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 September 30 2005 ‘Russian roulette’ of oily water filters leads to huge fines A ‘fallacy’ that devices work claims Hong Kong owner, writes David Osler — Friday September 30 2005 HIPOWNERS are forced to play The dirty oil was incinerated after It is the “easy way out” to blame “Russian roulette” with the natural separation, and the remaining officers and crew when equipment, S possibility of huge fines for water was flushed into open seas. although compliant with regulations, is deliberate pollution offences, because As a result, discharges carried no more not up to the job. oily water separators simply do not than 100 parts of oil per million. Mr Ho said he strongly believed work, a Hong Kong shipowner told the After the introduction of oily water owners were ultimately responsible and Maritime Cyprus conference this separators, the standard became 15 parts should enhance layout and equipment. week. per million. Rather than just continuing to lobby According to Robert Ho, president of and complain about the recent legislation Vancouver-based Fairmont Shipping, it is Maximise introduced in many countries, he said, a “fallacy” to believe that the devices stakeholders are better served if the real actually separate oil from water. Shipyard criteria since then have issues are addressed. In a controversial speech, he alleged included the desire to maximise cargo that their main function is to be there capacity, and lay out and holding tanks Dumping because the Marpol anti-pollution have been sacrificed. But much of the equipment now in use convention requires them. The practice of dumping bilge waste cannot tackle relevant fuel grades. But reliance on such kits means that the does much to harm the image of shipping Officers and crews have to find ways Marpol compliance is essentially ad hoc, in the eyes of the public, Mr Ho said, and round problem, sometimes legally and he charged. is illegal. sometimes illegally. He believes it should be eradicated. “Crews are faced, on some occasions, Poorly configured Shipowners should adopt a zero with having to clear dirty water out of the tolerance stance towards it and “work system over a 10-hour period,” Mr Ho told Many secondhand vessels have poorly with the International Association of delegates. configured waste handling systems, “I am certain a majority of shipowners Classification Societies, shipyards and indicating that poor practice is and managers are oblivious to what is equipment manufacturers to develop commonplace on many ships. going on surrounding this system, solutions and equipment that actually Mr Ho asked why bypasses continue to unaware that they are engaged in a game works”. occur, even though they are illegal and of Russian roulette as to who will be Existing ships should be investigated massive criminal penalties can result. caught out by the authorities.” to correct inefficiencies. Standards need Before the current regulations were Fines were no longer levied at around to be both mandatory and to be introduced in 1992, most ships had tanks $10,000 or so, but can now come in implemented as soon as possible, Mr Ho in place to hold oily water. between $400,000-$25m. stressed.
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Vessel Type Flag Class GT DWT Blt Casualty
AEGEAN vehicle SGP NK 27,876 12,527 1983 In collision with fishing Zwerver at the BREEZE carrier Thorntonbank Sep 16. Upper deck damaged. Waiting at Wandelaar for a pilot. Reported Sep 19 to have sailed for Bremerhaven following inspection.
ATLANTIC bulker CAN LR 22,746 36,920 1984 Arrived Goderich with a broken propeller prev HURON Sep 15. Repairs were effected and vessel sailed for Halifax.
BALTICA HAV general BHS GL 1,528 1,907 1983 Experienced engine trouble and grounded near Haugesund Sep 15. Refloated and towed to Haugesund. Minor damage sustained. Drydocked at Skudeneshavn Sep 17. Completed repairs Sep 19 and sailed Sep 20.
CHAOYANGPING product CHN — 3,000 — — In collision with mv Wu Shan on Huangpu NO. 8 tanker River, Shanghai, Sep 17. Holed. Spillage of 50 tons of gasoline into river. Spill cleaned up by authorities.
FOWAIRET container QAT LR 48,154 49,993 1998 Grounded near River Buoy 53, River Schelde, in lat 51 24.42N, long 04 01.57E, Sep 20. Tugs on scene. Danger of breaking up. Fuel tanks cracked, leakage of fuel. No 5 hatch under water. Refloated Sep 20. At Flushing Sep 21.
JAMES tug USA — 40 — 1982 Capsized in San Antonio Bay, about 20 miles south-west of Port O'Connor, Intracoastal Waterway, Sep 18 while towing a drilling platform. Coast Guard working with owners to co-ordinate salvage.
SAFE semi-sub PAN AB ABS 16,700 — 2005 Had electrical malfunction in thruster Sep 12 CONCORDIA Hl vessel shortly before arrival in Bass Basin. Second thruster malfunctioned Sep 18. Proceeding to Melbourne Sep 21 for repairs which are expected to take at least 6 weeks.
STURDY general VNM — 8,414 15,210 1980 Arrived East London Sep 8 with water ingress FALCON into No 1 hold through damaged shell plating. Cement box stemmed inflow of water. Discharge commenced Sep 18, repairs to start Sep 20.
TATA 1 fishing MAR (BV) 314 — 1976 Sank near Laayoune Sep 17 following a collision with fishing Alif. Crew rescued by Alif.
UMFOLOZI container CYP GL 8,328 11,744 1982 In collision with dredger Ingwenya while leaving Walvis Bay 16 Sep 2005. Holed. Returned safely to quayside but sitting on the bottom. In stable condition. About 100 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and diesel spilled. Clean-up in hand.
WU SHAN general CHN CS 2,258 3,402 1991 In collision with mv Wu Shan on Huangpu River, Shanghai, Sep 17.
ZWERVER fishing BEL — 366 — — In collision with vehicle Aegean Breeze at the Thorntonbank Sep 16. Bridge damaged. Proceeded to Zeebrugge. Reported Sep 19 berthed at Ostend.
(ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List Reports appear in alphabetical ATLANTIS (Germany) order under the following London, Sep 22 -- A press report, headings and relevant page dated Sep 15, states: The repair of number: ferry Atlantis (1525 gt, built 1972) which is at Cuxhaven with a broken crankshaft can now go ahead. Marine, including Overdue Shipowner Cassen Eils has found a & Missing Vessels 1 spare engine, which is now in England, but will be delivered to Piracy 11 2053 DAEJIN See Leader I. Cuxhaven in November. For the 2006 season Atlantis is to operate again on Seizures & Arrests 12 AALFJORD (Norway) charter of the Foerde shipping Trondheim, Sep 19 -- Owner's company between Bremerhaven and Pollution 13 insurance company inform that Helgoland. general cargo Aalfjord will most probably be left on the bottom of the AYGAZ 4 (Turkey) Weather & Navigation 14 sea. -- Lloyd's Agents. London, Sep 21 -- Lpg Aygaz 4, Dortyol for Yarimca, passed Earthquakes 23 AEGEAN BREEZE (Singapore) Dardanelles Sep 19. Maassluis, Sep 16 -- At 0025, Sep 16, AZTEC (Greece) Volcanic Activity 23 there was a collision between vehicle Aegean Breeze (27876 gt, built 1983) London, Sep 22 -- Crude oil tanker and fishing Zwerver (366 gt), port Aztec arrived New York Sep 19 from Political & Civil Unrest 23 number ZB-596. Aegean Breeze has St. Petersburg. touched Zwerver and the bridge of AZUR (Antigua & Barbuda) Kidnappings 26 Zwerver is damaged. Zwerver will continue her journey to Zeebrugge. Szczecin, Sep 16 -- General cargo Aegean Breeze seems to have damage Azur is still moored in Gryfia Repair Labour Disputes 26 to the upper deck andis waiting at Shipyard, Szczecin.. According to the Wandelaar pilot station for a pilot. representative of the shipyard the Awards & Settlements 27 However pilot service is suspended planned repairs to the main engine because of weather conditions. The consist in the exchange of burst ram collision took place at the part crank and connected works. The Railway Accidents 27 Thorntonbank. -- Lloyd's Sub-agents. vessel owner is waiting for the Zeebrugge, Sep 19 -- Fishing Zwerver delivery of necessary parts. Repairs Robberies & thefts 28 is now berthed at Ostend. Following are estimated to last three to four an inspection, vehicle Aegean Breeze weeks. -- Correspondent. Miscellaneous 29 sailed for Bremerhaven. -- Lloyd's Sub- agents. B. No.120 (U.S.A.) See "Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, Fires & Explosions 30 ALIF (Morocco) United States" under "Pollution." See Tata 1. BALTICA HAV (Bahamas) Aviation 31 ALLIANCE (Germany) London, Sep 16 -- Information Genoa, Sep 16 -- Local Port Authority received from Sandnes, dated today: Product Recalls 34 reports that research Alliance is still General cargo Baltica Hav (1528 gt, at Genoa, in dry-dock. ETS next week. built 1983) from Storoy, experienced Port Conditions 34 -- Lloyd's Agents. engine trouble and grounded near Haugesund at 2200, local time, Sep 15. ANGLIAN SOVEREIGN (U.K.) Vessel only aground slightly, refloated Port Conditions charts 35 Maassluis, Sep 21 -- Anchor handling and towed to Haugesund for tug/supply Anglian Sovereign is still in inspection. No injuries to crew, and dock. The people at Damen Shiprepair only minor damage to vessel. couldn't say when it will be ready. London, Sep 20 -- Information They are investigating the ship and received from Sandnes, dated today: trying to find out what to do. -- Lloyd's General cargo Baltica Hav was Sub-agents. drydocked in Skudeneshavn Sep 17. Vessel completed repairs 1600, Sep 19 APACHE (U.S.A.) and sailed from Skudeneshavn at Miami, Sep 15 -- Resolve Towing 0800, local time, today for Sandnes. report that tank barge Apache came Vessel arrived Sandnes at 1200, local off the grounding on Sep 7 and is back time, today and will continue to © Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2005 in service. No damage, only paint Sogndal Sep 21. These reports may not be reproduced, scrapes. -- Lloyd's Agents. stored in a retrieval system, or BALTIMAR VENUS (Bahamas) transmitted in any form or by any means ATLANTIC HURON (Canada) Durban, Sep 22 -- General cargo electronic, mechanical, photographic, Troy, Michigan, Sep 15 -- Bulk Baltimar Venus (2854 gt, built 1990), recorded or otherise without the prior Atlantic Huron (22746 gt, built 1984) Singapore for Durban, encountered written permission of the publisher. limped into the Goderich harbour with heavy weather which resulted in the a broken propeller late last week. A vessel experiencing heavy rolling of team from Shelley Machine and over 30 degrees and a roll period of Marine, Sarnia arrived with three new about 6 sec. On Sep 1 while making blades for the vessel and spent the daily rounds inspecting the cargo in rest of the day and much of the night the holds the Chief Officer reported doing the repairs. The vessel was damages to the vessel and cargo. At empty when it arrived, making the 0910, local time, Sep 1, in lat 06 12S, tricky repairs easier to accomplish. long 82 30E, due to the shifting of the Repairs were completed and it took on cargo in the 'tween deck the vessel wheat and departed for Halifax. -- sustained damage to the hull and Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping. cargo and altered course and reduced
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1 Marine speed to reduce the rolling and the rest of the day." The ship is docked that is home to several oil refineries. pitching. Additional lashing and in one of Hunterston's deep water Pollution of the river and tap water tightening was placed on all cargo in ports. Fire investigators were at the sources was also a concern. Product the lower hold and 'tween deck. The 120-acre yard today but the cause of tanker Chaoyangping No.8, an oil vessel arrived Durban Sep 15 and the blaze is still unknown. Mr Sim tanker registered in Zhejiang berthed alongside Maydon Wharf 12. added: "Fire crews are working with Province, was carrying 3,000 tons of Inspection on arrival revealed that the Port Authority and are excavating gasoline to the Gaoqiao Oil Purchase shifting and damage had been the contents. They are wearing and Supply Station in Pudong just sustained to the cargo on the 'tween breathing apparatus and using a jet to before noon on Saturday when general deck and lower hold forward areas. damp down the fire. We have three cargo Wu Shan, a 3,000-ton cargo The vessel had sustained structural fire appliances and a specialist high- vessel from Fujian Province, rammed damage on the port and starboard of reach vehicle on site. The cause of the into it. The collision took place near a the single cargo hold at the 'tween fire is as yet unknown and an dock on Jungong Road. Sailors on the deck between frames 78 and 82 with investigation will be carried out." oil tanker said the cargo vessel was inner bulkheads suffering penetration. Today experts from port owners banking out of its berth to leave the The following structural damages Clydeport and fire crews began port when it crashed into the tanker. were sustained: Port side: Inner shifting coal from the smouldering The oil vessel's first mate, Yu Songbo, bulkhead, gallery floor, frame 80 (HP hold to a safe one, using industrial- said the cargo vessel failed to sound 180), frame 81 (HP 110), frame 82 sized grabbers. The mounds of coal its siren three times before backing (deep web), flange bar, vertical box had to be sprayed with water to cool up, as required by rules, which led to profile, brackets and support inserts. them down before being moved. This the accident. Clean-up workers spent Starboard side: Inner bulkhead, process was expected to take most of more than four hours removing all of gallery floor, frame 80 (HP 180), frame the day to ensure the area was safe. A the fuel from the tanker, and then 81 (HP 110), air truck casing, frame 79 Clydeport spokesman said: cleaned up a 20-metre-long stretch of horizontal gusset, flat bar stiffener, "Hunterston terminal is one of the spilled fuel. The collision left two vertical box profile and support main coal import sites in the UK. Staff holes in the side of the oil vessel and inserts. Cargo discharge operations there have tremendous experience and two oil-storage cabins on its right side were completed Sep 16 with repairs to there are procedures for dealing with began to pour gasoline into the river. the vessel commencing on Sep 17. The this kind of situation." The captain immediately ordered the vessel at present is due to sail pm Glasgow, Sep 19 -- Bulk Belo crew to open the spare cargo holds to today with the next port of call Horizonte sustained no damage as a take in fuel from the broken cabins, reported to be Mossel Bay -- Lloyd's result of the fire. The vessel completed but sailors quickly lost control of the Agents. (Note -- Baltimar Venus sailed discharge and sailed Sep 17. -- Lloyd's situation. Escorted by alert maritime Singapore 1135, Aug 25.) Agents. patrol boats, the oil tanker arrived at the Gaoqiao oil station just after 1300. BARKA (Turkey) CHAOYANGPING NO.8 (China) "Gasoline vaporizes very quickly Istanbul, Sep 21 -- At 2320, local London, Sep 18 -- A press report, under the sun," said an unidentified time, Sep 20, while transiting the dated Sep 17, states: Two vessels maritime official. "The gas vapors are Dardanelles, general cargo Barka (697 collided on the Huangpu River, very dangerous in terms of causing gt, built 1980), Gemlik for Eleusis, causing a leakage of 50 tons of explosions." Nearly 100 firefighters had engine breakdown and anchored gasoline, at 1140, local time, today, in and at least seven fire engines arrived near Cardak. Shanghai, according to sources with on the scene to prevent a blast. the Shanghai Municipal Maritime Firefighters continually sprayed the BELO HORIZONTE (Hong Kong) Bureau. Product tanker Chaoyangping air with water to dilute gas fumes, and London, Sep 16 -- A press report, No.8, a 3,000 ton-class tanker loaded police blocked off a one kilometre area dated Sep 15, states: Fire crews today with gasoline, collided with another around the dock. Pedestrians walking fought a blaze on a cargo ship packed 3,000 ton vessel carrying rolled steel, past the area were told to turn off any with 10,000 tonnes of coal. The fire at the water space near the Jungong electronic devices to avoid creating a broke out in one of the holds of bulk road pier of the Huangpu River, and spark. Several witnesses said when Belo Horizonte docked at Hunterston the fourth and fifth cabins on the right the vessel first arrived at the dock port in North Ayrshire. Three fire side of Chaoyangping No.8 were they could hardly breathe because the crews battled to control the blaze broken with two holes, and 50 tons of air was filled with a strong smell of overnight and today two relief crews gasoline spilled into the river, with the gasoline. All of the oil still stored on took over. This morning smoke could formation of a 100-metre by 220-metre the vessel after the collision was be seen billowing from the ship's hull smeary spill on the river. Another successfully transferred to the oil and seeping out through the deck. vessel was also affected. Emergency station early yesterday morning. Staff at the port, in Fairlie near Largs, efforts were taken by the Shanghai London, Sep 19 -- A press report, raised the alarm at 1630 hrs, Maritime Bureau, and all nearby dated today, states: A small vessel yesterday when fire broke out in one vessels evacuated, and all the gasoline (general cargo Wu Shan) is under of seven holds of the Hong Kong- on the accident vessel unloaded. An investigation for smashing into an oil registered vessel. Only a small part of investigation is underway into the tanker on the Huangpu River the massive cargo of coal caught fire cause of the accident. Saturday (Sep 17), causing the tanker but firefighters with breathing London, Sep 18 -- Following received to spill some 50 tons of oil. Product apparatus fought to prevent the blaze from Beijing MRCC, timed 0115, UTC: tanker Chaoyangping No.8, carried spreading. The ship's 22 crew The other vessel involved in 3,010 tons of oil from Dalian, Liaoning members were not hurt and were yesterday's collision on the Huangpu Province to Shanghai when a small allowed to stay on board. Billy Sim, River was called Wu Shan, no further vessel from Fuzhou, Fujian Province assistant divisional officer with details, (? general cargo Wu Shan rammed into it on the Wusongkou Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, said: (2258 gt, built 1991). (Note -- Wu Shan waters at noon. The collision created a "It's a deep-seated smouldering fire in arrived Busan Sep 10 from Shanghai.) one-metre hole in the middle of the one of the holds. Fires of this type are London, Sep 19 -- A press report, right side of the tanker, causing oil to very serious incidents. This is likely to dated today, states: Maritime rescuers pour out. "We warned it (the ship), but be a protracted incident and fire crews say they had completely cleaned up a it didn't swerve aside," the tanker's will be in attendance for some 50-ton gasoline spill on the Huangpu chief said. After the oil began to leak, considerable time. Our crews River yesterday, which resulted from a captain Kong Jiangzhong said he immediately set up covering jets to collision between an oil tanker and a immediately ordered his staff to prevent the fire escalating and to cargo vessel on Saturday morning (Sep funnel the oil from the leaking cabins protect the contents of the adjoining 17). Authorities were concerned the into a sewage cabin. He called the holds from further damage. We have spill could lead to an explosion, maritime police and fire fighters at sent relief crews out this morning. We particularly as it was located only a the same time. The tanker was finally will continue to be in attendance for few dozen metres from a river bank moved to the wharf. Xue Dezhang, an
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2 Marine official from the city's maritime and one general-purpose hand. But the engines were safely manoeuvrable authorities, said since the collision master was not tested for drugs and using manual local control at all happened two nautical miles from the three other general-purpose hands times. The vessel berthed at San Juan wharf, the leakage was not very were left with incomplete drug or entirely under its own power, with no serious. "Luckily, it was the ebbing alcohol tests within the three-hour towage being necessary. Harbour tugs time," said a staff worker from a testing period. "This lapse in carrying only assisted as per custom of the port nearby wharf. "The oil dispersed out critical safety procedures is for normal berthing operation. quickly. By 1500 in the afternoon, the unacceptable," Mr Watkins told Following an inspection, the USCG strong smell had almost died out." The parliament today. He said Mr Taylor has released the vessel, which is hole was closed up at 1600, and the oil had tendered his resignation and sailing from San Juan fully was diluted enough to be considered would be replaced by Leighton manoeuvrable and under its own safe at 1700. Holdings chairman Geoff Ashton, who power for normal trading operations. will step in as acting chairman. CHIEN-HSING (China) Opposition transport spokesman Barry DISHA (Malta) London, Sep 20 -- A press report, O'Farrell said Mr Watkins should take New Delhi, Sep 19 -- Tugs pulling dated Sep 18, states: The Coast Guard responsibility for misinformation and Lng Disha (94058 gt, built 2003) yesterday rescued eight crew members bungling which followed Monday's smashed into a jetty at Dahej in from Chinese general cargo Chien- crash. "The minister assured a budget Gujarat, damaging a liquefied natural hsing after the vessel ran into shoals estimates hearing on Tuesday that gas (LNG) terminal, gas transporter off the coastline of Kinmen Island (? drug and alcohol tests had been GAIL (India) Ltd. said. The mishap at Jinmen Island, lat 24 27N, long 118 administered," Mr O'Farrell told the country's busiest LNG terminal, 23E) . Chien-hsing, yesterday departed reporters. Mr O'Farrell said the case occurred on Saturday (Sep 17), and Guangzhou and was en route to highlighted "serious systemic plans were afoot to divert cargo to the Fuchien (? Fuzhou) when the accident problems" within Sydney Ferries. Mr country's only other LNG terminal, in occurred. The crew members on board Watkins said he had originally been Hazira, also in Gujarat, GAIL said in a abandoned ship and sent out S.O.S. advised by the Sydney Ferries board statement late yesterday. "Tugs of messages to both the Chinese and and chief executive Sue Sinclair that Disha hit the dolphin piles of the jetty. Taiwanese authorities. The Coast all tests had been conducted. Inquiries The LNG ship was casting off after Guards from Kinmen Island arrived on into the accident were continuing and unloading the cargo," it said. India's the scene in the nick of time and Sydney Ferries' drug and alcohol Petronet LNG, which operates the rescued the crew members minutes testing protocol would be reviewed, Mr terminal, has approached foreign firms before the lifeboat sank. The refugees Watkins said. "The cause of the crash to assess the damage and repair the were sent back to China after nearby is not yet known, but will be terminal, GAIL said. GAIL, India's fishing vessels arrived. determined and appropriate action biggest gas transporter, has requested will be taken," he said. domestic gas producers to step up COLLAROY (Australia) supply to help tide over a shortfall. -- London, Sept 19 -- A press report, COMAR PRIMO (Italy) Reuters. dated today, states: Manly ferry Ancona, Sep 19 -- Salvage operations London, Sep 19 -- A press report, Collaroy (1184 gt, built 1988) struck on floating crane Comar Primo are dated today, states: Gail (India) Ltd Circular Quay Wharf Two, Sydney, at still in progress. A salvage attempt today announced that strong winds of approximately 1315 this afternoon. was made Sep 18 but was unsuccessful over 40 knots have caused an accident Two of the 200 or so people on board due to a major leak. -- Lloyd's Agents. at the R-LNG Terminal Petronet LNG suffered minor injuries. Passengers Ltd at Dahej, on Saturday, when the were showered with glass as windows CONCORDE (Luxembourg) tugs of Lng Disha hit the dolphin piles on board the ferry shattered on Vigo, Sep 19 -- Product tanker of the jetty. The LNG ship was casting impact. Both the ferry and the wharf Concorde (3057 gt, built 2003) off after unloading the cargo. PLL is were damaged. Sydney Ferries chief proceeded to the port of Vigo yesterday evaluating the extent of damage and executive Sue Sinclair said the (Vigo roads at 1200, local time, and working out immediate counter incident would be referred to an berthed at 1430) due to turbo charger measures. Plans are also afoot to independent investigator to determine damage. The vessel was escorted to divert cargo expected on Wednesday to the cause of the crash. It would be the berth by local tug Alejandro Jose as Shell's Hazira LNG terminal and third such incident under per Harbour-master's request, due to maintain supply. Prosad Dasgupta, investigation in the past 12 months. the dangerous methanol and coal tar MD, PLL visited Dahej LNG Terminal Collaroy would not be used again until cargo in transit. -- Lloyd's Agents. for an on the spot assessment of the it had been cleared by a team of extent of repair work. PLL has already engineers and maintenance workers, CORNER BROOK (Bermuda) approached BNI, Netherlands and she said. She could not say how long Piraeus, Sep 16 -- General cargo TTI, UK, the designers for executing that process would take. Jetcat Corner Brook was sold and renamed the repair works. The Company main services would fill in for the service, Ner B., under Comoros flag, with a marketer and transporter of R-LNG she said. She said the Collaroy had new radio call sign of D6CV9. The from Dahej, has taken steps to "from time to time" had control vessel sailed from Piraeus port on Sep maintain supply to customers and also problems but added that was common 5, bound for Turkey. -- Lloyd's Agents. evacuate gas from Hazira LNG in Sydney Ferries' fleet and had not Terminal of Shell. The Company has necessarily contributed to the crash. CROWN GARNET (Panama) also drawn up contingency plan to London, Sep 22 -- A press report, London, Sep 21 -- Following received maintain supply of natural gas to its dated today, states: The chairman of from Coast Guard San Juan, timed customers using the available stock of Sydney Ferries has resigned after drug 1432, UTC: Ref Crown Garnet (10519 LNG at Dahej terminal. In order to and alcohol testing procedures were gt, built 1996) anchored at San Juan reduce the impact of the shortage of bungled following an accident earlier anchorage at 1806, local time, Sep 20, supply on customers caused by the this week. Matthew Taylor tendered reporting a main engine governor accident, the Company has requested his resignation after ferry Collaroy, activator problem. The vessel will be ONGC and PMT JV to augment their carrying 200 people, rammed into a towed to a berth at San Juan for supplies. wharf at Circular Quay on Monday repairs. London, Sep 19 -- A press report, (Sep 19). Sydney Ferries' general London, Sep 22 -- Information dated today, states: Petronet LNG Ltd manager of safety, Robert Fornasari, received, dated Hong Kong today, said its LNG jetty at Dahej was not has also quit. NSW Transport Minister states: Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd, affected by Saturday's minor mishap John Watkins today said that after the managers of ref Crown Garnet state and that operations were safe and accident, NSW police tested the ferry's that while the vessel did report failure supplies unaffected. "Two of the 30 master and engineer for alcohol, and a of the main engine governor to the US fenders or breasting dolphins were Sydney Ferries contractor conducted Costa Guard at San Juan anchorage, brushed/dented on Sept 17 when tugs drug and alcohol tests on the engineer as per USCG regulations, the ship's of Lng Disha hit the Dolphin piles.
