MARITIME NEWS

Monday, March 24, 2014 International maritime news for seafarers

ICS pushes for 'simple' emission reporting system

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS belie!es that an emission reporting system for ships sho"ld first be de!eloped before a mandatory policy is implemented# ICS e$ternal relations director Simon %ennett said that the chamber s"pports the International Maritime &rganisation's (IM& efforts in de!eloping a global system of monitoring and reporting of C&2 emissions from !essels# (owe!er, he stressed that an emission reporting system that is simple to administer sho"ld be implemented first# S"ch a system sho"ld also not res"lt in a )f"ll*blown Mar+et*%ased Meas"re#) )The priority of ICS is to ass"re the primacy of IM& as the ind"stry's global reg"lator# The s"ccessf"l de!elopment of a global system will re,"ire the s"pport of all IM& Member States, incl"ding nations s"ch as China,) according to %ennett# )In order to ma+e progress and disco"rage regional reg"lation, we thin+ that the M-.C sho"ld initially foc"s on how information abo"t emissions sho"ld be collected before la"nching into detailed disc"ssions abo"t efficiency inde$ing of ships, on which there is little global consens"s,) he added# /ays to f"rther enhance and de!elop a global monitoring system for ship emission are set to be disc"ssed d"ring an IM& Marine -n!ironment .rotection Committee slated to start ne$t wee+# The ICS official therefore called on all parties to refrain from p"shing for ship inde$ing "ntil the IM& ma+es a final decision on a global system for monitoring C&2 emissions from ships#

SAFETY STUDY ECDIS-ASSISTED GROUNDING

0espite lac+ing in training in the proper "se of -C0IS, an &&/ relied on the e,"ipment and dro!e his ship into the shallows#

SUMMAR
0"ring the early morning, a !ery large container ship gro"nded at f"ll speed on a clearly*mar+ed sandban+ in a b"sy traffic separation scheme# The !essel was e,"ipped with an integrated bridge system, incl"ding f"ll -C0IS capability, and the &&/ was relying hea!ily on this despite ha!ing not been trained in its "se# 1s the !essel approached the ban+, the &&/ altered co"rse to gi!e more room for a ship his !essel was o!erta+ing# 2nfort"nately, this alteration p"t the ban+ right ahead, b"t the conto"r and colo"r settings selected on the -C0IS made this diffic"lt to differentiate on the system's display# 3ater, two flashing lights were seen, one on each bow, which the &&/ tho"ght to be fishing boats# (e decided he co"ld pass safely between them abo"t half a mile off# (e contin"ed to steer between the lights instead of bringing his !essel bac+ onto trac+# The officer was still "naware of the ban+ when the !essel came to a s"dden stop and se!eral alarms so"nded# 3"c+ily, therewere no in4"ries and only minor damage was s"stained# -!en when the -C0IS recording was replayed after the gro"nding, it was not easy to see the ban+# The settings selected colo"red all areas within the 50*metre conto"r in dar+ bl"e, incl"ding the ban+ and the b"oy symbols# The echo so"nder and -C0IS depth alarms had been set to minim"m#

!ESSONS
-C0IS is an effecti!e aid to na!igation when "sed correctly# (owe!er, it has many "ser*defined selections which can be set inappropriately by an "ntrained "ser# &fficers who are appointed to -C0IS e,"ipped !essels sho"ld ha!e attended an appro!ed, generic, -C0IS co"rse followed by familiarisation with the e,"ipment on board# To a!oid miss*application of settings and warning alarms the company or the master sho"ld define the settings to be "sed rather than lea!e it to the personal preference of each &&/# /hen aids to na!igation fail, or are "sed incorrectly, 4"dicio"s "se of the )Mar+ 1 eyeball) sho"ld still a!ert an accident# So"rce6 27 M1I%

MARINA "hief "onfi#ent of h$n#ling ne% #uties

The head of the .hilippines' Maritime Ind"stry 1"thority (M18I91 has ass"red that the agency is capable of handling the !ario"s tas+s assigned to it following a new legislation signed into law by .resident %enigno 1,"ino III#

M18I91 administrator Ma$imo Me4ia :r said that the agency will now handle the manning, certification and training of local seafarers# These f"nctions were formerly "nderta+en by the .rofessional 8eg"lation Commission, Commission on (igher -d"cation, Maritime Training Centre, Technical -d"cation S+ills 0e!elopment 1"thority, and 0epartment of (ealth#, .91 reported# Me4ia said the agency 4"st needs proper f"nding and e,"ipment in order to perform its d"ties efficiently# (e noted that there is a 12*month transition period before M18I91 ta+es o!er the f"nctions pre!io"sly held by other agencies# Me4ia said the transition period wo"ld allow the agency ample time to form"late the b"dget, e,"ipment and personnel re,"est to the 0epartment of %"dget and Management# &nce these are appro!ed, the M18I91 chief said that they co"ld easily "nderta+e all the f"nctions earlier performed by the fi!e agencies#

