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TOS signs first ship delivery contract with SST

Bram de Feijter, Manager Newbuilding at Boskalis and Marleen Stuurman, Executive Manager Operations at TOS signed a ship delivery contract for the SST Rambala. Saam Smit Towage (SST) is a joint venture between SAAM S.A. and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. providing towage services in Mexico, Canada, Panama and Brazil. The newbuild DAMEN 2913 ASD tug named SST Rambala will be added to the company’s Panama fleet. The opening of the new locks are likely to bring bigger vessels to the Panama terminals and the compact, manoeuvrable and powerful SST Rambala is perfect for the job. Rolf Kievits, Sales Manager Ship Delivery at TOS is very pleased to announce

the contract signing. Rolf: ‘Both joint venture partners and TOS go way back. Boskalis/Smit have done business with us since the very start of our company and SAAM has been a loyal and returning client for many years. Wonderful that TOS has been awarded the delivery of this vessel for the SST joint venture.’ Next month a TOS ship delivery crew will depart from Galati, Romania to Panama.

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Spliethoff’s DIAMANTGRACHT inbound for Rotterdam – Photo: Henk van der Heijden (c)

OSD designs IMT2001 Scientific Research Vessel for TORI

Offshore Ship Designers (OSD-IMT) has signed a new contract for an IMT2001 Scientific Research Vessel for the Taiwanese Ocean Research Institute (TORI).The vessel will be used to support long-term oceanographic observation programmes, including the operation of unmanned ROVs, terrain survey and mapping, seismic pattern detection, long-core

sampling, compiling diagrams of topology and stratum, and performing real-time data processing and sampling within its onboard laboratory facilities. The IMT2001 will be fitted with two ‘A’ Frames, two deck cranes, an ROV launch and a recovery ‘A’ Frame with umbilical winch, streamer winch and gun array and an MEBO200 seabed drilling rig which can conduct core drilling down to 200 m below the sea floor and can be fitted with a range of different deck equipment spreads.The 76 m x 16 m vessel will have accommodation for 43 persons (crew and scientists) and will be classed with Taiwanese Classification Society (CR) for worldwide operation. It will be equipped with diesel-electric power generation, two main azimuth propulsion thrusters and two bow tunnel thrusters with the dynamic position notation DP-1 The vessel will be built by Triyards Shipyard in Ho Chi Minh City and is scheduled for delivery in August 2017.

ICS Co-ordinates Maritime Employers at Important ILO Meeting

The International Chamber of Shipping, as the Secretariat for the Shipowner Group at the International Labour Organization, co-ordinated employers’ representatives from over 20 national shipowners’ associations at the second meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) for the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, held in Geneva from 8 to 10 February 2016.The Special Tripartite Committee was established to keep the working of the MLC under continuous review and to consider proposals for amendments to the MLC where there is a compelling need to consider specific issues During this week’s proceedings, the STC agreed to a Shipowner Group proposal to harmonise provisions related

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to the renewal of Maritime Labour Certificates with similar certificate renewal provisions contained in other international maritime instruments. Sarah Cerche, acting as spokesperson for the Shipowner Group, explained that: “Shipowners have clear and justified concerns about difficulties with port State control as a result of any delay in issuance of the renewed Maritime Labour Certificate. When it enters into force, this new amendment will crucially ensure that, where a ship has successfully undergone its renewal inspection and all the requirements of the Convention are met, any administrative delay in issuing a new certificate will not unnecessarily impede the ship continuing with its work.”The STC also agreed to amendments highlighting the importance of health and safety on board ships and proposing that Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying, recently issued jointly by ICS and ITF, is taken into account by all concerned.A new resolution agreed by the STC also establishes a working group to examine issues related to the protection of seafarers’ wages when a seafarer is held captive as a result of acts such as piracy Commenting on the outcome of the meeting, Peter Hinchliffe, ICS Secretary General, said: “The meeting has reaffirmed the strength of the tripartite system involving ILO Member States and seafarers in debate with shipowner representatives. The effort to promote the widest possible ratification of this landmark maritime Convention continues to be a core priority for ICS.”The new amendments to the MLC will now be considered for adoption by the next session of the ILO International Labour Conference, with the entry into force of the amendments anticipated in late 2018. Meanwhile, efforts to make the necessary preparations for the amendments adopted in 2014 (regarding financial security for crew claims and cases of abandonment) continue apace in view of their entry into force in January 2017.

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"In Navigation" Status for Vessels under Renovation Remains Unclear

A Texas court of appeals recently held that a drill ship undergoing a renovation for nearly two years in dry dock might still be a “vessel in navigation.” Gold v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., No. 14-15-00123-CV, (Tex. App. Dec. 15, 2015). The plaintiff, who had been hired to work as a seaman aboard the Helix, was working on the ship in dry dock when he began to experience neck pain and was diagnosed with a bulging disk. He sued the ship owner under the Jones Act for his injuries. The owner successfully moved for summary judgment on the basis that the worker was not a Jones Act seaman because the Helix, which was under conversion in the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for a total of 20 months, was not a vessel in navigation. The Texas court of appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment, holding that fact issues existed as to vessel status despite the lengthy withdrawal from navigation.The Supreme Court has held that a vessel does not cease to be a vessel simply because she is berthed for minor repairs. See, e.g., Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis, 515 U.S. 347, 374, 115 S. Ct. 2172, 2192, 132 L. Ed. 2d 314 (1995). However, there is a point the repairs become so significant, or the time out of the water so vast, that the vessel can no longer be considered “in navigation” for Jones Act purposes. For example, the Ninth Circuit held that a ship undergoing reconstruction over 17 months (three months less than the Helix) was not a vessel in navigation. McKinley v. All Alaskan Seafoods, Inc., 980 F.2d 567, 568 (9th Cir. 1992). The Fifth Circuit held that an extensive overhaul lasting only 77 days was enough to render a ship no longer in navigation. Hodges v. S. S. Tillie Lykes, 512 F.2d 1279, 1280 (5th Cir. 1975). And yet the Helix, laid up for repairs far longer than the ships in either of those cases and with no means of self propulsion, might nevertheless be “in navigation. Although there is no settled expiration date for “in navigation” status for vessels under repairs, the weight of authority in the Fifth Circuit and admiralty courts elsewhere suggests that a ship undergoing a

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major conversion over the course of nearly two years is definitely not a vessel in navigation for Jones Act purposes. Thus, the Texas court of appeals’ decision in the Helix case is a bit of an outlier. Still, the decision is worth noting as a demonstration of how far some courts are willing to go to find Jones Act seaman status. Source: King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC

The Tees pilot cutter SALTHOLME returning to base having taken the pilot off the outbound gas tanker GAS

GALAXY. Photo: Simon Smith (c)