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The jetty is fully safe," a senior it sustained damage to the port main under water. The fuel tanks cannot be company official said. Supplies of engine. Following the incident the closed down because the stop-valves regassified-LNG have not been vessel returned safely to Piraeus with are also under water. Floating cranes impacted due to the accident, the one engine in operation. Flying are under way to remove the damaged official said, adding BNI of Dolphin X was prohibited to sail containers with dangerous goods from Netherlands and TTI of UK, the pending survey of the repairs. the vessel. The speedway to Flushing designers who built the jetty, have has been closed down due to leaking been flown in to assess any damage. FOWAIRET (Qatar) gas. -- Lloyd's Sub-agents. "No decision has been taken either to Maassluis, Sep 20 -- C.c. Fowairet Zeebrugge, Sep 20 -- C.c. Fowairet postpone receipt of the next LNG ship (48154 gt, built 1998), Thamesport for refloated at 1725, local time, and is at Dahej on Sep 20-21 or to divert it to Antwerp (Europa Container Terminal), returning to Flushing roads. -- Lloyd's any other LNG terminal," he said. was grounded on River Schelde, near Sub-agents. Initial assessment suggested that the river buoy No.53, at about 0530, local London, Sep 21 -- C.c. Fowairet, jetty was in shape to receive the LNG time, today. Tugs underway. No owned by United Arab Shipping Co tanker on Sep 21 but Petronet was damage known. -- Lloyd's Sub-agents. that grounded on the River Scheldt taking no chances and had London, Sept 20 -- Information near Antwerp early yesterday commissioned BNI to do a detailed received from Kiel, dated today, states: morning, was refloated last night. assessment. "The other fenders are C.c. Fowairet ran aground today one However, the 3,802 teu Fowairet has a ok." The mishap occured when strong hour after flood when passing the four metre crack and will now be winds of over 40 knots lead to snaping Schelde upstream, close to buoy 53A. drydocked for repairs, UASC's of the tow cord between the tug and Tugs Barracuda, Gent., Evergem, president and chief executive Ken Disha, resulting in brushing of two Zeeland, Drado, WalcherenP., Union Sorensen said. The vessel, carrying fenders by the tug. The LNG ship was Diamond, Lieven Geveart and Union 9 nearly 2,000 containers, had been casting off after unloading the cargo, gathered around the fully laden ship under pilotage heading for the Belgian the official said. which is listing a bit to port. A first port when it veered from the channel attempt to get the vessel free failed. and became stuck in the mud. DOGGER (Bahamas) The weather on scene is calm. Although there was no immediate Falmouth, Sep 19 -- General cargo London, Sep 20 -- Following received damage to the vessel, it later started Dogger completed repairs Sep 16 and from Den Helder RCC, timed 1028, to crack as the tide receded. But there sailed the same day for Brage. -- UTC: C.c. Fowairet grounded near was no danger of it sinking and the Lloyd's Agents. Flushing, in lat 51 24.42N, 04 01.57E, crew was safe. The company said the at approximately 0430, UTC, today. starboard oil tank appeared to have ELQUI (Uruguay) The vessel is now believed to be fractured, resulting in some pollution. Stanley, Sep 16 -- Fishing Elqui is to breaking up. "We are working very closely with the be scuttled later this month. The Zeebrugge, Sep 20 -- C.c. Fowairet is salvors and the local authorities to vessel has been emptied of all fuels currently reported to be breaking up. contain any fuel that has escaped," a and stripped of anything that was Vessel traffic into and out of Antwerp company spokesman said. A barge was moveable. -- Lloyd's Agents. has been halted as a result. -- Lloyd's alongside to lighten the fuel load. The Sub-agents. vessel is carrying 129 containers ESTEFOX (Antigua & Barbuda) London, Sep 20 -- Information loaded with hazardous cargo, all of London, Sep 20 -- Following received received from Kiel, dated today, states: which are stowed safely with no from Piraeus MRCC, timed 0735, C.c. Fowairet has been evacuated damage reported. The vessel had come UTC: General cargo Estefox, V2UL, because it threatens to break in two. from Thamesport in the UK. UASC (2610 gt, built 1980), Ukraine for Italy, The vessel, which is lying on a signed a Lloyd's Open Form with local cargo approximately 4,500 tonnes sandbar close to Perkpolder, was salvors URS, part of the Smit group. steel products, is still adrift with an coming from London and on the way to The Kuwait headquartered company engine problem. The vessel has not Antwerp, when it ran aground in spite said the cause of the grounding was requested any assistance. (Note -- of a pilot being on board at 0515, local still unclear. "In the meantime, our Estefox was reported in lat 37 50.62N, time. The master at first refused to focus is entirely on the safety of the long 24 30.5E, with a mechanical call for help. The ship has a load of crew, the minimising of any pollution failure.) 1,952 containers, 200 of them with risks and salvage of the cargo and London, Sep 20 -- Following received dangerous goods. Police and fire ship." from Piraeus RCC, timed 1430, UTC: brigade are on the spot as well as tugs London, Sep 21 -- Understand General cargo Estefox is still adrift. from Multraship, Terneuzen, and Unie salvage services were rendered to c.c. Tug Agios Dimitrios is en route from van Reddings en Sleepdienst (Union) Fowairet by URS Salvage & Maritime Piraeus to assist and is due on scene from Antwerp. With the next flood at Contracting NV and Multraship at approximately 2030, local time, about 1700 hrs. the next attempt to Salvage BV under Lloyd's Open Form. today. free the vessel is planned. If it fails London, Sep 21 -- Following received London, Sep 20 -- Following received the vessel will have to be lightered. from Den Helder RCC, timed 0750, from Piraeus RCC, timed 2000, UTC: Maassluis, Sep 20 -- C.c. Fowairet: UTC: C.c. Fowairet is now at General cargo Estefox: Tug Agios Eleven tugs arrived on scene at 0730 Sloehaven, Flushing. Dimitrios is on scene alongside the hrs. The first attempt to refloat the London, Sep 22 -- Work continued casualty. The tug has a line on board vessel was suspended at 0815 hrs and yesterday to salve the c.c. Fowairet, Estefox and crew are attempting to will be resumed next high tide at 1715 which went aground in the River effect repairs. hrs. At 1133 hrs there is a danger ship Scheldt on Tuesday (Sep 20). The London, Sep 21 -- Following received will break in two, because of that United Arab Shipping Co vessel from Piraeus RCC, timed 0913, UTC: there is a possibility of leaking sustained hogging damage and General cargo Estefox is presently dangerous gas. Ships are not allowed flooding in No.5 hold and is now held under tow to Piraeus, ETA 1100, UTC. to come in or leave because of this in Flushing harbour pending London, Sep 22 -- Following received incident. -- Lloyd's Sub-agents. discharge. There is a boom around the from Piraeus RCC, timed 0927, UTC: Maassluis, Sep 20 -- C.c. Fowairet vessel and temporary repairs are General cargo Estefox is now at has sustained cracked fuel tanks being made to prevent any further oil Piraeus anchorage. which have leaked 600 tons of fuel. leakage. UASC signed a Lloyd's Open During the course of this afternoon, Form contract with joint salvors FLYING DOLPHIN X (Greece) salvors will try to pump out the Terneuzen-based Multraship Salvage London, Sep 19 -- Lloyd's Casualty remaining fuel and refloat the vessel and URS Salvage and Maritime representatives in Piraeus report: at high tide. It is not presently certain Contracting. The vessel was loaded During the morning of Sep 17, while whether the vessel will be able to with close to 2,000 containers, 200 of hydrofoil Flying Dolphin X (142 gt, proceed to Antwerp after being which contain hazardous cargo. built 1978) was sailing from Piraeus refloated. At 1320, local time, the According to a Multraship statement, bound for Aegina with 29 passengers, vessel's No 5 hatch was reported to be leakage from a cracked fuel tank has
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4 Marine been contained by anti-pollution craft IONIAN QUEEN (Cyprus) The gravel-carrying vessel became using sweepers. The salvors mobilised Piraeus, Sep 15 -- Passenger ro/ro wedged under one of the arches this 14 tugs, a floating crane and barges Ionian Queen sailed from Patras port evening but was moved as the tide for the operation which began at high on Aug 21, bound to Igoumenitsa/Bari. went out. Three people were on board water in the evening as the master No repairs were reported. -- Lloyd's the vessel when it hit the road bridge initially refused to accept a salvage Agents. but are thought to have escaped contract, Multraship said. The salvage injury. The bridge has been closed to firm's managing director Leendert ISERAN (France) traffic in both directions. A Scotland Muller said yesterday: "Once again, London, Sep 15 -- Following received Yard spokeswoman said: "There were this incident demonstrates how the from Coastguard Falmouth MRCC, no injuries. The marine support unit authorities rely on expert salvors to timed 1602, UTC: Fishing Iseran have attended the scene. The bridge is invest in equipment and expert staff, arrived Newlyn at around 1200, UTC, currently closed to traffic as a and for them to be ready when an and is presently alongside. precaution incident occurs. More and more London, Sep 21 -- A Maritime & vessels carrying dangerous cargo are JAG LALIT (India) Coastguard Agency press release, transiting the River Scheldt and its London, Sep 16 -- Crude oil tanker timed 2058, UTC, Sep 20, states: highly populated areas, and Jag Lalit arrived and sailed Singapore London Coastguard assisted general authorities need to think carefully Sep 10. cargo James Prior this evening after it about the salvage capacity which is became stuck under Battersea Road available. We are the only thing which JAKOB MAERSK (DIS) Bridge. The vessel called the prevents disaster, but so far we see no London, Sep 21 -- Following received Coastguard at 1735 this afternoon to sign of the authorities factoring that from Coast Guard San Juan, timed report the accident. There were three into their plans or providing 1750, UTC: Lpg Jakob Maersk (23878 crew on board, none of whom were appropriate support." gt, built 1991), departed Trinidad injured. The wheelhouse was severely yesterday, reported fuel leak problems damaged, but there was no pollution. GRAMPIAN DAWN (U.K.) about 170 miles off San Juan, today. London Coastguard requested the See Grampian Princess under Exact position not known. Vessel is launch of the Chiswick and Tower "Miscellaneous." now proceeding to Tampa. Lifeboats. In addition the Fire and Rescue Service vessel Fire Dart and GRAMPIAN PRINCESS (U.K.) JAMES (U.S.A.) police attended the scene. The Port of See under "Miscellaneous." London, Sep 19 -- A Coast Guard London Authority patrol launch Corpus Christi press release, dated Ravensbourne II was also on scene. In GRETE THERESA (Singapore) Sep 18, states: The Coast Guard was accordance with normal procedure, the Noumea, Sep 16 -- Chemical/oil notified at 0330 hrs that James (40 gt, master of the vessel was breathalysed carrier Grete Theresa is now safely at built 1982) capsized in San Antonio by the Port of London Authority and Noumea Terminal, and an inspection Bay, approximately 20 miles south- the test was negative. Frank Aubin- in respect of repairs has been carried west of Port O'Connor in the Hart, London Coastguard Watch out. -- Lloyd's Agents. Intracoastal Waterway. All three Manager says: "The vessel was crewmembers were recovered without successfully towed out from under the GSF ARCTIC I (Vanuatu) injury by tug Amanda. Three tugs bridge by the tug Rose Steel and is See "Hurricane 'Katrina'" under were towing a drilling platform in now safely alongside. All search and "Weather & Navigation." tandem when James overturned in the rescue assets have now departed the channel. The tug has an estimated area. The Marine Accident HANNAH LEE 1,500 gallons of fuel remaining on Investigation Branch has been See Spartia. board and containment boom has been informed. We have been working with placed around the vessel. The Coast the Port of London Authority who are HERA (Norway (Int. Register)) Guard is working with the owners to now launching an investigation." London, Sep 16 -- A co-ordinate the salvage and clean-up. London, Sep 21 -- One of London's SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage report, A Coast Guard HH-65 helicopter from oldest bridges could be shut to traffic dated Jul 11, states: SvitzerWijsmuller Corpus Christi flew over the scene to for weeks after it was hit by general Salvage BV's tug Svitzer Duke was assess the situation. The Intracoastal cargo James Prior. Engineers were at instructed on Jul 9 by owners and Waterway is currently closed to all Battersea Bridge today, inspecting underwriters of Lpg Hera (9576 gt, traffic, and safety broadcasts are damage caused when the vessel got built 1977), loaded with ethylene, to being made to advise mariners of the wedged under one of the arches the proceed towards the immobilised closure. night before. Three people on board carrier. The vessel at that stage was escaped injury when the vessel hit the located 35 miles south-west off the JAMES A.HANNAH (U.S.A.) road bridge. It is not known how it Iranian coast, 90 miles east-north-east Troy, Michigan, Sep 17 -- Tug James became wedged. It is thought the from Bahrain. Svitzer Duke mobilised A.Hannah (592 gt, built 1945) bridge was quite badly damaged and immediately from its station in Qatar reported a fire in the product boiler may not open to cars for weeks and to and after a bunker stop arrived on site yesterday as the tug and barge was buses for months. Engineers will at 1930, local time, Jul 10 and approaching Lock 2 while downbound return to the bridge at 1700, BST in a in the Welland Canal. Originally the connected up to the vessel. Hera vessel with a special hoist to allow Captain stated that his crew was them to inspect the arches. A subsequently was towed to Bahrain checking out the situation but a later Transport for London spokeswoman where it was anchored at the call to Seaway Welland indicated the said they would have a better idea anchorage am Jul 11. Svitzer Duke tug required assistance. St Catharines tomorrow when the bridge would re- was released from its services late Fire Department was on scene quickly open. There was a high tide and the that same evening. (Note -- Hera had and the local Police cordoned off the vessel was riding high in the water sailed Jubail Jul 2.) area. The barge is carrying a cargo of because it was not carrying any Bahrain, Sep 21 -- Lpg Hera arrived liquid asphalt. -- Great Lakes and gravel. It was moved when the tide Sitra Inner Anchorage Jul 11 under Seaway Shipping News. went out. The bridge is currently tow. Vessel loaded an external power closed to traffic both ways but is open pack, procured from Asry Yard. Vessel JAMES PRIOR (U.K.) to pedestrians. sailed Jul 16 to outer anchorage, London, Sep 20 -- A press report, discharged the power pack on to a tug, dated today, states: General cargo JOSEPH H.THOMPSON (U.S.A.) and sailed for Dubai for drydocking. -- James Prior (191 gt, built 1963) has London, Sep 21 -- A press report, Lloyd's Agents. crashed into the underside of dated Sep 20, states: Barge Joseph Battersea Bridge, causing traffic H.Thompson (14356 gt, built 1944) INGWENYA (South Africa) diversions during the evening rush and pusher tug Joseph H.Thompson See Umfolozi. hour while the structure was closed. Jr. (841 gt, built 1990) ran aground
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5 Marine this morning en route to unload salt at skipper. The survivors spent an hour dated today, states: Bulk Kiperousa: the Cutler-Magner dock in Duluth. in the water before help arrived in the The cargo recovery operation at East The vessel, a saltwater vessel which form of another fishing vessel. The SA London is still in full swing. Daily the was converted to a self-unloading Maritime Safety Authority would SvitzerWijsmuller salvage crew boards barge, passed under the Aerial Lift investigate the incident, said the stranded vessel. Bridge at 0814 but never made it to its spokesman Saleem Modak. The 20m destination. Lt. Scott Stoermer of the Kathleen Louise 3 had begun shipping KOZNITSA (Bulgaria) U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit water and listing late yesterday, said London, Sep 20 -- Bulk Koznitsa said the master of the vessel notified Pat van Eyssen, NSRI station sailed from Malaga on Sep 16 bound the Coast Guard of his predicament. commander in Table Bay. The boat had for Sibenik. The vessel has been given until 1500 to sunk in minutes, surviving crew said. attempt to free itself. After that time, Kathleen Louise 3 was on its way to St LADOGA 101 (Russia) the Coast Guard may intervene. Helena Bay with a 60-ton cargo of fish St. Petersburg, Sep 21 -- General Stoermer explained that the Coast when water flooded into its fish holds cargo Ladoga 101 is still aground. All Guard does not want the stuck vessel and it became unstable. The crew cargo from the vessel was reloaded on to impede maritime traffic and hopes desperately began to bail, but they to general cargo Ladoga 12. At present to see it extricated before sundown. In could not cope with the inrush of the specialists are inspecting the an effort to free the barge, the operator water. With her stability gone, it casualty in order to ascertain the has unhooked the tug and pushed and capsized and sank quickly. There was extent of the damage. -- Lloyd's pulled at the vessel from a variety of no clear indication why it had started Agents. angles to little avail. As of late this taking water. "The NSRI was called at afternoon, Stoermer said the crew also 2132 yesterday by Cape Town port LADY HAMILTON (Hong Kong) was ballasting down the barge's stern control and told of the incident, about London, Sep 20 -- Bulk Lady in attempt to budge the hull off the 12 nautical miles north of Robben Hamilton arrived at Cadiz on Sep 18 shoal, where it came to rest. Joseph H. Island," Van Eyssen said. "The boat, from Thunder Bay. Thompson is owned by Upper Lakes with a crew of nine, was said to be Towing Inc. of Escanaba, Mich. sinking in choppy seas with a swell of LEADER I (Malta) London, Sep 21 -- Following received about 1.5 metres. "The wind was light, London, Sep 17 -- A press report, from Coast Guard Cleveland, timed about 15 knots from the south-east. dated Sep 12, states: One fisherman 0215, UTC: Barge Joseph "Trawler Oceana Mercury went to help was dead and another missing early H.Thompson, being pushed by pusher and rescued eight crewmen. A ninth Monday (Sep 12) after a fishing vessel tug Joseph H.Thompson Jr., is person was missing. "Six of the collided with a Maltese-registered currently aground in Duluth harbour. survivors were in a satisfactory freighter in the South Sea, South A barge arrived alongside to lighter condition, but two needed treatment Korea's coast guard said. Fishing 2053 the vessel at 2100, UTC. No reports of for injuries," Van Eyssen said. Both Daejin (29 gt) sank after colliding with any damage. The reason for the men were reported in a stable bulk Leader I (20394 gt, built 1984) at grounding is unknown at present. condition today, one with suspected rib around 0330 in waters 33 kilometres London, Sep 21 -- A press report, fractures and the other with a southeast of Mara Island. (Note -- dated today, states: Ten hours after it suspected pelvic injury. Modak said Leader I sailed Kinuura Sep 9 for ran aground in the Duluth Harbor the SA Maritime Safety Authority China.) Basin barge Joseph would investigate the incident to Busan, Sep 21 --Fishing 2003 Daejin, H.Thompson was pulled free at 1830 determine the cause of the sinking and not 2053 Daejin as before reported, is yesterday and docked under its own procedures followed during the rescue. lying sunk at the site without a power. The vessel ran aground London, Sept 19 -- Following salvage operation scheduled. We yesterday morning en route to receivbed from Cape Town MRCC, understand that a salvage operation unloading 19,000 tons of salt at the timed 1115, UTC: Trawler Kathleen for 2003 Daejin is reportedly Cutler-Magner dock in Duluth. The Louise 3 sank in lat 33 38S, long 18 unfeasible due to the deep depth of vessel was refloated after its owners 16E. Eight persons were rescued and water at the site. Bulk Leader I sailed unloaded some of the salt onto a one person still missing. from the site bound for Incheon, Korea contracted hopper barge, said Chief London, Sep 20 -- A press report, for loading cargo, on Sep 14. It was Steve Wolfe of the U.S. Coast Guard in dated today, states: The search for a reported that Leader I sustained Duluth. Wolfe said no damage to the sailor who went missing off Robben minor scratch and dents damage to its barge was immediately noted. The Island in the Western Cape on Sunday bow area as a result of the collision. -- ship later docked at the Hallett night has been called off, the National Lloyd's Sub-agents. Terminal in Duluth, where more of the Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said. The London, Sep 22 -- Bulk Leader I salt was off-loaded before it heads to man went missing around 2130 hrs sailed Inchon Sep 17 bound Yingkou. Cutler-Magner today. when his vessel, trawler Kathleen Louise 3, capsized and sank after LONG XUYEN (Vietnam) JOSEPH H.THOMPSON JR. apparently taking on water and See "Typhoon 'Nabi'" under "Weather (U.S.A.) listing. Survivors reported that the & Navigation." See Joseph H.Thompson. vessel sunk in a short space of time after capsizing. "The search for the MAERSK BARCELONA (Bahamas) KATHLEEN LOUISE 3 missing person has been called off and See "Brittany, France" under (South Africa) vessels in the area have been alerted "Pollution." London, Sep 19 -- A press report, to keep a look-out," Pat van Eyssen, dated today, states: The skipper of NSRI Table Bay Station Commander MALASPINA CASTLE Saldanha Bay trawler Kathleen Louise said. "The situation has been handed (Cayman Island) 3 (length 20.45 metres, built 1999) has over to the SA Police Services. The London, Sep 16 -- Bulk Malaspina been lost at sea after his boat capsized NSRI remain on stand-by and vessels Castle sailed Uusikaupunki Sep 13. and sank north of Robben Island last in the area are alerted to be on the night. Eight crewmen were rescued, look-out." The Canadian Helicopter MICHELLE (Antigua & Barbuda) and two of them are in the Christiaan Company and the NSRI had been London, Sept 19 -- SvitzerWijsmuller Barnard Hospital. A search for the searching for the man since dawn. The Salvage BV reports state: Dated Sept missing skipper was called off after area where the vessel went down is 17: SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV survivors reported that they had seen around 60 metres deep. The SA Police continues operations to remove him go down with the boat while Dive Unit and the SA Navy Dive Unit bunkers and other pollutant trapped in the wheelhouse. But Craig may dive in the area today. substances from the semi sunk general Lambinon, National Sea Rescue cargo Michelle. After a weather break Institute spokesman, said the NSRI/ KIPEROUSA (Malta) of about a week, during which the CHC Hiline rescue helicopter had gone London, Sep 21 -- A work/crane barge Anna and tug out early today to search for the SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV report, Warlock shelter in Ymuiden, the
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6 Marine convoy departed for the operating MIKE (Antigua & Barbuda) Nekrasov, carrying goods and theatre during this afternoon. It is the London, Sep 16 -- Following received passengers, has overturned and sunk intention to anchor the barge on site from Etel MRCC, timed 1035, in Dudinka port, reports say. Itar-Tass as from daybreak tomorrow and to UTC:General cargo Mike, V2EA, (1513 news agency said seven people were start up the planned removal gt, built 1982) was reported at 0802, rescued from Nekrasov, although up to operations. Dated Sept 18: UTC, in lat 45 33.8N, long 01 02.9W, 20 were thought to be on board. The SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV at with rudder problems. Vessel is vessel was destabilised by a "cargo about 1830, local time, today started carrying out repairs at the moment, no displacement", Siberian emergency the actual removal of the bunkers estimated time for completion. (Note -- services told Tass from Michelle. This could be achieved Mike was last reported to have sailed London, Sep 16 -- A press report, due to the pre-weather break executed Santander Sep 12.) dated today, states: At least nine preparational work including London, Sep 16 -- General cargo Mike people were missing after vessel installing the necessary valves onto completed repairs and under way. Nekrasov overturned on the Yenisei the bunker tanks of the casualty. It River in northern Siberia today, the should be kept in mind that the water MILANO (Bahamas) Emergency Situations Ministry said. depth on site is 40 metres and that the Lisbon, Sep 19 -- Ref Milano is still The vessel overturned during its casualty is resting on its side with its in port at Lisbon. The vessel's ETD is approach to the major trading port of stern on the sea bottom and the bow not presently known. -- Lloyd's Dudinka, a ministry spokesman said. still in a floating condition. Dated Agents. "We are looking for between nine and today: SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV 12 people," he said. "There were at about 0030, local time, today has MINERVA NIKE (Greece) between 15 and 19 people on board the completed the discharge of oil from the London, Sep 19 -- Following received , which was transporting cargo and first tank of Michelle. Some 30 cubic from Coastguard Solent MRCC, timed passengers. Seven people were metresof heavy fuel oil was removed. 1920, UTC: Anchored crude oil tanker rescued." The vessel may have Operations are to continue later today Minerva Nike (57301 gt, built 2004) in capsized due to its being overloaded, as the diving times are relatively short contact with yacht Wave Chain, nine the spokesman said. The 33-tonne due to the spring tide which causes persons on board, in Sandown Bay at vessel was carrying 80 tonnes of cargo. excessive currents in the area. about 1947, local time, Sep 16. The Its owner, the Krasnoyarsk-based London, Sep 21 -- A mast of the yacht became entangled Farvater company, "was not licensed SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV report, with the tanker's anchor and broke off. to carry passengers", the spokesman dated Sep 20, states: At about 1415, The Bembridge RNLI lifeboat was said. local time, yesterday, scrambled to the scene and took the London, Sep 16 -- A press report, SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV started yacht crew to shore. The lifeboat then dated today, states: Three crew- oil removal operations on the second returned to tow the stricken yacht to members and four passengers of vessel heavy fuel oil tank of the semi sunk safety in Gosport Marina. Nekrasov (not Krasikov as before general cargo Michelle. At midday London, Sep 20 -- Crude oil tanker reported) that sunk in the port of today some 80-85 cubic metres of Minerva Nike arrived Fawley 0725, Dudinka today have been rescued, a heavy fuel oil was removed in total. Sep 17, and sailed 2041, Sep 18, bound local official said. Eight people, Underwater operations in the Primorsk. including the master of Nekrasov, are meantime are started up to prepare still missing, Yevgeny Zhurbenko, the third, and lowest, heavy fuel oil MSC AL AMINE (Morocco) deputy head of the regional tank for oil extraction. Tunis, Sep 19 -- General cargo MSC department of the Emergency Al Amine is still under repair in dry Situations Ministry, said. "Nekrasov MIEKE (South Africa) dock at CMR Menzel Bourghiba. The sank to a depth of six to seven London, Sep 22 -- A press report, repairs are expected to be completed metres," he said, adding that 18 divers dated today, states: Luxurious charter within two weeks. -- Lloyd's Agents. were currently searching for survivors. yacht Mieke, formerly South Africa's The ship, which sunk because it was only sail-driven commercial fishing MSC RAFAELA (Panama) overloaded, was carrying 80 tonnes of boat, sank due to unknown causes off Harwich, Sep 16 -- C.c. MSC Rafaela vegetables and fruit, 20 tons above its the coast of Mozambique on Sunday (42307 gt, built 1996) sailed capacity, Zhurbenko said. The morning (Sep 18). The 33-metre Grand Felixstowe today but experienced privately owned cargo-and-passenger Banks classic schooner, owned by Port technical problems and had to put ship sunk 10 metres from shore when St Francis chokka fishing kingpin back. Vessel is berthing at the present it was entering port. Anton Viljoen, was converted two time, 1500, UTC. -- Harwich Haven London, Sep 18 -- A press report, years ago from a commercial fishing Authority. dated Sep 17, states: Divers made a vessel into a luxury, floating, boutique London, Sep 19 -- C.c. MSC Rafaela vain attempt to examine general cargo hotel. It used sails as its primary arrived Antwerp 0055, Sep 18, from Nekrasov, that sunk near the seaport means of propulsion. A spokesman for Felixstowe. of Dudinka, the north of West Siberia, charter company Classic Sailing a local official said. The divers saw Adventures, who asked not to be MSC TRADER (Panama) nothing through portholes as the named, said the six-member crew had Antananarivo, Sep 22 -- We have vessel is full of boxes with fruit and fled the vessel in a rubber duck after been advised by the owners of general vegetables, Vyacheslav Shchukin, the "water just started coming in". No cargo MSC Trader (858 gt, built 1967) vice governor of the Taimyr passengers were on board. "There that a collision occured between their autonomous district, said. He added must have been a hole, but we don't vessel and a barge in the port of that the divers would make another know the cause," she said. Nothing Antsiranana on Sep 20. Damage was attempt when the vessel was towed was salved from the vessel, which now noted on the barge but there was closer to the shore. Seventeen people rests on the ocean floor about 40km to apparently no damage to MSC Trader. were on board the Nekrasov. Three 60km off the Mozambican coast, north -- Lloyd's Agents. crew members and four passengers of Beira. Once on shore, they were were rescued. The body of one sailor assisted by a group of construction NATIONAL PROSPERITY was found while nine people are still workers who had been mining nearby. (Panama) missing. The vessel, owned by a small They took them to the nearest town. Taipei, Sep 20 -- Bulk National Siberian firm, sunk about 100 metres Most of the "traumatised" crew have Prosperity completed repairs and from the shore. Overloading and returned to South Africa. The departed Kaohsiung on Sep 11, bound unprofessional actions of the crew are spokesman said they would soon be for Port Hedland, Australia, for the two versions of the tragedy. The making statements about the incident loading. -- Lloyd's Agents. vessel carried fruit and vegetables to to the vessel's insurance company. The Dudinka. 133-ton vessel was built in 1997, but NEKRASOV (Russia) London, Sep 22 -- A press report, rebuilt and refitted for charter in London, Sep 16 -- A press report, dated today, states: The operation on 2003, setting sail again last year. dated today, states: Russian vessel vessel Nekrasov has resumed at
