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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS

The Hansweert based KNRM lifeboat JAN VAN ENGELENBURG – Photo : Kees Torn ©

Why Somalia isn’t the real piracy threat Despite dangers portrayed in Captain Phillips, pirate attacks in Somali waters have declined drastically.

It’s a different story in Strait of Malacca.

Maybe God has a soft spot for pirates. That would explain the Strait of Malacca, a natural paradise for seafaring bandits. Imagine an aquatic highway flowing between two marshy coasts. One shoreline belongs to Malaysia, the other to Indonesia. Each offers a maze of jungly hideaways: inlets and coves that favour pirates’ stealth vessels over slow, hulking ships. It’s a narrow route running 885 kilometres, roughly the distance between Miami and Jamaica. This bottleneck is plied by one-third of the world’s shipping trade. That’s 50,000 ships per year — ferrying everything from iPads to Reeboks to half the planet’s oil exports. The world’s fascination with neo-piracy now centres on Somalia. Thanks to the 2013 thriller Captain Phillips, in which Tom Hanks plays a cargo ship captain abducted by Somalis, even teenagers know the anarchy-prone African state is a breeding ground for pirates. At least it was. In truth, Hollywood stumbled onto Somalia’s piracy phenomenon rather late. In the last three years, pirate strikes in Somali waters have plummeted 95 per cent to a meagre seven incidents in 2013; none were successful. Piracy in Southeast Asia, meanwhile, is accelerating. Attacks and attempted attacks in the waters of Indonesia — which controls much of the Malacca Strait and its environs — totalled 107 last year. That’s a 700 per cent increase in just five years. The German insurance firm Allianz, which released these figures in a new report, is now sounding a warning: Southeast Asian piracy must be reined in before it’s too late. The attacks mostly amount to “opportunistic thefts carried out by small bands,” according to Allianz, but these syndicates could potentially “escalate into a more organized piracy model.” Modern-day captains plying risky waters look to a guide called the BMP. Based on intel from Western navies and shipping firms, it offers tactics on avoiding pirates and — if that doesn’t work — fending them off and surviving abduction.

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The guide’s best advice? Go really fast. No pirates have ever boarded a ship pushing 18 knots, or nearly 34 kilometres per hour, the guide says. But that’s practically impossible in the Strait of Malacca. The channel is simply too crowded and too shallow. Gigantic vessels are instead forced to churn through at slow speeds that invite pirates in fast-moving skiffs. (To save fuel, today’s cargo ships often travel at about 22 kilometres per hour.) Indonesian pirates typically have different tactics from their Somali counterparts, who’ve made headlines by invading vessels and demanding multimillion-dollar ransoms. In the Malacca Strait, pirates like to get in and get out. Their “modus operandi isn’t to kidnap,” according to Tim Donney, an Allianz marine risk consultant. “These pirates just want the cash aboard the vessel or to rob the crew of any valuables.” Indonesia isn’t nearly as lawless as Somalia. But both are coastal nations where poverty is rife and police are ill-equipped. Both also happen to be situated on routes trafficked by wealthy nations’ trade vessels. “Most piracy takes place in areas where people are poor. Their livelihood has been taken from them by globalization, civil unrest or war,” writes Nigel Cawthorne, author of the book Pirates of the 21st Century. Somalia’s turnaround is owed to several factors: NATO- and EU-backed naval patrols, ships hiring on-board riflemen and, perhaps most importantly, a new Somali government working to stabilize its lawless coast. Somali pirates also forced the shipping industry to get creative. They’ve come up with effective pirate-proofing techniques that could be applied to more ships entering the Malacca Strait. The BMP recommends blasting approaching pirates with hot water, ringing ships with razor wire and even installing electric fencing. Discharging foam, according to the manual, is “effective as it is disorientating and very slippery.” Piracy along the Malacca Strait route should be easier to fight than in Somalia. All of the nations patrolling the strait have functioning governments, committed to fighting the problem, and are financially incentivized to maintain a bandit-free trade route. Piracy poses no existential threat to the shipping industry. Considering the volume of international trade, losses from piracy “amount to little more than a rounding error,” according to piracy analyst Martin N. Murphy. But the “sense of disorder” created by piracy, he writes, “may be hard to calculate in dollars.” Source : The Star

The LAYAR SENTOSA seen in an unfortunate position with the THSD HAM 310 seen operating in the

background in Tanjung Priok , Jakarta Photo: Crew HAM 310 ©

Highland Princess delivered by Rosetti Marino

On 22 March 2014 Rosetti Marino shipyard in Ravenna, Italy delivered the PSV Highland Princess to Gulf Offshore NS Ltd in Aberdeen. The PSV was built at Rosetti Marino’s San Vitale shipyard and is the second of the two sister ships which were ordered in October 2011. The newly-delivered vessel subsequently set sail to its first operational base in the Mediterranean. Source : offshore Shippingonline



Triple Screw, Shallow Draft Over the years, Rodriguez Shipbuilding Inc, of Bayou LaBatre Alabama has probably delivered more shallow-draft tugs than any other US-yard. Their signature lugger-type tug design, with its distinctive aft cabin and wheelhouse, has a strong following amongst US Gulf Coast operators servicing near shore petro-operations. But they also built to a variety of designs. This March the yard delivered a 75 by 28-foot model bow tug to Morgan City-based Garber Bros. Inc. and Sea Cypress LLC. (http://www.garberbrosinc.com/about.html ) The housework, built forward on the beamy hull, suggests a conventional G of M tug, it is what is below the water line that will matter to the owner and charterers. The boat has a total of nearly 2000 HP generated by three 660-HP six-cylinder Cummins QSK19 marine engines each turning a propeller through Twin Disc MGX5222 gears with 6:1 ratios. The triple screw configuration allows the design to maintain a shallow ten-foot moulded depth and, depending on load conditions, operate in as little as eight feet of water. Named the Sea Cypress, the new boat is built to a design by yard owner Joseph Rodriguez It is a near sister to

the Sea Oak delivered to Garber Bros. in 2007. (see http://www.haig-brown.com/hottips/hotip425.htm ) The earlier boat had mechanical Cummins KTA19 engines rated at 600 HP each while the new boat has the EPA Tier 3