Maersk Drilling warns of low 2016 rates Written by Elaine Maslin

Despite posting an increase in profits, Danish drilling firm Maersk Drilling has warned that there's a need for a different cost level in the offshore drilling industry. The firm posted US$751 million profits for 2015, up from $478 million in 2014, thanks to a growing fleet, "continued strong operational performance, fleet growth," and general cost savings, offset by some idle time. Maersk Drilling also signed 12 contracts in 2015, adding some $2 billion backlog. But, the firm said the contracts signed were at a "significantly lower day rate than previously," which will lead to a "significantly lower underlying result in 2016 than in 2015," with more idle days expected. "The lower day rates underpin the need for a different cost level in the offshore drilling industry," said the firm. Awilco Drilling, which also presented its full year results today, also points to the increasingly sluggish market. It has two units, the WilHunter and the WilPhoenix, with the WilHunter currently "warm stacked." The firm says limited contract opportunities and decreasing dayrates are resulting in a rig surplus in 2016 - see chart, with data from Fearnley Fonds and IHS Petrodata.The "market recovery seems to be pushed even further out in time," says Awilco. "Due to continued low oil price(s), operators have reduced current and planned E&P expenditure. Increased number of available rigs expected to continue through 2016 and beyond. Lack of new contract opportunities currently leading to rig cold stacking. Continued rig attrition is key to rebalancing the future rig market. “Maersk Drilling delivered a satisfactory [2015] result given the adverse market conditions. We continue to focus on operational performance and a competitive cost level, which are key factors in order to secure contracts for our rigs in this market,” says Claus V. Hemmingsen, CEO in Maersk Drilling and member of the Executive Board in the Maersk Group. “Given the new oil reality, we have to conduct our operation at a completely different cost level. We have to focus on not only being operational excellent, but also efficient. However, the new oil reality is also an opportunity to solve our customer’s needs and pain points. We have to prepare for the future by recalibrating to the new oil reality by differentiating from our competitors and focusing on value creation for our customers in order to bring down the total system costs,” says Hemmingsen.At the end of 2015, Maersk Drilling’s forward contract coverage was 77% for 2016 and 52% for 2017 and 43% for 2018. The total revenue backlog by end 2015 amounted to $5.4 billion.Awilco has a contract backlog of $258 million, primarily for the WilPhoenix with the WilHunter being marketed for work. The firm had a net loss of $32.9 million after an impairment charge of $30 million. Source: oedigital

Port of Rotterdam offers solution to listing vessel in Bilbao

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Following Smit Salvage’s spectacular salvage of the stricken ship, MODERN EXPRESS, in the Bay of Biscay, another Rotterdam company is now involved in this rescue operation. The Koninklijke Roeiers Vereeniging Eendracht (KRVE) (Royal Boatmen Association Eendracht) are using their innovative ShoreTension system to right the vessel so that unloading can start. MODERN EXPRESS, a 164 metre cargo vessel, ran into problems at sea two weeks ago. Fierce waves resulted in its cargo of wood and excavators shifting, which caused the ship to list and become un manoeuvrable. Smit Salvage, succeeded in towing the MODERN EXPRESS to the

Spanish port of Bilbao last week. As the vessel also had 300 tonnes of fuel on board, this prevented an environmental disaster. The vessel is currently awaiting unloading in Bilbao and KRVE assistance has been requested in order to achieve this. The MODERN EXPRESS will be held in position using six ShoreTensions, with the ShoreTensions absorbing the vessel’s forces on the warps and compensating for the vessel’s movements. This will enable the cargo to be removed from the vessel safely. It is not surprising that two Rotterdam companies have been involved in the MODERN EXPRESS rescue operation. As the biggest port in Europe, the Port of Rotterdam places a high

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priority on innovation and development. Smit and the KRVE are not the only examples of this. The innovative website, Rotterdam Port Connector, makes it easy to find and access over 500 service providers from the Ports of Rotterdam, Moerdijk and Dordrecht.

Maritime Piracy Hotspots Persist Worldwide Despite Reductions In Key Areas

Piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions in the number of ships hijacked and crew captured, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) annual piracy report reveals

Key Figures

· 246 incidents reported in 2015, one more than in 2014

· The number of vessels boarded rose 11% to 203, one ship was fired at, and a further 27 attacks were thwarted.

· Armed with guns or knives, pirates killed one seafarer and injured at least 14.

· Kidnappings – where crew are taken away and held for ransom – doubled from nine in 2014 to 19 in 2015, all the result of five attacks off Nigeria.

· A total of 15 vessels were hijacked in 2015, down from 21 in 2014

· 271 hostages were held on their ships, compared with 442 in 2014.

· No hijackings were reported in the last quarter of 2015.

IMB says one key factor in this recent global reduction was the drop in attacks against small fuel tankers around South East Asia’s coasts, the last of which occurred in August 2015.

IMB Report- Total Incidents 2015

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SE Asian gangs

“IMB particularly commends the robust actions taken by the Indonesian and Malaysian authorities in the arrest and prosecution of two gangs that hijacked tankers. We also applaud the subsequent arrest of some of the alleged masterminds,” said Pottengal Mukundan, Director of IMB, which has monitored world piracy since 1991.However Mr Mukundan urged shipmasters to maintain strict anti-piracy and robbery watches. South East Asia still accounts for most of the world’s incidents. Almost 55% of the region’s attacks were against vessels underway compared to 37% in 2014. Most were aimed at low-level theft. IMB cites this rise on moving vessels as a cause for concern as it increases potential risks to the vessels and their crew.The IMB PRC continues to work closely with the Indonesian Marine Police and other Indonesian authorities to monitor high-risk areas. Reports have reduced in the majority of the 11 designated anchorages with only Belawan and Nipah recording marked increases in attempted thefts, reporting 15 and 26 incidents respectively in 2015.

Nigeria: oil and kidnappings

Nigeria is a hotspot for violent piracy and armed robbery. Though many attacks are believed to go unrecorded, IMB received reports of 14 incidents, with nine vessels boarded. In the first of these, ten pirates armed with AK47 rifles boarded and hijacked a tanker and took all nine crewmembers hostage. They then transferred the fuel oil cargo into another vessel, which was taken away by two of the attackers. The Ghanaian navy dispatched a naval vessel to investigate as the tanker moved into its waters, then arrested the pirates on board.

Somalia still risky

No Somali-based attacks were reported in 2015. Following a new 55% reduction in the industry-defined High Risk Area, IMB warns vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean to stay particularly vigilant.

Mr Mukundan explained: “Somalia remains a fragile state, and the potential for an attack remains high. It will only take one successful hijacking to undo all that has been done, and rekindle this criminal activity.”

