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The Master of one of worlds largest passengerliners, the ALLURE OF THE

SEAS peeping out of the wheelhouse window with his parrot friend at his arm looking at the departing FREEDOM OF THE SEAS from Cozumel

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The ALLURE of the SEAS moored in Cozumel (Mexico) Photo : Theo Bakker ©

SBM Offshore creates two new companies

SBM Offshore has created two companies to meet the challenges of Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM). The companies, Imodco Terminals and Imodco Services, will operate independently from the rest of SBM Offshore. SBM said the move would strengthen its leadership on its historical business of CALM buoys and after sales services.


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Chief executive officer of SBM, Bruno Chabas, said: “By creating the two Imodco entities the group ensures that our

clients will benefit from a highly experienced and dedicated team as well as a wealth of terminal technology. Left : The SBM INSTALLER operating off Angola Photo : Capt.Peter Lankester © Master DP3 AWB Lancelot “This new approach to doing business adds value to what clients have previously enjoyed by

ensuring that Imodco is highly responsive to clients’ needs as well as providing support for their operability – the key to future success.”The moorings specialist has long been a contributor to the development of the process, with more than 400 CALM offshore terminals created since the 1950s. Imodco Terminals is responsible for sales and execution of CALM Terminals turnkey projects, while Imodco Services will be responsible for after sales.The company will provide part sales and inspection and intervention services.CALM is the most widely-used type of offshore loading terminal.

The 2001 built ITA flag and owned ferry ZEUS PALACE entering Palermo Port, Sicily on Friday 3rd October, 2014. She’s the former EUROSTAR BARCELONA and PROMETHEUS. Photo : Capt. Lawrence Dalli - www.maltashipphotos.com ©

Man dies onboard tug boat after heart attack tragedy

COASTGUARDS had to draft in emergency support after a man suffered a suspected heart attack and died onboard a boat off Port Talbot.The alarm was raised at the Port Talbot Deep Water Harbour on Saturday afternoon at 2.32pm.

A call was made by the coastguard rescue team for the Sea King at RAF Chivenor to help rescue the man off the tug boat and help to take him to hospital. A coastguard spokesman said: "The rescue helicopter, Port Talbot coastguard rescue team and Port Talbot RNLI Lifeboat were tasked. "A male had a suspected heart attack on board the tug

DALE GARTH in Port Talbot Deep Water Harbour. The casualty was pronounced deceased at the scene and was transferred to the Welsh Ambulance Service." The teams were on the scene for an hour.

Rob Harris, lifeboat operations manager for the RNLI in Port Talbot, said the man had been working for the Swansea tug firm Svitzer. Mr Harris said: "The man was taken ill and we were called because he was found collapsed in their mess room when he was having food. We administered CPR and first aid. As we got there was a man from the steel

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company doing first aid. We worked on him with the help of RAF Chivenor a paramedic came down on his winch line. Our crewman and paramedic worked on him for an hour to no avail. "Port Talbot lifeboat were asked to move the man to the waiting ambulance. We had a difficult couple of hours with this — it was a sad incident." Vanessa Wells, posted her sadness at the incident on the Facebook group Port Talbot Photos, and said: "The person on the tug boat had a heart attack and has passed away. Very sad x" Lynn Miles, also echoed her views on the Facebook group, and added: "I am saddened to hear this news, I have watched and admired the tug crews from the pier for years x" After it emerged the man had died onboard the tugboat, Ray Thomas, also of the group, added: "Very sad." Source : southwales-eveningpost

Seatrade’s HOPE BAY anchored off Gibraltar – Photo : Francis Ferro ©

Officials on board the Dredge 54 Last Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Penn’s Landing to tour ongoing Delaware River Main Channel

Deepening operations and discuss the importance of dredging and maritime commerce to the economy. Biden was joined by Sen. Bob Casey and Reps. Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah from Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District Commander Lt. Col. Michael Bliss, state and local officials and port and industry representatives.

Officials toured the 54, a mechanical bucket dredge owned and operated by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company under a $25 million contract to deepen the northernmost section of the channel, between the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman Bridges in Philadelphia. The deepening of the Delaware River federal navigation channel from 40 to 45 feet, from Philadelphia to the

sea, is now well past the halfway point, with five dredging contracts completed and two contracts under construction. The $300 million project will provide for more efficient shipping to and from the Delaware River ports, mostly by accommodating the larger container vessels that will soon be coming through an expanded Panama Canal.source dredging Today

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Ocean Rig, Petrobras agree to 3-year, $1.1 bln drill ships lease

Cyprus-based Ocean Rig UDW Inc said on Monday that it signed a $1.1 billion three-year contract with Brazil's state-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, to extend a lease on two ultra-deepwater drilling ships. Petrobras, as the Brazilian oil company is known, will get the ships, the Ocean Rig Corcovado and Ocean Rig Mykonos, for 1,095 days, Ocean Rig said in a statement. The period and price translate into an average rate for each of the vessels of $502,283 per day.The Corcovado was expected to earn an average day rate of $464,800 and Mykonos $459,700 in the second half of 2014, according to Ocean Rig's second-quarter financial statements. Ultra-deep water is considered water deeper than 1,500 meters (4,921 feet).

Petrobras is trying to secure drilling equipment to execute one of the world's largest corporate expansion programs. Much of the company's five-year plan to invest $221 billion by the end of 2018 will be focused on drilling in new fields, which is expected to help the company's oil and natural gas liquids output in Brazil rise 53 percent to 3.2 million barrels a day.

In September, Petrobras said it had 39 drill-rigs operating in waters deeper than 2,000 meters. Petrobras officials did not respond to requests for comment. Nicosia, Cyprus-based Ocean Rig, which operates 13 offshore, ultra-deepwater drill rigs, is 59 percent owned by DryShips Inc , a ship-leasing company based in Maroussi, Greece.On Monday Ocean Rig also said it had provided DryShips with a $120 million short-term loan to help it pay $700 million of 5 percent convertible notes due Dec. 1, 2014. The Petrobras agreement boosts the company's expected future ship-lease revenue to $5.5 billion, Ocean Rig's Chief Executive Officer George Economou said in the statement. The Corcovado and Mykonos are both so-called "sixth-generation" drill ships capable of drilling wells while floating in waters up to 10,000 feet deep (3,048 meters) deep. They were built by Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard in Korea and launched in 2011.Ocean Rig also said in the statement that it extended the date by which France's Total SA can agree to one-year renewals of its lease of the Ocean Rig Olympia, now working in Angola, to Feb 27. It can seek a second one-year renewal up to a year after agreeing to the first extension.Additionally, Ocean Rig said it will pay investors a 19 cent per common share dividend, to be paid on or about Nov. 11 for the quarter ending Sept. 30. Olympia is a sister ship of Corcovado and Mykonos. Source : Reuters (Reporting by Jeb Blount and Marta Nogueira)

NYK line ship NYK DIANA inbound to Vancouver harbour oct 20 2014 Photo : Robert Etchell ©

