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The SNRH tug SD SEINE seen berthing in the French port of Le Havre Photo : Pascal Riteau – SNRH – Le Havre ©

Poland orders asbestos ship to leave Poland has ordered the Dutch asbestos lined vessel “Rotterdam”, which came for repairs in Gdansk shipyard, to leave its territorial waters. The maritime economy minister Rafal Wiechecki turned down an appeal presented by the ship owner, saying it did not inform the Polish side that there was asbestos in the ship’s construction. “Rotterdam” may return to Poland when the dangerous substance is removed. The ship has been moored on the Gdansk port roads for the past three months. Poland hopes the ship owner will tug the vessel away. If not, Polish maritime services will do this and charge the owner. Minister Wiechecki added that prosecutors should look into illegal employment of Polish workers on board the Dutch ship.




Cougar Ace salvage efforts continue Salvage crews continue to survey the car carrier Cougar Ace and while a final salvage plan may be days away, a unique solution may have been found to correct the vessel’s 80-degree-plus list. The larger tug Sea Victory took over

control from the smaller Emma Foss.Surveyors returned to the Cougar Ace with a naval architect replacing his colleague who died in an accident on Sunday. A decision on where and how to tow the ship depends on factors including weather, the determined condition of the ship, success of at-sea salvage operations and the port selected, said incident commander USCG Capt Mark DeVries.

Meanwhile, pumps were loaded onto the distressed vessel on Tuesday and are being used to pump water from deck 9 (at the waterline) to the No. 5 starboard ballast tank in hopes of improving its ballast condition and to further stabilise the ship. At the latest report, the ship and salvage vessels were about 100 n-miles south of Herbert Island and despite warnings of worsening weather, salvors and the Coast Guard say the weather should not interfere with operations.

Cruise Ships Prepare for Hurricane Five Miami-based cruise ships have changed their itineraries to avoid Tropical Storm Chris. Forecasters have issued a hurricane watch for the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands as Tropical Storm Chris threatens to intensify. Royal Caribbean's 3,114-passenger Navigator of the Seas, which plans to return to Miami by August 5, skipped a visit to St. Maarten and will arrive in Nassau on August 4, a day earlier than planned. Royal Caribbean's 3,634-passenger Freedom of the Seas, which also plans a return to Miami on August 5, will be at sea on August 4 rather than call at Labadee, Haiti. Carnival Cruise Lines' 2,974-passenger Valor, returning to Miami on August 6, swapped stops in St. Thomas and St. Maarten for calls at Grand Turk and Freeport. Carnival's 2,758-passenger Triumph, returning to Miami on August 5, will add a stop in Grand Turk to make up for a canceled visit to St. Maarten. The 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation, returning to Miami on August 6, will now visit Grand Cayman and Freeport instead of St. Thomas and San Juan.

CASUALTY REPORTING Container ship, trawler collide off S Africa

A Greek container ship collided with a South African trawler north-west of Cape Town, Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry said. The container ship, the Greek-flagged Anangel Splendour owned by Anangel Shipping Enterprises SA, and a second trawler were able to rescue the 24-member crew of the South African-flagged Tamara Harvest after it sank, the ministry said in an e- mailed statement yesterday. Nobody was hurt. The Anangel Splendour suffered minor damage and sailed to the port of Santana Bay, the ministry said.



The 13-year-old Anangel Splendour has a capacity of 161,643 deadweight tons, according to Lloyd's Register-Fairplay data on Bloomberg.

MARGAUX CAPSIZED July 14th the local tugboat MARGAUX, owned by Claude Thomas, hit a submerged object near Bec de Ambes (Gironde river 10 km north of Bordeaux) in South Westerly France, and capsized near the jetty of the Yarra fertilizer plant in Ambes

Photo : Joke Meijer © The crew was able to put the vessel aground on the side of the river and to close the fuel valves before leaving the vessel. The MARGAUX is built as the RUPELMONDE in 1983 and renamed during 2002 in RM MARGAUX and measures a length of 29.49 mtr, beam of 8.81 mtr and is powered by 2 main engines of 1115 bhp each for a maximum BP of 33 ton. – info : www.tugspotters.com .

