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SMIT – Waalhaven O.Z. 85 Port Number 2204 - 3087 BM Rotterdam - tel + 31 (0)10 – 454 99 11www.smit.com

KAHN Scheepvaart - Van Vollenhovenstraat 3 - 3016 BE Rotterdam - tel + 31(0) 413 46 [email protected]

D.Touw Expertise- en Ingenieursbureau BV- Waalhaven ZZ 10 - 3088 HH Rotterdam –tel (0) 10 283 6666

[email protected]

BIGLIFT – Radarweg 36 – 1042 AA Amsterdam – tel : +31 (0) 20 [email protected]

MARITIME TRANSPORT SERVICES - P.O.Box 37196 – 1030 AD Amsterdam –tel + 31 (0)20 686 66 31

[email protected]

OPDR Netherlands Agencies BV - Seattleweg 17 – 3195 ND Rotterdam tel +31 (0)10 [email protected]

ALPHATRON MARINE – Schaardijk 23 – 3063 NH Rotterdam – tel +31 (0) 10 453 [email protected]

HAPO International – Ringdijk 486 – 2933 GS Ridderkerk – tel +31 (0) 180 41 46 71

UNIFLEET BV Shipsmanagement – Scherpdeel 28 – 4703 RJ Roosendaal – tel + 31 (0) 165 [email protected]

CLEARWATER GROUP – Scheepvaartweg 3A – 3356 LL Papendrecht – Tel +31 (0)78 64 104 [email protected]

REDERIJ WATERWEG – Het Nieuwe Diep 39 D –1781 AE Den Helder – tel +31 (0) 223 615 666www.waterweg.nl

SMITWIJS OCEAN TOWAGE – Westplein 5b – 3016 BM Rotterdam – tel : +31 (0) 10 412 69 [email protected]

SOENEN BVBA – Oostkamp – Belgium - [email protected]

SEASPAN – C/O 2700 – 200 Granville street – Vancouver – Canada – tel (604) 482 [email protected]

LEKKO I.T.E.S – P.O.Box 400 – 1970 AK IJMUIDEN – [email protected]



SAMUEL STEWART & Co – 1 Tranquil Vale – Blackheath – London SE3 0BU –Tel : 020 – 8297 7474 – www.stewartgroup.co.uk

LKL OCEANTRADE – Adriaen Banckertstraat 8 – 3115 JE Schiedam – tel 31 (0) 10 412 [email protected]

Bonn & Mees – Sluisjesdijk 123 – 3087 AE Rotterdam – tel 31 (0) 10 429 05 [email protected]

VOPAK Agencies Rotterdam – Droogdokweg 71 – 3089 JN Rotterdam – tel 31 (0)10 294 [email protected]

SLEDGEHAMMER Engineering – Ringdijk 486 – 2983 GS Ridderkerk – tel 31 (0) 180 41 37 28

STICHTING NATIONAAL SLEEPVAART MUSEUM

HvS Dredging Support B.V. – Noorderhaven 96 – 8861 AR Harlingen – tel +31 (0) 517 [email protected]

HA-CE MARINE – Specerjenhof 53 – 3063 BX Rotterdam – tel 31 (0) 212 23 [email protected]

HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS – Vondellaan 47 – PO Box 9321 – 2300 PH LeidenTel 31 (0) 71 579 90 00 www.heerema.com

SVITZER WIJSMULLER – Sluisplein 34 – Ijmuiden – tel 31 (0) 255 56 26 66www.svitzerwijsmuller.com

ATLAS SERVICE GROEP – Westersingel 91 – 3015 LC Rotterdam – tel 31 (0) 10 241 [email protected] - www.atlasgroep.nl

URS – Noorderlaan 139 - 2030 Antwerpen – tel +32 (0) 3 545 11 [email protected]

ANGLO DUTCH SHIPBROKERS bvba – Petrus Bogaertslaan 31 – 2970 Schilde – BelgiumTel 32 (0) 3 464 26 09 - [email protected]

DE KIL bv Dordrecht – Pieter Hoebeeweg 99 - 3316 BT Dordrecht – tel 31 (0) 78 648 29 [email protected]

BROERE SHIPPING – Wieldrechtseweg 50 – 3316 BG Dordrecht – tel 31 (0) 78 65 28 [email protected]

MULTRASHIP BV – Scheldekade 48 – 4531 EH Terneuzen – tel 31 (0) 115 64 5000www.multraship.nl

FALCONER, BRYAN & ASSOCIATE Pte Ltd – 20 Maxwell Road - # 03-02 Maxwell HouseSINGAPORE 069113 tel : 65 6222 9282 - [email protected]

WAGENBORG SLEEPDIENSTEN – Markstraat 10 / P.O.BOX 14 – 9930 AA DelfzijlTel : 31 (0) 596 63 69 11 - [email protected]



HARMS BERGUNG TRANSPORT & HEAVY LIFT – Johannisbollwerk 20 – D-20459 HamburgTel 49 (0) 40 31 77 22 0 – [email protected]