Elsewhere…

Incidents in Vietnam surged from seven in 2014 to 27 in 2015. The main cause is low-level theft against vessels anchored in Vietnam, with 15 reports from around the port of Vung Tau alone. In China four incidents were recorded in December 2015, the first in a long time. These include three thefts of bunker diesel oil from large bulk carriers off

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Tianjin, and one failed attempt to do the same. Meanwhile, low-level incidents in Bangladesh dropped to 11 in 2015, from 21 in 2014. IMB strongly urges shipmasters and owners to report all actual, attempted and suspected piracy and armed robbery incidents to the IMB PRC. This first step in the response chain is vital to ensuring that adequate resources are allocated by authorities to tackle piracy. Source: IMB PRC

APM Terminals keeps independence while securing capacity for Maersk Line

By: Joseph Bonney

The MAERSK IOWA inbound for Le Havre – Photo : Fabian Montreuil (c)

APM Terminals says it continues to pursue an independent course in seeking carriers’ business while providing corporate affiliate Maersk Line with dedicated capacity at three transshipment centers. It’s a different approach from the one announced last year by Japan’s MOL, which said its liner and terminal units would increase their cooperation in an effort to reverse declining profitability. In recent years, other carriers such as Hanjin have jettisoned their terminal operations in order to raise cash.Though APMT has been run as a separate company under Maersk Group since 2001, the terminal operator has continued to battle the perception that its relationship with Maersk Line is not arm’s length. APMT sought to underscore its neutrality with the 2004 move of its headquarters from Maersk’s headquarters in Copenhagen to The Hague, Netherlands.Maersk’s share of APM’s global container volume has dropped to 50 percent from more than 60 percent a decade ago, as APM has expanded globally and sought business from other lines. APMT’s volume dipped to 36 million 20-foot-equivalent units last year from 38.3 million TEUs in 2014, due to divestitures and torpid global trade.Maersk has contracted with APMT for dedicated capacity for several years at the carrier’s transshipment hubs at Algeciras, Spain; Tangier, Morocco, and at Rotterdam’s new Maasvlakte II terminal since that facility opened last year. APMT spokesman Tom Boyd said Maersk’s deal for dedicated capacity isn’t exclusive, and that APMT is open to similar agreements with other carriers that can supply enough volume to support such a commitment. “Maersk Line is the largest container carrier, and a valued customer,” Boyd said. “We have agreements to provide them with dedicated capacity at three of our 64 terminals.”Because APMT and Maersk Line are fellow subsidiaries of Maersk Group, accounting rules require the transaction to be recorded as an intra-company transfer on the group’s financial reports.Last year, APMT recorded $90 million in revenue and $31 million in earnings before interest and taxes. Maersk Line recorded the same totals for cost and EBIT. source : Journal of Commerce

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The ISLAND COMMANDER spotted under the Dutch Coast

Photo : Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©

Royal Caribbean apologizes to Anthem ship passengers battered by storm

By : Steve Almasy and Alina Machado What was to be a seven-day cruise from New Jersey to the Bahamas and back came to an early end Wednesday with the massive Anthem of the Seas back in port. Three days after enduring a wild ride in rough seas fired up by 125-mile-per-hour winds, the battered Royal Caribbean ship and its 6,000 people aboard docked in Bayonne, New Jersey. Royal Caribbean, facing scrutiny after the ship sailed into a storm in the Atlantic, apologized to passengers in a statement sent shortly before the ship docked, saying "we have to do better." For roughly 12 hours, passengers of the Anthem of the Seas had hunkered down in their rooms Sunday as the captain of the cruise ship battled rough seas off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina."It was horrendous," passenger Maureen Peters of Southampton, Massachusetts, told CNN after disembarking. "At one point, I thought I wasn't going to see my family again. I held on to the mattress so I wouldn't fall off the bed." She said it was her first and last cruise. "That boat should have never gone out," she said. The nightmare included four hours when the 1,100-foot long ship was at a 45-degree angle, according to Justin Scerbo, another passenger who was leaving the ship.Royal Caribbean said the ship suffered "superficial damage" to some public areas and cabins but has been repaired and will go back out on its scheduled itinerary next week.The cruise line said the storm the ship encountered was much worse than predicted."If we knew that we were going to have those kinds of winds, the winds that we actually experienced with the ship, we would not have sailed into that. No. Absolutely we wouldn't have (left port)," Bill Baumgartner, the senior vice president of global marine operations, told CNN.Four minor injuries were reported, the cruise line said. A father on the boat said passengers were informed of the storm early in their journey."We were told there was some weather. I don't know if he said a storm or not," Asher Lipman told CNN during a phone interview from the ship Wednesday morning. "The captain was either going to outrun it, get ahead of it, so it wasn't going to be a huge impact on us." Lipman was on the Anthem of the Seas with his 10-year-old daughter, Charlotte. His wife, a CNN employee, had been in close contact with him during the ordeal. Their trip was supposed to be a celebration of Charlotte's birthday, but it quickly turned into a terrifying experience Sunday.Allison Musante and Scerbo were lying face down on the mattress of their bed as the ship listed in the Atlantic Ocean."It just wouldn't end," Muscante said of the frightful night.The ship was leaning so much -- Scerbo estimates 45 degrees -- that water from a faucet hit the wall instead of going down the drain. Glasses were tumbling off the counter.Trying to stand brought on severe motion sickness. Musante said that for eight to 10 hours it was really scary.Back in port, the couple said they'll take another cruise in the future -- but not in the near future."After a vacation from hell, we're good to just be at home," Scerbo said.The couple and Lipman now question the decision to continue on the original itinerary despite the storm. The company decided Monday afternoon to return to port."It's a little disappointing. I think a lot of people on the ship share this sentiment that this was a lapse in judgment on either

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Royal Caribbean's part or the captain's part," he said.He's not alone. Fewer than 24 hours after the incident, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida called for an National Transportation Safety Board investigation."The thing about this storm was that it was forecast for days. So why in the world would a cruise ship with thousands of passengers go sailing right into it?" Nelson said from the Senate floor Monday. "I want the (NTSB) to come up with answers very quickly and make an admonition to mariners: When the storm is brewing, you don't go out of port." As early as Thursday, the National Weather Service's ocean prediction center in Washington forecast winds of 46 to 57 mph and 23- to 31-foot seas on Sunday night in the area where the ship encountered the storm, CNN meteorologist Jennifer Gray said.Nelson's office says it wants the NTSB to take a hard look into why ships such as the Anthem of the Seas are venturing into such extreme weather.The NTSB, meanwhile, released a statement saying the incident involved a Bahamian-flagged ship in international waters, and "we are actively engaged with our U.S. and international partners to determine what would be the best course of action, in accordance with established international protocols." The agency acknowledged that it had received Nelson's request that it review the "incident as part of its investigation into the El Faro accident," in which a Florida-based cargo ship traveled into a hurricane and sunk near the Bahamas in October."The Anthem of the Seas incident may provide us an additional opportunity to learn best practices that cruise line operators employ for operating in heavy weather," the NTSB said. As a result of the incident, Royal Caribbean will be "strengthening its storm avoidance policy."The cruise line will also hire more support personnel in its Miami office, he said.He promised a thorough review that will help identify ways of "expecting the unexpected" in future storm decisions.He added that the captain, who has more than 15 years of experience, is "very concerned" about what happened.Passengers will receive a refund for their trouble plus a voucher for 50% of what they spent to be used toward a future cruise fare, Royal Caribbean tweeted. Source: CNN