Chinese i"e&re$'er to $rri(e $t se$r"h $re$ Tues#$y

Chinese icebrea+er ;"elong is e$pected to arri!e T"esday at the area in the so"thern Indian &cean where possible debris of the missing Malaysian 4etliner M(5<0 had been spotted in satellite images# The long*ser!ing 1ntarctic research !essel is still some 1,04=+m away from the search area, and it will ta+e the icebrea+er another 40 ho"rs to get there# ;" Ting, dep"ty director of ;"elong's search operations, said all the crew members ha!e been doing their best to loo+ for any possible traces of the missing plane# )Tho"gh we are still h"ndreds of miles away from the targeted waters, we are combat*ready for an all*o"t search mission,) he added# The helicopter*carrying ;"elong, or )Snow 0ragon,) left the 1"stralian port of >remantle for the so"thern Indian &cean on >riday after it recei!ed an order to 4oin the h"nt# 1"stralia said Th"rsday they had spotted two ob4ects in the so"thern Indian &cean possibly related to the Malaysia 1irlines >light M(5<0# >ollowing that, Chinese and >rench satellites also spotted s"spicio"s ob4ects with a possible lin+age to the missing 4et in nearby waters, yet the on*going search operations ha!e so far failed to locate any, ;inh"a reported#

SHIPPING

Ne%&uil#ings) se"on#h$n# (essels post strong or#ers

3atest data compiled by shipbro+er ?olden 0estiny has shown high demand for newb"ildings and second*hand !essels, with shipowners in!esting aro"nd 2S014#< billion in >ebr"ary# 1 total of 20@ !essels were ordered in the said month amo"nting to aro"nd 2S011 billion, "p 55A from the pre!io"s year# ."rchases of second*hand !essels also impro!ed in >ebr"ary, with 14B ships ordered for a total of 2S05#<1 billion# /hile both newb"ildings and second*hand !essels posted increases compared to the pre!io"s year, the n"mbers are lower compared to :an"ary fig"res, the shipbro+er noted# )>ebr"ary ended with firmness in secondhand p"rchasing and ordering appetite of shipping players, b"t with a declining trend from the record highs of the first month of the year# The Chinese 3"nar 9ew Cear may ha!e impacted negati!ely the in!estment trends with shipping players waiting to see the direction of asset prices and freight rates d"ring March,) ?olden 0estiny said#

DEVELOPMENT *+, l$un"hes more Tr$"+ision $ntenn$ systems

Seafarers will soon get to en4oy better satellite TD entertainment at sea with a new TracDision prod"ct from 7D( Ind"stries Inc# 7D( recently "n!eiled the TracDision TD*series, a powerf"l stabilised marine satellite tele!ision antenna systems designed to pro!ide s"perior TD and high*definition TD performance for yachts and merchant !essels across the globe# The fo"r new antenna systems are e,"ipped with I.*enabled belowdec+s h"b and a de!ice* friendly "ser interface that allow easy system access from smart phones, tablets, smart TDs and comp"ters# The TracDision TD*series also s"pports 0IS( networ+s and 72*band ser!ices world*wide, meaning seafarers will be able to access h"ndreds of digital TD and mo!ie channels while at sea# )The TracDision TD*series brings satellite TD at sea to an entirely new le!el, pro!iding not only the great antenna performance that TracDision is +nown for, b"t also the ease of "se that today's yacht owners and ship operators e$pect,) said 7D( chief e$ec"ti!e officer Martin 7its !an (eyningen#

INCIDENTS -usy US Gulf ship l$ne "lose# #ue to oil spill

1 b"sy shipping lane to the port of (o"ston, Te$as was closed Monday as clean "p crews str"ggled to remo!e oil that spilled in a wee+end barge crash, 1>. reported, The barge loaded with a million gallons of tar*li+e )b"n+er) oil collided with a ship Sat"rday, and the 2S Coast ?"ard said that some 1=E,000 gallons of oil had spilled in the accident# Clean*"p agencies deployed more than =B,000 feet of containment boom near the crash site )and along sensiti!e shorelines in the area,) the Coast ?"ard said in a statement# Some 24 !essels )are acti!ely wor+ing to s+im the oil,) the S"nday statement read# /or+ers siphoned the remaining oil from the barge's damaged compartment into a second barge, and the damaged !essel was later mo!ed to a shipyard, Te$as state officials said# The (o"ston Ship Channel )remains closed to traffic,) the statement read# Coast ?"ard said let two cr"ise ships thro"gh the area on S"nday )to minimiFe incon!enience to the tho"sands of passengers aboard and limit economic impacts from the spill#)