Ships collide off Japan Sixteen crew members onboard a Russian-registered reefer which collided with an Italian general cargo vessel off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, have been rescued and brought to a nearby port.

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The men were picked up by a passing Russian trawler after their vessel, the 64,600-cbf Kapella (built 1989) was apparently struck by the 8,000-dwt Italy-flagged BBC Texas (built 1992) at the entrance to Soya Strait which separates the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido in the Sea of Japan on Thursday night local time. One Russian news source says the Italian ship rammed the bow of the Kapella and crew off the Russian reefer were forced to abandon ship on inflatable rafts before being picked up and brought to the Hokkaido port of Wakkanai. Although the reefer is still afloat it is reported to be listing at an angle of 80 degrees to its port side. The Kapella was on it way to the Sea of Okhotsk from Vladivostok to pick up a cargo of fish, while the BBC Texas was en route to the port of Oita, Kyushu. The Japanese coast guard is maintaining a watch over the Kapella which could pose a risk to shipping traffic in the area as it is said to be drifting northward in Russia’s exclusive economic zone. An investigation is already underway with the Japanese coast guard. The Kapella is classed by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and owned by a company based in Vladivostok, while the BBC Texas has a Naples-based owner and is classed by the Germanischer Lloyd with P&I cover from Gard of Norway.

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Divers find Hitler's aircraft carrier The location of the wreck of the Graf Zeppelin had been a mystery for more than half a century

POLISH divers have discovered the rusting wreckage of Nazi Germany’s only aircraft

carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, solving one of the most enduring maritime riddles of the Second World War. For more than half a century the location of the huge vessel was kept secret by the Soviet authorities. Even the opening of the Moscow archives in the 1990s failed to produce a precise bearing. The once-proud ship was simply one of dozens of wrecks that littered the bed of the Baltic Sea near the Bay of Gdansk. “We were carrying out soundings for possible oil exploration,” Krzysztof Grabowski, of the Petrobaltic exploration group, said. “Then we stumbled across a vessel that was over 260 metres (850ft) long at a depth of 250 metres.” Divers confirmed this week that it was the German ship, though who owns her and what — if anything — will happen to her remains unclear.




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When the Graf Zeppelin was launched in 1938, Adolf Hitler raised his right arm in salute to a warship that was supposed to help Germany to become master of the northern seas. But, when fleeing German troops scuttled her in April 1945, she had never seen service — a casualty of infighting within the Nazi elite and the changing tide of war. The Graf Zeppelin was scuttled in shallow water near Szczecin and it proved easy for the Red Army to recover her after marching into the Polish port. According to an agreement with the Allies, German and Japanese warships should have been sunk in deep water or destroyed. The Russians repaired the ship, then used her to carry looted factory equipment back to the Soviet Union. In August 1947 Allied spies observed her being towed back to the Polish Baltic coast and then used for target practice at Leba by Soviet dive bombers. It appeared that the Russians were preparing for possible action against US aircraft carriers. The Graf Zeppelin sank a second time, and remained undetected until now. Lukasz Orlicki, a Polish maritime historian, said: “It is difficult to say why the Russians have always been so stubbornly reluctant to talk about the location of the wreck. Perhaps it was the usual obsession with secrecy, or perhaps there was some kind of suspect cargo.” At 262 metres, the Graf Zeppelin was comparable to the biggest of the US carriers that played such a significant role in the Pacific. She had a range of 8,000 nautical miles, meaning that she could easily have reached the North Sea.

Admiral expresses frustration over sub repairs The retiring commander of Canada's East Coast fleet has expressed frustration about the time it will take to return the fire-damaged submarine HMCS Chicoutimi to service. At a change-of-command ceremony in Halifax, Rear Admiral Dan McNeil said there's been a great deal of second-guessing about the submarine program by bureaucrats since a fire aboard the submarine killed Lieut. Chris Saunders in October 2004. McNeil says without four operational submarines the navy will not be able to effectively patrol Canada's three oceans.



