Casualty Week May 21

Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek May 21 2004 Paris MoU plans radical overhaul of inspections

HE Paris Memorandum of “Consequently the time has come for shortened depending on the risk profile Understanding on Port us to undertake a root and branch of the ship. TState Control, in close co- review of the inspection policy of the operation with the European Paris MoU. The review will also consider Commission, revealed yesterday it extending the existing provisions for had embarked on a fundamental “This will include challenging some of banning tankers, bulkers and review of the way it targets and the long-standing concepts such as the passengerships to general cargoships, inspects ships. 25% (quota) and the target factor, which the Paris MoU said presented a which have served us well for many “disproportionate risk”. Officials meeting in Denmark last years.” week agreed to consider scrapping the Under the present regime, rust- existing 25% inspection quota that Under present rules, members of the bucket general cargoships can carry on member states currently have to meet Paris MoU are required to inspect a sailing within the region even if they and replace it with “full coverage” of quarter of all the ships that enter the have been detained numerous times vessels entering the region. region. within a short period.

Although the details are yet to be But the focus on percentage goals Paris MoU officials are also looking at hammered out, the intention is to step means that quotas are often met by ways to ensure that vessels are up the fight against sub-standard targeting vessels that present few properly targeted and inspected at shipping by embracing a more risk- problems and, as such, can be anchorage, a key issue in peripheral based approach to targeting, while processed swiftly. ports such as Gibraltar and the reducing the burden of inspections on Spanish north African enclave of quality operators. “As membership grows, we need a Ceuta, which handle huge numbers of different method of targeting ships,” ships that call solely for bunkers. The initiative comes as membership said Richard Schiferli, general of the Paris MoU is set to rise to 25 secretary of the Paris MoU. Separately, the committee agreed countries in the near future. revised criteria for allocating class “The 25% [quota] is hard to explain to responsibility in detention cases, “Since the memorandum’s formation the outside world.” bringing it in line with the Tokyo MoU in 1982, our membership will have and the US Coast Guard. nearly doubled, setting us new Important issues under consideration challenges,” said Alan Cubbin, include the criteria for follow-up chairman of the Paris MoU’s Port State inspections, with the periods between Brian Reyes Control Committee. visit by inspectors likely to be Lloyd’s List Correspondent

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Vessel Type Flag Class GT DWT Blt Casualty

ASTRIDA fishing LVA — — — — Sank while fishing in Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea about May 12. Boxes, fishing nets and and oil slick sighted. Crew lost. Possibly in collision with larger vessel.

JEANETTE fishing DNK — 45 — 1957 Vessel sunk after it was in collision with fv KRISTINA Nana Maria in lat 55 17N, long 03 27E, May 8. All three crew rescued by Nana Maria and it is returning to Esbjerg.

JONRIX general GBR GL 1,987 2,210 1977 Anchored in lat 52 06.89N, long 01 48.6E, May 7 due to main engine failure. In tow bound Ipswich same day. Arricved Ipswich May 7. Voyage: Hull (GBR) to Ipswich (GBR).

LECONTE ro-ro USA AB 1,328 800 1974 Hit a rock, began taking on water and stuck on a rock in Peril Strait, north of Sitka, May 10. Hard aground, holed (30'x1') with water ingress but flooding controlled. Held in place by two tugs. Refloated May 18 and towed to Ketchikan.

MONA LISA passenger B H S L R 28,891 5,572 1966 Grounded in dense fog in St. Marks basin, Venice, May 12. Refloated one hour later, with assistance of local tugs and berthed at allocated dock. No damages reported. Sailed May 13.

NIKOLAY general RUS RS 4,643 5,020 1988 Caught on a fixed shore net near Usitu DOLINSKY lighthouse, Ishikawa prefecture, Apr 28 while drifting to avoid heavy weather. Freed by tugs Apr 29 and towed to Nanao, where arrived same day.

NOTA A. bulker MLT NK 22,009 37,725 1984 Grounded by way of Km 340, Passage Isla Nueva, May 7. Refloated same day and anchored San Pedro Roads. Resumed voyage May 8 after Coast Guard inspection. Voyage: San Lorenzo(ARG) (ARG) to South Africa (ZAF). Cargo: 32,000 tonnes corn

RETS TIMBER general/ IOM GL 8,183 10,700 1984 Grounded while leaving the port of Corigliano container early May 13. Being refloated by tugs.

SPRING bulker PAN NK 37,689 72,497 1998 Salvors contracted to render assistance due PEACOCK grounding in lat 26 14.17S, long 48 78.6W, May 11. Still aground, on rocks, May 12. Hull breached, five tanks damaged, water ingress. To be lightered. Voyage: Sao Francisco do Sul (BRA) to Japan (JPN). Cargo: Soya beans.

STEPHANE C. fishing CAN — 47 — 1974 Ran aground in Gulf of St. Lawrence May 8. Five crew members forced to abandon ship due to strong waves and winds. Crew safely rescued.

(ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List AMER THAMES (Panama) Mumbai, May 7 — Chemical/oil carrier Reports appear in alphabetical Amer Thames remains at Dahej order under the following anchorage and there have been no new headings and relevant page developments. — Lloyd’s Agents. number: AMERICAN GLORY (U.S.A.) London, May 11 — A press report, Marine, including Overdue dated May 10, states: A 168-foot-long & Missing Vessels 1 A.P.PRIDE (Malta) cruise ship destroyed a section of the Klaipeda, May 7 — A fire broke out in Downtown Marina dock in Beaufort, Port State Control 10 the engine-room of product tanker South Carolina, early today when the A.P.Pride (19171 gt, built 1974) at about combination of a strong current and tide forced the stern into the pier. The Hilton Seizures & Arrests 10 2200, local time, yesterday, while the vessel was being loaded at Klaipeda. At Head Island-bound passenger American the time of the fire there was about Glory (1148 gt, built 2002), owned by Pipeline Accidents 10 25,000 tonnes of liquid fertiliser on Connecticut-based American Cruise board. Reportedly the fire was Lines, was leaving the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park sea wall at Pollution 11 extinguished in two hours and there were no casualties or damage to the 0630 hrs when its stern was caught by environment. The cause of the fire was the current and tide, destroying 40 feet Weather & Navigation 11 not reported. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — of dock and damaging two berthed A.P.Pride sailed from Brake Apr 30 yachts. The four-deck, 49-passenger bound for Klaipeda.) cruise ship had docked overnight at the Earthquakes 13 Klaipeda, May 11 — Product tanker sea wall and was facing the Richard V. A.P.Pride: Fire broke out in the engine- Woods Memorial Bridge when it began Volcanic Activity 14 room, the steam boiler caught fire thrusting from the wall to begin its turn. presumably due to lack of water in it. The ship, which often stops in Beaufort After extinguishing the fire, loading was as it makes its way along the Political & Civil Unrest 14 continued and completed successfully. As Intracoastal Waterway, was carrying no substantial damage was caused to the passengers, but they were uninjured. The captain “decided to back the boat out Labour Disputes 20 vessel it left Klaipeda port 2150, local time, May 10, with intention to repair stern-first, and once the boat caught the the fire damaged boiler later. — Lloyd’s outgoing tide, that was all she wrote,” Awards & Settlements 22 Agents. said Beaufort Police Officer John O’Neill, who responded to the scene with officials from the Department of Natural Railway Accidents 23 ABALONE (Belize) George Town, Grand Cayman, May 10 Resources. “The dock stopped him.” One — General cargo Abalone, cargo about of the ship’s doors was damaged and two Computer Systems 24 1,100 tons of steel rods and about 800 windows were shattered, O’Neill said. tons of plywood, had been lying at The cruise ship and its passengers continued to Hilton Head about 90 Miscellaneous 25 anchor in the port of George Town since being towed in by Cayman owned tug minutes after the incident. The Coast Point of Sand, owned by Thompson Guard in Savannah is investigating the Fires & Explosions 26 Shipping of George Town, on Mar 2 crash. Lt. Willie Pittman, assistant chief following engine failure. On May 3 tug of the inspections department with the Fort McHenry, owned by MarineTech of Coast Guard in Savannah, said possible Aviation 29 Haiti, commenced towing Abalone to action by the agency could range from a Belize City where it arrived May 6 to warning letter to revocation of the Product Recalls 32 discharge the steel. Following this it is captain’s license. The captain’s name was due to be towed by Fort McHenry to unavailable. Rick Griffin, harbourmaster Tampico to discharge the remainder of at Downtown Marina, said smaller Port Conditions charts 33 the cargo and then to proceed to a port vessels have struck the dock, but never, for main engine repairs. — Lloyd’s in his memory, a cruise ship. He said the Agents. dock has been coming close to capacity since the warm spring weather, which AKITSU MARU NO.8 (Japan) means the marina will lose about $100 a See Mikhail Lukonin. night in dock fees from passing vessels. Griffin said he wasn’t sure of the ALGECIRAS CARRIER (Bahamas) estimated damage to the dock. Flushing, May 8 — At 2115 hrs, today, ref Algeciras Carrier (15834 gt, built ANNA (Lebanon) 1979), outbound from Antwerp, anchored Cagliari, May 7 — General cargo Anna, between Flushing and pilot stations, Villanova to Tripoli, cargo of wood, cargo with engine trouble. A tug is alongside in hold shifted and deck cargo partly and attempting to secure a line on the jettisoned to save the vessel in adverse vessel. Repairs are expected to take one weather conditions, early Apr 26. At the and a half hours. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. time of the shifting, prior releasing deck (Note — Algeciras Carrier sailed cargo, vessel had a considerable heel to Antwerp 1844, May 8 for Hamburg.) the starboard side which pushed master Flushing, May 8 — At 2330 hrs, today, to press the mayday button on his radio ref Algeciras Carrier reported engine transceiver. Owners were notified by the trouble resolved and vessel resuming local administration and steps were passage. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. (Note — taken to improve vessel stability Algeciras Carrier subsequently arrived reducing the risk on the vessel and its Hamburg 1945, May 9.) crew. Owners cancelled the mayday call London, May 10 — Ref Algeciras via local authorities. Italian coast guard Carrier arrived at Hamburg at 1945, came to the vicinity of the vessel. Master May 9, departing at 2300 hrs, today, informed them that situation was under destination Le Havre. control and there was no need for

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2004 These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 1 Marine assistance. Vessel changed course to presently under detention by Port State temporary storage facility and take on avoid bad weather and once stability Control due deficiencies. It will remain about 1,000 tons of the bulk carrier’s improved, changed course back to in Tulcea until remedy of the fuel. “Weather permitting, the salvage resume voyage. Italian coast guard deficiencies. — Lloyd’s Agents. team hope to begin the fuel transfer prohibited vessel from resuming its operation during the day on Friday,” said voyage and forced it to Cagliari AVEIRENSE (Portugal) the joint operations committee. The anchorage. Owners contacted Cagliari See “Portuguese Fishing Vessels condition of Cape Africa, under tow by Port Control for clarification. They were Boarded by Canada” under salvage tug Smit Amandla, is reported inform that the vessel must proceed to “Miscellaneous.” to be stable. The South African Maritime anchorage for checking vessel and crew Safety Authority has ordered that the documents prior to allowing the vessel to B.S.BUSAN (South Korea) bulk carrier remain at least 120 miles off resume voyage. Master was instructed Yokohama, May 7 — General cargo Cape Town until all the bunker fuel has accordingly, inspectors visited the vessel B.S.Busan (745 gt, built 1979) grounded been transferred. (See issue of May 7.) in the late afternoon. Port State Control in shallow water at Hitachi at 1500, Apr London, May 7 — A press report, dated inspectors informed that they will come 26, due to strong winds while departing today, states: Salvors are taking video back on board again later. Port State the port. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — footage of stricken bulk Cape Africa to Control boarded vessel Apr 27 and B.S.Busan subsequently sailed Hitachi ascertain its latest condition. A requested from master to appoint an Apr 27 and arrived Nagoya Apr 29.) helicopter flew out to the vessel earlier agent, and also to proceed alongside this morning for an update on weather berth to effect cargo shifting. Vessel is BAHLAWAN (Syria) conditions and to see how stable the ship still currently without ship agency Aleppo, May 10 — Our Lattakia office is. Salvage tug Nikolay Chiker has also assistance and cargo not shifted yet. — have reported that the owners of general departed for the vessel for a ship-to-ship Lloyd’s Sub-agents. cargo Bahlawan have cancelled their oil transfer operation. Research/supply request for a breakage permit, and have S.A.Agulhas has meanwhile arrived in ANTONIS P. (Greece) applied for a refloating formality. Table Bay harbour and will be used as a Flushing, May 8 — At 2140 hrs, today, Operations will commence when the base for salvage personnel, equipment bulk Antonis P. (41726 gt, built 1984), permit formalities are finished. — storage, helicopter landings and will also outbound from Antwerp, anchored in Lloyd’s Agents. assist with the transfer of oil. Flushing Roads, with engine trouble. A Equipment is currently being loaded on tug is alongside and attempting to BARONESSA (Norway) board S.A.Agulhas which is expected to secure a line on the vessel. Duration of London, May 11 — Information leave the harbour later today. repairs is currently unknown. — Lloyd’s received from Sandnes, dated today, Rotterdam, May 7 — A Smit chartered Sub-agents. (Note — Antonis P. sailed states: Ferry Baronessa is still at Oma salvage tug carrying all equipment Antwerp 1842 , May 8 for Narvik.) Baatbyggeri (Leirvik), undergoing required for bulk Cape Africa’s fuel Flushing, May 9 — Bulk Antonis P.: repairs. ETC unknown. transfer operation rendezvoused with Engine trouble resolved and vessel the vessel and salvage tug Smit heaved up anchor and proceeded to BB 1138 (Bangladesh) Amandla some 160 miles west of Cape Wandelaar at 2315, May 8. — Lloyd’s Chittagong, May 13 — General cargo Town during the night. At first light this Sub-agents. BB 1138, length 280 ft, was “rescued” morning, Smit Salvage personnel began from outer anchorage on May 4. It is transferring the approximately 30 ASTRIDA (Latvia) reported that the vessel will be ready for tonnes of equipment required for this London, May 13 — A press report, oceangoing after necessary repair. — operation to Cape Africa and preparing dated May 12, states: All indications Lloyd’s Agents. to connect up in order that the fuel point to the fact that fishing Astrida, transfer operation can begin during the built in 1966, has sunk in the Baltic Sea. BELL KOREA (South Korea) hours of daylight today or tomorrow, Understand from Naval Forces Search Busan, May 7 — General cargo Bell weather permitting. A helicopter flew and Rescue Information Centre Chief Korea sustained only minor damage as a out to the location at first light this Hermanis Cernovs, that about six miles result of the fire and does not require morning in order to assist in moving the from the point where the last signal was any repairs except cleaning and equipment from the tug to Cape Africa. received from the ship, boxes, fishing painting. The vessel has now returned to In order to maximise the safety of nets and an oil slick were spotted. normal service. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. salvage personnel working on Cape According to Cernovs, a Latvian patrol Africa, only essential personnel will ship continued to search throughout the BRITES (Portugal) work on the casualty and two teams, night, while Swedish authorities See “Portuguese Fishing Vessels working alternate shifts, will be used so discontinued the search, as they were Boarded by Canada” under as to enable the operation to continue 24 convinced that the ship had sunk. “Miscellaneous.” hours a day, weather permitting. No Swedish Coast Guard vessels members of the salvage team will live on specializing in mopping oil products will CALYPSO GESPEG 1 (Canada) Cape Africa and when not required for sail out to locate the wreck and pump London, May 10 — Fishing Calypso work, they will be transferred back to out fuel. It was reported that Astrida Gespeg 1 (95 gt, built 1990) had a fire in the salvage tug. The condition of the was fishing in Swedish waters, and its galley while at berth at Riviere-au- holed vessel, currently under tow by failed to return to Liepaja port at a Renard, Quebec, at 0352, EDST, May 9. Smit Amandla, is reported to be stable. scheduled time. The owners of the vessel Fire was extingished by shore fire It has been determined that it has a hole therefore called the rescue centre. “Bute brigade. by way of hold No 3, that extends Ltd.” executive director and owner of approximately 20 metres by five metres. Astrida, Uldis Bruzis, informed that the CAPE AFRICA (Taiwan) Tug Nikolay Chiker will be able to vessel had to return to port yesterday London, May 6 — A press report, dated receive approximately 1000 tonnes morning. The last signal from the ship today, states: A South African navy of`Cape Africa’s bunker fuel during the was received overnight May 10, when it vessel is the latest to join the operation fuel removal operation. S.A.Agulhas was moored in the Baltic Sea, near to get bunker fuel out of holed bulk Cape returned to Cape Town from Marion Sweden’s coast. The vessel has a crew of Africa off the Cape coast, said the Island yesterday afternoon and is being six. Astrida had undergone repairs in department of environmental affairs and prepared for its role in the fuel removal 2002. No technical problems were tourism today. The Umalusi is to help operation and will depart for the scene ascertained before sailing. The vessel anti-pollution patrol vessel Kuswag IV in this evening. The transfer of the fuel to a left Liepaja port at 1705, local time, May the event of an oil spill. The Russian receiving vessel is the first phase of the 2. According to “Lursoft” data, Bruzis is salvage tug, Nikolay Chiker, which was salvage operation, which is contingent the sole owner of “Bute Ltd.”. specially hired to speed up the transfer on the bulk carrier’s condition remaining of about 1,900 tons of bunker fuel, was stable and the absence of adverse AURA (Cambodia) expected to rendezvous with Cape Africa weather and swell conditions - all of Bucharest, May 13 — Tulcea Port at first light tomorrow. The Nikolay which is being closely monitored. The Authority report general cargo Aura is Chiker will be able to be used as a safety of salvage personnel and the

Maru (199 gt, built 1999), proceeding off All 24 crew members are still on board. priority was the safety of the passengers Oita airport and chem.tank Kojima The port side solid waste hold and bow and the crew,” said Commander John Maru No.32 (699 gt, built 1987), thruster flooded. There is no spillage to Sifling, the Coast Guard Incident anchoring, about 3,520 metres, 200 degs report. Currently, water levels in the Commander. “Now that everyone is safe, from Usushibana Lighthouse in Outa ship are decreasing due to the outgoing we will focus on salving the vessel and (?Oita) Prefecture at 0505, May 3. No tide. Divers and a salvage team are preventing any oil from spilling. This one was injured and there was no water responding to patch the hull and help effort will probably take several days.” ingress or oil spillage. — Lloyd’s Agents. guide the ship off the reef when the tide The Coast Guard has established a one- comes up at 1345 this afternoon. There half mile radius safety zone around the KOJIMA MARU NO.32 (Japan) has not yet been a report regarding the ferry. Vessels are not permitted in the See Kinei Maru. condition of the vehicles on board the safety zone without the permission of the vessel. Coast Guard. KOUTALIANOS (Cyprus) London, May 11 — Following received London, May 12 — A press report, Rotterdam, May 6 — Bulk Koutalianos from Coast Guard Juneau, timed 0035, dated May 11, states: Marine salvage ran aground off El Dekheila about May UTC: Ro/ro Leconte is still aground with companies geared up to make temporary 3. Vessel is still aground and salvage holes reported in three spaces. The tide repairs in hopes of floating ro/ro Leconte operations are continuing. — SMIT is now coming in. off a reef north of Sitka. Divers today Salvage B.V. London, May 11 — Following received found a second 30-foot gouge on the from Coast Guard Juneau, timed 1454, starboard side of the V-shape hull, KTC 115 (Canada) UTC: Ro/ro Leconte is still aground, and roughly matching a similar hole found See Tony Mackay. is being held in place by two tugs. by divers last night on the port side. The Discussions are in progress regarding holes near the keel are up to a foot wide. KYOKAI MARU NO.75 (Japan) salvage operations. Five compartments were breached. “I Yokohama, May 10 — Lpg Kyokai Maru London, May 11 — A press report, imagine they’re going to find some No.75 and fishing Fukusho Maru No.18 dated today, states: Ro/ro Leconte was en additional damage on the starboard have both now resumed their voyages. — route between Angoon and Sitka, with side,” said Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Lloyd’s Agents. continuing service to Kake and j.g. Dan Buchsbaum. The breached Petersburg, when it ran aground on compartments included the bow thruster LADOGA 11 (Russia) Cozian Reef in Peril Strait. The US room and the sewage room. Salvors will See Katrine Krog. Coast Guard reported that the ship’s continue tomorrow to assess the damage. crew responded quickly and all Crowley Marine and Juneau salvor John LECONTE (U.S.A.) passengers were evacuated from Leconte Gitkov of Juneau were working at the London, May 10 — A press report, via lifeboats. NOAA ship John Cobb was scene, Buchsbaum said. A third salvage dated today, states: Ro/ro Leconte (1328 the first vessel on scene and assisted in company was moving a vessel north from gt, built 1974) with more than 100 coordinating the transfer of the Seattle and had sent an advance crew. people aboard hit a rock today and began passengers from the lifeboats to several Emergency responders both yesterday taking on water, the Coast Guard said. Good Samaritan vessels, including two and today worked to make sure the The vessel was stuck on a rock in Peril catamarans owned by Allen Marine and Leconte did not move. If the vessel had Strait about 30 miles north of Sitka, two smaller vessels. By 1400 yesterday, moved off the reef, Buchsbaum said, it Petty Officer Sara Raymer said. “They all passengers were evacuated from would have sunk. Salvors made the are hard aground,” she said. There were Leconte and safely transported to Sitka vessel stable by setting out anchors to no immediate reports of injuries. The and Angoon. Two injured passengers guard against wave action moving the Coast Guard sent three helicopters and a were flown to Sitka Memorial Hospital. boat and by allowing sea water to cutter. The ferry run by the state, “DOT is in the process of stabilizing the remain in breached compartments. Calm shuttles passengers between ferry so it can be removed from the reef conditions are predicted for the next southeastern Alaska communities. There and taken to the shipyard in Ketchikan three days, Buchsbaum said. were 86 passengers and 23 crew where permanent repairs can be made. Investigators have given no indication members aboard. All of the passengers have been safely how the ship ran aground in calm London, May 10 — Following received removed from Leconte and are reportedly weather on a well-known hazard marked from Coast Guard Juneau, timed 1950, on their way to Sitka,” Alaska Governor by a light. The vessel had no apparent UTC: Ro/ro Leconte stuck a reef in the Frank Murkowski said. The Coast mechanical problems, Buchsbaum said. Peril Strait at about 1800, UTC, today. Guard Marine Safety Office continues to Crew members were tested for drugs or Vessel is hard aground, passengers are work with the State of Alaska Marine alcohol. “There was no indication anyone currently being taken off the vessel. Highway System (AMHS) to salve the used drugs or alcohol,” Buchsbaum said, Vessel is holed, water ingress reported ferry that ran aground at approximately although the Coast Guard had not but the flooding has now been controlled. 0955 yesteray. The Coast Guard and the received tests back as of this afternoon. No injuries or pollution. Vessels are on State of Alaska have established a The Coast Guard and the National scene. Unified Command to manage a Transportation Safety Board will jointly London, May 11 — Following received coordinated response to the incident. investigate the incident. An NTSB from Alaska Marine Highway System, The Unified Command’s primary representative arrived today and was dated May 10: An incident has occurred concerns are the safety of the passengers making her way to the scene, involving the Alaska Marine Highway and crew and protection of the marine Buchsbaum said. Crew members who ro/ro Leconte. The ferry ran hard environment. Coast Guard, AMHS, and could aid with the salvage remained in aground on Cozian Reef in Peril Straits commercial salvage experts carried out Sitka. One goal of the salvors was to at approximately 0955 hrs while enroute an initial assessment of Leconte’s remove luggage and the 15 vehicles on from Angoon to Sitka. Two forward stability. This assessment revealed the board. Two cutters, Maple from Sitka spaces on the port side flooded and the ferry was taking on water in five and Anacapa from Petersburg, remain ship is reported to be listing at 10 watertight compartments. After on scene. A boom has been placed degrees. All 86 passengers were safely stabilizing the vessel, Leconte’s crew was around the stricken vessel to minimize deployed to liferafts and are accounted evacuated at approximately 1715 hrs damage from leaks, Buchsbaum said. for without injuries. Coast Guard cutters due to safety concerns. Salvage London, May 12 — A press report, Liberty and Maple are underway to personnel on scene will continue to dated May 11, states: Ro/ro Leconte assist and a helicopter from Coast Guard monitor the condition of Leconte remained grounded on a reef in Peril Air Station Sitka is at the scene. NOAA’s overnight. Leconte will remain on Cozian Strait north of Sitka this morning with a ship, John Cobb, has picked up most of reef until temporary repairs are gash 30-40 feet long and four to 12 the passengers. Those remaining were completed and the vessel can be safely inches wide torn along the port side of picked up by a Good Samaritan ship. extracted. Coast Guard Cutters Liberty, the hull near the bow, state officials said. Passengers are being transported to Maple and Anacapa remain at the scene. With at least four large compartments Sitka. Two boats from Allen Marine are According to information provided by the flooded near the bow, the vessel could scheduled to arrive at Cozian Reef at USCG, there is no evidence that any oil sink if it shifted off the rocks into deeper 1230 hrs to assist the damaged vessel. has spilled from Leconte. “Our first water. However, salvage experts and US