Petrobras international investors consider lawsuit in Netherlands

A group of international investors and law firms are seeking compensation from Brazil's state-led oil company Petrobras under European law for losses allegedly suffered as the result of a giant price-fixing, bribery and political kickback scandal. Netherlands-based Stichting Petrobras Compensation Foundation (SPCF) has informed Petroleo Brasileiro SA , as Petrobras is known, of its interest in negotiating a settlement, the group said in a statement released on Wednesday. If Petrobras refuses talks or declines to respond, the SPCF plans to file a class-action suit against the Rio de Janeiro-based company in a Dutch court in Rotterdam, the statement said. When the fraud and bribery schemes "orchestrated by the company's administration and employees were finally uncovered in 2014, investors lost billions of dollars, euros and reais resulting in significant declines in the value of assets and breakneck drops in the price of Petrobras shares," SPCF said. Petrobras did not immediately respond to a request for comment. SPCF believes it has a claim against Petrobras under European securities law because the company's shares are traded through Spain's Latibex on the Madrid Stock Exchange. Trades are cleared through Spain's Iberclear.As a result, SPCF says, Petrobras is subject to the rules of Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain's stock regulator. When Petrobras sold securities in Europe it also made it clear that it would be subject to Europe-wide securities rules under European Securities and Markets Authority, the foundation added. Investors in the United States have already filed suit in a New York federal court claiming that Petrobras' U.S.-traded shares make the company subject to U.S. securities law. However, the judge in the case has limited potential redress to those who bought Petrobras securities registered in the United States.The SPCF is seeking redress not only for losses on Petrobras stock on the Latibex but for those who lost money on Brazil's BM&FBovespa Exchange in Sao Paulo and for owners of Euro-denominated bonds."The foundation provides a vehicle to litigate on behalf of Petrobras investors and/or to establish a binding settlement that, together with the U.S. class action provides for a truly global settlement," the SPCF said. Lemstra Van der Korst N.V., a Dutch litigation and class action law firm, is cooperating with securities litigation firms Withers LLP, Motley Rice and Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart to organize the legal action. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Marta Nogueira; Additional reporting and writing by Jeb Blount; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

ROLLDOCK STORM DELIVERED HER CARGO

SAFELY IN REYKJAVIK

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Rolldock’s ROLLDOCK STORM loaded in Trinidad & Tobago floating cargo, crossed a winterly North Atlantic bound for Reykjavik

where the ROLLDOCK team discharged safely the cargo, at present the ROLLDOCK STORM is

enroute Rotterdam photo’s: Jakob-Jan Bijlsma (c)

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The 2013 Spanish built "DEEP ORIENT" working with the FPSO "GLAS DOWR" at the Timor Sea

Photo: Richard Qualm (c)

New offshore vessel to be fitted with Cathelco Ballast Water Treatment System

Cathelco is supplying a ballast water treatment (BWT) system for a new offshore vessel built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC. The Harvey Stone (Hull 234), a Rampage 6400 multi-purpose field support vessel (MPFSV), with a length of 64.8m and 18m beam, is due to be

delivered in Q2 2016. The Cathelco BWT system is based on a combination of filtration and UV technology and has a capacity of 150m3/hr. Cathelco’s well established agent in New Orleans, Green Marine & Industrial Equipment Co.,Inc.,won the order. The Cathelco system received IMO Type Approval in May 2014 and went on to gain AMS Acceptance from the U.S. Coast Guard a few months later. We are one of the few BWT system manufacturers using UV technology that has no restrictions on the salinities in which ships can operate in U.S. waters. Our system has been approved and accepted to work in marine, brackish and fresh water, allowing vessels to enter the Great Lakes and other inland waterways¡±, says Peter Smith, sales director of Cathelco. As one of the new generation of BWT systems it can operate effectively in the most challenging water conditions. The AMS approval recognizes that the system will continue to disinfect heavily silted seawater where UV light transmittance values are as low as 45 percent (75 percent being the value for normal seawater). All of these factors, combined with the stringent IMO test procedures, demonstrate our commitment to future proofing the system, so that owners can have

confidence in their ballast water treatment system selection¡, Smith explained. Cathelco’s BWT systems are available with capacities from 34m3/hr to 1,200m3/hr in a single unit. In order to maintain its effectiveness, the system automatically adjusts to different sea water qualities. Unlike some systems which simply measure turbidity (amount of suspended sediment), the Cathelco system uses a UVT sensor to measure UV light transmittance - the amount of UV radiation actually passing through the seawater. This is a far more reliable parameter for calculating the UV dose as well as ensuring that power is used economically. Another important factor is the use of stepless power control, again ensuring that power is used as economically as possible. The space-saving UV chambers are some of the smallest on the market. Each unit is a twin chamber with only two lamps (100m3/hr per lamp) and is designed to make the sea water flow along one side and then the other - doubling UV exposure. In addition, the manifolds make the water flow

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in a helix, ensuring that the maximum surface area is exposed to the UV light source. An innovative cleaning system using special cleaning balls is used to remove residue from the quartz sleeves and internal surfaces of the chamber. This means that the system does not use chemicals and there are no mechanical parts to scratch the surface of the sleeves. Source : shipbuilding.me

Japanese shipping shares hammered on talk of more bankruptcies

On a terrible day for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, shipping shares came in for a particular battering as the market became spooked by the spectre of further bankruptcies. The dire state of the dry bulk markets has put a number of mid-sized Japanese operators closer to restructuring, sources in the Japanese capital tell Splash. The Baltic Dry Index hit a new low of 293 points yesterday, continuing a dire spiral seen throughout the first weeks of 2016. Already Japan, home to the world’s third largest merchant fleet, has suffered two very high profile bankruptcies in recent years – Sanko Steamship (for the second time) and Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha.“There’s a number of lines whose numbers simply do not stack up in the current market environment, saddled by expensive ships and poor charter rates,” one broker said. A banking source added: “We expect to hear of many shipping companies holding urgent restructuring talks with creditors soon.”The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost in excess of 900 points today, closing the session at 16,085.44. The 5.4% decline is the largest since June 13, 2013. Japan’s big three shipping lines all fared miserably on the bourse today – Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) down 5.67%, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) down 7.53% and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) down 7.08%. source: Splash 24/7

HAKVOORT SHIPYARD BIGGEST BUILT SO FAR 61 M MOTORYACHT JUST J'S

The yacht, revealed her name during her launch as it appeared on her sides when she smoothly slipped into the water. An exciting moment on a beautiful and sunny October 31st 2015. Just J’s this is the largest project built by Hakvoort to date after expanding their facilities, including new dry dock in 2012 .The 61-metre superyacht Just J’s features a carefully considered balance of indoor and outdoor spaces. One of the striking features is the positioning of the four guest suites and VIP stateroom on the main deck, ensuring that guests have superb views. The main deck is home to a large dining room and lounge, with the owners’ accommodation housed on a dedicated private deck above. Photo: Marcel Coster (c)

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Maersk, MSC, Others Offer to Settle Pricing Probe

