Number 301 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS

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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2012 – 331
Number 331 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Monday 26-11-2012
News reports received from readers and Internet News articles copied from various news sites.
RWS071 escorting the SPANJE 1 with Sinterklaas and his Zwarte Pieten in very dense
fog to the Boskalis yard for the annual Sinterklaas party with some 400 kids. Only due
to the great assistance of the RWS071 it was possible for the steamship SPANJE 1 to
find the correct heading to the party grounds under these conditions since the steamer
SPANJE 1 has no radar or other electronical means of navigation.
Kids appreciated the assistance, and so did Sinterklaas.
Photo: Christien Rens ©
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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS
The 2010 built MIRAMARIN (ex. APL DUBAI-12, MIRAMARIN-11, CMA CGM KESSEL-10) in Rio Grande
Photo : Marcelo Vieira ©
Cursus Vaarbewijs levert KNRM Texel
€ 2000 op.
Als onderdeel van de cursus Klein vaarbewijs deel I en II hebben de cursisten zaterdag 24 november een
praktijktraining navigatie en zeemanschap afgelegd aan boord van de reddingboot Beursplein 5, KNRM station De
Cocksdorp.
Een cheque van € 2000,= (uitgespaarde opleidingskosten bemanningsleden + cursusgeld niet-bemanningsleden) is
door de cursisten na de praktijktraining overhandigd aan schipper Charles Douma. Om 13:00 uur kreeg men in het
boothuis een korte veiligheid en zeemanschap introductie en vervolgens is begonnen met de training aan boord.
Vrijwillige KNRM bemanningsleden gaven tekst en uitleg zodat de geleerde theorie goed en veilig in de praktijk werd
toegepast. Met peilkompassen werden kompaspeilingen gemaakt. De kompaspeiling werd eerst met geleerde
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rekenmethode tot ware peiling herleid en
vervolgens met de Bretonse plotter in de
(geplastificeerde) zeekaart gezet. Het peilen
was door de dichte mist een hele kunst maar
schipper Charles Douma wist door zijn grote
gebiedskennis de Beurplein 5 naar een
geschikte peilpositie te varen.
Nadat allen de positie juist hadden bepaald
werd men vervolgens getrakteerd op een
korte tocht met de reddingboot in de
Eierlandsche gronden. Hier werd de geweldige
zeewaardigheid,
snelheid
en
manoeuvreerbaarheid van de reddingboot
door de cursisten aan de lijve ondervonden.
Men heeft hiermee een geweldige introductie
van de KNRM gehad en iedereen was er erg
van onder de indruk en uitermate enthousiast
over.
De cursus Klein Vaarbewijs I en II
is
hoofdzakelijk georganiseerd voor nieuwe bemanningsleden van de KNRM reddingboten op Texel. De resterende
cursusplaatsen zijn opgevuld met cursisten die hiervoor betalen. Doordat Hotel Beatrix in de Koog een grote
cursusruimte gratis ter beschikking stelt, hoeven er geen kosten gemaakt te worden. De cursus wordt pro-deo
gegeven door Arnold Boon, docent aan het Nautisch College (ROC Kop van Noord-Holland) in Den Helder en tevens
opstapper van reddingboot Beursplein 5. Deze synergie zorgt ervoor dat de KNRM Texel dit jaar geen kosten aan
heeft aan de dure vaarbewijstrainingen, maar dat het juist geld oplevert wat aan andere verplichtte opleidingen kan
worden besteed.
