MARITIME NEWS

Friday, March 28, 2014 International maritime news for seafarers

Cargo ship fined GBP 60,000

A British court has fined a German owned cargo essel GB! "0,000 in fine for negligence of its crew# $he essel had run aground off the %orthum&erland coast on March 1", 201' in good weather with (ongstone (ighthouses warning &eams# )hile deli ering his *udgement, %ewcastle +rown +ourt ,udge Brian Forster said that the entire crew was res-onsi&le for the accident &ecause they had fallen aslee- after switching off the alarm system# As a result, the essel, which set out from !erth in .cotland for the Belgian -ort of Ghent, crashed into the Farne Islands# $he shi- was carrying logs# $he crewmem&ers wo/e u- 00 minutes later with the noise of the essel running aground on roc/s# Although the shi- was &adly damaged, no one on&oard recei ed in*ury and no -ollution was re-orted# $he *udge said1 2$here could ha e &een a ma*or maritime incident# $he -otential for disaster is o& ious# In my *udgement, there was a lac/ of effecti e management, which allowed the situation to come a&out# +learly, any essel o-erating silently at night without a loo/3out is a mo ing danger and a threat to any other essel which may &e on the seas# Fishing &oats set out from the -orts along our coast and ferries come from the $yne#2 Meanwhile, the o-erator admitted that there were two &reaches of maritime regulations# +ommenting on the issue, Alan $hom-son of the Maritime and +oast Guard Agency4s $yne Marine 5ffice stressed1 2It is ery fortunate that the damage to the shi- was relati ely small and that there were no in*uries or deaths# It is also fortunate that the effects on such an en ironmentally sensiti e area as the Farne Islands were minimal#2 $he Farne Islands, a grou- of islands off the coast of %orthum&erland, are an internationally3 renowned wildlife ha en, -o-ular for their sea &irds and grey seals#

SAFETY STUDY GROUNDING

A cargo shi-, entering -ort during a strong gale, suddenly found itself without main -ro-ulsion -ower#

ANALYSIS
As a gale warning had &een announced o er the ,a-an .ea, the master of a cargo shidetermined that anchoring his essel outside -ort was not -ossi&le# 6e radioed the local +oast Guard station to in7uire whether anchoring inside the -ort was -ossi&le# As the essel na igated eastward toward the -ort entrance in antici-ation of anchoring there, the master ordered that the main engine &e set to slow ahead and then to dead slow ahead# .hortly thereafter, the shi-4s main engine went dead# As the crew wor/ed to restart the main engine, the westerly wind -ic/ed u- with a force of se en to eight# $he master ordered &oth anchors let go to -re ent the essel from drifting while the crew wor/ed to re i e the main -ro-ulsion# 8ue to the action of wind and wa es the essel drifted toward the shallows west of the &rea/water *ust outside the -ort# $he cargo shie entually ran aground outside of the &rea/water# In estigators said it is somewhat li/ely that fuel was not &eing su--lied to the main engine of the essel due to the fact thatthe alarm was acti ated to indicate an error in the go ernor system# $he shi- had o&tained weather information from the shi--ing agent and the o-erator# 6owe er, the master was not aware of another warning regarding cargo shifting and dragging anchor issued &y the authorities#

SAF !Y AC!IONS
$he owner notified its fleet that all items on the chec/3list must &e im-lemented and weather information and na igational warnings should &e recei ed, understood and recorded u- to 48 hours -rior to the de-arture# Masters were instructed to im-lement ris/ assessment, ensure a com-rehensi e anchoring -lan and na igation -lan related to the -orts of call, including -ilotage, radio signal and others# An anchorage should &e selected according to sea conditions and tidal currents in the water area and the draft and manoeu ra&ility of the essel# Measures and ris/ assessment should &e im-lemented against e7ui-ment failures, including those in the main engine and steering gear# .ource1 ,$.B

