MARITIME NEWS

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

International maritime news for seafarers
Demand for all types of vessels rising:
ship brokers
The demand for vessels of all types is on the rise, as shipping companies placed
newbilding orders over the past wee!, according to figres released by ship
bro!ers"
#rders for $% vessels with a total deadweight of 2,$71,100 tonnes were
contracted dring the past wee!, ot of which 4% transactions were reported at
an ndisclosed contract price, said the latest report from shipbro!er &olden
'estiny"
The invested capital for the remaining 20 orders amonted to ()' *"7 billion"
#verall, orders for 17 bl!ers, 12 tan!ers, 10 gas tan!ers, 4 passenger and 2+
special pro,ects were reported"
-ewbilding activity rose $. wee!/on/wee! and was 11*. p year/on/year"
The shipbro!er said0 12irm contracting activity reported in all main conventional
vessel segments, apart from containers" 3l!ers held 2*. share of this wee!4s
ordering activity5 tan!ers 2%. share, gas tan!ers 1+. share and special pro,ects
*7. share" 6t similar wee! in 201*, *2 fresh orders were reported with focs on
bl!ers7gas tan!ers 8*2 total new orders / 1+ bl!ers, 11 gas tan!ers and $
containers9"1
1:ompared to previos wee!4s levels, a large of 1+0. is recorded in the gas
tan!er segment 810 new orders from 4 last wee!9 and ;2. in the volme of new
orders for special pro,ects 82+new orders from 1* in the last wee!9" 6 soft wee!ly
increase of ;. is recorded in the tan!er segment 812 new orders from 11 in the
last wee!9, while in the container segment no bsiness was conclded compared
with last wee!4s firm appetite for post panama< bo<ships" 6 wee!ly decrease of
*2. is recorded in bl!er segment 817 new orders from 2+ last wee!91, &olden
'estiny added"
SAFETY STUDY
WRONG APPROACH !R"P#$
P$N$!RA!"ON
6 master misreads the crrent, leading to his ship colliding with the fondation of
a pier"
NARRA!"%$
6 ro/ro passenger ship left port with a draft of $"$$ m forward and $"4* m aft" The
master, who sailed throgh his new rotetwice before as spernmerary, arrived
at the bridge with the wind at -= 12/1* m7s and the sea was moderate"
6rond 2 nm from the ne<t pier, the master too! command and ct the ship4s
speed to 14/1+ !nots"
The master !ept the ship west of the planned corse to compensate for e<pected
crrent as was recommended to him by nmeros seafarers" 'ring his two
approaches as spernmerary, the crrent had also given a drift to the east"
6s the ship neared the harbor, the master noticed that the ship drifted to the
west"
The master relied on visal navigation and did not tilise the navigational
instrment"
There was not enogh time to alter the ship4s corse" The vessel4s starboard side
toched the fondation of the western pier at a speed of arond ten !nots"
The ship contined and passed shortly after the eastern pier in the entrance to
the harbor" It then began the normal procedre to berth"
The incident cased three penetrations to the ferry4s hll below the waterline"
The vessel then had a blac!ot before the 1+0 passengers were disembar!ed"
6rond ten mintes after the ship toched the fondation, crewmembers saw
water filling the separator room"
>mping assistance came from ashore, bt there was more water coming in than
what was being pmped ot" 6ssistance was called becase the remote
controlled ballast and bilge system cold not control the water flow"
The emergency bilge pmp sht down becase switch board controlling it short/
circited" It was sspected that the problem was cased by the start of the pmp
to the sprin!ler system" The atomatic shtters in the air pipes also failed to wor!