KOTUG International BV – Parklaan 2 – 3016 BB Rotterdam – tel 31 (0) 10 217 0217www.kotug.nl

MTS EUROPRODUCTS BV – Heldringstraat 4A ZW – 3144 CG MaassluisTel 31 (0) 10 –59 91 599 - [email protected]

NUTEC Rotterdam BV – Beerweg 101 – Harbour No 7033 – 3199 LM Rotterdam-MaasvlakteTel 31 (0) 181 362 394 – [email protected]

MCS International Marine Services – Blijdorpplein 41 – 2992 LB BarendrechtTel 31 (0) 180 641 690 - [email protected]

INTERSHITRA S&P – Blijdorpplein 41 – 2992 LB Barendrecht – tel 31 (0) 180 641 [email protected]

SMIT South Africa – 31 Carisle Street- Paarden eiland 7405 – Cape Town – South AfricaTel : + 27 21 507 5777 – [email protected]

RISC Fire & Safety Training – Beerweg 101 – 3199 LM RotterdamTel 31 (0) 181 376 666

FAIRPLAY Schleppdampfshiffs-Reederei Richard Borchard GmbHStubbenhulk 10 – 20459 Hamburg – Germany – tel +49 40 374 999-0 – [email protected]

DISA Maritime – Emiel Vermeulenstraat 160 – 2980 Zoersel (Belgium)Tel 32 (0) 3 385 17 27 – [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTORSHerenweg 133 – 2105 MG Heemstede – tel 31 (0) 23 548 5200 – [email protected]

TITAN Salvage USA – 410 SW 4th Ter. Dania, FL 33004 – P.O.Box 350465Ft.Lauderdale, FL 33335 – USA – tel 954 929 5200 – www.titansalvage.com

ISKES Towing & Salvage BV – Min van Houtenlaan 108 – 1981 EK Velsen ZuidTel 31 (0) 255 510 182 - [email protected]

SCHEEPSWERF DE HAAS – Govert van Wijnkade 1 – Postbus 2 – 3140 AA MaassluisTel 31 (0) 10 59 135 11 - [email protected]

MARINT (offshore services) Ltd – Stags Court – 1B Highstreet – Thames Ditton KT7 0SDSurrey – United Kingdom tel : 44 – 020 8398 9833 – www.marint.co.uk

VLIERODAM BV – Binnenbaan 36 – 3161 VB Rhoon – tel 31 (0) 10 501 [email protected]

EUROPORT MARITIME ( AHOY Exhibition centre ) Johan Teunisse – tel 31 (0)10 293 32 [email protected]

FLANDERS Shiprepair – Noordzeestraat 14 – 8380 Zeebrugge (Belgium)Tel : 32 (0) 50 33 70 50 – [email protected]



TENWOLDE Marine Equipment – Boonsweg 19 – 3274 LH HeinenoordTel : 31 (0) 186 60 33 33 – [email protected]

Holland Marine Equipment – Postbus 24074 – 3007 DB RotterdamTel 31 – (0) 44 44 333 - [email protected]

STENA LINE Hoek van Holland – Stationsweg 10 – 3151 HS Hoek van HollandTel 31 (0) 174 38 9333 - [email protected]

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HOLLAND AMERICA LINE – 300 Eliott Ave West – Seattle WA 98119Tel : 00 1 206 281 3535 - www.hollandamerica.com

REDWISE Maritime Services – maritime recruitmentEenweg – 37 42 LB Baarn – tel 31 (0) 35 54 80 500 – [email protected]

EUROPEAN ROPE SERVICES BVKomeetweg 15 – 4782 SH Moerdijk – tel :31 (0) 168 35 85 65 – [email protected]

DAMEN SHIPYARDS GORINCHEM – P.O.Box 1 – 4200 AA Gorinchem - tel 31 (0)183 63 99 [email protected] - www.damen.nl

SEAWAY HEAVY LIFTING – Chroomstraat 30 – 2718 RR ZoetermeerTel : 31(0) 79 363 77 00 - www.shl.nl

IHC GUSTO ENGINEERING –Kareldoormanweg 66 - 3115 JD Schiedam - Tel+31 (0)10 – 232 0000 fax +31 (0)10 232 0100

www.ihcgusto.nl

UNITOR - Willem Barentszstraat 50 - 3065 AB RotterdamTel +31 10 4877 920 –

[email protected]

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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONSMammoet verzorgt transport megajacht

In opdracht van Oceanco verzorgde Mammoet afgelopen weekend het transport van het megajachtDilbar, ook bekend als Oceanco project A66. Het 66 meter lange jacht was geplaatst op de pontonAmt Explorer (afmetingen 90 x 30 meter). Tezamen met de sleepboten vormden de pontons eentransport van 130 meter lang, 28 meter hoog en 1.850 ton zwaar. Voor het vervoer gebruikteMammoet de sleepboten Groenland, IJsland, Eerland 5 en de duwboot Maas.