The MOL CREATION outbound from Rotterdam during foggy weather – Photo : Kees Torn ©
CCS stops certifying Iranian vessels
China Classification Society has stopped verifying safety and environmental standards for Iranian ships, and
become the last of the world’s top classification societies of the International Association of Classification
Societies (IACS), to confirm it has ended Iran-related certification work, key to insurance and ports access for ships,
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Reuters reported. "Currently there is not any ship flying an Iranian flag or owned by an Iranian ship owner in our fleet,
and we have not conducted any statutory survey for any Iranian ship," CCS chairman and president Sun Licheng said
in the letter to United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). Earlier this month Hong Kong said it would stop allowing 19 ships
linked to Iran's biggest cargo carrier the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines from operating under its flag. This
year so far, China has reduced oil imports from Iran by about 20%, Iran’s position as the third largest oil import supply
country to China has been replaced by Russia. Source: Sino Ship news
24-11-2012 : MAERSK CAIRO in Pointe Noire – Photo : Tom Mulder ©
The UK Club’s Loss Prevention team takes a
close look at tug and barge operations
The latest Loss Prevention publication from the UK P&I Club is entitled ‘Tug and Barge Matters’ and is described as a
focus on some of the issues surrounding tug and barge fleets in the P&I world. Running to 18 pages and heavily
illustrated, it compares examples of bad and good practice. As in many other shipping sectors, following good practice
is usually very inexpensive and can be achieved for example by better signage and marking of danger areas such as
on the mooring decks. Crews have a major role to play by noting hazards as they move around the vessel. Frayed
wires, ropes and straps left where they could cause a trip should be attended to; likewise oil leaks and drips, no matter
how minor.
Replacing damaged or worn-out equipment may come at a greater cost but there is no excuse for using such things.
Replacing a fender, for example, is cheaper than the cost of meeting claims when an incident occurs. Tugs and barges
are often dangerous work environments especially in choppy seas. Crew and visitors transferring between tugs or
between tugs and barges can easily slip and find themselves in the water or crushed between the two vessels. Care
needs to be taken at all times and ladders and rails need to be in first-class condition. Obvious, yes but in practice all is
often not well.
The UK Club provides cover for several large tug operators who are now served by a dedicated Loss Prevention
publication that complements other relevant publications such as its ‘Risk Focus: Slips, trips and falls’, published in
April 2012.
The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Limited is generally known as the UK P&I
Club. As a mutual association, the UK Club has no outside shareholders and no financial links with other organisations.
Since its establishment in 1869, the Club has existed solely for the benefit of its members. Its structure as a mutual
insurance association enables it to respond to the changing needs of its assureds and allows it to provide superior
service, attention and coverage. The UK P&I Club is directed by the members. Overall control lies with the directors,
elected by the members from amongst themselves. The directors normally meet four times a year to formulate policy
on calls, the scope of cover, finance, underwriting and claims matters, reinsurance and issues affecting the P&I world.
They resolve specific claims which may not fall clearly within the cover.
Thomas Miller, the Club’s managers, is organised to respond promptly to requests for assistance and to provide
informed advice and help with members' claims. Individual support goes far beyond that normally provided by a
commercial insurer. The UK Club’s size and the scale of the managers' operations has enabled the latter to develop
specialist skills and expertise seldom seen in marine P&I. In 350 ports around the world, on-the-spot help and local
expertise is always available to members and the masters of their ships from the Club's 460 correspondents and claims
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handling services and advice from the network of offices and branches in London, Piraeus, New Jersey, San Francisco,
Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai. Source: UK P&I Club
The BRO NORBY enroute Amsterdam – Photo : Ruud Coster ©
USCG Responds to Barge that Struck
Submerged Object in Columbia River
The U.S. Coast Guard, has engaged federal and state partners, in their response to a report of a barge that struck a
submerged object while transiting on the Columbia River at approximately 3 a.m., Friday.
The double-bottom barge Tri-City Voyager, which was being pushed by the tug Defiance, has approximately
1,770,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board. No immediate pollution is reported. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River
command center received a call at 3:13 a.m., from the agent of the Tidewater Tug Co., stating that the Tri-City
Voyager struck an object in the water while transiting north on the Columbia River near The Dalles Dam. Defiance
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crewmembers conducted an immediate assessment, which included a sounding of their fuel tanks and bottom hull,
and saw no breech and reported no pollution.