In April, it was announced Chicoutimi will not be repaired until 2010 - raising the possibility the warship will never see active service. The newly appointed commander of Joint Task Force Atlantic, Rear Admiral Dean McFadden, said he would like to see repairs carried out more quickly. Senator Colin Kenney, chairman of the standing committee on national defence, says he's worried about the future of not only Chicoutimi, but of the entire submarine program. He says the costly deployment of soldiers to Afghanistan may force the Conservative government to cut funds for other military programs.

200 jaar herdenking in Venezuela De Commandant der Zeemacht in het Caraïbisch Gebied, commandeur Frank Sijtsma, woonde donderdag 03 augustus de herdenkingsceremonie van het tweehonderdjarig bestaan van de ‘Revolutionaire Expeditie van Generaal Admiraal Sebastian Fransisco de Miranda Rodriguez’ te Venezuela bij. Ook het stationsschip Hr.Ms. Van Amstel gaf acte de présence.

Commandeur Sijtsma (voorste rij, tweede van links) luisterend naar de toespraak van president Chavez (op de voorgrond). - Foto : KAPTMARNS Daniël Wenzel, Koninklijke Marine ©

Op 03 augustus 1806 trok Generaal Admiraal de Miranda Rodriguez ten strijde tegen Spanje. Deze Venezolaanse onafhankelijkheidsstrijd wordt tot op de dag van vandaag herdacht. Exact op de locatie – La Vela de Coro – waar De Miranda Rodriguez tweehonderd jaar geleden aan land kwam, vond gisteren een indrukwekkende herdenkingsceremonie en tevens grote parade plaats. President Hugo Chavez riep in zijn toespraak deze dag uit tot de nieuwe ‘Dag van de Vlag’.



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Voor de kust lag de volledige Venezolaanse armada afgemeerd. Het Colombiaanse opleidingsschip Gloria, de ‘Oyarvide’ uit Urugay en het Nederlandse stationsschip Hr.Ms. Van Amstel brachten het totaal aantal schepen op 27. Ook vlogen in een imposante fly-by alle vliegende eenheden van de Venezolaanse luchtmacht voorbij.

Russia trials new submarine Admiralty Shipyards, a St. Petersburg-based company, has started the second round of sea trials of a new diesel-electric submarine. The ‘St. Petersburg’, a Project 677 or Lada-class diesel submarine, was designed by the Rubin design bureau and conducted factory sea trials in December 2005. The submarine, whose export version is known as the Amur 1650, features a new anti-sonar coating for the hull, an extended cruising range and advanced anti-ship and anti-submarine weaponry. A second Lada-class submarine, the ‘Kronshtadt’, which is also the first in production series, is being built at the shipyard and another submarine, the ‘Petrozavodsk’, will be laid down in the near future, the company said. Admiralty Shipyards is a state-owned company that specializes in the design, production and modernization of civil and naval surface ships and submarines. Since 1910, the company has constructed 300 submarines (including 41 nuclear submarines) and 68 deep-diving and underwater vehicles. It controls 15% of the global submarine sales market. It has built Kilo-class submarines for India, China and Iran.

S. Korean Navy ships to return from Pacific Ocean exercise

South Korean Navy ships will return home later this month after taking part in a month-long international maritime exercise, the Navy said Friday. A fleet of destroyers, submarines and maritime patrol planes and helicopters will return on Aug. 29 to the southeastern port of Jinhae from the RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) exercise in the waters off Hawaii, the Navy said in a statement.



Nieuwe Pelikaan even te zien in Den Helder Op dinsdag 1 augustus 2006 was om acht uur ’s avonds Hr. Ms. Pelikaan de haven van Den Helder. Dit vaartuig is op 12 juni 2006 in dienst gesteld voor de Koninklijke Marine. Sinds die datum is het schip op de scheepswerf van Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem gebleven om de laatste dingen af te timmeren. Het ondersteuningsvaartuig voor de Caraïben zal in Den Helder nog enkele beproevingen ondergaan, alvorens het naar haar thuishaven vertrekt in Willemstad, Curaçao. Verwachte vertrek staat vooralsnog gepland op 22 augustus 2006.