More direct calls expected at Sohar



The AL MAHFOZA approaching Port of Sohar Photo : 24/7 pilot Rik van Marle ©

The switch of cargoes from Muscat to the port of Sohar in Oman should bring solid growth in shipping volumes to the country plus more direct calls, according to Edwin Lammers, the executive commercial manager at the port of Sohar. Speaking to GulfShip News, Lammers said the transition process from the Omani capital to Sohar had not been easy but should be completed by year end. Sohar is also trumpeting its LNG bunkering capabilities, something Lammers says will give the port “a leadership position” in this emerging ship fuel type. Two licenses for ship to ship bunkering should be operational by the end of this year. Sohar already has an office in Dubai and is looking at adding one in Mumbai. Source : Gulfshipnews

The NORDANA EMILIE loaded with 4 straddle carriers arriving in the Port of Sohar this straddle carrier are to

increase the container handling capacity in the port - Photo : 24/7 pilot Rik van Marle ©

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Pelindo I, Port of Rotterdam State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Pelindo I) is set to cooperate with Port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, to develop the much-anticipated Kuala Tanjung Port in North Sumatra. Pelindo I spokesperson Muhammad Eriansyah said that Port of Rotterdam Authority had agreed to provide consultancy services to the Kuala Tanjung Port operator on service management. “Port of Rotterdam will provide consultancy services to help us develop Kuala Tanjung to meet international quality standards,” Eriansyah told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

The agreement was signed by Pelindo I president director Bambang Eka Cahyana and Roger Clasquin, the director of Port of Rotterdam International, in Den Haag last week.Bambang said in a written statement that construction of Kuala Tanjung Port was aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the country’s logistics sector during the ASEAN Economic Community, which is set to open by the end of 2015, as well as supporting the incoming government’s sea highway program. The port has been designated as the international hub for the western part of the country while Bitung in Sulawesi for the eastern part of the archipelago, according to the 2010-2025 National Logistics Blueprint (Sislognas). Kuala Tanjung, which is part of the central government’s Masterplan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI), is expected to begin operations 18 months after the groundbreaking.Eriansyah said Pelindo I was waiting for Environmental Impact Analysis Documents (Amdal) from the Environment Ministry so that it could begin construction.

“Since we are still waiting for the documents, we might not be able to start construction by the end of this year, as stated in our Masterplan. Hopefully, we can break ground by early next year,” he said. Earlier this month, Pelindo I formed a joint venture, PT Prima Multi Terminal, with publicly listed state construction firms PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PTPP) and PT Waskita Karya for the construction of Kuala Tanjung. Pelindo I controls a 55 percent stake in the joint venture, worth Rp 97.5 billion, while PTPP and Waskita control 30 percent (Rp 52.2 billion) and 15 percent (Rp 26.1 billion), respectively.Pelindo I was planning to build a terminal to accommodate crude palm oil (CPO) produced by state-run plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III in the first phase, Eriansyah said. The firm, through Prima Multi, will spend Rp 1 trillion (US$82.7 million) to construct the first terminal.

During its visit to Den Haag, the port operator also formed a joint venture with Dutch companies Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV to develop a shipping channel for Belawan Port in North Sumatra, in which Pelindo I holds the majority of shares.As reported, the port operator has secured a 70 year concession to operate the Belawan International Container Terminal (BICT).The Rp 2.6 trillion expansion project at the country’s third-largest port is aimed at increasing its terminal capacity from the current 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 2.2 million TEUs per year, or an 83 percent increase.The draft of the port would also be deepened to 17 meters to allow ships with a capacity of 5,000 TEUs to enter. Source : The Jakarta Post

A Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft thundering into Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet

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Mediterranean/North physical high sulfur fuel oil spread at 10-month high: traders

Physical high sulfur fuel oil cargoes in the Mediterranean have hit a 10-month high to Rotterdam barges amid improved fuel availability in Northwest Europe, sources said Monday. The HSFO Med/North spread -- the difference between 3.5% FOB Mediterranean fuel oil cargoes and 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- rose $1.75/mt Friday to be assessed by Platts at $7/mt, the highest since January 23 when it was $8.75/mt. The FOB Rotterdam 3.5% HSFO



barge market has seen large flows of HSFO coming out of the Baltic in line with elevated local output with the refinery turnaround season ending, trader said.The improved supply picture in Northwest Europe has pressured the physical 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barge premium to the front-month swap, with a $2.25/mt drop to $1.25/mt Friday, Platts data show. "We definitely have been shown a lot of barrels on both straight run and cracked RMG last week," one NWE trader said Monday. "Producers were focusing on the production of RMG 380 instead of RMK 500," another source said."Tanks are getting filled and people are more interested in blending RMG now," the first source said. Traders said that a closed East-West arbitrage window in the first half of October also contributed to the weakening premiums for the 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barge market. Meanwhile, tight availability in the Mediterranean until the second half of November -- particularly in the west Mediterranean bunker hubs -- has seen traders struggle to find barrels to cover term and spot bunker demand, sources said Monday."There's tightness in the Mediterranean, particularly for low density product. Most material is being sourced from the North currently," a trader said. Source : Platts

The WINDERMERE moored at Kemamam Supply Base (Malaysia) – Photo : Capt. Jelle de Vries – Sunshine

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MOL joins hands with Synergy Group to manage ships

Mitsui OSK Lines ( MOL) has embarked on ship management business in Singapore with an overseas partner for vessels of third-party customers. MOL announced on Oct. 17 that it has established MOL Synergy Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. jointly with Synergy Group, a shipmanagement service group headquartered in Chennai, India, to provide shipmanagement and crew training services. The joint venture has already commenced management of tankers. Through MOL Synergy Marine, the MOL Group is set to introduce new value-added shipmanagement/crew training businesses of highly competitive edge both in quality and cost by integrating the marine engineering know-how it has cultivated/built up over the many years in the past with the shipmanagement skills and techniques Synergy Group boast of possessing.

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training services by commercializing the marine engineering prowess of both companies. The new company has already commenced work on five of MOL's PCs as mentioned above. From here on, it will endeavor to win contracts from shipowners in/outside of Japan. As a first step of business, MOL Synergy Marine aims to have other shipowners, particularly tanker owners, to entrust it to undertake overall shipmanagement of tankers. MOL already has an in-house shipmanagement company to manage its own tankers, meaning that the joint-venture firm aims for taking orders from third-party owners. In addition, MOL Synergy Marine will develop crew training service. The seafarer training facility has recently been completed in Chennai and an opening ceremony was held on Oct. 8. The facility will embark on providing seafarer training programs in a full-fledged manner, targeting Indians, in particular. The training of Synergy Group's own crew will also be offered at the same training institute. The institute is equipped with one each of maneuvering simulator, liquid cargo handling simulator and engine simulator along with an ECDIS (electronic chart display & information system) Founded in 2006, Synergy Group has developed its businesses globally, including Japan, and has expanded the business size and now has more than 100 vessels under its management. Its business expansion was achieved in a very short period of time. In November last year, the company was honored with the "Partner of the Year" award by oil major BP. MOL is managing own ships via its ship-managing subsidiaries located at home and overseas, whose operations feature a type-by-type management for ships such as tankers, LNG carriers and bulkers, among other ship types.Management of VLCCs, VLGCs and tankers such as PCs is being carried out in Singapore and London, all of which is being supervised by the Tanker Safety Management Office of MOL's headquarters. Management of own tankers is mostly handled by its in-house subsidiary as it has been thus far, but as already mentioned, MOL Synergy Marine is in charge of managing MOL's five product carriers.The MOL Group's central hubs for ship management operations are Japan and London. Apart from this, MOL has joint-venture ship managers in Jakarta, Oman and Algeria, all of which are offering technical support to shipowners. MOL has also set up a joint-venture firm in Hong Kong to offer shipmanagement services to LNG carriers to be deployed to Chinese (LNG) projects. In the dry bulker sector, the MOL Group has recently re-structured its setup in which each hub engages in its specialty of ships divided by type/kind. For instance, Tokyo handles car carriers, bulkers and wood chip carriers. Tokyo is also empowered to supervise related operations including decision-making function on policy for managing bulkers. Hong Kong and Singapore are in charge of containerships and car carriers, respectively, while Manila is responsible mainly for bulkers. Source : Kaiji Press via Justus Schoemaker Dutch - Japanese Maritime Desk K.K.

