoil in commodity prices is resulting in extremely low chartering activity,” said Clarksons Platou analyst Frode Morkedal. Morkedal expects ship scrapping activities to surge and newbuild deliveries to be postponed, resulting lower fleet growth this year. Capesizes typically transport 150,000-tonne cargoes such as iron ore and coal and have been particularly affected by a fall-off in coal and iron ore demand in China. The panamax index dropped 7 points to 381 points Average daily earnings for panamaxes, which usually carry coal or grain cargoes of about 60,000 to 70,000 tonnes, fell $54 to $3,049. Source: Reuters (Reporting By Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Katharine Houreld)

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MOL transports fire engines to Paraguay Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has announced that the company transported fire engines to Paraguay, in cooperation with the Paraguayan Embassy in Tokyo. This has been an ongoing social contribution activity for MOL, and the most recent shipment marks the eighth time the company has stepped up to help.Seven fire engines, which were loaded on the MOL-operated Galaxy Ace in the Port of Yokohama, arrived at the Port of Asuncion on January 9. The engines will help the nation upgrade its firefighting and public safety capabilities.MOL takes a proactive stance in social contribution activities that are unique to an ocean shipping company with a global network.

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NAVY NEWS Philippine Navy vessel set for launch

What will be the largest ship in the Philippine Navy is being launched by an Indonesian shipbuilder. By Richard Tomkins

Indonesian shipbuilder PT Pal is to launch the first of two strategic sealift vessels constructed for the Philippine Navy. The ship, a landing platform dock, is based on the Indonesian Navy's Makassar/Banjarmasin-class vessel. It is 404 feet long, 72 feet in the beam and weighs more than 11,500 tons when fully loaded. It will be used for disaster relief and in humanitarian missions and could also be used as a supply vessel in the South China Sea -- also called the West Philippine Sea -- where the Philippines is engaged in a sovereignty dispute with China.When commissioned into service, it will be the largest ship in the Philippine Navy."We just got word from the Navy that the strategic vessel, one of two we have ordered from Indonesia, will be launched January 18 at the PT PAL shipyard in Indonesia," Armed Forces spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said. "Key officials will be in attendance to see the launching of that ship."Padilla made the announcement on Friday, the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The strategic sealift vessel to be launched on Monday can carry as many as 500 troops and their equipment. It is also capable of carrying two helicopters and will be armed."It can stand alone as a command and control ship that can coordinate, rescue, recover and retrieve during disasters...It can also be used as a floating hospital in case our health centers and hospitals in provinces that were affected by disasters become unavailable," Padilla said. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Philippine Navy in May. The second vessel will be delivered next year. The vessels were ordered in 2014 and have a combined cost of about $92 million source : UPI

Two CFB Esquimalt ships going on long journey to be demolished

By : KATHERINE DEDYNA / TIMES COLONIST Decommissioned Royal Canadian Navy ships HMCS PROTECTEUR and HMCS ALGONQUIN are headed 7,600 nautical miles for demolition in Nova Scotia. Ottawa awarded the $39-million scrapping contract on Nov. 27 to R.J. MacIsaac Construction Ltd. of Antigonish, N.S. The ships, still moored at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, are expected to be towed south along the Pacific coast, through the Panama Canal and north to the Maritimes. No Victoria or West Coast shipyards submitted a bid for the enormous demolition task, estimated to take as long as a year in drydock for one vessel, said Joe O’Rourke, general manager of Seaspan Victoria Shipyards. Seaspan was asked to bid on the demolition but declined, he said.“Scrapping is a very complex and at times dangerous business of cutting up and disposing of an old vessel,” he said, made more complex for PROTECTEUR given it caught on fire and produced hazardous materials. PROTECTEUR, a supply ship, was critically damaged in February 2014, forcing it to be towed to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and then back to CFB Esquimalt. About six months earlier, it sustained damage to its bow after colliding with ALGONQUIN, a destroyer, during a towing exercise en route to Hawaii. ALGONQUIN was heavily damaged on its port-side hangar. O’Rourke said he knows of no B.C. company with expertise in scrapping large vessels, “especially to the level of detail and reporting requirements” of the Department of National Defence. A successful local demolition bid would have dominated the Esquimalt Graving Dock, owned by Ottawa, for more than a

