MARITIME NEWS

Friday, March 7, 2014 International maritime news for seafarers

Disabled Canadian supply ship brought to Pearl Harbour

A Canadian refuelling ship, with nearly 00 sailors on!oard and was disa!led !y an engine fire, has !een !rought to "earl #ar!our$ %n &hursday, '( )a*y tug!oats too+ the ship to a pier after ma+ing a slow ,ourney from #awaii through the "acific waters$ &he fire !ro+e out last wee+, lea*ing 20 sailors with minor in,uries, su!se-uently causing power failure$ &he '( )a*y has !een called as the ship failed to regain power$ &he 44.year.old supply ship, which pro*ides food and e-uipment to )a*y *essels on duty, was scheduled to retire ne/t year$ Commodore 0o! Auchterlonie, the leader of the Canadian "acific Fleet, said that the ship encountered 1an a!solute worst.case scenario1 of a ma,or fire on!oard a tan+er in the middle of the ocean at night, compounded !y the power loss$1 1&he leadership on!oard, the professionalism of the sailors and the courage displayed to get through this has !een a!solutely e/ceptional,1 he told reporters$ Auchterlonie e/pressed his gratitude for the '( Coast 2uard and '( )a*y3s help during the ordeal, saying4 1I cannot than+ them enough for the great ,o! they did in helping our sailors get !ac+ to port safely$1 "etty %fficer 2nd Class (hawn Mosson said that he had ,ust sat down to ha*e a cup of coffee in the cafeteria when he heard the alarm$ #e immediately went down !elow and gra!!ed a hose to cool off the dec+$ &he heat was so intense, his eyeglasses melted when he set them down$ 1&he !oots were starting to melt to the dec+ from the heat,1 he said, adding4 156e were7 o*ercome with smo+e$ 8ou couldn3t see your hand in front of your face$1 Mosson, from 0randon, Manito!a, stressed that his training +ic+ed in and his mind went !lan+ as he focused on fighting the fire$ &he fire was under in*estigation and Commander Al #arrigan of

Maritime Forces "acific #ead-uarters said that getting the ship !ac+ to a doc+ was the first step in that process and e*entually guiding the *essel !ac+ to Canada$ &he 44.year.old ship was on its way home from a three. to four.wee+ deployment, he said$ 9arlier this wee+, an American guided.missile destroyer too+ 1: relati*es of the Canadian crew !ac+ to #awaii$ &he family mem!ers had !een tra*elling with the ship as part of a regular programme allowing relati*es to ,oin crews on return trips from long missions$ &he rest of the crew stayed with the ship, e/cept one crewmem!er who had cut his hand, #arrigan said$ &he tow was initially complicated !y rough seas that caused the tow line to !rea+ on (unday$ 0ut the deep.water ocean tug '(( (iou/ too+ o*er the towing, and the escort saw !etter conditions later in the wee+$ 5A"7

SAFETY STUDY COLLISION AGAINST A SEAWALL

A cargo *essel nearing port collided against a seawall when the officer on !ridge, who was alone, fell asleep at the helm$

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A container ship, with a master, a second officer and 1 crew mem!ers on !oard, collided with the sea wall as it neared port at around 04 : hrs$ &he day !efore, after the ship left port, the second officer was on watch on the !ridge for four hours from 0100 to 0;00 and another four hours from 1 00 hours to 1700$ &he ne/t day, he was alone on watch on the !ridge for si/ hours from 0100 hours to0700 and another si/ hours from 1 00 to 1:00$ It is pro!a!le that the accident occurred !ecause the 2%, who was the sole loo+.out on the !ridge, had fallen asleep, with the autopilot steering at night$ As to why the 2% had fallen asleep, it is pro!a!le that he was sitting on the !ridge chair in front of the radar trying to fight off sleep, e*en though he had wal+ed around in the !ridge to relie*e his drowsiness$ At the time when the accident occurred, all na*igational e-uipment was operational, with no malfunctions or failures to the hull, engine, e-uipment and other instruments$ &here was no !ridge na*igational watch alarm system on the ship$

&he ship was damaged around the !ul!ous !ow along with crac+s, recesses and scratches including !ro+en holes, in addition to water flooding of the forepea+ tan+$ &wo pillars of the seawall suffered damage$ &here were no casualties$