compliant electronic version of the 19-liter displacement engine at 660 HP each. Another modification is the addition of an elevated aluminum pilothouse providing a 38-foot eye level view to the operator. Set up for both towing and pushing, the tug is fitted with SMATCO deck equipment including a waterfall type winch for anchor handling or towing. The stern deck winch also allows the versatile tug to make up to barges for pushing by way of a bridle running through stern deck rollers and side deck rollers. Capacities include accommodation for six crew, 37,000 gallons

of fuel, 6,700 gallons of water and 300 gallons of lube oil. Electrical needs will be met with a pair of 45 kW gensets. Also under construction at Rodriguez Shipyard under yard #310 is a very shallow draft lugger tug with a pair of Cummins QSK19 engines each powering a propeller in tunnels to achieve a six-foot operating draft. The Sea Otter is slated for delivery in June 2014. Photos courtesy of Rodriguez Shipyard info : Alan Haig-Brown

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The Salvage of the SWIFT SPLIT locally better known as the “PORNBOAT” above seen under tow of the tug DOLA in the port of Douala (Cameroon) Photo : Richard Brands ©

Maritime experts to debate regional prospects with global trade set to grow

4.5% in 2014 International and regional industry leaders at Seatrade’s biannual Middle East conference to address key challenges facing regional maritime sector as global trade picks-up The opportunities and challenges faced by the Middle East maritime industry as world trade continues to grow steadily will top the agenda at the upcoming three-day Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference

(SMEM), which takes place at the Dubai International Conference & Exhibition Centre from 28-30 October 2014 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President & Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

“According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), world trade growth of 4.5% is expected this year, which although slower than the 5% previously forecast, it is still nearly double the 2.5% growth expected for 2013. The WTO added that conditions for improved trade are gradually falling into place, although the past few years of sluggish trade growth had reinforced the need to make progress in the multilateral negotiations,” said Chris Hayman, Chairman of organisers, Seatrade. GCC trade continues to record a surplus - US$558 billion in 2012 (Saudi Arabia accounting for almost half of that figure) and it is estimated the GCC trade surplus hit at least US$492 billion last year. In 2012, GCC exports topped US$1 trillion for the first time, double that of 2009, a third of which was exported from UAE ports. Hydrocarbons represented US$ 692 billion or almost 70% of the total export value. “Given the global economic backdrop, these are impressive figures, the GCC is now the 12th largest economy in the world reaching US$1.56 trillion in 2012 according

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to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi,” added Hayman. More encouraging economic data came from the IMF, which claimed that the global economy will grow by 3.7% this year and 3.9% next year. However it is an uneven recovery, with the EU only growing by 1% this year and 1.4% next year, dragged down by the weaker southern European economies. “With more than 90% of worldwide trade moving by sea, these economic pointers fare well for the region’s shipping industry which remains a vital part of commercial activity. Even if the Eurozone continues to produce anaemic growth, it is hardly likely to hurt the oil exporters in the Gulf countries because the Eurozone sources the majority of its hydrocarbons from Russia and West Africa,” said Hayman. To address these and other key industry issues, SMEM will bring together a panel of maritime industry leaders, influential economists as well as shipping analysts. These experts will provide critical insight into what the future holds for trade patterns, energy demand and supply, investment, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and their effect on the regional maritime industry, short to medium term. This year’s Seatrade Middle East Maritime will be its seventh edition and is now firmly established as the largest event of its kind in the regional calendar. Over 7,000 participants are expected to attend along with 240 exhibitors covering more than 4,350 square metres of exhibition space. New this year will be Offshore Marine, a dedicated vertical which will add another sector of interest.

FGS HESSEN MEETS AIDADIVA

On Saturday 22 March, FGS HESSEN, which is currently operating with the EU Naval Force, was conducting routine counter-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden, when the AIDAdiva, which was built in Papenburg, Germany came over the horizon. The cruise ship was en-route to the Mediterranean, having departed from the port of Salalah in Oman a few days earlier. Passengers of AIDAdiva were able

to watch as the warship’s helicopter landing a person on the deck of the cruise liner and then conducted a ‘fast roping’ exercise at the front of the ship. Photo’s : EU-Navfor Somalia ©



The Turkish DEFNE-S at St.George's, Grenada. Photo : Maurice Napier ©

Sloeproeiteam “Wilde Mossels”

Doop Mytilus een feit

De nieuwe Kuikensloep Mytilus is afgelopen zaterdag verenigd met het zilte nat van het Veerse meer. Het sloeproeiteam Wilde Mossels uit Kortgene heeft dank zij de medewerking van sponsors zoals Oceanwide Safety at Sea, Qboat, IHC Hytech en Camperwind de nieuwe sloep in gebruik kunnen nemen.

Onder grote belangstelling van de sponsors, Burgemeester van Noord-Beveland, verschillende roeiteams uit Zeeland en uiteraard het volledig team van de Wilde Mossels met hun partners, wist doopster Jeannette Brinkman de navelstreng door te hakken. De Mytilus gleed dapper het Veerse Meer in waarna de Wilde Mossels aan de belangstellende nog een demonstratie gaven van hun kunnen in hun trots. De oude sloep Noordhoek is inmiddels over gedragen aan de Wilde Dikkertjes en de berichten van de oude dame zijn positief nu ze omringd is door strakke jongen mannen.

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The SMIT AMANDLA operating off Cape Town – Photo : Jan van Vuuren ©

Varun to exit offshore sector Varun Shipping in India has confirmed that it is to exit the offshore vessel market and sell its anchor handlers in order to reduce debt. The company, which is India’s largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker operator, said it would exit the offshore sector by September. “We have appointed merchant bankers to look at various options. We are certainly looking to exit the offshore segment by September 2014,” Chairman and Managing Director Yudhishthir Khatau. Source : Offshgore Shipping Online

Fall from pilot ladder highlights risks An Australian coastal pilot disembarking from the chemical tanker 'Golden Concord' fell three metres to the deck of a pilot launch when the pilot ladder manrope he was holding appeared to give way, reports the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). "Pilot transfers by way of pilot ladders are routine, yet inherently risky operations," said the ATSB. "They require the correct configuration of the pilot ladder and manropes and clear and standardised communication between the ship’s crew, the pilot and the pilot launch crew."