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year for one ship, he estimated, in order to ensure any leaks of hazardous fluids were captured in drydock. The R.J. MacIsaac contract expires March 31, 2017, according to a document from Public Works and Government Services Canada.“The best interest for us and for Canada was for someone qualified to do it in a safe manner and an environmentally correct manner, and the companies that have the history of doing so are located on the East Coast,” O’Rourke said. Seaspan concentrates on repair and upgrade work, he said. “We can provide better jobs and more jobs by doing what we do right now.” The company has about 650 employees, most of them devoted to modernizing 12 Halifax-class frigates for the navy to the tune of $350 million, and working on a three-year upgrade for submarine HMCS CORNER BROOK. Seaspan, headquartered in North Vancouver, did bid on preparation of the vessels for towing, but did not get those contracts, which O’Rourke described as “not significant.” He estimated the lengthy tow would cost millions of dollars. Christopher Clarke, mayor of Queens Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia where much of the demolition work is expected to be done, told Halifax’s Chronicle Herald Wednesday that up to 40 jobs will be created when HMCS PROTECTEUR arrives around April 1 and HMCS ALGONQUIN in July. R.J. MacIsaac describes itself on its website as a marine construction and demolition company. Last year, it was lead contractor in the multi-million-dollar cleanup of the MV MINER bulk carrier shipwreck off the coast of Cape Breton. Source: timescolonist

SHIPYARD NEWS

ROTTERDAM COMES TO THE TYNE FOR REPAIRS

A&P Group has welcomed the CITY OF ROTTERDAM, one of the biggest ships to be affected by Storm Desmond, to its Tyneside yard for repair. The 5,000-tonne dwt Ro-Ro Cargo ship collided with another vessel on the Humber

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Estuary when Storm Desmond hit the north of England earlier this month. A&P Group’s 100 strong Tyneside team will now undertake a 5-week programme of structural steel repairs before the City of Rotterdam returns to service at the end of January.Darren Brown, managing director of A&P Group Tyne said: “It was quite a spectacle to see the storm damaged ship coming up the Tyne. We made a temporary repair to the damage at Immingham in order for her to be able to sail to the Tyne, now we’ve got a large undertaking as we use our problem solving capability and absolute attention to detail to return the City of Rotterdam back to service as soon as possible.“It’s repairs of this scale and status that see our team of highly experienced Production and Project Teams really come into their own. “A&P Group operates seven dry docks across three strategic locations in the UK, in addition to a ship repair yard in Australia. All facilities combine a rich heritage of marine engineering skills and experience, providing ship owners and energy companies with all the precision skills needed to complete the most demanding projects. Source: AP-Group

Hanjin Heavy Enters Into Debt Rescheduling With Creditors

Creditors of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. on Thursday agreed to accept the South Korean shipbuilder’s request for a voluntary debt restructuring agreement to normalize its operations.The approval was given as creditors judged that Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction owns real estate assets that are large enough to cover some of its debt, and it faces a temporary liquidity shortage.According to Korea

Development Bank (KDB), the shipbuilder’s main creditor, on Thursday, creditors agreed to approve voluntary debt restructuring of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction. Following the approval, the shipbuilder was granted with an extension to its debt repayment period, enabling it to push forward with its restructuring plan.Meanwhile, after conducting due diligence, KDB is expected to come up with detailed voluntary measures for Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, including the plan to dispose assets and adjust workforce. source: shipping Herald

Workers at Cochin Shipyard threaten strike action over IPO

Workers at Cochin Shipyard in India are unhappy over a proposed IPO which would see India’s government sell its entire state in the yard. Trade unions are protesting the move, which would also see a fresh issue of over 2m shares, and are threatening an indefinite strike. “We will make the public aware of the perils of the move by holding public meetings at Mattancherry, Kaloor, Tripunithura and Marine Drive to begin with. There will be a token strike and if the government fails to heed the warning, we will go on indefinite strike,” R. Chandrasekharan, president of the union organised Joint Action Front, told local newspaper The Hindu. Source : Splash 24/7