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Dudinka. Rescuers are to raise the Park was re-delivered back to its the port ot Tagbilaran City, Bohol stern part and remove cargo from it, owners on May 10 in the port of Province, at midnight Sep 18. No one the Emergencies Ministry's Siberian Chinhae, South Korea. De Song was reported injured in the incident. regional centre told Itar-Tass. It will thereupon demobilised back to Crewmen were able to control the allow examination of the rooms and Shangai. (Note -- Ocean Park situation and the vessel continued its sections of the ship to find the other subsequently arrived Saldanha Bay voyage on one engine. The Philippine dead bodies, an officer on duty said. Jul 4 and sailed Jul 11.) Coast Guard (PCG) deployed one of its The dead bodies of six people were rescue vessel and some PCG found on the upper deck of the vessel OLEANDER firefighters boarded the vessel while it overnight. All of them are identified. (Netherlands Antilles) was sailing to Cebu City. The cause of They were ship passengers. Two London, Sep 20 -- A press report, fire was not mentioned in the report. - bodies remain in the ship, and more dated Sep 14, states: Bermuda - Lloyd's Agents. people than supposed may be on board Container Line's ro/ro Oleander (6299 London, Sep 20 -- A press report, the sunken freighter, the Taimyr gt, built 1990) is set to sail to dated today, states: No one was hurt region's deputy governor Vyacheslav Bermuda on Friday (Sep 16) after a when a Cebu-bound ferry allegedly Shchukin said. The crewmembers and mechanical failure last Saturday (Sep caught fire off the coasts of Siquijor passengers who survived do not know 10) forced it to abort a voyage. and Dumaguete slightly after exactly how many people were on Oleander limped back to Port midnight yesterday. Company officials board the vessel. The bodies of the Elizabeth, New Jersey after its turbo- said the vessel was in "no grave master, Andrei Vilda, and his senior charger, broke down, reducing the danger and risk to life" and that a assistant Sergei Golubkov were vessel's speed to three knots, said BCL statement will be released soon. recovered during the rescue operation. spokesman Robert Lewis. At that Aboitiz Transport System-operated Supposedly, five crewmembers and 12 time, the vessel was about 40 miles ro/ro Our Lady of Fatima left the Port passengers were on board the vessel. out of Port Elizabeth, and returned to of Ozamiz at 1900 Sunday (Sep 18) on Three crewmembers and four port at midnight. Repairs to the vessel its way to Cebu carrying some 600 passengers survived. Legal were completed yesterday and it is passengers and 80 crew. After proceedings have been instituted over due to be examined by class experts navigating some four hours the shipwreck. There are three today. In the meantime, BCL passengers were awakened by smoke supposed causes under consideration - transferred 28 refrigerated containers between midnight and 0030 yesterday. -- overloading, bad weather conditions to Bermuda International Shipping It arrived safely about 1700 yesterday. and wrong action of the crew. Ltd.'s c.c. Bermuda Islander, which is Maritime Industry Authority safety due in tomorrow. Due to the high engineer Philip Geniston would not NORTRANS (NIS) volume of refrigerated bookings categorically say how the fire started Trondheim, Sep 19 -- Kaarbo Yard's already booked on Bermuda Islander, but that "sparks emanated from the trustee informs that fishing Nortrans, the company has had to employed a main engine." Geniston said crew saw was sold on Sep 1 to Fosen generator from Aggreko to provide sparks at slightly after midnight but Gjenvinning for scrapping. Fosen additional power for the voyage. Mr. Commodore Ramon C.Liwag of the Gjenvinning estimate tug to Lewis said Oleander is likely to have Coast Guard regional command said commence towing of vessel this week, some 300 containers on board when it they received the alert at about 0030 from Harstad to Fosen, outside sails on Friday, with two weeks worth hrs. Geniston, who boarded the vessel Trondheimsfjord. Scrapping of the of cargo to transport. He said some when it docked at about 1700 vessel will, however, not commence containers may be delayed a week due yesterday, said that upon initial until spring 2006. -- Lloyd's Agents. to weight factors. (Note -- Oleander investigation, sparks emanated from had sailed New York Sep 9, and sailed the main engine's exhaust manifold NOVA SCOTIA New York again Sep 17.) causing fire to run through ducting (Antigua & Barbuda) lines of ventilating blowers. The fire Buenos Aires, Sep 21 -- Ref Nova ORIENT BRILLIANCE (Panama) was easily contained in seconds Scotia is still under repair at Lima, Sep 21 -- Bulk Orient emitting so much smoke that it Tandanor. Repairs expected to be Brilliance will be sailing to Callao alarmed passengers. Geniston would completed by Oct 5 or 6. -- Lloyd's under escort to carry out full repairs not say how combustion, ignition and Agents. to make it seaworthy. Vessel ETD fuel could have caused exhaust today and or yesterday for Callao. -- manifolds to spark. "This will be the OCEAN FOXTROT (Canada) Lloyd's Agents. subject of a deeper investigation," he London, Sep 20 -- Anchor handling said. The vessel resumed its journey tug/supply Ocean Foxtrot (700 gt, built OUR LADY OF FATIMA running on a single engine and 1971) experienced main engine failure (Philippines) arrived safely at port some 10 hours while underway in the port of Quebec Manila, Sep 19 -- The Philippine behind its expected arrival time of at 0650, Sep 18. Coast Guard reported that a fire broke 0700 hrs. The Coast Guard out in the engine-room of ro/ro Our immediately dispatched its search and OCEAN PARK (South Korea) Lady of Fatima (2366 gt, built 1972) rescue vessel and escorted the vessel London, Sep 16 -- A at 0022. local time, this morning. The to port. SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage report, vessel was en route to the central Manila, Sep 20 -- Ro/ro Our Lady of dated May 12, states: On Apr 21 Philippine port of Cebu from Ozamiz Fatima arrived at the port of Cebu at SvitzerWijsmuller on received City on the north coast of the southern 1600, local time, Sep 19 and all 620 information that bulk Ocean Park island of Mindanao when it caught fire passengers were disembarked safely, (91951 gt, built 1986) developed off Siquijor island. The fire was placed Cebu Ferries Corp. reported. Cebu engine trouble 300 miles east-south- under control at around 0055 and the Ferries, which operates the vessel, east off Hokkaido. Tug De Song from vessel continued to Cebu on a single said that they were still trying to partners COESS was mobilised from engine. There were no deaths or determine the cause of the fire. -- Shanghai shortly thereafter and injuries to its 620 passengers. The Lloyd's List Correspondent. arrived on site on Apr 28 to connect up cause and extent of the damage was Manila, Sep 20 -- Officials were quick with the casualty, which in the not immediately known, the Coast to rule out terrorism as a cause of the meantime had drifted further east. Guard said. The Coast Guard said fire which broke out inside the engine- Upon having connected up the convoy that it had sent a search and rescue room of ro/ro Our Lady of Fatima headed for South Korea, thereby vessel to escort the vessel to Cebu. -- while on its way to Cebu in central passing the Tsugaru Kaikyo, the Lloyd's List Correspondent. Philippines yesterday. Philippine straits between the islands of Manila, Sep 20 -- Ro/ro Our Lady of Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Armand Hokkaido and Honshu, assisted by tug Fatima, which left the port of Ozamis Balilo said that it was unlikely to be a Kiyosumi on May 3. Despite numerous City at 1900, local time, Sep 18, bound result of a terrorist attack as initial periods of bad weather, up to for Cebu City, caught fire in one of its indications point to mechanical windforce 8-9 (gale-strong gale) Ocean engines about 10 nautical miles from problems as the cause of the fire. A
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Maritime Industry Authority safety 0800, local time, Sep 11. Vessel at SAFE CONCORDIA (Panama) engineer inspecting the fire said that anchor near the Sotong Oil Platform. Sydney, Sep 21 -- Origin Energy's sparks emanating from the main Two persons were in serious condition offshore accommodation vessel for its engine's exhaust manifold caused fire and two others escaped serious injury. gas project in the Bass Strait has to run through the ducting lines of Investigations are underway. -- Lloyd's broken down and is on its way in to ventilating blowers. It still has to be Agents. the port of Melbourne for repair work. determined, however, what caused the Semi-sub HL vessel Safe Concordia sparks, he said. -- Lloyd's List POLYHRONIS (Malta) (16700 gt, built 2005), meant to Correspondent. Ymuiden, Sep 16 -- SvitzerWijsmuller provide accommodation facilities for Manila, Sep 21 -- The Maritime Salvage BV and partners Resolve maintenance and trade staff, arrived Industry Authority, MARINA, said Marine Group successfully completed in the Bass Basin on Monday, (Sep 12). that it has dispatched a safety the salvage operation on bulk Origin Energy spokesman Angus inspection team to conduct a Polyhronis Sep 9 by delivering the Guthrie said today that shortly before preliminary investigation on the cause refloated vessel back to its owners. -- arrival, Safe Concordia, had an of a fire which broke out inside the Wijsmuller Salvage BV. electrical malfunction in one of the engine-room of ro/ro Our Lady of four thrusters used to propel and Fatima. The safety inspection team, RAMFORM CHALLENGER (NIS) position the vessel. On Sunday, (Sep which is based at the MARINA head London, Sep 21 -- Seismographic 18) a second thruster also had a office in Manila, will be flying to Cebu, research Ramform Challenger arrived malfunction. "Over the last week, the where the vessel is now docked. The Rotterdam Sep 18. damage has been assessed, orders for MARINA is the state agency replacement parts placed administering and regulating the ROGER BLOUGH (U.S.A.) internationally and the feasibility of Philippine's maritime industry. Troy, Michigan, Sep 20 -- A report, operating Safe Concordia with only Findings of the safety inspection team dated Sep 18, states: Bulk Walter three thrusters at any one time has will be submitted to a Board of Marine J.McCarthy Jr. (35923 gt, built 1977) been assessed," Mr Guthrie said. It Inquiry made up of representatives of and bulk Roger Blough (22041 gt, built would take at least six weeks to repair the MARINA and the Philippine Coast 1972) came into contact with each the damage to Safe Concordia, Mr Guard. The Board will determine other early Sunday (Sep 18) morning Guthrie said. The vessel will not responsibility for the incident. Based near DeTour village, Michigan on the return to the Yolla platform until on the findings of the Board, the St. Mary's river, which ships transit early November and commissioning of MARINA which is also a quasi-judicial on their way to or from the Soo Locks the project will hopefully occur in body, will impose administrative in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Walter December, Mr Guthrie said. The Bass penalties and sanctions on the J.McCarthy Jr. was heading up bound Strait project is a joint venture offending -- Lloyd's List Correspondent. coming from Lake Huron and Roger partnership between Origin Energy Manila, Sep 22 -- Aboitiz Transport Blough also was up bound coming as operator, Australian Worldwide System vice-president for marketing from Lake Michigan. Conditions in the Exploration, CalEnergy and Wandoo and spokesperson Carol Lozano said area at the time of contact were foggy. Petroleum. Origin warned in July that ro/ro Our Lady of Fatima is The United States Coast Guard that costs at the $450m BassGas presently undergoing repairs to its directed both vessels to go to anchor in venture might blow out by 25% engine at Cebu Port. "Damage to the the Hay Lake anchorage to undergo because of rectification work. The engine was minor so we are expecting inspections. After inspections were construction of the Yolla gas field, 80 the vessel to resume normal complete, both vessels proceeded up miles off the coast from Kilkunda in operations by tomorrow," she said. The bound for the locks with Walter the Bass Strait, has been dogged by vessel's operator, however, said the J.McCarthy Jr. locking up first around delays, Mr Guthrie said. It was due to cause of the fire could still not be 1530, local time and Roger Blough start production in the fourth quarter established. "Our engineers are locking up around 1700. Both vessels of calendar 2006. Once complete it undertaking a thorough inspection of checked out of the river system later will supply 10% of Victorian gas for the engine to determine the exact Sunday night. Walter J.McCarthy Jr. the next 15 years, the company said. - cause of the accident," Lozano said. had some visible scrape marks on her - Lloyd's List Daily Commercial "The company will come out with a paint and Roger Blough had about a News. statement once the inspection is 60 foot crease in the hull above the concluded," she said. -- Lloyd's List waterline. Neither vessel took on any SAFMARINE SOYO (Sri Lanka) Correspondent. water from the incident. -- Great London, Sep 16 -- A Lakes & Seaway Shipping. SvitzerWijsmuller report, dated Jul PACIFIC HOPE (Panama) 15, states: General cargo Safmarine Buenos Aires, Sep 7 -- Bulk Pacific ROSTOK (Russia) Soyo (10478 gt, built 1985) ran Hope arrived Rosario Sep 4 and sailed Bucharest, Sep 19 -- The removal of aground Jul 5 on the Congo River and Sep 5. -- Lloyd's Agents. general cargo Rostok is still in initial attempts to refloat it were progress. Tthe preparations for lifting unsuccessfull. SvitzerWijsmuller PAXOS FLYING DOLPHIN the last wreck piece having reportedly Salvage was then instructed on Jul 8 (Greece) commenced on Sep 13. It is estimated to mobilise its salvage experts to London, Sep 16 -- Lloyd's Casualty that the operations will last a further advise on possibilities to refloat the representatives in Piraeus report : month. -- Lloyd's Agents. vessel. A large salvage tug from Hydrofoil Paxos Flying Dolphin (142 SEMCO, at that stage in South Africa, gt, built 1981) Paxos to Kerkyra, 48 ROTA (Belize) was in the meantime instructed by the passengers on board, sustained Liverpool, Sep 21 -- General cargo owners to proceed towards the damage to the port main engine, Rota (2361 gt, built 1977) was in grounding location as well. Salvage afternoon, Sep 14. Following the contact with the lock gates at specialists from the SvitzerWijsmuller incident, vessel arrived safely at the Liverpool today. The vessel sustained salvage office in South Africa then port of Kerkyra escorted by a patrol no damage, however it is reported that were flown in arriving on board of the boat of the coast guard. The Port there is damage to the lock gates. -- casualty on Jul 12 after which the Authority of Kerkyra prohibited Lloyd's Agents. condition and situation of the casualty departure pending inspection of the were further determined. A salvage repairs and issuance of a class ROTORUA plan was set into motion to be ready maintain certificate. (St. Vincent & Grenadines) upon arrival of tug Salviscount. The London, Sep 20 -- Ro/ro Rotorua SEMCO tug arrived Jul 13 and was PERINTIS (Malaysia) (16075 gt, built 1993) experienced a connected up according to the well- Jakarta, Sep 20 -- The boiler of fire in the engine uptakes while prepared salvage plan during the floating production Perintis exploded shifting berth at Montreal at 1359, morning hours of Jul 14, after which 200 nautical miles north-east of Sep 18. Fire self extinguished shortly the vessel was successfully refloated Terengganu coast, Malaysia, about thereafter. in the afternoon.
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SCOT PIONEER (U.K.) transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) The collision caused a leak in Tata 1 Aalborg, Sep 20 -- General cargo Scot investigation into another collision which let large amounts of water into Pioneer (1587 gt, built 1984) was between a bulk carrier and a the engine chamber. The water, which towed into Frederikshavn 1650, Sep commercial fishing vessel. The flooded the vessel, added 90 tons to 18 by tug Thor, due to a gearbox collision between Greek-flagged bulk the vessel which was already carrying problem. Repairs carried out and Spartia (39783 gt, built 2000) and cray 80 tons of fish. The extra load was too completed yesterday and the vessel fishing vessel Hannah Lee was about heavy for the vessel to bear, which sailed at 1615 yesterday for Inverness. 17 miles off Cape Bouvard, Western made it sink in under 10 minutes. -- Lloyd's Agents. Australia, on Apr 15, 2005. It is the Fortunately, the crew managed to 23rd collision between ships and escape Tata 1 and join the other SEA ELEGANCE (Vanuatu) fishing vessels that ATSB has vessel. The reasons for the collision Kolkata, Sep 22 -- Bulk Sea Elegance investigated since 1990 and failure to are not clear. has now taken berth at Haldia port for keep a proper lookout has been the purpose of loading iron ore. On identified as a factor in each of those TENACITAS (North Korea) completion of loading, it will proceed incidents. In this case the ATSB found Istanbul, Sep 16 -- General cargo to next port in China. Repair work to that Spartia had detected the fishing Tenacitas completed repairs by its own the damaged crane has not been done vessel on radar about 20 minutes means and sailed Canakkale at 2030, at Haldia. -- Lloyd's Agents. before the collision and maintained its local time, Sep 13, on completion of course and speed in accordance with inspection/formalities. -- Lloyd's SHAN HAI (China) international collision regulations as Agents. London, Sep 16 -- A press report, Hannah Lee was on the bulker's port dated Sep 15, states: A crane operator side. Hannah Lee's skipper was THOR R. (Denmark) from a local stevedore company was preoccupied with keeping his vessel on London, Sep 16 -- Trailing suction killed yesterday when the ships crane course and failed to see Spartia before hopper dredge Thor R. arrived and which he was operating on bulk Shan the collision, the ATSB said. When it sailed Esbjerg Aug 30. Hai (27585 gt, built 1998) fractured became obvious to Spartia's bridge and collapsed. The COSCO ship was team that Hannah Lee was not going TMM OAXACA working a cargo of steel products at to give way, the master ordered (Antigua & Barbuda) Durban's A berth on the Point at the avoiding action," the ATSB said. "This Veracruz, Sep 15 -- Understand c.c. time but has since been detained from manoeuvre was ineffective and TMM Oaxaca is expected to complete sailing pending an official enquiry. Hannah Lee hit Spartia a short time main engine repairs this week and Shan Hai was originally expected to later." No-one was injured in the undergo sea trials next week. -- sail early next week. (Note -- Shan collision and there was no resultant Lloyd's Agents. Hai arrived Durban Sep 14.) pollution, ATSB found. Investigators Veracruz, Sep 16 -- Owner's found that the lookout kept by Superintendent of c.c. TMM Oaxaca SIROCCO (Netherlands) Hannah Lee's skipper was "manifestly informed us that the assembly of the London, Sep 21 -- General cargo inadequate". "In addition, his vessel's main engine was completed on Sirocco (3991 gt, built 2004), cargo judgement, actions and situational Sep 14. Various adjustments were bauxite, upbound, grounded between awareness, with regard to what was completed on Sep 16 and the vessel is the buoys C6 and C8 in the happening around his vessel were now on dock trials. It is supposed to go Beauharnois canal at 2348, Jun 25. affected by fatigue," investigators on sea trials Sep 17 and 18. If (Note -- Sirocco arrived Montreal Jun said. The ATSB also concluded that everything turns out well, the vessel 27. Vessel arrived New Orleans Jul 12 Spartia's collision avoidance action will shift to the ICAVE container and sailed Jul 17.) was "too little, too late". The report terminal on Sep 19 to load containers recommends that state and territory for various Central and South SOLKA 2 (Russia) marine authorities consider reviewing American ports and depart Veracruz London, Sep 16 -- General cargo work practices on fishing vessels with on Sep 20. -- Lloyd's Agents. Solka 2 (2457 gt, built 1970) bound a view to establishing fatigue Randers, touched the Oddesund bridge management guidelines. -- Lloyd's List TRADER (Antigua & Barbuda) in the Limfjord, Sep 13. As pilot is Daily Commercial News. Malaga, Sep 22 -- General cargo compulsory for vessel on more than Trader had engine damage and was to 299 grt passing the bridge, Solka 2 STURDY FALCON (Vietnam) proceed to Malaga, but the damage was awaiting the pilot. He was a little East London, Sep 19 -- General cargo worsened and the vessel had to be late and the vessel was too close to the Sturdy Falcon (8414 gt, built 1980) towed to Cartagena where arrived on bridge when the master discovered the with a full cargo of bagged rice from Aug 29. The cargo is 178 tonnes of heavy current in the area. The pilot, Vietnam to West African ports, docked steel profiles. -- Lloyd's Agents. who had boarded and the captain tried East London on Sep 8. The vessel was to manoeuvre the vessel away from taking water in No. 1 hold from TRANSFER (Antigua & Barbuda) the bridge. They did not succeed as the damage to the port shell plating A Belize City, Sep 15 -- Part c.c. vessel turned the side of the vessel on cement box was constructed by the Transfer is still in the same position, the bridge. The bridge sustained some crew, which stemmed the inflow of and there has been no change in the damage and the vessel sustained some water and the vessel put into East vessel's situation. -- Lloyd's Agents. dents to the superstructure. The London for discharge of cargo from the bridge was closed for a couple of hold and subsequent repair Cargo UMFOLOZI (Cyprus) hours. discharge was completed on Sep 18 Cape Town, Sep 19 -- Understand Aalborg, Sep 21 -- General cargo and repairs are due to commence on that c.c. Umfolozi (8328 gt, built 1982) Solka 2 drifted into the Oddesund Sep 20. -- Lloyd's Sub-agents. was involved in a collision with a bridge, Limfjord, at 1032, Sep 13. No dredger during the night of 16/17 Sep serious damage was caused to either TANJA (Madeira) when leaving Walvis Bay. The vessel bridge or vessel. Vessel recommenced London, Sep 16 -- General cargo returned to an allocated quayside voyage immediately and bridge was Tanja arrived Nantes Sep 2 and sailed where it sank alongside. -- Lloyd's re-opened after approximately two Sep 5. Agents. hours after everything was checked. London, Sep 19 -- A press report, Vessel is still trading as normal, and TATA 1 (Morocco) dated Sep 17, states: C.c. Umfolozi, on bridge working without problems. -- London, Sep 21 -- A press report, charter to Durban-based Ocean Africa Lloyd's Agents. dated Sep 20, states: Fishing Tata 1 Container Lines, was in collision with (314 gt, built 1976) sank in Laayoune's the National Ports Authority trailing SPARTIA (Greece) high seas South of Morocco on suction hopper dredge Ingwenya (4420 Sydney, Sep 21 -- Poor lookout Saturday (Sep 17) after it ran against gt, built 1981) outside Walvis Bay at practice has again been singled out as fishing Alif (433 gt, built 1990), approximately 2355, Sep 16. There a major factor in an Australian reported the Moroccan daily Assabah. were no injuries or fatalities to crew
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10 Marine/Piracy on either vessel, both of which spill had been in place soon enough to 25 passengers were forwarded to their managed to return to harbour, where keep the oil from being swept to Bird destination on board another vessel of Umfolozi has gone alongside berth 7 Island, about five kilometres north of the same line. On Sep 16 the Port and from where the discharging of its the harbour. The current windless Authority of Igoumenitsa permitted cargo of 225 TEUs has begun. The conditions could prove to be an departure Vivi L. following repair of vessel has been holed and is flooded advantage in cleaning up the spill, the damages and survey by the but is currently sitting in a safe since the oil would remain mostly in Marine Inspectorate of Igoumenitsa. position on its bottom at the shallow one spot, but wind could on the other berth, with its decks and hand help in the cleansing process WALTER J.MCCARTHY JR. superstructure above the waterline. because it would break up big patches (U.S.A.) Fuel is leaking from a rupture in the into smaller tar balls which would be See Roger Blough. tanks but this has been contained by easier to suck up with the equipment means of booms surrounding the used. Another environmentalist, WAVE CHAIN vessel. Umfolozi is carrying 220 Keith Wearne, Chairman of the See Minerva Nike. tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 115 Coastal Environmental Trust of tonnes of marine diesel oil. A clean- Namibia, said there was currently no WU SHAN (China) up operation has begun. The cause for environmental concern. He See Chaoyangping No.8. container ship had sailed from Walvis said the spill had successfully been Bay bound for Cape Town at 2300, contained within the booms in the YEOMAN BRIDGE (Bahamas) Sep 16. A spokesman for Ocean Africa harbour. There was no sign of spillage See "Outbreak of Virus on Bahamas Container Lines said that the entering the lagoon. Also, since Bird Flag Vessel" under "Miscellaneous." company was confident of Island is elevated on stilts above the maintaining existing services. He water, there was no reason to fear said Ocean Africa had recently taken that the population of birds would be ZWERVER (Belgium) See Aegean Breeze. the container ship Louis on charter as affected, he said. an "additional" vessel and there was London, Sep 20 -- A press report, also another new charter vessel to be dated Sep 19, states: Cleanup named Limpopo which is due to operations are underway at Walvis arrive towards the end of October. It Bay after 100 tonnes of oil leaked is understood that damage to from trhe holed c.c. Umfolozi. The Ingwenya, which is normally ship was in collision with railing stationed at Richards Bay but was suction hopper dredge Ingwenya contracted to undertake dredging at shortly before midnight Sep 16 and the Namibian port, is not regarded as barely made it back to harbour before serious and the vessel is in no settling on its bottom alongside the SOMALIA immediate danger. container terminal. The vessel has a London, Sep 20 -- A press report, London, Sep 19 -- A press report, large fracture on its starboard side dated Sep 19, states: The Somali dated today, states: A clean-up and is now subject to tidal flow in all pirates who hijacked Kenyan- operation to limit possible holds and the engine-room. The cargo registered general cargo Semlow environmental damage is underway of 225 TEUs has however been laden with food aid off the north- at Walvis Bay after c.c. Umfolozi and removed from the flooded vessel. eastern coast of Somalia have let it trailing suction hopper dredge Meanwhile port and environmental dock at a port north of Mogadiscio, Ingwenya collided in the harbour on authorities are busy contending with the UN food agency WFP confirmed Friday night. About 100 tonnes of the spilled fuel oil, the ship was today. "We can confirm that the vessel heavy fuel (HFO) and diesel spilled carrying 220 tonnes of HFO and 115 has docked in the port of El Maan," into the sea. The collision occurred tonnes of MDO, which began leaking said WFP spokesperson McGuffin by within port limits at around midnight immediately after the collision. Booms telephone. The crew of the vessel on Friday when Umfolozi was have been laid around the vessel and consists of eight Kenyans, a heading for Cape Town, and Namibian anti-pollution vessel Tanzanian engineer and a Sri Lankan Ingwenya, was on its way into the Nataniel Maxuilili is assisting with captain. The Somali pirates, who Walvis Bay harbour. Umfolozi, the cleanup operation. have been holding the vessel for over carrying some 335 tonnes of fuel oil, London, Sep 20 -- Understand two months, reportedly told a Somali was struck on its starboard side, salvage services are being rendered to radio station that they would leave ripping a large hole in the wing fuel c.c. Umfolozi by Smit Marine South the vessel after its cargo has been tanks. There was no loss of life or Africa (Pty) Ltd under Lloyd's Open offloaded and handed over the injury reported on either ship. A Form 2000. transitional government and that Namibian Ports Authority London, Sep 22 -- A press report, their allies would supervise the spokesperson said the spill was dated Sep 21, states: The report of distribution of the food to residents of contained with barriers. Clean-up Sep 19 that all 220 containers have operations are currently underway been removed from the holed c.c. central Somalia. McGuffin said the with the help of the Namibian patrol Umfolozi is not correct. According to UN agency had negotiated with El vessel NataniÎl Maxuilili, which an informant, 128 containers still Maan port authorities through the carries the necessary equipment. remain in the holds of the vessel, Somalia transitional government to Umfolozi has been stabilised along a which lies alongside berth 7 at Walvis guarantee the free passage of food to side berth after it took on water. By Bay. The holds are flooded and subject the central region. The Semlow was yesterday morning, the process of to tidal flow as the vessel sits on the hijacked on Jun 27 between salving its cargo and fuel had begun. harbour seabed with only its decks Haradhere and Hobyo, some 400 km The extent of the damage to Ingwenya and superstructure clear of the water north-east of Mogadiscio, on its way has not been fully determined yet, at high tide. to the Gulf of Aden port of Bossaso, in but it was classified as "superficial". the self-declared autonomous region Representatives of the owner of VIVI L. (Greece) of Puntland. The WFP had announced Umfolozi were expected at Walvis Bay London, Sep 16 -- Lloyd's Casualty a breakthrough in the negotiations on yesterday. According to Ministry of representatives in Piraeus report: Aug 6 only for the pirates to renege Environment and Tourism Chief During the morning of Sep 15, while later forcing the UN to renew appeal Warden Rod Braby, it is hard to ferry Vivi L. (983 gt, built 1977) was for the release of the hostages. The estimate the possible damage to the making preparations to depart from vessel had been chartered by the marine ecology because of limited Igoumenitsa for Paxos, the vessel WFP to deliver some 850 tons of rice information. He said seals, penguins sustained damage to the port main to survivors of the Dec 26 Indian and cormorants would most likely be engine. Following the incident the Ocean tsunami, which devastated first to be affected but he hoped that vessel was prohibited to depart much of the country's north-eastern booms large enough to contain the pending inspection of the repairs. The coastline.