"Fortunately, in this case the pilot did not sustain any serious injuries. However, the ATSB found a number of risk controls designed to prevent such an occurrence had been compromised." Following this incident, the ship’s management company has revised its pilot transfer procedures to ensure that all transfers are conducted with a deck party consisting of a supervising officer and at least one deck rating, said the transport agency. The company has also revised its procedures to ensure that pilot ladders and manropes are rigged in accordance with the most recent international requirements. The pilotage company has revised its procedures to incorporate the provision of information about the use of manropes to pilot launch crews on their approach to the ship. Pilots and launch

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deckhands are now required to conduct a visual and manual check of pilot ladders before disembarking. The company is also reinforcing the importance of adhering to the standard communication protocols specified in the safety management system, concluded the ATSB. Source Baird-Online

Rob Luijendijk On The Amels 180 & China's Gradual Growth

Amels Shipyard is a yacht builder with a strong reputation and an even stronger order book. After a long-running string of success leading them to China this week, CEO Rob Luijendijk joined us at the China Rendez-Vous’ Breaking News Centre to discuss investing in the Chinese yachting market.

“It’s our fourth year here,” explains Rob Luijendijk, “it’s becoming a tradition for us to be back at the Hainan Rendez-Vous and it’s good to see more and more yacht builders are coming here.”

Celebrating their fourth year here means Amels knows the Chinese market and has been expecting the emergence, bringing their brand front and

centre at the China Rendez-Vous.

“As we are part of Damen Shipyards Group, we have a long presence in China already. We have two commercial shipyards […] since 25 years we have a 100% shareholding in one of the Chinese shipyards which is a very good thing, so we’ve learned a bit from that and we’ve got to know the culture and the people which is very nice – we hope this gives us some guidance toward the yachting market in China.” Rob Luijendijk was kind enough to bring an example of why Amels are so popular, the Amels 180 model. For an in-depth insight from Amels CEO Rob Luijendijk, watch the full video above. Source : Superyachts

The TSHD CRESTWAY operating off Noordwijk (The Netherlands) – Photo : Menno Koper ©

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After plenty of photos over the last few weeks of large modern TSHD’s and CSD’s now a golden oldie above seen the TSHD GEMMA outbound at the Kourou river near the village of Kourou in French Guyana with onboard Capt Chris Smit, Chief engineer Theo Mostert and 4 local Guyanese crew members The GEMMA is in a Tip-Top condition and is a very well maintained dredger Photo : Marc Veenstra ©

Cruise line changes itinerary, passengers upset

Two Lakeland families set out on a spring break cruise from the Port of Miami on Monday, but a change in plans left them unsatisfied with their trip. “We had booked a western Caribbean because we wanted to go to Mexico, so we were excited about that and we had a really interesting excursion that we had talked up with the kids,” Kevin Bailey said.

But that excitement quickly took a turn off course. The ship went on a rescue mission, which brought 41 Cuban migrants onboard the Carnival Ecstasy. The Coast Guard eventually picked up the Cubans. “The atmosphere on board, everyone was happy. They were clapping. They were excited that we were going to be a part of possibly something great,” Bailey said.

What Kevin Bailey and the rest of the people on board didn’t know was the Mexican destination they had planned and paid for would now have to be changed because of the rescue. “About 10:30 or so that night the captain came back on and said we are actually headed back towards Key West and we will no longer be going to Cozumel but instead you get to go to the Bahamas,” said Horvatin.

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Both families said the Bahamian destination wasn’t kid friendly, and the trip they paid for to Mexico costs more than a trip to the Bahamas. So they said they lost money, their sense of security and their faith in the cruise line.

“It was a multitude of things," Bailey said. "The kids weren’t happy. They didn’t have any fun and then they didn’t get to do what they had planned on doing. So it was a terrible experience."

Carnival Cruise Lines gave the following statement regarding the trip: “The ship's itinerary did have to be modified based on the amount of time it took for the rescue…When it comes to assisting individuals stranded at sea, conducting rescue operations and potentially saving lives takes precedence over maintaining a scheduled itinerary.”

It’s something both families say they sympathize with but they plan to dispute. Officials from Carnival Cruise Lines said since they substituted the people on board with the Bahamian destination, there will be no additional compensation for passengers. Source : Bay News 9

The 1973 built MLT flag cruise liner AEGEAN ODYSSEY entering Grand Harbour, Malta on Sunday 30th March, 2014. Photo : Capt. Lawrence Dalli - www.maltashipphotos.com ©

Dry Panamax freight rates for Brazil-China grain drop on low demand

Freight rates for grain runs from South America to the Far East declined amid low Chinese soybeans demand, oversupply of tonnage and generally bearish sentiment in the Atlantic market.

Grain runs basis 60,000 mt on the Santos-Qingdao route dropped sharply from $41/mt on Thursday to $38.50/mt on Friday. A 60,000 mt Noble cargo was heard fixed at $38.50/mt from Santos to China for April 15-30 dates. While there was also a Sinochart stem fixed at $43.50/mt for Argentina-China, market sources said that the higher rate is due to much steeper port costs in Argentina and the fact that cargo is fixed basis two-terminal load.

"The tone is very weak in the market," said a shipbroker. "We can now see owners offering below $38/mt and charterers pushing down to $37/mt. There are just too many vessels and too little cargo, so the outlook remains negative for now."

Timecharter rates for Santos Qingdao are now being assessed at $15,000/day plus $500,000 ballast, with a good chance of softening further it seems as owners were heard offering below this level already.

According to industry sources, a sharp fall in Chinese demand for soybeans has been one of the major contributors to the lack of front-haul cargoes from South America.

"The soybean crushing margins in China are negative as bird flu hampered the demand for soybean meal," said a market participant. "Existing soybeans stocks in China are high and there is a policy move to reduce spending of state-owned companies, so the impact on demand should not be underestimated."

While there are still a fair amount of grain cargoes coming out of east coast South America, including Intergis with early May laycan and Hyundai Glovis and Dana with middle-late April laycans, inquiries are overshadowed by a long list

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of vessels keen to work those stems. As sources indicated, the Atlantic market has about 70-80 vessels to deal with in the next 30 days, while the amount of cargoes for the same period is less that half that amount.