Coast Guard officials on scene reported London, May 12 — A press report, MANAFOSS (Liberia) that anchoring the stern and keeping the dated today, states: Marine salvage Reykjavik, May 12 — General cargo chambers flooded with seawater should companies planned today to move most Manafoss returned to service at 2200, keep the vessel stable until repairs can of the fuel from grounded ro/ro Leconte local time, May 7 and is presently sailing be made. The damage was “much more in hopes of reducing the risk of a spill around Iceland. — Lloyd’s Agents. extensive than previously thought,” said into Peril Strait. Marine salvage crews, Nona Wilson, a spokeswoman for the the Coast Guard and Marine Highway MIKHAIL LUKONIN (Russia) Alaska Marine Highway System, said System officials worked to stabilise the Yokohama, May 7 — General cargo today. Figuring out exactly what must be ferry in hopes of floating it off the reef it Mikhail Lukonin (4694 gt, built 1981) done to save the vessel and then move it struck Monday (May 10) north of Sitka. while leaving Pier No.4 of No.3 Wharf at to a port could take several days, Coast The vessel has been stabilised with five Onahama contacted general cargo Akitsu Guard Petty Officer Douglas Green said. anchors and 1,000 feet of containment Maru No.8 (498 gt, built 1995) being All 86 passengers and all 23 crew boom has been placed around it, said moored alongside No.4 Wharf, at 1410, members were evacuated by yesterday Coast Guard Lieutenant Brett Farrell. A Apr 27. After contacting Akitsu Maru evening, as US Coast Guard cutters and preliminary salvage plan must be No.8, Mikhail Lukonin contacted pusher other vessels with salvage crews approved before moving the fuel, he tug/sand carrier Sumiwaka Maru No.56 converged at Cozian Reef, near the said. Several containment vessels with (414 gt, built 2000) being moored behind northern tip of Baranof Island. Three the Southeast Alaska Pollution Mikhail Lukonin. Mikhail Lukonin passengers received medical treatment Response Organisation were onhand in sustained scratching to starboard side in in Sitka. Two were believed to have case of a spill. SEAPRO general bow area. Akitsu Maru No.8 sustained possible back injuries, but no manager Dave Owings said sensitive denting to port side shell plating and information was available on the third, areas and wildlife that would be affected Sumiwaka Maru No.56 sustaining ferry system spokeswoman Nona Wilson by a spill have been identified, and a scratching to bulwark on port side bow. said. Other passengers rode to Sitka on plan was being devised to move wildlife — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — Mikhail high-speed tour-boat catamarans if necessary. Divers yesterday found a 2- Lukonin subsequently arrived Vanino operated by Allen Marine. Fifteen foot wide, 30-foot long gouge on the May 2 and sailed May 5.) vehicles remained in Leconte’s hold. As starboard side of the vessel’s V-shape the tide rose yesterday afternoon, Coast hull. The hole runs into void tanks MONA LISA (Bahamas) Guard and salvage experts went by under the vessel’s main engine-room. A Venice, May 12 — While entering helicopter and boat to try to stabilise the 40-foot gash was found on the port side. Venice port in dense fog this morning, vessel so that it would not sink, said The holes near the keel are up to a foot passenger Mona Lisa (28891 gt, built Wilson and Lt. j.g. Dan Buchsbaum, wide. Five compartments were 1966) ran aground in St. Marks basin. with the Coast Guard Marine Safety breached. The breached compartments The vessel was refloated one hour later Office in Juneau. That task became included the bow thruster room and the with the assistance of local tugs and increasingly critical with damage sewage room. Crowley Marine and berthed to allocated dock. No damages inspection. Initial reports suggested Juneau salvager John Gitkov were nor injuries to passengers and crew are that compartments with a bow thruster working at the scene, Coast Guard reported. — Lloyd’s Agents. and sewage tanks had been breached, spokesman Lt. j.g. Dan Buchsbaum London, May 13 — A press report, but divers and other salvage workers said. A third salvage company was dated today, states: Passenger Mona later found that the ballast tank moving a vessel north from Seattle and Lisa ran aground near St. Mark’s compartment was also punctured, had sent an advance crew. If the vessel Square amid thick fog yesterday, Wilson said. The vessel would float with had moved off the reef, Buchsbaum said, prompting complaints from the mayor two of the chambers flooded but not it would have sunk. Calm conditions are about large vessels travelling too close with a third, officials said. “With that predicted for the next three days, to the city’s historic centre. None of the third hole, if it’s not patched and it Buchsbaum said. Investigators have 1,000 passengers and crew on the vessel comes off the reef tonight, that vessel given no indication how the vessel ran were hurt, city officials said. The will sink,” Wilson said. “So we have a aground in calm weather on a well- German operator, Holiday really delicate situation. Now that our known hazard marked by a light. The Kreuzfahrten, said no damage resulted passengers are taken care of, we have to from the incident, in which the vessel figure out how to get our boat off the vessel had no apparent mechanical problems, Buchsbaum said. Crew got stuck in mud in a narrow channel reef and figure out how to fix it so it at but was towed straight out. Mayor Paolo least can be towed to Sitka.” No members were tested for drugs or alcohol. The luggage and personal Costa suggested that such vessels not be pollution had been reported in the sea allowed to cross St. Mark’s Basin, which yesterday, and eight auxiliary pumps belongings of the vessel’s passengers have been delivered to Sitka, the Coast is near the square. Instead, they should had been brought on board, Wilson said. be anchored farther out, such as near The vessel was listing 10 degrees. Why Guard said. Plans to remove the vehicles are still being made. Two the Lido island off the coast of the city the vessel apparently steered within a centre. few hundred yards of shore and then cutters, Maple from Sitka and Anacapa struck a well-known marine hazard from Petersburg, remain on scene. NANA MARIA (Denmark) marked by a light was not clear London, May 12 — Following received See Jeanette Kristina. yesterday, ferry officials and Coast from Coast Guard Juneau, timed 1930, Guard investigators said. “We don’t UTC: Ro/ro Leconte remains aground. know what happened,” Wilson said. “I Vessel has four holes in its hull and a 30 NATIONAL DIGNITY (Hong Kong) don’t know if anything went haywire. I foot by one foot gash. Fifteen cars London, May 12 — General cargo don’t know if there was some kind of remain on board the vessel. A contracted National Dignity departed Hong Kong engine failure. But our primary concern salvage tug is due on scene May 14 and on Apr 1, destination Shekou, arriving at right now is not to try to figure out what salvage operations are due to commence that port later the same day. Vessel was happened but to make sure our people on its arrival. next reported arriving at Sandakan on are safe and how to help the vessel.” The Apr 27, from Shekou. ) vessel’s master was identified as Capt LT PEACE (Panama) Harvey Williamson. An officer from the Taipei, May 12 — Owner/operator of NAYRESS EXPRESS Coast Guard Marine Safety Office was c.c. LT Peace informs that vessel entered (Sao Tome & Principe) on board and had begun an the drydock of China Shipbulding Corp, Aleppo, May 10 — Our Lattakia office investigation, Buchsbaum said. He said in Kaohsiung on May 7, for repairs and have advised that breakage of general the response crews would keep the holed expects to complete repairs on May 21. cargo Nayress Express started about chambers full of seawater to stabilise — Lloyd’s Agents. three months ago and breakers have the vessel and try to patch the hull requested from the Administration of during low tides today. The vessel, LUJIN-I (North Korea) Syrian Harbours an extension of the valued at $30-35 million, is insured by Constantza, May 10 — General cargo appropriate permits, in order to the state to $1 million and by Lloyds of Lujin I arrived at Midia May 8, from complete break-up operations. — Lloyd’s London beyond that, Wilson said. Istanbul. — Lloyd’s Agents. Agents.

NIKOLAY DOLINSKIY (Russia) 0914, UTC: Edible oil tanker Orateca ROCKNES (Antigua & Barbuda) Yokohama, May 7 — General cargo (1733 gt, built 1982), Rotterdam for St Bergen, May 7 — Bulk Rocknes is Nikolay Dolinskiy (4643 gt, built 1988), Nazaire, cargo 2,000 tonnes sunflower under tow from Bergen to an, at the while drifting around 1.7 miles, 199 oil, anchored in lat 50 42.9N, long 00 moment, unknown destination. Most degrees from Usitu lighthouse, Ishikawa 32.8W at 0745, UTC with small defect to likely the destination is Gdansk or Prefecture, to avoid heavy weather, “ran main engine turbo-charger using too Hamburg. It has been decided that the aground in a fixed shore net” at 0230, much oil. Spare parts being delivered by vessel, most likely, will be rebuilt. Time Apr 28. Salvage vessels commenced to local launch at 1400, UTC. (Note — for repair, seven to 12 months. — Lloyd’s detach/refloat the vessel at 0900, Apr 29 Orateca sailed Rotterdam 0930, May 8 Sub-agents. and a tug commenced towing the vessel for St Nazaire.) London, May 9 — A press report, dated at 1658 same day. It arrived Nanao port London, May 9 — Following received today, states: Bulk Rocknes is to be 2110 same day. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note from Coastguard Solent MRSC, timed rebuilt at a yard in Poland, and will now — Nikolay Dolinskiy was last reported to 1753, UTC: Edible oil tanker Orateca: A be towed there from its present harbour have sailed Nakhodka Apr 23.) new turbo-charger is due to arrive near Bergen. The cost of refurbishing tomorrow and vessel is expected to sail the vessel is estimated at NOK 280 NO.1122 (New Hull) at 2359, UTC, May 10. No use of engines million. The ship will be back in service Busan, May 11 — At approximately at this time. Weather is not forecast to by January next year. 2045, May 7 there was an explosion at change significantly. London, May 10 — Following received the upper stool tank on board the London, May 11 — Following received from Sandnes, dated today: Bulk newbuilding product tanker yard from Coastguard Solent MRSC, timed Rocknes is now under tow, bound for the No.1122 (28300 gt) at the premises of the 0004, UTC: Edible oil tanker Orateca: Polish shipyard, Rematowa, in Gdansk. STX shipyard, Jinhae (Chinhae). As a Repairs completed and vessel underway The vessel will be repaired to an result, one dock worker was found dead at 0001, UTC, today. estimated cost of NOK. 280 million. The and another suffered burns at his vessel will be back in service in Jan/Feb respiration tract and sent to a hospital ORION I (Malta) 2005. at Jinhae. It was reported that the tank Venice, May 12 — The cargo which was was being internally painted at the time. discharged from general cargo Orion I SANTA III (Greece) Understand that the vessel sustained has been loaded onto other vessels for London, May 11 — Lloyd’s Casualty minor damage to the tank as a result. — onward shipping to the original representatives in Piraeus report: Lloyd’s Sub-agents. (Note — Understood destinations of Barcelona and the During the afternoon of May 10, Yard No.1122 STX is being built for Azores. — Lloyd’s Agents. hydrofoil Santa III (142 gt, built 1981), D’Amico Societa di Navigazione (S.p.A.), Paxos to Kerkyra, with 12 passengers Rome.) PACIFIC SKY (U.K.) and six crew, sustained damage to the See “Outbreak of Virus on United starboard main engine. The voyage was NORWAY (Bahamas) Kingdom Flagged Passenger Vessel” continued with only one engine and the London, May 10 — As at May 7, under “Miscellaneous.” vessel arrived safely at Kerkyra at passenger Norway was still in port at 1900, local time, same day. Kerkyra Hamburg. PASSATWIND (Antigua & Barbuda) Port Authority has prohibited Helsinki, May 10 — General cargo departure pending inspection of the NOTA A. (Malta) Passatwind arrived at Loviisa on May 5, repairs. Buenos Aires, May 7 — Bulk Nota A. from Holmsund, and departed on May 6, (22009 gt, built 1984) San Lorenzo for destination Nantes. — Lloyd’s Agents. SARAH (U.K.) South Africa, cargo 32,000 tonnes of London, May 11 — Following received corn, grounded by way of Km 340, PETE (U.S.A.) from Coastguard Stornoway MRSC, Passage Isla Nueva, at 0220, local time, See “Portland Harbour, Maine, United timed 0323, UTC: Skye Bridge today. The vessel is obstructing States” under “Pollution.” supervisor reported UK registered dive navigation and is not being assisted by boat Sarah, overall length 19.8 metres, any tug yet. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — POLAR STAR (Barbados) displacement 94 tonnes, aground on Nota A. arrived San Lorenzo (ARG) May Kyleakin Beach, Isle of Skye, in lat 57 5.) Falmouth, May 6 — Repairs to icebreaker Polar Star are expected to be 16.5N, long 05 44.5W, at 0012, UTC. London, May 7 — Understand bulk Vessel has 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, 20 Nota A. was successfully refloated early completed on or about May 25. — Lloyd’s Agents. gallons of lubricating oil in engine and this evening. 15 gallons in barrels. The vessel’s owner Buenos Aires, May 10 — Bulk Nota A. will make arrangements for a refloated at 1618, local time, May 7, with POSEIDON (DIS) Bordeaux, May 11 — General cargo commercial tug to attempt to refloat the the assistance of tug Tronador, and vessel at the next high tide. Low tide is anchored in San Pedro Roads. The vessel Poseidon is presently in port for repairs. at 0609 hrs, and hight tide at 1217 hrs. resumed its voyage May 8, following a Ship’s agent hopes the end of repairs Coast Guard inspection. — Lloyd’s about May 18 — Lloyd’s Agents. London, May 11 — Following received Agents. from Coastguard Stornoway MRSC, RAMITA NAREE (Thailand) timed 0503, UTC: Dive boat Sarah, a NYFJELL (Bahamas) St. Vincent, CV, May 10 — Bulk converted fishing vessel, is hard aground London, May 12 — Following received Ramita Naree berthed alongside pier No and stable. Nil pollution. Crew from Aarhus RCC, timed 0941, UTC: 2 at 0900, May 9, and repairs are under remaining on board. Tug to be arranged General cargo Nyfjell (1896 gt, built way, ETC May 11. — Lloyd’s Agents. next high water at 1217, UTC. 1977) grounded on approach to Randers St. Vincent, CV, May 12 — Bulk London, May 11 — Following received at 0835, UTC, May 11, due to dense fog. Ramita Naree sailed at 1600, May 12 to from Coastguard Stornoway MRSC, The vessel refloated by its own means at Praia, Santiago Island, CVI, after timed 1435, UTC: Dive boat Sarah was 1045, UTC, and is now in port at completion of temporary repairs. — refloated at 1257, UTC and safely Randers, where it has been detained by Lloyd’s Agents. berthed alongside in Kyle harbour. Port State Control. RETS TIMBER (Isle of Man) SETTEBELLO (Liberia) OKA (Russia) Messina, May 7 — Part c.c. Rets Timber London, May 12 — Crude oil tanker Busan, May 11 — General cargo Oka, (8183 gt, built 1984) arrived Corigliano Settebello arrived at Fujairah Anchorage UDUP, arrived at Busan on May 5, from May 4 in tow of tug/supply Marzameni, on Apr 30, from Suez and departed on China, sailing later the same day for reportedly due to the seizure of two main May 5, destination Basrah. Vladivostok. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. engine pistons. The vessel loaded 10,753 tonnes of clinker in Damietta on Apr 7, SILVA (Cambodia) ORATECA (DIS) which was bound for Corigliano. Cargo Esbjerg, May 6 — General cargo Silva London, May 9 — Following received operations are presently under way. — is awaiting nomination of date for public from Coastguard Solent MRSC, timed Lloyd’s Agents. auction. — Lloyd’s Agents.

SPIRIT OF ONTARIO I (Bahamas) at the port, but they added that there commander of the Coast Guard’s 9th Troy, Michigan, May 11 — Canadian were no cancellations of grain ships at District in Cleveland, is confident in American Transportation Systems the port. “The accident is creating McBrady’s ability to command (CATS), operators of passenger ro/ro general delays. A container ship already Hollyhock. The Coast Guard’s Spirit of Ontario I from Rochester, N.Y. cancelled, and there are other ships investigation into the collision is almost to Toronto, Ont., are telephoning analysing the situation,” said one complete, Hall said, and he does not thousands of customers to apologise for shipping agent. Spring Peacock, will know if any other Hollyhock crew having to delay the launch of the ship. have to unload until its hull is raised member would face penalties. Hall said The vessel had been scheduled to begin from the rocks in the port bay where it is McBrady was on the vessel’s bridge service on May 1. But the vessel arrived stranded. Port loading operations when it collided with Stewart J.Cort at the Port of Rochester nearly 30 days remained limited today shipping agents during icebreaking duties in the St. later than expected, partly because it said. Marys River in northern Michigan. struck a dock last month in New York Rio de Janeiro, May 13 — Bulk Spring Stewart J.Cort sustained cosmetic City and had to be repaired. The launch Peacock which grounded leaving the port damage, a Coast Guard spokesman said, date has since been delayed indefinitely. of Sao Francisco do Sul, at 0100 , May and Hollyhock sustained $26,000 in CATS is calling customers who booked 11, has 58,900 tonnes tons of soya damage to the upper bow. Hollyhock will trips between May 15 and Jun 19, onboard. Vessel is 225 metres long, 22 go to the Coast Guard’s Detroit Station specific reservations weren’t being meters wide and has a crew of 20. the week of May 24 for repairs to the accepted before May 15, and offering to Apparently vessel is losing $60,000 per hull, Hall said. Workers will remove the refund their money or reschedule their day. New reports state situation is more portion of the damaged hull and replace voyages. The majority of customers are critical as vessel is sitting on a rock not it with a new piece made in Wisconsin, asking for refunds because their trips shown on nautical charts. Five tanks at the site of the vessel’s original assembly. were tied to specific events such as least are damaged/holed, three are Repairs could take up to two weeks. weddings or family gatherings, said cofferdams of oil and two are ballast CATS President Howard Thomas. New tanks. Since vessel is over drafted it will SUMIWAKA MARU NO.56 (Japan) reservations aren’t being accepted until have to discharge part cargo in order to See Mikhail Lukonin. Jun 19. But that’s not the expected be able to refloat. Petrobras is lending launch date, Thomas said. The company rubber protection barriers to surround SUNG KYUNG 201 (South Korea) needs time for the ship to undergo safety the ship and try avoid oil spillages, as Montevideo, May 10 — Fishing Sung inspections by the U.S. Coast Guard and the area is liable to heavy swells. The Kyung 201 (213 gt) had an explosion in a Canadian officials, train the crew and port was re-opened pm, yesterday and tank containing ammonia gas at 0200 stock the vessel with equipment, ships have started to work again, but today, while moored at Montevideo. Thomas said. — Great Lakes & Seaway there is a slight congestion, which Crew members on Sung Kyung 201 and Shipping. should be over within next three to four neighbouring vessels were affected by days. — Correspondent. the gas. A total of 63 persons were SPIRIT OF TASMANIA III (Australia) hospitalised. — Lloyd’s Agents. London, May 10 — Passenger ro/ro STEPHANE C. (Canada) London, May 10 — A press report, Spirit of Tasmania III sailed Devonport London, May 8 — A press report, dated dated today, states: At least 80 people May 6, arriving at Sydney May 7. today, states: Five people had to be were treated for ammonia gas poisoning picked up by helicopter this morning today, after an explosion aboard fishing SPRING PEACOCK (Panama) after their fishing Stephane C. (47 gt, Sung Kyung 201 docked in Montevideo, London, May 11 — built 1974) ran aground in the Gulf of St. fire officials said. No other vessel was Owners/underwriters of bulk Spring Lawrence. The crew of the 19-metre-long damaged in the blast, which occurred at Peacock (37689 gt, built 1998) laden with vessel had anchored but around 0500 hrs about 0200 hrs. The explosion occurred soya beans, have contracted Nippon strong waves and winds started pushing when tanks carrying the ammonia gas, Salvage in co-operation with SMIT them towards Anticosti Island. The crew used for refrigeration, leaked and Salvage to render their services after it managed to call for help, then poisoned many aboard the Korean vessel ran aground in lat 26 14.17S, long 48 abandoned ship, making it to shore on as they slept. Officials did not 78.6W, at 0139, local time, today. Vessel board a lifeboat. A search and rescue immediately disclose the cause of the ran aground after having left port, just vessel, along with a Hercules and a blast. off Sao Francisco do Sul. Salvage experts Cormorant helicopter were all London, May 11 — A press report, boarded the vessel shortly afterwards dispatched to the scene. The Cormorant dated May 10, states: Officials in and additional team members are eventually picked up the crew and took Uruguay say at least 74 people are being currently being mobilised. them back to Gaspe, Que. There were no treated for gas poisoning following an Santos, May 12 — Following received injuries reported. explosion in Montevideo. The leak from ItajaÌ Sub-agents: For reasons so occurred early today when a tank far unknown, bulk Spring Peacock STEWART J.CORT (U.S.A.) containing ammonia gas exploded on grounded at Sao Francisco do Sul at London, May 10 — A press report, South Korean fishing Sung Kyung 201. 0105, local time, May 11. The vessel is dated May 9, states: The US Coast The gas was being used for refrigeration still aground with salvage operations in Guard has punished the master of cutter on board the vessel. The port was closed progress. — Lloyd’s Agents. Hollyhock for a collision this spring with while officials investigated the blast, Rio de Janeiro, May 12 — Bulk Spring lake freighter bulk Stewart J.Cort, but which happened at about 0200 hrs. Peacock which ran aground May 10, has not suspended him from his duties. despite all efforts to bring vessel afloat Coast Guard officials this week in TAHAROA EXPRESS (Panama) again, nothing has been achieved so far. Cleveland had a formal disciplinary London, May 7 — Bulk Taharoa The vessel still remains aground thus hearing, called an admiral’s mast, for Lt Express arrived at Kakogawa on May 5 blocking the main channel and it has Cmdr Mike McBrady. The hearing found from Taharoa Terminal. interrupted the navigation in the port. It that McBrady on Mar 25 improperly put is not known when the channel will be his crew and vessel into hazard while TIAN ZHU SHAN (China) free to resume navigation. — navigating, violating a portion of the Yokohama, May 7 — General cargo Correspondent. Uniform Code of Military Justice. That Tian Zhu Shan, bound Mizushima, lost London, May 13 — A press report, resulted in a collision with Stewart navigation 102 deg and 17 miles from dated May 12, states: Bulk Spring J.Cort. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Tsushima Kuroshima lighthouse, Peacock carrying 58,800 tonnes of Jeff Hall said McBrady would receive a Nagasaki prefecture, at 0700, Apr 26, soybeans for Japan, disrupted loading letter of admonition in his permanent after a hawser became entangled in the operations at Brazil’s Sao Francisco do record but would not be relieved of his vessel’s propeller. The vessel was towed Sul port after running aground on rocks, duties or suspended. “It has serious to Mutsure Shima by Nippon Salvage shipping operators said today. One career implications,” Hall said of the and then towed to Moji. The vessel sailed container vessel due to dock on Friday letter. “Any time he’d come up for Moji at 2200, Apr 27, for Qingdao, after abandoned the port line-up because of promotion, it is in his records to be the hawser was removed. — Lloyd’s the expected wait, said shipping agents seen.” Hall said Rear Adm Ronald Silva, Agents.