RUDOLF DIESEL MOET VERTREKKEN Rijkswaterstaat heeft de eigenaar van de uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog stammende Amerikaanse mijnenveger Rudolf Diesel, die sinds kort in de haven van Maasbracht ligt, gesommeerd het schip weg te halen. Het houten vaartuig is van Marcel Fraquin, die het met een groep enthousiastelingen wil restaureren. Volgens Rijkswaterstaat-woordvoerster Margreet Smeet ligt het schip illegaal in de haven. ‘De aanwezigheid is niet gewenst. De haven is bedoeld voor binnenschepen en niet voor dergelijke vaartuigen. Photo : Henk Magnee ©

USS Asheville Departs for Western Pacific Sailors aboard nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) said farewell to friends and family members just before departing San Diego for a Western Pacific deployment, Aug. 1. Commanding Officer Cmdr. Scott Swehla said this deployment is the culmination of 18 months of hard work and preparation. He said he is confident that the boat and crew will execute their missions successfully. “USS Asheville,” said Swehla, “with her incredible array of modern sensors and weapons, provides the fleet commander the capability to conduct critical operations spanning the spectrum of peacetime to hostilities. These missions include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, anti-submarine and surface warfare, engaging our allies, and showing the flag throughout the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean.” While this deployment is nothing new for seasoned submariners like Swehla, this deployment will be a first for others. That also means the chance to earn the submariner’s warfare pin – the coveted “dolphins” that the submarine force has worn since the mid-1920s. Machinist’s Mate Fireman Stefan Vandordrecht, who has been in the Navy just more than a year, is one of those Sailors. He expects the normal challenges of deployment, but is excited to travel. Many expressed their intention to becoming better, more knowledgeable submariners. After doing two previous deployments, Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Philip Beggs feels this third one will allow him to focus more on his career. Beggs says his goal is to “learn as much as possible to make advancement.” Family members expressed pride in their Sailors, though they are sad to see the Asheville crew depart. Navy spouse Christy Flickinger said that she is lucky having a lot of family in the area, but it is always tough being separated from her husband so long. Luckily, she said, it gets a little easier with experience. “This is our second deployment,” said Flickinger. “The first time you don’t know what to expect. This time I’m going to send picture disks and videos.” Asheville is the 47th Los Angeles-class submarine. She is named after the North Carolina city located in the midst of the Smoky Mountains. Asheville’s keel was laid Jan. 14, 1987, and the boat was commissioned Sept. 28, 1991. By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kristina Brockman, Submarine Squadron 11 Public Affairs

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Swan Hunter’s Wallsend shipyard on the Tyne river in the UK could yet see the return of shipbuilding work after owner Jaap Kroese said he would be bidding for a contract with a Scandinavian company. If successful, Swan's would be a sub-contractor to a Dutch company called Centraal Staal, and should know if it was going to happen this autumn.

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Just two weeks since the RFA ‘Lyme Bay’ vessel was towed away from Swan's yard in an unfinished state after rows over costs with the MoD, Kroese is showing interest in a new shipbuilding contract. He also said that managers from his yard had been hired by Swiss firm Allseas to work on a £200m contract on its Audacia pipe-laying vessel in Rotterdam - a contract which Swan's had itself tried to win with the hope that it would create 1,500 jobs in the North-East. There is one to one-and-a-half years' work on the Audacia, and after that another four years' work in the yard. While considering the possibility of shipbuilding work, Kroese said he would not inquire about breaking a ship for the Ministry of Defence. The yard owner has already said he will not offer any payment for HMS Intrepid, which has lain decommissioned in Portsmouth Harbour for five years. The UK’s Disposal Services Agency is aware that Swan's is currently the only yard in the UK with the licences required to carry out shipbreaking work, but believes others will soon gain the necessary permissions to compete with Swan’s.