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Government says it believes a announced it was offering $1m to quantity of reef fish and shark fin is "cover eventual fines if a new court on board the boats. The 15 crew picked case shows Mirna lacked valid up off WA are being brought back to documentation for transport in Broome and are expected to arrive in Indonesia". The East Java High Court the next couple of days. had previously ordered the navy to escort the Mirna from port in JERBA (Tunisia) Surabaya after ruling in favour of the ABBER 32 (Panama) Bizerta, Sep 19 -- Understand from company at a court hearing in May. London, Sep 21 -- The Indonesian the Port Authority that general cargo Company director Zlatko Mokovic on authorities are continuing to arrest Jerba is still under arrest at Ml Friday (Sep 16) confirmed the firm tankers as the country cracks down on Bourguiba, and there are presently no had made the $1m payment so the fuel smuggling. The Panama- prospects of the vessel's release. -- vessel could leave port. But he added: registered tanker Abber 32 was Lloyd's Sub-agents. "We still maintain that our crew did detained at the port of Batu Ampur in nothing illegal, which has already Batam early on Monday morning (Sep MASAI (Togo) been proved in one court ruling." The 19) with a cargo of 50 tonnes of Vigo, Sep 19 -- According to the latest vessel was escorted to international subsidised diesel fuel, the Jakarta Port Authority list, dated today, waters and began heading towards Post reported. The vessel had been fishing Masai is still at Marin. -- Singapore. Mr Mokovic said the ship's monitored over the past three months. Lloyd's Agents. master and crew had been in touch with the company and that all of them AFRICAN PRIDE (Panama) MAWASHI AL-GASSEEM (Kuwait) "were doing well". The storming of the London, Sep 15 -- Twelve Russian Adelaide, Sep 19 -- Livestock Mirnahad led to high-level diplomatic seafarers, facing oil smuggling Mawashi Al-Gasseem is under arrest talks with Croatian President Stipe allegations in Nigeria, have been under a Federal Court order and is to Mesic becoming involved in released on bail, after the Russian be disposed of by tender, which closes negotiations with Indonesian embassy posted guarantees. However, Oct 18. The Federal Court has authorities to have the vessel the crew of Greek-owned product appointed Braemair Seascape to act as released. tanker African Pride still face a court brokers. -- Lloyd's Agents. hearing in October, Russian news PATMOS (Greece) agency ITAR-Tass reports. The MIRNA (Croatia) Piraeus, Sep 15 -- Passenger ro/ro accused, who have been held since London, Sep 16 -- A press report, Patmos remains under detention. Its' October 2003, will stay on the dated today, states: Croatian general auction has been postponed premises of the Russian trade mission cargo Mirna departed yesterday from indefinitely. -- Lloyd's Agents. in Lagos. A Russian official told ITAR- Tanjung Perak harbor in Surabaya, Tass: "All conditions have been putting an end to diplomatic tension RODOS (Greece) created for the Russians. Their over its detainment for allegedly Piraeus, Sep 15 -- Ro/ro Rodos relatives are expecting their return. transporting illegally loggedtimber out remains under detention. Its auction All the issues regarding their stay and of the country. It was decided the ship has been postponed indefinitely. -- medical assistance to them have been could leave the harbor after its owner Lloyd's Agents. resolved." agreed to pay Rp 10 billion (US$1 million) as a security deposit. "We SENTINEL (Comoros) DANAPRIS 6 (Ukraine) finally received a permit from the Genoa, Sep 21 -- General cargo Naples, Sep 13 -- General cargo Attorney General's Office to allow the Sentinel is still under court arrest at Danapris 6 has left Naples roads for ship to set sail to carry out repair Genoa. -- Lloyd's Agents. Kherson and therefore no long under work. The Croatian ship has been arrest. -- Lloyd's List. involved in a lengthy legal battle with ST.TROPEZ (Bahamas) Indonesian officials since August London, Sep 16 -- Passenger DIAGORAS (Greece) 2004, when it was stopped in Papua by St.Tropez, arrested in Florida in June, Piraeus, Sep 15 -- Passenger ro/ro the navy after loading merbau logs after months of legal wrangling, was Diagoras remains under detention. Its and was found to have incorrect finally auctioned for $3.8m on Tuesday auction has been postponed papers. The ship was then taken to (Sep 13), with giant shipmanager indefinitely. -- Lloyd's Agents. East Java as the case was being tried V.Ships outbidding 11 other parties in at the Surabaya court. Foreign a courthouse auction in Miami. INDONESIAN FISHING VESSELS ministry official Hazairan Pohan said Sources suggested tension is likely to DETAINED BY AUSTRALIA the decision to let the ship go did not surface among the various claimants London, Sep 21 -- A press report, change its legal status. "The court to the $3.8m realised from the sale, dated today, states: A warning shot proceedings will continue but the ship which is insufficient to pay off all had to be fired during the capture of can set sail," he said, adding that the creditors. Crew wage claims totalled illegal fishing boats in Australia's ship would return if required in the some $300,000 at last count. V.Ships northern waters yesterday. Nearly 20 trial. He said the deposit money was a was believed to be fronting for Indonesian boats, suspected of illegal precaution in case the court found the unidentified buying interests, said to fishing, managed to flee authorities. ship's owner guilty and he was be Asia-based. Daniel Chui, managing Three vessels were apprehended, 60 ordered to pay a fine. director for V.Ships (Asia Pacific) Pte nautical miles west of Cape Leveque London, Sep 19 -- Croatian Ltd in Singapore, won the auction, but but the rest managed to escape. shipowner Losinjska Plovidba has said neither he nor the firm's attorney Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald says its general cargo Mirna has been revealed the identity of the buyer. The about the same time four larger "ice" released from port in Indonesia after buyer wants to remain "very, very boats were caught off Arnhem Land. paying a $1m "bail" to local confidential". V.Ships has until today "Two of the vessels apprehended off authorities. Mirna was stormed by to close the purchase. Informed the Wessels did have GPS units on soldiers and its master and crew held sources said that St.Tropez would be board and one of them did attempt to at gunpoint last month just before it moved to south-east Asia. Division of get under way and a single warning was due to sail from port in Surabaya. the cash is currently in the cross-claim shot was fired before it allowed itself The vessel has been at the centre of a stage between the claimants and could to be apprehended by the Australian legal dispute since last August when end up being litigated if anticipated authorities and the other three vessels Indonesian officials claimed the mediation efforts fail. Such a did stop when ordered to do so," he logging vessel was using improper denouement would add to the drama said. Mr Macdonald says the boats travel documents. Losinjska Plovidba that has surrounded St.Tropez ever appeared to be working as a team.The management initially said it would since its owner, Florida Entertainment boats and their crew will be taken to sue the Indonesian authorities over LLC, filed for bankruptcy protection in Broome and Darwin. The Federal the seizure of the vessel but later February, in hopes of staving off an
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12 Seizures & Arrests/Pollution arrest action initiated by one of the from the fire site reporting their rice London, Sep 19 -- A press report, vessel's many creditors, the food and fields and ponds filled with a greasy dated today, states: Fire raged out of beverage concessionaire Admiral layer," Bhuban Dutta, a community control at an oil well in northeastern Cruises, which claimed it was owed leader in Dikom, said. More than India for a sixth day today, forcing $1.6m. Several intervening claimants 3,000 people were evacuated and state-run Oil India Ltd. to close down joined along the way, including lodged at makeshift shelters with civil 30 nearby wells, a company official mortgage-holder Nordea Bank, which authorities providing food and said. A team from Houston-based claimed $6m. Following a court order medicines. "We informed OIL Boots & Coots International Well authorising the vessel's arrest in authorities Tuesday (Sep 13) morning Control Inc., which specialises in June, even the bankruptcy trustee that there was a leakage in the well," extinguishing oil well fires, was at the joined the list of parties claiming a said Ranjit Dutta, leader of a local non site waiting for heavy pressure pumps, share of the sale proceeds. National governmental organisation called Save said J.K. Talukdar, who heads the oil Maritime Services of Fort Lauderdale, Dikom. Police said local firefighters company's eastern India operations. the substitute custodian appointed by arrived with 25 trucks yesterday The equipment was likely to arrive the US marshal, has so far spent afternoon, but were unable to move later this week at the Dekom oil field, $914,000 on the upkeep of St.Tropez. very close to the well with the fire where nearly 300 firefighters and oil The figure is expected to rise to $1m, raging. workers were battling to put out the at $6,000 a day, by the time the buyer London, Sep 17 -- A press report, fire, Talukdar said. The company was takes the ship away, said a company dated today, states: American experts suffering heavy production losses spokesman. He said the buyer has along with an ONGC crisis- because the 30 wells nearby have been requested the firm to continue management team were making all- shut down for safety reasons. The oil maintaining the vessel for up to out efforts today to put out the raging field, 345 miles east of Gauhati, the another month. National Maritime fire at the Oil India Ltd oil well in capital of Assam state, produces 3.5 Services' claim, by virtue of being upper Assam. OIL spokesman million tons of crude annually. deemed as a court cost, would be paid Prashanta Borkotoky said 'that the Authorities evacuated 5,000 people out first. Meanwhile, it is up to the two experts from American company from villages and a tea estate in the remaining creditors to fashion out a Boots and Coots ever since they area last week. There were no compromise on the remaining cash. arrived last night were working casualties. The crew is claiming priority for its round-the-clock to douse the flames at claim. The original crew of St.Tropez, Dikom in Dibrugarh district. OIL is BRITTANY, FRANCE about 150, mostly Filipinos, is now providing back-up support and London, Sep 21 -- A press report, down to about 25. equipment. A huge pond was being dated today, states: The owner of c.c. dug near the fire site for storing water Maersk Barcelona (33400 gt, built to use it as a `jet cutter' whereby a jet 1976) suspected of causing pollution of water at high pressure would take will have to provide a guarantee of the flame to one side and cut off its Euro 500,000 so that the ship can oxygen supply to finally extinguish it, leave the port of Brest where it was Borkotoky said. Describing this as a diverted. Maersk Barcelona was highly-specialised job, he said the spotted yesterday by a plane of the flames leaping to over 60 feet were customs with hydrocarbon traces in its expected to be extinguished within one wake stretching over a length of 61 ASSAM, INDIA week. He said there was no cut down kms and 100 metres broad. The ship London, Sep 16 -- A press report, in the production of crude oil and was diverted yesterday evening to dated today, states: A team of US oil supply to the refineries as well as gas Brest where it arrived under escort fire experts were due to arrive in a supply to the Assam Gas Company, tea this morning.(Note -- Maersk remote corner of north-east India gardens and domestic piped gas Barcelona had sailed Antwerp Sep 19 today to cap a well spilling crude oil consumers. The oil well produced only for Gioia Tauro.) and to douse a towering blaze, officials about 70 kilo litre of Oil, while 1,200 London, Sep 21 -- C.c. Maersk said. A spokesman for Oil India plus kilo litres of crude oil was Barcelona was escorted by a French Limited said the fire began yesterday produced in the state per day and such navy vessel into Brest this morning on and raged overnight near Dikom. "A there was no shortage of either crude suspicion of having caused pollution at team of American petroleum experts or gas, he said adding the oil sea 160km west of tip of the Brittany from Boots and Coots are arriving at refineries in the state were peninsula. Maersk Barcelona , which the fire site this afternoon," OIL functioning normally. The 500 is being used by Maersk on time spokesman Prasanta Barkakati said families, mostly from the nearby tea charter, was on its way from Antwerp from company headquarters in gardens, were initially evacuated as a to Gioia Tauro when it was spotted Duliajan, eastern Assam. Houston, safety measure. As a thorough survey ysterday by a French customs service Texas-based Boots and Coots of the surrounding area showed there aircraft at the head of a slick of International Well Control, Inc. is a was no gas leakage and danger of discoloured water late yesterday leading company dealing with oil and outbreak of fire, he said, most of the afternoon. The maritime prefecture in gas well blowouts and fires. evacuated people had returned home. Brest claimed that the slick, which it "Hundreds of fire fighters worked A seven-member ONGC fire estimated to be 61 kilometres long and throughout the night to bring the extinguishing team and equipment 100 metres wide, was the biggest blaze under control, using water had also been requisitioned from pollution slick ever spotted in the area cannons and foam," Barkakati said. Bombay High. Over 50 fire-tenders and the vessel was ordered into port "The fire is still raging. The heat from OIL, ONGC, IOC, Assam Gas by the Brest public prosecutor. The generated from the oil well fire is Company, state fire service, vessel's manager V.Ships said that it believed to about 2,000 degrees NEEPCO, IAF and army were was waiting for the French authorities Celsius (about 3,600 degrees battling continuously to keep the to complete the investigation which Fahrenheit) and hence it is not leaping flames from spreading until got under way following the arrival of possible right now for our workers to the global experts arrived yesterday. the ship in Brest to talk to the vessel's cap the oil spill," OIL's group general The devastating fire had broken out Ukrainian master. A spokesman said manager J.K. Talukdar said. "We hope in oil well no.15 at Dikom on that, for the moment, it was not clear the foreign team of experts would be Thursday causing largescale oil if something had gone wrong onboard able to do something." The cause of spillage and an oppressive heat of the vessel and, if it had, what. French the fire had not been determined. 2000 degree celsius. The towering investigators are concentrating their Witnesses reported flames rising to 12 inferno could be seen for several attention on the vesselÌs oily water metres. "The oil spill and the kilometres away and the sky in the separator which was functioning subsequent fire has started affecting area was blackened with thick smoke, shortly before the incident occurred.. the locals with villagers as far as two ashes and debris besides crude oil Tests carried out after the arrival of to three kilometers (one-two miles) covering the ground. the vessel in port yesterday indicated
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13 Pollution/Weather & Navigation that it was working correctly but there possibility of a malfunction. The following this morning's wild storm. were reports that an alarm had gone separator was shut down after the Many of the calls are from Subiaco off onboard the vessel, indicating the alarm sounded but was thought to where winds have ripped off roofs, possibility of a malfunction. The have been functioning for about two uprooted trees and brought down separator was shut down after the hours. The Maersk group yesterday power lines. Western Power says over alarm sounded but was thought to confirmed that Maersk Barcelona had 100 customers are without power but have been functioning for about two entered the port of Brest at the it should be restored within the next hours. request of the French authorities but couple of hours. A high voltage line Brest, Sep 21 -- At about 1700, local pointed out that the vessel was not has also been brought down by trees in time, Sep 20, c.c. Maersk Barcelona owned or crewed by Maersk Sealand. the hills suburb of Bickley. The was off Brittany, about 90 miles to the It said that all enquiries should go, Bureau of Meteorology says some west of Sein Island, when it was flown therefore, to the designated areas have been hit by winds of over over by a French customs aircraft, representatives of the vessel's owner, 100 kilometres-per-hour. SES which noticed the presence of oil Munia Mobiliengesellschaft. spokesman Darryl Ott says most of the residues lying in the wake of the damage is in the northern suburbs. vessel over 61 kilometres long and BUZZARDS BAY, "The areas effected predominantly are about 100 metres wide. The Public MASSACHUSETTS, up around the Padbury Kingsley area, Prosecutors Office of Brest was UNITED STATES Subiaco and Ocean Reef - Subiaco advised accordingly and required the London, Sep 21 -- A press report, appears to be the worst-hit at vessel to immediately divert towards dated today, states: The only person to present," he said. Brest. The vessel obeyed the orders of be criminally charged in the April London, Sep 18 -- A press report, the French navy and arrived at Brest 2003 oil spill in Buzzards Bay has dated today, states: The wild weather on Sep 21. A guarantee will now be been sentenced to five months in that buffeted south-east Queensland claimed by the High Court of Brest to federal prison. Franklin Hill, a yesterday has passed without causing release the vessel. -- Lloyd's Agents. tugboat mate, pleaded guilty in May to major damage. More than 100,000 London, Sep 22 -- A French violating the Clean Water Act and the consumers were left without power prosecutor yesterday ordered payment Migratory Bird Treaty Act. He was when wind gusts of more than 90 of E500,000 ($600,000) bail as the sentenced yesterday by Magistrate kilometres-per-hour lashed the region condition for the release of a Judge Robert Collings, who said Hill's from Friday night (Sep 16). The State containership suspected of having conduct rose to the level of Emergency Service responded to more caused pollution 160 km west of the "recklessness." In a letter to the court, than 50 calls for help, although there Brittany peninsula. The 2,328 teu c.c. Hill said he took responsibility for his were no reports of major damage. Maersk Barcelona, which is owned by negligence and would be (quote) a German KG company and is being "forever sorry." The 53-year-old BAY OF BENGAL used by Maersk Sealand on time Jacksonville, Florida man was a mate London, Sep 20 -- A press report, charter, was brought into the port of on the tug which was pulling a barge dated today, states: Six fishermen are Brest under naval escort yesterday (B. No.120)carrying fuel oil into the missing and around 12,000 after having been spotted by a French Cape Cod Canal. The tug and barge Bangladeshi villagers have been customs service aircraft at the head of veered off course and hit a rock forced to flee their homes after rough a slick of discoloured water late on outcropping, ripping a hole in the weather hit the Bay of Bengal and Tuesday afternoon (Sep 20). The bottom of the barge. The resulting tidal waves of up to 1.3 m swamped maritime prefecture in Brest claimed spill of up to 98,000 gallons of oil some coastal villages, officials said. that the slick, which it estimated to be killed hundreds of shore birds and Nearly 10,000 people took refuge in 61 km long and 100 m wide, was the closed shellfish beds in Buzzards Bay. cyclone shelters near their homes biggest pollution slick so far spotted in when a levee was breached in a low- the area. The order to come into port lying area of the southern Sandwip was given by the public prosecutor in island yesterday, said Golam Rabbani, Brest, who has jurisdiction for head of the Chittagong Red Crescent deliberate pollution offences in the branch. Relief officials also evacuated Atlantic sector of France's exclusive a further 2,000 people from the economic zone. Maersk Barcelona's southern district of Barguna after technical manager, V.Ships Hamburg, floodwater up to four feet deep said yesterday evening that the vessel inundated their homes, said Shamsul had undergone a full flag state AUSTRALIA Alam, the district relief officer. Two inspection, including inspection of its London, Sep 17 -- A press report, trawlers with a total of 20 crew on oily water separator, in Antwerp on dated today, states: More than 3,500 board capsized. Fourteen men were Sep 19 and that no deficiencies had homes in Brisbane and the Sunshine rescued by another boat although six been found. It added that the vessel's Coast are still without power after a are still missing, Alam added. "We owners and managers were anxious to line of storms moved across south-east also have other reports that some find the true cause of the pollution Queensland last night. Winds reached deep-sea fishing trawlers did not and were co-operating fully with the 90 kilometres-per-hour at the storm's return to their landing stations but we French authorities. There was no peak. Windblown branches and debris think they might have anchored at indication as to whether or not the brought down powerlines and caused remote islands or in other coastal vessel's Ukrainian master had been power interruptions to more than areas," he added. Relief officials said charged, but the fact that bail has 45,000 homes. But Energex conditions in the Bay of Bengal were been imposed suggests that the spokesman Christian Dale says the rough yesterday due to a depression prosecutor considers that there is a storms have not been as bad as the which earlier hit the coast of India's case to answer. A spokesman said company had expected. "So far the Orissa state. In the coastal district of that, for the moment, it was not clear damage hasn't been too severe or Cox's Bazar, some fishing trawlers had if something had gone wrong aboard intense, currently we only have about also failed to report to their landing the vessel and, if it had, what. French 3,500 customers affected," he said. stations. District relief officials said investigators are understood to be Bureau of Meteorology spokesman they did not intend to list them as concentrating their attention on the Brian Rollstone says there has also missing yet as they expected them to vessel's oily water separator, which been some rain. "It was a line of heavy turn up. Depression-induced tidal was functioning shortly before the showers that moved very fast through surges are a regular occurrence in incident occurred. Tests carried out the south-east," he said. The weather Bangladesh's coastal areas which are after the arrival of the vessel in port bureau says winds are expected to home to 20 million. yesterday indicated that it was ease this afternoon. State Emergency Hyderabad, Sep 20 -- A severe storm working correctly but there were Service (SES) volunteers in Western ripped through southern India, killing reports that an alarm had gone off Australia are attending to over 50 at least 18 people and leaving some aboard the vessel, indicating the calls in the Perth metropolitan area 50,000 homeless, officials said today.
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Hundreds of trees and electricity poles partially submerged in the coastal villages in the southern region of the were uprooted by strong winds and districts. Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Balkan state, the civil defence said. -- heavy overnight rains which triggered Minister Crop Raghuveera Reddy said Reuters. flooding in the coastal districts of the rains accompanied by buffeting Andhra Pradesh state. Most of the winds had caused damage worth 180 HURRICANE "JOVA" victims were either electrocuted or billion rupees ($420 million) to crops, London, Sep 16 -- Following received died in house collapses, officials said. state facilities and homes. Reddy, in a from the Meteorological Office, dated The airport in the port city of memorandum to Prime Minister today: Hurricane "Kenneth" centre Visakhapatnam, 525 km east of Manmohan Singh, who is visiting located near lat 13.0N, long 122.6W at Hyderabad, was closed because the Andhra Pradesh, also sought federal 0900, UTC, today. Position accurate runway was partially flooded. "All assistance of 120 billion rupees. within 25 nautical miles. Present traffic, rail, road and air, has been "Apart from the financial assistance movement toward the west or 275 suspended on the east coast for the we have also sought 1.2 million tonnes degrees at nine knots. Maximum next 24 hours in view of heavy rainfall of rice and the prime minister's sustained winds 70 knots with gusts to predicted under the influence of the response was quite positive," chief 85 knots. Forecast position lat 13.2, cyclone," said Shashank Goel, a top minister Reddy added. The torrent long 123.7W at 1800, UTC, today. state disaster management official. submerged roads and rail tracks as Maximum winds 75 knots, gusts 90 Coast guard boats were searching for winds flattened tens of thousands of knots. Forecast position lat 13.5N, dozens of missing fishermen who did trees and power poles, witnesses said. long 125.0W at 0600, UTC, Sep 17. not return to shore yesterday. Low- Officials sounded a flood alert after Maximum winds 85 knots, gusts 105 lying colonies in many small towns opening the sluice gates of a brimming knots. have been flooded, Goel said. reservoir in the state's Vijaywada London, Sep 22 -- Following received "Helicopters have been rushed to the district, where a levee on the swirling from the Meteorological Office: districts to rescue people stranded on Krishna river burst yesterday and Hurricane "Jova": Hurricane centre housetops and trees," he added. flooded the township of Ajitnagar. The located near lat 19.0N, long 147.7W, at Officials said they were bracing for airport in the port city of 0900, UTC, Sep 22. Position accurate more rain in the region although the Vishakapatnam was closed for the to within 45 nautical miles. Present storm itself had substantially third straight day yesterday, the air movement towards the north-north- weakened. -- Reuters. force said, adding that military west, or 330 deg, at seven knots. London, Sep 21 -- A press report, helicopters were evacuating marooned Diameter of eye 10 nautical miles. dated today, states: More than 40 people. In Orissa the administration Maximum sustained winds 90 knots people have been killed and hundreds evacuated 12,000 people from low- with gusts to 110 knots. Radius of 64- are unaccounted for in fierce storms lying areas in 10 of the state's 30 knot winds 25 nautical miles north and severe flooding in the Bay of districts, said revenue secretary semicircle, 20 nautical miles Bengal since the weekend (Sep 17-18). Tarunkanti Mishra. He said more elsewhere. Radius of 50-knot winds 55 At least 1,000 fishermen are said to be than 25,000 hectares of crops had nautical miles north-east quadrant, 50 missing in the sea off Bangladesh. been destroyed due to rains which nautical miles north-west quadrant, Indian authorities say hundreds are have lashed the state since Friday 45 nautical miles south-east quadrant missing and dozens were killed in (Sep 16). The weather office in the and 40 nautical miles south-west India's Andhra Pradesh state. Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar quadrant. Radius of 34-knot winds 110 Thousands of people there are forecast more rain for the province in nautical miles north-east quadrant, homeless after monsoon rains swelled the next 48 hours. Coastguard ships 100 nautical miles north-west rivers and inundated villages, were scouring the bay for 73 quadrant, 95 nautical miles south-east disrupting roads and trains, as well as fishermen reported missing from the quadrant and 85 nautical miles south- power supplies. The weekend's storms two southern states. The lashing rains west quadrant. Radius of 12-foot seas brought heavy rains and caused the spilled into the southernmost state of 180 nautical miles north-west sea to rise up to 3m (10ft) in coastal Tamil Nadu, disrupting rail services. quadrant, 160 nautical miles north- areas along the Bay of Bengal. In The storm also swept across West east quadrant, 110 nautical miles Orissa state in eastern India, 11,000 Bengal state, flooding islets dotting south-east quadrant and 95 nautical people were evacuated from low-lying the Sundarban mangrove forests off miles south-west quadrant. Forecast areas. State Revenue Minister the bay. In southern Bangladesh tidal for 0600, UTC, Sep 20: Position lat Manmohan Samal told the BBC that waves of up to four feet Monday (Sep 21.1N, long 149.4W. Maximum over 25,000 hectares of rice crop was 19) swamped some villages and forced sustained winds 70 knots with gusts to destroyed by the storm. In some 12,000 people to flee their 85 knots. Radius of 64-knot winds 10 Bangladesh, 16 fishermen are thought homes, officials in Dhaka said. By nautical miles south-west quadrant, to have drowned when their trawlers yesterday most had returned home 15 nautical miles south-east quadrant, sank in stormy weather. Hundreds after the waters subsided. Shamsul 20 nautical miles elsewhere. Radius of more are missing, and local media was Alam, relief officer of Barguna district 50-knot winds 35 nautical miles south- reporting that anxious families were where many fishing trawlers are west quadrant, 40 nautical miles waiting along the coastlines for their based, said at least 26 fishermen had south-east quadrant, 45 nautical miles relatives to return. been reported missing but it was not elsewhere. Radius of 34-knot winds 70 London, Sep 22 -- A press report, clear if they had perished or were nautical miles south-west quadrant, dated today, states: At least 64 people merely unaccounted for. 80 nautical miles south-east quadrant, have died and hundreds of thousands 90 nautical miles elsewhere. displaced after powerful storms left a BULGARIA trail of devastation across the Indian Sofia, Sep 20 -- Heavy floods killed HURRICANE "KATRINA" and Bangladeshi coasts in the Bay of two women, forced at least 200 people London, Sep 16 -- Drill platform GSF Bengal, officials said yesterday. The from their homes and damaged Arctic I in the Gulf of Mexico, broke southern Indian state of Andhra hundreds of buildings in southern loose from its moorings and pushed on Pradesh bore the brunt of the storms, Bulgaria, officials said today. top of a wellhead by Hurricane which killed 58 people in the region, Meteorologists warned the country "Katerina", refloated by team of Smit provincial Chief Minister Rajasekhara that more rain was expected over the Salvage. Reddy told reporters. "The situation is next few days. An elderly woman was London, Sept 16 -- A Coast Guard very grim and so far we have killed after her flooded house collapsed Baton Rouge press release, dated Sept evacuated 150,000 displaced people to in a village near the town of Plovdiv, a 15, states: Oil Pollution containment 473 (emergency) relief camps in 10 of civil defence spokeswoman said. and recovery operations continue the 23 districts hit by the storms," Another woman died of heart attack today in Southeast Louisiana resulting Reddy said in the state capital of after her house was hit by water. from the destructive force of hurricane Hyderabad. Reddy said 9,747 houses Heavy raining forced rivers to burst "Katrina". Federal, state and local were completely damaged by the their banks and dams to overflow, officials in cooperation with industry storms and another 82,353 homes flooding more than 400 houses in partners continue to work together to
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15 Weather & Navigation conduct aggressive response main channel of the Mississippi River operational again. According to Joe operations to contain and recover oil. About 25,000 gallons discharged, 4,800 Accardo, executive director of PAL, The following information on each spill gallons of oil recovered. About 840,000 "the goal is to assist these ports and is current as of 1700 today: Federal, gallons potential discharge enclosed in its customers by providing an state and local agencies, as well as bermed and boomed area Sundown alternate location until these ports are industry, are working closely together Energy, West Potash, La: About 13,000 fully operational. The goal is to keep on recovery efforts. Aggressive oil gallons of oil discharged, 153 gallons the commerce flowing and retain as containment and recovery operations recovered, about 2000 gallons much cargo as possible in Louisiana." are underway on each spill. Each contained and about 5000 gallons The lower Mississippi River south of company has ongoing damage onshore. Bass Enterprises Production the Port of New Orleans is open to assessments underway, as well as Company, Point a la Hache, La: About ocean-going vessels with a draft of 39 debris removal and cleanup efforts. 461,000 gallons of oil discharged, feet or less, while the stretch from The Unified Command is comprised of 235,000 gallons contained about New Orleans to Baton Rouge is the following federal, state and 312,000 gallons evaporated. The site functional with only minor industry partners: U.S. Coast Guard, was previously inaccessible and over restrictions. Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinating Office flights indicated minimal spillage. The Port of New Orleans reported that in cooperation with their Louisiana Prior to the storm, the company is partially operational and making Trustees, Department of Natural reported approximately about 457,000 great strides to return to full Resources, Department of Fish and gallons in the tanks An on-site functionality. On Friday, Sep 9th, the Wildlife, Department of inspection shows some oil contained in port received permission to begin Environmental Quality, Murphy Oil earthen dams and isolated in ditches restoration of truck transportation to Corporation, Bass Enterprises, Shell, surrounding the facility A recovery the upriver terminals, including the Chevron, Venice Energy Services plan is being implemented At Pointe a Napoleon and Nashville Avenue Company (Dynegy) and Sundown la Hache, the product has been terminals over the Crescent City Energy. Major spills (over 100,000 isolated and a containment and Connection to Tchoupitoulas to the gallons): Murphy Oil Corporation, recovery plan is being implemented. container terminal. There will be two Meraux, La., near mile marker 87 Shell Pipeline Oil LP ø Nairn, La., checkpoints along the way and the Mississippi River: On Monday (Sept near mile marker 35: About 13,440 same credentialing necessary at the 12) equipment and personnel were gallons of oil discharged, 126 gallons Felicity Gate normally will be accepted doubled and are now working 24-hour recovered, 2,940 gallons contained, along the way. Port officials estimate operations About 819,000 gallons of oil and 10,500 gallons on shore. Chevron, that the container terminal will be discharged of which about 305,000 Port Fourchon, La: All pipeline operational by Sep 14. As the outlook gallons of oil has been recovered, personnel in Louisiana have been for the port improves, containerized about 196,000 gallons contained and located and are safe. In addition to cargo, steel, rubber, coffee and grain about 312,000 gallons evaporated. aggressive oil recovery, debris removal will continue to flow through the port's Bass Enterprises Production Company, and cleanup efforts are also underway. facilities. Cox Bay, La., near mile marker 35 These operations are in accordance For those port related workers who Mississippi River: The product at the with Chevron's Incident Action Plans, have no home to return to either Bass Enterprises Production Company which are submitted and reviewed permanently or temporarily, we will Cox Bay Facility is contained daily by the Coast Guard. Work offer housing aboard one of three mechanically and naturally and is continues on a comprehensive damage MARAD vessels steaming into the port being recovered and pumped into assessment to facilities, pumps, this weekend and early next week; we barges for transport to reclamation motors, piping, electrical, and control will be able to handle 700-1,000 facilities. About 3.78 million gallons of systems. About 53,000 gallons of oil workers onboard for several months. oil discharged of which about 960,000 released, about 21,000 gallons The Port of South Louisiana, the gallons of product recovered, about naturally dispersed, about 26,000 nation's largest port by tonnage and 2,026,000 gallons contained and about gallons recovered, about 21,000 essential to the nation's agriculture 982,000 gallons evaporated. Shell, gallons of oily/water mix recovered, exports, suffered only minor structural Pilot Town, La., near mile marker 3 420 gallons contained. Approximately damage. Despite power outages, Mississippi River: Vessels in the area 35 minor spills are also being nearly all terminals are now up and must maintain slow speed, under 10 coordinated at this time. running and the port is approximately knots About 1,051,000 gallons of oil London, Sep 16 -- The Ports 85% operational as the 39 foot draft discharged of which about 718,000 Association of Louisiana (PAL) would limitation on the Lower Mississippi gallons recovered, about 105,000 like to assure the nation that River limits total tonnage. Of the gallons evaporated or natural Louisiana's shipping activities are twelve grain transit facilities located dispersion and about 129,000 gallons continuing. Since the aftermath of throughout the state, only Harvest contained About 87,000 gallons Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's ports States in South Plaquemines Parish uncontained Shell is assisting the local and maritime industry along with a suffered extensive damage. A few are Parish with repairing the levee. host of federal agencies are working in need of minor repairs and Chevron, Empire, La., near mile together to ensure any interruption in electricity, while most are operating at marker 30 Mississippi River: All the flow of commerce is minimized. this time. pipeline personnel in Louisiana have Of the six deepwater ports located in Port Fourchon suffered both wind and been located and are safe. In addition the State of Louisiana, only two have water damage, but only minor to aggressive oil recovery, debris suffered extensive damage and are not structural damage, and is operating at removal and cleanup efforts are also operating at this time (Plaquemines 50% on generated power. They expect underway. These operations are in and St. Bernard). These ports will 85% capacity by September 16, 2005. accordance with Chevron's Incident operate at a reduced capacity once Similarly, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Action Plan, which are submitted and flooding subsides and power is Port (LOOP) continues to unload reviewed daily by the Coast Guard. restored. supertankers as it operates at 70% Work continues on a comprehensive All of Louisiana's 21 inland and, capacity because the landside pipeline damage assessment to facilities, shallow-water river ports, such as the pumps need additional generated pumps, motors, piping, electrical, and Port of Shreveport-Bossier, Port of power. control systems.About 991,000 gallons Iberia, Port of Lake Providence, and The Ports Association of Louisiana is of oil released of which about 983,000 the Alexandria Port Authority, remain assisting all of these ports with as gallons of oil naturally dispersed and fully operational. The deep draft ports much support as possible as these evaporated, about 4,000 gallons of Lake Charles and Greater Baton ports become operational. recovered and about 3,600 gallons Rouge were not affected by the London, Sep 19 -- Following New contained. Medium spills (10,000 to hurricane and are fully operational. Orleans update, dated Sep 18, states: 100,000 gallons): Venice Energy These ports are accepting ships and The Captain of the Port (COTP) New Services Company (Dynegy), Venice, diverted cargo until the ports in Orleans, under the authority of the La., near Pass Tante Phine at the Southeastern Louisiana can be Port and Waterways Safety Act, has A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779.