TK VENICE (Malta) interrogated the crew only to discover is a major Nenaco creditor. Tsuneishi See “Brest Area, France” under they were carrying about 11,000 metric asked the vessels be grounded as “Pollution.” tones of crude oil. guarantee Nenaco will pay the Pesos120 million in dry-docking and TONY MACKAY (Canada) AGIA ELENI (Greece) vessel repair services it owed the London, May 7 — Tug Tony Mackay Valletta, May 10 — We have been shipbuilder. The grounding of the bulk (373 gt, built 1973) towing tank barge verbally informed by the owners of of Nenaco’s fleet is the latest blow to hit KTC 115 (6430 gt, built 1968) reportedly fishing Agia Eleni that they are trying to the company. On Mar 20, Tsuneishi lost control of the barge and struck change the registration to Panamanian seized the Nenaco vessel St.Peter the bottom in the vicinity of Little Current, Register and also change the insurers. — Apostle for it’s failure to settle repair near Picnic Island, at 1830, EDST, May Lloyd’s Agents. and drydocking bills from 2002. Two 5. A solar panel from buoy J56 was weeks ago, the Maritime Industry sheared off as a result of the incident. BIGA (Canary Islands) Authority grounded five of its vessels Bilbao, May 4 — General cargo Biga is following findings that it was WILDERNESS ADVENTURER still under embargo in the port of Bilbao. financially incapable of sustaining its (U.S.A.) — Lloyd’s Agents. operations. The ban was lifted only London, May 12 — A press report, after Philippines President Gloria dated today, states: Passenger BOREAS (Cyprus) Arroyo intervened. — Lloyd’s List Wilderness Adventurer (89 gt, built 1983) Bilbao, May 4 — General cargo Boreas Correspondent. had to evacuate 19 passengers and three is still under embargo at Bilbao. — crew members after striking ice and Lloyd’s Agents. NERVA (Bahamas) taking on water in Tracy Arm in London, May 9 — General cargo Nerva southeastern Alaska. The passengers BYZANTIO (Malta) renamed Stella sailed Antwerp May 8. and crew were evacuated safely onto London, May 13 — Reported that another cruise ship after the incident product tanker Byzantio (32453 gt, built SILVA (Cambodia) yesterday. The ice punctured a 3-inch 1976), which arrived at Hong Kong at See under “Marine.” hole into the hull of the vessel, Coast 2355, May 12, is currently at the Guard Lt. Ashley Bodkin said. She said Reserved Dangerous Goods Anchorage, ST.PETER THE APOSTLE the vessel was not in danger of sinking Hong Kong, under arrest. (Philippines) or capsizing, but evacuation was the See “Negros Navigation Co Inc.” prudent course of action. Details of the CARMICA V (Panama) incident were not immediately known Limassol, May 7 — Ro/ro Carmica V TK VENICE (Malta) today, but Bodkin said the vessel may has been renamed Jupiter V. As the See “Brest Harbour, France” under have brushed up against some ice, agent is abroad and port authorities “Pollution.” causing damage to a weakened hull. have not yet been advised of any “Marine safety personnel noticed the changes, the only information we can get YOUNG HWA NO.99 (Uruguay) hull was corroded,” Bodkin said. “It was at the moment is that the new flag is London, May 13 — A press report, already weak. They didn’t slam into North Korea and new owners/managers dated May 12, states: A Uruguayan anything.” The hole was shored and a are a company in India named Jupiter. flagged jigger, fishing Young Hwa single pump kept the water out of the — Lloyd’s Agents. No.99 (329 gt, built 1975), was caught vessel, which returned to Juneau, last Sunday (May 9) by the Argentine Bodkin said. DIAGORAS (Greece) Coast Guard fishing in the South London, May 7 — A report in today’s Atlantic with its licence expired. The issue of “Newsfront” states: Passenger jigger was carrying 20 tons of squid ro/ro Diagoras (6939 gt, built 1990) was when it was surprised 50 miles from seized at the beginning of May by the port of Quenquen and 300 miles Mantouvalos Bros Ship Supplies in south of Buenos Aires. According to respect of a Euros 105,725 claim against the Argentine Coast Guard the 46 the vessel’s owners. (Note — Diagoras metre jigger has a crew of 28, half of sailed Rhodes Apr 28 for Kos.) them Uruguayans, the other half Asian. Following the detection, “We ROMANIA GLUECKSBURG (Liberia) ordered the vessel to stop and See Aura under “Marine.” See under “Marine.” personnel from Azopardo completed the inspection, confirming the MARE NOSTRUM existence of the (squid) cargo and the London, May 10 — General cargo Mare expired fishing licence”, said Carlos Nostrum, OPWT, was reported passing Fern·ndez, commander of the Dover, eastward, on May 8. Argentine Coast Guard. Young Hwa No.99 was escorted to Mar del Plata NEGROS NAVIGATION CO INC where the case was analysed by Manila, May 9 — Troubled Negros Argentina’s Minister of Interior and Navigation Co. (Nenaco) has resumed Justice Gustavo Beliz. “The documents AFRICAN PRIDE (Panama) operations after the Supreme Court of the vessel are not for fishing but London, May 12 — A press report, stopped the Court of Appeals and rather for prospecting operations”, dated May 11, states: Naval officer, Lt.- Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Inc. from said Mr. Beliz The vessel remains Commander Adetola Bamidele implementing the temporary arrested and its haul has been yesterday told a Federal High Court restraining order that suspended the confiscated. sitting in Lagos at the resumed trial of operations of five vessels owned by 13 Russians, who are facing a two-count Nenaco. Responding to an appeal by the charge of crude oil bunkering, that they Philippine’s second largest domestic had to fire gun shots into the air before carrier, the High Court on May 4 barred the Russian crew of product tanker the appeals court from implementing its African Pride would follow them to Apr 29 order grounding five of Nenaco’s Lagos, the day the Russians were vessels. The Supreme Court also arrested in Nigeria waters (Oct 8). ordered both the appeals court and Testifying at the continuation of the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu), Inc. hearing into the matter, Lt Com to show cause why the vessels should be BASRAH AREA, IRAQ Bamidele, one of the Prosecution grounded. The appeals court grounded See “Iraq” under “Political & Civil witnesses also narrated how they found the vessels based on a petition from Unrest.” the vessel anchored at sea and Tsuneishi’s Philippine shipyard, which

pressure build-up at the tank and were said Amilton Carvalho, an official at the on or near the tank at the time of the weather bureau’s Brasilia headquarters. 1500, local time, explosion, Fire Chief “The entire coastal population, including Bobby Williams said. The cause was fishermen, has been warned about the under investigation. One worker was storm already,” said Carvalho. “And hospitalised in a serious condition after thousands of civil defence workers are he had difficulty breathing, while two already on standby.” The earlier storm others suffered minor injuries, caught fishermen off guard, with a authorities said. The explosion blew a number of small craft still at sea when BREST AREA, FRANCE “relatively small hole” near the top of the the storm hit. This time, fishermen are London, May 8 — A press report, dated tank, Williams said. That loosened the securing their boats even before the today, states: General cargo TK Venice tank’s lid, which fell into the tank, storm hits, said Carvalho. “This week’s (4337 gt, built 1985), carrying 6,000 causing some of the contents to splash phenomenon is certainly not a tonnes of wheat, was re-routed and kept out. There was no immediate word on hurricane,” said Carvalho. He said the at the port of Brest because it was the size of the spill. State Department of wind speed alone was too weak to suspected of dumping ballast in the Ecology spokeswoman Jani Gilbert said characterise it as such. Nor has the Channel, French port authorities said it was not known how much sewage storm earned a name yet, he added. yesterday. It was reported that sludge made it to the river, but the Carvalho said the storm was expected to authorities, monitoring the ship from a quantity was not believed to be hit the coast tonight, with the worst helicopter, saw a 3.6 kms long trail of significant. The Spokane Regional effects felt tomorrow. “It should taper off pollution in the “immediate wake” of the Health District warned people living on Saturday (May 8) and disappear by vessel heading from Rouen to Tarragona, downstream to avoid drinking water Sunday,” he said. they said. The vessel was 46 kms off the from the river for at least three days. coast but still in France’s exclusive Gilbert said the city does not draw CANADA economic zone. The ship will be kept at drinking water downstream from the London, May 12 — A press report, port until the payment of a Euro 250,000 plant, which treats 44 million gallons of dated today, states: A spring snowstorm deposit and the master will be called for sewage a day. No evacuations were swept across the southern half of the questioning at a later stage, judicial ordered, and Williams said there was no Prairies yesterday, dumping snow from sources in Le Havre said. (Note — TK threat of additional explosions. City Calgary right through to Winnipeg and Venice sailed Rouen May 6 for crews were to begin cleaning up spilled north-western Ontario. Flights were Tarragona.) sludge around the tank on Tuesday, cancelled, schools were closed, power London, May 10 — General cargo TK Gilbert said. was knocked out and parts of highways Venice, which arrived at Brest on May 7, were shut down while as much as 40 was reported departing on May 8, centimetres of snow was expected to fall destination Tarragona. on some areas. The brunt of the storm Brest, May 12 — General cargo TK was felt along the US border south of the Venice sailed May 8 for Tarragona Trans-Canada Highway. It began in the following the payment of the Euro250 early morning hours and by noon some 000 deposit and the pumping/emptying areas had up to 25 centimetres of snow. of its dirty waters. — Lloyd’s Agents. One of the hardest hit places was Estevan, Sask., about 200 kilometres PORTLAND HARBOUR, MAINE, AUSTRALIA south-east of Regina. People there UNITED STATES London, May 12 — Due to bad weather, experienced everything from Portland, Org, May 6 — Workers the port of Newcastle is restricted to thunderstorms to rain to snow, Cormier completed the cleanup Tuesday morning “selected outwards movements” only. At said. Students had a snow day as schools (May 4) of diesel fuel that spilled from 1230, local time, today the duty Pilot shut down. Larry Christie, a spokesman tug Pete in Portland a day earlier. classified conditions at the port entrance with SaskPower, said nearly a dozen Officials estimate crews recovered about as heavy. This is likely to mean that power poles crumpled due to heavy snow 64 percent of the 1,000 gallons that were loaded coal vessels may not sail on on the lines. In all about 7,000 estimated to have spilled from the tug schedule until it is deemed safe and the Saskatchewan residents were without which was tied up at the Cianbro Corp restriction is lifted. The next entrance power at some point during the morning. side of the Maine State Pier. The fuel inspection will be carried out at 0630, About 1,000 rural residents faced a cold, apparently leaked from a line that local time, tomorrow. dark night without electricity as crews connects fuel tanks on either side of the shut down repair operations until the tug and is used to equalise the levels in BRAZIL morning. WestJet cancelled all of its the tanks. Some time after the line London, May 7 — A press report, dated flights in and out of Winnipeg due to the between the tanks was opened Sunday May 6, states: Residents of coastal areas bad weather, the company said in a news night, it leaked into the bilge. The bilge in Brazil’s four southernmost states were release. It expected to resume flights late pump pumped the contaminated bilge bracing for the second big South Atlantic yesterday, but advised customers to call water into the harbour. The spill was storm of 2004, with high winds, rain and or check WestJet’s website. As for drivers, discovered Monday morning when rough seas expected to hit by tonight, RCMP closed the Trans-Canada Highway workers arrived at 0600 hrs. Portland the National Weather Bureau said. A through most of Manitoba west of Tugboat and Ship Docking Company, similar but stronger storm, Winnipeg. Thousands of rural students paid for the cleanup. — Lloyd’s Agents. characterised by the bureau as an extra who attend schools in Brandon and (See issue of May 6.) tropical cyclone, hit the same region Mar Portage la Prairie, Man., had to find 28-29, leaving four dead, 60 injured and another way home or be billeted with SPOKANE RIVER, WASHINGTON, about US$350 million in property others as bus service was cancelled. Some UNITED STATES damage, mainly homes damaged or school divisions have also cancelled buses London, May 11 — A press report, destroyed by winds as high as 90 mph. for this morning as the snow continued to dated May 10, states: An explosion blew “We do not expect this one to be as bad pile up. In Ontario, the storm also closed a hole in a two million-gallon sewage as the Mar 28-29 storm,” said weather parts of the Trans-Canada Highway as it tank yesterday, causing an forecaster Gil Russo of the bureau’s slammed into the region west of Thunder undetermined amount of waste to spill southern department, located in the Rio Bay. More than 20 centimetres fell on the into the Spokane River, a fire official Grande do Sul state capital of Porto Kenora and Dryden areas. The Ministry said. Three workers were injured and Alegre. “Maximum wind speed is likely of Transportation issued a traveller’s one was missing. Rescue boats searched to hit about 55 mph.” Residents of the advisory, asking motorists to cancel travel the river, and Spokane County sheriff’s four states — Rio Grande do Sul, Santa plans. deputies patrolled the river banks near Catarina, Parana and Sao Paulo — will Spokane’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, also be better prepared this time, CHINA a few miles north-west of the city. Four officials said. “Civil defense officials have London, May 9 — A press report, dated plant workers had gone to check on a already mobilised in the four states,” yesterday, states: The bodies of three

TAIWAN fallout has covered an area 10 km deployed in Afghanistan to join the hunt London, May 8 — A press report, dated around the volcano with a blanket of ash for members of the ousted Taliban today, states: An earthquake measuring three to five centimetres thick. regime and al Qaeda who are active in 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan the south and east of the country. — today, but there were no reports of SHIVELUCH, RUSSIA Reuters. damage or casualties. The tremor hit at London, May 9 — A press report, dated Kandahar, May 13 — U.S. troops have 0417 hrs with an epicentre 16 kilometres May 7, states: A series of local killed five suspected members of south of Chiahsien in southern Taiwan’s earthquakes was recorded at Shiveluch Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime and Kaohsiung County and 6.9 kilometres Volcano on Kamchatka today. Ash arrested five more in a clash in the underground, according to the discharges from the crater to a height of south, an Afghan official said today. Seismology Centre. 3,000-4,400 metres accompanied the There were no immediate reports of any London, May 9 — A press report, dated longest of the quakes that lasted for up U.S. military casualties from yesterday today, states: Two moderate earthquakes to 3.5 minutes, a Kamchatka morning’s encounter in Paj Kotal, a pass rattled Taiwan today, a day after another seismological party reported. Volcano to the north of Kandahar province, said two shook the island, the Seismology rock fragments could fall from Shiveluch a police official in Kandahar city. Centre said. There were no immediate slopes because of the earth tremors. General Salim Khan said Mullah Abdul reports of damage or casualties from any There is no threat to the nearest Shukoor, a top Taliban commander for of the quakes. The first tremor today residential areas, specialists say. The Kandahar province, was among five men measured 4.8 on the Richter scale and volcano became more active on Jan 11 arrested during the fighting and all five hit at 1402 hrs, with an epicentre 7.8 after it remained relatively calm from Taliban captives were in the custody of kilometres north-east of the southern last November when its two-year U.S. troops. The U.S. military’s top Chiayi city and 7.1 kilometres eruption ended. commander, Lt. General David Barno, underground, the centre said. The said on Tuesday (May 11) he expected a second one, with a magnitude of 4.2, further increase in Taliban and Al Qaeda followed at 1403 hrs with the epicentre related attacks ahead of Afghanistan’s near the previous one. landmark elections planned for London, May 10 — A press report, September. The poll was delayed from dated today, states: A strong earthquake June, partly due to security concerns. — measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale Reuters. rocked Taiwan this morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or BANGLADESH casualties, the Seismology Centre said. AFGHANISTAN London, May 9 — A press report, dated The tremor struck at 0406 hrs, with an Kandahar, May 7 — Six Afghan today, states: The government put epicentre 10 kilometres west of Suao soldiers were wounded overnight in an thousands of security forces on the township of the northeastern Ilan county attack by Taliban guerrillas in the south streets of Dhaka and nearby Tongi today and 67.1 kilometres underground, the of the country, a local commander said as a strike to protest the killing of an centre said. today. A Taliban spokesman said two opposition lawmaker brought Afghan soldiers were killed in the Bangladesh to a standstill. Ahsanullah UNITED STATES assault on a district building in Shah Master, a member of the main opposition London, May 9 — A press report, dated Wali Kot, just north of the city of Awami League, was gunned down at a yesterday, states: A small earthquake Kandahar, but there was no independent party rally Friday (May 7) in Tongi. centred in the Pacific Ocean rattled confirmation of fatalities. “Six Afghan There have been no arrests and his residents of Santa Barbara early today soldiers were wounded in the attack and killing has set off widespread unrest in but apparently caused no injuries or five vehicles were destroyed,” said the two cities. Authorities said they damage, police said. The magnitude 4.6 General Abdul Wasi, spokesman for the suspect his killing may be connected to a earthquake struck at 0147 hrs, according corps commander of the southern feud within his party. But Awami League to officials with the US Geological province of Kandahar, once the bastion blamed government supporters and Survey and the California Institute of of the ousted Islamic regime. “They also called a one-day strike. In Dkaha, a city Technology. It was centred 10 miles west destroyed a district building.” The of 10 million, shops and schools were of Isla Vista, where the University of assailants used rifles, hand grenades closed and streets were mostly empty California, Santa Barbara, is located. We and rocket-propelled grenades. Taliban today, a work day in mostly Muslim have no reports of any damage so far,” spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said two Bangladesh. Riot police manned barbed- said Terry Staten, a records supervisor Afghan soldiers were killed in the clash, wire barricades erected around the with the Santa Barbara Police which began at 2300 hrs and ended at Awami League headquarters in central Department. 0300 hrs, today. “There were about 100 Dhaka, preventing its members from Taliban involved in the attack. We have taking to the streets. Security was the bodies of two Afghan soldiers with us similarly tight in Tongi and more than now,” he said. He added that the 60 other cities and towns where the guerrillas took away ammunition stored strike took hold, the opposition said. in the district building they destroyed. Authorities deployed several thousand — Reuters. police and paramilitary soldiers on the Kabual, May 8 — One U.S. Marine was streets of Dhaka and Tongi to prevent killed and one wounded in a clash violence, Dhaka police chief Ashraful overnight with suspected Islamic Huda said. On Friday and yesterday, riot KARYMSKY VOLCANO, RUSSIA militants in the central Afghan province police clashed with thousands of London, May 11 — A press report, of Uruzgan, a U.S. military spokesman opposition supporters who rampaged dated May 10, states: Satellite images said today. The soldiers were on patrol through Dhaka and Tongi to protest provided by an Alaskan volcano south of the town of Tirin Kot late Master’s shooting. Angry mobs attacked monitoring laboratory show an ash cloud yesterday when they came under attack, government buildings, shops, trains, from the Karymsky volcano, on the Lieutenant Colonel Tucker Mansager cars and buses. One person was killed Kamchatka Peninsula, 125 km south of told reporters in Kabul. “Coalition forces when police fired shots to disperse a mob the city of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, have reported coming under attack in Tongi on Friday. Police have arrested extending as far as 16 km downwind, a overnight south of Tirin Kot. One U.S. nearly 150 opposition protesters for Kamchatka seismological party told RIA Marine was killed and one wounded,” he rioting, a police official said. Novosti today. In the past 24 hours, local said. “That engagement just ended late seismological stations have recorded last night and early this morning,” DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF about 410 tremors in the Karymsky Mansager added. “It was as the result of CONGO volcano. Some of the seismic activity a direct fire engagement with anti- Kinshasa, May 8 — U.N. peacekeepers episodes have been accompanied with coalition militias in the area south of killed 10 ethnic Lendu militiamen who the ejection of gas and ash columns Tirin Kot.” It appears that the Marines tried to ambush them yesterday in the 1,500 metres into the atmosphere. Ash were part of a new 2,000-strong force Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile

16 Political & Civil Unrest country are becoming the focus of the Mehdi Army. Rival Shi’ite leaders have the outskirts they occupied earlier this Iraqi national resistance to the appeared particularly anxious to end the month. American officers said relieving occupation. Whatever the immediate standoff in Najaf as local irritation with the police station was one of several US fate of Sadr, it is now apparent to the US its economic impact has grown and fears operations late yesterday, when the military that it will be confronting a have mounted that fighting could break sound of some of the heaviest gunfire in never-ending and escalating guerilla out among various armed Shi’ite groups days echoed through the town. Mehdi struggle. across the south. — Reuters. Army fighters staged several ambushes Moscow, May 11 — One Russian London, May 12 — A pres report, dated of US troops on the edge of town and worker has been killed and two others today, states: The Bush administration “US forces conducted extensive taken hostage in Iraq, Russia’s foreign has vowed to catch the killers of operations” against them, Captain ministry said today, prompting the American hostage Nick Berg who filmed Brandon Anderson said. He said Iraqi Russian contractor for which they themselves cutting off his head after police helped take back their worked to consider withdrawing its staff. seizing him in Iraq. His captors said headquarters. “The insurgent operation The workers were from they were avenging the abuse of Iraqi was a failure because the Iraqi police Interenergoservis, the engineering prisoners, new images of which are to be fought back and the US troops came in,” company from which eight workers were released today. For reasons that are not he said. There were no American briefly kidnapped in Baghdad last yet clear Mr Berg - a telecoms worker - casualties and no immediate word on month, the ministry said in a statement was arrested by Iraqi police two months how many militiamen were killed or today, adding the attack had taken place ago and handed over to the coalition wounded, Anderson said. Officials at the yesterday. State television reported the authorities. According to his family he main city hospital said two dead bodies workers had been travelling between was held by them for 13 days before and six wounded people had been Baghdad and Latifiya yesterday evening being released without charge. Mr Berg’s brought in. — Reuters. when their car was attacked by father, Michael, said his son had been Kerbala, May 13 - Fresh fighting unknown assailants. “As a result of the trying to come home before the violence erupted between U.S. troops and incident one citizen died and two were in Iraq worsened. Mr Berg said the fact militiamen loyal to rebel Shi’ite cleric taken hostage by the attackers,” the that his son was Jewish may have Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy Iraqi city of ministry said. “All possible measures are exacerbated his predicament. Nick Kerbala today, residents said. Gunfire being taken to free our citizens as Berg’s abductors said they had offered to echoed from narrow streets just a few quickly as possible.” Itar-Tass quoted an exchange him for inmates at Baghdad’s hundred yards from the Imam Hussein Interenergoservis spokesman as saying Abu Ghraib prison but the coalition mosque, one of Shi’ite Islam’s most the company was considering authorities had, they said, refused. revered shrines. A column of black withdrawing all its workers from Iraq. Moscow, May 12 — Two Russians smoke rose from behind the mosque. A Last month Russia airlifted out of Iraq seized in Iraq on Monday (May 10) are Reuters TV correspondent at the scene more than three hundred of its workers alive and well but their whereabouts are said militiamen had attacked a U.S. and those from other ex-Soviet countries. unknown, their employing company Abrams tank with rocket-propelled Hundreds opted to remain in Baghdad, Interenergoservis was quoted by grenades and damaged it seriously. The including many from Interenergoservis, Interfax news agency as saying clashes followed a lull in fighting for a contractor involved in work on a power today.One other Russian engineer was several hours after fierce fighting plant project 20 miles south of the Iraqi killed when the group came under fire yesterday, when the U.S. military said capital. — Reuters. while they were driving home on up to 20 militiamen might have been Kerbala, May 12 — U.S. troops killed Monday. Their company has been killed. U.S. commanders say they will at least 20 militiamen loyal to rebel involved in a power plant project about avoid being drawn into fighting too close Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in fierce 20 miles from Baghdad. Abramov said to shrines such as Imam Hussein and fighting in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, a they had been seized when they other important mosques in Kerbala and senior U.S. military officer said. Locals unwisely stopped on the way home. “We Najaf, fearing that could infuriate said the fighting erupted yesterday always advised our workers in Iraq not Shi’ites further and lead to a greater evening and was still going on as dawn to stop anywhere on the road to work backlash. Away from the deserted area broke, with members of Sadr’s Mehdi considering the complex situation,” he around the shrine and the hotels and Army militia holed up in a mosque and said. “However on Monday our workers shops located close by, there were signs surrounded by U.S. troops backed by decided to stop by the road for a snack. of normal life in Kerbala. A market was tanks and armoured vehicles. Talks to Someone saw that they were not locals open, people ate in restaurants and taxis try to end an uprising launched by and watched them. Fifteen minutes after were on the move. — Reuters. Sadr’s militia last month were set to they moved off, their car was caught up resume today. A senior U.S. official in with, shot at, forced to stop and the two ISRAEL Baghdad said 20 to 25 militiamen had were seized.” — Reuters. Kfar Shouba, Lebanon, May 7 — been killed and seven American soldiers Najaf, May 13 — Militiamen loyal to Hizbollah guerrillas said they had killed wounded in the Kerbala fighting. rebel Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Israeli soldiers in fierce fighting today Earlier, Kerbala health director Faleh stormed the main police station in the around the disputed Shebaa Farms al-Hasnawi told Reuters at least seven holy Iraqi city of Najaf, held the police border area. “During the infiltration of Iraqis had been killed. “Five Iraqis were chief hostage and emptied the weapons Zionist occupation forces...there was an killed in the clashes, two of them store, police said today. The militiamen ambush near Islamic resistance fighters from the Mehdi Army,” he said. were driven off by the arrival of 10 US positions and an exchange of fire and “Twelve people were wounded and a tanks, but not before taking dozens of rockets that led to deaths and injuries in hotel and several houses near the Mehdi AK-47 automatic rifles and pistols from enemy ranks,” the Lebanese group said. Army compound were destroyed.” the weapons store and all the The fighting erupted when Hizbollah Witnesses said U.S. forces using ammunition it contained, policemen at launched at least 50 mortar rounds at loudspeakers were urging the the station said. More than 40 fighters three Israeli military positions in the militiamen to surrender their weapons from Sadr’s Mehdi Army swept in, Shebaa Farms area, causing fires to and to leave the mosque compound. Iraqi handcuffed the city police chief newly break out, a Reuters witness said. Israeli police set up checkpoints around the city, brought in from Baghdad and forces fired mortars in response and 110 kms southwest of Baghdad. Senior threatened to kill him if police fought Israeli warplanes struck the eastern aides to Sadr in Najaf said yesterday back, they said. They left the police Shebaa Farms area, the witness said. they had agreed with other Shi’ite chief, but made off with three police There was no immediate word from the Muslim factions that the cleric could pull vehicles when the US tanks arrived at Israeli side on casualties, but the Israeli his Mehdi Army militia out of the city if the station, about 1.5 km from the army confirmed there had been heavy U.S. forces also withdrew. Yesterday, the shrines of Najaf, some of the holiest in clashes in the area, saying the fighting U.S. commander in the area, Major the Shi’ite world. US commanders said started when one of its military posts General Martin Dempsey, said his forces they do not intend to penetrate the most was fired on. A Lebanese security source were prepared to hand over security in sacred part of the city, but the overnight confirmed there were casualties but said Najaf to a locally raised security force operation appeared to be the deepest it was not yet clear if anyone had been which could include members of Sadr’s they have advanced from the bases on killed. Hizbollah, which virtually

Maoist rebels who attacked a bus wounded. About 100 people also were central Sabon Gari (foreigners’ town) heading for the capital, Kathmandu, missing, many of them women and district and burned a mosque in from the north-eastern region, Dolakha. children allegedly abducted, Mairiga retaliation for the burning of several The dead included seven soldiers and added. (See issue of May 7.) churches by Muslims on Tuesday. one policeman. More than 20 people London, May 12 — A press report, were injured. The attack follows an dated today, states: At least 10 people PAKISTAN upsurge of violence in Nepal which has have been killed in the northern Karachi, May 7 — A large number of coincided with increasing political Nigerian city of Kano when Muslim people are feared dead and injured after turmoil. The leader of the Maoist rebels, youths rioted following a rally called to a big bomb blast rocked a mosque near who want to overthrow the monarchy, protest against a massacre carried out Sindh Madaressah-tul-Islam off I.I has expressed a wish to forge closer ties last week by a Christian ethnic militia. A Chundrigar Road in Karachi, Sindh with the mainstream opposition parties. reporter in Kano says he has counted 10 Province of Pakistan at 1313, local time, Those parties have been organising daily bodies in the streets after mobs set up today. The blast was so powerful and mass protests demanding that King roadblocks. Many of the victims had loud that its sound was heard miles Gyanendra restore democratic been burned. Gangs of youths also away. The police, fire brigades and Edhi government. burned and looted at least five Christian Ambulance immediately reached the London, May 11 — A press report, properties and a truck in the city’s scene and commenced rescue operations. dated today, states: A general strike mainly Muslim district. Late last week, a The numbers of injured people are being called by opposition parties in Nepal has gang of militants from the Christian shifted to the nearest civil hospital for brought the country to a virtual Tarok ethnic group stormed Yelwa in treatment. Police fear many people have standstill. Schools and businesses were central Nigeria’s Plateau State and been wounded in the blast and that shut, and most vehicles stayed off the killed between 200 and 300 people. many were killed. It is not cleared where roads for the first of two days of action London, May 13 — A press report, bomb was planted. The initial report called as part of a pro-democracy dated today, states: Calm has been says it damaged a substantial portion of campaign. The opposition wants King restored to the northern Nigerian town the mosque when a large number of Gyanendra to restore democratic rule, of Kano after two days of bloody violence, people were about to offer Friday’s after he sacked the elected government police have said. Hundreds of Muslim prayer. Police have cordoned off the in 2002 for its handling of a Maoist youths took to the streets on Tuesday whole area to avoid any mishap. — rebellion. Yesterday, two main opposition (May 11) after a rally to protest at the Lloyd’s List Correspondent. parties rejected the king’s talks offer. recent killing of hundreds of Muslims in London, May 12 — A press report, The Nepali Congress and the central Nigeria. Yesterday riots spread to dated today, states: Gunmen on Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist suburbs not secured by police, after an motorcycles opened fire and supporters party insisted that three other opposition overnight curfew was lifted. At least 30 of rival candidates clashed during by- parties should also take part in people are reported to have been killed elections in Karachi today leaving six discussions. Today’s strike went ahead and 50 others injured in the two days of people dead and 20 injured, police said. despite the resignation last Friday of the clashes. The attackers claimed to be Scattered incidents of violence across prime minister, a royal appointee, and taking revenge for the killing earlier this Karachi marred the voting for three comes after weeks of mass street month of hundreds of Muslims by parliamentary seats and one seat at the protests. Only a tiny handful of Christian militants in central Plateau provincial legislature. Tariq Jamil, businesses are open, and party workers State. But many also described the deputy inspector-general of Karachi are much in evidence enforcing the attackers as unemployed youth who police, said six people - two of them shutdown. The opposition wants the were using religion as an excuse to loot members of the Mutahida Qami king, who assumed executive powers in and cause mayhem. Police commissioner Movement party - were killed during the 2002, to either reinstate parliament or Ganiyu Dawudu said that he believed voting and 20 injured. Police arrested 15 form an all-party government. the fighting was over following for violence, but it was unclear whether Kathmandu, May 12 — A general yesterday’s clashes in an industrial any of them was suspected in the strike brought normal life in Nepal to a section of the town. But he said a dusk- shooting. Political activists from rival halt for the second straight day today as to-dawn curfew remained in place. parties clashed among themselves and political parties pressed King Gyanendra Earlier Islamic leaders in the mainly with police. Several shootings were to restore democracy and resolve a Muslim town of Kano joined Nigeria’s reported outside polling stations, and prolonged political crisis. Five key President Olusegun Obasanjo in urging rioters also set fire to four vehicles, political parties had called the 48-hour calm. Witnesses say that large mobs of police said. strike yesterday after the monarch young men were specifically targeting ignored weeks of sustained, often violent, Christians, however this was denied by PHILIPPINES street protests and calls for a multi-party Kano’s police commissioner. Thousands London, May 6 — A press report, dated government. Streets in the capital were of Christians have been fleeing Kano’s today, states: Soldiers killed three New deserted as taxis, public and private suburbs, including Sharada industrial People’s Army (NPA) rebels in a clash in vehicles stayed off the roads, businesses district, seeking safety. “Many people Barangay Anyaw, Catanawan, Quezon, downed shutters and schools as well as have been killed in Sharada, but we have the military said today. Reports reaching colleges closed. Flights operated not been able to bring out their bodies, Camp Aquinaldo said soldiers from the normally but passengers had difficulty because we had to look to our own lives,” Army’s 74th Infantry Battalion were on getting to airports. — Reuters. 37-year-old foundry worker Joshua patrol when they ran into some 40 NPA Adamu told AFP news agency. Tension rebels. A firefight ensued, leaving three NIGERIA has spread to other parts of the mainly insurgents dead. Soldiers recovered the London, May 7 — A press report, dated Muslim north. In Kaduna, security has bodies of the rebels from the scene of the today, states: Militants from a been increased, with some 40 different clash. predominantly Christian tribe killed at groups holding discussions about London, May 11 — A press report, least 500 people in two attacks on a security with the state governor. In dated today, states: Filipinos voted for Muslim town in central Nigeria, a senior Bauchi State, the governor has assured president yesterday amid high security Red Cross official said yesterday. Christian groups of their safety after and reports of violence. In a race pitting Although an exact toll from the raids leaflets were distributed given them an incumbent who strongly backs the US Sunday (May 2) and Tuesday was until Friday (May 14) to leave the state. war on terror against a film star whose unavailable, Red Cross workers who A leading Kano Muslim cleric, Ibrahim best friend lost the job in disgrace three interviewed witnesses and families of Kabo, has urged the federal government years ago, the final pre-election opinion victims, and inspected a mass burial site to prevent further killings of Muslims in polls showed President Gloria “estimate 500 to 600 dead,’’ said Umar the central Plateau State. Mr Kabo Macapagal Arroyo pulling ahead of actor Abdu Mairiga, head of the Nigerian Red warned that if the government did not Fernando Poe Jr. But the surveys also Cross team visiting the mostly Muslim act, Muslims would “have no option but indicated as many as one-quarter of the town of Yelwa after the assaults by the to defend themselves”. Reuters news nation’s 43 million voters were Tarok tribe. Thousands of people fled the agency reports that some members of the undecided. Gun and grenade attacks fighting, and at least 158 people were Christian minority gathered in the killed nine people before the polls

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2004. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 19 Political & Civil Unrest/Labour Disputes opened, authorities said, and there were London, May 13 — A press report, raid at a farm on the outskirts of the reports of abductions, a fire and election dated May 12, states: Three days of capital, Caracas. State television has law violations. No major incidents were clashes between rival gunmen have left been showing pictures of armed police reported during the voting, although at least 20 people dead in the Somalia guarding groups of young men dressed some people complained they were capital, Mogadishu. Witnesses said in green camouflage. It has also shown turned away because their names were heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled what appears to be a camp complete not on voter lists. grenades and anti- aircraft missiles were with sleeping quarters and cooking being used. The clashes began on facilities. Security officials say the men RUSSIA Monday (May 10) after an argument were using the camp to plan an attack London, May 9 — A press report, dated between armed hotel guards and on a military installation in Caracas. today, states: The pro-Moscow President militiamen loyal to a businessman and is They say the farm belongs to a Cuban of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, and at not a battle between rival factions. Many exile with close links to Venezuela’s least 30 other people have been killed in residents were seen fleeing their homes opposition. a bomb attack in the capital, Grozny. in the northern neighbourhood of Abdul Russian President Vladimir Putin Aziz where the fighting has been taking described the Chechen leader as a true place. Hospital staff said more than 70 hero and vowed revenge for the attack. people were injured. The AFP news Mr Kadyrov’s death is being seen as a agency reports that fighting has huge blow to Moscow’s attempts to intensified today and spread to new restore order in the troubled republic. areas. Overnight attempts to mediate a Suspicion immediately fell on Chechen ceasefire failed, elders said. rebels, who have been fighting for independence for more than a decade. SUDAN BANGLADESH Security forces throughout Chechnya London, May 10 — A press report, See under “Political & Civil Unrest.” have been placed on high alert and the dated today, states: The main rebel Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency has group in Sudan today claimed 204 BANGLADESH AIRLINE PILOTS reported that five people have already civilians have been killed in the south of Karachi, May 13 — Bangladesh’s state been detained on suspicion of the country over the past few days in owned airline, Biman Bangladesh involvement with the attack, according renewed fighting with government forces Airlines, said today that its international to interior ministry officials. Mr Kadyrov and Khartoum-backed militias. “I can and domestic operations have been was fatally wounded when a device confirm that there has been fighting partially disturbed for the last two days exploded at 1035, local time, during a around Akobo (on the border with due to a stalemate between the airline’s ceremony marking victory in World War Ethiopia). Our sources on the ground management and the Bangladesh II. A spokesman for Russia’s emergency indicate that 204 civilians were killed,” Airlines Pilots Association (BAPA) over situations ministry said the bomb had Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s the latter’s demands. According to gone off in a VIP seating area of the (SPLA) spokesman George Garang said Biman’s Managing Director, Akhter packed Dynamo stadium. There is by phone. There was no independent Hossain Khan, the whole operation is uncertainty over the fate of the confirmation of the death toll but being affected by a shortage of pilots but commander of Russian troops in humanitarian sources said there had the situation worsened when existing Chechnya, Gen Valery Baranov, who was been fighting in the area and wounded flight personnel announced that they also in the stadium at the time. Officials civilians had been evacuated to a would work to rule and not work any have denied reports that he was killed hospital in Lokichoggio, a Kenyan town overtime. As a result, a number of flights by the blast and said he was fighting for on the Sudanese border that serves as a were canceled yesterday and some today. his life in hospital. The emergency base for humanitarian operations in Khan said that about 50% of domestic ministry spokesman said a second device southern Sudan. The SPLA spokesman flights and 20% of international flights had been found following the evacuation stressed the alleged ceasefire violation were affected. The pilots’ demands called of the stadium. Chechen interior would not lead the SPLA to walk out of for the suspension of the Deputy General ministry officials quoted by the AFP crucial peace talks with Khartoum, Manager (PR), M. Zahirul Hoque for his news agency said at least 32 people had which have been going on in Kenya since “derogatory” remarks about the pilots, been killed and 46 injured. 2002 and are nearing a conclusion. The the renewal of an agreement with the town of Akobo has changed hands captains and the withdrawal of the SOMALIA between the SPLA and a pro-Khartoum declaration of BAPA president Captain London, May 11 — A press report, militia group several times since a Nasimul Haq as medically unfit to fly. dated May 10, states: Thousands of ceasefire was signed in October 2002. However, the managing director said people have escaped from Somalia across “The attack is a campaign by the that M. Zahirul Hoq had been the border into Kenya following fighting government to control Akobo and other transferred to another department and over the weekend in which at least seven towns near the Ethiopian, Ugandan and an enquiry was being carried out. A people were killed, the Kenyan Red Kenyan borders, before a peace meeting with BAPA will be held today to Cross said today. “At least 2,500 people, agreement is signed,” said Garang. discuss the issue. Biman management most of them women and children, and the BAPA leadership met for over crossed into Kenya yesterday. All of VENEZUELA three and a half hours yesterday them have gathered at a border point London, May 10 — A press report, afternoon, but could not reach an near Mandera town”, said Farid dated May 9, states: Venezuelan agreement. “We have not gone on strike, Abdulkadir of the Kenyan Red Cross. President Hugo Chavez says his forces but from 1000 yesterday, we have Fighting broke out between two sub- have captured a group of about 50 decided not to fly extra hours outside the clans of the Mareehan clan on Saturday. Colombian paramilitaries who were agreed work schedule under any The two groups are fighting for control plotting to kill or overthrow him. circumstances,” a BAPA spokesman said. over Bulahawa town on the Somali side According to Mr Chavez, the men had Four international flights, including two of the border. “At least seven Somalis been trained by Venezuela’s political to London and Rome, and six domestic were killed in the fighting, and three opposition. Opposition leaders say the flights were cancelled yesterday. — Kenyans were wounded by stray claim is a crude attempt to discredit Lloyd’s List Correspondent. bullets”, said Abdulkadir. He said them. The controversy comes at a time of fighting in the area had increased rising political tension in Venezuela, BRAZIL recently and that the weekend’s death with the opposition hoping to unseat Mr London, May 10 — A press report, toll was unusually high. The town of Chavez in a referendum. In a few weeks’ dated today, states: Brazilian federal Bulahawa is located near the border time President Chavez will find out workers started a strike after the between Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. It whether his opponents have gathered government refused to raise its wage is 20 kilometres from the Kenyan town enough support to hold the referendum offer last week, increasing pressure on of Mandera. The south-western part of against him and possibly force him from Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Somalia has been instable for almost a office. The government says 56 Silva to ease limits on government year, the Red Cross said. Colombians were arrested in a dawn spending. The stoppage will build up in © Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 20 Labour Disputes coming weeks, as hundreds of union FRANCE PAKISTAN groups hold separate meetings to decide London, May 12 — A press report, Karachi, May 11 — Patkal Sramik their stance, said Carla Lisboa, a dated today, states: French commuters, Karmachari Sangram Parishad, the spokeswoman for the National especially those in the Paris area, braced association representing the jute mills of Coordination of Federal Workers Unions, today for widespread delays as rail Bangladesh has called once again for two know as CNESF. She didn’t immediately workers called a 36-hour strike over days strike to press managements of six have details of how many of the plans to reorganise the freight sector of jute mills in Khulna district in the government’s estimated 900,000 workers the national railway SNCF. The strike, south-west of Pakistan, to accept their would go on strike. “We can’t settle for due to last from 2000, today through demands. As a result, about 20 thousand less,’’ Pedro Armengol, finance director 0800, on Friday (May 14), will see only workers and staff of six jute mills in at the National Confederation of Federal two out of three high-speed trains and Khulna district began their 48-hour Public Service Workers, known as one of every two commuter trains strike yesterday morning to realise their Condsef, said in a telephone interview running on time. Eurostar trains eleven-point charter of demands. from Brasilia. The strike adds to between Paris and London, and Thalys Production in all the six jute mills has pressure from politicians from the high-speed trains linking France, remained suspended following the work opposition and within his ruling Belgium and the Netherlands, were stoppage. The demands of the strikers coalition to relax limits on spending in expected to operate on schedule despite include 10 percent dearness allowance, order to boost growth. Unions the strike, the SNCF said. But all awarding permanent status to all ad-hoc representing federal employees want a domestic overnight trains were cancelled appointees from the date of their joining, 59.2 percent raise in salaries, rejecting for today and tomorrow. Four trade immediate payment of weekly wages to the government’s offer to raise workers unions launched the strike call in protest mill workers which have fallen into income through bonuses from 9 percent at the SNCF’s three-year plan to arrears, immediate clearance of all to 32 percent, said Armengol. About 400 restructure the freight sector, which outstanding dues including gratuity and workers protested outside the planning calls for the elimination of 2,500 jobs in provident fund to the retired employees ministry today. A demonstration with 2004. No one will be fired, according to and workers and re-opening of the shut workers all over the country will SNCF management, but freight down Daulatpur Jute Mill. The six jute probably be slated for next week, said employees will be transferred to other mills affected by the strike are: Peoples, Armengol. Last year, 1.9 million posts. Union leaders met with aides to Crescent, Platinum Jubilee, Star, Aleem government workers received average Transport Minister Gilles de Robien and Eastern. — Lloyd’s List pay increases of 4 percent. Lula last yesterday, but reiterated their strike call Correspondent. month backtracked from plans to boost after the talks, saying the government the minimum wage by as much as 30 had failed to offer a satisfactory SRI LANKAN AIRLINE PERSONNEL percent, settling instead on an 8.3 compromise. Karachi, May 8 — Sri Lanka national percent increase in a bid to keep the airlines — SriLankan Airlines — said it social security deficit in check, as public ITALY cancelled a number of flights due to a pensions are pegged to the minimum London, May 10 — A press report, token strike called by the Flight wage. dated May 9, states: Union leaders today Attendants Union, consisting around announced a tentative accord in the 600 members, pressing demands over COLOMBIA three-week strike at a Fiat factory in their salaries, crew rosters, flight hours London, May 7 — A press report, dated southern Italy which has cost the and various other issues for the past today, states: A strike by workers for the automaker tens of thousands of vehicles several months. They went on strike just as the company was trying to from yesterday, putting forward their state-owned oil company, whose fire- bounce back after years of losses. Labour demands to the management. An airline belching refinery is now guarded by leaders expressed satisfaction over the spokesman said that a special meeting troops and police, has entered its third accord reached after one of Italy’s between the Flight Attendants Union week and become a test of will between longest and more violent walkouts in and SriLankan Airlines is expected to Colombia’s biggest union and President years. “We’ll sign the pact after the take place this afternoon to find a Alvaro Uribe. Gabriel Alvis, president of workers approve it,” said Gianni settlement to the problem. Earlier, six the Syndicated Workers Union, or USO, Rinaldini, secretary-general of the FIOM flights, four scheduled to leave Colombo was fired by the Ecopetrol state oil metalworkers’ union. Discussion by the and two flights from Zurich, were monopoly this week, joining more than rank-and-file was expected to begin affected by the strike. Meanwhile, the 20 union leaders and members who have tomorrow, with balloting to follow in Flight Attendants Union in a statement been sacked because of the strike. In an successive days. “Tonight at 10 p.m. , it’s said: “Flight Attendants Union of Sri interview, Alvis accused Uribe of back to work,” a labour leader, Giuseppe Lanka has been compelled to take mounting an offensive against organised Cillis, told the Italian news agency industrial action as demands made to labour. The union says it staged the ANSA in Melfi, where the walkout began the Company were not addressed.” — strike — which Ecopetrol has deemed on Apr 19. Fiat’s CEO Giuseppe Morchio Lloyd’s List Correspondent. illegal — because it feels the company called the settlement costly, but said in Karachi, May 9 — Sri Lankan Airlines doesn’t protect workers from layoffs and the end “the sense of responsibility said it has resumed flight operations because it believes the government is prevailed,” Apcom, another Italian news which were suspended Friday (May 7) planning to privatize Ecopetrol, allowing agency reported. Because Melfi’s following the token strike staged by the foreign oil firms to reap inflated profits. production line also supplies parts to Sri Lankan Airlines Flight Attendants The compound was surrounded by other Fiat factories, the walkout Union (FAU) after core issues affecting barbed wire, three rows of metal barriers hampered the company’s assembly lines them were discussed with the and Colombian Army troops, police and in much of Italy. At the start of the third management. According to Ms Janice a 400-man riot squad sent in from week, the automaker had put its losses Jochim, Secretary of the Sri Lankan Bogota. Confronted by the display of at 35,000 vehicles. The Italian news Airlines Flight Attendants Union, their power, the marchers veered in another agency ANSA, reporting on the success union has had a fruitful discussion with direction. Unwilling to give in to the of a marathon bargaining session Peter Hill, the Chief Executive Officer strikers demands and frustrated after 17 between management and unions which (CEO) of Sri Lankan Airlines regarding months of negotiations failed to solve ended shortly before dawn today, said core issues affecting them. She said anything, the Uribe administration and the tentative pact calls for a monthly pay CEO, Hill had assured them that their Ecopetrol have declared the strike increase of 105 euros ($126) starting in grievances will be looked into in due illegal. They say the oil workers perform 2006, with some of that increase kicking course and had told them to submit the an “essential service” the public cannot in later this year. According to the list of issues. Primal De Silva, Chairman live without and have fired the union’s proposed pact, workers will no longer be of the Sri Lankan Flight Attendants brass and demanded the strikers return required to work back-to-back weeks of Union said they had called off the strike to their posts immediately. Half of night shifts, ANSA said. and all Sri Lankan Airlines flights from Ecopetrol’s 6,600 workers are USO London, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich members and have been on strike since NEPAL were operating from yesterday Apr 22. See under “Political & Civl Unrest.” afternoon. The Flight Attendants Union