Zuhai Shipyard Completes Construction on Tugs Zuhai Shipyard recently finished construction of two tugs. The two latest vessels are 30 x 9-m with a 4.1-molded depth

with a 615-ton displacement. The SOLAS-equipped ABS-classed vessels have 550-m/m frame spacing. A plum and fendered bow stem extends to the water line of the raked forward hull section. Accommodation is provided for 12 crewmembers. Tankage is provided for 280 cu. m. of fuel and 50 cu. m. of water. A pair of 80 kW gen sets provides electrical power. Propulsion power is provided by a pair of Cummins KTA38 M2 mains each delivering 1200 hp at 1800 RPM. The engines turn 2000-m/m propellers in nozzles through Reintjes gears with 5.95:1 ratios. This power gives a design free running speed of ten knots and a 30-ton bollard pull. Rexroth supplied the electric over hydraulic steering. On deck, a pair of large line storage reels flanks a 30-ton towing hook. The towing hook is fitted with

an emergency release that can be activated from the aft controls in the wheelhouse.

Posco denies Daewoo bid South Korean steel giant Posco has denied that it is considering a take-over of Daewoo Shipbuilding. Posco was responding to queries by the stock exchange over a report that linked the steelmaker to an acquisition of the



shipbuilder. Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper had quoted a high ranking official in Posco as saying that the company intendedn to participate in a takeover bidding process if it was initiated. Observers say it is logical for the steelmaker to acquire the shipyard, which is emerging as a major builder of LNG vessels. Posco has a dedicated LNG terminal in Gwangyang and supplies steel to all the major shipyards. Daewoo, which has successfully emerged from a debt restructure programme, is at present controlled by Korea Development Bank, which owns 31% of the equity, and Korea Asset Management Corp (19%). Both parties are partially owned by the government and have yet to indicate that they want to sell shares.

Samsung scoops Hanjin box order South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries is understood to have walked off with a $675m order for five 10,000-teu containerships for Hanjin Shipping, the largest boxships ever to be ordered by the company. Informed sources put the price of the vessels at around $133m to $135m each and say deliveries were for 2009 and into 2010. The yard had been up against Hyundai Heavy Industries for the business but is said to have come in with a lower price for the work. Those following the developments say the deal once again highlights the huge rift between the brothers controlling the Hanjin Group empire. Hanjin Heavy is said not to have quoted on the business. Officials tell TradeWinds the yard is not capable of building this size of vessel. Butbrokers say that theoretically the shipbuilder could construct the ships. They explain that an ongoing feud between the brothers that control the different arms of the Hanjin Group means that Hanjin Shipping would be unlikely to ever place an order with the yard and so in turn Hanjin Heavy would not be interested in needlessly quoting on the work. Hanjin Heavy is headed up by Nam-ho Cho, the second son of the chaebol's founding father, Choong-hoon Cho, who died in 2002 at the age of 82. Shortly after his death, Hanjin Group announced that it would be spinning off its shipbuilding arm into a separate company. First son Yang-ho Cho heads Korean Air and now chairs Hanjin Group. Hanjin Shipping is led by the youngest son, Soo-ho Cho. The quintet of vessels for Hanjin Shipping are said to be the largest containerships ever ordered by the company. Hanjin is reported to be planning to deploy the post-panamax vessels in the transpacific trades. The ships are said to be of a high-specification design with a speed of more than 25 knots. The order comes on top of eight 4,300-teu containerships that the South Korean owner contracted with Samsung in two four-ship orders over the past few months. These vessels are said to be priced at $256.4m each and are due for delivery in 2008 and 2009. Hanjin Shipping is also expanding its containership fleet with a series of eight high-speed, 6,500-teu boxships at Hyundai. The first of these have already been delivered and all the remaining ships are due to be handed over by 2008

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The XIN LOS ANGELES was commissioned July 6th by China Shipping Container Lines and is at present conducting her maiden voyage. The vessel arrived in the Port of Rotterdam Friday late afternoon from Antwerp Before the XIN LOS ANGELES the COSCO GUANGZHOU ( 9449 TEU ) was the largest container vessel in the world, as reference 12 years ago the NYK ALTAIR was with 4743 TEU the largest container vessel. The XIN LOS ANGELES is measuring a length of 336.7 mtr, beam of 45.6 mtr and is having a maximu draft of 15 mtr and is built at the Samsung Shipyard in Korea.