16 Weather & Navigation continued the Safety Zone on the at a Chevron facility near Mile marker (Sep 14) and yesterday. "It's almost Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, 500 30 on the Mississippi where around like working three different storms," yards North and South of the Florida 991,000 gallons had been released, Easley said. "Ophelia" was Avenue Bridge, extending the entire engaged in oil recovery, debris removal downgraded to a tropical storm and its width of the canal, New Orleans, LA. and clean-up. In addition to the major sustained winds dropped to 65 mph, This Safety Zone is needed to protect spills recovery and cleanup, the hurricane center said early today. persons and vessels from the safety operations are proceeding at five More than 12,000 homes and and navigation hazards associated medium spills, where between 10,000 businesses remained without power with post-hurricane "Katrina" salvage and 100,000 gallons have been late yesterday in eastern North operations. No vessel shall transit released, and some 35 minor spills of Carolina, utilities said, down from a within this safety zone without the less than 10,000 gallons which are high of more than 200,000 overnight. permission of the COTP New Orleans. presently being co-ordinated by the The storm was blamed for one traffic Deviations from this rule are being Coast Guard. The International Spill death. Earlier, a surfer disappeared in granted on a case by case basis, Control Organisation says it is rough water off the coast of South however nighttime transits are not monitoring the efforts in the affected Carolina. On the Outer Banks, Dare being permitted at this time. areas and will subsequently provide County officials said Hatteras Island London, Sep 21 -- A joint operation information on lessons from the huge reported gusts to 95 mph. Other than between the US Coast Guard and its operation. power outages, the island was in state and industry partners to contain pretty good shape, said county and recover oil spilt as a result of HURRICANE "KENNETH" spokeswoman Sharon Sullivan. Ocean Hurricane "Katrina" is said to be London, Sep 16 -- Following received water was not expected to wash over making good progress on multiple from the Meteorological Office, dated the islands, although coastal storm spills throughout southern Louisiana. today: Hurricane "Kenneth" located surge flooding of four feet to six feet Described as an "aggressive" response near lat 13.0N, long 122.6W at 0900, above normal tide was expected, along under the unified command, the UTC, today. Position accurate within with large and battering waves. operations have seen skimmers, 25 nautical miles. Present movement "Ophelia", an erratic storm that has booms, recovery vehicles and vacuum toward the west or 275 degrees at nine looped and meandered north since trucks, along with response boats and knots. Maximum sustained winds 70 forming off the Florida coast last other craft deployed at the multiple knots with gusts to 85 knots. Forecast week, stalled yestersday afternoon spills which range from small ones to position lat 13.2N, long 123.7W at before drifting toward the east- multi-million gallon incidents. The 1800, UTC, today. Maximum winds 75 northeast at about three mph, the operation, which had earlier been knots, gusts 90 knots. Forecast hurricane centre said. At 0200 hrs, hampered by access problems and position lat 13.5N, long 125.0W at "Ophelia" was centered about 55 miles difficulties associated with wreckage 0600, UTC, Sep 17. Maximum winds southeast of Cape Hatteras. It was and debris mixed with the oil, is now 85 knots, gusts 105 knots. drifting to the north and was expected progressing, although damage London, Sep 22 -- Following received to continue turning erratically out to assessments continue. At the biggest from the Meteorological Office: sea, the hurricane centre said. A of the spills, where some 3.78m Tropical storm "Kenneth": Storm tropical storm watch was issued for gallons of oil had been discharged at centre located near lat 15.2N, long southeastern Massachusetts, Bass Enterprises Production Co's 135.0W, at 0900, UTC, Sep 22. including Cape Cod, Nantucket and facility at Cox Bay, near Mile marker Position accurate to within 45 nautical Martha's Vineyard. 35 on the Mississippi River, the miles. Present movement towards the London, Sep 16 -- Following received product was being contained naturally west, or 280 deg, at six knots. from the Meteorological Office, dated and was being pumped into barges for Maximum sustained winds 50 knots today: Following received from The ongoing reclamation. Nearly 1m with gusts to 60 knots. Radius of 50- National Hurricane Centre, Miami, gallons had been recovered in the knot winds 25 nautical miles. Radius timed 0900, GMT, today: Tropical operation leaving about 2m gallons of 34-knot winds 100 nautical miles storm "Ophelia:" At 0500, EDT, the contained and an estimated 1m south-west quadrant, 80 nautical Canadian hurricane center has issued gallons lost through evaporation. miles elsewhere. Radius of 12-foot a tropical storm watch for south- Around 70 people were deployed in the seas 100 nautical miles north-west western Nova Scotia from Yarmouth to recovery operation which saw 9,600 ft quadrant, 120 nautical miles Lunenberg. A tropical storm warning of boom on site along with 11 elsewhere. Forecast for 0600, UTC, remains in effect from Cape Lookout, skimmers and 47 response boats. More Sep 23: Position lat 15.5N, long North Carolina, northward to the than 1m gallons of oil had also been 136.2W. Maximum sustained winds 45 north Carolina/Virginia border discharged from Shell's facility at knots with gusts to 55 knots. Radius including the Pamlico and Albemarle Pilot Town in the Mississippi Delta, of 34-knot winds 100 nautical miles sounds. A tropical storm watch although some 718,000 gallons had south-west quadrant, 80 nautical remains in effect from Point Judith, been recovered and 105,000 miles elsewhere. Rhode Island, to Plymouth, evaporated or naturally dispersed. Massachusetts. Storm center located Some 128,000 gallons were contained HURRICANE "OPHELIA" near lat 35.1N, 74.8W, at 0900, GMT, leaving about 87,000 gallons London, Sep 16 -- A press report, position accurate within 30 nautical uncontained. The operation on this dated today, states: "Ophelia", miles. Present movement toward the site, past which vessels in transit were downgraded from hurricane to tropical north at four knots. Maximum required to maintain slow speed, storm, moved out to sea early today sustained winds 55 knots with gusts included some 7,000 ft of boom and 19 after a three-day drenching that was to 65 knots. Forecast position lat 36.1, response boats and vehicles. Shell was far less severe than many had long 74.0W, at 1800, GMT. Maximum also engaged in assisting the local anticipated. Coastal residents to the wind 55 knots, gusts 65 knots. authorities in repairing the damaged south, where the storm's gusty wind levee. A round-the-clock operation was ripped apart businesses and damaged HURRICANE "RITA" under way at the Murphy Oil Corp homes, were hit hardest. While the London, Sep 19 -- A press report, facility at Meraux near Mile marker storm's centre was expected to stay dated today, states: Thousands of 87 in the Mississippi River, which had just off shore, the ring of high wind tourists jammed the highways recovered some 305,000 gallons from surrounding the eye could remain over yesterday after they were told to an estimated 819,000 gallons of oil the Outer Banks until midday today, evacuate the lower Florida Keys discharged in the hurricane. Some 113 the National Hurricane Centre said. because Tropical Storm "Rita" persons were on site, with 4,800 ft of Gov. Mike Easley said gauging the developed over the Bahamas and boom, 21 skimmers and 18 vacuum scope of the damage was difficult moved toward the vulnerable, low- trucks and 37 additional response because of the storm's slow path, first lying island chain. A hurricane watch vehicles. Barges, skimmers, pumps affecting the state's southeastern was posted for the entire Florida Keys, and other resources were deployed coast on Tuesday (Sep 13) and then which means hurricane conditions of along with 127 emergency responders crawling north and east Wednesday winds of at least 74 mph are possible
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17 Weather & Navigation by late today. In Tallahassee, Gov. Jeb Category 4 and hit Texas by the end of bus before dawn to shelters about 100 Bush declared a state of emergency for the week. But a slight turn to the miles north in Huntsville. Hurricane Florida, which gives the state right was possible, and engineers "Rita" was upgraded to a Category 2 authority to oversee evacuations and warned that even a glancing blow to hurricane yesterday as it lashed the activate the National Guard, among New Orleans and as little as three Florida Keys with flooding rain and other powers. "It does look like that inches of rain could swamp the city's strong wind. It was expected to be a there is the potential for it to become a levees. "The protection is very tenuous Category 4 storm, the same size as hurricane, near or just before it at best,'' said Dave Wurtzel, the Army "Katrina" by mid-afternoon today. It reaches the Florida Keys,'' said Daniel Corps official responsible for repairing was expected to make landfall Brown, a meteorologist at the the 17th Street Canal levee, whose somewhere on the Texas Gulf Coast by National Hurricane Centre. Long-term huge breach during "Katrina" caused Friday night (Sep 23). A state of forecasts show the system heading the worst of the floods that wrecked emergency was declared yesterday generally toward the west in the Gulf the city. Mayor Ray Nagin and evening for Galveston, where officials of Mexico toward Texas or Mexico later Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said they were focusing all their in the week, but such forecasts are strongly urged people along the efforts on evacuations and preparing subject to large errors. That means Louisiana coast to be prepared to get for "Rita's" possible arrival. that areas ravaged by Hurricane out. The federal government's top Authorities said they would not "Katrina" could potentially be in the official in the city, Coast Guard Vice forcibly remove anyone from their storm's path. Authorities urged Adm. Thad Allen, said the homes, but Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas residents in mobile homes to prepare preparations in and around New urged residents to leave, warning that for possible evacuations, too. At 1700, Orleans included 500 buses for "If they don't want to leave, they are EDT, yesterday, "Rita" had top evacuation, and enough water and staying here at their own risk.'' sustained winds of about 40 mph, just military meals for 500,000 people. "We London, Sep 21 -- A press report, above the 39 mph threshold for a are praying that the hurricane dated today, states: Hurricane "Rita" tropical storm. It was centred about dissipates or that it weakens,'' said strengthened into a Category 3 storm 355 miles east-southeast of Nassau, Blanco, who declared a state of packing 115 mph winds early today Bahamas, and about 600 miles east- emergency. In anticipation of another after lashing the Florida Keys and southeast of Key West. It was moving hurricane, the Corps drove a massive sparking anxiety as it headed into the to the west near 10 mph. Monroe metal barrier across the 17th Street Gulf of Mexico. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush County emergency management Canal bed to prevent a storm surge said more than 2,000 Florida National officials told visitors to leave islands from Lake Pontchartrain from Guard troops and dozens of law extending from the Dry Tortugas west swamping New Orleans again. enforcement officers were ready to of Key West to the Seven Mile Bridge Although engineers have left a large deal with the storm's aftermath. At near Marathon.'' Residents of South opening in the wall to allow floodwater 0200, EDT, "Rita's" eye was about 145 Florida and central and western Cuba to continue to be pumped back into the miles west of Key West. The storm was also should closely monitor the lake, it will have to be closed quickly if moving west at 14 mph. Nearly 900 system's progress, Brown said. "Rita" or another storm threatens. miles from Key West, officials of London, Sep 20 -- The Coast Guard is Government engineers and private Galveston were already calling for urging mariners to make final contractors also worked around the voluntary evacuations, with preparation immediately for Tropical clock across New Orleans to repair the mandatory evacuations to begin today. Storm "Rita": damage to the system of pumps, London, Sep 21 -- Following received Monroe County: concrete floodwalls, earthen berms from the Meteorological Office: All bridges in Monroe County, Fla., are and canals that protect the below-sea- Hurricane "Rita:" Following recieved closed and locked at this time.†They level city. In addition, the corps had from the National Hurricane Center, will not reopen to vessel traffic until 800 giant sandbags weighing 6,000 to Miami, timed 0900, UTC, today: At further notice. 15,000 pounds on hand just in case, 0500, EDT, 0900, UTC, hurricane Miami-Dade County: and ordered 2,500 more to shore up center located near lat 24.3N, long Bridges in Miami-Dade County, Fla., low spots and plug any new breaches. 84.6, position accurate within 15 will be closed at sunset (Sep 19) and It was also putting pumps and other nautical miles. Present movement will be locked by 2300 hrs. materials where they might be needed. toward the west or 280 deg at 12 The port of Key West is closed until "Rita's" threat to the levees already knots. Maximum sustained winds 105 further notice to all vessel traffic.†Any forced the mayor to suspend the knots with gusts to 130 knots. Radius vessel seeking entry into the Port of phased reopening of the city and order of 64-knot winds 40 nautical miles NE Key West is advised to seek an a new round of evacuations. In some and NW, 30 nautical miles SE and 25 alternate destination. areas where bars, restaurants and nautical miles SW. Port of Miami, Port Everglades: shops were opening their doors for the Miami, Sep 21 -- After lashing the Vessels weighing more than 500 gross first time since Hurricane "Katrina", Florida Keys, hurricane "Rita" was tons have been ordered to leave port people were boarding up windows and today upgraded into a more powerful unless they have been granted prior getting ready to leave town again. Category 4 storm as it headed across approval to remain by the Coast President Bush made his fifth trip to the Gulf of Mexico on a course that Guard. Only port operations in the Hurricane "Katrina" zone could take it to Texas and dump more preparation of the storm are permitted yesterday to meet with local business rain on Louisiana. The hurricane's to continue at this time. Any vessels and political leaders in Gulfport, winds increased to 135 mph as it scheduled to arrive in these ports are Miss., and received a briefing in New headed into the Gulf. The storm hit advised to seek an alternate Orleans on preparations for Hurricane the Florida Keys but did not get close destination. (See "Tropical Storm "Rita". enough to reach the vulnerable chain 'Rita'" in issue of Sep 20.) London, Sep 21 -- A press report, of islands with its most destructive London, Sep 21 -- A press report, dated today, states: Determined not to forces. The upgrade put "Rita" in the dated today, states: The Army Corps of repeat the mistakes of "Katrina", same strength classification as Engineers raced to patch New Orleans' Texas prepared for Hurricane "Rita" hurricane "Katrina," which devastated fractured levee system yesterday and yesterday by ordering the state's first parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and residents were forced to decide yet mandatory evacuation, declaring the Alabama last month, and it sparked again whether to stay or go as a new, state a disaster area and moving concern in financial markets that the rapidly strengthening hurricane supplies to inland cities in new storm could wreak as much threatened to flood the city anew. The anticipation of evacuees. Using a law damage as Katrina's assault on the US new threat was Hurricane "Rita", passed this year, Galveston County Gulf Coast. US crude-oil prices rose which strengthened into a 105-mph officials ordered a mandatory and the dollar weakened against the Category 2 storm as it barreled past evacuation of its coastal communities euro. US stock futures also pointed to the Florida Keys into the Gulf of beginning tonight. Elderly residents a lower market open. The hurricane's Mexico. Forecasters said the storm living in nursing homes and assisted most likely future track would take it could strengthen to a 131-mph-plus living centres were to be evacuated by to Texas by the end of the week,
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18 Weather & Navigation raising fears the sprawling storm fared well. Bush signed an emergency east of Morgan City to the mouth of could bring heavy rains to flooded New declaration making federal assistance the Mississippi River. A tropical storm Orleans and threaten the recovery of available to Florida, at the request of watch remains in effect on either side oil production facilities in the Gulf of his brother, Florida Governor Jeb of the hurricane watch area, from east Mexico. With "Rita" looming, Bush. -- Reuters. of Intracoastal City to Morgan City, Louisiana declared a state of London, Sep 22 -- A press report, and from south of Port Mansfield to emergency and New Orleans, 80% of dated Sep 21, states: Gaining strength Brownsville, TX. A tropical storm which was flooded when "Katrina" with frightening speed, Hurricane watch remains in effect for the north- shattered its protective levees, was "Rita" swirled toward the Gulf Coast a eastern coast of Mexico from Rio San taking no chances. Mayor Ray Nagin Category 5, 165-mph monster today as Fernando northwards to the Rio said two busloads of people had been more than 1.3 million people in Texas Grande. Interests in the north-western evacuated already and 500 other buses and Louisiana were sent packing on Gulf of Mexico should monitor the were ready to roll. Officials along the orders from authorities who learned a progress of hurricane "Rita." Texas Gulf Coast prepared for "Rita." bitter lesson from "Katrina". With Hurricane centre located near lat An evacuation was ordered for "Rita" projected to hit Texas by 24.9N, long 88.0W, at 0900, UTC, Sep Galveston and several schools in the Saturday (Sep 24), Gov. Rick Perry 22. Position accurate to within 15 region planned to cancel classes. urged residents along the state's nautical miles. Present movement About 1,100 hurricane "Katrina" entire coast to begin evacuating. And towards the west-north-west, or 285 evacuees still in Houston's two mass New Orleans braced for the possibility deg, at eight knots. Diameter of eye 15 shelters faced another evacuation as that the storm could swamp the nautical miles. Maximum sustained the city found itself in Rita's possible misery-stricken city all over again. winds 150 knots with gusts to 185 path. They were being sent to Fort Galveston, low-lying parts of Corpus knots. Radius of 64-knot winds 40 Chaffee, Arkansas. The hurricane's Christi and Houston, and mostly nautical miles south-west quadrant, 50 centre was about 195 miles west of emptied-out New Orleans were under nautical miles north-west quadrant, 60 Key West, Florida, at 0800, EDT mandatory evacuation orders as "Rita" nautical miles elsewhere. Radius of 50- (1200, UTC). The hurricane was sideswiped the Florida Keys and began knot winds 100 nautical miles north- headed west into the south-eastern drawing energy with terrifying east quadrant, 90 nautical miles north- Gulf of Mexico at about 14 mph, the efficiency from the warm waters of the west quadrant, 80 nautical miles south- US National Hurricane Centre said. Gulf of Mexico. Between 0200 and east quadrant and 60 nautical miles The hurricane centre said "Rita" 1600, it went from a 115-mph Category south-west quadrant. Radius of 34-knot became a Category 4 hurricane on the 2 to a 165-mph Category 5. winds 100 nautical miles south-west Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained Forecasters said "Rita" could be the quadrant, 140 nautical miles south-east winds above 135 mph this morning. most intense hurricane on record ever quadrant, 160 nautical miles "The conditions over the central Gulf to hit Texas, and easily one of the most elsewhere. Radius of 12-foot seas 275 are much like they were for 'Katrina,'" powerful ever to plow into the US nautical miles north semicircle, 200 hurricane centre deputy director Ed mainland. By late afternoon, "Rita" nautical miles elsewhere. Forecast for Rappaport told CNN. A major was centred more than 700 miles 0600, UTC, Sep 23: Position lat 26.1N, hurricane could send a 20-foot (6- southeast of Corpus Christi. long 91.1W. Maximum sustained winds metre) storm surge over the Texas Forecasters predicted it would come 145 knots with gusts to 175 knots. coast by Saturday (Sep 24). Oil ashore along the central Texas coast Radius of 64-knot winds 50 nautical companies just starting to recover between Galveston and Corpus miles south-west quadrant, 60 nautical from "Katrina" evacuated Gulf oil rigs Christi. Tropical storm-force winds miles north-west quadrant, 70 nautical as "Rita" moved towards major energy extending 350 miles across, practically miles elsewhere. Radius of 50-knot production areas. The Navy began the entire western end of the Gulf winds 80 nautical miles south-west moving its remaining fleet of "Katrina" Coast was in peril, and even a slight quadrant, 100 nautical miles south-east relief vessels, including assault vessel rightward turn could prove quadrant, 110 nautical miles elsewhere. Iwo Jima, away from the Gulf Coast to devastating to the fractured levees Radius of 34-knot winds 120 nautical ride out any potential battering from protecting New Orleans. In the miles south-west quadrant, 160 "Rita." US light crude oil rose $1.80 Galveston-Houston-Corpus Christi nautical miles north-west quadrant, per barrel to $68, its highest level in area, about 1.3 million people were 180 nautical miles elsewhere. three weeks. The dollar lost 1% under orders to get out, in addition to against the euro and Swiss franc, and 20,000 or more along with the INDIA some analysts cited concerns that Louisiana coast. Special attention was London, Sep 19 -- A press report, damage caused by the hurricanes given to hospitals and nursing homes. dated today, states: At least 28 people could prompt the Federal Reserve to Crude oil prices rose again on fears have been killed as a result of rain scale back plans to raise interest that "Rita" would smash into key oil related incidents, and a further 22 rates. President George W. Bush was installations in Texas and the gulf. injured, in the Indian region of Uttar briefed yesterday on the growing Hundreds of workers were evacuated Pradesh. The heavy rains caused storm on board Iwo Jima, which is from offshore oil rigs. Texas, the heart houses and walls to collapse, while in docked in New Orleans and has served of US crude production, accounts for some areas power lines snapped and as the military's "Katrina" relief 25 percent of the nation's total oil trees were uprooted, blocking traffic. headquarters. Bush said he had sent output. As "Rita" swirled away from Many of those killed and injured were an admiral to Texas to co-ordinate any Florida, thousands of residents who trapped under collapsed structures, needed response to "Rita." Residents of evacuated the Keys began returning to reports UNI. In Mukhlispur, one of the the Florida Keys were grateful that find that the storm had caused little hardest hits areas, up to 60 "Rita" merely skirted their area. "We more than minor flooding. Crews millimetres of rain fell, as rivers did not have the flooding I thought worked to restore electricity. across the region continued to swell we'd have," Key West Mayor Jimmy London, Sep 22 -- Following received with many now flowing above the Weekley said. "We were extremely from the Meteorological Office: danger mark. Meanwhile, rain and lucky." All 80,000 residents had been Hurricane "Rita": At 0900, UTC, Sep thunderstorms are forecast for the ordered out of the Keys island chain 22, a hurricane watch has been next 24 hours, with officials hoping but many stayed behind in boarded-up extended eastwards along the that people will now be vigilant and homes. The hurricane's winds pushed Louisiana coast to Intracoastal City. A evacuate any structures likely to be seawater, sand and seaweed onto the hurricane watch is now in effect for affected by the storms. Overseas Highway, the only road the Gulf of Mexico coast from Port linking the islands to the mainland Mansfield, Texas, to Intracoastal City, MYANMAR and flooded some buildings. The storm LA. A hurricane warning will probably London, Sep 17 -- A press report, swamped streets and knocked out be required for portions of the dated today, states: At least 27 people, power in Key West, the tourist hurricane watch area later today. A including a dozen primary school playground at the western end of the tropical storm warning is in effect for children, are believed to have died in island chain, but officials said the city the south-eastern coast of Louisiana landslides caused by torrential rains
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19 Weather & Navigation that hit four villages in southeastern London, Sep 20 -- A press report, river in the Manila municipality of Myanmar on Wednesday (Sep 14), a dated today, states: The big chill Cupang, Muntinlupa, overflowed its Red Cross official said yesterday. moved north last night, cutting roads banks this morning and drowned five Twelve children died when one of the in the central North Island. people. Numerous houses were also landslides hit a primary school in MetService spokesman Bob McDavitt swept away as rains continued to lash Kyauk-kar village of Tanin-tha-yi this morning said the worst of the the city for two consecutive days. In Division, about 550 kilometres snow appeared to be past. "It was a response, the OCD said it sent southeast of Yangon, the official said. snowy night, particularly in the pre- amphibious rescue vehicles and rubber midnight hours, and there are still boats to evacuate families affected by NEW ZEALAND some rain and snow-bearing clouds we the flooding. The South Superhighway, London, Sep 19 -- A press report, can see on the radar." Mr McDavitt a major road leading south of Manila dated today, states: Christchurch said the MetService believed they remained covered with water and was Airport had to suspend all flights out would be able to drop its snow not passable to small vehicles, the this morning and Lincoln University warnings this morning. Roads around OCD also said. The inclement weather was closed as spring snow wreaked the Central Plateau were hit hard by was the result of the low pressure area havoc in the South Island. Airport snow with State Highway 1 at the affecting the main Philippine island of spokeswoman Nicole Were said it was Desert Road and between Turangi and Luzon. -- Lloyd's List Correspondent. still snowing at the airport and all Taihape, State Highway 47 at London, Sep 18 -- A press report, check-ins had been suspended until National Park, State Highway 4 dated today, states: At least six people 1430. Passengers had been told they between Taumarunui and Raetihi died and two babies remain missing could leave the airport terminal and State Highway 49 between Ohakune after heavy rains hit the Philippines re-book for tomorrow. "Flights were and Waiouru all shut about 2045 and overnight, flooding parts of the able to arrive but they haven't been were still closed this morning. capital, the Office of Civil Defence said able to de-ice the planes in time for Truckies travelling north had to wrap yesterday. Three people were buried departure." Ms Were said it was very up and wait it out in Waiouru. State by a landslide in Banaue province on unusual for snow to stop flights Highway 2 over the Rimutaka Ranges Friday (Sep 16), and two others leaving. Snow has been falling between Upper Hutt and Featherston drowned and seven were rescued after thoughout Canterbury today and was also hit by snow and closed a motorboat overturned in rough Lincoln University spokeswoman temporarily but was open today. Mr waters in Mindanao on Thursday, the Sarah Hannan said there was about McDavitt expected more snow to fall office said. A man drowned and two 5cm lying on the ground. Christchurch on the Rimutakas and further north babies, aged one and two, were City Council has shut off some today. After being hit hardest earlier missing, swept away by rising waters sections of road due to the snow. Roads yesterday, South Island roads were in a Metro Manila suburb on Friday. affected included Dyers Pass, Rd and mostly open today. State Highway 87 The man's body was recovered Summit Rd. The council's rubbish and between Mosgiel and Middlemarch yesterday in Muntinlupa, but his two recycling contractor Onyx would not was closed for snow, as was State young nieces remained missing as be collecting on the hills around the Highway 1 between Waitati and water receded after several days of city. In other cities around the South Dunedin. No alternative routes were teeming downpour. The Office of the Island, Dunedin and Invercargill available. Transit and AA reported Civil Defence said the flooding police had not received any reports of snow and icy conditions on highways affected more than 25,900 people, snow. MetService lead forecaster Paul throughout Otago and Southland, with including 2,242 who were evacuated Bruce today said the snow would chains required on State Highway 85 from their communities in seven spread north. "It's snowing in quite a between Palmerston and Kyeburn and northern provinces and Metro Manila. few places, even a few showers extreme care warnings elsewhere. Many have since returned home. The extending to the West Coast." Mr Further north in the South Island, OCD said 43 villages in Pampanga Bruce said 5-10cm of snow was chains were also needed between and Nueva Ecija were still underwater predicted for Canterbury down to Little River and Akaroa Mr McDavitt yesterday. 100m and 15-25cm to about 300m. said frost in the coming days might be London, Sep 20 -- A press report, Otago and Southland were also a problem for farmers and orchardists. dated today, states: Some 200 getting snow showers but they would Mr McDavitt said although the biggest endangered families here were forcibly not be as heavy. Mr Bruce said snow showers were probably past, evacuated yesterday to safer places as Wellington would be feeling the there could be more. rampaging floodwaters overflowing southerly by about 1800, the the Pampanga River since last Rimutaka Hill Road could see some PHILIPPINES Saturday (Sep 17) started eroding its snow and the Central Plateau and the London, Sep 16 -- A press report, banks and destroying some portions of Desert Road would get heavy dated today, states: Three people were the Arnedo Dike. Mayor Jerry Pelayo snowfalls down to about 600m. Snow reported missing as heavy rains and said that residents have abandoned was unlikely to settle around flooding hit the Philippine capital some138 houses, some of them made of Wellington as the ground temperature overnight, causing long traffic jams, concrete, as rainwaters from upper had been quite warm. Around the the civil defense office said today. An Nueva Ecija areas began gouging South Island, roads were treacherous undetermined number of people were Candaba's banks. Wide portions of the this morning. State Highway 94 forced to flee their homes in the Arnedo Dike in Barangays Lanang, between Te Anau and Milford needed Manila suburb of Muntinglupa due to Pansinao, Malisik and Maasim have chains, and AA was advising chains to flooding after almost two days of collapsed, causing floods up to five- be carried throughout eastern torrential rain. Amphibious vehicles feet deep in Barangays Buas, San Southland. Snow had also fallen on and rubber boats were dispatched to Agustin, Paralaya, Bambang, State Highway 1 between Ashburton Muntinglupa to help the evacuees and Pescadores, Mapaniqui, Barangca and and Rakaia, State Highway 75 search for the missing. A major road Tagulod, Pelayo said. The local between Little River and Akaroa, leading south of Manila remained municipal agriculture office estimated State Highway 77 between Ashburton covered with water and was not that the floods have destroyed some and Mt Hutt, and State Highway 73 passable to small vehicles, the flood 138 hectares of farmland planted to at between Springfield and Arthur's control unit said. However, the least P10-million worth of rice crops Pass in Canterbury. Mr Somerville flooding that hit many roads in Manila and melons due for harvest next said all bus services would be late yesterday had largely abated. month. Floodwaters also destroyed the suspended from midday. With snow Manila, Sep 16 -- Five persons were P5-million revetment project recently still falling hill roads were slippery killed and hundreds fled their homes completed by the Department of Public and dangerous and the council was as heavy rains flooded large parts of Works and Highways. Regional advising drivers to keep off them if Metro Manila and nearby Director Ramon P. Aquino said he has possible, he said. Many schools municipalities, the Office of Civil dispatched a team of engineers to around Christchurch were either Defense (OCD) said toiday. The Candaba to help in the rehabilitation closed or closing because of the snow. Philippine Coast Guard said that a of the flood-damaged areas. Pelayo
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20 Weather & Navigation said that be has made representations upper South and Bangkok. The Krachao district, around 1,800 with the Office of Civil DefenCe to flooding ruined more than 13,000 rai households were cut off as the water provide aid to residents whose houses of blooming rice fields in Yasothon's level rose to 1.5 metres. Around 42,00 were in great danger of being washed Pa Tiu district, 2,000 rai in Kalasin's rai of farmland was submerged with away by erosion "in a day or two." He Yang Talat district and 20,000 rai in damage estimated at 10 million baht. added that Sen. Francis Pangilinan Roi Et's Selaphum district, which Authorities believed the water would has promised to help the evacuees was left up to 0.5 metres under recede and the situation would return with the 150-house Gawad water. A two-metre high runoff from to normal in a week. According to resettlement project along the Arayat- Khao Yai National Park killed more authorities, 12 provinces remained Apalit levee. than 10,000 baby chickens in farms flooded. They were Nonthaburi, Samut Manila, Sep 20 -- The Philippine in Prachantakham district of Prachin Prakan, Pathum Thani, Prachin Buri, Coast Guard said that it had ordered Buri, but later receded with no Suphan Buri, Lop Buri, Phitsanulok, the suspension of all port operations impact on tourism at Takhro and Bangkok, Nakhon Nayok, today in the coastal province of Bicol Som Poi waterfalls there. While Chanthaburi, Chon Buri and Rayong. in southern Luzon island and moving through the western region, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, neighbouring islands. The suspension the storm caused floods in 35 villages speaking in an interview from the US, was ordered as a precautionary of Kanchanaburi's Huay Krachao said he was closely following the flood measure as a tropical depression district which were left 1.5 to two situation in Thailand. Mr Thaksin struck the eastern flank of the main metres under water. Roads leading to said the situation was under control Philippine island of Luzon today, 10 villages were impassable. The and he had told various state agencies bringing heavy rainfall and strong depression also left behind damage in to look after the matter. Irrigation winds. Affected by the order were the many areas, including Tarn Khoo chief Samart Chokkanapitark that ports of Legaspi, Tabaco, Matnog, Bay, a popular tourist spot in Trat's Bangkok would be safe from flooding. Pilar, Bulan, Masbate and Virac. As a Laem Ngop district, where three to Four major reservoirs, Bhumibol dam result of the suspension, five vessels five metre waves swamped many in Tak, Sirikit dam in Uttaradit, with 373 passengers on board were stores and houses. Trat authorities Pasak Jolasid dam in Lop Buri and left stranded in Bicol ports, the Office suspended ferry services between the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat, could of Civil Defense reported. -- Lloyd's mainland and Chang Island. In absorb water run-off from the North. List Correspondent. Bangkok, the floods forced However, a tidal surge at the end of Manila, Sep 21 -- The Philippine Bodindecha School to close for two this month could leave some areas of Coast Guard allowed ports in the days and Protpitthayaphayap, Bangkok inundated. southern Luzon province of Bicol to Rattanakosin Sompote Lat Krabang London, Sep 22 -- A press report, resume ferry operations today after a and Thepsirin Romklao schools to dated today, states: Chiang Mai city one-day suspension due to the close for one day.Yesterday, the was at a standstill after the Ping onslaught of a tropical depression. The Meteorological Department reported river overflowed late on Tuesday suspension was ordered as a that the influence of the depression, night, (Sep 20) inundating much of its precautionary measure as a tropical which caused floods in 18 provinces inner area. Flood-affected residents depression struck the eastern flank of of Thailand, would remain only in lambasted state authorities for the the main Philippine island of Luzon, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi lack of preventive measures in place, bringing heavy rainfall and strong as it had entered the town of Marim especially in light of the Aug 13 winds. With the weather improving in Burma and the Gulf of Martaban floods which caused over 100 million today, ferry operations between Bicol at 0800 hrs and 0900 hrs baht worth of damage. Chest-deep and neighboring islands were allowed respectively. It forecast that it would water was reported in several to resume. -- Lloyd's List rain in the afternoons and evenings residential and commercial areas, Correspondent. in Bangkok, the central region, the including the popular Chiang Mai eastern region and the lower Night Bazaar, one of the areas badly RUSSIA Northeast, while cold breezes from hit by last month's massive flood. London, Sep 22 -- A press report, China have started covering the Elsewhere, several parts of Prachin dated today, states: A severe North. Buri's Kabin Buri district were windstorm is raging in Arkhangelsk. London, Sep 17 -- A press report, submerged. Some residents moved The wind breaks trees in the city. The dated today, states: Residents in some their belongings and took cattle to port is closed for navigation. The northeastern and eastern provinces high ground. In Ayutthaya, storm has most severely hit the White are being warned to brace themselves participants at a workshop on water Sea coast, where the wind speed for heavy rainfall and possible flash management held by the Water reaches 32 metres a second, an officer floods tomorrow. Mukdahan, Amnat Resources Department yesterday on duty at the Emergencies Ministry's Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, lashed out at the Interior Ministry's regional centre told Itar-Tass. Reports Chanthaburi and Trat are under plan to use the central plains as a about broken trees, fall of electro- threat of flooding as a tropical flood-water retention area to save the transmission line supports, torn wire depression is expected to hit Vietnam. capital from flooding. and halted lighting come from various Yesterday, the depression came with districts of the city. Headquarters wind speeds of 55kph at its eye and TROPICAL STORM "DAMREY" have been set up to coordinate work to was about 350km from Vietnam's London, Sep 22 -- A press report, repair damage of the electricity coast. The Meteorological Department dated today, states: Tropical storm system, the officer said. According to has also warned of high waves in the "Damrey" has left the main meteorologists, the windstorm is Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Philippines island of Luzon, with expected to begin subsiding in Sea for the next couple of days. Water reports that six people have been Arkhangelsk by midnight. run-off from Khao Yai yesterday killed and two others remain missing. flooded around 200 families in an old Weather officials say the eye of the THAILAND market community in Prachin Buri's storm has moved north-west across London, Sep 16 -- A press report, Kabin Buri district. Parts of Nakhon the Balintang Channel and towards dated today, states: Flooding caused Nayok's Ban Na district, where eight eastern China, with winds of 85 km an by a depression which moved on to schools were closed for children's hour. The storm lashed north-eastern Burma, yesterday, has damaged more safety, were also inundated. Around Luzon last night with gusts of up to than 30,000 rai of rice fields in 400 families in Chachoengsao's Ban 100 km an hour, dumping heavy rain. Yasothon, Kalasin and Roi Et Pho also found themselves submerged Parts of the town of Solsona were provinces, inundated 35 villages in after the Irrigation Department flooded, while floods and landslides Kanchanaburi, and forced four released water from two reservoirs, also cut off major roads in at least six Bangkok schools to close temporarily. Khwae Rabom in Sanam Chai Khet areas of northern Luzon. The storm On Wednesday, downpours triggered district and Si Yat, the largest has displaced more than 8,000 people by the depression caused flooding in reservoir in the east, in Tha Takiap and damaged more than 240 hectares the lower Northeast, the East, the district. In Kanchanaburi's Huay of farmland.