N$(y. Militi$-sei/e# oil t$n'er &$"' to Tripoli

1 commercial oil tan+er held by rebels came bac+ to Tripoli on S"nday, the 3ibyan na!y said# Three 3ibyan militias onboard and 21 foreign crew, incl"ding si$ .alestinians, si$ Indians, three Sri 3an+ans, two Syrians, two S"danese and two -ritreans, were detained, .91 and ;inh"a reported# The !essel, loaded with more than 200,000 barrels of oil, bro+e into international waters from the rebel*controlled port 1l*Sidra earlier this month, trying to sell their stoc+s to potential b"yers# The 3ibyan na!y said they failed to bloc+ade the Morning ?lory from escaping d"e to )bad weather#) The 2S 9a!y S-13s stormed the ship in the international waters near Cypr"s and seiFed control of it last S"nday# 3ater theyhanded it o!er to the 3ibyan go!ernment# The incident f"elled a political crisis in 3ibya that led to the parliament's remo!al of .rime Minister 1li Geidan#

PORT OF THE WEEK 0ort of -eir$

The port of %eira in MoFambi,"e is sit"ated at the mo"th of the ."ng"e 8i!er at 3ongit"de 54 degrees @0' - and 3atit"de 1B degrees @1' S#

The town of %eira was fo"nded at the same time as :ohannesb"rg, in the late 1Bth cent"ry, after ha!ing been identified as a potential port by the .ort"g"ese e$plorer .ai!e de 1ndrade# The port is directly lin+ed to the hinterland of Gimbabwe and Gambia, by road and rail networ+s, and c"rrently by road only to Malawi# %eira is 51B+ms from the Gimbabwe border at Machipanda and =E@+ms from Malawi !ia well*maintained road lin+s# The Sena railway line lin+ing %eira with Malawi and the Tete .ro!ince is c"rrently being reb"ilt# The %eira terminal has a total of 11 berths stretching o!er a total length of 1BB4 metres, e$cl"ding berth 9o1, which is reser!ed as a fishing harbo"r# 1 pipeline constr"cted in 1B=0 lin+s the port with Gimbabwe# The port handles a !ariety of cargo from brea+b"l+ to li,"id b"l+ incl"ding petrole"m# 1ccess to the port is !ia the dredged Manc"ti Channel# 1ll acti!ities at %eira are f"lly comp"terised "tilising a port management system, which can be accessed by the internet to pro!ide acc"rate information on the stat"s of their cargo# %eira is ser!ed with two 2200%(., 5@ tonne bollard p"ll t"gs, a pilot boat and a mooring la"nch, a!ailable 24 ho"rs a day# 0"ring 200@H= a total of 20E ocean*going ships called at %eira, in addition to E0 coastal !essels# The container terminal handled 4=,<<@ T-2s, which consisted of 240,555 tonnes landed, 240,==B tonnes shipped and 4E,4@= tonnes of coastal traffic# The m"lti*p"rpose and container terminal is one of the most modern in so"thern 1frica and co!ers =4@ metres of berth length with a depth alongside of 12 metres# The terminal design capacity is 100,000 T-2s per year# The port is ser!ed by an ill"minated container yard spread o!er 200,000s,m, accommodating 5,11< T-2s incl"ding 144 electrical reefer points and dedicated IM0? storage area, and a f"lly sec"red 5=@0s,m co!ered storage facility# The port is e,"ipped with two @0 tonne ship*to*shore gantry cranes, a fleet of reachstac+ers and one rail mo"nted gantry crane with a @0*tonne capacity# There is also a dedicated refrigerated cargo berth incl"ding citr"s e$ports, !egetables and other fresh prod"cts#

SHIPPING DATA
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+e, -ork (.ri C/s) .0n C&rrency in 1%D Britain ("o&nd) 12!(95 Canada (Do//ar) 2$921 China (-&an) 21! ! 3&ro 123*95 India (4&pee) 2 1!( Indonesia (4&piah) 2 $* 5apan (-en) 2 9*$( +or,ay (6rone) 21!52 "hi/ippines ("eso) 2 221 "o/and (7/oty) 232$5 4&ssia (4&8/e) 2 2*! %in0apore (Do//ar) 2*$51 1kraine ()ry9nia) 2 95 1%D in .0n C&rrency 2! !2 12121 !22253 2*2(9 ! 292 11(* 2 1 2221 !2 5(3 (522* 32 ( 3!22525 122*3$ 1 2525