The tug and barge continued north, through the Dalles Dam locks, at approximately 4 a.m., and safely moored at the
upper basin north wall. At approximately 4:09 a.m., The Dalles lock operators reported, to the Coast Guard, no smell
of diesel fuel and no visible pollution. Members of the Coast Guard Incident Management Division, from Sector
Columbia River, in Astoria, Ore., are responding as well as marine inspectors from Marine Safety Office Portland, Ore.
source: uscgnews
The ARCTIC DISCOVERER discharged her cargo in Rotterdam-Europoort , she was assisted upon arrival and
departure by 4 KOTUG tugs – Photo : Marco Breen ©
So much supply, so little demand
Of all the problems afflicting container lines, the most difficult to address has got to be excess capacity.
Freight rates can always go up, the fuel price can always come down, but once delivered, a container ship immediately
becomes a hole in the water that has to be filled with money.
With shipping line profitability a cruel joke and such economic uncertainty gripping the world you would expect the
brakes to be placed on orders. Except ships have to be ordered at least three years in advance, and once under
construction their delivery can be slowed but not halted.
Consider this: In the next three years, 120 vessels greater than 10,000 TEU capacity will be delivered, injecting an
incredible 1.62 million TEUs into the global fleet, according to shipping market watcher PR News Service. Over at
fellow research outfit Alphaliner, the analysts looked at the total fleet growth over the next three years. This year the
global containership fleet will grow by 6.7 percent, reaching 16.68 million TEUs. Next year the fleet will increase by
nine percent and in 2014 by 5.9 percent.
With so much capacity coming online, and so little demand for that space, the world’s shipping lines are facing a
dilemma, to put it mildly. Alphaliner reckons the idle container ships could add up to more than one million TEUs over
the winter season. Already planned rates increases on the transpacific have been postponed for two weeks in order to
“more closely align the scheduled increase with year end cargo trends”.
Those year-end cargo trends are leaning towards the dismal. It is the traditional slack season anyway, but the
economic meltdown in Europe and consumers restraining their spending in the US is making this peak season one to
remember. Or better still, one to forget. Too many of the last five years have been years to forget. And that
sentiment always begins to take hold as a nothing third quarter dribbles its way into the last three months.
2009 was one such year. With no way to stop the calendar after Lehman Bros and the rest collapsed during the global
financial crisis – or the Jay Eff Say, as the Aussies call it (GFC) – a shocked container shipping industry could only
watch in horror as factory orders and exports shuddered to a halt. There have been a couple of spikes since then, but
the years after the GFC have remained largely bleak and filled with too little demand and too much capacity.
Profitability now for container shipping lines is as hard as it has ever been and there are still hard yards to go. “K” Line
executive Keisuke Yoshida doesn’t expect to see an improvement for at least two years, and China Shipping Container
Lines is selling 20 percent of its containers for US$358 million to shore up its financial position. NOL even sold its
Singapore head office building recently to boost its coffers. That doesn’t exactly scream confidence in the market.
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Alphaliner reports that the scrapping of ships has been speeded up and newbuildings delayed to make room for
incoming capacity. The average age of scrapped ships is 24 years, a historic low, with 37 ships sold as scrap being
under 20 years old. Its analysts forecast at least 200,000 TEUs of capacity being scrapped in the next year and
another 100,000 TEU deferrals and slippage in the same 12 months. It is worth asking where all the 10,000 TEU-plus
ships coming online in the next couple of years will be deployed. Maersk’s 18,000-box monsters are all headed for
Asia-Europe from 2013-15 and much of the other capacity will replace the 8,000-10,000 TEU ships on the Asia-North
Europe/Mediterranean trade. They are all too young to scrap, too big to work major trades and there is not enough
cargo to fill them. So where will the displaced capacity go? Source: Maritime Professional
Van Oord’s DRAKE operating in Hazira (India) – Photo : Clemens Smits ©
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The FINNLADY moored in the Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki. - Photo : Willem Ooms ©
AOS Responds to Stressed Out Seafarers
The psychological stress of life at sea can be so great that some cannot come to grips with it & Apostleship of the
Sea tries to help. The tragic case of a crewmember who jumped overboard illustrates the problem:
Fr. Yu Chung, a Filipino Chinese living in Singapore was contacted by the shipping company’s foreign owner to go on
board to see if there was anything he could do to help. He explains: “The Filipino crew over there were traumatised
by the event. They saw this second officer jumping overboard…he committed suicide – his body was never found.