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London, Sep 22 -- Following received Ma Pha districts in Mae Hong Son provinces, the Central Steering Board from the Meteorological Office: province, Mae Ramat, Tha Song Yang for Flood Control said today. Tropical storm "Damrey" near lat and Mae Sot districts in Tak province Torrential rain accompanying the 20.1N, long 120.4E, at 0600, UTC, Sep and Mae Fa Luang, Mae Chan and storm have stopped, making the water 22. Movement past six hours 305 deg Mae Suai districts in Chiang Rai. levels in the north and the northern at six knots. Position accurate to Evacuation plans have been prepared. central area's rivers recede. within 40 nautical miles, based on Northeastern provinces including Meanwhile, water levels on the upper centre located by satellite. Maximum Loei, Nong Khai, Nong Bua Lamphu, part of the Mekong river and its sustained winds 50 knots with gusts to Udon Thani, Nakhon Phanom, Sakhon tributaries in the Plain of Reeds and 65 knots. Radius of 34-knot winds 75 Nakhon and Mukdahan are also under the Long Xuyen quadrangle are rising nautical miles south semicircle, 35 threat. In Ayutthaya, the water level above the highest alert level, said the nautical miles elsewhere. Forecast for in Bang Ban district rose to nearly central hydro-meterology forecasting 0600, UTC, Sep 23: Position lat 20.6N, 50cm, flooding riverside houses. The centre. long 118.0E. Maximum sustained Phom Phet historic fort at the winds 55 knots with gusts to 70 knots. confluence of the Chao Phraya and Pa TYPHOON "NABI" Radius of 50-knot winds 25 nautical Sak rivers was also flooded. Anek Busan, Sep 21 -- General cargo Long miles south semicircle, 20 nautical Sihamart, director of the archaeology Xuyen was refloated and towed to the miles elsewhere. Radius of 34-knot office responsible for Ayutthaya, said outer harbour anchorage, Pohang, winds 75 nautical miles south repair of the historic fort was halted Korea, on Sep 15. The vessel is being semicircle, 60 nautical miles as the water rose. However, the examined for possible repairs at the elsewhere. inundation would not affect the said anchorage. -- Lloyd's Sub-agents. structure of the fort since foundation TROPICAL STORM "PHILIPPE" piles at the front section of the fort TYPHOON "SAOLA" London, Sep 22 -- Following received had already been built, the director London, Sep 22 -- A press report, from the Meteorological Office: said. Interior Minister Kongsak dated today, states: A strong typhoon is Tropical storm "Philippe": Storm Wantana yesterday held a meeting bearing down on Japan, with weather centre located near lat 23.3N, long with the Bangkok Metropolitan officials warning the storm will hit the 57.2W, at 0900, UTC, Sep 22. Position Administration and relevant agencies main islands within days. The accurate to within 75 nautical miles. to discuss measures to solve flooding, meteorological agency says Typhoon Present movement towards the north, particularly in the capital. ACM "Saola" has winds of up to 126 km an or 350 deg, at 10 knots. Maximum Kongsak said the flood prevention hour. It is likely to hit the central part sustained winds 35 knots with gusts to plan would give priority to Bangkok of the main Japanese island of Honshu 45 knots. Radius of 34-knot winds 75 since it was the country's economic by Sunday morning (Sep 25). nautical miles east semicircle, nil hub. Some provinces may have to London, Sep 22 -- Following received elsewhere. Radius of 12-foot seas 125 sacrifice certain areas to build water from the Meteorological Office: nautical miles east semicircle, nil drainage routes which prevent Typhoon "Saola" near lat 25.2N, long elsewhere. Forecast for 0600, UTC, flooding in Bangkok. "If we want less 144.3E, at 0600, UTC, Sep 22. Sep 23: Position lat 28.1N, long 59.0W. damage to Bangkok, water must be Movement past six hours 290 deg at Maximum sustained winds 35 knots held in surrounding provinces. Those 17 knots. Position accurate to within with gusts to 45 knots. Radius of 34- provinces will have to makes sacrifices 40 nautical miles, based on centre knot winds 100 nautical miles east to hold back the floodwaters. located by satellite. Maximum semicircle, 25 nautical miles London, Sep 20 -- A press report, sustained winds 70 knots with gusts to elsewhere. dated Sep 19, states: Three people 85 knots. Radius of 64-knot winds 15 were killed, two injured and four nautical miles. Radius of 50-knot TROPICAL STORM "VICENTE" reported missing as tropical storm winds 25 nautical miles. Radius of 34- London, Sep 20 -- A press report, "Vicente" slammed into Vietnam's knot winds 80 nautical miles south- dated today, states: Tropical storm northern central provinces yesterday. east quadrant, 85 nautical miles "Vicente" yesterday brought heavy The hurricane, domestically known as elsewhere. Forecast for 0600, UTC, rains to several northern provinces of "Storm No. 6", forced some 9,000 Sep 23: Position lat 27.8N, long Thailand, particularly Mae Hong Son families to evacuate and destroyed 139.1E. Maximum sustained winds 80 which was hit by flash floods and tens of thousands of hectares of crops knots with gusts to 100 knots. Radius mudslides. In Chiang Mai province, in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa and Quang of 64-knot winds 25 nautical miles. rains inundated several main roads, Ninh provinces and Hai Phong city. Radius of 50-knot winds 45 nautical bringing traffic to a standstill. Areas Strong winds of 62-88 km/h, heavy miles north semicircle, 40 nautical most at risk of run-off were Fang, Mae rain and high tides brought rough seas miles elsewhere. Radius of 34-knot Ai, Chai Prakan, Chiang Dao, Wiang that seriously damaged dyke systems winds 105 nautical miles north Haeng and Phrao districts. In Mae in the provinces. Nghe An had the semicircle, 95 nautical miles Hong Son, the tropical storm flooded heaviest casualties with two people elsewhere. Pabong village in Muang district. killed during the storm, and two Water in the village was almost two others injured when their room UNITED STATES metres deep, making roads collapsed. Strong winds sank a 50-ton London, Sep 22 -- A press report, impassable. Bunsri Chaolaekha, of the vessel with three aboard in Quang dated today, states: A severe Mae Hong Son provincial Ninh. Two were rescued, and the body thunderstorm with high wind and hail administration organisation, said six of the third was recovered today. pushed across central Minnesota, villagers were stranded in Ban Pabong Three others were reportedly injured. knocking out power yesterday evening as flash floods hit the village. A Meanwhile, rescue teams in Hai to thousands around the Twin Cities, helicopter was sent to rescue the Phong said they could not find a damaging homes and crunching trees villagers. About 2,000 residents in fishing boat with four on board who over a wide area. In Minneapolis, the three Muang district villages were cut had sent SOS signals yesterday some storm was blamed for the death of a off as mudslides engulfed a section of 4.5 nautical miles away from Dau 45-year-old man who was struck by a a road between Ban Kaenfa and Ban Island. Affected by the storm, heavy tree branch. The storm included Klang. Several power poles were also rains struck northern and central straight-line winds gusting to 67 mph damaged. Mae Hong Son governor coastal provinces over the past two in Monticello and 68 mph in the Supoj Laowansiri ordered all relevant days, particularly from Nghe An to Crystal area, said Karen Trammell, a agencies to be on full alert. The Quang Tri provinces meteorologist with the National Meteorological Department yesterday London, Sep 22 -- A press report, Weather Service. "There are huge warned people living in the North to dated Sep 21, states: Twenty people reports of wind damage all across the brace themselves for possible run-off were killed or went missing as a result northern and eastern part of the Twin and mudslides since the tropical of the tropical storm "Vicente" and the Cities," Trammell said. About 14 storm, centred in Phayao, was moving follow-up flash floods and landslide, houses in a single block in Andover northwest. At risk were Pai and Pang which struck central and northern were damaged. There were unverified
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22 Weather & Navigation/Earthquakes/Volcanic Activity/Political & Civil Unrest reports of tornado touchdowns in 82.54W at 0014, local time, Sep 18. rebels who were planting bombs at a Atwater and Brooklyn Park. Funnel Depth of the quake was 10km. hydroelectric dam in southern clouds were reported throughout the Afghanistan. The arrests came just Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Xcel PAPUA NEW GUINEA hours before key elections. Defence Energy said tens of thousands were London, Sep 16 -- A report, dated Ministry spokesman Mohammed Zahir without power in the region. today, states: A moderate earthquake Azimi says a patrol spotted the rebels occurred at 0031, UTC, today. The as they were laying the explosives at VIETNAM magnitude 5.5 event has been located the Girishk dam in restive Helmand London, Sep 17 -- A press report, in the New Ireland region, Papua New province. He says they were arrested dated Sep 16, states: Rescuers have Guinea, in lat 05 69S, long 153 60E. after an hour long exchange of fire. found the bodies of six of the 10 feared The hypocentral depth was estimated "Twenty Taliban were arrested today killed after strong winds capsized to be 29 km. by joint Afghan and coalition forces as several fishing boats off Vietnam's they were placing bombs to blow up southern tip earlier this week. the dam in Girishk district," Mr Azimi Director of Ca Mau province's said. Department of Aquaculture, Pham London, Sep 18 -- A press report, Van Duc, said the other four fishermen dated today, states: One soldier was were still missing. National rescue killed and five others wounded when squads rescued 68 fishermen from the their vehicle ran over a landmine in high seas after 11 boats sunk Monday Afghanistan's eastern province of (Sep 12) and Tuesday in the storm. Nooristan today, Deputy Defense Earlier reports had put the number of COLIMA, MEXICO Minister Yusuf Nooristani said. The boats at 10 and the total number of London, Sep 20 -- A press report, soldiers were carrying ballot boxes to people on them at 68. dated Sep 16, states: The Volcano of a polling station when their four- Fire in western Mexico blasted ash wheel drive ran over a planted mine and gas three miles high today, with and destroyed it, he said. In another an explosion that was heard in guerilla-like attack, the Taliban-led villages 10 miles from the crater, local militants targeted a check post in officials said. No injuries were Manogai district of neighbouring reported. Ash from the 1046 hrs Kunar province, wounding two Para- eruption fell on towns to the north- troopers, governor of Kunar west, the Jalisco state civil defense Assadullah Wafa said. Remnants of agency said, and emergency workers ousted Taliban regime who vowed to there were distributing hospital-type derail the September 18 INDIA masks for protection. parliamentary elections have London, Sep 18 -- A press report, intensified their attacks against dated today, states: An earthquake government interests since yesterday measuring the magnitude 6.1 shook during which over a dozen people have the north eastern region of India been killed and wounded. Two rockets today, causing panic in the states of hit the office of UN Assistance Mission Assam, Manipur, and Meghalaya, in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today, officials said. An official with the injuring one Afghan. In another seismological centre in Shillong, the eastern Khost province, two Afghan capital of Meghalaya, said the police and three Taliban were killed epicentre of the quake, which occurred today during the fire fight aroused by at 1256 hrs, was plotted along the AFGHANISTAN Taliban attacks. Despite the attacks border between Manipur and London, Sep 16 -- A press report, from militants, Afghan people bravely Myanmar. Police and residents in the dated today, states: Suspected Taliban attend the first-ever parliamentary region said people panicked and gunmen shot and killed a candidate in elections after more than three rushed out of their homes. "Our multi- Afghanistan's legislative elections decades. The official of Joint Electoral storey building shook vigorously and after dragging him from his house. His Management Body (JEMB) said in a we ran out in panic," said Pranjal death brought to six the number of press conference today that so far the Kumar Bhoralee, a resident of Assam's candidates killed ahead of Sunday's election is peaceful. main city Guwahati. There were no (Sep 18) ballot. Four election workers reports of damage or casualties so far, have also been slain. Abdul Hadi was BURUNDI officials said. The seven north eastern pulled from his home in southern Bujumbura, Sep 14 -- Burundi's only states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Helmand province yesterday night remaining rebel group killed one Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, before being shot, Mohammed Wali, a person after launching an attack on a Nagaland and Tripura are considered spokesman for the local governor, said. military base, hours after rejecting an by seismologists as the world's sixth The militants then fled in two offer of peace talks by the new major earthquake-prone belt. vehicles. government, the army said today. London, Sep 17 -- A press report, Fighters from the Forces for National INDONESIA dated today, states: There has been Liberation (FNL) attacked the London, Sep 16 -- A moderate further violence in Afghanistan as the northern suburb of Gihosha in the earthquake struck parts of eastern country prepares for parliamentary capital Bujumbura yesterday night, Indonesia's Java island today, but no and provincial elections. It is the first with rockets and hand grenades but injuries or damage was reported, a such poll in 30 years. On the eve of the missed their target and hit seismologist said. The magnitude 5.5 elections, security forces have clashed surrounding homes killing one person. quake struck at 0633 hrs and was with suspected members of the It was the first serious rebel attack centred about 33 km under the sea Taliban. A police patrol was ambushed since President Pierre Nkurunziza and about 141 km north-west of the in Musayi, just outside the capital. was sworn in on Aug. 26. Army town of Malang in eastern Java, said The district police chief and two of his spokesman Adolphe Manirakiza said Joko Nurdadi, a Meteorology and men were killed. Meanwhile, on the there were no casualties on the army Geophysics Agency official. It shook main road from Kandahar to Kabul a side, but witnesses said they had seen Karang Kates on Java island, about police force patrolling the highway bodies of soldiers scattered near the 700 km east of Jakarta, for about two came under rocket fire. One vehicle scene of the fighting. Manirakiza said minutes, he said. was destroyed. The men in the patrol the army was still pursuing rebels in managed to get out alive. At least two the hills surrounding the capital. -- PANAMA AREA suspects were killed in the ensuing Reuters. London, Sep 20 -- A 5.6 magnitude exchange of fire. Afghan and US forces Nairobi, Sep 15 -- The LibÈration du earthquake struck in lat 3.86N, long have arrested 20 suspected Taliban peuple Hutu-front national de
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23 Political & Civil Unrest libÈration (FNL), Burundi's last fighting as the injustice to the Hutu has killed nearly 15,000 people. But remaining rebel group, said people is being settled," he said on many remain wary following the yestersday it did not recognise the local radio. -- Reuters. collapse of three earlier accords and legitimacy of the new government and were closely watching to see if the would only negotiate peace with INDIA military and the rebels would representatives of the country's three Guwahati, Sep 14 -- A powerful rebel implement the deal on the ground. ethnic groups. "The FNL is willing to group in India's restive northeastern Earlier this week, the Free Aceh negotiate," Pasteur Habimana, the state of Assam said today that it had Movement rebels surrendered more FNL spokesman, said from Dar es lost 12 men killed in a fierce gun than a quarter of their 840 weapons to Salaam, Tanzania. He said, however, battle with government troops. An EU and Southeast Asian peace that the international community Indian military spokesman said troops monitors by a Saturday (Sep 17) would have to act as guarantor during had encircled the heavily forested deadline, with the remainder to be such negotiations which, would have Dibru-Saikhowa area, about 600 km handed over by Dec 31. Today's to be with the representatives of the east of the state capital Dispur, acting planned withdrawal was the first Hutu, Tutsi and Twa ethnic groups. on a tip off that 70-80 heavily armed phase in a gradual reduction of Habimana said even if the FNL's militants were setting up a camp military and police units in the region demands were not met it would not there. "The operations are still going that is linked to the decommissioning restart the war. "The armed conflict is on," he said. The United Liberation process. Some 6,000 Indonesian troops now over," he said. He denied that the Front of Asom (ULFA), which is are slated to leave in the next few FNL still was initiating strikes fighting for an independent Assamese weeks, and another 24,000 in the against the army. "We are now just homeland, said troops used mortars months that follow. Some 25,000 will defending ourselves against attacks by and rockets to attack their base. "We remain behind. the army," he said. The army blames have lost 12 cadres and several others London, Sep 20 -- A press report, the FNL for sporadic fighting before are wounded in the fighting," ULFA dated today, states: Indonesia will pull and after the presidential elections in chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said in 2,600 soldiers out of Aceh province August. On Tuesday (Sep 13), army a statement. He accused the soldiers today as it steps up the withdrawal of spokesman Maj Adolphe Manirakiza of holding villagers captive and troops under a peace agreement that said that last week the FNL had cutting supplies to them, leading to a ended decades of conflict with rebels, attacked several locations around the severe shortage of food and medicines. an army spokesman said. "Four nation's capital, Bujumbura, killing Yesterday's fighting came after the battalions, each consisting of 650 one person and wounding another. ULFA offered last week to hold peace troops, will leave Aceh on Sep 20. Yesterday, the governor of the talks with New Delhi. The talks, the Other departures of troops are northern province of Bubanza, first between the two sides, are scheduled for Sep 21, 23 and 25," army Nzobonimpa ManassÈ, said the FNL expected to take place next month. -- spokesman Lt. Col. Erie Soetiko said rebels had been fighting government Reuters. yesterday in the North Aceh town of troops there since Saturday (Sep 10). London, Sep 16 -- A press report, Lhokseumawe, the main embarkation Despite the FNL's refusal to recognise dated today, states: Suspected Muslim port for the troops. Some 800 soldiers the government, Burundi's newly rebels shot dead four people in were pulled out from Aceh province on elected president, Pierre Nkurunziza, insurgency-hit Indian Kashmir while Sunday (Sep 18). Sunday's said on Saturday that his government another person was killed in crossfire withdrawal, witnessed by members of would do its utmost to negotiate peace between militants and troops, police the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM), with the rebel movement. "We will set said overnight. The report of the came after the separatist Free Aceh up a government commission in the deaths of the five civilians came as the Movement (GAM) handed in about 278 near future, comprising four army leaders of India and Pakistan weapons to the AMM in the first stage officers and four political leaders, reaffirmed their commitment to of the decommissioning process. Under which will prepare negotiations as resolve their decades-old dispute over the peace accord signed on Aug 18, the soon as possible," he said. However, Kashmir. A police spokesman said rebel group has to decommission all of Habimana said the FNL would not suspected rebels shot dead three its 840 declared arms, ammunitions negotiate with any team representing Muslims in two separate incidents in and explosives in four stages. The the new government, as "the elections Doda district in the south of Indian process must conclude by Dec 31. In were not conducted in compliance Kashmir, where a revolt against New exchange for GAM's disarmament, the with the 2002 Arusha peace Delhi's rule has raged since 1989. In Indonesian Military and National agreement." He also said the FNL northern Baramulla district, Police must reduce their presence in was not in contact with any leading suspected rebels killed a Muslim girl the tsunami-wracked province. At the government officials or with any of minutes after abducting her from her end of the disarmament process, only the opposition parties. The special house, police said. None of the dozen 14,700 soldiers and 9,100 police representative of the UN Secretary- rebel groups active in Kashmir officers will be allowed to stay. Earlier General in Burundi, Carolyn claimed responsibility for the deaths. the National Police pulled out around McAskie, who has held numerous In other bloodshed, a civilian was 1,300 Police Mobile Brigade strike talks with FNL leaders, expressed killed in crossfire between rebels and force personnel from Aceh on frustration last week with the security forces in Rajouri district, Wednesday. movement's go-slow approach to police said. peace. UN News reported yesterday IRAQ that a group of regional leaders from INDONESIA Baghdad, Sep 15 -- Suicide bombers neighbouring countries have met with London, Sep 18 -- A press report, killed 24 policemen in Baghdad today, the UN Secretary-General and dated today, states: Indonesian wreaking more carnage after al Qaeda international donors in New York at soldiers began boarding a warship in Iraq declared war on majority the World Summit, which began on today to leave Aceh province, honoring Shi'ite Muslims and anyone linked to Monday (Sep 12), to request support a major concession in a peace deal to the U.S.-backed government. Three to Burundi's new government in its end one of Southeast Asia's longest blasts in the southern district of efforts to include the FNL in the running wars. Around 800 troops Doura, which also wounded 21 people, peace process. The group also called overloaded with kit bags and carrying dealt another blow to the government, on the FNL "to cease hostilities automatic weapons waved their berets which has failed to subdue a Sunni immediately". A less radical wing of in the air as they stepped on board the Arab insurgency despite repeated the FNL may be forming under the ship, which was due to set sail for the U.S.-Iraqi offensives like one under leadership of the group's vice- Sumatran city of Medan later today. A way in Tal Afar in the north. The chairman, Jean Bosco Sindayigaya. peace agreement signed last month in explosions followed yesterday's wave Last week, he called for a more Finland between the government and of attacks that cost more than 150 conciliatory approach to peace the rebels is seen as Aceh's best lives in Baghdad, including 114 people negotiations with the government. chance in years to bring a permanent killed when a suicide bomber blew up "There is no more reason to continue end to three decades of fighting that a van in a crowd of laborers. A
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24 Political & Civil Unrest statement attributed to Iraq's al lined up to find jobs, killing two and parliament from Iraq's Kurdish region Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi wounding a dozen. Minutes later, has been killed by gunmen north of said those bombings were the opening further down the road, the same Baghdad, officials say. Faris Hussein, shots in a war on Shi'ites, who, along gunmen opened fire on a vehicle his driver and at least one other with Kurds, now hold power. Clashes carrying officials from the transport person died, and another MP Haider erupted between police and insurgents ministry, killing one and wounding Qassem was wounded. The group were after the suicide blasts in Doura, home another, the police said. The campaign on their way to Baghdad late to an oil refinery and a hotspot for of attacks, many of them claimed by al yesterday when they were ambushed violence. The first bomber rammed a Qaeda in Iraq, a group headed by by unknown insurgents. Iraq is in the car into a truck, killing 15 police Jordanian militant Abu Musab al- grip of a fresh wave of violence which commandos. Hours later, two bombers Zarqawi, came in response to a U.S.- began on Wednesday (Sep 14) with the struck two minutes apart, killing at Iraqi military offensive on the death of 114 people in a suicide bomb least nine police commandos and northern town of Tal Afar. Today, an attack on a crowd of labourers. Earlier officers, police said. Al Qaeda also Iraqi officer said 95 percent of Tal yesterday, a car bomb explosion at a claimed responsibility for the latest Afar had been secured. U.S. troops busy market in near Baghdad killed at attacks, without specifying which ones were letting residents who fled the least 30 people. The attacks came as it had carried out. The Iraqi fighting return to their homes, Iraq's parliament prepared to sign off government hopes U.S. training will although only on foot, witnesses said. final amendments to the country's prepare local forces to take over A top U.S. military spokesman said draft constitution on Sunday. The security and enable the Americans to Tal Afar marked just the beginning of draft will be put to a referendum on go home. The U.S. military say they what may be a new series of U.S.- Oct 15. Security forces are on high have already trained 190,000 Iraqi backed offensives on rebel towns and alert as thousands of Shia pilgrims troops, and 115 Iraqi battalions are cities designed to capture or kill converge on Karbala, south of the battle-ready, but guerrilla attacks Zarqawi and increase security ahead capital, for a religious festival due to have not let up. Some members of the of a referendum next month when start tomorrow. Mr Hussein is the security forces cover their faces with Iraqis will vote on a controversial third MP to be killed since elections in bandanas to avoid being identified by proposed constitution. "Towns close to January this year. rebels who have killed hundreds of the Euphrates river valley, including their comrades. The violence is Qaim and Haditha, are towns that we NEPAL overshadowing politics, hurting focus on. And as soon as we see Kathmandu, Sep 15 -- Nepal's Maoist government efforts to convince Iraqis (Zarqawi) trying to establish a safe rebels have freed 60 soldiers captured that an October 15 referendum on a haven there, we will conduct after a raid on an army base in August new constitution will ease sectarian operations just like we did in Tal in the west of the embattled strife and deliver stability. Zarqawi's Afar," Major General Rick Lynch told Himalayan kingdom. The soldiers declaration of sectarian war lends reporters in Baghdad yesterday. were freed in the presence of weight to government accusations that President Jalal Talabani played down representatives from the International Sunni militants are attacking Shi'ites the threat of warfare among Iraq's Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in to ignite civil strife and bury any Shi'ite Arab, Sunni Arab and Kurdish a remote village in west Nepal, a political process. Prominent Sunni populations, telling reporters at the human rights group said. The soldiers clerics accuse the government of United Nations World Summit in New were captured after the raid on the allowing Shi'ite militia hit squads to York that foreigners were responsible. camp on Aug 7 and 8 in Kalikot operate alongside security forces. The Shi'ite religious leaders, including district, 600 km west of Kathmandu. government denies the charge. Sunnis, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the At least 55 soldiers and 26 rebels were who comprise 20 percent of the most senior Shi'ite cleric in Iraq, also killed in that battle, the deadliest in population, dominated Iraq for insist their community will not be more than a year. The release of the decades and resent their loss of drawn into a civil war. While foreign soldiers comes after the Maoists influence since Saddam Hussein was fighters have entered the country and announced a unilateral ceasefire for toppled. They fear the constitution many are believed to be aligned to three months in a move to win the will further marginalize them by Zarqawi, there are also many Iraqi support of political parties opposed to granting autonomy to southern nationalist insurgents, largely from King Gyanendra. -- Reuters. Shi'ites in line with that enjoyed by the Sunni Arab minority, who have Kurds in the north and decentralizing carried out attacks on Shi'ites. Shi'ite RUSSIA control of oil revenue. Zarqawi, in an militias have also attacked and killed London, Sep 14 -- A press report, Internet audio tape, said his war on Sunnis in retaliation. Talabani and dated today, states: Thirteen people Shi'ites was in response to the assault other political leaders are hoping that were wounded when a building of the by U.S. and Iraqi forces against a draft constitution, drawn up Chechen interior ministry was shelled insurgents in the town of Tal Afar principally by the Shi'ites and Kurds, in Grozny yesterday, sources from near the Syrian border. "As for the who dominate the government, will republic's law enforcement agencies government, servants of the crusaders draw the nation together and isolate told Itar-Tass today. "There are nine headed by (Iraqi Prime Minister) guerrillas opposed to the political police officers as well as civilians, Ibrahim Jaafari, they have declared a process. The constitution, which some including a woman, among the war on Sunnis in Tal Afar. You have Sunni leaders say does not reflect injured," the source said. It is believed begun and started the attacks and you their wishes for the country, is due to that one person or several people, who won't see mercy from us," the voice be put to a referendum on October 15. shelled the building from a grenade said. The government says nearly 160 If two-thirds of voters in three or more launcher, fired from the distance of rebels have been killed in the attack of Iraq's 18 provinces vote "No," the about 1,500 metres from the building. that began on Saturday (Sep 10) in a document will be rejected. Sunni Moscow, Sep 16 -- A blast on a town described by U.S. and Iraqi religious and political leaders have railway line in Russia's turbulent officials as a staging post for foreign been urging members of the Caucasus region derailed three fighters entering Iraq from Syria. -- community to register to vote so that wagons of a goods train today in what Reuters. they can mount a "No" campaign when the interior ministry said may have Baghdad, Sep 16 -- Gunmen shot the time comes. In other been a botched attempt to attack a dead two labourers and a government developments, the U.S. military said a busy passenger train. The explosion, official in drive-by shootings in Marine was killed by a mortar attack thought by officials to have been Baghdad today, the latest attacks in a on a base in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, caused by a delayed-action mine, was surge of violence in the capital that yesterday, raising the number of in a disputed part of North Ossetia, has killed more than 180 people in the troops to have died in Iraq since the the region where the deadly Beslan last three days. Police said the invasion to 1,897. More than 13,000 school siege took place just over a year gunmen, travelling in two cars, first have been wounded. -- Reuters. ago. "Several versions are being opened fire on a group of men near the London, Sep 19 -- A press report, considered, including the possibility Shi'ite district of Sadr City as they dated Sep 18, states: A member of the terrorist attack was directed at a