Carnival Magic Returns to Galveston, Quarantined Passenger Debarks

Carnival Magic docked in Galveston without incident, allowing the quarantined Texas lab worker and her partner to debark first. When the ship docked at 4:30 a.m., healthcare authorities boarded to conduct a final health screening of the passenger, who had placed herself in quarantine, a Carnival spokesperson said. The passenger, who had always been considered low-risk, remained symptom-free of Ebola and testing done at the Department of State Health Services came back clear, according to a statement put out this morning by the Galveston County Health Authority. The passenger, who is now out of the 21-day incubation window, and her companion traveled home on their own.

The CARNIVAL MAGIC off Cozumel (Mexico ) Photo : Theo Bakker ©

Debarkation for the remaining passengers commenced as scheduled, the line said. An announcement was made onboard about the blood test results and passengers were handed a flyer from the Centers for Disease Control advising them that they were not at risk, spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said.

Before the ship arrived in Galveston, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rendezvoused with Carnival Magic to collect a blood sample from the passenger. The sample was then flown to the state health department labs in Austin for testing. As Cruise Critic reported, the cabin where the lab worker underwent voluntary quarantine will not be occupied during



Carnival Magic's next voyage, a spokesperson for the line said Saturday."This is purely to allay any concerns our guests may have and not because there is any science-based reason," de la Cruz said.Because the health care worker showed no symptoms of illness during the cruise, no one has ordered the ship to undergo special cleaning procedures, she said. "Be that as it may, we are undertaking an aggressive cleaning and sanitizing initiative anyway," de la Cruz said.

Embarkation this afternoon for the ship's next voyage, scheduled to visit Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, will be as scheduled. In a letter sent to passengers and posted on the Cruise Critic message boards, people were told that they would be filling out the standardized health questionnaire, which was updated this week to include questions about nationality, previous travel and contact with Ebola patients. Carnival will not be providing refunds if someone wants to cancel an upcoming cruise. Passengers on this Carnival Magic cruise, which called in Roatan and Belize before being denied entry in Cozumel, are receiving a $200 per person credit to their shipboard account and a 50 percent discount on a future cruise to make up for the missed visit to Cozumel."A handful" of passengers canceled their cruise because of the incident, de la Cruz said. The ship will be sailing with around 4,000 passengers. Source : cruisecritic

HEEREMA HARTLEPOOL AWARDED CULZEAN WELLHEAD PLATFORM JACKET

Heerema Fabrication Group’s Hartlepool yard in the United Kingdom has been awarded the Procurement & Construction contract of the Culzean Wellhead Platform (WHP) jacket, wellhead access deck and access ways for client Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited, operator of the Culzean field in the North Sea. Culzean is an Ultra High Pressure High Temperature Development field. The jacket for the WHP is the first to be constructed and installed in range of the Culzean field and will be approximately 114 m tall with a footprint of 31 x 31 m and a top of 22 x 22 m. The wellhead access deck and access ways will be fabricated in Hartlepool, with the WHP jacket and piles being built at Heerema’s yard in Vlissingen. The total expected scope of the Culzean project for execution at HFG’s yards will represent approximately 7,100 tons fabrication work. Construction is due to start in January 2015 for completion in March 2016.

According to Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, Chief Executive Officer of HFG: "Having been able to secure this work for a UK based company is of great importance. Heerema Hartlepool is a reputable and reliable UK based contractor located in the North East. Heerema Vlissingen is specially equipped for the execution of jacket constructions and has an impressive track record. Both are part of HFG, a strong group that is familiar with the requirements of Maersk Oil. We are very pleased with this award which is in line with our strategy to be a reputable contractor creating value for clients in the offshore oil & gas industry. We look forward to a successful project execution and continuing to build on our pleasant relationship with Maersk Oil UK." The Culzean field is situated in the UK sector of the Central North Sea approximately 200 km east of Aberdeen in license block 22/25a. The water depth is approximately 88 m and the reservoir is located around 4,300 m below sea level. The overall Culzean development concept consists of a wellhead platform, a central processing facility platform and a separate utilities and living quarter platform with capacity for over 100 people. The platforms will be linked via two bridges approximately 100 m in length. First gas is currently expected in 2019. The Culzean project has the potential to meet around 5% of UK gas demand in 2020/21.

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FAIRPARTNER LOADED IN SATTAHIP FOR WHEATSTONE LNG PROJECT

Sunday morning 19th October Jumbo’s MV Fairpartner departed Sattahip with a full deck-load of various tanks fabricated in Sattahip, Thailand by CB&I for the Chevron Wheatstone LNG project at Onslow, Australia – yet another successful cooperation between CB&I and Jumbo. Photo’s : Borge Fogh ©

Shipping lines maintain services in Ebola-hit countries

THE world's top container shipping line are determined to maintain services to Ebola hit Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea despite seeing a considerable drop in cargo volumes over the past few weeks. Fear of contamination from exported goods has dampened demand in overseas markets, sending West African economies into tailspins. Maersk now serves the Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea with a weekly service, WAF7 deploying four 2,500 TEU ships calling at the transshipment hubs of Tangier and Algeciras, then sailing to Monrovia, Conakry, and Freetown, reported Lloyd's List.Access to ships is tightly controlled and essential visitors are required on arrival at the port to have their temperature taken and wash their hands. That is repeated on arrival at the APM Terminals facility in Monrovia.

"We have to continue to have our weekly fixed call because we have to ensure a steady supply of food, otherwise the crisis will instantly get worse,?said Maersk Liberia manager Eva Maria Kops.CMA CGM remains equally committed to serving the region but, like Maersk, has split its services.It now serves ports in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia with a single service loop that is separate from those that serve countries free of the disease.Singapore’s Pacific International Lines has suspended its multipurpose vessel service to the Ebola-affected area but still has a feeder ship going every two weeks.Taiwan's Evergreen Line operates two West African services with vessel-sharing partners, but of the Ebola-infected countries, ships only call at Lagos, where the outbreak appears to have been halted.Schedule delay or port omissions can largely be attributed to port congestion rather than to the quarantine requirement, Evergreen says.MOL, another carrier that serves West Africa, but not the countries worst-hit by Ebola, had to make some service adjustments initially, but has now reverted to its original schedule.When cases were reported in Nigeria, Ivory Coast blocked ships coming from Lagos, so MOL switched its rotation and called at Abidjan first.But with the outbreak



seemingly stopped in Nigeria, MOL has reverted to its original rotation.Reefership specialist Africa Express Line does not call at any of the countries affected, and so has left its port rotation of Douala, Tema, Abidjan, and Dakar unchanged. NileDutch, another West Africa specialist, says it has also been unaffected so far. Source : Asian Shipper

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Team Heerema winning the Media Award of the Race of the Classics for Young Professionals.