In Alblasserdam was het jacht zaterdagochtend op 48 aslijnen zelfaangedreven modulairetransportwagens (192 wielen) geplaatst en zo het grote ponton opgereden. Om 06.00 uur vertrok men

vanaf de werf Oceanco naar deWiltonhaven in Schiedam. Rond08.00 passeerde het transport deVan Brienenoordbrug en even na08.45 volgde de Erasmusbrug. Om11.00 uur arriveerde het jacht in deWiltonhaven. Het vervoer naar deWiltonhaven was noodzakelijk omhet jacht te water te laten. In deWiltonhaven werd het jacht op dekleinere ponton Skyline Barge 10gereden dat zondag in een dok werdgevaren voor de tewaterlating.Vanaf de Wiltonhaven wordt hetjacht in de nacht van zondag op



maandag door twee sleepboten terug naar Oceanco te Alblasserdam gebracht waar Dilbar verder zalworden afgebouwd.

Afmetingen Dilbar:Lengte over alles: 66,01 meter. Maximum breedte: 12,12 meter. Maximale diepgang: 4,05 meter.

Gewicht: 1.450 ton.

Piracy Watch23.01.2005 at 3.40am at Panjang port in Indonesia, three robbers armed with long knives boarded atanker at berth. Duty officer raised alarm and crew mustered. Robbers jumped overboard and escapedempty handed in a speedboat.

19.01.2005 at 1.35am at berth no.2, Rio Haina port in Dominican Republic, two robbers armed withlong knives boarded a tanker during cargo operations. Duty officer raised alarm and robbers jumpedoverboard and escaped.

16.01.2005 at 1am at Haiphong anchorage in Vietnam, several robbers boarded a general cargo shipat forecastle and stole ship’s stores and escaped in an unlit boat.

14.1.2005 at 4.30am at Nanjing anchorage in China, three robbers boarded a chemical tanker and theybroke padlock on a locker and stole safety equipment. Alert crew raised alarm and robbers escaped ina speedboat.

13.01.2005 at 3.50pm at Pulau Laut anchorage, Indonesia, four robbers armed with guns and longknives boarded a bulk carrier at forecastle. Alert duty crewman raised alarm and crew mustered.Robbers stole a life raft and escaped in a speedboat.

12.01.2005 at 10.45am off Oman, Arabian Sea, four masked pirates in four white hull speedboatsattempted to board a container ship underway. Alert crewman raised alarm, crew mustered andactivated fire hoses and master took evasive manoeuvres. Pirates aborted attempted boarding andmoved away.

Source - ICC - International Maritime Bureau

Vrachtschip overvaart roeibootEen roeiboot met een ouder echtpaar is maandagmorgen door een vrachtschip overvaren in het Rijn-Schiekanaal. De twee opvarenden, een 65-jarige man en een 63-jarige vrouw, zijn door omstanders uithet water gehaald. Met onderkoelingsverschijnselen en water in de longen is het tweetal opgenomen inhet Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum. Dit heeft de politie maandagbekendgemaakt.Van de roeiboot bleef weinig over. De politie heeft de schipper van het vrachtschip, een 46-jarige manuit Alblasserdam, aanghouden voor het doorvaren na een aanvaring. Het is niet bekend of de manwist van het ongeluk. De politie te water van het Korps Landelijke Politie Diensten heeft de aanvaringin onderzoek.

RUSSIA'S ICEBREAKER KRASIN LEDAMERICAN TANKER BACK TO ROSS SEA

On Monday, the Russian icebreaker Krasin has led the American tanker Paul Buck back to the RossSea from the berth of MacMurdo, a U.S. research station in the Antarctic, press secretary of theRussian Far Eastern Shipping Company Veronika Kazakova said. The Krasin had earlier led the tanker



to the station through thick hummocky ice brought 19,000 tons of diesel fuel for the MacMurdo staff.The cargo was unloaded on Saturday night.

On February 2, the Krasin is due to begin leading the U.S. steamer American Tern to the station.The American Tern carries 10,000 tons of food, medicines, and research equipment.

The Russian icebreaker is part of a mission led by the Russian government in response to a requestfrom the U.S. authorities.

British tsunami survivors hail Pak sailors A number of British citizens, who were amonghundreds of tourists rescued by the PakistanNavy Ship ‘Tariq’ in the face of Tsunamionslaught near Meemu Island of the Maldiveslast month, have hailed their rescuers as thebest ambassadors of the country.

The frigate TARIQ is the formerAMBUSCADE

Photo : Brian Morrison ©

The Britons have addressed letters to the Pakistan high commission in London, showering praise onthe Pakistan Navy sailors for their expertise and hospitality in saving them from the aftermath of tidalwaves.

Deborah Parrott recalled how the Tariq appeared as hope for hundreds of stranded tourists when theyhad been cut off from rest of the world. "We were rescued by them but the sailors of your country didmore than just rescuing us. Their hospitality was overwhelming and gracious as they willingly gave uptheir berths for us, fed us to the very best of their abilities," she wrote in a letter.