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 21 Labour Disputes/Awards & Settlements consisting around 600 members, had deliveries many companies have been PRISON ATTACK, NEW YORK, been making demands over their forced to either close or substantially cut UNITED STATES salaries, crew rosters, flight hours and their output,” Alfredo Gibbs, president of London, May 8 — A press report, dated various other issues for the past several Venezuela’s Mining and Metallurgical May 7, states: A Manhattan jury has months. As a result of the strike on Industries Association, said. “This is awarded $7.65 million to a Sing Sing Friday, six flights, four scheduled to causing losses of $11 million a day in the inmate who claimed prison officials leave Colombo and two flights from manufacturing sector,” Gibbs told a news ignored warnings that a street gang had Zurich, were affected. — Lloyd’s List conference. He added that if the strike targeted him before a near-fatal razor Correspondent. continued, some 30,000 local attack. The verdict was reached Monday manufacturing jobs could be at risk. The (May 3) following a weeklong trial in UNITED STATES stoppage at Sidor, jointly owned by a federal court in Manhattan. Defense London, May 7 — A press report, dated group of South American companies and lawyer Paul Kerson asked yesterday today, states: Angry truck drivers are the Venezuelan government, has cost the that his client not be identified because continuing a two-day boycott of steelworks at least $30 million so far in he remains in danger and has received Hampton Roads port in Virginia, one of lost production and sales, officials said. death threats. The prisoner, who is the busiest cargo ports on the East They said strikers were threatening serving 20 years to life for attempted Coast. The independent truckers handle other workers in a campaign to block murder at the Ossining facility, was about 80% of the port’s cargo and are any deliveries prepared from existing attacked as he walked to his cell in 1998 upset over skyrocketing fuel costs. stocks from leaving the plant in by an inmate armed with a razor. His They’re calling for a surcharge to help Venezuela’s southeastern Bolivar state. lawsuit claimed he nearly bled to death them pay. Union officials say about 200 Since the protest started, strikers have from deep slashes to his face and back. truckers are taking part in the boycott. A clashed with National Guard troops The victim had been an informant in an Teamsters representative estimates brought in to protect the facility. “The attempted-murder case against the another 300 have honoured the protest. plant is at a standstill. We’ve made some gang’s leader. The suit alleged that state The Virginia action follows similar deliveries during the daytime and night, Department of Correctional Services trucker protests in California. when we’ve been able,” Gaston Montiel, Commissioner Glenn Goord and a Sing London, May 10 — A press report, Sidor’s security director, told local radio. Sing official, William Connolly, were dated May 9, states: Truckers and Port But these domestic deliveries were liable because they ignored repeated of Oakland officials anticipate the sporadic. “Only 11 trucks were sent out, requests to segregate him from the independent truckers strike at the port and then supplies were halted again,” general prison population. A spokesman will end tomorrow. The truckers have Gibbs said. State oil firm PDVSA, among for the attorney general’s office said the been picketing at Oakland this week the companies affected by the strike, is state had asked a federal judge to set because trucking companies had refused not receiving deliveries from Sidor of aside the verdict. Correction spokesman to compensate the drivers for the recent laminated steel products it uses for Jim Flateau said the commissioner was hike in the price of diesel fuel. “They’ve tubes for drilling and transport of gas planning to appeal because he believes apparently reached agreements with and crude. Montiel said the strikers had the trial judge made errors in explaining their respective trucking companies,” scattered nails to stop delivery trucks the law to the jury. Flateau said the 31- said Harold Jones, spokesman for the from leaving. He added they had also year-old inmate is in prison for a brutal Port of Oakland. Irvinder Dhanda, a intimidated local dock contractors on the August 1995 attack that left his victim spokesman for the independent truckers Orinoco river, preventing the loading of with a serious cut to the face, a collapsed who banded together for the strike, said export deliveries on five waiting vessels. lung and damage to other organs. that truck company owners have now — Reuters. Flateau said any award that survives agreed to raise the rates they pay to appeals will go to the inmate’s victim cover fuel costs. This apparent break- under the Son of Sam law, which was through comes just days after the port passed after Son of Sam serial killer won a temporary restraining order David Berkowitz was offered a designed to stop the week-long sit-in at substantial sum of money for his story. the entrance of the maritime terminal. Kerson said he will argue that the Jones said that the restraining order inmate is entitled to the jury award might also have influenced many of the because he’ll be receiving it as a crime truckers’ decision to return to work. “The victim. restraining order allows law MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, enforcement to remove them from UNITED STATES ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, blocking roadways, throwing rocks, and London, May 7 — A press report, dated UNITED STATES harassing those drivers who express May 6, states: A Volga, South Dakota London, May 11 — A press report, willingness to work. With that in mind, couple have been awarded $1.7 million dated May 10, states: A two-week civil we’re optimistic that tomorrow the in a malpractice suit against a former trial has ended in a $2.5 million jury trucks will be rolling,” Jones said. Brookings doctor. Lanita and Lyle Arndt award to the parents of a Clinton man London, May 11 — A press report, sued Oldrich Bubenik, a surgeon who killed nearly three years ago when a dated May 10, states: The majority of the practiced in Brookings from 2000 to delivery truck ploughed into his pickup independent truckers protesting contract 2002, based on a surgery he performed on the Maine Turnpike near the Wells- negotiations at the Port of Oakland were on Lanita Arndt. She was diagnosed Kennebunk line.The Cumberland back at work today. with a twisted colon and had to have County Superior Court jury deliberated part of her colon removed at a Brookings for more than three hours today before VENEZUELA hospital in September 2001. The finding that delivery truck driver Laura Caracas, May 5 — A two-week-old plaintiffs contended the doctor Morse of Scarborough and her employer strike at Venezuelan steel maker Sidor is reattached the colon, which fell apart in were negligent in the Aug 10, 2001, costing local manufacturers $11 million less than 24 hours and caused a severe crash that killed Dale Caverly, 27. The a day in lost production, industry infection. They also said he mismanaged verdict was one of the largest in the representatives said today. Output and the woman’s care while she was state’s history. Caverly was killed when exports at Sidor (Siderurgica del hospitalized in Brookings. The woman Morse’s truck hit his truck, smashing it Orinoco), the Andean region’s No. 1 was later transferred to a Sioux Falls into the back of a fish delivery truck. producer of finished steel goods, have hospital and underwent another surgery, The impact reduced Caverly’s truck to a been halted by the stoppage, which said Russell Janklow, a lawyer for the crushed heap of metal buried under the began Apr 22 when unionised workers Arndts. A U.S. District Court jury frames of two larger trucks. Morse was a walked out in a dispute over pay deliberated six hours before returning driver for Portland News Co., which bonuses. The strike has also disrupted the verdict on Apr 30. The average became Hudson RPM after a merger. supplies to more than 1,000 local medical malpractice payment in South Jurors found that Cianbro Corp., which industries, including metal processors, Dakota in 2002 was $148,120, according was doing construction work on the food industry packagers and auto part to the National Practitioner Data Bank. turnpike at the time of the crash, was manufacturers. “Due to the halt in not negligent. The nine jurors

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 22 Awards & Settlements/Railway Accidents unanimously decided to compensate Citigroup board during the weekend to the station of the small town of Hellin. Caverly’s parents, Francis and Suzanne (May 8-9), covered allegations of Traffic was interrupted on the line for Caverly, $500,000 for loss of comfort, misconduct by Citigroup and its just over two hours. — Reuters. society and companionship and investment divisions as well as former emotional distress; $2 million in analyst Jack B. Grubman. Grubman, JOHOR, MALAYSIA economic loss; $10,900 for damage to who worked at Salomon Smith Barney London, May 7 — A press report, dated Caverly’s truck and tools and $8,704 for in the late 1990s, was fined $15 million May 6, states: A freight train derailed funeral expenses. The crash that killed and permanently banned from the between Segamat and Genuang in Johor Caverly happened about 0200 hrs, while securities industry last year for what at 1525 hrs, today, disrupting services in vehicles were stopped in the northbound regulators called “fraudulent, the southern region. KTM Bhd said in a lane of the turnpike. Construction crews misleading and otherwise flawed statement that the incident involved were moving a new steel bridge beam research reports.” Citigroup has since nine wagons carrying clinkers. Seven into place over the highway and a state reorganised its investment divisions to train services were affected and KTM trooper stopped traffic. A tractor-trailer segregate analysis from investment had to arrange to transfer north and was stopped, and behind it, the fish banking operations. In its settlement southbound passengers on four buses delivery truck was stopped. Police announcement, Citigroup, which is between the Labis and Segamat stations. believe Caverly’s pickup was behind that headquartered in New York, denied truck. The newspaper delivery truck violating any law but said it was MATHURA AREA, INDIA carrying out-of-state newspapers for settling “solely to eliminate the London, May 10 — A press report, distribution in Maine never stopped, and uncertainties, burden and expense of dated today, states: One person was slammed into Caverly’s pickup.Morse, further protracted litigation.” Prince killed and three others were injured who was 56 at the time of the crash, was said the settlement was designed “to when two goods trains collided near extricated from the truck and treated at put an unfortunate chapter behind us Mathura this afternoon leading to Maine Medical Center. so we can focus on our continuing diversion of several trains. Of the four prospects for growth.” Citigroup said railways employees, one was killed and SECURITIES FRAUD, that after the WorldCom settlement, its three others sustained injuries in the UNITED STATES litigation reserve for investment cases rear collision which occurred around London, May 11 — A press report, would total $6.7 billion. Pending claims 1430 hrs, Railway Ministry sources said. dated today, states: In one of the largest against the bank are related to the The injured have been admitted to a securities fraud settlements ever, collapse of Enron Corp, its April, 2003, nearby hospital, they said. Traffic on the financial services giant Citigroup Inc has settlement of federal inquiries into Delhi-Agra sector has been blocked agreed to pay $2.65 billion to settle a investment research activities and its following the mishap and work is on to class action suit brought by investors involvement in preferential initial restore normality. who bought WorldCom Inc securities public stock offerings. The case before the telecommunications company involving WorldCom was brought on MCBRIDE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, went bankrupt in 2002. The deal with behalf of those who had purchased CANADA Citigroup is just the first step, New York WorldCom stock and other securities Vancouver, May 12 — Criminal charges state Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi said from Apr 29, 1999, through Jun 25, have been filed against Canadian yesterday in announcing the settlement. 2002. Lawyers on the case said the National Railway in connection with a The comptroller, who is taking the lead starting date coincided with 2003 bridge collapse in British Columbia in the class action case, said he was WorldCom’s issuance of its first-quarter that killed two train crew members, pursuing similar agreements with 17 earnings report in 1999, which they officials said today. The railway, the other investment banks that could result allege included false revenue and country’s largest, was charged with two in a further $2.8 billion for WorldCom earnings numbers. The closing date was labour code violations and one count of stock and bond holders. The other when WorldCom announced it would violating the railway safety code for institutions include J.P. Morgan Chase & restate results for all of 2001 and the failing to ensure that the wooden bridge Co, which could be liable for up to $1.2 first quarter of 2002. could support the train, Transport billion, as well as Banc of America Canada, the federal transportation Securities and Deutsche Bank AG, he department, said. If convicted, CN could said. Hevesi said the other investment be fined up to C$1 million on each of the banks — which along with Citigroup labour counts and C$200,000 for each underwrote some $17 billion in day that the court determines the bridge WorldCom bond issues in 2000 and 2001 was unsafe, Transport Canada — have 45 days to agree to a settlement spokeswoman Cathy Cossaboom said. An similar to Citigroup’s or face trial next interim report by the Transportation January. “This is not the end of our Safety Board said CN failed to fix key third-party litigation,” Hevesi said in HARTLEY AREA, TEXAS, parts of the bridge despite finding pledging to pursue all legal remedies UNITED STATES problems with the structure in 1999. The against the institutions that backed See “United States” under “Weather & board recommended the railway inspect WorldCom. Citigroup’s brokerage Navigation.” all its wooden bridges. The engineer and division was a key backer of WorldCom conductor were killed when the two securities before the firm filed for the HELLIN, SPAIN engines and four cars of an 86-car train biggest bankruptcy in history in July, Madrid, May 7 — Five people were derailed on the bridge and plunged into 2002, amid accounting irregularities. killed when the car they were travelling a ravine on May 14, 2003, near McBride Last month, the company — now known in was crushed by a train at a level in a remote area of north-eastern British as MCI — emerged from bankruptcy and crossing near Albacete in central Spain, Columbia. A VIA Rail passenger train shed more than $35 billion in debt. local government officials said today. The was scheduled to cross the bridge after Hevesi said that the $2.65 billion impact caused the train’s engine and the freight train, which was traveling Citigroup is paying would be allocated nine carriages to derail. Two women from Prince George, British Columbia, to with $1.45 billion to bondholders and passengers were hurt. All five people in Edmonton, Alberta, had cleared the line. $1.2 billion to shareholders. He and the the car, three women and two men, were CN spokesman Graham Dallas said the state’s attorneys declined to say what killed. They were apparently Bolivian railway would respond to the charges in investors’ total losses were or what immigrants who were on their way to court, and stressed that the Transport percentage the settlement represented of work, a government statement said. A Safety Board has not issued its final those losses, saying that the size of the local government spokeswoman had report on the cause of the accident. — class was still an issue and valuing initially said they were Ecuadoreans. Reuters. losses was complicated. Lawyers’ fees “Everything seems to indicate the will also come from the settlement accident happened because the car did MUNICH, GERMANY amount. The settlement, which was not respect the barriers at the crossing,” London, May 9 — A press report, dated negotiated by Citigroup chief executive the statement said. The train dragged today, states: A suburban train collided Charles Prince and approved by the the wreckage of the car about 450 metres with a freight train yesterday in the

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 23 Railway Accidents/Computer Systems southern German city of Munich, at Tando Adam and the rail traffic was Metronet, which maintains the track, injuring 54 people, 10 seriously, police restored after some time. — Lloyd’s List said it would be looking into its work said. The commuter train, with about Correspondent. amid reports maintenance had only been 100 people on board, was running at carried out the night before. Mayor Ken about 20 miles per hour at the time of TUALATIN, OREGON, Livingstone has also ordered London the accident yesterday morning, police UNITED STATES Underground to carry out an said. Police said that preliminary London, May 10 — A press report, investigation. A Metronet spokesman inquiries suggested that the driver of the dated today, states: A train engine and said: “We don’t know if our recent work freight train had failed to stop at a nine cars derailed near Southwest and the derailment are connected and warning signal. Most of the injured were Tualatin-Sherwood Road at Southwest we are looking into the work we’ve been allowed to leave hospital after being Boones Ferry Road in Tualatin just doing.” The maintenance work was being treated for cuts caused by flying glass before 1500 yesterday, causing five cars carried out on the track on Monday but others had to stay with broken carrying bark chips to topple onto their night (May 10) in an attempt to remove limbs. sides. No injuries were reported but the 20 mph speed limit, which had been about 200 gallons of diesel fuel leaked in place on the section of track since OTA, GUNMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN onto the ground, said Karen Eubanks of April last year. LU said the rolling stock London, May 6 — A press report, dated Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. The train was unlikely to have caused the today, states: A man and a woman were made up of two engines and 35 cars was derailment, adding: “The initial killed last night when their car collided headed southbound from Beaverton to investigation has focused on the track. with a Tobu Railway Co local express Albany at about 20 mph when the The derailment occurred at a set of train on the Isesaki Line at a railroad derailment occurred, said Jim Bearden, points that were immobilised while they crossing in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, director of safety for Genesee & were awaiting further track work.” police said. The collision between the car Wyoming Inc, parent company of and the train bound for Isesaki in Portland & Western Railroad Inc, which Gunma Prefecture from Asakusa in operates the line. The cause remained Computer Systems Tokyo occurred at around 1920 hrs at the under investigation yesterday, he said. A crossing and derailed the front car of the tank on the second of two engines six-car train, the police said. carried an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 gallons of diesel and was punctured as POWHATAN POINT, OHIO, the engine jumped the tracks, causing STATES the fuel leak, Eubanks said. Fire crews London, May 13 — A press report, prevented the loss of additional fuel by SASSER WORM dated today, states: A train derailed late flooding the fuel tank with water. Since London, May 6 — A press report, dated last night in Powhatan Point. There’s no diesel fuel floats on water, it remained at today, states: The Sasser computer word of any injuries. One of the train the top of the tank while water leaked worm, which has disrupted thousands of cars is reportedly leaking fuel, which has from punctures at the bottom, giving businesses in Asia and Europe, is set to prompted a hazardous materials crew to time for crews to remove the fuel. attack computers in China on May 8, respond to the crash. Private crews began further cleanup following a seven-day holiday, because work yesterday evening. The derailed some government departments may not SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN cars sustained major damage, but no have installed fixes. Preventative Karachi, May 6 — Pakistan Railway other property damage was reported. patches available from Microsoft Corp said that three passengers died and 58 London, Mar 11 — A press report, and other software vendors may not were injured when six bogies out of 16 dated May 10, states: The cause of a have been installed over the break, coaches of the Tezro express passenger weekend train derailment in Tualatin China’s National Computer Network train bound upcountry derailed and remains under investigation. Several Emergency Response Co-ordination overturned near the Tando Adam cars hauling wood chips jumped the Centre said on its Web site. The centre railway station, in Sindh Province of tracks Saturday near Southwest Boones detected about 1.3 million transmissions Pakistan, on Wednesday afternoon. Ferry and Tualatin-Sherwood roads. No of the worm in China by 0700, local time, Following the incident DIG Hyderabad one was injured, but hazardous yesterday. Sasser, a piece of software Mushtaq Shah, RPO Bachal Sangri, materials crews were called to contain which exploits flaws in the XP and 2000 divisional superintendent Railways about 200 gallons of diesel leaking from versions of Microsoft’s Windows Israr Alvi and officials from the district the wreckage. On Sunday, workers from operating system, has disrupted administration of Sanghar rushed to the Portland & Western Railroad and local business at companies from Goldman scene and reviewed the rescue agencies cooperated to clean up the Sachs Group Inc in Hong Kong to Sampo operation. During the rescue work the scene, righting and re-railing the tipped Oyj in Finland. Microsoft, the world’s traffic on the main railway track train cars. Officials say the site is not yet biggest software maker, said about 1.5 between Karachi and other parts of safe, and train traffic is not expected to million customers have visited its Web country remained suspended for six resume until at least tomorrow. site to download patches to prevent hours. The track was re-opened for infection by Sasser. “Sasser will continue railway traffic at about 0820, local time. WHITE CITY AREA, LONDON, to spread for another three months at Authorities were investigating whether UNITED KINGDOM least,” said Jamz Yaneza, senior anti- it was a technical fault that caused the London, May 11 — A press report, virus consultant with Trend Micro Inc, derailment or a sabotage act. An inquiry dated today, states: British Transport the world’s third-largest maker of has been ordered. — Lloyd’s List Police say a Tube train has derailed in security software. The most serious Correspondent. west London but no passengers were viruses to date including “Sobig” and Karachi, May 6 — Pakistan Railway hurt. Officers were called at 1227, BST, “Mydoom” are still causing infections, he Minister, Ghous Bux Maher has asked today to a derailed west-bound train on said. Sasser has mutated four times, the Federal Inspector Railways to the Central Line near White City. “There with the latest version reported in submit the interim enquiry report of the has been a minor derailment, there are France, the US and Canada, according to derailment of the Tezro Express within no injuries and officers are on the scene,” Yaneza. Infections will slow because two days indicating the possible causes a spokeswoman said. The Central Line is people are starting to patch their of the accident. He expressed that stern currently not running between North computers to prevent Sasser’s spread, he action shall be taken against all those Acton and Marble Arch stations. said. “We have seen a few variations of found negligent in their duties. The London, May 12 — A press report, the Sasser worm since it was first Minister during his visit to Tando Adam dated today, states: London released on the Internet last Friday,” Railway Station last night, reviewed the Underground’s Central Line has fully said Kang Meng Chow, chief security work of the repair and restoration of reopened following yesterday’s train and privacy adviser for Microsoft in the track which was damaged as a result of derailment. No-one was hurt in the Asia-Pacific region. Japan and other the derailment of eight coaches of the accident but 150 passengers had to be nations are likely to report increased Tezro Express. The Minister personally led to safety when the eight-car train infections as national holidays end. supervised the restoration work of track derailed near White City station. Japan may have a “little bump” in