During the Race of the Classics for Young Professionals, Team Heerema succeeded to capture the Media Award. Goal of this award was to create attention for the ‘Rees’, the classical tall ships and the participating companies. Team Heerema did this successfully by having a very active Facebook site with good luck wishes from all over the world, spectacular sailing movies and BBC radio interviews. We would like to thank the ROTCYP organization and all other persons involved in making this journey such an unforgettable success. Even though we did not manage to get the second place (as requested by Team Boskalis in the newsclippings of the 16th of October), Team Heerema would like to congratulate Boskalis (which we know also reads this Newsclippings) with being able to successfully claim the last place overall and capture the Red Lantern award. Go to https://www.facebook.com/RotcypHeerema to see all the footage from the Rees (e.g. Movies from both legs capturing the good atmosphere on board).

Famous Mersey ferry Royal Daffodil may be handed to charitable trust

Mersey ferries bosses pledged to keep the decommissioned Royal Daffodil in good order – despite her continuing to languish in a corner of Birkenhead docks.MV Royal Daffodil was taken out of service in January 2013 and is in “warm” lay-up at Mersey Ferries’ East Float depot on Duke Street, meaning she can be reactivated in four to six

weeks.The bridge remains fully-equipped and the engine room appears to be in tip-top condition but life-saving equipment has been returned to its leasing company.However, the future of the ferry, built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, is no more certain now than two years ago and she remains in limbo, but a new ship would cost £10-12m. Her demise was hastened by electrical faults and spares are difficult to find for her Cummings Wartsila diesel engines, which although only installed in 1999 are now out of production. Her two fleet mates, Royal Iris of the Mersey and Snowdrop cope with a revised timetable, even on busy summer weekends, and there is no plan to reactivate her next year for the first visit of the three

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Cunard Queen liners on May 24-26.The laid-up Mersey Ferry Royal Daffodil at East Float, Birkenhead, awaiting its fate. Onboard the Royal Daffodil.The laid-up Mersey Ferry Royal Daffodil at East Float, Birkenhead, awaiting its fate. Onboard the Royal Daffodil. Laying-up “the Daff” cost Mersey Ferries £40,000 last year, whereas it claims keeping her in service would cost £300,000. This is a far bigger gain than parent organisation Merseytravel’s original estimate of £103,000-£183,000.

Gary Evans, Mersey Ferries head of customer delivery, said: “It’s about striking a balance between maintenance and saving £300,000 a year.“We’ve not got an endless pot of money to draw on, but she is our asset and we want to keep her in good condition while investing in the other two ferries which have received £1m of refurbishments. “The initial approach was to put Daffodil into warm lay-up to see what happens and we’ve found Royal Iris and Snowdrop are 99.7 % reliable with capacity for future demand.“We intend to review all available options for her future over the next six to 12 months, including the idea of putting her into a charitable trust.”Eugene Davies, Mersey Ferries engineering superintendent, said: “The engines are turned over once a week, the generators, boilers and the heating run, as agreed with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.“The painting regime is touching up to keep the rust at bay, but not the finishing layer which will be done before return to service. Any rotted deck timbers will be replaced with iroko hardwood from Royal Iris and Snowdrop when they are redecked early next year.”Mersey Ferries honouring promise to look after Royal Daffodil ECHO shipping correspondent Peter Elson was given special permission to board the Royal Daffodil to check Mersey Ferries was honouring its promise to look after the famous ship. In spite of some peeling paint and superficial rust, noticeable on her name and Liverpool port of registry, the 468 gross ton ferry is being kept in good condition.There is no smell of damp or mustiness in the interiors which look in good order and are used to store her outside deck wooden seating.Having started life in 1962 as Birkenhead Corporation’s commuter ferry Overchurch, her public saloons on three decks were rebuilt into excursion and charter “party ship” style for 650 people. Source : liverpoolecho

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The De Hoop Shipyard Lobith newbuilding DELTA ADMIRAL waiting to pass the Merwede bridge in Gorinchem

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Draft Polar Code approved by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee

A key step on the way to a mandatory Polar Code for ships operating in Arctic and Antarctic waters has been reached with the approval by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the environmental provisions in the draft International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code), together with associated draft amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), to make the Code mandatory. Following this approval, the MEPC will consider the Code and the draft amendments for adoption at its next session, in May 2015. Once adopted, the Polar Code and MARPOL amendments could enter into force on 1 January 2017. The draft Polar Code covers the full range of design, construction, equipment, operational, training, search and rescue and environmental protection matters relevant to ships operating in waters surrounding the two poles. The environmental provisions add additional requirements to those already contained in MARPOL, to be applied to ships operating in the polar waters. As the Antarctic area is already established as a Special Area under MARPOL Annexes I and V, with stringent restrictions on discharges, the Polar Code aims to replicate many of those provisions in the Arctic area. The MEPC approved the preamble, introduction and part II of the Polar Code, which includes mandatory provisions in chapters covering the following topics: • prevention of pollution by oil, including discharge restrictions prohibiting any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship, as well as structural requirements including protective location of fuel-oil and cargo tanks; • control of pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk, prohibiting any discharge into the sea of noxious liquid substances, or mixtures containing such substances; • prevention of pollution by sewage from ships, prohibiting the discharge of sewage except for comminuted and disinfected sewage under specific circumstances, including a specified distance from ice; • prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, adding additional restrictions to the permitted discharges (under MARPOL Annex V, discharge of all garbage into the sea is prohibited, except as provided otherwise). Food wastes shall not be discharged onto the ice and discharge into the sea of comminuted and ground food wastes is only permitted under specific circumstances including at a not less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land, ice-shelf or fast ice. Only certain cargo residues, classified as not harmful to the marine environment, can be discharged. Also approved were draft amendments to MARPOL Annexes I (prevention of pollution by oil from ships), II (noxious liquid substances), IV (sewage) and V (garbage) to bring the introduction and corresponding chapters in part II-A of the Polar Code into force under those annexes. Recommendations in Part II-B of the Polar Code were approved, including a recommendation to refrain from carrying heavy fuel oil as cargo or fuel in the Arctic (a current regulation in MARPOL Annex 1 already prohibits the carriage of such fuel in the Antarctic); and a recommendation to apply the standards contained in the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention), 2004 (this instrument has not yet entered into force).

In May 2014, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), approved the Introduction and part I (safety provisions) of the Polar Code, along with a draft new chapter XIV of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)



on “Safety measures for ships operating in polar waters”. The MSC will consider the adoption of the Polar Code and SOLAS amendments at its next session (MSC 94, 17 to 21 November). Once adopted, it is expected that the SOLAS amendments making the Polar Code mandatory would enter into force on 1 January 2017. Source: IMO

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Ocean Rig to provide DryShips with $120 million loan

DryShips Inc., an international provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes, and through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (“Ocean Rig”), of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced the following:

• Ocean Rig has agreed to provide DryShips with $120m of immediate liquidity through a short-term unsecured loan. The proceeds will be used, if needed, to repay its 5% Convertible Notes maturing on Dec. 1, 2014.