At the moment no support is expected from the pressured trans-Atlantic market, where rates have been suffering in the past few weeks on low minerals inquiry and a large amount of prompt ships available. The Mobile-Qingdao route, basis 70,000 mt coal, declined from $12.75/mt on Thursday to $12.50/mt on Friday as the mood remained bearish among market participants. Hampton Roads-Rotterdam coal runs, basis 70,000 mt stayed soft at $10/mt.

The weak Atlantic market might see some owners with positions in the East refrain from taking cargoes to the UK Continent. Vale with a 70,000 mt coal cargo from Beira to Rotterdam with middle April laycan was heard bidding $12/mt with owners pegging the route at $13-14/mt. As market sources indicated, the choice of vessels for such business might be limited. "While you can still find cheap vessels, those are likely to be limited to big operators, who have their own requirement in UKC," said a freight trader. "Others might refrain from going to the Atlantic as there are not many left who believe it will rebound in the very near future." Source: Platts

Ship scrapping seen at a high this year New box vessel capacity due for delivery this year, amounting to a record 1.65 million TEUs and representing 9.6% of the total global fleet as of January, will be offset by the scrapping of 500,000 TEUs and 200,000 TEUs in delivery deferrals.

The surge in vessel scrappings and delivery postponements would cut 4.1% off the forecast 2014 capacity growth rate and bring it down to 5.5%. This would be the lowest annual increase since 1999. Containership scrapping is expected to reach a new annual record spurred by the recent exodus of unwanted Panamax ships, which are expected to account for more than half of the capacity to be scrapped this year.

The report said that a record number of ships have already been sold for scrap in the last two months.

The disposal of unwanted ships, some as young as 17 years, will help reduce the idle containership fleet, which currently accounts for 4.5% of the total fleet. Oversupply is expected to continue in the container shipping market this year, as the projected demand growth of 4.4% will still be insufficient to absorb the revised supply growth of 5.5%.

Demand rose by 3.7% in 2013 based on Alphaliner’s estimates of container throughput growth globally, compared to containership capacity supply growth of 5.7%.

Significant idling rates are expected to persist for the majority of the year, especially for vessels below 5,000 TEUs.

The weak outlook is forecast to keep charter rates under pressure in 2014, with additional delivery deferrals anticipated as non-vessel operating owners would be keen to hold up deliveries of some ships due this year.

There are 80 ships totalling 302,000 TEUs slated for delivery in 2014 to non operating owners that are without known charter employment. Source: Exim News Service

Merchant ship shot at in Strait of Hormuz Sunday- NATO

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Unknown assailants in a speedboat shot at a merchant vessel as it sailed through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman on Sunday, the NATO Shipping Centre (NSC) said. The unidentified merchant ship reported being shot at twice from close range from a speedboat carrying six people armed with machine guns, on Sunday morning. It repelled the attack with hoses and the vessel and crew are safe, NSC said.

Although suspected Somali pirates commonly attack merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin, attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz - a vital oil and gas shipping route - are rare.

The attack happened on the Gulf of Oman side of the Strait of Hormuz, about 90 minutes after a different merchant ship was approached by two speedboats with crews wearing military clothing, NATO said. "Two green colored skiffs with three-four persons on board in military clothing and armed with gun machines got to 150 meters of a merchant vessel," the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's merchant shipping alert service said in a statement.

"After a while the skiffs turned away to Iranian coast." No shots were fired by the crews wearing military uniforms. That incident happened about 30 nautical miles to the west of the shooting by a different speedboat.

A spokesman for the NATO Shipping Centre said the two incidents were being investigated. He said the nationalities of the non-merchant crews had not yet been determined and that it was to early to say whether the two incidents were related. Source : Reuters (Reporting by Daniel Fineren, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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PSA International 2013 profit up 13pc to US$1.13 billion, sales rise 3pc

SINGAPORE's global terminal operator PSA International posted a 13.4 per cent year-on-year net profit increase in 2013 to S$1.42 billion (US$1.13 billion), drawn on revenues of S$4.64 billion, up 3.3 per cent.

PSA posted a 61.81 million TEU global throughput, up 2.9 per cent from the previous year. Its flagship Singapore Terminals' volume grew 3.1 per cent year on year to 32.24 million TEU. Outside Singapore, PSA terminals delivered a throughput of 29.57 million TEU, a 6.3 per cent increase year on year.

"PSA has performed creditably amid a difficult year in 2013 which saw unsettling volatility, much uncertainty and uneven growth across the global economic landscape," said PSA chairman Fock Siew Wah.

"We achieved 61.8 million TEU and made good progress on our portfolio of ports in China and Colombia. We also made various investments in facilities and equipment Fock Siew Wah. "Looking ahead, I foresee volatility, uncertainty and unevenness of growth that plagued 2013 will stubbornly remain as common features for 2014. We have to remain agile, tread with caution to seize opportunities and overcome challenges that come our way," said Mr Fock. Said CEO Tan Chong Meng: "The container shipping and port industry has been rocked by game-changing developments in recent years, which precipitated the shake-up we have seen in 2013. Against this backdrop, PSA as a global terminal



operator continues to serve close to 10 per cent of the world's market share in container handling." Source : asian shipper

Museumkids, Museumburen en Museumweekend

Het belooft een drukke week te worden bij het Nationaal Reddingmuseum Dorus Rijkers. Woensdag 2 april is het de hele dag Museumkids, waar kinderen niet alleen gratis toegang hebben tot het museum, maar ook nog eens hun eigen kleine reddingboot kunnen gaan

beschilderen, die ze mee naar huis mogen nemen! Er dient wel een ouder/verzorger als begeleiding mee te gaan. Op vrijdag 4 april in de avond, van 19.00u tot 21.00u zijn alle buren (mensen die wonen in postcode 1781) uitgenodigd middels een persoonlijk ontvangen briefkaart om zich in te schrijven voor museumburen. Op die avond is het museum gratis geopend voor alle mensen die zich hebben ingeschreven, en kunnen alle buren eens een kijkje komen nemen voor de verbouwing, die vanaf november ook in het pand gaat plaats vinden. Op de avond zelf is er uitleg over de verbouwing en krijgt men een indruk hoe het eruit gaat zien. Daarnaast treed het Nieuwedieper Visserkoor op met de bekende dirigent Paul Sander en pianiste Lea Paliczova en zullen zij voor een unieke sfeer gaan zorgen op deze bijzondere avond. Er zijn nog enkele plaatsen beschikbaar dus wees er vlug bij met inschrijven!