Po"and #a$es e%o"ogi%a" ferr& for Den#ar$

An ecological ferry for the 8anish island .amso was launched on $hursday in the 9emontowa .hi-&uilding shi-yard in the northern !olish city of Gdans/#

$he gas3fuelled -assenger:car ferry is among the largest of its /ind e er &uilt in the yard# $he shi- is 100m long and 10m wide with room for "00 -eo-le and 1"0 ehicles# It will &e used on all3year3round routes &etween .amso and the mainland# $he ferry4s gas3run engines ma/e for considera&le reductions in +52 and nitrogen emissions# .amso is the first 8anish Island to switch to renewa&le energy and currently relies solely on wind -ower# $he ferry was designed and &uilt &y com-anies &elonging to the 9emontowa 6olding, !oland4s leading shi-yard cor-oration and owner of 9emontowa .hi-&uilding# 9emontowa 6olding em-loys o er ;,000 -eo-le in two shi-yards and numerous shi--ing enter-rises# 9emontowa .hi-&uilding s-ecialises in offshore essels, ferries, cargo shi-s, tug&oats and na al shi-s# It is one the world4s leading -roducers of (%G3-owered shi-s and a -ioneer of this technology in <uro-e, =inhua re-orted# $he yard -roduces a&out 10 shi-s annually and its annual sales are estimated at >.8 0#'' &illion#

'Ar%(i% shipping "anes (o re#ain open for fo)r #on(hs *& +0,0'
In its latest re-ort, the Intergo ernmental !anel on +limate +hange ?I!++@ has -redicted that the Arctic will see ice3free conditions for at least 12A days each summer &y 20A0 mainly &ecause of glo&al warming# As a result, the shi--ing lanes in the region will remain o-en for nearly four months, thus, increasing the li/elihood for commodity shi--ing# According to a new re-ort -re-ared &y the >% climate -anel, the Arctic water has warmed at a&out twice the glo&al rate in the last '0 years# .o, low sea ice was recorded in the summer of 200; and again in 2012# $he I!++ also -redicted that ice3free summers could o-en u- new, trans3Arctic shi--ing through the %orthwest !assage and %orthern .ea 9oute o er northern +anada and 9ussia in the neBt '0 years# $he lea/ed re-ort, which was to &e -u&lished on March '1, reads1 2$he %orthern .ea 9oute ?%.9@ is -redicted to ha e u- to 12A days -er year suita&le for na igation &y 20A0# Increased shi--ing associated with the o-ening of the %.9 will lead to increased resource eBtraction on land and in the sea, and with two3way commodity flows &etween the Atlantic and !acific#2

TECHNOLOGY Cargo ships (o )se 'A)g#en(ed Rea"i(&'

Although the first &atch of autonomous ehicles is eB-ected to come into eBistence &y 202A, cargo shi-s will continue to &e o-erated &y human &eings# 6owe er, the sailing technology will &e u-graded for smooth sailing in high seas# $he C$$ $echnical 9esearch +entre of Finland and 9olls39oyce ha e *ointly de elo-ed the conce-t of an 4augmented reality &ridge4 that could &e used on&oard shi-s in high seas# As -er the conce-t, massi e tiller and towering consoles will &e re-laced with minimalist wor/stations facing floor3to3ceiling windows which will ser e as a ast head3u- dis-lay# As a result, the shi-4s na igation information will &e dis-layed in front of the crew# $he crew can also monitor other essel4s routes and o&stacles which could &e o&scured &y fog or rain# At night, thermal cameras will dis-lay li e ideo o er the window in order to allow the officers on water to /ee- ta&s on the essel4s course and also that of other essels in the region# In a -ress release, C$$ said that the na igation system will determine the most economical route after recei ing information a&out the shi-4s destination# $he use of a sea ice analyser will hel- crewmem&ers a oid a $itanic3li/e disaster# Meanwhile, C$$ and 9olls39oyce are -lanning to de elo- an interface that will &e fully ad*usta&le for usa&ility and isi&ility# It will -lace augmented reality mar/ers on the shi- for -redicting the route of the essel and getting real3time winch information# $he -ress release added1 2In terms of the technology re7uired, o-erating a container essel &y remote control is already a real -ossi&ility# 6owe er, &efore fully unmanned essels can &e launched on seas, wides-read -u&lic a--ro al is also re7uired#2