Sasser infections once workers return to credits for future cruises on a case-by- currently shadowing Aveirense and work today from a three-day holiday, case basis following the outbreak of the Brites, as negotiations between Canada said Vincent Gullotto, vice-president of norovirus during the 11-day trip. It was and Portugal concerning appropriate McAfee Avert, the anti-virus laboratory not immediately clear how many sanctions play out. of Network Associates Inc. Many passengers were on board or if the cruise London, May 12 — A press report, companies would have had installed was cut short. According to P&O’s Web dated May 11, states: A Portuguese security software during the holidays, site, Pacific Sky can carry 1,550 fishing vessel at the centre of a Gullotto said. The Japanese police passengers. P&O said the passengers diplomatic tug of war after accusations agency on May 2 posted information themselves could be to blame for the that it caught endangered cod and about Sasser on its website, urging outbreak. “Some passengers, when flatfish in international waters is going people to make sure their computers are they’re on holiday, are not as vigilant as home. The Portuguese government and secure and advising them about the we would like in terms of personal the European Union yesterday ordered software to install to prevent infection. hygiene,” P&O Cruises spokesman trawler Brites to return to an unspecified Berlin, May 8 — An 18-year-old man Gavin Smith said. Passenger Kevin port in Portugal for an inspection. The arrested by German police on suspicion O’Brien told Australia’s Seven Network Canadian navy frigate Montreal pursued of creating the destructive “Sasser” television that some passengers were the vessel last week as part of a computer worm confessed to police that quarantined in their cabins and crackdown on fishing in international he had programed the worm, a police complained they had not been fed. “A lot waters on the Grand Banks. However, spokesman said today. “He made a of them weren’t happy at all with the Canadian officials believe the vessel’s confession to police,” said spokesman way in which they were treated,” he crew cut its net and it sank to the ocean Frank Federau for Lower Saxony police. said. “They felt isolated, neglected and floor as the inspectors approached. A Federau did not give any details on treated basically like lepers.” A team of Canadian Coast Guard vessel hauled up where the admission was made or cleaners supervised by health officials the net and inspectors found cod and whether the man went to police before scrubbed down the ship today before it flatfish that are protected by an they searched his parents’ home, where set off on a new cruise. international moratorium. The Canadian he also lives, yesterday afternoon. government, which is staging a highly Sasser, a tenacious computer worm, is PORTUGUESE FISHING VESSELS publicised inspection of foreign vessels expected to infect millions of machines BOARDED BY CANADA on the Grand Banks, requested that the before it runs its course. Since London, May 7 — A press report, dated vessel come to a Newfoundland port to appearing a week ago, it has wreaked May 6, states: Canadian Coast Guard be examined and possibly prosecuted havoc on personal computers running on and Navy vessels have spent the last for violations of Northwest Atlantic the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows 2000, week pursuing the “modern-day pirates” Fisheries Organisation regulations. NT and XP operating systems, but is behind foreign overfishing, the federal Over the past decade, Canada has expected to slow down as computer fisheries minister said today. Geoff issued citations for fishing violations on users download anti-virus patches. — Regan said the boarding of five vessels more than 300 foreign boats that Reuters. just outside of Canada’s 200-mile limit returned to their home ports, but only shows he is determined to put an end to 21 convictions have resulted, with fines the destruction of fish stocks on the averaging about $8,000. However, the Miscellaneous Grand Banks. Fishing Aveirense was European Union said in a statement boarded, inspected and received two yesterday that one of its fisheries citations for illegal fishing practices. “We inspectors will be on board Brites as it found moratoria species in very curious makes its way home and that the places like crew’s quarters, as if they decision to send the vessel back shows were really trying to hide what they its commitment to conservation. Under were up to,” said Regan during a news NAFO regulations, Canada cannot force OUTBREAK OF “BIRD FLU” conference. Over the last 24 hours, a vessel from another country to come Hanoi, May 6 — Bird flu has broken Aveirense, trawler Brites (1513 gt, built to a Canadian port — and many out in Vietnam more than a month after 1971), and three other vessels that were Newfoundlanders believe this allows an outbreak that killed 16 people was inspected have been moving into deeper European vessels to avoid prosecution declared over. The latest outbreak of waters away from the normal breeding for overfishing scarce cod and flatfish the deadly H5N1 birdflu virus was grounds of protected species. Early on stocks. Federal Fisheries Minister Geoff found on a farm in the south of the May 4, under cover of darkness, a team Regan has said that if NAFO can’t stop country. It has been successfully from the Canadian frigate Montreal overfishing, Canadian officials will contained, a senior agriculture official boarded Aveirense after its skipper resort to a recently ratified United was quoted as saying today. “There is ordered the crew to retrieve its catch, Nations agreement that allows seizure an outbreak in Dong Thap,” Bui Quang ignoring an order to the contrary from of vessels that are endangering fish Anh, director of the Agriculture the Navy warship. The catch was stocks. Mr. Regan said yesterday that Ministry’s animal health department, dumped prior to the boarding, but Canada’s enforcement effort was told the state-run Tuoi Tre (Youth) inspectors spotted small American plaice successful because only five foreign newspaper, referring to a southern — another species under moratorium — vessels were now fishing in an area province. “After it was spotted, the on the vessel’s deck and inside the hull. where 14 had cast their nets last week. outbreak was contained. Dead chickens “A crew member was observed shovelling He said that one of the reasons the have been treated to ensure the disease the fish out through the discard chute,” Portuguese recalled Brites was the does not spread,” he said. Vietnam had the Fisheries Department said in a evidence that the Department of declared itself free of the disease on statement. “It is unknown how much of Fisheries and Oceans was able to Mar 30. However, Thailand has twice the catch in the current tow was present after recovering the net. “I delayed declaring itself free, most discarded overboard by the crew.” Under think the evidence is very clear that recently after a new outbreak was a new agreement ratified by the there was overfishing,” he said. A found on Apr 19. — Reuters. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Association spokesman for DFO said the (NAFO) — a voluntary group made up of department was disappointed that OUTBREAK OF VIRUS ON UNITED 18 fishing nations — in January called Brites would not be sent to a Canadian KINGDOM FLAGGED PASSENGER the United Nations Fishing Agreement, port but was encouraged that the vessel VESSEL Canada may board and seize vessels is no longer fishing. Patrol vessels, London, May 8 — A press report, dated outside the economic zone if it suspects whose crews have boarded seven foreign today, states: A cruise ship returned to illegal activity. However, the vessels’ flag vessels over the past week, are Sydney today with 140 of its passengers state has three days after being cited to continuing to monitor fishing activity complaining they were struck down by a impose sanctions on the vessel. If no on the Grand Banks, and diplomatic stomach virus. P&O, which operates action is taken, the arresting country negotiations are continuing on Canada’s passenger Pacific Sky (46087 gt, built may haul the offending vessel into the request for another Portuguese vessel 1984), said it would consider refunds or nearest NAFO port for prosecution. to be sent to a Newfoundland port for Regan said Canadian vessels are inspection.

VALVE MALFUNCTION, EFFLUENT operations has gone up in flames. Fire assist in the operation. The plastics TREATMENT PLANT, PIMA COUNTY, has destroyed the main building at the factory in Glasgow is thought to employ ARIZONA, UNITED STATES Q-West yard at Castlecliff in Wanganui. between 15 and 20 people. London, May 6 — A press report, dated The blaze broke out just before 2200, London, May 11 — A press report, May 5, states: A valve malfunction yesterday and took firefighters more dated today, states: Three people have flooded Pima County’s already than three hours to bring under control. died after a blast demolished most of a controversial new effluent treatment The building has been gutted, along with plastics factory in Glasgow, police said. plant at Reid Park with nearly a million several boats, including a $3.2 million Six survivors have been pulled from the gallons of drinkable water, causing catamaran due to be launched next rubble of the Stockline Plastics building “probably millions of dollars in damage.” week. The Fire Service remains at the in Grovepark Street. Five people are still The $39.9 million Randolph Park Water scene dampening down hotspots. The trapped in the remains of the building Reclamation Facility, built to treat blaze has caused millions of dollars and more than 30 have been injured. effluent for use at Reid Park, Randolph worth of damage. It is not known if it is Fire crews have established contact with Golf Course and a number of other parks suspicious. a number of people who are still trapped. and golf courses, started partial London, May 12 — A press report, About 100 people are thought to work in operations last month. It will be closed dated today, states: Wanganui fire- the west end plant. The building was all down indefinitely, Public Works Director fighters are still dampening down but destroyed in the blast shortly after John Bernal said. The plant is designed hotspots after a fire which severely 1200 BST, which was heard by people to treat up to three million gallons of damaged a number of luxury boats and several miles away. Eyewitnesses high-quality reclaimed water a day for two sheds at the Q-West boat building reported that an industrial gas oven irrigation uses. The accident had no yard at Castlecliff. Q-West employs 24 exploded. The blast brought down the effect on irrigation at Reid Park or staff and is now trying to work out how roof of the four-storey building, with Randolph Golf Course, and city officials quickly it can re-establish operations. rubble collapsing onto parked cars were unaware anything had happened, The fire service is still investigating the nearby. Strathclyde Firemaster Brian said City Parks Department spokesman cause of the blaze. Sweeney said six teams were working in Richard Symchak. The parks were only separate parts of the building, with up to getting a portion of their water from the CHEMICAL PLANT, CHARLOTTE, 200 firefighters from around the country plant, which was still testing and NORTH CAROLINA involved in the rescue. Some were using refining its procedures, said County London, May 6 — A press report, dated thermal imaging cameras and heat- Administrator Chuck Huckelberry. The today, states: Firefighters and Hazmat seeking equipment. Extensive work was rest was coming from the existing crews have contained a fire that broke being done to stabilise the building, reclaimed-water system, which will out this afternoon at a south Charlotte which was in a precarious position. Mr continue to be available to them until chemical plant. The four-alarm fire Sweeney said contact had been made repairs are made and the plant is started at Reagents Chemicals on with four or five groups of people who completed this fall. Bernal said that Sweden and England roads. The first were still trapped - including some who because the plant is just 95 percent call came in at 1345 hrs. The 18 were speaking to emergency services on complete, he expects all or part of the employees at the plant were all mobile phones. “We think we will be here damage to be covered by the contractor. accounted for, and none of them was for a long time - for a minimum of 48 A spokesman for the company could not injured. Authorities shut down parts of hours in a rescue capacity,” he said. “In be reached for comment. The incident Hebron, England and Arrowood roads to some cases people are very seriously started about 1700 hrs, Sunday (May 2) contain the fire, and they later injured, in some cases people are making when a six-inch line delivering potable recommended that people stay away and contact and others are very calm and water to a storage tank for use in the stay indoors. “There is a long list of relaxed and are only moderately treatment process failed to shut off when chemicals, and some are very dangerous injured.” Police said that 37 people had the tank was full. That filled the and very flammable,” said Capt. Rob been injured in the incident, 16 of them basement and part of the first floor of Brisley of the Charlotte Fire seriously. The Health and Safety the structure at East 22nd Street and Department. Brisley said it looks like Executive said it would be carrying out South Alvernon Way. The line pumped the fire was an accident. “The an investigation into the explosion. A out about 1,000 gallons a minute for 16 preliminary look at this fire does not number of inspectors are now at the hours before it was discovered by point to anything that was intentional,” scene, but their inquiry cannot get under workers on Monday morning (May 3), he said. Brisley confirmed that three way until the site has been made safe by Bernal said. He said no effluent, treated firefighters were taken to the hospital the fire service. or untreated, was released during the with minor injuries. The building London, May 12 — A press report, incident and at no time were the park or sustained extensive damage. dated today, states: An explosion residents in the surrounding area in any destroyed part of a plastics factory in danger. County Risk Manager Dave COAL MINE, GUANGDONG Glasgow yesterday, killing seven people, Parker said an accurate damage PROVINCE, CHINA injuring dozens and burying an assessment won’t be possible until the London, May 9 — A press report, dated unknown number in the rubble, police water is pumped out, which was still today, states: Two miners were killed and fire brigade rescuers said. Rescuers being done yesterday afternoon, and an and three were missing after a blast in a who had voice contact with some of those insurance adjuster is brought in. But coal mine in south China’s Guangdong trapped worked painstakingly through Bernal said the dollar figure is probably province, state media said today. A sixth the wreckage of the Stockline Plastics in the millions because the basement miner was injured in the explosion, building and pulled out seven people had “lots of electrical equipment that’s which occurred in a mine shaft last alive before nightfall. Early today, the beyond salvaging.” He said inspectors night, the Xinhua news agency said. fire service raised the death toll to seven haven’t figured out why the valve failed. Rescuers were still looking for the from four. Strathclyde firemaster Brian missing miners, Xinhua said. Sweeney also said he believed there were more survivors because noises were FACTORY, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, heard from the rubble at 0500 today. It UNITED KINGDOM was not clear what caused the blast, but London, May 11 — A press report, Strathclyde Police Chief Superintendent dated today, states: Emergency crews David Christie said there was have been called to an explosion at a “absolutely no’’ indication that it was plastics company in Glasgow. Police said related to terrorism. they were attending an incident at London, May 13 — A press report, BOAT BUILDERS, WANGANUI, Stockline Plastics in Grovepark Street, dated today, states: An eighth body has NEW ZEALAND off Maryhill Road. The fire brigade said been recovered from the site of a London, May 12 — A press report, the building has collapsed. The area has Glasgow factory destroyed by an dated today, states: One of New been sealed off and there are explosion on Tuesday (May 11). Rescue Zealand’s largest boat building unconfirmed reports of casualties. A chiefs say the search will continue for as police helicopter has been called in to long as is necessary for the remaining

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 26 Fires & Explosions missing man following the the blast at the damage at more than $1 million, fire 40km from one of Europe’s biggest Stockline Plastics. Strathclyde officials said. Fire filled the L-shaped nuclear power stations. Ammunition was Firemaster Brian Sweeney insisted it factory, which produces livestock continuing to explode tonight, reports was still possible that the man could be equipment. Thick, black, smoke wafted said. Some of the debris and ordnance found alive. The eighth body was found from the building over a yard filled with has been thrown 10km away. Ordnance at about 0045, BST, today after sections railings and other equipment and blew began exploding during a fire at the of the roof had been lifted off the into the Rural Municipality of military base near the city of Melitopol building. By 0700 BST, less than 50% of Springfield across nearby Dugald Road. in Zaporozhye region at about 1000 hrs the site had been searched, Sweeney (1300, UTC) today. The first building told reporters. There had been no sound INSULATION FACTORY, CORBIN, affected was said to store anti-tank of voices from beneath the rubble since KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES mines. Other reports speak of artillery the early hours of yesterday morning, London, May 8 — A press report, shells and rockets exploding. Soon after but he remained hopeful that the dated May 7, states: Corbin’s largest the blaze started, there were several remaining victim of the blast could still manufacturing plant officially reopened huge explosions which destroyed many be alive. Mr Sweeney said that fresh today, 15 months after a powerful buildings within a three kilometre sniffer dogs had been drafted in because explosion killed seven workers and radius of the military base, including a the noses of the previous ones had severely damaged the structure. CTA local railway station. Some two dozen become contaminated by dust. He hoped Acoustics, which makes insulation fire trucks rushed to the scene, along that with 75% of the building’s roof now products for the auto industry, opened with about 120 firefighters and 100 removed, they would find it easier to the $56 million facility amid soldiers, but continuing explosions detect any signs of life. Eighty firemen remembrances of the deadly blast on severely hampered the operation. are still at the scene, among them crews Feb 20, 2003. The new 360,000-square- According to witnesses, explosions could from as far afield as Manchester and foot plant includes 36-foot ceilings, long be heard every few seconds hours after London. Yesterday, Strathclyde Police rows of air ducts and firewalls between the fire began. Nearly 10,000 people Chief Superintendent David Christie separate areas, features that were from villages within a 10 km exclusion confirmed that 44 people were taken to included with the lessons of the old zone around the depot have been hospital after the blast, with 16 in a plant in mind, James Pike, chairman of evacuated. The emergency ministry said serious condition. CTA Acoustics and other officials said. the explosions sent burning debris up to The US Chemical Safety Board, one of 10 km away, causing more fires to start. FACTORY, SYDNEY, several government agencies to Rail traffic has been blocked on the main NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA investigate the blast, has said that an line linking Crimea to the Russian London, May 8 — A press report, dated accumulation of flammable dust was a capital, Moscow, and local roads are today, states: Firefighters will continue key cause. Pike said major closed. A state of emergency has been to monitor a blaze which destroyed a improvements to the air-filtration declared in Melitopol - about 600 kms factory in Sydney’s west today, causing systems inside the old plant were south-east of the capital Kiev - and several million Australian dollars worth scheduled to be installed the week of authorities are telling people to stay of damage. NSW Fire Brigades the explosion, but had been delayed indoors. President Leonid Kuchma has spokesman Ian Krimmer said the blaze because windy conditions prevented a ordered a criminal investigation into the at Jamisontown, at Penrith, was brought helicopter from installing some incident. under control about 1230 hrs. The single equipment on the roof. Based on London, May 8 — A press report, dated level factory, at Pattys Place, contained promises that the company’s today, states: At least five people died packaging material and employment will grow from about 550 and nine were injured today when a fire telecommunications equipment, he said. at the time of the explosion to about at a Ukrainian military base set off a “It will smoulder for most of the night,” 650, Kentucky officials have agreed to series of huge explosions. The fire hit a Mr Krimmer said. “We have 80 give the company up to $33 million in munitions depot storing various rockets firefighters from 12 surrounding areas tax credits over the next 15 years, said that began to explode. Police evacuated attending the blaze. Donna Duncan, commissioner of at least 6,000 people from a 70 kilometre Kentucky’s department for financial radius around the base in south-eastern FACTORY, TAANAYEL, LEBANON incentives. Pike said yesterday that Ukraine. Officials said they were unable Beirut, May 7 — At approximately, fewer than 300 workers are employed, to approach the site because of the 0400, May 6, fire broke out at the but he does not expect more reductions explosions and the blaze could continue Standard General Co. Ltd, factory in unless the automotive industry takes a to burn for days. Russia was sending a Taanayel village, Beka’a valley, east sharp downturn. specialist team to help and the United Lebanon. The factory produces plastic States had also offered to help. materials. The fire caused the complete MANUFACTURING PLANT, London, May 12, — Two soldiers loss of fabricated and raw materials, TIJUANA, MEXICO smoking cigarettes were blamed machinery and building. It took the fire London, May 7 — A report from yesterday for a huge blaze at a brigade 10 hours to put out the fire. Loss LaSalle, Quebec, dated May 3, states: Ukrainian arms depot. Explosions sent is estimated at about US$ three million. Fan maker Merry Tech International SA shells and shrapnel hurtling into nearby The factory is insured locally with de CV halted operations after Apr 24 villages, killing five people, forcing 7,000 Alpina & Co. S.a.r.l. — Lloyd’s Agents. and 27 fires destroyed three of its to flee their homes and causing £425 manufacturing buildings in Tijuana, million of damage. At the height of the FACTORY, TRANSCONA, Mexico. The Apr 24 fire destroyed an fire, which began last Thursday (May 6), WINNIPEG, UNITED STATES injection molding building, causing $1.5 more than 5,000 explosions an hour were London, May 11 — A press report, million in structural damage. The Apr 27 recorded at the Melitopol warehouse dated today, states: A Transcona factory fire destroyed two buildings housing complex, where about 90,000 tons of was destroyed yesterday by a blaze assembly lines, initial estimates placed munitions were stored. Two servicemen firefighters had to battle without a local the losses in the millions of dollars. working in the arsenal started the fire, water supply. Firefighters used water Hryhory Reva, the emergencies minister, brought by pumper trucks and railway MUNITIONS DUMP, MELITOPOL told the Ukrainian parliament. People cars to douse the flames at Hi-Qual AREA, UKRAINE living within a 12-mile radius of the Manufacturing, which is outside London, May 7 — A press report, dated depot in the south-east of the country Winnipeg’s water system and 3.2 km yesterday, states: Thousands of people were moved to safety as ordnance rained from the nearest hydrant. “It destroyed have been evacuated after explosions down on their villages. They were most of our manufacturing plant,” said ripped through a munitions dump in returning yesterday, though two fires company president Alan Case, adding south-east Ukraine. Three people died, were still burning. Amid calls for his that the cause is unknown. Firefighters unnamed officials and hospital staff resignation, Yevhen Marchuk, the were called to the plant at 399 were quoted as saying, but the Defence defence minister, urged radical military Ravenhurst St. at 0811 hrs. All Ministry has not confirmed the death reforms. “The armed forces are becoming employees had already escaped the toll. Reports speak of flames leaping up a threat to their own people,” he said. — burning building. Early estimates put to 300m high at the depot - which is only The Daily Telegraph.