$E# %INDINGS
6hen the Master left the !ridge, he instructed the 2% to loo+ out alone$ #owe*er, it is pro!a!le that the instruction to ma+e the 2% to +eep watch alone in that situation was inappropriate, !ecause the area where they passed through at that time was highly congested with sea traffic and it was night.time$ If the watch+eeping duty had !een performed !y multiple persons on the !ridge, it is li+ely that the accident would not ha*e occurred$ It is pro!a!le that the 2% did not report to the Master that he had !een feeling drowsy, !ecause he had not slept during his pre*ious watch+eeping duties, and he thought that he would !e a!le to stay awa+e$ #owe*er, if he had reported appropriately to the Master, and if the Master of the (hip had replaced or increased the persons in charge of watch+eeping, it was li+ely that the accident would ha*e !een a*oided$ (ource4 <&(0

&arge 're( sued o)er 'ollapsed Eggner*s %erry &ridge

=entuc+y transportation officials ha*e sued the crewmem!ers of a cargo ship for causing significant damage to 9ggner3s Ferry 0ridge o*er the &ennessee >i*er$ &he ship struc+ the !ridge on <anuary 2?, 2012, triggering partial collapse of the structure and forcing the authorities to di*ert the traffic for four months$ In their lawsuit to the Federal Court, the (tate &ransportation authority stated that they had spent some '(@ 7 million to repair the !ridge$ &hey also stressed that the crew had ignored warnings from the '( Coast 2uard that the western =entuc+y !ridge3s na*igation lights were out$ In the lawsuit, it was also mentioned that the wrec+ caused a 22ft section of the span to collapse$

+oint proposal ,or !ariti-e Se'urity Strategy announ'ed

In a !id to impro*e the security of seas and oceans, the 9uropean Commission 59C7 adopted on &hursday a <oint "roposal for a 9uropean Maritime (ecurity (trategy in 0russels$

Maria @amana+i, the 9' Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said that it is 1a prime o!,ecti*e of the 9'1 to sa*e the seas and oceans$ According to her, the mo*e will ena!le the 9uropean community to properly address threats, such as armed conflicts, terrorism, drug traffic+ing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, piracy and international crimes$ @escri!ing the mo*e as a first step towards a co.ordinated action !y the 9', @amana+i e/plained that the ne/t discussion will focus on 2 action plans aimed at !oosting regional co. operation$ According to her, e/isting resources will !e !etter utilised, while effecti*e and relia!le partnership relations will !e promoted$ Meanwhile, it was also announced that @amana+i will host an International Conference on (ustaina!le Fishing Capacity Management in &hessaloni+i on March 1 .14 and the e*ent will !e organised under the auspices of the 2ree+ 9' "residency$ &he conference will !e formally inaugurated !y 2ree+ Foreign Minister 9*angelos AeniBelos$ &he two.day conference will !e addressed !y @amana+i, 2ree+ >ural @e*elopment and Food Minister Athanasios &saftaris, 0ritish !usinessman (ir >ichard 0ranson and International 'nion for Conser*ation of )ature 5I'C)7 2oodwill Am!assador "ierre 8*es Cousteau$ 5A)A7

COMMERCE India e.pands port ,a'ilities

India has decided to e/pand port facilities in order to pro*ide !etter ser*ices to sailors$ &he (outh Asian country has already got success in this regard, as it managed to attract an in*estment of a record I)> 207 !illion 5or '(@ $4 !illion7 in port pro,ects !y deregulated tariffs$ In the last two.three years, the Indian go*ernment has ta+en a num!er of steps to implement *arious port pro,ects$ &he Indian (hipping Ministry has said in a statement that the go*ernment has awarded !ids for 0 ports in the current financial year that will end on March 1$ &al+ing to the local media in )ew @elhi, (ecretary of the (hipping Ministry Aishwapati &ri*edi said that the *olume was more than three times !igger compared to the last financial year$ &he secretary claimed that the pro,ects will increase India3s annual cargo.handling capacity to 217$? million metric tonnes at the end of the current financial year$ &ri*edi also said that the 0 !ids will also help ease congestion at Indian ports$ In the last 11 months, the a*erage turnaround time for ships at Indian ports has !een three days compared with a!out one day in (ingapore and (hanghai$ According to the secretary, it will certainly !e possi!le for the (outh Asian country to meet a 2020 target of ,200 million metric tonnes of port capacity !y attracting an in*estment of I)> 2$C7 trillion$