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Leading shipping container groups Maersk, MSC and 13 other firms have offered to change their pricing practices to settle an E.U. antitrust probe and stave off any fines, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.The case is being closely watched by other sectors such as supermarkets and chemical firms which use similar methods to announce future price hikes to enable customers to choose the best rates and are keen to get some regulatory guidance. The European Commission opened an investigation into the companies, among the world's 18 largest shipping liners, in November 2013 following dawn raids in May 2011. The E.U. competition enforcer said the shipping companies may have been illegally orchestrating price hikes since 2009 via public announcements of rate increase plans on their websites and in the specialized trade press. The companies have offered to publish binding actual rates a month before they go into effect, the people said. In some circumstances, the figures may act as a price cap. A third source said the offer applies only for short-term prices, not long-term ones or annual contracts. The Commission is expected to seek feedback from third parties this week or next before deciding whether to accept the pledge and close the investigation, the people said. A finding of wrongdoing could have exposed the firms to fines of as much as 10 percent of their global turnover. Maersk and its rivals have been hit by low rates for container freight.The other

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companies involved are number three player CMA CGM, Taiwan's Evergreen Marine, Germany's Hapag Lloyd, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), China Shipping, Hamburg Sud, South Korean firm Hanjin, OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line), Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) , United Arab Shipping Company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha , Hyundai Merchant Marine and Israeli peer Zim, the sources said.Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso, Maersk, Hapag Lloyd and Zim declined to comment. CMA CGM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. COSCO, China Shipping, Hyundai Merchant Marine, United Arab Shipping Company and Hamburg Sud had no immediate comment.Nippon Yusen and Mitsui OSK were not immediately available to comment outside office hours. Source: Reuters/MAREX

IEA: OPEC Turning Up The Taps in 2016 Despite Demand Reduction

The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest Oil Market Report for February says global oil demand is forecast "to ease back considerably" this year to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) compared to the five year high of 1.6 million bpd last year. However, IEA notes that in January the crude oil output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose by 280 000 bpd to 32.63 million bpd "as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and a sanctions-free Iran all turned up the taps. "Supplies from the group during January stood nearly 1.7 million bpd higher year-on-year." If these numbers prove to be accurate.....it is very hard to see how oil prices can rise significantly in the short term. IE Furthermore, non-OPEC output is expected to decline in 2016 by only 0.6 million bpd, to 57.1 million bpd. Despite seasonal maintenance in the U.S. and weakened refinery margins contributing to global refinery runs falling in January by 1.3 million bpd to 79.8 million bpd, global throughputs were 1.7 million bpd above that of the same time last year, "with gains particularly strong in the United States and the Middle East," according to the agency. IEA said in a statement of its 2016 predictions, "If these numbers prove to be accurate, and with the market already awash in oil, it is very hard to see how oil prices can rise significantly in the short term." IEA's December prediction of world oil demand at 1.2 million bpd means that bunker prices, which in 2015 slumped to their lowest in over 11 years in some of the primary ports, are set to remain under pressure this year. Source : Ship & Bunker News Team

The NORDANA SEA moored in Delfzijl – Photo : Lourens Visser www.navcom.org (c)

Highly satisfying result from Maersk Tankers Maersk Tankers emerges from 2015 with its best result in many years. Increasing rates and results from the Taking Lead Strategy mean that Maersk Tankers has achieved an underlying result of USD 156 m, USD 150 m of which came from the product tanker segment, which Maersk Tankers chose to focus on a couple of years ago. Maersk Tankers leaves 2015 with a highly satisfying result of USD 160 m (USD 132 m in 2014) and a return on invested capital of 9.9% (6.8% in 2014).The underlying result for 2015 is USD 156 m, against an underlying result of USD 138 m in 2014, of which USD 28 m were lost on the product tanker segment. The profit in 2014 could be attributed to the larger VLCC vessels, which Maersk Tankers sold off during 2014, including the reversal of provision for onerous contracts of USD 87 m. Maersk Tankers has found it difficult to deliver satisfactory results for several years due to very low rates in the market. This meant that, a couple of years ago, Maersk Tankers chose to focus on the product tanker market, through which Maersk Tankers expects to be able to achieve the best earnings in the long-term, for example due to the refineries moving closer to the oil wells. The focus on the product tanker market, as well as on improved earnings, is the basis of the Taking Lead Strategy, which was launched in the summer of 2014.The rates in the product tanker segment began to increase as early as late 2014, and even earlier in the VLCC market. The increasing rates, along with the results of

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the Taking Lead Strategy, mean that Maersk Tankers has achieved its best result in many years, USD 21 m of which can be attributed to improvements achieved through the initiatives from the Taking Lead Strategy, which comprises three main elements:

• Cost Leadership, where the focus is on optimising costs connected to fleet operations/Daily Running Cost • Active Position Taking, where Maersk Tankers will strengthen the planning of vessel positioning through

increased data use, which will mean that Maersk tankers will have a greater chance of getting the most profitable loads

• 3rd party Services, which is an expansion of Maersk Tankers’ pools with more external vessels.

The MAERSK EDWARD assisted by the SATURNUS into the IJmuiden locks

Photo : Marcel Coster (c) ”It is highly satisfying that just one full year after launching our strategy “Taking Lead”, we are able to achieve such a good result. The result is of course helped by a significant increase in rates, but even after just one year, we can already see some good results from our strategy,” says Morten H. Engelstoft, CEO for Maersk Tankers. The rates in the product tanker segment have increased to index 164. Our expectations for the rates are positive. This means that we do not expect the rates to get as low as that seen in the last 5-6 years. We will continue to see a lot of volatility in the market. The development in rates is generally positively affected by the low oil prices.”With our Taking Lead Strategy, we are focusing in particular on reducing our daily operational costs, but also on predicting the development in the rates, where there is great variation between the geographical markets. In addition, we have a goal to expand our pool cooperation, primarily with shipowners who don’t themselves have an organization to handle the operation of their vessels. By expanding our fleet over the next couple of years, we and our pool partners can benefit from our strong operational capabilities – including some of the synergies that can be gained from being part of the world’s largest tanker company,” says Morten H. Engelstoft.”We are therefore on a voyage where we will be in a much better position to be able to handle the very volatile market in which we find ourselves. Of course there is always a risk that the rates will at some point drop to a very low level again, but we can already see that, with our strategy, we are in a much stronger position than we were previously,” concludes Morten H. Engelstoft. Maersk Tankers owns and operates a large fleet of product tankers – all built and operated in accordance with the highest standards for quality and reliability.We acquired our first dedicated tanker in 1928, and we’ve been expanding and improving our fleet to meet changing customer needs ever since. Today, the Maersk Tankers fleet is one of the largest product tanker fleets in the world.Source: Maersk Tankers

KKR to launch loan for purchase of Pemex assets

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Investment firm KKR is poised to launch a US$1.35bn senior secured credit facility next week to help fund the purchase of assets from Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex. Credit Agricole is acting as sole bookrunner on the multi-tranche deal and will hold bank meetings in Mexico City on February 17 and New York on February 23, according to a source. Source :Reuters (Reporting by Paul Kilby; Editing by Marc Carnegie)

The 2002 delivered (45 tons bollard pull) EN AVANT 10, bound for Port Harcourt passing Maassluis.