She added: "They showed us unforgettable kindness and were a very real credit to your country,everyone of the sailors I met were the very best of ambassadors." Lancashire-based Mike Horgan, whowas also among some 300 survivors helped by the Pakistani crew following the fateful December 26earthquake, recounted the humanitarian concern of the Tariq’s naval crew in the difficult moments.

"Despite having near 300 tourists on board, the hospitality we received was exceptional. They cookedmeals for us, we were visited by many of the officers from the Captain and downwards, whocontinually said if there was anything we wanted, we only had to ask. Their concern and friendlinesswas wonderful," he wrote to the high commission. The survivors and their families have expresseddeep gratitude to Pakistan for the expertise and hospitality of the Tariq’s naval crew.

Radiation detected on shipU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, using radiation detection devices, discovered thepresence of radioactive cobalt-60 during a routine boarding inspection last week of a container ship atthe Port of Los Angeles.

CBP spokeswoman Christiana Halsey said laboratory personnel from the agency, along with officialsfrom the Energy Department, examined the material and found that a gauge used to test the ship'sfire-extinguishing system was the source of the radioactive emission. The tests determined that the



source posed no threat. Cobalt-60 is the most common radioactive form of the element, producedcommercially as a result of weapons testing or in other nuclear reactions and used as a tracer andradiotherapeutic agent. It is widely used as a medical and industrial radiation source.

Most of the radiation from the decay of cobalt-60 is in the form of gamma and beta emissions, whichcan adversely affect a person's health. Exposure to low levels of gamma radiation over an extendedperiod of time can cause cancer. CBP officers discovered the material during a nighttime borderinspection of the Toledo, a Maersk container ship that had arrived at the Port of Los Angeles fromKwang Yang, South Korea, Mrs. Halsey said. During the boarding, she said, the CBP officers werealerted to the presence of radioactivity by their personal radiation detectors, which CBP officers wearon belts and which sound a warning when radiation is present. Mrs. Halsey said officers found thestrongest intensity of radioactivity near the ceiling of the engine storage room. A scan of the area witha radiation isotope identifier device, similar to a Geiger counter, appeared consistent with the presenceof cobalt-60.

She said CBP officers secured the area, and information was relayed to the CBP Laboratory andScientific Services at the National Targeting Center. The Energy Department's Radiation AssistanceProgram (RAP) team, dispatched later from Las Vegas, determined the next day that the level ofradiation emission posed no threat. CBP is the unified border agency within the Homeland SecurityDepartment charged with the management, control and protection of the nation's borders at andbetween the official ports of entry. It is responsible for keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out ofthe country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Weather dogs dredger salvageEfforts to salvage the 8,123-gt dredger Cristoforo Colombo (built 1994) aground off Russia’sSakhalin Island since last year are being hampered by severe weather. Sakhalin Energy InvestmentCompany (SEIC) said storms over the last two months have caused “considerable damage” to theship’s hull and tanks.

Such is the damage to the ship that its floating capacity has “diminished” and the vessel cannot bepulled of the shore without “severe damage” to its structural integrity. “Additionally, wave actionduring the storms has caused ice to form on board increasing the weight of the vessel considerably,”SEIC said. “The option to pull the dredger off the shore is being reassessed,” it said. It added: “Otheroptions, such as floating the vessel in a mad-made basin continue to be considered, but are dependentupon weather conditions.”

“To reduce the risk of possible environmental impacts, all oil and oily water has been removed fromthe vessel,” SEIC said. SEIC said it was “fully committed” to assisting the vessel operator, salvagecontractor and Kholmsk Administration in the removal of the grounded vessel.

The Jan De Nul dredger was driven aground last September between Kholmsk Fishing Port andSakhalin Zapadny seaport by the typhoon Songda.

CASUALTY REPORT

14 FISHERMEN RESCUED, ONE DIEDAND THE DESTINY OF 4 IS NOT KNOWN



Fourteen members of the crew of the sunken trawler Kafor were taken from rubber rafts during arescue operation in the Sea of Japan on Monday. One fisherman died, reports the EmergenciesMinistry's department for the Maritime Territory.

The condition of one of the survivors is rather grave. The destiny of the other four crewmen is notclear, according to an emergencies ministry official.

However, Igor Dygalo, the head of the Russian Navy's press service, told RIA Novosti that 13fishermen had been rescued.

"Thirteen crewmen were taken off the emergency rafts during a rescue operation in the Sea of Japan:one of them was taken aboard a naval Ka-27 helicopter, two were taken by a Mi-8 helicopter of theVladivostok Airlines, another 10 crewmen are now on board the Primorye patrol ship," said Mr. Dygalo.

The body of another fisherman who was found near a raft was retrieved on board the patrol vessel,according to Mr. Dygalo. The search and rescue operation has been compounded by adverse weatherconditions. A heavy storm accompanied by gale is raging in the distress area. Waves are sometimes 4meters high, wind is blowing at 18 meters a second. Air temperature is minus 20 Celsius.

The trawler that is registered with the Homsk port on Sakhalin sent a SOS signal at 11.35 local time(4.35 Moscow time) on Monday. Contact was broken after the signal. The vessel was 30 miles off theMaritime Territory's coast at the time. Preliminary reports cite a main engine failure as the wreckcause. The trawler went adrift and tilted over due to ice accretion.