En het weekend, de hele zaterdag en zondag (5 en 6 april) is het museumweekend, en dan is het museum voor slechts €1,- geopend voor alle bezoekers. Tevens kunnen kinderen een speciale gratis speurtocht doen ‘redder worden in één dag’. Ook vaart de historische reddingboot de Johan de Witt weer, en kan men een vaartochtje maken. Ook de net geopende tentoonstelling ‘Redders van boven , luchtfotografie van de KNRM in actie’ is gratis te bezichtigen tijdens alle activiteiten voor alle bezoekers. Tot ziens in het Nationaal Reddingmuseum Dorus Rijkers! Voor meer informatie: Nationaal Reddingmuseum Dorus Rijkers Willemsoord 60G 1781 AS Den Helder T: 0223-618320 www.reddingmuseum.nl [email protected] Dagelijks geopend van 10.00u tot 17.00u

Let op: de ingang is in verband met de verbouwing van de schouwburg tijdelijk verplaatst naar de zijkant. (Waar de reddingboten liggen afgemeerd.)

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NAVY NEWS DND plan to buy 2 anti-submarine

helicopters hit MANILA, Philippines - A lawmaker questioned the plan of the Department of National Defense (DND) to acquire two brand-new anti-submarine helicopters worth P5.4 billion. Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III said the House of Representatives, the chamber that primarily allocates public funds, should invoke its oversight power and review the wisdom of the plan.

“What do we need those anti-submarine choppers for? Do communist guerillas and the remaining Muslim separatists possess submarines? Or are we preparing for a possible confrontation with China?” he asked.

“I do not know whose brilliant idea this is,” Albano said.

He said the country should not engage in an arms race with China as a complementary measure to its diplomatic approach in resolving the territorial dispute with Beijing over shoals and islets in the West Philippine Sea.

“Clearly, we cannot afford to do that. We cannot match the resources that China is prepared to spend on warplanes, battle ships and other weaponry,” Albano said. He said there was “an extreme lack of priorities and prudence” in the way the DND and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) had made its modernization plan.

Albano suggested the government should focus on the diplomatic approach and pursuing its complaint before the United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea. He said the P5.4 billion for anti-submarine helicopters could better be used to procure basic equipment for soldiers. “We cannot even give our infantrymen the kind of boots that they need for patrols,” he added.

Albano, a member of the Commission on Appointments, earlier expressed misgivings over another DND plan – the purchase of 12 fighter jets from South Korea worth $464 million (about P19 billion). He said the DND should be buying more C-130 transport planes and helicopters, instead of fighters.

He said transport planes could be used whenever there are calamities. Albano noted that in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda, the government had to wait for more C-130s and helicopters from neighboring countries for the delivery of relief supplies to typhoon victims. “These multi-billion peso purchases should not be wasted or lost because of wrong priorities,” he said. Albano suspects there are DND officials and military officers who are pushing for the anti-submarine helicopter and fighter plane procurement for their own purposes.

The Philippines has signed contracts worth $527 million to buy 12 fighter jets from South Korea and four combat utility helicopters from Canada to boost the capability of its air force.

“With the eventual delivery and acquisition of these new air assets, our Air Force can already forget the lingering naughty joke that it is all air without force,” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said during the signing ceremony.

“The completion of these acquisition projects is symbolic of the friendship we share with Canada and South Korea. It is heartening to know that in the near future we will see these air assets fly across the Philippines,” he added. Armed Forces chief Gen. Emmanuel Bautista signed a contract with Korean Aerospace Industries for 12 FA-50 fighters worth P18.9 billion ($420.4 million) and another contract with Canadian Commercial Corp. for four Bell 412 combat utility helicopters worth P4.8 billion ($106.8 million). Deliveries will start next year.

The fighter jet contract is the biggest deal so far signed under the AFP’s long-delayed modernization program. Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said the acquisitions would pave way for the restoration of the Air Force’s territorial defense capabilities. “For the Philippine Air Force, it means slowly but surely bringing back its capability for territorial defense,” Manalo said.

Manalo signed the sales agreement for the 12 lead-in fighter trainer jets with Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) president Young Ho Oh and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) president Ha Sung Yong. The document containing details of the jets acquisition project was signed by AFP chief Bautista, Young and Ha.

South Korean Ambassador Lee Hyuk served as witness at the signing. KAI’s Ha described the FA-50 as a “brilliant choice.” “It will not only serve as the most powerful advanced jet trainer and lead-in fighter. The FA-50, the Fighting Eagle, will also serve as a multi-purpose fighter,” he said. “I am sure that there will be further opportunities that we can cooperate based on our strategic partnership.”The delivery of the jets will start 18 months after the opening of the letter of credit, a document that assures KAI that the Philippines will honor its obligations. All jets will be delivered by 2017. Meanwhile, the contract for the eight combat utility helicopters from Canada was signed by Bautista and



Canadian Ambassador Neil Reeder. The Bell 412EP helicopters will be acquired through the state-owned Canadian Commercial Corp. “The government of Canada is pleased and honored that the Philippine Department of National Defense has selected our country as a trusted partner in meeting the needs of the Philippine Armed Forces Modernization program,” Reeder said.

“We look forward to continued close collaboration on this project and other opportunities in the future,” he added.

Bell 412EP helicopters are capable of assault support, close air support and are adaptable for any mission. Each helicopter can accommodate 14 passengers and one crew. The delivery of the helicopters will start in August 2015 and will be completed in 2017. Three of the eight helicopters will be configured as VIP helicopters while the rest will replace the aging Bell helicopters acquired during the Ramos administration.

Albano, however, said the purchase of hardware and equipment under the AFP Modernization Plan must be subjected to a thorough congressional inquiry, particularly on the questionable purchase of two ASW helicopters in relation to the basic needs and priorities of the military.