• Ocean Rig has declared its third consecutive quarterly cash dividend with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2014, of $0.19 per common share, to shareholders of record as of October 31, 2014, and payable on or about November 11, 2014.

• Ocean Rig has been awarded extensions of the drilling contracts for its two ultra deepwater drillships the Ocean Rig Corcovado and the Ocean Rig Mykonos by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) for drilling offshore Brazil. The contracts extensions are subject to partner approvals. The term of each extension is for 1,095 days with a total combined revenue backlog of over $1.1 billion, excluding reimbursement by Petrobras for contract related equipment upgrades. The new contracts will commence in direct continuation from the end of the current agreements with Petrobras, in Q1 and Q2 of 2015.

• Ocean Rig signed an amendment with Total E&P Angola to extend the date by which Total E&P Angola should exercise the option to extend the term of the contract for two additional one-year periods. The first option is now exercisable until February 27, 2015 and the second option exercisable within one year after the date of exercise of the first option.

• DryShips expects its third quarter EBITDA to be within the range of $265 million to $300 million. George Economou, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We are delighted to announce another quarter of solid operational performance mainly attributed to the high utilization of about 98% achieved by our drilling segment. We are also excited with the extension for the contracts for the Corcovado and the Mykonos which brings the total backlog of our subsidiary Ocean Rig to $5.5 billion. On the back of this solid backlog, Ocean Rig also announced its third consecutive quarterly dividend payment of $0.19 per share. Petrobras contract extensions and TOTAL’s LOI extension for the Olympia is a positive sign for the future prospects of the UDW market. We see various requirements from clients for additional drilling programs in Angola. We believe that as oil companies are finalizing their budgets for 2015, we will get a much clearer picture of the long term supply and demand balance which may be tighter than market expectations. We do not believe that the current stock price of Ocean Rig reflects the true value of company, which stock price has been adversely affected by the recent volatility of

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the oil price and the overhang created by the uncertainty about our ability to repay our Convertible Notes. I want to re-assure all shareholders, that DryShips fully expects to fund the December 1st maturity of the 5% Convertible Notes, and the loan from Ocean Rig is just a backstop in case we need a bit more time to execute on the various alternatives we are working on and if drawn, will be repaid as soon as possible.Ocean Rig, with its high specification, pure play UDW fleet and solid balance sheet and backlog is uniquely positioned amongst its clients. Ocean Rig’s newbuilding program in 2016 and 2017 provides further growth into a market we believe in and its solid backlog supports for dividends and other value creation initiatives, such as the MLP.” Source: DryShips

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The ports of Constanta, Batumi and Ilyichevsk, connected by a new ferry line

A new ferry line was launched on October 16, 2014, on the route Constanta, Batumi - Georgia and Ilyichevsk - Ukraine. The line service will be provided by "Greifswald" - a modern, large size vessel, in the class of ro-ro/passenger/ferry, which belongs to the fleet of the Ukrainian shipowner UKRFerry. Ministries from Romania, Georgia and Ukraine, the National Secretariat of TRACECA organization, the port operator Romcargo Maritim and the shipowner UKRFerry have contributed to the opening of the new ferry line. Iulian Matache - Secretary of State in the Romanian Ministry of Transport, Oksana Reiter - Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Natia Mikeladze - Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, diplomats from seven countries, accredited to Romania, members of the National Secretariat of TRACECA participated in the inauguration ceremony of the ferry line, at Romcargo Maritim terminal in Constanta South - Agigea Port. "Greifswald" is a vessel built in 1988, with enough space to accommodate 150 passengers, 50 railway wagons and 50 long trucks simultaneously. It has a length of 190.9 m, a breadth of 28 m and deadweight of 8,005 dwt. It is registered under the flag of Panama. Every week, the vessel arrives at the port of Constanta on Thursday, 16.00 h, loads - unloads the vehicles and, on the same day, it raises the anchor at 23.59 h. It arrives at the port of Batumi on Sunday, at 7.00 h, and leaves the port on the same day, at 21.00 h; it arrives on Wednesday at 7.00 h at Ilyichevsk and leaves the port at 21.00 h. In the future, depending on requests, the number of vessels and weekly services might increase.The vessel will carry vehicles of any kind: cars, minibuses and buses, long trucks, trailers, excavators, bulldozers, compactors, utility cars, with the exception of railway wagons, because of the differences in track gauge between the railways in Romania, Georgia and Ukraine. The technical conditions allow the access of the vehicles with a length of up to 22 m, a width of up to 2.50 m, a maximum height of 4.20 m and a gross weight of up to 40 tonnes.The new shipping route is part of TRACECA strategy of international transport development on the Europe - Caucasus - Asia corridor, which will be connected to the Trans-European multimodal transport network. The following countries are part of this organization: Azerbaijan,



Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Source : noodls

After Product Tanker Heist a Report on the Cost of Piracy to Merchant Shipping in Asia

The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) has released a report detailing a surprising but significant change in the trend of pirate incidents in Asian waters for the nine month period from January to September 2014. ReCAAP found that in the third quarter of 2014, there was a 33% drop in the number of incidents of piracy and armed robbery against merchant shipping as compared to Q2. Unfortunately that’s where the good news ends, with a total of 129 attacks reported for the year so far (both attempted and successful) pirate attacks in the region are at their highest level since before ReCAAP’s formation.

The first six months of 2014 saw an increase in the number of incidents compared to the same period of last year, a surge from 61 reported during the first half of 2013, to 90 in 2014. However, after July 2014, there has been a reduction in the number of incidents within the three-month period from July to September. A total of 39 incidents were reported during Q3 2014 compared to 58 incidents during Q2 2014, marking a 33% decrease.

Compared to the same periods in 2010 to 2013, there has been an upward trend in the number of incidents reported during 2014. The bulk of the incidents reported during 2014, up to September, were petty thefts, and while the incidents classified as less significant and moderately significant, have remained fairly consistent compared to the same period in 2011-2013, of concern were the ‘very significant’ classed events involving the siphoning of ship fuel/oil. These notably declined in August and September 2014, a trend ReCAAP associates with the ongoing collaborative efforts by the maritime enforcement authorities and the shipping industry, but the organisation still urges the authorities and all stakeholders not to be complacent, ensuring all parties carry out their risk assessments, conduct internal checks and enforce vigilance at sea. While there has been a decrease in incidents reported at some ports and anchorages in Indonesia; ships anchored off north-east of Pulau Bintan in the South China Sea have been boarded more frequently. Of less significance and petty theft in nature, opportunistic robbers also boarded ships while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

ReCAAP, a regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance cooperation against piracy and armed robbery in Asia launched in 2007. It urges the littoral States to step up surveillance, maintain a continuous naval presence and conduct more regular jointly coordinated patrols in the strait whilst advising ship masters to exercise extra vigilance when traversing areas susceptible to pirate attacks and to report all incidents immediately to the authorities of the coastal States. The twenty contracting parties to ReCAAP are Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Denmark, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the UK, the US, and Vietnam.