Ferry and tanker collide A Polish ferry Pomerania carrying 140 passengersand 79 crew collided with a Swedish tanker offSweden's west coast on Monday.

Both ships were only slightly damaged, maritimeofficials said. No one was injured in the collision,which happened about 14 kilometres off Falsterbo,said Birger Knutsson, of the Swedish MaritimeAdministration.

"The ferry had a small hole far above the waterlevel and the tanker a crack in the hull, also abovethe water level," he said, adding that there were nooil leaks.

The 12,000–gt ferry Pomerania (built 1987),which sails between Copenhagen and Winoujscie inPoland for Polish Baltic Shipping (Polferries), wasescorted to Copenhagen, AP reported.

The unnamed Swedish tanker, which had a crew of 13, continued to its final destination, the city ofHalmstad on Sweden's southwest coast. The reason for the collision was unknown.



NAVY NEWS

High Speed Vessel Two (HSV 2) Swift arrives in Singapore carrying humanitarian aid supplies,including medicine for Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is

schedule deployed in support Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in thewake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia.

SHIPYARD NEWSIHC Caland boekt 114 miljoen dollar winst

Maritiem concern IHC Caland rekent erop over het afgelopen jaar een operationele winst van 114miljoen dollar (86,64 miljoen euro) te kunnen schrijven. Dat is zonder het boekverlies van 68 miljoendollar op de verkoop van de scheepswerven IHC Holland en De Merwede. De nettowinst bedraagtvolgens voorlopige cijfers 46 miljoen dollar.

Het operationele resultaat van 114 miljoen dollar ligt boven de eigen verwachting van 100 miljoendollar en die van analisten. In 2003 kwam dat resultaat uit op 91,6 miljoen dollar. De definitievecijfers komen begin april. IHC Caland maakte eerder deze maand bekend een akkoord te hebbenbereikt over de verkoop van de werven IHC Holland en De Merwede. Zonder de scheepsdivisie gaathet concern vanaf eind maart verder onder de naam SBM Offshore.

Samen met een onderneming in Maleisië gaat IHC Caland de huur en exploitatie van eenproductieplatform voor de kust van Maleisië verzorgen. De waarde van deze order komt voor IHCCaland boven de 400 miljoen dollar uit.

China rushing to build ships



China is rushing to build vessels to ship home the huge amounts of commodities its booming economydemands, amid reports it is also constructing military bases to help safeguard its shipments of oil.

"China is building ships as fast as it can," said Dennis Petropoulos, an analyst for British shipbrokerBraemar Seascope. "It would like to build more and there are people in there opening shipyards, andthere are projects to increase shipbuilding capacity, but those projects take time and will not come onstream for three to five years."

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned earlier this month that the world's ship-building yardswere booked up for years in advance.

"China will move its cargoes on any ships it can," Petropolous said. "There are projects to increasecapacity in China, definitely, because (South) Korea and Japan cannot increase their capacity.

"Shipyards in Korea and Japan are booked out until 2007 and maybe a good chunk of 2008 has beenallocated. Chinese shipyards are booked out until 2007 but not a large chunk of 2008 has beenallocated," he added.

China has meanwhile launched a plan to double its current port capacity by 2010 by strategicallydeveloping facilities in the Bohai Rim and the Yangtze River and Pearl River deltas, state mediareported last month.

The blueprint adopted by the State Council, or China's cabinet, said the three port areas would focusmainly on containers, iron ore, crude oil and coal.

China's booming economy expanded 9.5 per cent last year after 9.3 per cent in 2003, according toofficial data published last week.

The fourth quarter alone showed growth steaming ahead at 9.5 per cent year-on-year, up from 9.1 percent in the previous three months despite Beijing's efforts to cool the economy.

Analysts meanwhile said that Chinese growth would continue to win strong support from the country'sthirst for imported raw materials.

"The Chinese authorities are thinking, let's put this (material) on our own ships rather than charteringother people's ships", an industry source told AFP.

"With oil prices going up and freight prices going up at the same time, they suddenly feel a bit out ofcontrol," added the source, who wished to remain anonymous.

While China needs vessels to transport its vast amounts of imported commodities, the country was alsoreportedly developing military bases and diplomatic ties from the Middle East to the South China Sea inorder to protect its oil shipments and strategic interests.

China's "string of pearls" strategy is according to an internal report prepared for US Defense SecretaryDonald Rumsfeld and recently reported by The Washington Times. China's move reportedly includes anew naval base under construction at the Pakistani port of Gwadar, naval bases in Myanmar, a militaryagreement with Cambodia, strengthening ties with Bangladesh and an ambitious plan underconsideration to build a 20-billion-dollar canal in Thailand to bypass the Strait of Malacca.

"We need to acknowledge that China is indeed a net importer of energy resources and therefore has along-term and immediate interest in enhancing energy security," said J|rgen Haacke, an expert in



southeast Asian affairs at the London School of Economics.