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25 Political & Civil Unrest/Kidnappings/Labour Disputes passenger train between Moscow and left more than 40 people dead in the rescuers and to the press and all my Nazran or a local train ... which were strife-torn western Sudanese region of friends," he said. Gunmen had dragged supposed to pass by several hours Darfur, local sources said. The attack him from his car outside a training later," a local interior ministry was reportedly a response to a raid by ground in July. Mr Romano, who has spokeswoman said by telephone. The the SLM/A on the village of Malam on reversed first-division Cruz Azul's blast was in the Prigorodny region, Aug 25, some 50 km from the South fortunes since taking over last which North Ossetia and Ingushetia Darfur capital, Nyala, during which the December, is said to earn a monthly fought over after communist rule rebels abducted children belonging to salary of up to $100,000 (£57,000). collapsed in 1991. North Ossetia took it the Arab nomads living in the area. over in 1994 after fighting which forced According to the African Union Mission NETHERLANDS thousands of Ingush to flee but in Sudan (AMIS), the rebels also stole London, Sep 15 -- A press report, tensions still bubble. In separate more than 2,000 camels and killed dated Sep 14, states: Dutch police have incidents, two blasts hit different parts three civilians and three government freed the daughter of a millionaire of Ingushetia today. One explosive solders. The fighting lasted four or five businessman kidnapped earlier this device exploded in the region's capital hours, he added, and 30 nomads were week, state television reported today. Nazran near an apartment block, while killed. During the skirmish, NOS television said Claudia Melchers, the other hit a village near the border approximately 10 to 15 rebels also were 37, had been freed unharmed during with Chechnya. No one was injured. -- killed, according to a humanitarian the night but gave no other details. Reuters. source who was in the Jebel Marra "Last night Claudia Melchers was when the attack occurred. "There are released unharmed," a police statement SPAIN so many casualties -- at least 30 -- in said. It was not clear if a ransom was Madrid, Sep 20 -- Armed Basque Nyala military hospital, some of them paid. Armed and masked men broke separatists ETA claimed responsibility severely wounded," she observed. "The into Melchers' home in the Old South for five attacks in Spain in June and situation is very tense and the nomadic section of Amsterdam Monday night July, including one aimed at harming tribesmen are calling for revenge." (Sep 12), bound and gagged a friend Spain's Olympic bid, in a letter to Another local source confirmed that "a and seized the 37-year-old woman. Her Basque newspaper Gara, the paper big mobilisation of Arab tribesmen" two young children were left reported today. ETA, which has waged was underway and warned about the unharmed. Police said yesterday they a nearly four-decade-old bombing and "intensification of combat operations" received nine tips from the public after shooting campaign for independence, in the region. Banditry and continuous a televised appeal the night before by claimed responsibility for a Jun 25 car attacks by armed groups on police commissioner Willem Woelders bomb attack against La Peineta humanitarian workers, Arab nomads asking for information. stadium, the centrepiece of Madrid's and villages in Darfur have increased failed bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. significantly over the past weeks and It said in the statement to Gara -- its threaten to destabilise the fragile usual way to communicate -- that it ceasefire in the volatile western also carried out a double bomb attack Sudanese region. Observers on the on two Madrid highways at the end of ground have warned repeatedly that July to coincide with a traditional Darfur was at risk of descending into a holiday exodus from the city. ETA, perpetual state of lawlessness, even as which has killed more than 800 people, the Sudanese government and the main has not carried out a fatal attack for rebel groups in the war-torn region ARGENTINA about two years and many in Spain discussed the possibility of a peaceful London, Sept 16 -- A press report, expect a ceasefire. In today's statement resolution to the conflict. The sixth dated today, states: The Argentine the group also claimed an attack on a round of the Abuja peace talks between government and the fishing unions are power station and one on a construction the government and the two main rebel locked in a salary dispute which has company, both in July. It attacked the groups -- the SLM/A and the Justice paralyzed the country's main fleet in company for "refusing to provide money and Equality Movement (JEM) -- Mar del Plata. Unions are demanding in favour of the Basque Country's resumed in the Nigerian capital on the implementation of Ministry of freedom," it said. ETA regularly seeks Thursday (Sep 115) amid mutual Labour resolution 254/05 stipulating to extort money from Basque recriminations. Little progress has salaries must be paid in US dollars. businesses. -- Reuters. been made so far. -- Reuters. Fisheries vessel owners reject point blank the resolution and warn that SUDAN having the fleet docked generates Abuja, Sep 19 -- Militias backed by economic losses estimated in a million the Sudanese government have killed US dollars per day. The conflict has 30 people in fresh attacks in Darfur, become so serious that the federal threatening new peace talks under way government is taking part but so far to in Nigeria, rebel groups said today. The no avail. "Nothing happened during the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the last meeting; in fact Minister Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Fernandez talked about the need to end said 17 people were killed in Korbia in MEXICO to the strike, but what he proposed is northern Darfur on Saturday (Sep 15) London, Sep 22 -- A press report, not consistent with our interests" said and 13 died in attacks on Jabamara in dated today, states: Mexican security Roberto Toledo, head of the Marine the west on Sunday. SLA spokesman forces have rescued the coach of a first workers association. "The government Abdulrahman Musa said fighting division football club who was will be responsible for what happens continued in Jabamara today, adding kidnapped two months ago. Omar from now on, because we are going to that the rebel groups had lodged a Romano, an Argentine who coaches the extend the strike to the tugs and complaint with the African Union (AU), Cruz Azul team, was freed during an container shipping sectors plus taking the mediator in the talks which itself raid in a poor district of Mexico City. protests to the streets and inviting has 3,000 troops in Darfur. "In the final Seven people were arrested in the other fishing ports to join us" warned analysis, we believe these (ceasefire) operation. The 47-year-old coach said Toledo. violations would not create a conducive he had been treated well. His case has environment to reach a settlement highlighted a major problem in Mexico SOUTH AFRICA during this round of talks," Musa said - which has one of the highest number London, Sep 19 -- Mining group at a joint news conference with the of kidnappings in the world, with 3,000 Aflease Gold and Uranium Resources JEM. -- Reuters. cases in 2003. Mr Romano looked gaunt today announced that the National Khartoum, Sep 20 -- A large and wore a beard as masked police Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has retaliatory attack by armed nomadic escorted him from the house where he begun a strike at the Bonanza South tribesmen on the rebel Sudan had been held. "I'm thankful to my gold mine near Klerksdorp, along with Liberation Movement/Army yesterday
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26 Labour Disputes/Awards & Settlements/Railway Accidents an illegal underground sit-in. NUM a year role after a tribunal ruled that being confined permanently to a Klerksdorp representative Hoyce she had suffered racial discrimination. wheelchair. According to the Pundulu confirmed that the union's In a statement, the trust said it was document, Mr Leggett had not worked members are on strike at the Bonanza "disappointed and shocked" at the from the time of the incident until South gold mine. However, he said the level of the award. Consultant April 2003, when he started working strike is legal, with the union obstetrician Dr Awotona quit her job part-time as a peer support officer for demanding a wage increase of 15% in May after delays in reskilling Spinal Cord Injuries Australia. and the company offering 6,5%. The procedures. She launched her case for union is demanding a minimum compensation in June. Dr Awotona WRONGFUL ARREST, underground wage of R2 000 a month said she was pleased with the decision UNITED STATES and a minimum surface wage of R1 and it was now time for her to rebuild London, Sep 19 -- A press report, 900 a month, while the company is her life. In a statement, the trust said dated today, states: A boy wrongfully offering an underground wage of R1 it would be discussing the decision accused of killing Ryan Harris in 1998 500 a month and R1 300 a month for with its legal advisors to look at settled his wrongful-arrest lawsuit surface workers, he added. Aflease potential for an appeal. It said: "We today against the City of Chicago for said it had offered a three-year wage are disappointed and shocked at the $6.2 million. The $6.2 million agreement. level of award which has been made, settlement comes just five days after particularly given the fact that Dr the City Council unanimously ordered Awotona was reinstated and had the the corporation counsel to reach an opportunity for long term employment agreement with the boy's family. within the NHS." The trust said Dr Initially, aldermen suggested the case Awotona had returned to her previous be settled for $10 million to $15 post at South Tyneside District million, but ultimately they passed the Hospital and was required to do resolution without a suggested dollar refresher training at another hospital figure. The boy, now 15, was arrested in North Tyneside. "She was unwilling and charged when he was eight with DEATH DUE POLLUTANTS, to do this and withdrew from the the murder of 11-year-old Ryan UNITED STATES reinstatement process in May of this Harris. His seven-year-old friend also London, Sep 15 -- A press report, year," it said. was charged. But within a month dated Sep 14, states: BP Amoco those charges were dropped after yesterday was ordered to pay the SWIMMING POOL ACCIDENT, semen was found on little Ryan's family of a former Sugar Creek AUSTRALIA underwear--indicating the girl's killing resident $13.3 million because of a London, Sep 15 -- A press report, and sexual assault could not have rare blood disorder that killed her. dated today, states: A former Canberra been committed by the children. Nancy Ryan lived within 500 feet of man has been awarded $7.5 million in Convicted sex offender Floyd Durr now the former Amoco oil refinery in compensation 13 years after he dived awaits trial for her murder. The family Sugar Creek for four years before she into the shallow end of the Civic pool, of the other wrongfully charged boy moved to Independence. She died in leaving him a quadriplegic. ACT settled their claim against the city for November, and her family claimed Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Gray $2 million. that benzene from petroleum ordered the ACT Government products that had leaked into the yesterday to compensate Anthony ground and surface water was the Richard Leggett, now a 31-year-old cause. It was the first of 25 lawsuits living in Sydney, as part of a filed by attorney Lon Waters on settlement in which the Government behalf of families against BP Corp. of has not formally admitted liability. North America Inc. All the plaintiffs But the ACT Government was found to represented by Waters - some of be liable because it was the owner and whom are still alive - have suffered occupier of the pool complex. Mr some sort of leukemia or lymphoma. Leggett said the incident occurred CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Ryan, who was 69 when she died, had when he dived into what he thought UNITED STATES lived in Sugar Creek from 1956 to was the deep end of the pool. It was Chicago, Sep 17 -- A commuter train 1960. BP Amoco's lawyers had argued argued that the Government was carrying about 125 passengers that scientific evidence showed no negligent because there was derailed on Chicago's South Side on link between the oil refinery and insufficient signage regarding depth today, killing one person and injuring Ryan's blood disease. Defense and diving blocks at the shallow end of 76, city officials said. Monique Bond, a attorney Wayne Taff said Ryan lived the pool. When the incident occurred spokeswoman for the city's emergency past the average life expectancy of in August, 1992, Mr Leggett was an management office, said the cause of someone with the type of blood Australian National University the accident wasn't known and the disorder that Ryan had. BP Amoco student with plans to work in the National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Ron Rybarczyk said the banking and financial sector until he would investigate. One person was company hadn't decided what its next was 65. He planned to study declared dead on arrival at an area steps would be in the case, though it economics and science at ANU before hospital, she said at a news could appeal. "We're disappointed switching to an economics/commerce conference. About 76 others were hurt, with the conclusion," Rybarczyk said. degree the following year, followed by with injuries ranging from minor to "We respect the jury's decision, but an appropriate post-graduate course serious. Chicago Fire Department we strongly disagree with it. The suitable for a career in the finance Chief Kevin MacGregor said nine verdict is not supported by the sector. But a document filed in the seriously injured people were evidence." ACT Supreme Court paints a sad hospitalized after the five passenger picture for Mr Leggett. The document, cars derailed. A spokesman for the RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, signed by Mr Leggett's solicitor, states Metra commuter rail system did not UNITED KINGDOM he sustained a crush fracture to a immediately return a call seeking London, Sep 16 -- A press report, vertebra, leaving him with a host of comment. "It's on an elevated area and dated Sep 15, states: A hospital ongoing disabilities - including it is difficult terrain to access," consultant who fought a long-running quadriplegia. It puts his future wage MacGregor said. "It's a slow process battle to win her job back after being loss, using various scenarios, at but everyone is off the train." The unfairly sacked has been awarded somewhere between about $6 million engine separated from some of the more than £1.6m compensation. Dr and $12million. Other things said to passenger cars, which had broken Feyi Awotona was sacked from South have stemmed from the incident windows and were tilted off the rails. - Tyneside hospital in 1998. South included weight loss, a profound - Reuters. Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust was psychological impact, scarring, London, Sep 19 -- A press report, ordered to reinstate her to her £68,000 dizziness, nightmares, depression and dated Sep 18, states: A commuter
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27 Railway Accidents/Robberies & Thefts train was going almost 60 mph above lawsuits have now been filed. The train of two locomotives and 10 rail the speed limit just before it derailed, National Transportation Safety Board cars struck another train of two killing two people and injuring dozens, said tonight that everything locomotives and three rail cars at 1215 the acting chairman of the National mechanical, including the signals and hrs, in Shepherd, about 60 miles north Transportation Safety Board said switches, appeared to be in working of Houston, said Mark Davis, today. Mark Rosenker said the Metra order. But it's still too early to say spokesman for Union-Pacific. The first train was travelling at 69 mph and that the reason the engineer did not train was traveling on a straight track should not have been going faster than slow the train to the 10 mph limit was from Pine Bluff, Ark., to Houston 10 mph when it switched tracks at a human error. Federal investigators when its locomotive struck the crossover just before jumping the say they found two cell phones in the locomotive of the second train. The tracks yesterday. "Sixty-nine miles an engineer's cab, one belonging to second train was stopped on the north hour is very, very fast when you're Metra, the other to him. They are end of a side track, but its locomotive dealing with a 10-mile-an-hour waiting on records to determine if he was sitting on the straight track. The restriction,'' Rosenker said. The speed was on the phone at the time of the first train had the right of way, Davis information came from a preliminary crash. The train engineer is on paid said. National Transportation Safety reading of one of the train's three leave. The NTSB confirmed the Board, Federal Railroad electronic data recorders, popularly engineer of the train is in good health Administration and Union Pacific known as "black boxes,'' Rosenker with normal hearing and vision, and investigators were on the scene today. said. Part of the investigation included he scored 99 out of 100 on a Metra an interview today with the train's training exam. The NTSBA also says SUKKUR AREA, SINDH engineer, Rosenker said. The 41-year- an automatic braking system likely PROVINCE, PAKISTAN old man had been on the job for 45 would have prevented the derailment. Karachi, Sep 19 -- Pakistan Railway days after completing Metra's six- The attorney for Jane Cuthbert's said four bogies of a goods train month training program, which family, who filed the first of several derailed near Sukkur in Sindh province included at least some training along lawsuits today, wondered why after a of Pakistan at Saturday/Sunday (Sep the route where the derailment 2003 Metra derailment in the same 17/18) midnight. As a result, traffic occurred. He also had worked for more area Metra didn't install automatic remains suspended for 12 hours than five years as a CSX Corp. freight braking. The National Transpiration between Sukkur and other cities of the train engineer. The NTSB will also Safety Board conducted tests today on country. Later, a relief train reached examine records of the train signals track signals, re-inspected the the spot to clear the track. But until and radio transmissions from a control damaged railcars and interviewed first then the Jaffer Express was stopped at tower, Rosenker said. Investigators responders. According to the train's the Sukkur railway station while the have determined that nothing was three "black boxes," the train was Quetta Express and the Dadu-bound abnormal with the tracks, which had moving at 69 mph when it attempted Shahbaz Express were stopped at the just been inspected on Friday (Sep 16), to switch tracks at the crossover at Rohri railway station. -- Lloyd's List he said. The double-decked commuter 47th and Wentworth with a designated Correspondent. train was headed into Chicago from speed limit of 10 mph. More than 80 Joliet yesterday morning with 185 people were injured in the crash. passengers and four crew members Eleven people are still in the hospital. when its locomotive and five rail cars jumped the tracks about 5 miles south FEROZA AREA, PUNJAB, of downtown. The train began to derail PAKISTAN as it switched tracks, striking a steel Karachi, Sep 15 -- Pakistan Railway bridge just beyond the crossover. said that four wagons of a goods train Rosenker said that collision damaged bound for Punjab Province derailed at least one rail car and likely near Feroza, 20 kilometres from ARMOURED CAR, RIGAUD, contributed to at least one of the Khanpur in southern Punjab, QUEBEC, CANADA fatalities. The train and the track had yesterday. It is said as a result, traffic London, Sep 16 -- A press report, just been inspected Friday, said Judy remains suspended for quite some for dated Sep 15, states: Armoured car Pardonnet, a spokeswoman for Metra, up-country. However, no loss of life company Securicor has offered a the commuter rail system that services was reported. According to railway reward of up to $2 million in the Chicago area. The train engineer, police, the wagons of 4201-goods train connection with an armed robbery that three crew members and dispatchers derailed when it was on way to occurred near Montreal a week ago were all tested for drugs and alcohol, Lahore. As a result, 11-Up Chenab Wednesday. The robbery happened which is standard procedure, express and 13-Up Awam Express near Rigaud, Quebec. It involved an Pardonnet said. The train's engineer is were halted at Sadiqabad and Rahim armoured car, a well-planned assault taking three days of paid leave for Yar Khan railway stations. The cause and millions of dollars. Two Securicor "trauma debriefing.'' Jane Cuthbert, of derailment was yet to be guards en route from Ottawa to 22, of Bourbonnais, died on the train, ascertained. A relief train, later from Montreal had pulled in to Rigaud for Pardonnet said. A 30-year-old woman Rohri has cleared the track. -- Lloyd's breakfast on Sep 7. They were caught died at a hospital. They were the first List Correspondent. off guard, overpowered, driven up a people killed in a Metra derailment remote road to a communications since it took over commuter rail SHEPHERD, TEXAS, tower and abandoned. Police said the services in the region in 1984. The UNITED STATES robbers were pros who managed to injured passengers were taken to 15 London, Sep 15 -- A press report, make off with $13 million, making the hospitals and 15 of them remained dated today, states: Two Union Pacific robbery one of the biggest in Canadian hospitalized today, Pardonnet said. trains collided and derailed north of history. Securicor Canada Limited said She did not have information on their Houston in Shepherd, killing one Thursday it will pay a reward of up to conditions. Train service on the Rock employee, forcing an overnight $2 million for information leading to Island District Line resumed about evacuation of hundreds of residents the arrest and conviction of the four hours after the derailment, and and cancelling school this morning. offenders and the recovery of the the cleanup from the accident could San Jacinto Constable Jerry Everitt money stolen in the robbery. cause short delays during tomorrow's said that by daybreak, the diesel fuel commute, Pardonnet said. spill that caused residents to evacuate PAINTINGS FROM MUSEUM, London, Sep 20 -- A press report, to two schools had been cleaned up STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN dated Sep 19, states: Saturday's (Sep and residents were being allowed to go London, Sep 16 -- A press report, 17)Metra train derailment in Chicago back home. Although Shepherd dated today, states: Danish police have killed two passengers and left several residents are now free to come and go, recovered a painting by Rembrandt others hospitalized. Investigators say, traffic from outside has been diverted that was stolen in a spectacular heist so far, it does not appear to have been around the town, where the wrecked in Stockholm five years ago, and have a mechanical problem, and the first railcars remain. One Union Pacific arrested four people suspected of
© 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. 28 Robberies & Thefts/Miscellaneous dealing in stolen goods. "Copenhagen GRAMPIAN PRINCESS (U.K.) virus returning. Malaysia's 25 million police arrested four men yesterday Hull, Sep 16 -- Standby safety vessel people are among the world's largest evening after they were caught Grampian Princess (280 gt, built 1960) consumers of chicken, eating about 30 redhanded as they were showing the and support Grampian Dawn (272 gt, kg each a year. Indonesian authorities (Rembrandt) painting to a potential built 1962), at Ipswich: We contacted said on Monday (Sep 19) two children buyer in a Copenhagen hotel," a police the harbour-master in relation to the were in hospital for suspected bird flu. statement said. The work, a self- above vessels and are advised that The virus has so far killed four people portrait of the artist that has been both are privately-owned and are there. In Vietnam, 44 people have died valued at $US41 million ($53.4m), was moored at a private wharf belonging to from bird flu, 23 of them since last stolen along with two paintings by Anglia Water. Both vessels float at December. French impressionist Pierre-Auguste high water and are tied together. We London, Sep 21 -- A press report, Renoir during an armed heist at understand that one of the vessels was dated today, states: Two more people Sweden's National Museum on Dec 22, vandalised last week and caught fire. in Indonesia are suspected to have 2000. The three paintings were at the Any monies owed are to Anglia Water been infected with the deadly bird flu time valued at $US30m. One of the for berthing costs. However, no one virus, Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Renoirs, Conversation, was found in has been able to contact the owners of Supari said yesterday. "Yes, there are central Stockholm on Apr 5, 2001, by the vessels. -- Lloyd's Agents. (Note -- two more people, with one suspected police investigating a drugs case, but Grampian Princess and Grampian case an employee of Jakarta's the French painter's Young Parisian Dawn arrived Ipswich Mar 30, 2002.) Ragunan Zoo while the other is a remains missing. Copenhagen police vendor at the zoo," Siti said. The spokesman Flemming Steen Munch OUTBREAK OF "BIRD FLU" minister said that as of yesterday, said that four men, two Iraqis, a London, Sep 16 -- A press report, there had been six people admitted to Swede and a Gambian, had been dated today, states: Indonesia Sulianti Saroso Hospital in North arrested after being caught trying to confirmed its fourth death from bird Jakarta. Two of them earlier tested sell the Rembrandt. A Danish court flu after tests showed a woman who positive for the virus. Blood samples today was expected to remand the four died last week in Jakarta was infected from the other patients have been sent men in custody pending trial. with the virus. "Yes it's confirmed," to a Hong Kong laboratory. The London, Sep 17 -- A press report, Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari government decided to close the zoo on dated today, states: Two masterpiece said. She declined to give further Monday for the next three weeks after paintings, a self-portrait of 17th- details. Blood samples had been sent some 19 birds tested positive for the century Dutch artist Rembrandt and a to Hong Kong for testing. The woman, virus. On Monday (Sep 19) the work by French impressionist Pierre- aged 37, died at a private hospital in government declared the outbreak in August Renoir, stolen from Sweden's South Jakarta last Saturday (Sep 10) the country was an "extraordinary" National Museum five years ago have evening after being admitted on Sep 6 situation. It confirmed last week that been recovered, Danish and US in a serious condition. The latest a 37-year-old, who lived near a officials said this morning. Four men, death brought to 63 the number of chicken slaughterhouse in a South two Iraqis, a Gambian and a Swede, people in Southeast Asia known to Jakarta suburb, was the fourth human were arrested by Danish police in a have died from the deadly H5N1 fatality linked to bird flu in the sting operation while showing the strain of the virus and coincides with country. US$40 million ($57.44 million) increasing international concern that Rembrandt to a potential buyer at a the virus could mutate into a major OUTBREAK OF VIRUS ON Copenhagen hotel on Thursday Sep killer. An auditor and his two young BAHAMAS FLAG VESSEL 15), Danish police said. Renoir's A daughters died in suburban Jakarta in London, Sep 14 -- A press report, Young Parisienne, stolen from the July. The Government has said dated today, states: Dozens of crew Swedish museum along with the infected chicken droppings are members have been struck down with Rembrandt portrait, was recovered in suspected to have caused those deaths. suspected food poisoning on bulk the United States, according to an London, Sep 21 -- A press report, Yeoman Bridge (55695 gt, built 1991) FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles. dated today, states: Malaysia was on off the Western Isles. An investigation She said more details about the heightened bird flu watch yesterday as has been launched after six men were Renoir, valued at an estimated Southeast Asian neighbours Vietnam taken to hospital on the Isle of Lewis US$13 million, would be disclosed at and Indonesia struggled to fight the for treatment. Another 24 were being a Los Angeles news conference later virus, and the concerns knocked local treated on board the vessel by a doctor today, where the painting will be poultry firm shares down as much as flown out last night. An NHS Western displayed for the media. Both works four percent. Malaysia has not had Isles spokesman said that the crew, were snatched from the museum on any human infections of avian thought to be Ukrainian, had all eaten Stockholm's waterfront by an armed influenza, despite culling thousands of salmon, though the cause of the illness gang that entered the building just birds a year ago, after the death of two was not yet known. He added that a before closing time in December infected chickens near its border with major incident response team had 2000. While one man brandished a Thailand. But new human cases in been set up and would meet today to sub-machinegun in the lobby, two Indonesia this week, along with hear reports from public health others seized the paintings from the Vietnam's near-two-year struggle specialists. The six crew were taken second floor. As they escaped, against the disease, are prompting from their vessel by RNLI lifeboat to scattering spikes on the road to delay Malaysian authorities to look more Lewis yesterday morning, after radioing pursuers, two cars exploded nearby, closely at the possibility the virus coastguards for help. They were then creating a diversion. The men then could recur, a senior official said. transferred by ambulance to the made off in a small boat which was "We're carrying out checks on all Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway, later recovered. A third painting poultry farms near our borders to where their condition was described as stolen in that heist, Renoir's ensure nothing slips through," Hawari stable. The vessel anchored close to Conversation, was recovered by Hussein, chief of the veterinary Stornoway Harbour and a doctor and Swedish police in 2001. services department, the top police officer were winched by government agency in charge of helicopter to the vessel last night preventing bird flu, said. Farms near following reports that more crew were Miscellaneous migratory bird sanctuaries were under becoming ill. Extra medical supplies tight scrutiny, while tougher checks were also flown to the vessel after it would be imposed on birds imported as was decided the remaining crew did not pets, Hawari said. Shares of poultry need to be hospitalised. The vessel had and egg producers such as QL been travelling from Hamburg in Resources, Leong Hup Holdings and Germany and was on its way to Comsa Farms fell between 0.7 and 3.8 Glensanda on the Scottish mainland GRAMPIAN DAWN (U.K.) percent in morning trade as the when the crew took ill. (Note -- Yeoman See Grampian Princess. market reacted to the possibility of the Bridge sailed Hamburg Sep 11.)