ENVIRONMENT n-iron#en(a"is(s dis%o-er . s)rprising so)r%es of oi" spi""

,ust a wee/ after the 1"8,000 gallons of oil s-ill into Gal eston Bay triggered tension along the $eBas coast, en ironmentalists ha e re ealed three sur-rising sources of oil -ollution in the oceans which ha e gone largely unnoticed# .cientists are of the o-inion that of the tens of millions of gallons of oil that enter %orth American oceans each year &ecause of human acti ities, only 8D comes from tan/er or oil -i-eline s-ills# 8a id Calentine, a &io3geochemist at the >ni ersity of +alifornia, on $hursday said that natural oil see-s underneath the <arth4s surface account for "0D of the estimated total load in %orth American waters# According to him, cars also lea/ oil on roads and other surfaces that flushes into the sea during rainstorms# < en recreational craft, li/e *et s/is and &oats, also contri&ute to the oil -ollution#

+ommenting on natural see-s, Calentine said that in 2-laces which don4t ha e natural oil see-s and you come along with an oil s-ill or a sewer -i-e that deli ers ?oil -ollution@, organisms ha e not had an o--ortunity to ada-t and are going to res-ond differently#2 As far as cars and other ehicles are concerned, he stressed1 2It is a -retty &ig issue# )e were doing a much &etter *o& than 40 or A0 years ago of recycling motor oil# Eou can find storm sewers around the nation that ha e stencils on them that say 4don4t dum-, it goes to the sea#4 .o there is less in-ut in that regard#2 <B-laining the third sources, &oating -rogramme s-ecialist at )ashington .ea Grant !eo-le Aaron Barnett said1 2It is usually o-erational error, human error or un-re-aredness, ?or@ lac/ of education# A lot of time mostly it4s *ust negligence# It is *ust not on ?&oaters4@ radar sco-e# $hey are there to ha e fun, it is leisure, it is recreation# ### $hat means that certain things do not get dealt with, li/e -ro-er engine maintenance#2

/o)s(on Ship Channe" reopens (o (raffi%

$he >. officials ha e lifted all remaining restrictions on traffic though the 6ouston .hi+hannel fi e days after an oil s-ill shut down one of the nation4s &usiest sea-orts# $he >. +oast Guard announced the reo-ening late on $hursday# $he channel lin/s the area4s &usy -orts with the largest -etrochemical com-leB in the country# $he channel was closed on .aturday, after nearly 1;0,000 gallons of tar3li/e oil s-illed into the waterway south of 6ouston when a shi- -unctured an oil &arge# At its height, the closure stranded some 100 essels# 5fficials erected inflata&le &ooms, &ut oil drifted into the Gulf of MeBico# 5n $hursday, officials said that oil had washed onto 12 miles of &each at Matagorda Island, 100 miles south3west of Gal eston# 6owe er, it had not reached an en ironmentally delicate &ay near&y# ?A!@

India frees de(ained #ari(i#e se%)ri(& g)ards

After months of negotiations with Ad anfort, India has finally released the crew of the essel 4.eaman Guard 5hio4# $he essel was ta/en into custody &y the Indian officials on 5cto&er 12, 201' for allegedly sailing in the Indian territorial waters without alid documents# Maritime eB-erts are of the iew that the essel could ha e drifted into Indian waters due to the effect of a cyclone in the area at that time# )hile the details of the &ail order were not immediately a aila&le, it is &elie ed that the release has &een made conditional#