9/pressing satisfaction o*er the de*elopment, @irector of "ricewaterhouseCoopers India )ripesh =umar said4 1Indian port capacity woefully falls short of demand in some sectors$ Considering its growth potential, there is a great scope to e/pand port capacities in India$1 India made some important mo*es in <uly 201 , when it stopped setting port tariffs and allowed future terminal pro,ects at state.controlled ma,or ports in an attempt to increase rates with the pro*iso that performance goals are met$ In 2014, (ingapore3s "(A International "te !agged the largest Indian order to !uild the fourth container terminal at <awaharlal )ehru "ort in Mum!ai for I)> 7:$1 !illion$ &he company is currently operating terminals at ports in =ol+ata, Chennai and &uticorin$

ENVIRONMENT *Danube 'arries / tonnes o, plasti' (aste into &la'0 Sea*

>esearchers from the 'ni*ersity of Aienna ha*e found that the @anu!e >i*er carries an estimated 4$2 tonnes of plastic waste to the 0lac+ (ea e*ery day$ &he team of researchers from the @epartment of Dimnology and %ceanography carried out the research mainly to in*estigate the distri!ution of fish lar*ae in the @anu!e$ #owe*er, they disco*ered that there were more microscopic plastic waste particles in the water than lar*ae$ &he researchers also found 17 plastic particles 54$Cgm7 and 2;7 fish lar*ae 5 $2gm7 per 1,000 cu!ic meters of waters in different points in the stretch of the second.longest ri*er in 9urope !etween Aienna and 0ratisla*a$ 0ecause the current is stronger in the middle of the ri*er and capa!le of transporting more, researcher #u!ert =ic+eis said that the estimate may actually !e on the low side$ #e told Einhua that almost C0F of the plastic waste appears to !e of industrial origin and is in the form of fla+es and pellets$ According to him, the situation could !e a 1glo!al phenomenon1$ Fish could also !e harmed !y ingesting the particles, causing !loc+ages internally gi*ing them a false sense of satiety and potentially leading to their death, along with chemical traces that could !e passed on to humans through fish consumption$ &he team conducted their study on the second.longest ri*er in 9urope o*er a two.year period, with results pu!lished in the ,ournal 9n*ironmental "ollution$

GALLEY

Co,,ee1'ho'olate i'e 'reaIngredients: 1G2 cup of granular sweetener 5for ice cream7, 2t!sp of cornstarch, 1GCtsp of salt, 2 cups of mil+ 52F reduced.fat7, 1 egg yol+, 2t!sp of instant espresso, 1G4 cup of sha*ed semisweet chocolate !a+ing !ar$ Method: 6his+ together the first three ingredients in a !ig saucepan$ )ow, whis+ in mil+ gradually and coo+ o*er medium heat, stirring constantly for C.10 minutes$ 6hen the mi/ture thic+ens slightly, remo*e it from heat$ 2radually whis+ egg yol+ until slightly thic+ened and also whis+ a!out 1 cup of hot cream mi/ture into yol+$ Add the yol+ mi/ture to remaining cream mi/ture and whis+ constantly$ "our the mi/ture through a fine wire.mesh strainer into a !owl, discarding solids$ Cool it for one hour and stir occasionally$ "lace a plastic wrap directly on cream mi/ture and chill it for eight to 24 hours$ "our the mi/ture into freeBer container of a 1.1G2-t electric ice.cream ma+er and freeBe$ (tir in chocolate !a+ing !ar halfway through freeBing$ Det stand at room temperature for ; to 10 minutes !efore ser*ing$

Cho'olate1al-ond i'e 'reaIngredients: (weetened condensed mil+ 51 can or 14 ounces7, e*aporated mil+ 51 can or ; ounces7, 2 cups of whole chocolate mil+, 2G cup of chocolate syrup, G4 cup of almonds 5toasted and sliced7$ Method: 6his+ the first four ingredients in a large !owl until !lended$ Co*er it and chill for 0 minutes$ "our mil+ mi/ture into freeBer container of an electric ice.cream ma+er and freeBe it$ >emo*e the container with ice cream from ice.cream ma+er and place in freeBer for 1; minutes$ (tir almonds into prepared ice cream and transfer to an airtight container$ FreeBe until it !ecomes firm 5for a!out 1 to 1.1G2 hours7$ Det stand at room temperature and ser*e$

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