But he said China had a long way to go to secure the safety of its shipping routes. "There is atendency in the media to exaggerate the achievements which China has had to date when it comes tothe efforts to enhance the energy security particularly as regards control over shipping lanes," Haackesaid.

Shipbuilding Orders Exceed $30Bil. For First Time

The number of shipbuilding orders achieved a new record of $30.2 billion last year, up from $24 billionin 2003, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) Monday.

It is the first time for the amount to exceed $30 billion, the ministry added. Korea came top in theworld in terms of ship orders, taking 38.4 percent of the total, followed by Japan (26.4 percent) andChina (10.7 percent) between January and September in 2004.

Despite the increase in the value of ship orders, the number of ships ordered fell to 441 in 2004 from470 in 2003, which means Korea attracted more value-added ship orders. Among the received shiporders, the ratio of oil tankers and bulk carriers, the once dominant type of ship orders, to the total hasdecreased to 16 percent, while the portion of high-end carriers such as those for petrochemicalproducts and liquefied natural gas (LNG) soared to 81 percent.

The MOCIE also found exports of ships manufactured in Korea also hit a record high of $15.09 billion in2004, a 33.1 percent increase from 2003. The ship exports last year are estimated to take 6.3 percentof Korea’s total outbound shipments. In addition, construction volume last year recorded 8.88 milliontons, a 22.2 percent increase from those in 2003. ``Backlog as of now stands at 33.96 million tons, or918 ships, which means the shipbuilding industry secures enough projects in the next three years,’’ theministry said.

In 2005, despite the falling number of ship construction projects, Korea could win additional shiporders of 10 to 12 million tons, it predicted. ``The construction volume is expected to rise to 9.5million tons and exports might exceed $16 billion,’’ MOCIE officials said.

The shipbuilding companies, however, may experience a drop in profitability due to the appreciation ofthe Korean currency and rising steel prices.

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Because of its international setting,the workshop offers an excellentopportunity to gain knowledge andto network with colleagues, clientsand/or suppliers. This knowledge willenable you to position your companyeven better as partner in theinternational shipbuilding process.The first module starts on March30th and 31st 2005. One can enrolhimself for each individual module.

Trends in the shipbuilding industrymake it essential to have thoroughknowledge on complete propulsionsystems. Fast developments intechnology and more complexvessels with high required ratios ofelectrical/propulsion power, makethat propulsion and auxiliary power



systems become more complex. Nevertheless they require a high reliability and excellent fueleconomy. In particular the development of a propulsion system should be regarded as a process ofsystem integration. It requires a proper understanding of the characteristics of ship resistance,propulsion engines, mechanical and electrical transmission systems and propulsors. A vital aspect is theinfluence of various components on each other when operating in a complete propulsion train. A lackof understanding of the matching process too often results in a mismatch, giving risks for seriousdamage, too high fuel consumption, bad use of available capacity and consequently high costs.

For more detailed information and workshop dates please contact Holland Marine Equipment, Mr NickWessels (T: +31 (0)10 44 44 333 or E: [email protected]) or look on the website www.hme.nl at theEvents page.

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The MARELD under construction in Turkey,onboard MARFLEX deepwell pumps are

installledPhoto : Jacco van Nieuwenhuyzen ©

Rieber buys cableshipRieber Shipping of Bergen is set to buy the high specification deep sea cableship Knight for $33.2m.

The deal is conditional on final inspection of the vessel, whichis part of the Netherlands based Dockwise fleet, largelycomposed of heavy lift vessels.

Rieber who are best known for their expertise in operatingpolar and research ships moved into the cable laying marketfour years ago and currently have a fleet of three vessels thatspecialise in fibre optic rather than traditional copper cables.

The 12,000-dwt Knight (built 2001) is regarded as a goodcandidate for conversion to other offshore duties if suitable cable laying contracts are not secured, butRieber says no decision has been made about this.



Rieber, which recently agreed to spin off its seismic interests into a new company, expects to takecontrol of the Knight in February.

EVERGREEN’S NEW TACOMATERMINAL OPEN

TAIWAN-based container shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp has officially opened the new state-of-the-art Pierce County Container Terminal at the Port of Tacoma north of Los Angeles which is expectedto handle 1.2m TEU annually for Evergreen Marine Corp, Lloyd Triestino di Navigazione Spa and HatsuMarine Limited - all members of the Evergreen Group.

Capt S Y Kuo, Vice Chairman of the Evergreen Group, said: "Three years ago we told the port ofTacoma what we needed to make the Pacific Northwest a major North America gateway. They met ourexpectations and worked with us to develop this superior facility."

The new 171-acre facility, designed for straddle carrier operation with on-dock rail, is said to be thelargest such facility north of Southern California. It will be expanded to more than 300 acres later. Theterminal is being developed in two phases. Phase 1 has been completed with 140 acres of terminal andberthing area, plus 31 acres of intermodal rail interchange area ready for operation.