Disabled bulker arrested in Florida The Panamanian-flagged bulker Antares, which had to be towed into Port Everglades on 31 July after a propulsion failure, has now been arrested on charges that the crew has not been paid. Ellen Kennedy, speaking for the port of Fort Lauderdale, told Fairplay the ship is still alongside and is uncertain whether its cargo of cement from Spain has been offloaded. Coast Guard Petty Officer Dana Warr says the 7,020dwt ship experienced “propeller pitch problems” when entering the port on Tuesday and had to get a “dead ship tow.” USCG patrols have been keeping an eye on the ship since its arrest yesterday by US Marshals, Warr says, and it will be under USCG “controlled” status until the arrest is resolved. The arrest, ordered by a US District Judge, came after a Miami attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of 10 of the 13 seafarers aboard the ship. It is claimed that nine Ukrainians and one Romanian were owed over $30,000 in unpaid wages. Fairplay today contacted Intersea Management, the vessel’s owner and operator, at its offices in Switzerland where sources said they were unaware of the ship’s problems in Miami. The Antares, built in 1977, has a history of Coast Guard detentions for both administrative and safety violations dating back years.

DMT Diamond Celebrates One Year of Service Deep Marine Technology, Inc.’s 240ft MSV, the DMT Diamond, has successfully completed its first year of service in the Gulf of Mexico with zero recordable incidents. Working for a variety of major oil and gas companies, some of the works performed by the DMT Diamond/Triton XLS spread thus far include: Set 7 Ridged Jumpers ranging from 55 to 93 ft. down to 4,400 fsw; Installation of 11 Steel and 14 Electrical Flying Leads: Pre and Post Route Surveys; Choke/

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JURONG TO BUILD AFRICAN OFFSHORE SUPPLY BASE SINGAPORE-based Jurong International, is to design and implement the expansion of Luba Freeport in Equatorial Guinea. Singapore Business Times reports that Lonrho, which holds a 63 per cent stake in the port, is positioning Luba to become the regional supply base for the burgeoning oil and gas industry both within the country and in the surrounding Gulf of Guinea as well as the greater West Africa region. “We are keen to start on this project because going forward we see the potential of Equatorial Guinea growing into a major hub in petrochemical related areas,” Jurong International president and CEO Tang Tat Kwong said. He added: “Right now they are looking at oil and gas, but ultimately I think they will be developing the downstream industries and these are the areas we can bring a lot of value through our experience,' he said noting the potential for the West African country to jointly develop refineries as it moves up the value chain.”

MOL LOWERS FY2006 FORECAST MAJOR Japanese shipping group Mitsui OSK Lines has reduced its earnings forecast for the current financial year from yen160bn (US$1.4bn) to yen155bn due lower earnings from container shipping which MOL expects to be only partially offset by a better than expected performance by its car carrier, tanker and bulk carrier fleets.



In the container trades rate increases have been less than expected while some trades grew less rapidly than forecast. As with other companies MOL as been hit hard by “skyrocketing” bunker prices.

DV HOWELLS WINS MOD CONTRACT UK-based oil spill responder DV Howells, since March this year a wholly-owned subsidiary of Braemar Seascope Group, has won a contract to provide an Emergency Pollution Response Service to incidents involving the country’s military units and establishments and US forces in the UK. According to Braemar Seascope it will provide a continuous, all year round service ready to respond to any oil and chemical incidents anywhere in the UK and UK Coastal waters and worldwide in international waters where warships, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and other Ministry of Defence-operated vessels are involved. The contract is for an initial three year period and is extendable to five years at the option of the MoD. The value of the contract is determined principally by the number and extent of the various incidents and therefore cannot be quantified accurately. Commenting on the new contract, Braemar Seascope's Chief Executive, Alan Marsh, said, "We are delighted that DV Howells has won this prestigious contract so soon after joining the Braemar Seascope group. It is an early demonstration of the company's potential and we expect to see DV Howells continue to win new business in future now that it is part of the group."