Work on cargo launch begins at shipyard The block erection work on the deck cargo/launch barge being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the National Petroleum Construction Company, Abu Dhabi, got under way with the erection of a mega block in the building dock. Paul Antony, chairman, Cochin Port Trust, was the chief guest, said a press release here. Madhu S. Nair, chairman and managing director and Paul Ranjan, director (finance) were among those present at the occasion. The block weighing 140 tonnes was erected using the giant gantry crane. The deck cargo/launch barge for NPCC is the 45th export order for CSL. This order was secured by Cochin Shipyard in January 2015 against an international tender under extremely competitive price and timelines, the release said. Source : The Hindu

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ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES

Rolls-Royce contracted to supply propulsion systems for Watercats ordered by Royal Oman

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Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Finnish company Marine Alutech Oy Ab to provide 28 Waterjets for 14 Watercat K13 Fast Intercept Craft (FIC) ordered by the Royal Oman Police, the company said Thursday in a press

release. The Watercat K13 has a wide range of operating characteristics but is especially suitable for patrolling, interception and rescue purposes in all weather conditions. Propulsion is provided via two 651 kW diesel engines with twin Rolls-Royce Steel Series 32A3 waterjets. The boat has a top speed of over 50 knots and a range exceeding 200 nautical miles, fully loaded. David Kemp, Rolls-Royce, Vice President Sales – Naval, said: “Rolls-Royce Kamewa waterjets contribute significantly to the manoeuverability, efficiency and performance of these highly capable vessels particularly at speeds in excess of 50 knots. The Kamewa A3 series is up to 3% more energy-efficient than earlier models and together with a reduced footprint on the vessel, lower weight and life-cycle costs, can substantially reduce fuel costs and CO2 emissions, making them highly efficient as well as

highly effective.” The boats will be built at the Marine Alutech Yard in Finland and are due to be delivered by the end of 2017 Rolls-Royce is a world leader in marine solutions, providing products, service and expertise to more than 30,000 vessels in the offshore, merchant, naval surface and submarine markets. It designs ships and its product range includes propulsion systems featuring diesel engines and gas turbines, propellers, thrusters and water jets. Rolls-Royce also provides manoeuvring and stabilising systems and deck machinery. The company employs over 39,000 skilled people, including 11,000 engineers, in offices, manufacturing and service facilities in over 50 countries. Source : Portnews

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Q4 2015 Tsavliris Activities On 4 September 2015, capesizebulk carrier “CAPE ELISE” (88,853 GT – 174,124 DWT), fully laden with 168,330 tons of iron ore, made bottom contact in the Singapore Straits (deep-water channel) resulting in bottom damage and water ingress in port double bottom tanks No 2, 3 and port wing tank No 4.During the incident the vessel was on passage from Yuzhny/Odessa, Ukraine to Zhoushan/Jiangyin, China. On 4 September, Tsavliris Salvage was contracted to provide salvage assistance. On the same day, the AHTS “UOS NAVIGATOR” (16,320 BHP – 200 TBP) was mobilized from

Singapore to assist the casualty. The managers and agents of the casualty requested permission from the Singapore Port Authorities (MPA) to proceed and anchor inside the port limits for damage assessment. Their request was denied, and the casualty, escorted by the “UOS NAVIGATOR”, anchored on 5 September outside the entrance to Singapore Straits, in the open China Sea. On 6 September, the salvage master arrived at Singapore and a meeting was arranged with the MPA on 7 October. At the meeting, port entry was agreed upon submission of the required documentation, including the “Fit to Port Entry’’ declaration by ship’s classification society (LR). All documentation was submitted on the same day and on 8 September permission was granted. On 9 September the “CAPE ELISE”, escorted by the AHTS “UOS NAVIGATOR”, anchored at Raffles reserved anchorage (section R2). In compliance with Port Authorities’ requirements, oil booms were deployed around the casualty. On 10 September, an underwater inspection commenced by Singapore Salvage Engineering (SSE) divers and was completed on 13 September. Underwater repairs (temporary patching) commenced by the SSE team on 14 September and were completed on 30 October. These included the internal double bottom tanks repairs. The salvage services lasted about two months and were successfully terminated on 30 October.