Already October has seen the capture and release of an oil product tanker, which was held by pirates for six days when transiting the waters between Singapore and Vietnam. Having left Singapore laden with 5,200 tonnes of gas oil, the Sunrise 689 soon disappeared and lost contact with her owner. Nearly a week later, she re-emerged with approximately 2,000 tonnes less of her cargo and her communication systems and black box destroyed to avoid detection, but with all 18 members of her crew relatively unscathed though without any personal belongings as they

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had also been stolen by the pirates, a pattern only too familiar to the regions victims. The hijacking of the Vietnamese tanker was typical of the more serious type of assault in Asian waters and saw her seized on October 2 and held for almost an entire week whilst her cargo was stolen. The ship was seized by men armed with guns and knives operating from a fast skiff and two fishing boats shortly after she left the Horizon Terminal in Singapore. The crew were badly treated, particularly at first when some tried to resist the assault with one man sustaining a broken toe and damaged knee and another an ankle injury. After they were subdued the crew received food only once a day until their release on October 9. Source : handyshippingguide

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EU Notes Decrease in Piracy Near Somalian Coast

The European Union noted a decline in piracy activity off the coast of Somalia, the EU Foreign Affairs Council said in a Monday press release following a meeting in Luxembourg "The EU welcomes the significant decline in piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden and Western Indian Ocean and encourages the Federal Government to further increase its contribution to this success. However, networks supporting piracy are still operating and the threat of piracy remains," the statement said.The Council also expressed concern with regard to the reports on the recent release of a pirate leader in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and underscored the need for the authorities to "end impunity of piracy network leaders and strengthen the rule of law.""The prosecution of piracy leaders remains a prerequisite for the disruption of piracy networks' operational capabilities. Therefore the EU calls on Somali authorities to take concrete measures towards the establishment of such legislative framework pertaining to piracy and maritime crime," the Foreign Affairs Council conclusion said. The Council also urged the Mogadishu authorities to establish an independent national electoral commission in order to carry out a legitimate vote in 2016.Global powers launched anti-piracy missions in response to a rising amount of piracy off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean in 2009. The operation has been extended until the end of 2014.Somalia ceased to exist as a unified state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the federal government, which controls Mogadishu and some adjacent areas, as the only legitimate authority in the country.The remaining parts of Somalia are currently under control of unrecognized state entities or are self-governing territories. Certain areas of southern and northeastern Somalia are ruled by local clans and radical Islamist movements, including the militant group Al-Shabaab. Source : RIANovosti

NAVY NEWS NATO Asking U.S. For More Warships NATO is looking for more U.S. warships to counter the Russian "threat," the alliance's naval chief has said.In a meeting with Pentagon reporters, Royal Navy Vice Adm. Peter Hudson said that NATO's four standing maritime groups have operated at only half strength for the last several years, reported Navy Times. Twenty five years ago, he said, "We used to do big, complex NATO exercises in all environments, but the world has changed. We haven’t been doing as many of those in the last 10, 15 years. But I think Ukraine has told us we need to up our game and I think that’s the plan in the near future.”

Hudson was apparently at the Pentagon to discuss with U.S. Navy officials how to beef up NATO's naval forces. “Six or seven destroyers … isn’t going to defeat a complex enemy,” he said. “But it will sustain a theater, ... it will put all the



connectivity into a region in place so that the follow-on forces can deliver.”One wonders what sort of scenario would entail a NATO "defeat" of Russia. The U.S. has already stepped up its rotation of ships into the Black Sea and has promised to do more. Vice Adm. Hudson also said last month that NATO would increase its presence in the Baltic Sea, as well. (That plan has no doubt been given new currency as a result of Sweden's claims that a Russian submarine has been snooping around its waters.)And a "large fleet of naval vessels" is currently in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean conducting Operation "Noble Justification," the name of which speaks to the vigor with which NATO has embraced its new role in the months since the crisis with Ukraine began. After a couple of decades of near irrelevance, both NATO and Russia have found new meaning in reviving their dormant mutual antagonism. Source : Eurasianet

HMS Kent leaves Portsmouth for Maritime Security Operations

This could not have been done without the support and commitment of our families and friends, very much members of team Kent Commander Andrew Block RN "HMS Kent will return to the Middle East, a part of the world she knows well, to provide reassurance to the UK's allies in the region, whilst conducting maritime security, counter narcotics and counter-piracy patrols to protect British trade and wider national interests. "This could not have been done without the support and commitment of our families and friends, very much members of team Kent. "We leave them behind with a little sadness, but we deploy with full confidence in Kent's ability to meet any operational tasking head on and an understanding that our collective sacrifice is an important and meaningful part of UK's economic and physical security."During the six-month deployment the ship expects to visit the African and Asian continents as well as European nations. On the eve of her departure the Type 23 frigate welcomed on board special guests from key organisations in her namesake county to strengthen the valued links between the organisations. Visitors including Peter Homewood, Chairman of Kent County Council and Brigadier John Meardon, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent enjoyed a tour of the ship, lunch on board and heard all about the ships deployment.Mr Homewood, said "The County Council and the people of Kent are very proud to support HMS Kent. Our very best wishes are with the ship's company as they embark on their next operational deployment and we look forward to welcoming them back soon. Source :noodls

Joint naval exercise meant to curb illicit activities, says PN fleet chief

Afghanistan is responsible for 90 per cent of poppy production and 40pc of it is trafficked to the world through the sea,` said Rear Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi.`Afghanistan is a landlocked country so neighboring Pakistan and

Iran`s coastlines are used by them for this purpose.The Commander Pakistan Fleet was speaking to the media on Monday at a briefing about the joint Pakistan Navy and Russian Federation Naval Forces exercise to fight the menace of narcotics.`As you know, all over the world, navies are known to build bridges.

Pakistan and Russian navies are also doing their bit in advancing the bilateral relations between the two countries,` he said. Pakistan Navy ship Aslat visited Russian Port Novorossiysk in Oct 2013, was reciprocated by two Russian Navy ships visiting Karachi in April this year. In May, Pakistan Navy ship Rahnaward also called on the Russian port of

Novorossiysk. The visit of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Federation Naval Forces in August also afforded an excellent opportunity to discuss regional issues of mutual interest and identify avenues of bilateral cooperation.`Now, the second visit by Russian warships after just six months is a testament of our growing relations and keenness on both sides to further enhance the existing level of bilateral relations. But the objective of this particular visit by our Russian friends is not just limited to foster goodwill. It was also aimed at developing procedures for conducting combined operations to curb illicit activities in the maritime domain,` he said.



`Given the fact that the government, armed forces and the people of Pakistan are fighting against terrorism, Pakistan Navy including the naval special operations forces personnel and the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency along with observers from Anti-Narcotics Force have also conducted a joint counter narcotics exercise with a Russian ship and members of Russian Federal Drug Control Service [FDCS], in North Arabian Sea.The professionalstandard dis-played by the participating units and crews from both the countries is praiseworthy.Ìt is expected that this exercise will prove as a stepping stone towards increasing interoperability and way forward for future exercises between Russian and Pakistan navies.Itis also believed that the visit of Russian ship Yarsolav Mudry to Karachi will usher new avenues of friendship and cooperation between our two countries in general and navies in particular,` Rear Admiral Abbasi said.

Speaking through a translator, the director of the federal drug control service Russia, Victor Ivanov, said that the contribution of Pakistan Navy in the fight against narcotics was invaluable.Ìf you look at the equipment and people involved, it is a very complicated operation.`The tremendous drug production in Afghanistan is a major threat to world economy as over one hundred billion dollars are spent every year to buy Afghanistan heroine. And 90pc of the world`s trade is through the sea.