GALLEY Fresh s)##er -ege(a*"e sa"ad

Gone are the days of -eo-le eating salad in lunch# %ow, health conscious -eo-le eat healthy salad also in &rea/fast and dinner, es-ecially in summer# 8octors are of the iew that it is good to eat the greens at least a cou-le times in a wee/# According to them, eating salads is a su-er3con enient way to wor/ in a cou-le of ser ings of egeta&les and:or fruit# It is hard to &elie e that something we cannot e en digest can &e so good for usF <ating a high3fi&re diet can hel- lower cholesterol le els and -re ent consti-ation# Ingredients: 4 limes, 1 large shallot ?finely cho--ed, a&out 1:4 cu-@, 1:4 cu- eBtra irgin oli e oil, '"0g thin green &eans ?trimmed@, 2 ears fresh corn ?/ernels remo ed, a&out 131:2 cu-s /ernels@, 1 yellow, red or orange ca-sicum ?seeded, diced@, 2 (e&anese cucum&ers ?7uartered lengthways, thinly sliced crossways into wedges@, 'A0g cherry tomatoes ?hal ed@, ' s-ring onions ?thinly sliced@, 1 fresh long red chilli ? ery thinly sliced into rounds@, 1:' cu- fresh coriander lea es ?coarsely cho--ed@, 1 a ocado ?-eeled, -itted, diced@# Methods: $o ma/e inaigrette, grate 1 ta&les-oon of the lime -eel into a medium &owl# .7ueeGe 1:4 cu- of *uice from the limes into the &owl# %ow, whis/ in shallot, then whis/ in oil and season it to en*oy taste with salt# $o -re-are the salad, &oil salted water in a large sauce-an o er high heat# Add &eans and coo/ for 132 minutes or until it &ecomes &right green and cris-3tender# 8rain the water and transfer the egeta&les to a &a/ing tray and refrigerate until cold# +ut &eans into 1#Acm -ieces# In a large, wide shallow &owl, toss the &eans, corn, ca-sicum, cucum&ers, tomatoes, s-ring onions, chilli and half the coriander with enough inaigrette to coat# .eason salad with salt and s-rin/le a ocado and remaining coriander o er and ser e immediately#

!ro)( sa"ad 0i(h asparag)s, fenne"

Ingredients: A00g chat -otatoes ?scru&&ed, hal ed@, 1 fennel &ul&, 1 &unch as-aragus, 1t&sof di*on mustard, *uice of 1 lemon, eBtra irgin oli e oil, A00g ocean trout fillet ?s/in on, -in3 &oned@, 1ts- smo/ed -a-ri/a ?-imenton@, ;Ag -ea shoots, 1:2 &unch dill lea es ?-ic/ed, cho--ed@# Methods: Bring a large sauce-an of cold, salted water to the &oil and coo/ the -otato for 10 minutes or until coo/ed through# 8rain and lea e to steam dry# .ha e the fennel and as-aragus using a egeta&le -eeler, then -lace in a &owl of iced water and set aside# MiB the mustard with the lemon *uice, a -inch of salt and -e--er and to- u- with oil so it tri-les in olume and set aside# .eason the trout well, s-rin/le o er the -a-ri/a and ru& with a little oil# !lace a large fry3-an o er high heat and add the fish, s/in3side down# +oo/ for '34 minutes until golden and cris-, then fli- and coo/ for one minute or until *ust coo/ed &ut still -in/ in the centre# $ransfer the trout to a -late, s/in3side u-, and rest for A minutes# 8rain the as-aragus and fennel and -lace it in a &owl with the -ea shoots, -otato and dill# 8riGGle o er the dressing and toss well to com&ine# .-read the salad out on a ser ing -latter and fla/e o er the trout# %ow, ser e#

SHIPPING DATA
BAL!IC 1C/ANG
Market snapshot: Dry Index Capesize Index #ana$ax Index %&pra$ax Index 'andysize Index 11:30 GMT BDI 1412 BCI 2 !" B#I 1018 B%I 113" B'%I ( " -84 -182 -44 -41 -13

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