On 2 October 2015, the geared bulk carrier “NEW HUNTER” (25,531 GT -46,212 DWT) partly laden with 20,195 tons of fine alumina powder grounded in the Suriname River fairway – South America, whilst on passage from Paranam to Baltimore. On 6 October, Tsavliris Salvage was contracted to provide salvage assistance.A salvage team, consisting of the Salvage Master, a Salvage Engineer, a Naval Architect and divers arrived on board the casualty on 7 October. On 15 October, after lightering about 2,000 tons of cargoto two vessels (“ORION TRADER” and GALAXY TRADER”), during high water, the vessel was refloated with the assistance of four tugs. Underwater and internal inspections were carried out which revealed minor damages in No 1 double bottom tank portside and No 2 double bottom. All damages were temporarily repaired. Due to heavy swell, the 2,000 tons of lightening cargo could not be reloaded at anchor off Suriname. Furthermore, for safety reasons, the Paramaribo Pilots rejected the request to proceed to Paramaribo inner anchorage. The casualty and the two lightering vessels “ORION TRADER” and GALAXY TRADER” proceeded to Georgetown, Guyana, where the trans-shipment was completed. The successful salvage operation/lighteringlasted three weeks and wasterminated on 28 October at Georgetown.

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On 23 October 2015, the Panamax bulk carrier “LOS LLANITOS” (40,420 GT – 71,731 DWT) grounded on rocky bottom north of Manzanillo, at Barra de Navidad, West Coast Mexico, during the passing hurricane “Patricia” – which was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere. On 24 October Tsavliris Salvage was contracted to provide salvage assistance. On 25 October, Tsavliris Salvage team and their subcontractors Messrs.“Resolve Marine Group’’ team arrived on scene. The prevailing strong winds and heavy swell, did not allow the salvage teams to board the casualty. Due to severe damage sustained by casualty a quick

refloating was not possible, therefore the salvage master focused on the removal of marine pollutants in order to limit any potential harm to the environment. Floating oil booms were deployed around the casualty.As the weather conditions did not allow any approach by sea, all necessary crafts and equipment were mobilized from USA and Panama respectively, through subcontractors as well as locally, and were transferred on board the casualty with the assistance of a local helicopter.On 28 October the salvage team managed to board the casualty and prepared for the removal of hydrocarbons and chemical pollutants. About 1,700 litres of chemical productswere

packed and removed with the use of helicopter and were transferred to shore reception facilities for disposal. On 14 November the weather conditions slightly improved allowing only the tug “RESOLVE COMMANDER” to go alongside the vessel for the removal of hydrocarbons which was completed on 19 November. The total amount of hydrocarbons removed was 520,000 litres which were transferred safely ashore between 21 and 24 October. The one-month operation was successfully completed on 26 November.

248 vessels escorted by icebreakers to/from Azov Sea ports during current ice navigation season

248 vessels have been provided with icebreaker assistance at the ports of the Azov Sea from the beginning of the current winter navigation season, Sergei Safonichev, Acting Director of Azov Sea Ports Administration, told IAA PortNews at the open meeting of the basin committee dedicated to arranging of icebreaker assistance at Russian seaports of the Azov Sea. The meeting was held yesterday, on January 14, in Rostov-on-Don. The icebreaker assistance season at Rostov-on-Don, Azov and Taganrog ports started on December 31, 2015, at the port of Yeisk – on January 2, 2016. Ice navigation restrictions came into force on January 4, 2016.December 31, 2015 till January 14, 2016, 12 fleet units were escorted to the port of Taganrog and 13 units were assisted out of the port; 27 and 25 vessels were escorted to/from the port of Azov. Line icebreakers of Rosmorport’s Azov Basin Branch assisted 71 vessels to the port of Rostov-on-Don and 65 vessels out of the port. 21 and 14 vessels were escorted to/from the port of Yeisk.Over the reported period, port Taganrog handled 61,000 t of cargo, port Azov - 74,500 t, Rostov-on-Don - 249,700 t, Yeisk – 63,000 t. Source : Portnews

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