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SBM and Aker Announce Staff Overhead Cuts Two offshore services firms have announced staffing cost reductions in the wake of falling rig utilization and oil prices. In its 2015 full year earnings statement, FPSO firm SBM Offshore announced earnings of $460 million, down by roughly half from 2014, and staff cuts totalling to 3,200 positions over the course of 2015 – including full time employees, contractors and yard staff – for yearly savings of $80 million. Additionally, SBM announced that there would be 400 more layoffs in 2016 for another $40 million in annual savings. The firm said that the changes were a response to the prolonged market downturn, and added that it did not see potential for improvement before 2018, consistent with analyst predictions.However, while it will keep an eye on overhead and market conditions, SBM said that it will keep the talent it needs to stay positioned for a recovery – even if that means losses. “The Company will maintain an engineering overcapacity to position itself for a future market upturn. This leads to cumulative . . . EBIT losses of approximately $150 million over 2016 and 2017. Should the industry downturn persist additional steps will

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be considered to manage the Company’s cost base.”Separately, Norwegian offshore engineering and maintenance firm Aker Solutions announced “tough but necessary” salary cuts for maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) staff, in what it described as a move to maintain the firm's competitiveness.The cuts, of five percent for most staff and ten percent for senior management, will be reviewed after 12 months, Aker said. “Reducing salary costs is one of multiple measures needed to safeguard our competitiveness and reinforce our ability to win more work in a market with unprecedented challenges," said Per Harald Kongelf, head of Aker Solutions Norwegian operations. Knut Sandvik, head of MMO, added that the measures were supported by labor unions.Aker said that up to 900 positions could be eliminated if the firm can't win additional MMO work offshore Norway, as previously announced.The firm lost a key $2.7 billion MMO contract bid from Statoil in December, and announced in January that it would shed 450 of its 3,600 Norwegian maintenance positions, in addition to its 1,300 layoffs over the last year, with the potential for more.In related news, on Wednesday, Texas-based jackup rig and liftboat contractor Hercules Offshore announced that it was considering selling itself. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection in August and emerged from bankruptcy in November. As of January 26, the firm's fleet status report showed three of its 18 rigs on active contracts, with the balance in layup.Hercules Offshore said the move to explore alternatives was not in response to any proposal received by the company. The company had about $514 million in cash and $450 million in total debt as of February 9.source: MAREX

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Hercules Offshore to explore ‘strategic alternatives’

NASDAQ-listed drilling contractor Hercules Offshore, having emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November, has announced the formation of a special committee to consider and explore various strategic alternatives potentially available to the company The company was quick to point out that the committee was not formed due to a proposal or approach by a third party.The committee will look at any potential strategic transaction including the sale of the company, a merger or share exchange, or the sale of some or all of the company’s assets. A recapitalization of the company is also another possibility up for consideration. Hercules said that no decision has been made to engage in any particular transaction or transactions, and that there can be no assurance that the committee or board will authorize the pursuit of any strategic alternative. As part of the process, Hercules has engaged PJT Partners as its financial advisor and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as its legal counsel. Source : Splash 24/7

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OHT’s FALCON LOADED 2 PILING BARGES IN GEOJE

OHT’s FALCON loaded two CCCC piling barges in Geoje, South Korea on 25.01.2016. bound for Guangzhou. The Cargo was loaded by OHT Loadmaster Ken Bekkevold and OHT Captain Victor Barowsky.

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Lloyd’s Open Form: the best option for the biggest incidents

As merchant ships get larger, as their cargoes expand in size and complexity and as their values escalate, the challenges facing salvors and wreck removers are multiplying.In recent years, the salvage industry had tackled

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incidents all over the world when some of the largest vessels, particularly after groundings, had spilled oil and containers into the sea.Despite deployment of the best available equipment and skills to retrieve cargoes and to contain oil slicks, work could take several months, often in the same atrocious weather conditions that contributed to the incident.However, the salvage industry now faced the daunting prospect of dealing with incidents on a far greater scale.Captain Nicholas Sloane, of Resolve Marine Group, who led the salvaging of the Costa Concordia, has no doubts that it is only a matter of time before such an accident occurs. How would salvors cope with a distressed vessel carrying 20,000 TEUs in heavy seas in mid-ocean?He was addressing an audience of over 150 marine professionals, including insurers, average adjusters, brokers and law firms from Britain, Europe and other parts of the world at a London Shipping Law Centre seminar on February 2nd. The theme was ‘Demystifying salvage----changing perceptions in a changing world.’ The event was held at the London offices of Holman Fenwick Willan and chaired by Simon Kverndal QC of Quadrant Chambers.Captain Sloane was joined on the panel by Andrew Chamberlain of Holman Fenwick Willan, Chris Adams of Steamship Insurance Management Services and Richard Gunn of Reed Smith. Chris Adams presented a vivid picture of the large tankers and containerships which had run aground in recent years.He pointed out that claims of $250,000 plus on P&I Clubs represented around one per cent by number and about 40 per cent by value. Last year there were over 60 such claims. The claims experience of January indicated that a similar number could be expected this year.Over the past five years, 59 per cent of larger claims costs emanated from groundings and variously involved wreck removal. Mr. Adams reminded his audience that wreck removal costs were not ultimately subject to limited liability provisions. The speakers were broadly in favour of the continuing validity of the Lloyd’s Open Form as the speediest and most efficient mechanism to enable salvage to start quickly, continue without contractual interruption and provide the most acceptable framework for assessing costs. While “not perfect” and not necessarily the most suitable contract in all instances, it facilitated the early engagement of all parties: owners, charterers, cargo interests, bunker suppliers and insurers. Andrew Chamberlain said it had “become fashionable to knock the LOF.” However, he had no doubt that the Form remained the most suitable option in most incidents and could be developed to meet future contingencies. He warned: “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!” The panel discussed the folly of salvors continually undercutting each other and the adverse effect on capacity; and insufficient appreciation on the part of shipowners and insurers about what salvage involved. As a new way of sourcing escalating costs, Richard Gunn suggested the formation of a salvage fund to be financed by the property owners and administered separately from market insurance.All were concerned about the industry’s capacity to handle massive incidents “in a 21st century of megaships.” They recognised the growing prospect of firms working together in the interests of immediacy and the co-ordinated supply of all the necessary equipment and skills.Local authorities and governments were increasingly insistent on how they wanted close-to-shore incidents handled. They were not slow to stimulate further media interest in highly visual incidents beamed initially through social media. Owners and charterers had to take this into account in issuing their instructions. George Tsavliris, Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group, and a member of the LSLC’s Council, explained: “In recent years, the salvage industry has achieved exceptional results with some of the world’s largest distressed vessels. However, salvors have their own technical and financial viability problems. We must ask ourselves: do we have the equipment, skills and project management expertise to cope with the incidents which will inevitably arise when megaships get into serious trouble?“It was a first rate seminar, excellently chaired. I came to learn and I learned.” Dr. Aleka Sheppard, Founder and Chairman of the London Shipping Law Centre, concluded: “With their unrivalled expertise, our panel has administered a dose of cold reality on the challenges facing the whole salvage process in the years ahead.”