The lawmaker said it was “ridiculous” to buy two high-tech ASW helicopters when the country itself does not even have effective and adequate radar and sonar systems that could warn defense forces of any incursions into Philippine airspace and sea lanes. “How will these anti-submarine attack helicopters be dispatched if they don’t have the capability at all to know what’s illegally lurking below our sea lanes?” Albano asked. Albano urged President Aquino to thoroughly review the decision of the DND to ensure that taxpayers’ money would really be spent for essential hardware and equipment that would kick-off the modernization of the AFP.

He warned the DND that it would be highly improper to spend billions of pesos for the acquisition of military equipment with no definite purpose except for what was claimed by Manalo, which is “the purchase of two ASW helicopters is one of the projects included in the list of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program.”

“Being a part of the wish list of the AFP Modernization Program is a stupid and ridiculous reason to waste taxpayers’ money for two anti-submarine attack helicopters for the Philippine Navy whose officers and men had long dreamed of having a modern fleet of Navy combat ships like cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, amphibious assault ships and support and auxiliary ships, patrol boats, hydrographic and oceanographic survey ships, among others,” Albano said.

He said the P5.4-billion funding for the purchase of the two ASW helicopters would be better used to put up new power plants in the country or upgrade old power plants to immediately address the recurring power crisis in Mindanao.

The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged President Aquino to recall the procurement of fighter jets from South Korea and helicopters from Canada, and instead re-channel the budget for rehabilitation of Yolanda stricken areas. Source : Philstar With Paolo Romero, Alexis Romero, Michelle Zoleta, AP

Russian Black Sea Fleet gives up Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhya

The diesel-electric submarine Zaporizhzhya, project 641, which earlier formed part of Ukraine’s Navy, is out of order and will not be used by the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Russian Navy Main Staff told the Interfax-AVN news agency on Saturday

The news agency interlocutor said the sub may be handed over to Ukraine’s Navy for further use or

scrapping. According to him, the submarine was built 44 years ago. The submarine is morally obsolete and has failed to leave the harbour to carry out combat missions for decades. The submarine has mostly lain alongside, while the crew did their best to keep her afloat, according to the source. The Russian Navy has long since decommissioned submarines of the project 641. Some of these have since been used as museums. The crew of the Zaporizhzhya



submarine has been offered military service as part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is due to get six new submarines shortly. The submarines are being built by St. Pete’s shipyard, according to the agency interlocutor. Source : Voice of Russia, Interfax

17 countries join naval exercise for disaster preparation

Navies from 17 countries began a six-day joint exercise Saturday in the South China Sea to improve coordinated efforts on how to deal with natural disasters. "With this exercise, I hope international assistance can be better organized in future natural disasters," Djoko Suyanto, coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, said at an opening ceremony on Batam Island, near Singapore. The exercise involves 4,885 navy personnel from the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its seven dialogue partners from China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Australia, an ASEAN dialogue partner, is participating as an observer due to suspension of defense cooperation with Indonesia following Canberra's alleged wiretapping of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The United Nations, the European Union, the Netherlands, Spain and the ASEAN Secretariat are also participating as observers. "Learning from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, during which international assistance was not well-organized and well-coordinated, the exercise is expected to provide more knowledge on disaster mitigation for navy officers in the region, as well as to harmonize various national, regional and international protocols in this matter," Lt. Col. Agus Cahyono, spokesman for the Western Fleet of the Indonesian Navy, said. A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Dec. 26, 2004, leaving about 180,000 people dead in Aceh alone and an additional 100,000 in other countries such as India, Sri Lanka and Thailand that face the Indian Ocean. The exercise, which is also intended to improve maritime security, is being held as a follow-up to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response. ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Source : Kyodo / Global Post

Made-in-Vietnam Truong Sa submarine tested successfully

Vietnam’s first domestically made submarine, Truong Sa, which was built by a private company in northern Thai Binh province, has successfully completed its second trial run in a lake.

The sub, which was named after Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Sea, was tested in the Tan Binh Lake in Vinh Tra Industrial Park, Thai Binh City, last Friday morning.

Nguyen Quoc Hoa, director of Quoc Hoa Mechanical Company, who designed the sub, steered it on the surface of the lake safely for about two hours, with all parts

of the vessel operating properly and smoothly. As the lake is only 2.5-3 meter deep, the sub could not travel underwater, Hoa said. In the first test run for the vessel conducted on January 6 in a water reservoir, Truong Sa travelled well both underwater and on the surface, the sub's designer said. Truong Sa is about 9 meters long and 3 meters wide, and has a displacement of 12 tons when it is submerged and 9.2 tons when it is on the surface.

Equipped with automatic independent propulsion (AIP) technology and advanced navigation equipment, the vessel is expected to be able to operate for 15 consecutive days at sea, at a speed of 20-25 nautical miles per hour within a radius of 800 km. It can dive to a depth of 50 meters and stay on the seabed for 15 hours. Hoa, six other engineers and more than 30 workers began to build the submarine in August 2012, Hoa said, adding that he imported special steel that is 15 mm thick to make the body and the prow of the vessel. Hoa told Tuoi Tre that he wants to create such a submarine simply to satisfy “his love for the fatherland and his passion for scientific exploration.”



Next Indian Naval chief to be named soon: Antony

The next Indian Navy chief will be named soon, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Saturday.

"If someone decides to resign, it's that's the individual's choice. Normally it (selection of service chiefs) happens as a natural process and currently the selection process is in the final stages. The next naval chief would be announced soon," Antony told reporters here. The force has been headless since the resignation of Admiral D.K. Joshi following a series of accidents that clamimed a number of lives "Accidents do take place and every time they happens, a court of inquiry is ordered. Once it is done, appropriate action is taken," said Antony, who is in Kerala to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, to be held across the state April 10. Asked about the numerous controversies affecting the defence ministry over the years, he retorted: "Can you point out any allegation that was made and was dumped in the dustbin? Instead, tough action has been taken," Antony maintained. He pointed out that legal measures have been taken whenever contracts have been cancelled, adding defence procurement decisions in India are not political.