They tried actually to look for him for about three hours in the Indian Ocean but he was not found. So the shipping
agency in Norway contacted me and I went on board, so I celebrated mass for them…and did some counselling to the
crew and after the mass, the celebration of the Eucharist, we prayed for the repose of this fellow and the crew were
better; they felt better…the sense of guilt was gone.” One of hundreds of international delegates to a Vatican congress
examining how they can apply the New Evangelisation to their ministry, Fr. Yu Chung says: “We start from the basics
again. When we celebrate mass on board and we try to reflect on the Word of God and (on) how the Word of God can
be the source of their strength while they’re on board because they have little opportunities to celebrate the Eucharist.
So when the chaplain goes on board, it’s a time that they are able to connect with the Word of God and that is a
source of strength for them.” Source: Apostleship Of the Sea
The OREGON moored in Melbourne - Originally built for Jinhui as JIN TAI, sold on to S Livanos's Sun Enterprises in
2004 at a significant profit, then to George Economou's Dryships group in 2007 Photo : Dale Crisp ©
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CMA-CGM first to own largest vessel:
Carriers in race to deploy big ships
CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container carrier with 8.3 percent of the market, has set a record for owning the
world’s largest container ship to date by taking delivery of a 16,020 20-foot equivalent units (TEU) vessel from Korean
shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering over a week ago.
The CMA CGM ANDROMEDA arriving in Rotterdam – Europoort – Photo : Rik van Marle ©
But the French shipping line will hold the record only until next summer, when its Danish giant rival Maersk Line will
take delivery of the first in a series of the so-called Triple-E container vessels, at 18,270 TEUs, maritime industry online
magazine ShippingWatch reports.
Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, placed its orders last year with Daewoo Shipbuilding for 10 TripleE vessels, with an option for a further 10 of such behemoths. The Triple-E — standing for economy of scale, energy
efficiency, and environmentally improved — are to be built by Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine
Engineering Co. Ltd. in accordance with standards of the classification society ABS. Deliveries are scheduled for
2013-2015, and Maersk Line will deploy the vessels for Asia-Europe trade. The vessels mark the beginning of a
massive competition between the major container shipping companies on the main routes between Asia and Europe,
ShippingWatch cited Alphaliner as saying.
The HYUNDAI TENACITY arriving in Rotterdam – Photo : Jan Oosterboer ©
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The world’s container fleet is expected to grow around 9.5 percent in 2013, and this could be the biggest challenge for
the industry. CMA CGM has two other 16,020-TEU ships similar to Marco Polo in the pipeline for April next year, and
the massive container ships are hitting the market at a time when the global container fleet is overflowing with ships.
According to Alphaliner, 16 of the 20 largest container shipping companies will have ships of more than 12.000 TEUs,
as against the current nine shipowners who have ships of that size.
Taiwanese Yang Ming is the latest shipping company to have joined the list, by ordering five new 14,000-TEU ships
for delivery in 2015, with an option for another five ships. Yangming’s orders have caused a stir among leasing
companies and others about financing the massive ships. Yang Ming’s partners in the so-called CKYH alliance, which
was established as an alternative to the Daily Maersk – Chinese COSCO and Korean Hanjin – now have ships of
13,000-14,000 TEU, Shipping Watch said. “The shipping companies are apparently having a hard time controlling their
appetite for new ships, and several companies are still negotiating with shipyards about further capacity,” said
Alphaliner, pointing specifically to the shipping company UASV, which is in negotiations about new 16,000-TEU ships,
while Chilean CSAV is close to ordering 10 new 9,000-TEU ships. Source: Malaya
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NAVY NEWS
Russia’s second Borei-class submarine
to undergo state acceptance trials
The Russian Navy's second Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Alexander Nevsky, will
undergo state acceptance trials in December. Sevmash shipyard's press service was cited by RIA Novosti as saying
that the SSBN Alexander Nevsky deployment to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet was rescheduled by former Russian
defence minister Anatoly Serdiukov from 2013 to 2014.