The 2008 delivered 210 mtr long MAERSK NIAGARA outbound from Rotterdam – Photo : Krijn Hamelink (c)

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Maersk Drilling Posts Record Profit By Joseph R. Fonseca

Maersk Drilling delivered the best result ever with a profit of USD 751m (USD 478m) in 2015 generating a ROIC of 9.3% (7.1%). The result was positively impacted by continued strong operational performance, fleet growth and general cost savings. However, increased idle time negatively affected the results. The underlying profit was USD 732m (USD 471m). “Maersk Drilling delivered a satisfactory result given the adverse market conditions. We continue to

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focus on operational performance and a competitive cost level, which are key factors in order to secure contracts for our rigs in this market,” says Claus V. Hemmingsen, CEO in Maersk Drilling and member of the Executive Board in the Maersk Group. In 2015, Maersk Drilling signed 12 contracts, which added USD 2.0bn to Maersk Drilling’s backlog. However, the contracts signed are at significantly lower day rate than previously. The lower day rates underpin the need for a different cost level in the offshore drilling industry. "Given the new oil reality, we have to conduct our operation at a completely different cost level. We have to focus on not only being operational excellent, but also efficient. However, the new oil reality is also an opportunity to solve our customer’s needs and pain points. We have to prepare for the future by recalibrating to the new oil reality by differentiating from our competitors and focusing on value creation for our customers in order to bring down the total system costs,” says Claus V. Hemmingsen. At the end of 2015, Maersk Drilling’s forward contract coverage was 77% for 2016 and 52% for 2017 and 43% for 2018. The total revenue backlog by end 2015 amounted to USD 5.4bn (USD 6.0bn). Maersk Drilling expects a significantly lower underlying result in 2016 than in 2015 mainly due to lower day rates on new contracts and more idle days. Source: marinelink

NAVY NEWS

88 combat vessels, boats put to sea as part of Southern Military District inspection

A total of 88 combat vessels, boats and service ships have put to sea as part of a check of combat readiness of the Southern Military District, Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Army General Valery Gerasimov said Thursday. "Operational-tactical aircraft got redeployed to operational airfields where a group was formed to fulfill tasks to repel the hypothetical aggressor and make a massive airstrike. A total of 48 aircraft and 24 helicopters have been redeployed," Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conference call. "A total of 88 combat vessels, boats and support ships were taken to sea areas," he said.The snap check of the combat readiness of the Southern Military District’s troops, a number of formations of the Airborne Troops and military-transport aviation started Monday morning.The Defense Ministry said the maneuvers involve up to 8,500 personnel, 900 units of military hardware, 200 aircraft and helicopters, as well as 50 vessels. The ministry said forces and facilities of the Central Military District are involved in the maneuvers. Source : TASS

Royal Navy to deploy 6 more warships in Baltic doubling its naval commitment to Nato

The Royal Navy is to send six additional warships and hundreds of naval personnel to the Baltic in a show of force against Russia. Britain is doubling its naval commitment to Nato as a counter-measure against Moscow's military build-up in the region.British troops will also be stationed on the ground in six Baltic states, closer to the Russian border regions. The exact number of personnel is to be decided shortly as Nato defence ministers get ready for the Brussels meet, which will be dominated by Moscow's actions. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will say Britain's latest commitment is aimed at sending "a strong message to our enemies" during the Nato meeting. He will add that the UK

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is "ready to respond to any threat, and defend our allies". The British deployment, relatively modest compared to other nations, will consist of Type 23 Frigate, HMS Iron Duke, a yet-unassigned destroyer and three minesweepers. The eastern European nations — Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — have long been asking for positioning ground troops from the Western world against the backdrop of Russia's expansionism in the region. The Nato hopes the latest deployment will act as a deterrence to Russia. The UK already regularly flies planes in the Baltic nations and British troops routinely take part in military drills.Up to 6,000 troops from Nato members the UK, the US, Germany and France are to be drafted in to be stationed in Eastern Europe on a rotational basis. The rotational arrangement is a convoluted process as Nato has an existing arrangement with Russia that the bloc would not make any permanent deployment in eastern Europe.Fallon is also due to say: "2016 will see a particular focus on the Baltic region with our ships sent there as part of the Maritime Group, the Mine Counter Measure Group and the Baltops exercise."The US has recently announced Washington is quadrupling its military spending for its forces in Europe to $3.4bn (£2.3bn). Nearly half of the budget would be spent on "heavy brigade" armour and artillery.Nato's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said: "I expect ministers to agree to enhance our forward presence in the eastern part of our Alliance. This will boost our collective defence and at the same time send a powerful signal to deter any aggression or intimidation." source : IBtimes

SHIPYARD NEWS

Danish Team Tankers managed by Thome S’pore Dwt 8,110 Chemical Tanker “SICHEM LILY” on her 2nd. intermediate survey (in dock) meanwhile the Vroon Shipmanagement Bitumen Tanker Dwt 6,180 “IVER BALANCE” under afloat repairs awaiting her dock space to perform the 1st. Special Survey at Cernaval Group Shipyards in Málaga Port. Photo : Enrique Pérez – CERNAVAL GROUP.(c)

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More Williamstown shipyard workers axed as BAE Systems cuts workforce to just 150 staff

DEFENCE, security and aerospace company BAE Systems will cut 50 jobs from its Williamstown shipyards next month. Workers were delivered the blow in a briefing at 3pm. Kaye Noske, a BAE systems spokeswoman, confirmed the job losses.“BAE Systems confirms that it will reduce its shipbuilding workforce at Williamstown,” she said.“We have today advised our employees of a reduction of 50 shipbuilding roles to leave the business in March.” Today’s job cuts reduce the total shipyard workforce to just 150. The company has been bleeding jobs over the past 18 months, with more than 800 jobs lost.The company is winding down as its contract to build the Air Warfare Destroyer blocks comes to an end.The BAE Systems blow comes as up to 80 jobs will be lost at Treasury Wines packaging and warehousing centre in Mildura tomorrow.The Australian Workers Union, which represents the workers, said the regional job losses were crushing.“Regional workers, nowhere more so than in Mildura, face enormous challenges to find jobs,” AWU secretary Ben Davis said.He said some of the work at Mildura will be transferred to its Barossa Valley site in South Australia.The South Australian Government provided a $2 million grant last year to the Barossa Valley site.Treasury Wines also closed its Great Western operations in the Grampians region two weeks ago. Victoria’s unemployment rate was at 5.9 per cent in December. Source : Herald Sun

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Baku Shipyard to build submarine By Amina Nazarli