It too! nearly ten hors to control the ingress of water"
CONC#&'"ON
/ The master lac!ed e<perience in approaching the harbor, and chose to rely on
visal navigation instead of navigational e?ipment"
/ Masters shold predict how crrents will go as li!e the weather, they tend to be
vage"
/ =ngineers shold !now how to properly se e?ipment, as the malfnction of
the ship4s emergency bilge pmp was preventable"
/ )hipping companies shold establish procedres on the reglar control of
watertight doors, penetrations in the bl!heads, scppers and shtters in air
pipes"
/ 2irms are encoraged to pgrade their ?ality management system, particlarly
on ensring that newly appointed officers receive enogh indction training
before ,oining a navigational watch" )orce0 'M6I3
(isde)laration of )ontainers
It has been broght to the (@ >AI :lb4s attention by a member that shipper4s
are once again disgising sed tires nder a different commodity" 6 recent
shipment of *0 containers was abandoned in )hanghai after inspection, which
revealed that the cargo in the containers was sed tires and not refrbished ato
parts, as was declared on the bill of lading"
The :lb notified member4s last year 83lletin %;+9 that shippers were disgising
sed tires as rbber compond and the :lb warned lines to avoid ta!ing
boo!ings for them" -ow shippers have once again tric!ed a carrier into accepting
a boo!ing for sed tires nder the description of refrbished ato parts"
)ince the cargo is not solid waste, the line will not face any fines or penalties bt
since the consignee is not ta!ing delivery, the cargo will be retrned to the ()
with the line covering all of the e<penses and will prse recovery of the
e<penses and npaid ocean freight against the shipper"
6s previosly advised, sed tires are very e<pensive to dispose of legally in the
(), which creates an incentive for companies that collect sed tires try to empty
their warehoses by filling containers and sending them to :hina nder false
description"
*lotation tank falls off "taly )r+ise ship
,re)k
6 giant flotation tan! attached to the :osta :oncordia crise ship in Italy to help
raise the l<ry liner from its watery grave fell off on Tesday in a move that
cold delay the salvage bt cased no in,ries"
The tan!, !nown as a sponson, was one of 1; being welded onto the sides of the
stric!en ship to help float it and tow it away as schedled later this year"
The plan is to fill the tan!s with water and then empty them to raise the 2;0m
crise ship"
The sponson, which had been fi<ed to the ship last month, was already nder
water bt it bent some spport strctres as it collapsed, Italian media reported"
The :osta :oncordia pro,ect is the biggest salvage operation of a passenger
ship ever attempted"
The ship crashed into roc!s off the Tscan island of &iglio with 4,22; people on
board and !eeled over on the night of Banary 1*, 2012 with the loss of *2 lives"
Its captain 2rancesco )chettino is on trial for manslaghter, casing a shipwrec!
and abandoning the vessel before all its passengers had been evacated" 862>9
(arshall "slands s+rpasses -..mln gross
tonne mark
The Marshall Islands Cegistry will celebrate hitting 100 million gross tonnes at
the 6sia )hipping 2ortne )mmit in )hanghai this month" International
Cegistries Inc 8ICI9, which spports the Cepblic of the Marshall Islands Cegistry,
will hold receptions at the )hanghai smmit from May 1*/14, 2014"
1We are delighted to celebrate this achievement" )ince 2011, there has been a
20. increase in the nmber of :hinese owners in the Marshall Islands fleet,1 ICI
6sia chief 6nnie -g said"
The CMI Cegistry, which is recognised as a modern and efficient administration
in the world, is !nown for its contribtions to the safety and secrity of shipping" It
is the world4s third largest registry and crrently stands at over 102 million gross
tonnes with over *,100 vessels"
ENVIRONMENT
&' ,arns of ,ide )limate impa)t
(rgent action is needed to fight the impact of climate change, the () said in a
new for/year stdy released on Tesday" The report highlighted the impact of
hman/indced warming in the ()"
The stdy by leading scientists warns of the ris!s of rising sea levels, droghts,
fires and pest otbrea!s if the world does not ta!e action to tac!le the
repercssions of greenhose gas emissions"
1There are things we can do abot it, bt it4s only going to happen if the 6merican
people and people arond the world ta!e the challenges seriosly,1 >resident
3arac! #bama told reporters" 1We4ll end p saving money and lives in the long
term,1 he said"
#bama4s assistant on science and technology, Bohn Doldren, said the report /
athored by hndreds of scientists from both the private and pblic sectors /
showed that climate change is 1not a distant threat"1 8With inpts from 62>9