The fourth-generation submarine had recently completed sea trials and validated all its onboard systems capabilities in
different modes, apart from demonstrating propulsive performance and manoeuvrability. The 170m-long Alexander
Nevsky has a hull diameter of 13m, a crew capacity of 107, a submerged speed of 29k and a maximum depth of
450m. Powered by an OK-650 nuclear reactor and AEU steam turbine, Alexander Nevsky can carry up to 16 ballistic
missiles and torpedoes, including the Bulava (SS-NX-30) sea-based submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
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The lead submarine of the series, SSBN Yury Dolgoruky, is ready to be delivered to the Russian Navy, while two
other vessels, Vladimir Monomakh and Knyaz Vladimir, were recently laid down. The Bulava missile has
undergone trials validating its capability, and it is expected to enter service with the Yury Dolgoruky.
By 2015, eight Borei-class submarines are planned to be constructed for the Russian Navy to replace the existing
Project 941 and Project 667 (NATO Typhoon and Delta-3 and Delta-4)-class ballistic missile, as part of a state 2020
rearmament procurement programme. Russia is also planning to acquire ten Graney-class nuclear attack submarines,
as well as 20 diesel-electric submarines and six Varshavyanka-class vessels. Source : Naval technology
The Venezuelan coast guard vessel GC-22 YAVIRE departing from Willemstad – Curacao
Photo : Kees Bustraan – http://community.webshots.com/user/cornelis224 (c)
China to launch first self-made aircraft
carrier in 2013: report
China's first domestically made aircraft carrier will be launched next year and will be commissioned between 2015 and
2016, according to a Hong Kong magazine. After the launch of the first carrier, China will bring a second one on
stream two years later, the Mirror said in its December edition, which was made available to the CNA in advance.
The Chinese-language magazine also said that mainland China plans to build a superb first-class Navy over 20 or 30
years. In the first decade, China will build three aircraft carrier fleets while in the second decade, it will build two
nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the report said.
The magazine forecast that China will launch its first nuclear- powered aircraft carrier no later than 2020. Source :
Focus Taiwan
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FIRST “OFFICIAL” LANDING AND TAKEOFF FROM LIAONING
These photos were released by the Chinese military of the first "Official" landings and take offs from the PLAN ship
LIAONING CV-16.
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SHIPYARD NEWS
Transocean 12000 ft Drillship “DEEPWATER ASGARD” under construction at DSME Geoje Island Korea. Sister
ship “DEEPWATER INVICTUS” also under construction, blocks laying nearby.
Zelenodolsk Shipyard to lay down TFD
Sviyaga on Nov. 30
Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after Maxim Gorky plans to lay down on November 30, a transportation floating dock
(TPD) "Sviyaga" of Project 22570, developed by the Central Marine Design Bureau "Almaz" (St. Petersburg), the
shipbuilder’s press release said.
The state contract for construction of TPD of Project 22570 was signed in the spring of 2012. The facility delivery is
scheduled for 2015. Transportation Floating Dock is a special purpose vessel designed for transporting ships, for
inspection and repair of ship’s hull.
TPD’s main characteristics: length - 134 m, breadth - 14 m, draft - 2.67 m, capacity - 3300 tons Tatarstan-based OJSC
Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after M. Gorky, specializes in the construction of warships and passenger high-speed
vessels. The enterprise is managed by AK BARS HOLDING. Source : PortNews
Chengxi Shipyard holds naming
ceremony for bulk carrier Warsaw
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The naming ceremony of the 82,000 DWT Bulk Carrier ”WARSAW”, which was built in New Yangtz Shipyard and
converted in Chengxi Shipyard Co., Ltd for SMT Company, was successfully held at the No.5 Berth on Nov.15,
2012, the Chinese shipyard news release said.