"Stringent action has also been taken when there has been a lapse and we even blacklisted six of the world's leading defence suppliers. We also faced criticism when contracts were cancelled and it was said it would lead to slackening of modernisation. Despite all this, modernisation has taken place full steam and navy has been the biggest beneficiary. It has got new platforms and equipment," said Antony. He also pointed out that it was the practice to surrender a portion of the defence budget but in the past five years, this had not happened. Antony has written himself into the record books by becoming India's longest-serving defence minister following an uninterrupted run from 2006. Source : Business Standard

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Ship Repair activity in METALSHIPS & DOCKS SHIPYARD in Vigo

Running repairs: Feederlines’ general cargo ship 5,490 dwt Balticdiep is performing important steel renewals on bulb and propeller repairs after grounding in Aveiro. Also, drydocking works are being carried out. USC Barnkrug’s container ship 11,317 dwt Stina is currently undergoing her second special survey. Apart from conventional drydocking, there will be some major mechanical jobs like overhauling of main engine, auxiliary engine, shaft generator, Air Cooler and Fresh Water Cooler plus some steel renewals on cell guides and hatch covers.

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Repair projects delivered last week: Albacora’s tuna fishing vessel Albacora XV completed her sixth special survey. The vessel was delivered 2 days ahead of schedule, even with the increase in the final workscope due to the execution of a very well prepared planning.

Pablo de Celis says “Albacora is one of our best customers and we were pleased to provide them with a prompt solution by readjusting our planning and increasing our manpower. Definitely, we have to support all our customers but even more when they are very short of time and

they find additional works which need to be done and were not planned in a first step. Keeping the delivery time is our main goal and we cannot afford a single day of delay with so tight schedule and so many competitors around. That is why our customers are always pleased to come back, because of our commitment and guarantee” Poland’s Green Management 5,416 dwt reefer vessel GREEN OCEANreen Ocean, second dry-docking of a 2 ship’s contract, sailed out last weekend after performing her fifth intermediate survey. The yard completed over the last month three afloat repairs to the german shipowner ASC, Alster Ship Chartering. Ships repairing at Metalships were general cargo 3,783 dwt Yvonne K, general cargo 4,442 dwt Berthold K and general cargo 3,850 dwt Juergen K.

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The ship Ocean Osprey is ready to serve in Norway

The ship (FSV) Ocean Osprey arrived to Scotland last week to soon begin operating in the Martin Linge offshore oilfields. This vessel will support the works for the Norwegian company Total E & P, the company said in its press

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release. This ship was launched successfully on the 31st of January at our facility in Pasajes (San Sebastián). The delivery was scheduled for late July 2014. Thanks to the good job done by the Zamakona Yards staff, a 4 month advance regarding delivery time was possible.

The Ocean Osprey is the second ordered ship by the Norwegian shipping company Atlantic Offshore AS built by Zamakona Yards. It is expected that by the end of June 2015 their third vessel (Ocean Falcon) will be ready. It is a Havyard HY820 design. Source : PortNews

The BBC AMETHYST moored in Constanta (Romania) – Photo : Arjan Rebel ©

Ferry company raises vital funds Southampton-based ferry company Red Funnel has donated more than £13,000 to help restore one of its former historic vessels, the tug tender Calshot. At present Calshot, moored alongside 50 berth in the city’s Eastern Docks, is in the middle of an extensive overhaul and refit to bring her back to the condition in which she was first launched in Woolston more than 80 years ago. Red Funnel’s chief executive, Kevin George, handed the cheque for £13,406 – raised by passengers on the cross-Solent ferries over the last two years – to Terry Yarwood, from the Calshot Trust, on board the tug tender, watched by volunteer crew members working on the vessel.

“We are very grateful to our customers for donating this money to help restore Calshot,” said Mr George. “The ship played an important part in Red Funnel’s history, and we are all very keen to support the Calshot Trust in their ongoing efforts to raise sufficient money to fund the major restoration works still needed.”

Calshot earned her place in maritime history serving alongside world-famous liners such as the original Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary in Southampton.

She was built by John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd at Woolston for Red Funnel in 1929 and was certified to carry 566 passengers. She played her part in the Second World War and was requisitioned by the Government to tender the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the tug tender served as a headquarters ship at Juno Beach before rejoining the Red Funnel’s fleet in 1946, where she remained in service until 1964. Mr Yarwood said: “We are very grateful to Red Funnel for this cheque as there is still a large amount of work to be done which all requires money. Source : Southern Daily Echo



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China: A golden time for marine engineering industry

In 2013, the total received orders of marine engineering industry went up 16 percent to more than USD 18 billion, accounting for about 29.5 percent of the global market, having overtaken Singapore to rank second worldwide, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In the year, China undertook the construction of 61 marine engineering platforms of various types and 1 drilling ship, including 49 jack-up offshore platforms that accounted for more than half of the world's total.

Vast prospects for the industry

Recently, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation announced that in 2013 the company has received orders of jack-up drilling platforms, semi-submersible drilling platforms, and auxiliary marine engineering equipments, with the contract value being more than 6 times that of the previous year, accounting for more than 12 percent of the total contract value the company undertook in the year, and the economic aggregate it achieved growing 41 percent over the previous year. As of now, the corporation has undertaken the construction of a total of 67 marine engineering structures, ranking first in China, and marine engineering equipments are gradually becoming an important economic growth pole of the company.

As demand for offshore oil and gas resources continues to grow, the marine engineering equipment market keeps expanding. Some organization predicted that: "Average annual investment from 2013 to 2018 in the exploitation of offshore oil and gas would be more than USD 327 billion; at a market share of 20 to 25 percent, demand of the marine engineering market values at USD 65 to 81 billion".

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Judging from the current status of development, China's offshore oil and gas resource exploitation equipments are now in the phase of industrialization and will be a key area of growth of the marine engineering equipments industry in the next decade; technology equipments for ocean wind energy and sea water desalination also show great development prospects. On the other hand, during the 11th Five-year Plan, and annual sales revenue of China's oil and gas exploitation equipments was about RMB 30 billion Yuan, already accounting for 7 percent of the global market that worthies between USD 50 to 60 billion. Besides, although China has basically achieved the independent designing of submersible oil and gas equipments, but its marine engineering equipment manufacturing industry on the whole is still at the bottom of the industrial chain, with inadequate supporting capacity and heavy reliance on import for core equipments and systems; the next 5 to 10 years will be a key period for the development of the industry.

