MARITIME NEWS

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

International maritime news for seafarers
Greek ship owners investing most in
newbuildings: BIMCO
Greek ship owners are the major investors in newbuildins, a!!ordin to the latest data
released by the international shippin asso!iation "I#$%&
'ewbuildin !ontra!ts sined by Greek owners sin!e 2010 amount to ()* +1 billion&
$ompared to the 2,4 !ontra!ts sined by Greek ship owners, $hinese ship owners
sined 2-0 !ontra!ts last year, "I#$% reported&
./he Greek ship owners0 interest in newbuildin !ontra!ts has !ontinued into 2014, where
-1 new !ontra!ts valued at ()* 4&1 billion have been sined,. said 2eter )and, $hief
)hippin 3nalyst at "I#$%&
.*ue to a fo!us on hiher value ship sements, they !onsistently top $hina on value,
despite losin out on the total number of !ontra!ts sined for all years but 2011,. )and
added&
)o far this year, $hina has sined 4, newbuildin !ontra!ts&
5or 'orweian shippin investors, 2012 was the sinle most sinifi!ant year& With 111
new !ontra!ts worth ()* 1-&, billion, 'orway topped both tables, as offshore
investments made that year were outstandin&
In !omparison, $hina topped both tables in 2010, as 641 !ontra!ts worth ()* 1-&1 billion
were sined&
.2012 was a weak investment year for all, heavily impa!ted by very poor !ommer!ial
market !onditions for all main shippin sements,. )and said&
.Improvin !onditions in 2011 meant that the appetite returned to investors a!ross the
board& 2014 is off to a mu!h slower start, but the rankin remains un!haned,. he added&
SAFETY STUDY
DELIVER VO!GE "R!GED
3 newly restored workboat suddenly sank durin its delivery voyae&
#$MM!R
3 restored 207metre steel workboat was fitted with two main enines ea!h with its own
shaft and an au8iliary enine for ele!tri!al power& It had passed the re9uirements for
!ertifi!ation for !ommer!ial use prior to delivery&
/he !ompartments aft of the enine room, whi!h !ould be a!!essed via the de!k, were
also sealed shut& "ile alarms were also installed at the enine room and the steerin
ear !ompartment&
3 bile pumpin system that !ould be operated from the enine room and ba!k7up
ele!tri!al pumps were put in pla!e as well&
/hree liferafts were !arried, althouh only one was in7servi!e date, and the owner
provided an :2I;"&
/he weather rew worse in the final day of the voyae, with the wind speed averain 20
knots&
*urin the niht, the ship passed throuh a fleet of fishin vessels& )hortly afterwards, the
skipper noti!ed the ship0s speed drop to 1&+ knots and the stern felt heavy&
When he !he!ked, the skipper saw that the enine room was dry but the aft de!k was
already under water&
$ompoundin matters, the steerin stopped& /he skipper a!tivated the bile pumps and
!alled for outside help&
/he two !rew wore e8tra !lothin and lifeja!kets& /he skipper, who was not wearin a
lifeja!ket, took the :2I;" and !limbed on de!k to release the liferaft pla!ed at the forward
of the wheelhouse&
While doin so, the vessel started sinkin rapidly by the stern& /he skipper and one of the
!rew ot to safety but the third !rewman went down with the ship&
/he skipper a!tivated the :2I;" and the personal lo!ator bea!on while on the raft& /hey
were res!ued later on&
LE##O%#
7 It was never established how the vessel sank, but its stern may have otten heavier
after the ship snaed an obje!t, or be!ause of undete!ted floodin&
7 "ile alarms need to be reularly tested to uarantee their reliability&
7 $arryin the appropriate safety e9uipment is absolutely important&
)our!e< (= #3I"
#e&'&rers group l&un(hes new )IV*!ID#
m&nu&l
/he International /ransport Workers 5ederation >I/5? has laun!hed a new @IAB3I*)
manual, whi!h provides hands on uidan!eC best pra!ti!e e8amples from affiliates with a
lon tra!k re!ord of a!tion on the issueC and pra!ti!al support to unions in dealin with
@IAB3I*) in the workpla!e and their fiht aainst stima and dis!rimination&
/he manual in!ludes learnin a!tivities, a round7up of trainin methods and te!hni9ues
and a summary of basi! information about @IAB3I*)&
/he publi!ation aims to delivers further on the I/50s $onress mandates in 2002 and
2006 to strenthen its work on @IAB3I*) and !hallene the stima and dis!rimination
surroundin the disease, 2'3 reported&
.It0s not just a matter of updatin statisti!s but of takin on board the evolvin dynami!s of
the epidemi!, the proress that has been made in both prevention and treatment, and the
development of new tools and approa!hes& I/5 affiliates have undertaken major
prorammes and the many a!hievements to report,. said I/5 a!tin se!retary eneral
)teve $otton&
@e warned aainst !ompla!en!y and vowed they would !ontinue to work with its affiliates
.to !ombat the still very real threat that 3I*) presents to the rihts, health and livelihoods
of workin people and their families&.