Mr. Anthonius Voorham, owner of SMT, and Mrs. Mary Voorham, Mr Mark Voorham, CEO of SMT, and Mrs. Vanessa
Voorham，Mr. Leszek Wasiewicz, President of SMT, and Mrs. Irena Wasiewicz, Mr.Lv Jianwei, President of New Yangtz
Shipyard, Mr. Wang Yongliang, President of Chengxi Shipyard Co., Ltd, and Mr. Ji Hongfei, Vice President of CSSC
Chengxi Shipyard (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd, representatives of owners and surveyors,and heads of related departments
participated in this ceremony which was presided over by Mr. Ji Jun, Vice president of Chengxi Shipyard Co., Ltd.
Since the first cooperation with SMT Company in 2005, Chengxi Shipyard Co., Ltd has successfully repaired and
converted 27 vessels for SMT Company. The successfully naming of ”WARSAW” will not only add momentum to SMT
development, but also consolidate the foundation for the future win-win development between both companies.
ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES
The MEGA TRUST anchored off Busan (Korera) – Photo : Elmer Fillekes ©
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TTA Delivery of M.V. Thor Brave
Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company Limited confirms that Thoresen Shipping Singapore Pte. Ltd.,
which is a wholly owned subsidiary of TTA, officially took delivery of M.V. Thor Brave from Vietnam Shipbuilding
Industry Group, Vietnam on 22 November 2012. This most recent addition to the Thoresen fleet reaffirms the
Company's long-term strategy to own and operate a modern and competitive dry bulk shipping fleet with low
operating costs.
The Vessel has a 53,506 deadweight ton ("DWT") capacity double skin Supramax Bulk Carrier and was ordered in
September 2007. It is fully equipped with four cargo cranes, each of which has a safe working load of 36 metric tons
(M.V. Thor Brave is the first newbuild vessel ordered from Vinashin). A sister ship is scheduled to be delivered
around the second quarter of 2013. After the delivery of M.V. Thor Brave, the Thoresen fleet will consist of 17 vessels
with an average age of 11.63 years. Source: Thoresen Thai Agencies
The YEOMAN BONTRUP leaving the IJmuiden locks – Photo : Frits Janse ©
Krishnapatnam port to compete with
Chennai and Ennore for car exports
The privately-run Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh is likely to compete with Chennai and Ennore ports to handle
export of cars that are manufactured in the Chennai and Bangalore regions, The Hindu Business Line reports.
The port, located 180 km north of Chennai, is constructing a roll-on roll-off berth in the south terminal.
“We hope to have the berth ready to handle cars by the first quarter of 2013-14,” said Anil Yendluri, Chief Executive
Officer, Krishnapatnam Port and Director, Krishnapatnam Rail Co Ltd.
The port is in discussion with all the car manufacturers, he said but did not divulge their names. Hyundai, Ford, Nissan
and Renault make cars in the Chennai region. Many officials of the manufacturers have already visited the port, he
said. The Chennai port annually handles over three lakh cars while at Ennore Port, the cumulative car handling has
crossed two lakhs. The Ennore port commenced car handling in September 2010.
Yendluri claimed that Krishnapatnam being a private port, there is an advantage for customers in getting flexibility in
rates.
However, since there is a space constraint in Chennai and Ennore ports, for manufacturers, the next available option is
Krishnapatnam, which is accessible through both rail and road. The port has nearly 45 km of railway line inside the
campus, he said. He felt that distance was not an issue that will stop the manufacturers looking at Krishnapatnam. If
they want space and cost advantages, they will consider this port, he said. The port is promoted by the Hyderabadbased C.V.R. Group. The group’s flagship company, Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd, is the EPC contractor for the
port.
Meanwhile, the port has commissioned five super post Panamax rail-mounted quay cranes at its container terminal.