Zhao Zehua, director of the Research Center for the Development of the Marine Engineering Equipment Industry, said that what lies behind the prosperity of the marine engineering equipment market is the emergence of a large quantity of high-value orders; in 2011, the unit price of drilling rig averaged at USD 397 million, equal to 8.5 180-thousand-ton bulk-cargo ships. According to analysis, it is believed that, as countries are attaching increasing importance to continental shelf resources, the marine engineering equipment manufacturing industry will begin to enter a gold period of growth, and the growth prospects of offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation equipments are regarded favorably.

Around the globe, the world's marine engineering equipment industry also performs outstandingly. In the first three quarters of 2013, the transaction volume of marine engineering equipments worldwide was USD 44.5 billion; the transaction volume in the whole year of 2013 could be expected to exceed USD 60 billion for the third consecutive year.

With favorable environment domestically and internationally, industrial insiders generally believe that China's marine engineering equipment market has vast room of development and promising prospects, and it is estimated that the growth period may last for up to 50 years. Besides the Bridges and Marine Engineering Equipments Industrial Park of the Wuhan Bridge Heavy Industries whose construction has just been kicked off, a number of marine engineering investment projects currently under construction, and the deep-water marine engineering equipment manufacturing base in Zhuhai that is constructed with an investment of RMB 5 billion Yuan from CNOOC, currently China has basically established marine engineering equipment assembly and auxiliary equipments production clusters around the Bohai Rim, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta; the strategic layout of China's marine engineering industry has basically formed.

It is learned that in order to accelerate the process for China's marine engineering equipment to become more high-end and independent, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Finance are working on taxes and financial support policies tailored to high-end marine engineering equipments; the marine engineering industry is likely to receive policy bonus.

Energetic reform for companies

In recent years, under the influence of the international financial crisis, the problems of the serious excess of shipbuilding capacity, the insufficiency of market orders, and the difficulty in delivering ships have not improved significantly. To salvage the troubled shipbuilding industry, the State Council and relevant departments have promulgated a series of plans for the shipbuilding industry, encouraging shipbuilders to accelerate the pace of structural adjustment, reform, and upgrading.

Under policy support, the shipbuilding industry has seen a large-scale trend of reform and upgrading. Amid this, the reform most sought after by shipbuilding companies is the marine engineering equipment industry.

On January 10, China International Marine Containers published a message on its website, announcing that its wholly-owned subsidiary CIMC Raffles had received a new order from CSM Group: Raffles was to build 2 Friede&GoldmanJU2000E jack-up platforms for CSM, to be delivered at the end of 2015; at the same time, the company had also received back-up orders for another 4 platforms for CSM Group.

Zhen Yi, an analyst of GF Securities, said that globally the technology requirements and price for jack-up drilling platforms with operating water depth of 400 feet are rather high. CIMC's receiving orders for 2+4 JU2000E platforms is an indication that the company has achieved great breakthroughs in high-end jack-up drilling platforms.

In 2013, some companies that had reformed long ago saw great harvests. After completing the repair of its first jack-up drilling platform, Pacific (Zhoushan) Offshore Engineering Company had received an order for a marine engineering life platform that is worth USD250 million, estimated to be completed in about one and a half years.

Besides, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries has received an order from its European client for 1+1 400-feet jack-up drilling platform. SWS Offshore has signed contract with a Singaporean ship buyer for 2+2 offshore platform tender vessel.



Nonetheless, the company that is regarded by the market as the most successful in reforming is China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. CSIC has become the bellwether of China's marine engineering equipment industry, thanks to its possession of world-class docks specifically for marine engineering and auxiliary production facilities that conform to international marine engineering standards, and its consummate marine engineering design and building capacity ranging from repair and restructuring, partial construction and complete construction, and subcontracting and overall contract construction; the company's marine economic business has seen explosive growth. Source: CE.Cn

After an extensive overhaul at Neptun Shipyard in Hardinxveld the tug AFON CADNANT departed Sunday morning.

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Lots of debris in our oceans By : Dana L. Stern Sr.

Oceans all over the world have a considerable amount of debris floating in them. Commercial ships continue to throw refuse of all kinds into the oceans. The flotsam and jetsam consist of fishing nets, cargo ship containers, plastics of all sizes and description. Sometimes sea life becomes entangled in this refuse and dies a slow terrible death.

After the tsunami hit Fukushima, Japan, a shipping container floated from there to Alaska. When it was opened, there was a rusting Harley Davidson motorcycle inside. Oil slicks are visible in several parts of our oceans. Sometimes it is deliberately dumped by ships at sea. Offshore oil drilling has created ecological disasters all over the world. And, of course, there is the Exxon Valdez in Alaska that continues to damage the environment. In some parts of the Atlantic, huge clumps of crude oil float on the surface. Then there is the Sargasso Sea, which is so choked with debris and sea plants that you can almost walk on it.

There are two continents that have been rising in the Pacific Ocean for the past few decades. You can actually walk on much of them like the Sargasso Sea. They are called the eastern and western rubbish patches. They can be seen from outer space and are bigger than United States of America including Alaska.

These new continents have been created by ocean currents that carry refuse from all over the Pacific Rim. Most of the refuse is discarded plastic and polypropylene rope and fishing nets. As you can imagine, there is a noticeable stench arising from the water. Dead mammals and fish that have fallen prey to the refuse by entanglement is everywhere.

Nearby fisheries are beginning to die, thereby creating a cycle of death that will spread in time across the ocean. As the fisheries decline, so will the industries that depend on them for both food and jobs. The United States Congress has done nothing to break this cycle of environment mismanagement. Most of the refuse could even be recycled. Congressmen in Washington, D.C., can’t see beyond their upcoming election or the next campaign contribution and done nothing.

Quite recently some trash was retrieved from the Indian Ocean west of Australia. Several countries were looking for debris from Flight 370. I wouldn’t be surprised that out there in the ocean, there is debris from aircraft, but not from Flight 370. I believe Flight 370 made a safe landing in Iran. Source : Dana L. Stern Sr. - www.wnd.com



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