The terminal has 2,260 feet of combined berth length along two preferential linear berths capable ofhandling two of the world's largest container ships simultaneously. Five post-Panamax cranes areavailable to work vessels supported by a 12-track intermodal rail yard with capacity for 72 double-stackrail cars. Total annual capacity for the terminal is 840,000TEU.

A Phase II expansion will add 53 terminal acres and 13 rail yard acres and bring total annual capacityto 1.2m TEU.

UK TRANSPORT MINISTER SUPPORTSGREAT YARMOUTH PORT PROJECT

THE UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling, has given his support to a bid for publicfunds for the £43.5m (US$82m) Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour (EastPort) scheme even though itcannot be justified of transport grounds.

He said: "Great Yarmouth is among the most deprived areas of the United Kingdom, it has the highestunemployment rate in England, rising against the national trend. It is in these circumstances that thegovernment and other public bodies must consider the transport and regeneration impacts of thescheme.”

The final decision to allocate money will not however be taken by Mr Darling. A statement said: “Itnow falls to the Department of Trade and Industry, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and thelocal authorities concerned to decide whether public funding should be made available.”

Tidewater holds steadyUS offshore shipping giant Tidewater has turned in almost identical year-on-year profit figures for thenine months to 31 December.



Net earnings were $48.94m, hardly anychange from the $48.62m it recorded in thesame period of 2003.

Tidewater’s AMADON TIDE seen hereworking at the West African coast

Photo : Piet Sinke ©

Vessel operating costs were down slightly at$298.65m, against $298.99m the year before,but the owner lost $10.51m, compared to only$4.78m in 2003.

Revenues reached $512.53m from $498.43m. The company has a fleet of about 570 offshore vessels.

Ship hits the fanWe were looking forward to the journalistic equivalent of a turkey shoot. Hundreds of passengers weredue to disembark from P&O's flagship Aurora, their dreams of cruising the world in five-star luxuryreduced to the chill of a January day in Southampton due to an engine problem. After 12 days onboard and a series of false dawns, they were told there would be no cruise. They had shelled outthousands of pounds and cleared their schedules for the privilege of sailing the English Channel. All wehad to do was soak up the bile.

Unfortunately those on board had failed to read the script. As they came ashore the passengersrefused to complain. Words like "wonderful time" and "treated like royalty" kept cropping up. Thejournalists started to grow edgy. "I've found only one bloke that's angry and he refuses to give hisname," said one national newspaper reporter. Passengers even began taking hacks aside, lecturingthem on the munificence of their hosts.

The next day's headlines were startlingly benign. "Biggest booze cruise ... ever!" said The Sun, inreference to the free alcohol that had been available as the ship underwent repairs. "Ultimate boozecruise went nowhere in style," mused The Guardian. The Daily Telegraph, which had covered the storymost assiduously, was also in conciliatory mood. Its editorial declared it "The Voyage of their lives"concluding "we suspect that, once the Aurora is declared seaworthy again, there will be plenty ofcustomers queuing up for the next world cruise". It was a far cry from previous days when thenewspapers were sounding off in terms of the "jinxed ship", "fiasco" and "up-ship creek".

In PR terms Aurora was a ticking time bomb: a multimillion-pound ship moored off a south coast portin easy reach of the media, packed with wealthy, older, articulate customers - just the sort that readquality newspapers.

News that the P&O's most lucrative cruise was under threat began to filter into the PR team two weeksearlier. Aurora was running late from the Caribbean with engine trouble. According to Philip Price, headof brand marketing at P&O for only four months, they were immediately prepared to delay thedeparture. Meetings were convened at the company's headquarters at Richmond House inSouthampton. By Friday 7 January - two days before it was due to sail - it became clear that there wasgoing to be at least 24 hours' delay. It was necessary to telephone all 1,752 passengers and informthem. Everyone spent the weekend in the office.

But the engineering solution would require sea trials to test the repair - further delaying the departure.



"Round-the-world cruise is a very emotive term and we were expecting media interest," said Mr Price,40, who has long experience in managing luxury car brands, most recently Rolls-Royce. Statementswere prepared, a technical briefing drawn up and a question and answer sheet devised for bothjournalists and passengers.

On the following Monday, as news of the delay leaked out, the local media began to arrive dockside.BBC South was there, as was the local newspaper the Daily Echo, and so was the Press Associationand Solent News.

"We were expecting the south coast media but on Tuesday, Sky was there and the story wentnational," said Price. "But we were dealing with a delay that could be easily managed. We had veryhappy passengers but the media was trying to turn it into something it wasn't."

Sea trials in the English Channel were by now being held every other day. Unfair comparisons werebeing drawn between the top-price round-the-world ticket of £42,000 (most cost a fraction of that)and the £9.40 ticket to the Isle of Wight by the local ferry operator Red Funnel. "The newspapers weretalking about 'laps of the Isle of Wight' which of course was not physically possible in a ship this size,"added Price.

For 11 days P&O bosses held meetings every four hours, the last one at 11pm. The three-strong PRteam worked flat out. "It was a case of phones to both ears. It became crisis management but we keptthe dialogue open between the directors, the passengers and the media. We felt we were in controlthe whole time," said Price.