The all-weather terminal can handle 1.2 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) annually. With a draft of 18
metres, the port is capable of handling largest container vessels, he said. The cranes were commissioned for the
container vessel Buxhill, an MSC-operated weekly service connecting Krishnapatman port and Colombo. Yendluri said
there is a plan to increase the container handling capacity to six million TEUs in the next four years — making it one of
the largest container terminals on the East Coast. Source : PortNews
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The QUEST OF ADVENTURER arriving in Willemstad (Curacao)
Photo : Kees Bustraan – http://community.webshots.com/user/cornelis224 (c)
Detained Australian ship 'crawling with
beetles'
An Australian ship detained at Wellington's port this week was found to be "crawling with beetles," Biosecurity New
Zealand says. The AAL Brisbane was found to have an infestation of the plague soldier beetle Chauliognathus
lugubris, a native of south-western and south-eastern Australia named for its habit of forming huge mating swarms
and with potential to be harmful to New Zealand insects, or carry diseases and other pests.
The AAL Brisbane, which arrived in Wellington to pick up a cargo of logs, was targeted for a full inspection on arrival
by the Ministry for Primary Industries after a recent spate of live beetle finds on vessels arriving from Melbourne, the
ministry said in a statement. "The vessel underwent a full inspection. It was found to be literally crawling with
hundreds of beetles," said MPI spokesman Geoff Gwyn. "The early warning shows our intelligence and surveillance
system is working well and we are targeting vessels and cargo that have the highest risk."
MPI is checking whether there have been any breaches of the Biosecurity Act 1993 which could result in charges being
laid. The ship, which is registered to Singapore-based Austral Asia Line, was in the news in August after being
detained by Maritime New Zealand when it docked at Wellington's CentrePort after a near miss at the harbour
entrance, Fairfax media reported at the time.
The ministry is anxious to show it is succeeding in protecting New Zealand from imported pests after some of the
blame for the arrival of the kiwifruit vine wasting disease Psa was sheeted home to government agencies Source :
NZHerald
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Pinoy burn victim in Louisiana oil rig
fire dies
One of four Filipino oil workers seriously injured in the explosion and fire that struck the oil platform they were working
on in the Gulf of Mexico last week passed away, the Philippine Embassy said in a news statement. “The embassy has
been informed of the sad news that one of our kababayans injured in the November 16 incident in the Gulf of Mexico,
Avelino L. Tajonera, passed away in the presence of his loved ones,” Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. said. “The
Filipino nation joins his family in grieving over their loss.” Ambassador Cuisia said Tajonera, who was one of two
workers listed in critical condition, died early on Friday (Saturday in Manila), shortly after the arrival of his widow and
three children from Manila.
Tajonera, 49, a welder from Dinalupihan, Bataan, died as a result of complications from major burn injuries he
sustained in the incident, the Baton Rouge General Hospital said in a statement issued Friday afternoon. Ambassador
Cuisia said he was informed of Tajonera’s death by Randolf Malagapo, executive manager of the US-based D&R
Resources, which hired him and the other injured Filipinos to work in Louisiana’s offshore oil and gas industry.
Malagapo informed the embassy that the members of Tajonera’s family were able to see him at the Regional Burn Unit
of the hospital shortly after they arrived from the Philippines on Thursday evening. He passed away a few hours later.
Both Ambassador Cuisia and Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim of the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago have
expressed their condolences to the family of Tajonera. They assured the family that the Philippine government will
extend any assistance they may require. Tajonera’s death bring to two the number of fatalities in the November 16
explosion and fire that also left three other Filipinos seriously injured and one missing. Ellroy Corporal, 42, died in
the incident while Jerome Malagapo, 28, has still not been found. Source : NewsOnline
OLDIE – FROM THE SHOEBOX
The LAWAK of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij NDERLAND – Photo : Coll Kees van Huisstede
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CORRECTION
Newsclippings reader Simon Olsen thinks that the oldie in Newsclippings 329 is the CAVO SIDERO, which was
wrecked on the south side of Salamis Island, Greece on 23 December 1981. She was built by Orenstein, Koppel &
Luebecker in 1955 as CASABLANCA (2,730 grt).
…. PHOTO OF THE DAY …..
The tug FAIRPLAY 26 in drydock at Damen Pernis – Rotterdam – Photo Huib Hoek ©
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