The sea lanes are like blood supply to the body or the world`s economy in this case. So the navies of the world must play their part in maintaining law and order on the high seas as it requires a multinational effort. Pakistan`s association in thwarting the menace will give new momentum to this cooperation,` he said.

Answering a question about the distance between Pakistan and Russia and how narcotics from our coastlines could even reach that country, Rear Admiral Abbasi said the world environments kept changing, which was also something bringing the two countries closer.

Ìt may seem that we are quite far apart but we are both still part of central Asia. So in a global world we are not that far away. It is not unusual to find the drugs leaving Afghanistan ending up at the northern port of Russia,` he said. In reply to a question about further cooperation between both countries, Mr Ivanov said they were aware of Pakistan`s energy problems.`Russia is interested in having a pipeline with Pakistan to help Pakistan`s economy pick up.Because we believe the stronger a country`s economy, the less space for drugs it will have,` he said.It was asked if the numbers and quantities of narcotics smuggling from here being quoted were even realistic. Director general of the Pakistan Maritime SecurityAgency Rear Admrial Athar Mukhtar said that during the last year they caught 1,110 kilograms of narcotics together with intelligence agencies and Pakistan Customs.

`The customs department later burns these narcotics in order toget rid of them,` he said. `We have tried our best to put a stop to the smuggling of drugs on land and through sea but the drug traffickers still find other ways of smuggling, which we can only thwart through mutual cooperation.get rid of them,` he said.`We have tried our best to put a stop to the smuggling of drugs on land and through sea but the drug traffickers still find other ways of smuggling, which we can only thwart through mutual cooperation. Source : Imran Farooq

HMS Liverpool begins final journey to scrapyard

HMS Liverpool is towed from the UK to be broken up at a Turkish scrapyard.The Type 42 destroyer, nicknamed “Crazy Red Chicken” after her red Liver Bird badge, was built by Cammell Laird in 1982 and after 30 years’ service was finally laid up at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, on March 30 2012.During service, HMS Liverpool was stationed in the Falkland Islands for six months after the war with Argentina in 1982 and she helped evacuate the Caribbean island of Montserrat after a volcanic eruption in 1995. She took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and made the headlines in 2011, during the Libyan civil war, where she became the first Royal Navy ship to be fired on since the Falklands. Her final visit to the River Mersey was on February 29-March 4, 2012, before a final sail past her Lairds birthplace. Her bell is preserved in Our Lady & St Nicholas’ sailors’ church, Chapel Street, Liverpool.

HMS Liverpool was sold to Leyal Ship Recycling, Aliaga, near Izmir, Turkey, where the former Birkenhead Historic Warship, HMS Plymouth, is being dismantled.HMS Liverpool was sold as part of a deal which included her sister ship HMS Manchester. They were both decommissioned to make way for the Royal Navy’s six new Type 45 (or Daring) class destroyers.

Mike Critchley, Warship World magazine publisher, who was involved in managing the former Historic Warships Museum, at Birkenhead, said: “In spite of millions spent on upgrades, Liverpool’s an old ship now, but has certainly done her stuff for Queen and country.“Technology has raced on in the last 30 years and Liverpool and her 12 sisters have been replaced by the new supership Type 45s. But there’s only six of them, so they can only be in half the places



geographically.“This means the demise of HMS Liverpool and her class is a national issue.“We are an island nation importing 95% of our needs and we don’t live in a safe world.“Having a properly equipped Navy is the insurance price we pay for what we need to live.” Source : liverpoolecho

SHIPYARD NEWS

COSL orders AHTS trio China Oilfield Services (COSL) has been linked to a new order for anchor-handlers at Wuchang Shipbuilding. Brokers said the unit of state-owned energy company CNOOC has contracted three 2,300-dwt vessels for delivery in March, April and May, 2016.No price has been disclosed for the 12,000-hp ships.It is the yard's first order since June, when it won a deal to build two 50,000-dwt heavy deck cargo vessels for United Faith Group.Clarksons lists the yard as having a new anchor-handler due for delivery this month to CNOOC. Source : Tradewinds

Averting crisis

Korea’s manufacturing sector in trouble

The harsher-than-expected downsizing of executive posts at Hyundai Heavy Industries Group reflects the sense of crisis building up in Korea’s manufacturing industry. Hyundai Heavy, which forms the world’s largest shipbuilding group along with its two affiliates ― Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries ― shed one-third of its executive positions last week.

The drastic executive layoff plan, part of the group’s sweeping austerity drive, was carried out with lightning speed. It took resignations from all 262 executives Oct. 12 and announced Friday that 81 of them should go home. Although the action was swifter and more sweeping than had been expected, it would have been inevitable for the company to streamline its management after it received its worst-ever report card.

The shipbuilder reported a net loss of 616.6 billion won ($593.6 million) in the second quarter and its operating loss reached a record 1.11 trillion won. Its share price plummeted to one-fifth of what it was 3 1/2 years ago.

While the dismal performance by the world’s No. 1 shipbuilder did shock many, what’s more troubling is that Hyundai Heavy is not the only one suffering from difficulties, as the Korean manufacturing sector overall is in a slump.The Bank of Korea statistics show that the combined sales at the nation’s 113,155 manufacturing firms managed to increase 0.5 percent last year, the slowest growth rate ever. It is only the second time that the rate posted less than 1 percent, the other being when it recorded 0.7 percent in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis.

A bigger cause for concern is that Korea’s major manufacturers that have been flexing their muscles globally in industries such as electronics, automobiles, chemicals and shipbuilding are in trouble. According to the central bank,

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the growth rate of sales by large conglomerates is plunging ― it fell from 13.1 percent in 2011 to 5 percent in 2012, and slid further to 0.3 percent last year. In fact, a growing number of world-class manufacturing giants are facing an increasingly gloomy outlook, although not on par with Hyundai Heavy Industries.

For instance, Samsung Electronics’ once-explosive growth seems to have already reached its peak. Its sales amounted to 47 trillion won in the third quarter, marking the first time in two years that it went below 50 trillion won.Its operating profit, which exceeded 10 trillion won to peak in the third quarter of last year, fell to 4.1 trillion won, marking the first time in about three years that it dipped below 5 trillion won.The protracted slump in domestic consumption and the unfavorable external conditions ― such as the strong won, the weak yen and the grim outlook for the global economy ― are to blame for the lackluster performance of major Korean manufacturers.

The latest developments surrounding the plight of Korean manufacturing should set alarm bells ringing, because the sector accounts for much of the nation’s export-driven economy. That the BOK cut the export growth estimate for this year to 4 percent from 6.1 percent reflects this reality.

The economic policy team led by Deputy Prime Minister Choi Kyung-hwan seems to be obsessed with the short-term goal of reviving the domestic economy. It should put the same focus on the mid-and long-term strategy to improve the global competitiveness of the manufacturing sector.There ought to be more firms like Samsung Electronics, which overcame its late start in the smartphone war with Apple on the strength of its innovation and ability to adapt swiftly to change Source : koreaherald

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Addax extends FPSO charter offshore Nigeria

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Addax Petroleum has extended its use of the FPSO Kock Adoon offshore Nigeria by a year in a USD 39m-extension contract with vessel owner Yinson Holdings (though Yinson’s subsidiary Adoon Pte Ltd) The original contract for the FPSO was awarded on 17 October 2006, for a firm eight year period with option to renew up to eight years.