+V) to tr&nsmit !,"-s high.resolution
we&ther d&t&
=A@ Industries, In!&, plans to offer affordable delivery of 3pplied Weather /e!hnoloy0s
lobal weather data to subs!ribin vessels over the mini7A)3/ "roadband network&
=A@ >'asda9< =A@I? announ!ed that 3W/ has be!ome the W:3/@:;link laun!h
partner for =A@0s I27#obile$ast !ontent delivery servi!e&
=A@ will use I27#obile$ast, a breakthrouh servi!e utilisin multi!astin te!hnoloy, to
deliver 3W/0s hih7resolution weather and o!ean data to ships at sea for a low fi8ed
monthly fee& 3W/ is a marine industry leader in weather fore!astin and ship routin& /he
3W/ data, whi!h in!ludes fore!asts with wind, wave, visibility and !urrents with tidal
stream data, will be updated up to four times per day to help ships optimise voyae
plannin and safety&
/he I27#obile$ast servi!e will support 3W/0s re!ent new release, "onAoyae )ystem -
>"A) -?, a powerful onboard voyae optimisation system& With more than +,000 ships
already under !ontra!t, 3W/ is the voyae optimisation software market leader& =A@0s
!ontent delivery servi!e will also provide 3W/0s fre9uent, detailed port vi!inity fore!asts
as well as pirate atta!k information and roue wave fore!asts&
.Aoyae plannin and optimisation are of paramount importan!e for mariners0 safety and
also to meet new #3;2%D reulations that limit reenhouse as emissions from ships,.
#artin =its van @eyninen, =A@ !hief e8e!utive offi!er, said in a press release&
.*ue to these new reulations, shippin !ompanies are fa!in new !hallenes, both with
re9uirements to travel at slower speeds to redu!e emissions, and with re9uirements for
use of hih7!ost bunker in many !oastal reions& 3W/0s weather data and voyae
plannin servi!es affordably delivered with I27#obile$ast will be of reat value to help
ship offi!ers optimise their voyae plans,. he added&
#&ilor m&/ h&ve seen (r&shing M)012 on 'ire
3 "ritish sailor may have seen the missin #alaysia 3irlines jet #@1-0 on fire, as it was
!rash divin from the sky, lo!al press said on Wednesday&
=atherine /ee was sailin from India to /hailand with her husband in #ar!h when she
said she witnessed an air!raft surrounded by briht orane lihts and with a tail of bla!k
smoke off the west !oast of 3ustralia, the )ydney #ornin @erald reported&
.It !auht my attention be!ause I had never seen a plane with orane lihts before, so
wondered what they were,. /ee wrote on $ruisers 5orum, an online sailin forum&
.I !ould see the outline of the plane, it looked loner than planes usually do& /here was
what appeared to be a tail of bla!k smoke !omin from behind it,. /ee told Einhua&
/ee did not initially report her sihtin to authorities or even to her husband, who she was
havin relationship diffi!ulties with after 11 months at sea&
"ut re!ent media reports about the diffi!ulties fa!in the sear!h !rew made her !ome
forward this week and issue a detailed report to the Joint 3en!y $o7ordination $entre in
3ustralia&
INCIDENT
"ug (&pt&in s&/s speeding ship led to (r&sh
/he !aptain of a tuboat areed on /uesday that her bare !ollided with a !aro freihter
in the @ouston )hip $hannel after the larer vessel in!reased its speed in foy
!onditions and that she !ould not make a 9ui!k evasive manoeuvre to avoid the !ollision&
/he pilot, who was uidin the freihter, said that he did not e8pe!t the tu would !ross in
front of his vessel, addin he never heard any radio traffi! from the tu&
/he !ollision that o!!urred on #ar!h 22 is bein e8amined by federal offi!ials at a
weeklon hearin&
3lthouh no one was hurt in the a!!ident, nearly 1-0,000 allons of oil spilled into the
busy waterway between /e8as $ity and Galveston and then into the Gulf of #e8i!o&
/ra!es of the oil were found as far as 200 miles down the /e8as !oast&
./hat0s what really surprised me< the speed,. $apt =elli @artman said respondin to a
9uestion from John 5urukawa, with the 'ational /ransportation )afety "oard& >With inputs
from 32?