PREMISES, LEXINGTON, and this damage may have caused the residences and 37 other structures. The KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES fire. Investigations are on going,” said a 2,050-acre India Fire on the Marine London, May 12 — A press report, spokeswoman. “We are sharing our Corps’ Camp Pendleton in neighbouring dated May 11, states: A turreted castle investigation - we are not admitting San Diego County also was contained. on Versailles Road, a heavily travelled liability. “Customers will be able to apply Firefighters made headway on a fire four-lane highway between Lexington for compensation depending on their burning in Santa Barbara County, north- and Versailles, built about 30 years ago individual contract - we feel this is the west of Los Angeles, in Los Padres by real-estate developer Rex Martin, was right thing to do.” The fire hit the National Forest. The 1,127-acre heavily damaged in a fire last night. ambulance service’s communications, Cachuma Fire was 80% contained. In the Inside the castle wall, much of the house banks and businesses and thousands of Sierra Nevada on Friday, a fast-moving had collapsed. Woodford County Fire people were unable to use their phones, wildfire forced the closure of Interstate Chief Bennie Green said the cause was faxes or send e-mails. BT is offering 80 near the California-Nevada state line unknown but said one possibility was businesses and residential customers for about four hours. Fire officials said that lightning could have struck an compensation according to their they were optimistic they would get the inner turret, the Lexington Herald- individual contracts. Residential upper hand on the 150-acre blaze before Leader reported. Green said the customers will receive one month’s line tomorrow morning. investigation would continue today. No rental refund for up to three days loss of London, May 10 — A press report, one was injured in the blaze, which was service and two months line rental for dated May 9, states: Firefighters reported around 2030 hrs. Green said it four to six days loss. Commercial extinguished the nearly 16,500-acre was difficult to get water to the blaze customers could get up to £25,000 Cerrito Fire near Corona and the 8,900- because of ditches that had been dug as compensation if they can prove “actual acre Eagle Fire south of Temecula. The part of a renovation. The property, which loss”. fires each destroyed 14 residences, as Martin had built with the stated well as about three dozen other intention of living there but was never WILDFIRES, UNITED STATES structures. Firefighters were to remain actually inhabited, had recently been London, May 7 — A press report, dated nearby well into next week to keep on sold for nearly $1.8 million after Martin today, states: The two most destructive eye on areas still smoldering, said died last August. The castle was wildfires burning across more than California Department of Forestry composed of an outer wall with turrets 29,000 acres in Southern California were spokeswoman Tracy Hartman. A fourth and parapets and an oversized central nearly contained yesterday. Milder blaze in San Diego County, the 2,050- gate. Inside the wall was the main weather and higher humidity helped acre India Fire on the Marine Corps’ house. The fire appeared to have firefighters tame the fires in Riverside Camp Pendleton, was contained earlier devoured everything inside the wall. County, which together scorched more this week. Firefighters yesterday had than 25,000 acres and damaged or nearly contained the last of several REFINERY, KASHIMA, IBARAKI destroyed dozens of structures in the wildfires that burned last week across PREFECTURE, JAPAN inland region east of Los Angeles. The thousands of acres of brushland and Nicosia, May 7 — A press report, dated nearly 16,500-acre Cerrito Fire in forest in Southern California. A Santa today, states: Japan Energy Corp. will Riverside County was 75 percent Barbara County blaze in Los Padres implement emergency petroleum product contained, and officials expected to have National Forest that blackened 1,127- supply measures to help make up for it fully surrounded by tonight. The acres was 95 percent surrounded, said shortages resulting from the shutdown 8,945-acre Eagle Fire, south of in April of its key Kashima refinery, Temecula, was 80 percent contained, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Joe located in Ibaraki Prefecture, as a result with full containment expected late Pasinato. Full containment of the of a fire. This month, the company is yesterday. The blaze destroyed 41 Cachuma Fire, burning about 12 miles increasing shipments from two other structures, including 14 homes. northeast of Santa Ynez, was expected refineries by about 10% by increasing Evacuation orders were lifted this morning, he said. Firefighters production and using up reserves. Wednesday (May 5) as firefighters concerned about new gusts blowing Shipments from the sites in May will gained the upper hand, allowing from the northeast were watching for total 1 million kilolitres. The firm will hundreds of people to return to their possible flareups. “Those are very, use a total of 25 tankers to move homes near the two blazes. The only big unstable, highly erratic winds,” petroleum products domestically, up fire still largely uncontained was Pasinato said. More than $317 million from the pre-fire 20. With the expanded burning in Santa Barbara County, north- in state and federal aid has been fleet, Japan Energy will be able to better west of Los Angeles, in Los Padres approved over the last six months to move products from refineries, including National Forest. Firefighters had lines support Southern California areas the one in Kurashiki, Okayama around 20 percent of the 1,127-acre fire. ravaged by last fall’s wildfires, officials Prefecture. — Lloyd’s List That blaze, which broke out on Monday, said Friday (May 7). The aid, a mix of Correspondent. only increased by about 17 acres grants and loans, helps local between Wednesday night and yesterday governments and public agencies pay SHIPYARD, CHINHAE, morning, said US Forest Service for emergency response and restoration SOUTH KOREA spokesman Barry Peckham. The fire costs incurred during the wildfires, said See No.1122 under “Marine.” burned one residence and more than 30 Greg Renick, information officer for the vehicles. governor’s Office of Emergency TELECOMMUNICATIONS TUNNEL, London, May 8 — A press report, dated Services. It also benefits homeowners, MANCHESTER AREA, today, states: Firefighters today finished renters and small businesses who UNITED KINGDOM surrounding the largest of the blazes suffered losses. It wasn’t immediately London, May 10 — A press report, that charred nearly 29,000 acres of known if any of the money had been dated today, states: The fire which southern California brushlands and distributed. Last October’s firestorms plunged Manchester’s phone lines into forest. Evacuation orders were lifted for swept through Los Angeles, Riverside, chaos was caused by electrics damaged residents near two destructive blazes in San Bernardino, San Diego and during maintenance, BT has said. More Riverside County that burned more than Ventura counties, killing 24 people and than 130,000 lines were cut by the fire in 25,000 acres and damaged or destroyed destroying more than 3,600 homes. The a BT tunnel beneath Manchester city dozens of structures in the inland region blazes scorched some 750,000 acres. At centre on Mar 29. The communication east of Los Angeles. The fires were least 40,794 residents and business breakdown cost businesses an estimated declared fully contained this morning owners affected by the fires and £4.5m a day and business customers will after cooler temperatures provided a subsequent flooding and mudslides be able to claim up to £25,000 measure of relief. In Riverside County, have registered for aid, the Federal compensation. BT says it is not the two big fires that were contained Emergency Management Agency said. admitting any liability for the blaze. “BT were the nearly 16,500-acre Cerrito Fire The funding comes from FEMA, the believes that during the course of work between Corona and Lake Elsinore and OES, the Small Business being undertaken in the tunnel before the 8,900-acre Eagle Fire south of Administration and the state the fire, electrical fittings were damaged Temecula. Together, they destroyed 28 Department of Social Services.

Aviation Authority have launched an CRASH NEAR GEORGE, WESTERN investigation into the incident, which did CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA not affect any scheduled flights at Cork London, May 7 — A press report, dated Airport. May 6, states: The plane crash which killed former South African cricket C-GKDF captain Hanse Cronje was caused by bad London, May 11 — A press report, weather and human error, an inquiry dated May 10, states: An aircraft crash has found. Cronje died in June 2002, in Kananaskis over the weekend (May 8- when the plane he was travelling in flew 9V-SPK 9) killed a well-known Calgary pilot and into a mountain near George, about 220 London, May 11 — A press report, flying instructor, while the owner of the miles east of Cape Town. In its final dated today, states: Singapore Airlines aircraft walked away with only minor report on the crash, the South African (SIA) is insured against the US$15 injuries. Mitchell Todd Ford, died after Civil Aviation Authority said some million in damages that a United States the two-seater Piper PA-28 (Cherokee) instruments on the plane’s panel were court has ordered it to pay the children he was flying in crashed into the side of not working. The report said: “The of a couple killed in the SQ006 crash a mountain in the Fisher range, about probable causes of the accident to be four years ago. SIA spokesman Rick five kilometres east of Highway 40, near human factor-related, with weather and Clements said yesterday: “The coverage Porcupine Creek. Ford, who was mechanical as well as technological is enough to meet all compensation.” president of Springbank Aero Services factors contributing.” Investigators said Businessman Sidney Wu and his sister Inc, was giving lessons in mountain the pilots of the Hawker Siddeley Christina, a lawyer, who filed their flying to a Kingston, Ontario, man, aircraft had to carry out and instrument- wrongful death lawsuit in 2001, won the Reginald Butler, when the crash guided approach due to overcast and judgment in Los Angeles on Friday (May happened on Saturday afternoon. “My rainy weather, but became lost after an 7). Their parents, Mr Richard Wu Tzuen brother took control of the aircraft and initial missed approach. The report went Ren, and Mrs Wu Ching Ying, died when attempted to pull it up,” said Jason Ford. on: “They flew the aircraft into a valley the Los Angeles—bound aircraft (Boeing “The aircraft spun to the side and a tree and crashed into the side of the 747-412 9V-SPK) crashed in October, hit his side.” Jason Ford said his older mountains. “The pilots and passenger 2000, while attempting to take off from a brother was an experienced flyer who suffered multiple injuries during the closed runway at Chiang Kai-shek had made hundreds of trips over the impact. The accident was considered Airport in Taipei. Theirs was the first of mountains since obtaining his licence unsurvivable.” such claims to go to court in the US over about five years ago. Butler, the only the crash, which killed 83 of the 179 other occupant of the aircraft and sole CRASH, BOLIVAR STATE, people on board. Asked whether SIA survivor of the crash, managed to escape VENEZUELA would appeal, Mr Clements said it was the wreckage and spent hours London, May 7 — A press report, dated up to the insurers. A lawyer instructed wandering through the area in search of May 6, states: South-eastern Venezuelan by four US law firms representing help. Butler walked for several Bolivar State authorities have SQ006 victims to file 21 civil suits kilometres before he was picked by announced that a light aircraft declared against SIA in Singapore, said six cases rescuers, who spotted him from a missing has crashed into a mountian had been settled out of court. Of the helicopter at about 2000 hrs. After tepuy on its journey from Ciudad Bolivar remaining 15, four had been filed by rescuers found Butler, the Ontario to the village of Wonken. Venezuelan Air Singaporeans. businessman was transported to Force (FAV) and State Search & Rescue Foothills Hospital, where he was treated Units have started a search for the ABORTED TAKE-OFF, ALBANY for a concussion and broken rib. He has bodies and an investigation into the INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, since been released. The cause of the crash itself. Two missionaries and five GEORGIA, UNITED STATES crash was under investigation. Jon Lee other passengers were aboard the London, May 9 — A press report, dated of the Canadian Transportation Safety Cessna flown by pilot, Adar Morillo and today, states: A Delta twin engine Board said two investigators visited the co-pilot, Lino Fuenmayor. The aircraft aborted take-off at Albany crash site yesterday. The investigators missionaries were travelling with three International Airport today after will remain at the scene for up to four indigenous children, the cargo is said to experiencing engine problems. The days, sifting through the wreckage for have been a tonne of food for the region. aircraft, carrying 97 passengers and five clues as to what happened. The aircraft went missing on May 4 and crew members, was en route from London, May 11 — Piper PA-28-180 S&R teams failed to find traces of the Albany to Atlanta. The aircraft exited (Cherokee), C-GKDF, crashed in the aircraft on overflights of Wonken and the runway and was towed to the Kananaskis River Valley, Alberta, at Luepa villages. A State Government terminal where passengers were booked 1557, MDT, May 8, while on a local flight spokesperson confirms that the aircraft on other flights. There was no visible from Springbank, AB. The aircraft crashed into the Chimata Tepuy situated damage to the aircraft, but airport sustained substantial damage. One of south-east of Bolivar State. In his last officials reported that damaged engine the two persons on board was killed and radio message to base, pilot Morillo parts were found over a 300 feet long the other suffered serious injuries. reported zero visibility at 11,000 ft, section of the airport’s main runway. The saying he was using his GPS as guide. incident is under investigation. CRASH LANDING, SCHWECAT AIRPORT, VIENNA, AUSTRIA CRASH, CAREPA AREA, COLOMBIA ACCIDENT AT CORK AIRPORT, London, May 12 — A press report, London, May 7 — A press report, dated REPUBLIC OF IRELAND dated today, states: A court in Hannover today, states: At least three people were London, May 10 — A press report, yesterday sentenced a German airline killed and four others wounded when a dated today, states: Three men have pilot to six months’ probation for his part light aircraft crashed in Carepa escaped injury after the small aircraft in the crash landing of an Airbus A310 municipality, Colombian authorities said they were travelling in was forced to four years ago in Vienna that injured 26 yesterday. The aircraft crashed when it make a crash landing at Cork Airport people. The court convicted Wolfgang was approaching Los Cedros airport, last night. The landing gear on the Arminger of endangering air traffic. The killing the pilot, the co-pilot and one of aircraft was malfunctioning and the pilot aircraft, chartered by Hapag-Lloyd of the passengers. Authorities identified was forced to make an emergency “belly Germany, touched down short of the the pilot as Jaime Gutierrez, while still landing” on the grass verge beside the runway on Jul 12, 2000, after running searching for the documents of the other main runway. The Authorities at Cork out of fuel on a flight from the Greek two victims. The four survivors were Airport declared a full emergency alert island of Crete to Hannover. The pilot receiving medical attention in nearby ahead of the landing, which happened at had been unable to retract the landing hospitals. An investigation was around 1900 hrs. The aircraft, which had gear after take-off, a malfunction that underway into the causes of the crash. travelled from Dublin, was badly leads to increased fuel consumption. damaged in the crash, but the three men Prosecutors argued that he should have CRASH, CHIHUAHUA STATE, on board escaped injury. The known the plane’s fuel readings would be MEXICO Department of Transport and the Irish inaccurate. See XC-JEH.

CRASH, GULF ISLANDS, CANADA and Communications secretary to Police said the accident occurred at 0710 London, May 9 — A press report, dated oversee the search and rescue work in hrs with the single engine Piper yesterday, states: An investigation is person. The report said that the aviation Saratoga experiencing difficulties just as underway into a fatal crash in the Gulf authorities attributed the engine failure it left the tarmac, veering off the runway Islands this morning. A Cessna float as one of the possible reasons for the and crashing into the fence at Winton, aircraft went down near the ferry crash of the aircraft, which had been in south-west of Charters Towers. It had terminal in Creedy Harbour on the west service for at least 16 years. been bound for Boulia on a routine trip. side of Thetis Island just after 1000 hrs. London, May 13 — A press report, The occupants suffered only bruising A civilian vessel was the first on the dated today, states: Engine failure might and shock. The Civil Aviation Safety scene and rescued one person. The be the reason why a plane with 29 Authority is investigating the crash. person was taken to hospital in passengers and five crewmen onboard Chemanius. A second person was plunged into the waters near Manila on EMERGENCY LANDING, rescued from the aircraft but died at the Monday morning (May 10), a ranking FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL scene. official said. The ill-fated plane took off AIRPORT, ALASKA, UNITED STATES under fine weather condition, and there London, May 12 — A press report, CRASH, JIECH, SUDAN was no malfunction report from the dated today, states: A Cargolux 747-400 Nairobi, May 7 — Fourteen people, pilots of the plane until it crashed, made an emergency landing at including 12 children, died in an aid Assistant Secretary Adelberto Yap of the Fairbanks International Airport plane crash in southern Sudan, aviation Philippine Air Transportation Office yesterday evening. The pilot heard a pop officials and aid workers in neighbouring said. Yap confirmed that 13 people have during takeoff from the airport, and the Kenya said today. The Czech-designed been rescued so far, saying that the plane had a fireball in one of its engines. Let-410 twin-engined turboprop crashed cause of the accident would come out in The pilot dumped fuel southwest of on take-off from Jiech in Western Upper two or three days since the pilot, the co- Fairbanks and returned to the airport. Nile yesterday, the aid workers said, pilot and three air hostesses are among The 747 had no visible damage, no one adding the dead included the pilot and the survivors. The survivors also include was hurt. “If you didn’t know it, it would an education co-ordinator. There was no three Filipinos and an Australian. Yap look like a normal four-engine landing,” immediate word on the cause of the said the actual number of survivors said George Earp, a safety inspector crash. The co-pilot and four passengers might be higher since the confirmed 13 with the Federal Aviation injured in the incident were due to be were pulled out of water by several Administration who was called to the flown to Kenya for treatment later today. vessels, and there might be unaccounted airport. The aircraft was carrying a pilot, The Let-410, a 1970s-era light commuter survivors. Divers are still checking the co-pilot and freight. The reason for the plane, has a payload capacity of 19 wrecked plane, but Yap discounted the engine trouble is still under passengers, according to aviation possibility to find more survivors there. investigation. Preliminary investigation websites. — Reuters. The latest report in Manila said four suggests a compressor stall in engine No. London, May 8 — A press report, dated have been confirmed dead from the 1, Earp said. The aircraft departed today, states: A small aircraft carrying disaster. The Fokker plane crashed between 1930 and 2000 hrs, officials students on a field trip crashed in shortly after it took off from a domestic said. The emergency landing did not southern Sudan, killing 12 children, a airport. The co-pilot has been taken to appear to interrupt airport operations. pilot from New Zealand and an adult the nearby Philippine Navy office for At least two Alaska Airlines aircraft chaperone, an aid worker said today. The interrogation while the plane had to be landed while the Cargolux aircraft was Czech-built LET-410 crashed shortly ditched at the bay area after the attempt still in flight. after takeoff yesterday on a trip between to bring it back to the airport failed. The two towns in the Upper Nile province, plane crashed at around 0600 hrs on EMERGENCY LANDING, PORTLAND said Dan Eiff, the Sudan co-ordinator for Monday. Chinese and Southern Korean INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MAINE, Norwegian People’s Aid. “It was in the passengers were reportedly onboard. It UNITED STATES air and then it just collapsed. I think the disappeared from Radar screen 30 London May 11 — A press report, dated engine failed,” said Mr Eiff, who minutes later. yesterday, states: An American Eagle witnessed the crash near Nur. One of the aircraft bound Bangor, sustained engine pilots, from New Zealand, was killed, CRASH, SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE failure and had to be diverted to the while the other survived. Four Sudanese AREA, COLOMBIA Portland International Jetport. A children also survived and all were London, May 13 — A press report, scheduled 65-minute flight from Boston taken to a hospital for treatment, Mr dated May 12, states: Four people were to Bangor turned into an all-night Eiff said. The aircraft belonged to a killed and another four injured voyage yesterday for passengers aboard charter company and regularly operated yesterday when a light aircraft which American Eagle Flight 4645. Their first in Sudan, other aid workers said. had been due to land at San Jose del aircraft turned back to the gate because Guaviare airport, in Colombia’s southern of mechanical problems. Passengers then CRASH, MANILA AREA, jungles, crashed for unknown reasons, boarded a second aircraft, leaving PHILIPPINES police said. The aircraft, operated by Boston about 90 minutes behind London, May 12 — A press report, private company Aral, was flying from schedule at 2309 hrs. The twin-engine dated yesterday, states: A Philippine TV Miraflores to San Jose when it crashed Embraer 135 regional jet landed in station reported today that at least 14 six km from the airport. Guaviare’s Portland less than 30 minutes later, people were killed after a small aircraft police commander, Col Hernando Gotia diverted there after the aircraft¥s right crashed into the waters near Manila Gomez, said the four dead included the engine failed. There were 38 passengers coast, but the accident has not yet been pilot, Carlos Enrique Campo, while the aboard the aircraft. None were injured in officially confirmed. The ABS-CBN TV injured were two adults and two minors. the landing, Bailey said. American Eagle station said that the aircraft carrying 29 Another of the deceased was identified paid for passengers to stay overnight in passengers and five crew crashed at as Luis Eduardo Suarez Melo, a regional a hotel before they continued to Bangor around 0600 hrs, yesterday. The TV political leader and candidate for by bus. quoted a witness as saying that thick Miraflores’ mayorship in elections to be smoke was coming from the aircraft held in a few weeks. The four injured EMERGENCY LANDING, SYDNEY, minutes before it crashed into the water were taken to San Jose hospital. A AUSTRALIA and the pilot apparently failed in commission is to investigate the cause of London, May 10 — A press report, making an emergency landing. After the accident. dated today, states: An aircraft laden hours of search operations, rescue teams with flammable cargo landed safely discovered 19 survivors and 14 bodies, CRASH, WINTON, QUEENSLAND, tonight after one of its engines failed en including a three-year-old boy, a South AUSTRALIA route to Sydney Airport. Police said Korean and a crew member, the report London, May 11 — A press report, emergency services were alerted about said. It also said that President Gloria dated today, states: Six people escaped 2130, AEST, when the pilot of the twin- Macapagal- Arroyo had ordered an serious injury when their light aircraft engined cargo aircraft reported an immediate investigation into the hit an airport boundary fence after engine failure. The aircraft, with only incident and designated Transportation takeoff in outback Queensland today. the pilot on board, landed without

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 30 Aviation incident on schedule at 2145 hrs. Airport retained at the airport following the However, the fire could be fought with safety officials declared the aircraft safe detection of a technical fault, in the early other aircraft, including water-carrying at 2200 hrs, police said. AAP morning. Passengers were later helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft akin transferred to another flight. Similarly, to crop-dusters, Jiron said. These EMERGENCY LANDING, WATERLOO flight PK 540, bound for Monjidaro from aircraft can make much more accurate REGIONAL AIRPORT, IOWA, Karachi had to return to Karachi after attacks, he said. Also, the smaller UNITED STATES half an hour after senses showed a fault aircraft can make repeat trips from London, May 12 — A press report, during the flight. Passengers were later water sources, said Rose Davis, a dated today, states: A single-engine sent on another flight. Both the Airbus spokeswoman for the National aircraft landed safely at the Waterloo and Fokker were being repaired. — Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. Regional Airport shortly before noon this Lloyd’s List Correspondent. “A helicopter can load and return 1,500 morning following a harrowing drama gallons four to five times as fast as an for a pilot and three passengers. All on GROUNDING OF LARGE TANKER air tanker,” she said. In any case, most of board walked away uninjured, despite AIRCRAFT, UNITED STATES the effort to fight wildfires is not done an apparent malfunction in the London, May 12 — A press report, from the air, Davis said. “Fires are put hydraulic system that caused difficulty dated May 11, states: The US Forest out on the ground,” she said. “Air in the lowering of at least one landing Service said today it would cost at least support means support.” Firefighters gear. The aircraft landed without $26 million to replace large air tankers have enough resources for the initial incident and taxied to Livingston grounded this week because of safety attack and can add helicopters and small Aviation, a private flight service at the concerns. Officials hope to offset the loss fixed-wing aircraft later if needed, she airport. No information was immediately of 33 air tankers with helicopters, single- said. Jiron said that firefighters can also available as to who was on board or engine tankers and military aircraft, activate eight military Lockheed C-130 whether the aircraft was locally owned. said Mark Rey, the Agriculture (Hercules) aircraft equipped to dump The pilot reported problems at about undersecretary who directs forest policy. water on fires. Despite the government’s 1015 hrs, and the aircraft was down by The decision to ground the tankers was confidence that firefighters can cope 1145 hrs. Airport Director Brad Hagen “made with considerable sadness and without the aircraft tankers, some said he believed Waterloo was the final regret,” Rey said, but it was unavoidable officials in the West remained worried destination but could provide no in the wake of an Apr 23 report by the and were examining alternatives. additional details about the craft, pilot National Transportation Safety Board or passengers. Emergency crews, that said the safety and airworthiness of HELICOPTER CRASH, GLENDALE including firefighters, police officers and the aging fleet could not be assured. The AREA, OREGON, UNITED STATES ambulance personnel, staged vehicles on Forest Service will devise a new strategy London, May 13 — A press report, the airfield as they anticipated the to fight wildfires without use of the large dated May 12, states: An experienced distressed craft’s arrival. Police tankers, Rey told the Senate Energy and Australian pilot died this morning when requested car traffic into the airport be Natural Resources Committee. “We will the rotor blades on the Kaman Kmax K- shut off at about 1100 hrs, shortly after not be short-handed. We will have to 1200 lift helicopter he was flying struck spotters on the ground confirmed stretch to reconfigure, but we should be a tree and sent him down a steep slope. problems with the aircraft’s front just fine,” Rey said. Some lawmakers At around 0800, James Ladd, 41, of landing gear. A Northwest Airlines were unconvinced. The Forest Service Erowal Bay, New South Wales, commercial flight was delayed this and the Interior Department said Australia, was removing timber for morning, but airport officials said the yesterday they were terminating Superior Helicopter LLC at a logging delay was for non scheduled contracts with private companies for use site 14 miles north-west of Glendale. The maintenance and was not related to the of the former military aircraft that had job was part of the Bear Pen timber sale incident with the other aircraft. The been powerful weapons against on Bureau of Land Management airport was shut down during the wildfires. The government said other property along Bobby Creek. Andy Mills, incident. aircraft would do the jobs that the air Superior’s assistant general manager, tankers had done, but Western officials, said Ladd had been working for the FLIGHT SAFETY INCIDENTS, worried about fire danger in a region corporation for about a year. He was a ISRAELI AIRLINE plagued by continuous drought, said the highly experienced pilot with over 9,700 London, May 10 — A press report, loss of the aircraft compounded their flight hours in helicopters. Ladd was in dated today, states: El Al is investigating problems. Forest Service Chief Dale the process of retrieving logs with a a series of serious flight-safety incidents, Bosworth said the big aircraft had to be hydraulic grapple at the time of the including engines stalling in mid-flight. taken out of service. “Safety is a core incident, Mills said. Eyewitnesses on the The incidents involved the engines of value of the firefighting community, and ground reported the aircraft’s rotor 747-200 aircraft, the oldest planes in El it is nonnegotiable,” he said. The aircraft blades struck a tree before crashing and Al’s fleet, which are used mainly for pose an unacceptable risk to flyers, sliding down a steep slope. The National cargo transport. El Al has launched an firefighters on the ground, and Transportation Safety Board is internal investigation into each case. In communities near fires, he said. investigating the accident. The one of the more serious incidents, two of Between 1994 and 2002, three aircraft helicopter, valued at $4.5 million, was the four engines of a 747-200 stalled crashed, killing seven crew members. destroyed, Mills said. while the plane was on an international After two of the aircraft went down in route over Europe. The pilot declared a 2002, the Forest Service grounded the HELICOPTER CRASH, state of emergency, lowered the altitude, contracted tanker fleet. The aircraft MOSEDALE AREA, CUMBRIA, and managed to restart the engines. were returned to service after a new UNITED KINGDOM “The malfunction did not for one moment inspection system was developed. London, May 11 — A press report, endanger the plane, the crew, or the However, last month, the NTSB said the dated today, states: A flying lesson cargo, and it is now undergoing the safety and airworthiness of the fleet still almost ended in tragedy today when a normal examination that occurs after could not be assured. The agency said helicopter went down on a remote any incident,” El Al’s management said. information on the stresses that the hillside on the edge of the Lake District. aircraft underwent in fighting fires was Two men - a learner pilot and his GROUNDING OF AIRCRAFT, incomplete, and there were gaps in instructor - crashed two miles from the PAKISTAN maintenance and inspection records village of Mosedale, which is just to the Karachi, May 13 — Pakistan state dating back to the aircrafts’ military use. north of the A66 trunk road. Air accident owned airlines, Pakistan International The aircrafts’ average age is 48 years, investigators are on their way to find out Airlines (PIA), said two of its aircrafts yet some are as old as 60 years. The what caused the crash. were grounded for detailed checking and aircraft were capable of dumping 1,700 repair of technical faults, at Islamabad to 2,500 gallons of water a minute, and N304PA International and Karachi International were used primarily in initial attacks on London, May 11 — Piper PA-44-180 Airports respectively yesterday. A source fires and for protecting buildings when (Seminole), N304PA, crashed near at the national airlines said flight PK fires advanced to urban areas, said Dan Julian, California, at 0355, May 10, 301 from Islamabad to Karachi was Jiron, a Forest Service spokesman. while on a flight from Phoenix, Arizona,

© Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 31 Aviation/Product Recalls to Carlsbad, CA. The aircraft was N45P and planned to stop in Raleigh as part of destroyed. The two persons on board London, May 8 — A press report, dated a whimsical quest to visit the capital of were killed. May 7, states: A small antique twin- every state. Monday’s crash happened London, May 11 — A press report, dated engines Cessna T-50 seaplane crashed at shortly after the plane’s pilot sent a today, states: Two men were found dead the edge of a lake this afternoon, killing distress signal to the tower at Raleigh- today in the wreckage of an aircraft the pilot, officials said. No one else was Durham International Airport. About (N304PA) that crashed about 3.5 miles inside the seaplane, which had pontoons five miles from the airport, the plane north of Julian The men, ages 20 and 24, but crashed into a wooded area near suddenly veered off course and crashed. were flying a twin-engine Piper from Massapoag Lake, about 25 miles south- Authorities said the pilot made two Phoenix to McClellan-Palomar Airport in west of Boston, Norfolk district attorney attempts to land, but aborted both Carlsbad when it was reported missing spokesman David Traub said. FAA attempts. The aircraft was headed from just before 2200 hrs, yesterday, said spokesman Jim Peters said it was not Columbia, S.C., to Raleigh, said Kevin Kilday, communications supervisor clear whether the pilot was attempting Kathleen Bergen, an FAA spokeswoman for the San Diego County Sheriff’s to land on the lake. The National in Atlanta. It was registered in Delaware Department. The Federal Aviation Transportation Safety Board is to TLSB Inc. Administration picked up an emergency investigating. signal from the aircraft, Kilday said, and London, May 11 — Cessna T-50, N45P, XC-JEH members of the Air Force Auxiliary Civil crashed near Sharon, Massachusetts, at London, May 10 — Twin Commander Air Patrol found the wreckage around 1846, May 7. The aircraft was destroyed. 840, XC-JEH, was destroyed following a 0010 hrs near Farmer and Volcan roads, The one person on board was killed. loss of control after an encounter with just outside the Volcan Mountain weather while in cruise flight near Wilderness Preserve. N60618 Milpillas, State of Aguas Calientes, London, May 12 — Eurocopter AS 350B Mexico, at 1600, local time, May 2. The N438AT (Ecureuil), N60618, operated by Temsco pilot, first officer and the five passengers London, May 10 — A press report, Helicopters Inc, crashed into water near on board were killed. The flight dated May 9, states: An American Eagle Skagway, Alaska, at 2318, May 11, while originated from Ciudad Juarez, State of ATR 72 tipped and skidded off a runway on a local flight from Skagway. The Chihuahua, at approximately 1400 hrs, today when one of its tyres blew out aircraft was destroyed. The five persons and was destined for the Mexico City upon touching down at San Juan’s main on board were not injured. International Airport, Mexico City. airport, seriously injuring at least 13 people on board, authorities said. The N7123R incident involving American Eagle London, May 12 — A press report, Flight 5401 happened at about 1450, ET, dated today, states: A 74-year-old retired at Luis Munoz Marin International chemist from Elgin Crossroads is Airport, Port Authority executive expected to recover after his aircraft director Miguel Soto Lacourt said. The crashed yesterday. Thomas Johnston is Super ATR, carrying 22 passengers and hospitalised at ECM Hospital in four crew members from the west coast Florence. Investigators are still looking city of Mayaguez, was landing when one into the cause. But witnesses and other GENERAL MOTORS DAEWOO of the tyres blew out, Soto said. The pilots say he was attempting to land and VEHICLES, KOREA aircraft lost its balance and one of its was too low, clipping some trees, which London, May 7 — A press report, dated wings struck the runway. The pilot did caused the aircraft to nosedive. The today, states: GM Daewoo Auto & not communicate with the control tower aircraft crashed around 1245 yesterday Technology Co will recall over 320,000 to request help or complain of any afternoon. Friends said Johnston has units of its Cielo, Espero and Nexia trouble prior to landing, Soto said. The been flying for the past 30 years and is sedans due to a manufacturing defect, 13 injured, including the pilot and co- very experienced. He was flying his 4- the Ministry of Construction and pilot, were taken to local hospitals in seater Cherokee 140. A golfer who was Transportation said today. The models stable condition, he said. Others were on the Valley Landing Golf Course just are being recalled because of defective treated at the scene for minor cuts and next to where the aircraft crashed saw seat belts which don’t lock properly, bruises. Some of the injured were taken the whole thing. And says after the according to the ministry. out on stretchers and others wore neck aircraft took a nosedive, spun around braces. The plane was tilted on its port and did a somersault. UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC OUTLET side at an odd angle off a runway with London, May 12 — Piper PA-28-140 ADAPTOR PLUGS, UNITED STATES dozens of emergency services vehicles at (Cherokee Cruiser), N7123R, crashed Washington, DC, May 11 — The U.S. the scene. The port wing appeared to be near Courtland, Alabama, at 1745, May Consumer Product Safety Commission damaged. One of the airport’s two 11. The one person on board was announces the recall of about 187,000 runways was shut down but flights were seriously injured. Universal Electric Outlet Adaptor Plugs arriving and taking off on the other in voluntary co-operation with E & B runway. Flights were running on N91514 Giftware LLC, of Yonkers, schedule, Soto said. The aircraft London, May 6 — A press report, dated N.Y.Consumers should stop using sustained “substantial damage” but the May 5, states: A couple whose four- recalled products immediately unless fuselage was intact, Federal Aviation seater single-engine Mooney M20M otherwise instructed. Multiple metal Administration spokeswoman Kathleen (N91514) crashed into a lake at an plugs can be extended from the product Bergen said. The FAA was investigating apartment complex were a husband and at one time. Consumers touching an wife from Arizona, a family member the cause of the hard landing, she said. exposed plug while the adaptor is A team of investigators from the confirmed. Jerome Forrest Kurtz and inserted into an electric outlet can National Transportation Safety Board Carolyn Kurtz of Payson were killed in receive an electric shock. These was also expected to arrive later today, the accident, their son Craig Kurtz said. universal electric outlet adaptor plugs Soto said. The plane, which was Rescue divers located one body shortly were sold as either the Worldwide or manufactured in 1995, would remain on after the aircraft went down in a shallow Universal Adaptor Plug under four the runway until NTSB officials arrived lake at the Brampton Moors apartments in San Juan. Monday afternoon (May 3). The plane brand names: Samsonite, Royal London, May 11 — ATR 72-212, clipped trees and barely missed the Traveller, American Tourister and El N438AT, operated by American Eagle, apartment complex before crashing into Portal. “MODEL: 1804” is written on made a hard landing at San Juan, the lake and breaking apart. Remains of the bottom of the adaptor plug. They Puerto Rico, at 1850, May 9, following a the second victim were pulled up contain three adaptor plugs which are flight from Mayaguez, and experienced yesterday by divers from beneath about used by travelers world-wide to connect landing gear collapse. The aircraft three feet of water after the water was electrical plugs into electrical sockets. sustained substantial damage. Thirteen partially drained, said Susan Moran, a The adaptors include a hard plastic of the 26 persons on board were injured, spokeswoman for the town of Cary. Craig case which houses the three different one seriously. Kurtz said his parents were on vacation plugs. A knob on the top of the product

Port Delays

Country/Port Date of report No.of vessels waiting and/or days delay

Australia Abbot Point 12-May-2004 Coal: 1 vessel loading; 5 vessels due by 23/5; no delays expected. Dalrymple Bay 12-May-2004 Coal: 3 vessels berthed, 8 anchored; 38 vessels due by 28/6; vessels berthing in order of cargo availability; depending on type of cargo required, delays of up to 14 days can be expected. Following a roof collapse earlier this year at Moranhah North mine, Anglo Coal advise that they don not expect production to resume before end-May, with the first shipment in June. Hay Point 12-May-2004 Coal: 1 vessel loading, 5 anchored; 12 vessels due by 21/5; up to 8 days berthing delay expected subject to cargo availability and berth congestion. Berth No. 1 will be closed until 17.00 hrs. 12/5. Gladstone 12-May-2004 Coal: R.G. Tanna coal terminal: 3 vessel berthed, 10 anchored; 27 vessels due by 5/6; up to 12 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Shiploader No. 1 will be shut down from 11.00 hrs. 11/5 to 21.00 hrs. 12/5 for testing and belt maintenance. Barney Point: 6 vessels due by 12/6; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Grain: 1 vessel berthed loading sorghum; no delays expected. Newcastle 12-May-2004 Coal: Kooragang 4, 5 and 6: 2 vessels loading, 23 waiting; 7 vessels due by 15/5; Dykes 4+5: 2 vessels loading, 10 waiting; 7 vessels due by 15/5; no unallocated vessels due; 10-14 days delay expected prior to berthing due to planned maintenance at Kooragang terminal and heavy shipping schedule. Coal: At 10.45 hrs. 12/5 the duty pilot classified the harbour entrance as “heavy” and imposed restrictions on inward and outward movement. A further entrance inspection was carried out prior to the next inward movement at 12.00 hrs. At 12.30 hrs. the pilot again classified the entrance as “heavy”, with the restrictions remaining in place. The next inspection will be carried out at 06.30 hrs. 13/5. Grain: 5 vessels due by 23/5, all to load wheat; up to 1 day’s delay at present due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Kembla 12-May-2004 Coal: 1 vessel loading; 9 vessels due by 20/6; CB1: 4 vessels due by 3/7; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Grain: 4 vessels due by 1/6, all to load wheat; up to 5 days delay at present due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Hedland 12-May-2004 Iron ore: BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Mt. Newman (Nelson Point), “A” berth: 1 vessel berth and loading, 3 anchored; 5 vessels due by 21/5; up to 4 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; “B” berth: 1 vessel berth and loading, 3 anchored; 4 vessels due by 19/5; 1-3 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Goldsworthy (Finucane Island): 1 vessel berthed and loading; 1 vessel due 10/5; up to 4 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; Westyard “D” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 anchored; 3 vessels due by 16/5; up to 3 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Due to heavy demand for product, acute cargo shortages are being experienced at wharf stockpiles. Vessels will continue to berth as product becomes available. Dampier 12-May-2004 Iron ore: Parker Point: force majeure is still in effect; 1 vessel berthed and loading, 3 anchored of which 1 awaiting product; 6 vessels due by 23/5; 1-4 days delay due to berth congestion and cargo availability; cargo shortages are evident and vessels may berth out of turn; East Intercourse Island: force majeure still in effect; 4 vessels anchored; 7 vessels due by 22/5; up to 8 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; cargo shortages are evident, delays are anticipated and vessels may berth out of turn. Port Walcott 12-May-2004 Iron ore: force majeure is still in effect; 2 vessels berthed and loading; 18 vessels due by 29/5; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Melbourne 12-May-2004 1 vessel loading wheat; 4 vessels due by 7/6, 3 to load wheat, 1 barley; up to 7 days delay at present due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Geelong 12-May-2004 Grain: 5 vessels due by 20/5, 3 to load barley, 2 wheat; up to 2 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Portland 12-May-2004 Grain: 1 vessel berthed to load wheat, 1 anchored to load canola; 5 vessels due by 10/6, 1 to load wheat, 1 wood-chips, 1 canola, 2 barley; up to 2 days delay expected due to cargo availability and berth congestion. Port Adelaide 12-May-2004 Grain: No. 27 berth: 14 vessels due by 30/6, 1 to load faba beans, 2 canola, 9 wheat, 2 barley; up to 6 days delay expected due to berth congestion. Wallaroo 12-May-2004 Grain: 3 vessels due by 23/5, 1 to load peas, 1 barley, 1 wheat; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Pirie 12-May-2004 No. 2 berth: no vessels scheduled. Berth will be closed to shipping from 1/7 to 9/8 for electrical upgrade in silo control room. Port Lincoln 12-May-2004 Grain: 8 vessels due by 30/6, 2 to load wheat, 3 barley, 1 canola, 1 wheat/canola, 1 peas; up to 2 days delay expected due to berth congestion. Geraldton 12-May-2004 Grain: 4 vessels due by 29/5, all to load wheat; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to cargo availability and berth congestion. © Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2003. These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 33 Port Conditions

Kwinana 12-May-2004 Grain: 10 vessels due by 1/6, 9 to load wheat, 1 other grain; 1-4 days delay expected due to cargo availability and berth congestion. Albany 12-May-2004 Grain: 5 vessels due by 25/5, 3 to load wheat, 2 barley; 1-7 days delay expected due to cargo availability and berth congestion. Esperance 12-May-2004 Grain: 2 vessels due by 18/5, 1 to load wheat, 1 barley; 1-3 days delay expected due to cargo availability and berth congestion. Port Latta 12-May-2004 Iron ore: 3 vessels due by 20/5; up to 2 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability.

Bulgaria Bourgas 10-May-2004 Eleven vessels in port operating, of which 8 loading (1 profiles, 1 metal, 1 billets, 3 coils, 1 steel sheet, 1 containers), 3 discharging (1 billets, 1 containers, 1 zinc concentrate); 5 vessels waiting in roads, of which 4 to load (1 empty, 1 bagged ammonium nitrate, 1 copper cathodes, 1 coils), 1 for repairs; 8 vessels due of which 3 to load (2 coils, 1 containers), 2 to discharge (1 containers, 1 coal), 3 passenger vessels.

Egypt Alexandria 10-May-2004 Thirty-one vessels berthed (loading/discharging) of which 23 general cargo, 1 bulker, 3 containers, 2 reefers, 2 tankers; 8 vessels at inner anchorage, 11 at outer anchorage. Damietta 10-May-2004 Fourteen vessels berthed (loading/discharging) of which 8 general cargo, 1 bulk carrier, 1 tanker, 4 containers; 2 vessels at outer anchorage, 1 at inner anchorage. Suez Canal 10-May-2004 Nineteen vessels transiting Northbound, 22 Southbound.

Georgia Batumi 7-May-2004 Oil products: 2 vessel in roads, both to load, of which 1 fuel oil, 1 gasoil; 5 vessels due by 13/5, all to load, of which 2 crude oil, 1 gasoil, 1 naphtha, 1 gasoline. Supsa 7-May-2004 Oil products: 1 vessel waiting in roads to load crude oil; 1 vessel due 23/5 to load crude oil.

Israel Haifa 11-May-2004 No labour problems. One bulker discharging at berth, 10 vessels loading/discharging at berth (4 containers, 2 car carriers, 4 tankers); 4 vessels waiting at anchor to load/discharge (1 containers, 3 tankers); 3 vessels under repairs/dry-docked, 1 awaiting orders; 17 vessels due, with 2-3 days delay expected. Ashdod 11-May-2004 No labour problems. Two general cargo vessels loading at berth, 14 vessels discharging at berth (13 general cargo, 1 bulker), 5 vessels loading/discharging at berth (4 containers, 1 tanker); 5 vessels waiting at anchor to load/discharge (4 containers, 1 tanker); 1 vessel under repairs/dry-docked, 1 awaiting orders; 21 vessels due, with 2-3 days delay expected.

Kazakhstan Aktau 7-May-2004 Oil products: 4 vessels in roads, all waiting to load crude oil; 4 empty vessels due by 7/5.

Pakistan Karachi 10-May-2004 One naphtha vessel loading at berth, 4 vessels discharging at berth (1 general cargo, 2 jute, 1 phosphate), 2 container vessels loading/discharging at berth; 2 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (1 crude oil, 1 MEG); no vessel under repairs/dry-docked, 1 awaiting orders; 3 vessels due (2 containers, 1 general cargo), with no berthing delays expected. Port Qasim 10-May-2004 Two vessels discharging at berth (1 palm oil, 1 iron ore); 3 container vessels waiting at anchorage to load, 4 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (3 containers, 1 fuel oil).

Panama Panama Canal 10-May-2004 Tentative dates for lock/lane outages are scheduled as follows: Miraflores lock: 31/5-10/6 (11 days); Pedro Miguel lock: 5-15/7 (11 days): Gatun lock: 31/5-10/6 (11 days), 5-15/7 (11 days), 9-19/8 (11 days), 13-23/9 (11 days), 18-28/10 (11 days).

Russia Novorossiysk 10-May-2004 Fifteen vessels in port operating, of which 14 loading (1 bulk urea/bulk NPK, 1 HBI, 2 scrap, 1 pipes/coils/vehicles, 2 pipes, 1 steel, 1 bulk urea, 1 containers, 1 aluminium, 1 bulk NPK, 1 UAN solution, 1 diesel oil), 1 discharging bulk sugar; 6 vessels waiting in roads, of which 3 to discharge bulk sugar, 3 to load (1 scrap, 1 pig-iron, 1 diesel oil); 57 vessels due of which 51 to load (4 scrap, 4 steel billets, 3 HBI, 4 pig-iron, 1 equipment, 5 copper, 7 coils, 1 coils/timber, 2 slabs, 3 steel sheet, 1 DRI, 2 zinc, 4 aluminium, 1 coils/steel sheet/vehicles, 2 pipes, 1 flowers, 2 bulk urea, 1 bulk NPK, 1 diesel oil, 2 cellulose), 3 to discharge (2 bulk sugar, 1 miscellaneous), 3 to discharge/load containers. Oil terminal: 2 tankers berthed, both loading crude oil; 3 tankers in roads, all to load crude oil; 10 tankers due, all to load, of which 8 crude oil, 1 fuel oil, 1 diesel oil. Tuapse 10-May-2004 Oil products: 2 vessels berthed, of which 1 loading gasoil, 1 naphtha; 3 vessels in roads, all to load, of which 2 gasoil, 1 crude oil; 3 vessels due by 9/5, of which 1 to load naphtha, 2 gasoil.

Sri Lanka Colombo 10-May-2004 Berthing/unberthing (pilotage) delays being experienced on breakbulk/conventional vessels. Delays to conventional vessels are due to the fact that container/feeder vessels are given priority at breakbulk berths if there is container congestion, and vessels loading at Northern and Eastern ports of Sri Lanka are granted priority berthing. Conventional cargo vessels at BQ 1 and 2 are facing navigation delays. Nine container/feeder vessels loading at berth, 21 vessels discharging at berth (13 containers/feeders, 2 bagged sugar, 1 steel cargo, 1 bagged soya bean meal, 1 bulk LPG, 1 bagged cement, 2 bulk cement); 2 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (1 containers/feeders, 1 bulk cement); 3 vessels dry-docked, 1 awaiting orders, 1 at new tanker berth; 7 container/feeder vessels due, with no delays expected.

Turkmenistan Turkmenbashi 7-May-2004 Oil products: 4 vessels berthed of which 2 completed loading (1 gasoil, 1 kerosene), 1 loading gasoline, 1 to discharge crude oil; 1 vessel due 7/5 to load gasoline. Okarem Oil products: 1 vessel berthed loading crude oil; 2 vessels in roads, both waiting to load crude oil.

Ukraine Odessa 7-May-2004 Eleven vessels in port operating, of which 8 loading (5 metal, 1 scrap, 1 ferro alloy, 1 equipment), 2 discharging (2 luggage, 1 building materials), 1 discharging/loading c ontainers; 3 vessels in roads, of which 1 to load paper, 1 to discharge sugar, 1 to discharge/ load containers; 68 vessels due, of which 34 to load (25 metal, 1 pig-iron, 1 metal/wood, 1 corn, 2 wood, 1 coal, 2 ferro alloy, 1 metal/ferro alloy), 8 to discharge (5 metal, 1 citrus, 1 bananas, 1 oil), 26 to discharge/load containers. Mariupol 7-May-2004 Ten vessels in port operating, all loading, of which 3 steel, 1 sulphur, 2 coal, 3 fire-clay, 1 fire-clay/kaolin; 1 coal vessel undergoing survey; 3 vessels in roads, of which 2 to load (1 steel, 1 fire-clay), 1 to discharge equipment; 40 vessels due, of which 39 to load (21 steel, 1 ferrous metals, 13 coal, 1 coke, 2 fire-clay, 1 sulphur), 1 to discharge/load containers/fire clay. Ilichevsk 7-May-2004 Eight vessels in port operating, of which 7 loading (3 steel products, 2 equipment, 1 cardboard, 1 ore), 1 under repairs; 4 vessels in roads, of which 2 to load (1 oil, 1 petroleum), 1 to discharge tobacco, 1 to discharge/load containers; 16 vessels due, of which 12 to load (10 steel products, 2 oil), 4 to discharge (3 ore, 1 steel products).

United States Houston 11-May-2004 Cargill terminal: 2-3 days delay expected. Galveston 11-May-2004 ADM-Farmland terminal: 2-3 days delay expected. New Orleans 11-May-2004 Mississippi River terminal berthing delays: Cenex-Harstates/Myrtle Grove: 3 days delay expected; Cargill-Westwego: 1 day’s delay expected; ADM/Ama: 2 days delay expected; Bunge/Destrehan: no delays; ADM/Destrehan: 2 days delay expected; ADM/Reserve: 2 days delay expected; Cargill/Reserve: 1 day’s delay expected; Peavey/Paulina: 4 days delay expected; Zen-Noh/Convent: 2 days delay expected. Columbia River 11-May-2004 The John Day lock will be closed for 12 hours daily, excluding Sundays from 08:00-20:00 from 12 April to 5 June. Tacoma, WA 11-May-2004 Temco terminal: 1 day’s delay expected. Kalama, WA 11-May-2004 Kalama export terminal: 4 days delay expected. Vancouver, WA 11-May-2004 United Harvest terminal: 2 days delay expected. Portland, OR 11-May-2004 Columbia Grain terminal: 2 days delay expected.

Yemen Hodeidah 9-May-2004 Berths 5 and 7 are occupied; 2 vessels berthed (1 containers, 1 wheat), none anchored; expected waiting times: general cargo/bagged cargoes/containers: no delays; bulk cargoes: up to 2 days.

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