Tidewater profit surges Tidewater Inc. reported first quarter net earnings for the period ended June 30, 2006, of $71.4 million, or $1.23 per common share, on revenues of $269.8 million. For the same quarter last year, net earnings were $28.9 million, or $.50 per common share, on revenues of $192.2 million. The immediately preceding quarter ended March 31, 2006, had net earnings of $64.7 million, or $1.11 per common share, on revenues of $246.5 million. In its quarterly report, Tidewater notes that it is constructing 16 anchor handling towing supply vessels varying in size from 5,000 brake horsepower (BHP) to 10,000 BHP for a total commitment cost of approximately $251.2 million. Four different international shipyards are constructing the vessels. Scheduled delivery for the 16 vessels will begin in August 2006, with the last vessel scheduled for delivery in September 2008. As of June 30, 2006, $42.6 million has been expended on the vessels. Tidewater is also committed to the construction of three 220-foot and three 250-foot supply vessels for approximately $91.4 million. The company's shipyard, Quality Shipyard, LLC, is constructing the three 220-foot vessels while a different U.S. shipyard is constructing the 250-foot vessels. Scheduled delivery of the three 220-foot vessels is expected in August 2006, July of 2007 and September 2007 while the three 250-foot vessels are expected to be delivered in March, June and September of 2007. As of June 30, 2006, $31.1 million has been expended on these six vessels. The company is also committed to the construction of three 175-foot, state-of-the-art, fast, crew/supply boats, and two tugboats for an approximate total cost of $33.3 million. A U.S. shipyard is constructing the 175-foot crewboats, while two international shipyards are each constructing one tugboat. Scheduled delivery of the 175-foot crewboats is expected to begin in late July 2006 with final delivery of the last crewboat in October 2007. The tugboats are expected to be delivered in February and April of 2007. As of June 30, 2006, $6.9 million has been expended on these five vessels.



E.R. Schiffahrt introduces latest giant boxship The Hamburg based shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt has put another container ship into service. The "E.R. Toronto"is a super-post-Panamax newbuilding with a container capacity of 8,204 teu. This is part of the planned continuation of the newbuilding programme and by 2008, there will be a further 13 vessels with a total of 60,000 teu, all of them built at Hyundai in South Korea. The "E.R. Toronto" will operate under the charter name "CMA CGM Don Giovanni" on the "North China Express Service" for the French company CMA CGM, linking the China with Europe. End of July, she will change the service to the "French Asia Line" (FAL), linking the Asia-Pacific region with Europe. The "E.R. Toronto" is the sixth in a series of newbuildings. E.R. Schiffahrt has placed orders for a total of nine units of this size. All nine vessels are for long-term chartering to leading shipping lines, three going to Cosco Container Lines and six to CMA CGM.

GL Contracts 60th Ship with Chinese Yard A 19,800 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker vessel is the 60th ship being built with Germanischer Lloyd class at Qingshan Shipyard. The 10th anniversary of close cooperation between Qingshan Shipyard and Germanischer Lloyd is being celebrated on August 3 with a ceremony attended by more than 100 guests. Participants include the President of Chang Jiang Shipping Group Liu Xihan, the Vice Governor of Hubei Province Li Chunming, the Vice Mayor of Wuhan City Yue Yong and other representatives of local government and authorities. 27 vessels have been delivered since 1996, 33 ships are under construction and on order. In total, more than 750,000 dwt have been constructed with GL class at Qingshan Shipyard. Qingshan Shipyard has 3,800 employees and is located at the Yangzi River in Wuhan. As part of the Changjiang National Shipping Group the shipyard can build up to seven vessels of up to 50,000 dwt and 220 m length simultaneously. Qingshan Shipyard is the biggest ship export base in the province, its main exports include oil and chemical tankers of up to 50,000 dwt. The relationship between Germanischer Lloyd and Qingshan Shipyard started with the construction of four 818 TEU multi-purpose vessels with 9,000 GT for a German owner; the first ship was delivered in 1996. Qingshan Shipyard has built many multi-purpose vessels of 5,000 GT. As the first shipyard in China the yard has constructed chemical/product tankers with 18,500 dwt duplex stainless steel cargo tanks. Since 1996, Germanischer Lloyd has inspected and provided service for many vessels built at Qingshan Shipyard, such as the 818 TEU series, 502 TEU series, 660 TEU, 1100 TEU container vessel series, 12000dwt bulk cargo carrier series and 18500dwt chemical products tankers series. The delivery rate of Qingshan Shipyard has improved rapidly from two vessels per year in to more than eight vessels in 2006.

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