In an act of PR glasnost, P&O facilitated TV crews to film dockside, provided rolling updates and evenoffered tea and coffee to reporters at the terminal. According to one reporter that covered the story,P&O was being "disarmingly frank". Crucially, this policy managed to keep the journalists and thepassengers apart with reporters happy to go to the company media team for comments.

Two key decisions were then taken. The first by David Dingle, P&O managing director, who decided tothrow open the bar. The second was by Neal Martin, director of hotel services and entertainment, to"augment" the existing cabaret by hiring Jimmy Tarbuck, Elaine Paige and Paul Daniels - dubbed the"comedy cavalry" by the Daily Mail, a phrase the company despised. Price concedes there was adanger that bringing in old stars could reinforce negative stereotypes about cruising. In this case,however, he insists it was "heartland entertainment" for winter world cruisers. "But the free alcoholand the performers kept the story light-hearted. The thing was, it didn't degenerate into headlines like'get me off this ship'." They were more than happy to offer a running tally on the amount of boozeconsumed - keeping the story light.

P&O brought in Brunswick on the last day to handle the announcement to the financial markets thatthe cruise was cancelled. In the event, shares in Carnival (P&O's parent company) fell just five centsfrom their pre-crisis value of $31. Meanwhile, P&O PRs were on hand to answer reporters' questions asthe passengers disembarked. Asked what was the greatest mistake during the 12-day crisis, Price ismomentarily stuck for an answer, before replying: "That's one for the engineers."

No room at docks for new auto shipperThe state is scrambling to find dock space for Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines, barely 45 days before theshipper's first boatload of nearly 2,500 vehicles pulls into Honolulu Harbor.



With the deadline looming, the state is trying to scrounge space along the crowded docks withoutdisplacing or disrupting current users. Some companies, especially those in non maritime businesses,have agreed to move out while others have resisted.

"We are the little guys here, stuck between Pasha and Matson," said Steve Yoshizawa, generalmanager and part-owner of Oceanic Global Trading, a ship supplier at Pier 32.

The state has asked Yoshizawa to split his operation and relocate 4,800 square feet of his business toanother location by Jan. 31 to make room for the hundreds of vehicles Pasha will offload.

Pasha Hawaii, the newest player in Hawaii's shipping industry, is offering roll-on/roll-off service forvehicles between the Mainland and Hawaii.

The company's one vessel, MV Jean Anne, will call at Hilo, Kahului and Honolulu harbors fortnightlystarting March 15. Pasha has already arranged for space in Hilo and Kahului.

Initially, the state plan was to designate piers 31 to 34 for Pasha's use. However, that space might beinsufficient. Despite the departure of some tenants, E Noa Corp., Oceanic Global Trading and theweekly fleet of car shipments from Japan continue to use that space.

Pasha executives, including General Manager Brian Black, have been at the waterfront for hours tomeasure dock space to calculate and determine the most efficient way to fit an average of 1,900vehicles to be offloaded in Honolulu each visit into a space that can hold about half that.

So the state has offered Pasha the use of piers 28 and 29 in case of an overflow. Matson NavigationCo. rents Pier 29 from the state to handle its auto shipments.

Matson executives declined to comment for this article. But other waterfront users say Matson,typically, doesn't share its leased space and is unlikely to do so with an aggressive competitor. Already,Pasha Hawaii has taken away from Matson a long-term contract with The Chrysler Group to ship20,000 vehicles annually.

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AIRLINE / AIRCRAFT NEWSThe pilots at bankrupt UALCorp. on January 31, 2005ratified a tentative labor dealthat will allow United Airlinesto save $180 million annually,a spokesman for the pilots'union said. A 75.46 percentmajority of the votingmembers approved the deal,said David Kelly, spokesmanfor the Air Line PilotsAssociation. The tentative dealrequires bankruptcy courtapproval, which could come onMonday.

IATA: Luchtvaart dit jaar winstgevendDe wereldwijde luchtvaartsector wordt dit jaar weer winstgevend. De internationale organisatie voor deburgerluchtvaart IATA voorspelde maandag een winst van 1,2 miljard dollar. De brandstofprijzenblijven wel een cruciale rol spelen. Afgelopen jaar leed de branche nog een verlies van 4,8 miljard



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De grootste uitdaging voor de sector is het omzetten van de groei in winstgevendheid, zo steldedirecteur Giovanni Bisignani van de IATA. Luchtvaartmaatschappijen proberen op allerlei manierenkosten te besparen, maar bijvoorbeeld luchthavens brengen volgens Bisignani steeds hogere tarievenin rekening. In Nederland heeft Schiphol dit jaar de start- en landingsgelden gemiddeld 3,2 procentverhoogd. Dit is een doorn in het oog van de luchtvaartmaatschappijen, die onlangs hebben beslotenbezwaar aan te tekenen tegen de tariefstijging. Schiphol maakt volgens de vervoerders voldoendewinst om de havengelden onveranderd te laten.

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