Robot 'ish to monitor se& w&ter 3u&lit/ &t the
port o' 4ir&eus
)ounds biFarre, but it is true that the port of 2iraeus has de!ided to use a pollution
huntin robot fish to monitor the 9uality of the sea water, the 2iraeus 2ort 3uthority )3
>223 )3? announ!ed ahead of the World :nvironment *ay, whi!h is !elebrated every
year on June +&
/he +07kilo, 1107!entimetres7lon robot fish dete!ts and measures pollutants throuh its
sensors&
/he fish, whi!h will be used by the port of 2iraeus in the !onte8t of the :uropean
proramme )(22%;/, moves automati!ally or manually, usin sound waves and G2),
and transmits information and imaes to the 223 )3 :nvironmental $entre0s s!reens&
$ontrol units have also been installed to monitor air pollution, re!y!lin, the 9uality of the
sea water, on shore7enerated and ship7enerated waste manaement as well as
photovoltai! parks&
223 )3 has announ!ed a tender for the proje!t fo!usin on upradin the port0s lihtin
systems, its buildins and ar!haeoloi!al sites, as well as its 20 medium7voltae
distribution substations&
/he port authority spends rouhly :(; 2&2 million on environmental prote!tion
prorammes, has I)% 14001 !ertifi!ation and features a hihly spe!ialised environmental
prote!tion unit& >With inputs from 3'3?
HI-TECH
"suneishi rele&ses new bulker with new
!EROLI%E te(hnolog/
/suneishi )hipbuildin has released the /:))64 3:;%DI':, a *BW 61,-00mt type "ulk
$arrier, whi!h is e9uipped with the new 3:;%DI': te!hnoloy, to redu!e wind
resistan!e&
/he new te!hnoloy, whi!h !ombines the !ut7!orner desin for the a!!ommodation
!orner in previous models with a newly developed streamlined shape for the fore upper
bow, for a 10G redu!tion in wind resistan!e& /he fore upper bow has been rounded,
ivin the ship a stylish streamlined desin, /suneishi )hipbuildin said in a press
release&
While nearly !overin the naviation patterns of the /:))+, vessels, whi!h are the
larest in the /:))< /suneishi :!onomi!al )tandard )hip, @3'*H#3E )eries of over
100 ships built so far, this new model is 10 metres loner, whi!h enables a boost in
deadweiht to the 60,0007tonne !lass for improved transport effi!ien!y&
!D4C l&un(hes -E/e in the #k/- (&mer&s
3bu *habi 2orts $ompany >3*2$? has laun!hed two new hih se!urity 0:ye in the )ky0
!ameras, whi!h !omply with international reulations, to !over spe!ifi! areas at =halifa
2ort, Iayed 2ort, the 5ree 2ort and the 'ew 5ree 2ort&
/he in!reased surveillan!e will strenthen the maritime se!urity of international ships in
the port, with even diffi!ult to a!!ess lo!ations bein !omprehensively monitored, offerin
a hiher level of reassuran!e to visitin forein vessels or ships with hih value or
sensitive !aros, 3*2$ reported&
)hould there be any a!!ident or sear!h and res!ue situation, the !ameras will be able to
view, assess and monitor an in!ident, hopefully meanin that people0s 7 staff or
!ontra!tors 7 e8posure to hih risk situations !an be minimised&
/he se!urity drone0s !amera is very stabilised and fitted with an interated G2) auto7pilot
system offerin position holdin, altitude lo!k and stable hoverin& /he !amera !an
!apture full @* video 10,0p at 10fps and 14 mea7pi8el still photoraphs and !omes
e9uipped with its own Wi75i network for data transfer&
./he new drone !ameras will be e8!ellent se!urity tools for monitorin, viewin and
manain in!idents and will be parti!ularly valuable in any sear!h and res!ue situation,.
)ultan 3l Jaberi, Ai!e 2resident ;eulations, @): and )e!urity, 3*2$, said in a press
release&
./he !ameras will offer an enhan!ed perspe!tive that will enable us to evaluate and
anti!ipate any issues or future risks, offerin our !ustomers reater pea!e of mind and
reassuran!e,. 3l Jaberi said&
./his new resour!e has iven us a valuable tool, sinifi!antly enhan!in the safety and
se!urity a!ross =halifa 2ort and the 3bu *habi !ity !entre ports& /he biest benefit will
be redu!in the risk to human life in remote or danerous s!enarios, where we !an now
use the !amera instead of a person,. added 3l Jaberi&
SHIPPING DATA
B!L"IC E5C)!%GE
Market snapshot: 11:30 GMT
Dry Index BDI 948 +14
Capesize Index BCI 14 +11!
"ana#ax Index B"I 81! $30
%&pra#ax Index B%I 8'9 0
(andysize Index B(%I 48 0
E5C)!%GE R!"E#
)e* +ork ,T&e C-s.
/0n C&rren1y 2%D in /0n
in 2%D C&rren1y
Britain ,"o&nd. 13!444 03941
Canada ,Do--ar. 0391! 130911
China ,+&an. 03199 !3'4!
5&ro 133!'3 034341
India ,6&pee. 0301!9 93310
Indonesia ,6&piah. 0300008 11810300
7apan ,+en. 0300944 10'3'00
)or*ay ,8rone. 031!!4 3999!
"hi-ippines ,"eso. 030''8 4338300
"o-and ,9-oty. 033'49 33000
6&ssia ,6&:-e. 030'8 33041
%in0apore ,Do--ar. 0349!1 13'!1
2kraine ,(ry;nia. 03084 1138383