The extension contract is valued at approximately USD 39m.Both parties have now agreed to extend the term of the said original contract by one year to 16 October 2015.Addax, a subsidiary of Sinopec Group is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas resources in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

In Nigeria, Addax’s producing assets include 11 field complexes with around 60 production wells in concession OML123, two fields with 20 producing wells in concession OML 124, and two fields with 14 production wells in concession OML126.On-going progress with Field Development Planning is expected to result in a significant increase in production Source : oilandgastechnology

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U.S. Rig Count Down by 12 Mainly Due to Lesser Oil Rigs

In its weekly release, Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI - Analyst Report) reported a fall in the U.S. rig count (number of rigs searching for oil and gas in the country), owing mainly to a fall in the number of oil rigs The Baker Hughes data, issued since 1944, acts as an important yardstick for energy service providers in gauging the overall business environment of the oil and gas industry.

Weekly Summary: Rigs engaged in exploration and production in the U.S. totaled 1,918 for the week ended Oct 17, down by 12 from the previous week.

The current nationwide rig count is more than double the lowest level reached in recent years (876 in the week ended Jun 12, 2009) and is well above the prior-year level of 1,739. It rose to a 22-year high in 2008, peaking at 2,031 in the weeks ending Aug 29 and Sep 12.Rigs engaged in land operations decreased by 12 to 1,847, offshore drilling was down by 1 to 57 rigs, while inland waters activity rose by 1 to 14 units.

Natural Gas Rig Count: After a slump in mid June to its lowest point since May 1993, the natural gas rig count increased by 8 rigs to 328 from the previous week. As per the most recent report, the number of natural gas-directed rigs is down 58% from its recent peak of 811 reached in 2012.In fact, the current natural gas rig count remains 80% below its all-time high of 1,606 reached in late summer 2008. In the year-ago period, there were 372 active natural gas rigs.

Oil Rig Count: The count was down by 19 to 1,590. The current tally is way above the previous year’s rig count of 1,361. It has recovered strongly from a low of 179 in Jun 2009, rising almost 9 times.

Miscellaneous Rig Count: The miscellaneous rig count (primarily drilling for geothermal energy) was 0 after falling by 1 from the previous week.

Rig Count by Type: The number of vertical drilling rigs fell by 8 to 362, while the horizontal/directional rig count (encompassing new drilling technology that has the ability to drill and extract gas from dense rock formations, also known as shale formations) was down by 4 to 1,556.Gulf of Mexico (GoM): The GoM rig count fell by 1 to 55.

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Trade union wins in Aqaba dispute The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is pleased to announce that port workers at the Aqaba Container Terminals (ACT) facility in Jordan run by APM Terminals have gained a victory following international protests against a police roundup of union members. Workers represented by the ITF-affiliated General Union of Port Workers went on strike last week over contract changes and ACT management’s failure to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement due since July. Almost as soon as the strike began police raided the site and arrested 150, including the union’s leaders. Despite this and the attempted pre-prepared use of strikebreakers, the union – buoyed by support from the ITF and its affiliated unions in the region and globally – maintained its strike. It has now won its case, including the company’s waiving all penalties imposed during the strike, in particular rescinding 23 sackings; and a renewed commitment from the Jordanian government to have its grievances addressed by the national labour court.

Paddy Crumlin, ITF president and chair of the ITF dockers’ section, commented: “Everything about this affair smacks of pre-preparedness: sudden provocative contract changes, refusal to negotiate, then as soon as industrial action is taken in response, a sudden police raid and the arrival of strikebreakers. It looks a lot like an attempt to break the union. Well, the result has been the opposite – the union has won and has been made stronger. It’s being applauded by workforces outside the terminal for its stand and for its strong friendships.” Mahmoud Mansour, vice president of the General Union of Port Workers, commented: “This victory came not just from our members’ determination, but from the support of the ITF and its affiliates. Our workers never lost sight for a minute of how many colleagues were supporting us across this region and worldwide.” Paddy Crumlin concluded: “This victory comes at the same time as another one in Bahrain, where Svitzer, which provides services to the terminal run by APMT, had planned to make 11 tugboat crew redundant. There union action and solidarity, especially from trade unions in the Arab World, has again triumphed, with all 11 either getting their jobs back or choosing to take compensation and voluntary redundancy.”

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Ports worldwide restrict ship entry from Ebola hit countries

SHIPS that have called in a West Africa country affected by the Ebola outbreak are required to contact their local agents before arrival at ports of call for the latest country specific advice, an advisory from the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) said. In Argentina pilots are not allowed to board any vessel coming from ports in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone within the last 30 days, reported GAC Hot Port News. In Benin, vessels ex-Cotonou must notify the harbour master of the 10 previous ports of call three days before arrival, and may be subject to health inspections.In Brazil, crew aboard vessels entering ports from Ebola-affected areas will be subject to health checks, and any confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola must be reported. In the US. any illness or deaths must be reported and ships may be subject to delays and/or quarantine. In Cape Verde, no Ebola patients will be accepted, and vessels arriving from Sierra Leone are being subject to quarantine. Vessels entering Chinese ports from an Ebola affected area are to be subject to quarantine and inspections. In Congo (Brazzaville), Ebola patients will not be accepted on land.

Vessels calling in Marseilles, that have visited Ebola affected countries, must inform the local health authorities 48 hours prior to arrival. In Gabon, a vessel that has visited countries affected by Ebola shall be forbidden entry unless persons with Gabonese citizenship are on board. Crew members are forbidden from leaving port limits and no crew changes are allowed.In Guinea, where there are confirmed cases of Ebola, a national state of emergency has been declared. Health checks are to be carried out on all persons and disembarkation of non-Guinea stowaways is not permitted.In Ivory Coast, vessels calling in Abidjan and San Pedro are to undergo health checks, and may be quarantined. In Kenya, all flights are banned. Along with Ghana, three-day clearance is required for vessels arriving from Ebola affected areas. In Liberia, all ports are functioning normally and no special clearance is required for ships entering the port.A national state of emergency has been declared and public areas are closed with road blocks in and out of Monrovia. Curfew from 2100 to 0600 daily.Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Cameroon have

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banned ships from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Mauritania is also banning ships from Senegal, while Senegal is also banning ships from Conakry. In Gambia, all vessels arriving from Ebola affected areas are banned.

In Mexico and Nigeria any vessels entering from an Ebola affected area are subject to health checks. In the Panama Canal special measures are in place for vessels arriving from affected countries.In Sierra Leone, Freetown port is functioning normally, but travel is banned outside the hours of 9am-5pm. Singapore has introduced restrictions on vessels entering from Ebola affected areas.In South Africa, ships must declare the last three ports called. No waste from ships may be taken ashore and any ill persons are to be reported to the authorities. In Togo, all ports are operating normally. In Uruguay, the Pilots Association has refused to work with any ships arriving from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone within the last 21 days since departure.In Venezuela, all flights are banned to and from Africa, but no bans or restrictions have been imposed for maritime traffic. Source : Asian Shipper

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