INCIDENT
'o+th /orea looks to ,rap +p ferry
re)overy effort
Cecovery teams shold try to wrap p their search for bodies from )oth @orea4s
ferry disaster by the wee!end, >rime Minister :hng Dong/Won said on
Wednesday, three wee!s after the ship san! with hndreds of schoolchildren on
board"
With ** bodies yet to be recovered, the moment is fast arriving when the
athorities will have to ma!e a call on stopping the nderwater search in order to
raise the ferry, which was carrying 47$ people when it capsiEed on 6pril 1$"
The conditions the recovery teams are wor!ing in are e<tremely challenging, and
the death of a diver on Tesday is li!ely to fel debate, as to how long the search
shold contine"
)pea!ing at a cabinet meeting, :hng said every effort shold be made 1to wrap
p the search by May 10 to help ease the pain of the families of the missing"1
:hng resigned late last month amid monting pblic criticism of the government
in the wa!e of the disaster over la< safety standards and inade?ate state
reglation"
Dis resignation was accepted, bt :hng was as!ed and agreed to remain in his
post ntil the recovery and salvage operation is completed" 862>9
'ear)h for ship,re)k yields trove of
+n)ertainty
=<cited shipwrec! hnters and scientists assembled in a Fa!e Michigan fishing
village last Bne, hoping to solve a mystery dating bac! more than three
centries0 the fate of a ship sailed by the 17th centry 2rench e<plorer Cene/
Cobert :avelier, )ier de Fa )alle, dring a voyage of discovery e<tending from
the &reat Fa!es to the &lf of Me<ico"
Team members recovered a nearly 20/foot/long wooden slab with signs of
hman wor!manship ,ammed into the la!e bed, bt were disappointed to find no
bried wrec!age" The timber has been e<amined by () and 2rench e<perts and
nderwent a :T scan and carbon dating to determine its age and whether it once
was part of a vessel"
-early a year later, reports obtained by The 6ssociated >ress and interviews
with !ey players reveal sharp divisions over whether the elsive ship has been
fond"
Mission leader )teve Fibert and others with his organisation, &reat Fa!es
=<ploration &rop FF:, contend the timber is a bowsprit from a ship / li!ely the
&riffin, last seen in 1$7; with a si</member crew and a cargo of frs near &reen
3ay in present/day Wisconsin" 6 report by three 2rench nderwater
archaeologists says the beam has characteristics consistent with a bowsprit, or
pole that e<tends from a vessel4s stem, and apparently was sbmerged for a
centry or more" 3t it stops short of confirming a lin! to Fa )alle4s ship" 86>9
HI-TECH
C&" Global re)eives )ertifi)ation for
GasP!0 te)hnology
:(I &lobal has received certification from the 6merican 3rea of )hipping
863)9 for se of its &as>T2 technology for se offshore and in the marine
indstry, primarily for se aboard natral gas tan!ers"
The &as>T2 system, designed in close collaboration with 63) and The :ryostar
&rop, aims to ta!e a sample of pressrised natral boil/off gas 8-3#&9 and
provide composition data, which is then fed into the ship4s 'istribtion :ontrol
)ystem"
The data helps to optimise the performance of the re/li?ification process" While
ensring operator and system safety, it also incorporates specialised cryogenic
e?ipment and :(I &lobal4s wholly/owned sbsidiary, #rbital &as )ystems Ftd4s
8#rbital/(@9, in/hose bespo!e engineering of critical components in order to
meet the ma,or challenges for the marine environment"
:ryostar in a recent pro,ect aimed at enhancing the control of its proprietary
=coCel re/li?efaction plants, which are typically sed on F-& carriers fitted with
2/stro!e slow speed diesel engines, which do not consme the -3#& and ths
re?ire a means to maintain safe cargo tan! conditions and re/li?efy the -3#&
sing the &as>T2 data to optimise the performance of the re/li?efaction
process"
The robst and 1fit and forget1 natre of the &as>T2 design has attracted
:ryostar, as the ships crews may not have the specialised technical !nowledge
to maintain other types of analysers, especially those, which re?ire periodic re/
calibration"
3ased on receipt of the certification from 63), #rbital/(@ will deliver the first for
systems for se on/board new F-& carriers to :ryostar"
:(I &lobal4s >resident A :=#, William :logh, said in a press release0
1Ceceiving this certification from sch an iconic organisation as 63), allows the
company to aggressively enter yet another mar!et with its ni?e natral gas
technology" Meanwhile, or immediate delivery of nits to :ryostar and its
adoption of the &as>T2 soltion ensre or credibility and viability in the growing
marine and offshore natral gas mar!ets"1
SHIPPING DATA
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