Baku Shipyard, the most modern shipbuilding and ship-repair facility in the Caspian Sea, has received an order worth $ 40 million to build a submarine. This was announced by Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev at the board meeting of the Ministry. Reminding that Baku Shipyard is one of the major shareholders of Azerbaijan Investment Company, the minister said it uses advanced technology meeting the latest standards. Currently, the plant is engaged in building of submarine and three passenger ships."Until now, Azerbaijan Investment Company has been involved in projects in the field of production of building materials, shipbuilding, production and processing of agricultural products, logistics and other fields, a total value of which is $1.1 billion,” he said Founded in 2011 by Azerbaijan’s oil company SOCAR owning 65 percent of its shares, Azerbaijan Investment Company owning 25 percent and Keppel Offshore Marine holding 10 percent, Baku Shipyard is strengthening the economic and industrial potential of Azerbaijan.Baku Shipyard is capable of constructing various vessels ranging from offshore support vessels, general cargo vessels, tug boats, crane vessels, specialized vessels and passengers vessels to tankers The yard has a capacity to produce 25,000 tons throughput per annum of steel works for new buildings and able to undertake 80 -100 vessels repairs and conversion of various types. Source: AzerNews

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ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES

Offshore Ship Designer unveils new tractor tug series

Offshore Ship Designer (OSD) has unveiled its new series of tractor tugs to be used for a wide range of functions including escort operations, harbour towage, ship handling, offshore mooring and berthing.The 33m-long tug has a beam measuring 13.5m and is designed to be easily customised to a range of sizes.It can accommodate from eight to 12 persons with the provision of individual sanitation facilities.With a high forecastle deck, the tug's hull is fitted with side wings to make the tug more water resistant, augment its stability and improve its capability to control excessive motions at sea while making it suitable for towing and salvage operations.The wheelhouse is designed to allow optimum visibility of the work deck during escort operations and low-visibility conditions over the bow during transit modes.The aft-deck is incorporated with a broad tow-staple to control excessive tilting of the tug caused by tension on the wire while it is spacious

enough to accommodate the towing winch. The aft bulwark structure is fitted with an integrated tow-pin arrangement. A knuckle-boom crane is outfitted with outreach over the aft-deck area."The configuration of the propulsion drive can be suited to client needs which vary from diesel-electric, hybrid with or without batteries.The tugs can be propelled by either Voith Sneider cycloidal propellers (the Cyclotrac 3270 model) or azimuthing thrusters (the Azitrac 3270 design).Additionally, the configuration of the propulsion drive can be suited to client needs which vary from diesel-electric, hybrid with or without batteries. Depending on engine and propulsion configuration, a bollard pull of 90t can be achieved.The OSD built tugs are aligned to the guidelines stated by the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and can be delivered with a FiFi1 class notation.In April 2014, OSD's UK division developed new designs for 1,350dwt IMT972 offshore wind farm service operation vessels (SOVs). Source : ship-technology

Dredging keeps docks, channels open, but disposal can be a problem

Over the last two decades, so much silt, sand and gravel had accumulated around the docks at the Pine Island Marina that it became too shallow for the boats of some longtime customers.“We’ve lost some business due to the filling in,” marina manager Miles Dull said Wednesday. “Dredging is something that has to be done from time to time.”Dull said about six slips had become so shallow that customers were forced to move their boats elsewhere. The problem, he added, became noticeably worse after the tidal surges from Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy. This week, contractors from Cashman Dredging & Marine are completing excavation of about 22,000 cubic yards of material clogging the docks and channels around the 105-slip marina.Once the project is complete, boats with drafts up to 6 feet will be able to use the docks and mooring areas at the marina — even at low tide, he said.“It was getting harder to do business here,” he said. “With some of the sailboats, we had to be here at night to play the tide to bring

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them in. It was costing us more to have to bring the guys back in at night.”The project at the Pine Island Marina illustrates not only why dredging is necessary to keep Long Island Sound’s harbors, channels and marinas open for boating, but also what’s involved in finding a place to put the tons of material dug up from the bottom.The issue of dredge soil disposal has been the subject of recent studies, lots of debate and new proposed rules by federal regulatory agencies, most recently on Wednesday. As the long-armed excavator was scooping material at Pine Island Marina, the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed amendment to its 2005 rule for use of the central and western Long Island Sound dredge disposal sites. Under the EPA's proposed amendment, a regional dredging team would be created to promote reuse of dredge materials for beach replenishment, marsh rebuilding and other onshore projects, said Stephen Perkins, member of the EPA's dredging team.The proposal is intended to reduce the amount of silt, sand and gravel deposited in the estuary.While the review process gets underway, the material being dredged at Pine Island is being hauled to the central Long Island site south of East Haven, about 45 miles from the marina.George Wisker, environmental analyst with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said transporting the material to that site is costing the marina about three times more than it would to bring it to the closest disposal site, which is less than 5 miles offshore from New London near Fishers Island. Neither DEEP nor the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which approved permits for the project, objected to use of the New London disposal site, Wisker said. New York state environmental regulators, however, did object — even though the New London site officially is open through Dec. 23.“New York sent the Army Corps a letter objecting to use of the New London site,” Wisker said. The marina agreed to use the central Long Island Sound site instead “to avoid a long, protracted appeal process,” he said. New York state officials did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment about its objections but indicated they would respond todayJomo Miller, spokesman for New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation, said the state’s general position on dredge material has been that there must be “staged reductions of dredge material disposal in Long Island Sound over the next 30 years.” Under the new amendment, projects seeking permits for dredging projects would have to demonstrate that they have sought to find alternate means of disposing of the dredge materials before they could obtain a permit to dump at the central or westerly Long Island Sound sites. "People would have to first exhaust all the alternatives," Perkins of the EPA's dredging team said. Wisker said before permits were granted for the Pine Island Marina project, the contractor was required to determine whether the dredge material could be reused on land rather than dumped offshore, the practice being advanced by the EPA's proposed new ruleAs part of that process, Wisker said samples of the dredge material were tested for contaminants. About 7,000 cubic yards showed elevated levels of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and must be capped with clean material after disposal. The rest of the material did not contain contaminants. But, like many marinas, Pine Island has no open land to store dredge material to let it dry out before it can be placed at an eroded beach, marsh or other area, Wisker said. "They considered it, but they didn't have a way to handle it," Wisker said.The amended rule incorporates the Final Long Island Sound Dredge Materials Management Plant released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Jan. 11, and would meet the goal of reducing or eliminating dredge material disposal in the sound, the EPA said in news release. New York does not consider the newly announced amendment to be sufficient."We look forward to continued dialogue with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA and the state of Connecticut to support our shared vision for a cleaner Long Island Sound," Miller, the New York DEC spokesman, said. Source: the day

Investigation into ferry captains burned by laser continues

Washington State Patrol detectives are still investigating an incident in which two ferry captains were injured after a man aimed a high-powered laser into their eyes. The Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1WeCfiX ) that investigators plan to forward their findings to the Island County Prosecutor's Office for review.A man in his mid-20s is under investigation for felony charges of assault and illegal laser use in connection to an Oct. 22 incident involving two ferries on the water between Mukilteo and Clinton. Officials say the suspect was on the car deck of one ferry when it passed another. He reportedly pointed the laser at captains on the passing ferry. One of two captains that had the laser shined at them reportedly suffered a damaged retina and a third-degree burn to his eyelid. Source: kitsapsun

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