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POWER OUTAGE, RAMSGATE, FACTORY, INCHINNAN, months. The blaze has consumed an UNITED KINGDOM RENFREWSHIRE, area of about 40 m by 40 m, the London, Sep 16 -- A press report, UNITED KINGDOM spokesman said. Thick smoke from the dated Sep 15, states: Hundreds of London, Sep 16 -- A press report, fire has drifted across the Tullamarine homes in Ramsgate were without dated today, states: A frozen food Freeway. There is no threat at this power and telephone connections factory in Renfrewshire has been stage to any other buildings nearby. tonight after a driver towing a yacht destroyed in a large fire. Twelve night brought down scores of cables. Kent shift workers at Aulds Foods in FOREST, AMAZON, BOLIVIA Police said the driver did not realise Inchinnan, where 300 people work, London, Sep 21 -- A press report, he had left the mast up when he began were evacuated. It is believed the fire dated yesterday, states: A fire that has his journey from Ramsgate Harbour started when a propane gas cylinder devoured more than 247,000 acres of along Boundary and York Roads. Part exploded at about 0130, BST, in the Amazon forest burned out of control of Boundary Road was closed while main processing area. The building today near the Brazilian border, engineers reattached the cables. The was completely destroyed. Supplies to officials said. About 500 people have driver was stopped and given a fixed Aulds' 44 shops across west central been evacuated and several homes penalty ticket before being allowed on Scotland should be unaffected by the destroyed since the fire began two his way, with the mast down. blaze as the company's retail bakery is weeks ago, but there have been no in Greenock. Aulds managing director serious injuries, according to local Alan Marr said: "Our first concern was government official Hector Vaca Lazo. for the employees who were in the The lack of strong winds Monday (Sep factory when the fire started and were 19) and today helped to slow the fire, able to evacuate the premises safely. according to rescue worker Alvaro "Because the factory at Inchinnan Lucia. The fire is centred 15 miles produces mainly frozen foods, there is from the city of Riberalta, roughly 520 a substantial stock of product in miles north-east of La Paz. More than storage at a separate site which 300 soldiers, rescue workers and locals COAL MINE, DONETSK, RUSSIA suggests supplies to customers over tried to stop the advancing flames London, Sep 16 -- A press report, Sep the next few days will be pretty much with very little equipment. The exact 14, states: One miner was killed and as normal." Mr Marr said there was no cause of this fire has not been another five got burns in the blast of immediate threat to jobs because determined. the mixture of gas and pulverized coal wages would be covered by business at the mine Rassvet (Dawn) of the continuity insurance until an FOREST, MALAYSIA joint stock company Zhdanovkaugol. alternative manufacturing solution London, Sep 20 -- A press report from At first teams of the state military was found. Strathclyde Fire and LaSalle, dated Sep 19, states: Over 30 rescue service came to the mine where Rescue said firefighters were expected hectares of peat forest in six locations the blast went off at about 1900, to remain at the burning building for in Selangor are burning and Moscow time, today, but now they are most of the day. firefighters are using every available returning to the base, as they got method, including water bombing, to information that the blast triggered FACTORY, KYOGLE, fight the fires. A massive operation is no fire and rock collapses. One NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA under way in Bukit Tarik Rasa forest emergency team and a group of London, Sep 16 -- About 140 people in the Kuala Kubu Baru area where resuscitators went to the affected from a small country town in northern more than 4ha of peat forest are mine and will bring the injured New South Wales are jobless after a burning. "We are using a helicopter to miners to the Donetsk burns timber factory burned to the ground. airlift and drop men into inaccessible treatment centre. Fire crews in Kyogle worked areas and also carrying out water throughout the night to try to save bombing to completely put out the COAL MINE, FENGCHENG, The Norply Timber Factory, the town's peat fires," said Selangor Fire and JIANGXI PROVINCE, CHINA biggest employer, which was engulfed Rescue Department Assistant Director London, Sep 22 -- A press report, by fire about 1845,AEST, yesterday. (Operations) Norhisham Mohammad. dated Sep 21, states: Nine miners "The main concern was to keep the fire "This morning (yesterday), a fire also were killed and five others injured in a away from a gas cylinder within the broke out close to a Petronas gas coal mine gas blast on Monday (Sep factory complex, we were able to do pipeline at Parti Lapan, Sabak 19) in Fengcheng, a city in east that but the building has been totally Bernam on a 12ha secondary forest, China's Jiangxi Province, according to destroyed by the blaze," NSW Fire but we managed to bring it under local government today. The accident Brigade Superintendent Ian Krimmer control," he said, adding that some occurred at about 2000 hrs, Monday at said. The inferno at the timber milling fires were suspected to be caused by Changfeng coal mine in Luoshi town and processing factory was fuelled by agricultural and land clearing activity. when 14 people were working paper chips and thin sheets of In Tanjung 12, Norhisham said, his underground and five of them plywood. The fire took about five crew managed to douse the fires on survived. The bodies of the nine hours to extinguish, and it was still some 19ha of peat forest over the past miners killed in the accident were smouldering today, Supt Krimmer several days. Nine hectares are still found yesterday. The coal mine, which said. Mr Bennett said it was possible burning there. Smoke from the peat belongs to the Jiangxi Provincial Coal to see the factory blaze from the town, and secondary forests fires caused Group, has been ordered to suspend about 4km away, and 30 to 40 people concern early yesterday in Petaling production. Further investigations are were evacuated from the site. Jaya and parts of Kuala Lumpur, as underway. residents feared the haze had FACTORY, MELBOURNE, worsened. However, by afternoon, the FACTORY, DORA AREA, BEIRUT, AUSTRALIA haze started clearing and the Air LEBANON London, Sep 20 -- A press report, Pollutant Index (API) released by the Beirut, Sep 22 -- A big fire broke out dated today, states: Smoke from a Department of Environment at 1100 this morning in Sleep Comfort large fire in a disused Melbourne hrs did not show unhealthy levels in Furniture factory, Dora area, Beirut, factory is drifting across a freeway in the country. About 80% of the forest causing a lot of damage to the the city's north. Fire crews have been fires have been extinguished. building and its contents which battling the blaze in a large double- consist mainly of mattresses and storey brick factory complex since GAS PIPELINE TERMINAL, wooden furniture. Cause still about 1500, AEST. Twelve trucks have MONROE, OHIO, UNITED STATES unknown. Fire brigade still fighting been called to the scene at Duggan London, Sep 19 -- A press report, the fire and the extent of losses not Street in Brunswick West. A dated yesterday, states: An explosion yet determined. The factory is insured Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman and fire at a gas pipeline terminal in for $3m with Libano-Suisse Insurance said the derelict building had been the south-west Ohio overnight has killed Company. -- Lloyd's Agents. site of numerous fires over several one person. The explosion and fire
© 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. 30 Fires & Explosions/Aviation happened late last night at a Monroe, out, the city's fire-fighting service has community. "The local business people Ohio, terminal owned by Houston- told Tass. No one was injured in the bought that company when the based Texas Eastern Products Pipeline blaze. Fire-fighting brigades are company was closing down back Company. Firefighters from Monroe dismantling burnt-out constructions around 1990, the community just and nearby Middletown battled the and pouring them with water to couldn't have handled the amount of blaze that witnesses said sent flames prevent another outbreak of fire. It people out of work, so local business shooting 300 feet into the air. The took them two hours to cope with the people and some of the ex-employees propane gas fueling the fire has been blaze. The alarm call came at about got together and purchased the shut off and firefighters say they'll let 0500, Moscow time. Twenty fire building and they have built it up the blaze burn itself out. Investigators brigades took part in putting out the from there." Narelle Little, a say the explosion may have been fire covering the area of 1,000 sq kim. supervisor at the Norply factory in caused by a faulty valve. A Texas Several ambulance vans stood by. The Kyogle, says the community is Eastern spokeswoman said today that sources said it was the second major devastated by the fire. a pipeline itself did not explode. fire in the Russian capital during the night. Prior to the fire at a WAREHOUSE, GRAND RAPIDS, GRAIN SILO, POLLOCK DOCK, woodworking plant, an administrative MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES BELFAST, UNITED KINGDOM building was destroyed by fire in London, Sep 22 -- A press report, London, Sep 20 -- A press report, western Moscow. There have been no dated Sep 21, states: Fire dated today, states: A fire in a grain early reports about the reasons behind investigators were trying to determine silo at Belfast harbour estate has the fires. what started a blaze that caused $2 largely been extinguished, according million in damage to a Northeast Side to the fire and rescue service. Crews RESTAURANT, KINGSTON, industrial building early yesterday. were called to the blaze on the upper WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES The fire at Michigan Shippers Supply, levels of the Clarendon silo at Pollock London, Sep 21 -- A press report, 600 Maryland Ave. NE, started in the Dock at about 0400, BST. There are dated today, states: Fire engulfed the south side of the warehouse, said Fire still 13 crews at the scene, but at its Kingston Inn restaurant last night, Investigator Pablo Martinez, who height about 50 firefighters using 13 halting eastbound ferry service from expected to return today to pinpoint a appliances tackled the fire. Divisional Kingston to Edmonds at about 2000 cause. The fire was reported at 1230 Officer John Wilson said it was a hrs. Washington State Ferries planned hrs, about six hours after the last difficult blaze to put out. Its cause is to continue operating the westbound employee left, said company president under investigation. "The fire broke route, spokeswoman Susan Harris- Steve Wooldridge. The company, which out just after 0400, BST, when the Huether said. State Route 104, which employs 20 people, makes labeling and first crews arrived they discovered it leads to the ferry terminal in printing systems. was on the top floor of one of the silo Kingston, was closed, and eastbound buildings," he said. "It was a difficult ferry service was not planned to WILDFIRES, PORTUGAL awkward fire to fight and we have still resume for the rest of the night, she London, Sep 19 -- A press report, got quite a bit of resources on the said. The Kingston Inn abuts the dated yesterday, states: Hundreds of ground. "We believe the fire is largely holding lanes of the terminal. firefighters today battled five forest out, but we have got a bit of slow, Edmonds passengers arriving in fires in central and northern steady work to fully extinguish it." Kingston leave the ferry terminal Portugal which burnt several houses, north of the restaurant and should not prompted the evacuation of two GRAIN SILO, POLLOCK DOCK. have been affected, Harris-Huether villages and closed roads. More than BELFAST, UNITED KINGDOM said. Witness Denise Frisino said the 200 firefighters backed by three Belfast, Sep 20 -- Fire was reported fire appeared to start in the middle of aircraft were at the scene of the early today at the Clarendon Silo, the building just before 2000 hrs and biggest blaze near the central town of Pollock Dock, Belfast. Nine fire crews spread quickly. "The fire consumed the Agueda which destroyed six homes, and fire tug Willowgarth in building in less than 15 minutes." said national news agency Lusa reported. attendance. Cause and extent of Frisino. Emergency services workers said they damage to building and stored grain evacuated residents of two villages unknown at this stage. Visible scorch, TIMBER FACTORY, KYOGLE, and about 70 residents from a home heat and smoke damage at roof level. - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA for the elderly as a precaution. Strong - Lloyd's Agents. London, Sep 18 -- A press report, winds made containing the fire dated Sep 16, states: The township of difficult, firefighters said. "There are OIL WELL, ASSAM, INDIA Kyogle in northern New South Wales several fronts which are not under See "Assam, India" under "Pollution". is facing an uncertain future today control," local fire commander Jose after fire destroyed a timber factory Dias Coimbra told private radio TSF. PREMISES, CURRUMBIN, overnight. The fire began at a quarter Blazes raged in five of mainland QUEESLAND, AUSTRALIA to seven last night and fire crews were Portugal's 18 administrative districts: London, Sep 22 -- A press report, still working today to put out the fire. Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Vila dated today, states: Police are treating Fire crews from around the region Real and Viseu. Nearly 1,000 as suspicious a ferocious blaze that fought the blaze and some remained firefighters supported by more than gutted at least five Gold Coast there overnight to protect nearby LPG 250 vehicles and nine water-dropping businesses. Police said the fire tore gas cylinders. All 35 staff at work at aircraft have been deployed. through a complex at Thrower Drive, the time were safely evacuated after Currumbin, just after 0100, AEST, they earlier attempted to douse the today. Affected businesses include a blaze. Inspector Chris Fabri says the bar and restaurant, boat hire efforts of firecrews was severely business, hairdressing and beauty hampered by a lack of water. "There is salon, real estate agency and a bait no reticulated water here, so there is and tackle shop. Police said while no street mains and we normally grab much of the complex had been it from the mains in the road, they did destroyed, no one was injured. have some on-site fire protection but Authorities are still monitoring the the fire unfortunately took it out, ACCIDENT, NORMAN MANLEY scene, concerned the roof of the which left us obtaining water from an INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, building could collapse. onsite dam." In a town with a KINGSTON, JAMAICA population of about 4000 even the London, Sep 20 -- A press report, PREMISES, MOSCOW, RUSSIA temporary loss of more 130 jobs is dated yesterday, states: A twin- London, Sep 21 -- A press report, expected to have a significant engined aircraft crash-landed at dated today, states: The fire at the economic impact. Mayor Ernie Bennet Kingston's Norman Manley warehouse of a woodworking plant says Norply is a locally run timber International Airport yesterday when located in southern Moscow was put factory that has deep roots in the its landing gear collapsed on
© 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. 31 Aviation touchdown, aviation officials said. CRASH INTO SEA OFF disappeared from radar screens there. Neither the pilot of the Cessna AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Eyewitnesses said the aircraft fell Beecraft, Vincent Legister nor Sharma London, Sep 18 -- A press report, vertically with a portion of the wing Frater, an official with the dated today, states: A man in a stolen missing. The wing was found some government's screwworm eradication aircraft forced the evacuation of distance away from the main project, was injured in the incident terrified diners from Auckland's Sky wreckage. which caused the airport to shut-down Tower last night before crashing into for two-and-a-half hours. "We had to the sea at St Heliers Bay. A man was CRASH, MEXICO CITY AREA, close the airport as it's just mandatory believed to have stolen a Piper MEXICO once there is any kind of incident on Cherokee from Ardmore Airport London, Sep 22 -- A press report, the runway," said Stanley Smith, around 1900 yesterday intending to fly dated Sep 21, states: The head of director of operations at the Airports into the Sky Tower. The aircraft flew Mexico's uniformed federal police and Authority of Jamaica. Inspectors of near the tower around 2100 and a handful of his top aides were killed the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority crashed into water about 50 metres off in a helicopter crash today. Ramon (JCAA) determined that the runway Kohimarama Beach around 40 Martin Huerta, secretary of Mexico's was not damaged in the accident, minutes later. The man was taken by Public Security Ministry, died along allowing the resumption of flights. The police escort to Auckland Hospital by with a half-dozen other officials and incident disrupted scheduled service ambulance. His condition was listed as two crew members when the aircraft by Air Jamaica, Air Jamaica Express serious but not critical. Diners and went down shortly after 1100 hrs, in and American Airlines, officials said. revellers at Sky City poured out into fog-cloaked mountains outside Mexico The incident happened just before the street after a warning from City. Despite a massive search, the 1100 hrs when the aircraft, operated emergency services prompted Sky City aircraft was not located until seven by King Air, was returning from management to stage an evacuation hours later. Martin Huerta, who was dispersing infertile flies under the soon after the aircraft flew past the named head of the security ministry agriculture ministry's anti-screwworm windows of Orbit Restaurant. Police 13 months ago, has been a key figure initiative, according to JCAA said after the incident saying neither in this year's federal crackdown on spokesman Captain Keith Humel. The the aircraft nor any of the occupants narcotics-related violence on the U.S.- aircraft landed with its wheels up, were regarded as a threat to any Mexico border and across the country. suggesting that the landing gear may buildings or people. Among those also on board were have malfunctioned, but Humel said Tomas Valencia, commander of the that the full investigation would have CRASH, BARCELONA AREA, Federal Preventative Police, and Jose to be done to determine precisely what SPAIN Antonio Bernal, a senior official with happened and why. London, Sep 21 -- Two people have the government's National Human been killed and another seriously Rights Commission. The helicopter AIRCRAFT GROUNDED injured after an aircraft crashed in a was ferrying the officials to a AT KIGALI INTERNATIONAL town near Barcelona. The accident ceremony at a maximum-security AIRPORT, RWANDA happened at Badia de Valles after the federal prison west of the capital. London, Sep 20 -- A press report aircraft crashed into a building. The Mexican media quoted local farmers as from LaSalle, dated Sep 16, states: crash happened just after 1200 hrs saying they heard the helicopter circle Only three weeks after Rwandair when the light aircraft appeared to overhead three times shortly before it Express opened the Kigali-Kamembe crash into a densely populated disappeared behind a mountain. flights, its Dash-8/200, 37-seater residential area. The reasons for the aircraft that was designated to tragedy were not clear. The aircraft CRASH, NIAS, INDONESIA operate the tri-weekly fights is had taken off from an aerodrome in London, Sep 22 -- A press report, already grounded at Kigali the town of Sabadell shortly before the dated Sep 21, states: A hardware fault International Airport. Understand crash. was responsible for causing a Sea King the aircraft has spent one week helicopter to fatally crash while on a grounded at the airport due to CRASH, GALWAY, mercy mission in Indonesia, the chief mechanical faults it sustained when REPUBLIC OF IRELAND investigator into the accident said. it hit one of the passenger focal-lifter. London, Sep 19 -- Two people have Nine Australian service personnel The aircraft lost its flap that helps it died after a light aircraft crashed in died and two were injured when the to balance in air, and has county Galway. The aircraft came Shark02 helicopter crashed on the consequently stopped conducting down on a cricket pitch at Lydican, remote Indonesian island of Nias domestic flights to Kamembe Airport near Claregalway close to houses and during a mercy mission in April. The in Cyangugu. a national school. Gardai have 30-year-old helicopter was bringing confirmed the two occupants of the medical aid to the island. Just 20 C-FAWL aircraft were killed in the accident. metres above the ground, it "nosed London, Sep 19 -- Cessna 207, C- London, Sep 21 -- A press report, over" and crashed into a soccer field FAWL, operated by A North-Wright dated today, states: An investigation is before flipping and bursting into Airways, had departed Tulita, NT on a underway into the cause of an aircraft flames. Wing Commander Pierre Blais, flight to Norman Wells, the Norman crash near Oranmore on Monday (Sep who headed the accident investigation, Wells FSS received a mayday call that 19) in which two Belgian men were today told a defence board inquiry how the aircraft was going down, tragically killed. The investigation his rescue team painstakingly approximately seven miles west of will focus on the weather conditions at searched through the charred remains Tulita at approximately 1951 MDT, the time of the accident and the to establish the cause. The group Sep 14. There was one pilot and two airworthiness of the aircraft. One of quickly discovered that a five passengers on board. The aircraft the airplane's wings was found some centimetre-long bolt linking two landed and flipped over upon landing. distance from the main wreckage crucial components of the "mixing There was no post impact fire. The leading investigators to suspect that unit", which controls the Sea King's pilot sustained serious injuries and the wing had separated from the movement, had become disconnected the passengers were uninjured. Two aircraft before the crash occurred. The from its normal position before the investigators from the Western TSB light aircraft came down at lunchtime crash, Cmdr Blais said. The inquiry, office were dispatched to the scene. on Monday on a cricket field in County which is investigating the crash, had Galway Cricket Club shortly after earlier been told that maintenance C-FKEO departing from Galway Airport. The workers had removed the bolt and bell London, Sep 20 -- Enstrom 280C single engine DR250 aircraft took off crank eight weeks before the crash (Shark), C-FKEO, crashed near from Carnmore at 1235 hrs. Five to because a bearing was worn. However, Duncan, British Columbia, at 1934, ten minutes later, Shannon Air Traffic the inquiry was told the worn piece of PDT, Sep 17. The aircraft was Control lost contact with the aircraft. hardware was reinstalled because no destroyed. The two persons on board The airport then contacted the spare parts could be found. Cmdr were killed. emergency services after the aircraft Blais told the inquiry that
© 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. 32 Aviation examinations of the engine indicated passengers and six crew members, EMERGENCY LANDING, TOKYO, a hardware fault. "The evidence was fire officials said. "It was a very, very JAPAN telling us ... the nut and bolt had smooth landing. The pilot did an London, Sep 16 -- A press report, come apart, causing the system to fail outstanding job,'' said fire Battalion dated today, states: Smoke was and the helicopter to crash," he said. Chief Lou Roupoli. The National detected in the cabin of a United "Similar components (in the remains) Transportation Safety Board is Airlines flight from Tokyo to Los still had their nuts and ... bolts investigating the incident, NTSB Angeles today, forcing the plane to attached." But his team had remained spokesman Paul Schlamm said. make an emergency landing in open-minded in an attempt to JetBlue flight 292 had left Bob Hope Tokyo, an official said. No injuries discount the "myriad of other Airport in Burbank at 1517 for New were reported. The smoke appeared possibilities", Cmdr Blais said. York's John F. Kennedy International about an hour after United Airlines Problems with the rotor blades, fuel Airport, said JetBlue spokesman flight 890 took off from Narita system, auto pilot, aircraft weight and Bryan Baldwin. The Airbus A320 airport in Tokyo, and the pilot engine performance were among the first circled the Long Beach Airport, requested permission to make an 20 other possibilities ruled out. The about 30 miles south of Burbank, emergency landing, said Atsushi inquiry continues. then was cleared to land at Los Ohira, a Narita spokesman. The Angeles International Airport. It plane landed at about 1820 hrs and EMERGENCY LANDING, stayed aloft to burn off fuel and no injuries were reported, said Taku DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT lighten its weight, said Federal Sanbe, another Narita spokesman. London, Sep 22 -- A press report, Aviation Administration spokesman He did not know how many people dated today, states: Emirates flight Donn Walker. The aircraft landed at were on the plane. EK602 to Karachi was forced to turn 1819. JetBlue, based in Forest Hills, back to Dubai International Airport N.Y., is a five-year-old low-fare INCIDENT AT BANJUL after panic-stricken passengers airline with 286 flights a day and INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, complained of a burning smell in the destinations in 13 states and the GAMBIA economy class of the Boeing 777. Caribbean. It operates a fleet of 81 London, Sep 16 -- A press report, According to a business class A320s. dated today, states: A major air passenger, screams of "stop the London, Sep 22 -- A press release disaster involving a Nigerian airline, aircraft" could be heard soon after the from JetBlue, dated New York, Sep 21, Bellview Airlines, was averted in flight took off at 1800 hrs. The pilot states: JetBlue Airways flight number Banjul, Sep 14 when the engine of the began to turn back the aircraft nine 292, departing Burbank, Calif. bound airline's aircraft exploded at the point minutes after take-off. In a statement for JFK International Airport, of take-off. Bellview Airline's aircraft issued to the media last night, an departed at 1517, local time, with 140 (flight B3 251) from Banjul to Emirates spokesperson confirmed that customers and six crew members on Freetown and Lagos was about to take the flight returned to Dubai when board. The flight crew received an off at the Banjul International Airport smoke was detected in the passenger indication that the nose landing gear when a heavy explosion was heard cabin. According to the spokesperson, did not retract. This was confirmed, from one of the engines, which shook airport emergency services were and the flight was advised to lower its the entire airport. The explosion in the alerted as a precaution. The flight, weight by burning fuel. The aircraft engine caused the aircraft's tyres to carrying 264 passengers, landed landed safely at Los Angeles burst. The cause of the explosion was safely at 1858 hrs and passengers International Airport at 1819, local unknown. The flight was cancelled disembarked. A replacement aircraft time. Customers and crew members after Bellview Airlines discovered that was being prepared even as reports deplaned via air-stairs. There are no the extent of damage on the aircraft last came in to transport the initial reports of injuries. JetBlue is was great. passengers to Karachi. "The flight is working with the Federal Aviation expected to land in Karachi at 0100, Administration, the National INCIDENT AT ISTANBUL local time, with a delay of three hours Transportation Safety Board and the ATATURK AIRPORT, TURKEY 45 minutes," the statement said, aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, in the London, Sep 19 -- A press report, adding that Emirates engineers were investigation of this incident. JetBlue dated today, states: An aircraft of Air investigating the cause of the smoke. is assisting flight 292 customers by Adriatic Airlines on the Moscow- Speaking to Khaleej Times, the offering immediate travel Istanbul flight rolled today beyond the spokesperson said there were no accommodations and other assistance end of the runway because of a serious injuries. as needed. malfunctioning brake system, the Anadolu Ajansi news agency has EMERGENCY LANDING, EMERGENCY LANDING, reported. The aircraft, carrying 164 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT, JAPAN passengers, could stop only after AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA, London, Sep 20 -- A press report, engaging the emergency brake system, UNITED STATES dated Sep 19, states: A Hokkaido Air rolling 300 metres beyond the end of London, Sep 22 -- A press report, System Co. (HAC) aircraft made an the runway of the Istanbul Ataturk dated today, states: A JetBlue airliner unscheduled landing at New Chitose Airport. Eleven of 12 chassis wheels with faulty landing gear touched Airport yesterday after a warning went out of order as a result. down safely yesterday at Los Angeles light indicating trouble with an anti- According to early reports no one was International Airport after circling freezing device was activated in its injured in the incident, however, there the region for three hours with its cockpit, airline officials said. At was panic among the passengers. The front wheels turned sideways, unable around 1055, the pilot of an SF34 runway has been closed for aircrafts to be retracted into the aircraft. The aircraft noticed a warning signal because of the incident. pilot landed on the back wheels, then indicating trouble involving a device eased onto the awry front tyres, which aimed at preventing the right side of N287RR shot flames along the runway before the aircraft's body from being frozen London, Sep 22 -- Piper PA-34-200 they tore off. The metal landing gear was illuminated, HAC officials said. (Seneca), N287RR, crashed near scraped for the final yards as the Even though it did not pose any Greenville, Alabama, at 2010, Sep 16, plane came to a stop. Within minutes danger to the flight, the pilot chose while on a flight from Fort Pierce, of landing, the aircraft's door opened to make an unscheduled landing at Florida, to Van Nuys, California. The and the 140 passengers walked down New Chitose Airport. The aircraft aircraft was destroyed. One of the a stairway with their luggage and was on Flight 2780 bound for three persons on board was seriously onto the tarmac, where buses waited. Hakodate from Kushiro with 28 injured and the other two suffered The aircraft landed on an auxiliary passengers and crewmembers on minor injuries. runway where fire trucks and board. All the passengers were emergency crews had massed as a diverted to a Hokkaido Railway Co. N6494J precaution. No injuries were train to continue their journey to London, Sep 21 -- Piper PA-28 immediately reported among the Hakodate. Cherokee, N6494J, on take-off,
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Under been three reports by consumers of the that scenario, when the vehicle was N69146 batteries in these devices becoming turned back on, the system's memory London, Sep 22 -- Piper PA-46-310P dislodged. No injuries have been would misinterpret the child seat as (Malibu), N69146, crashed near reported. Both models of avalanche an adult passenger. It could lead to Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, at transceivers are plastic and measure the deployment of the front air bag 0230, Sep 17, while on a local flight 5.5-in by 2.5-in by 1-in. The M1 has a and side-impact air bag in a crash, the from Ellington Field. The aircraft was navy blue body and a yellow volume company said. Normally, those air destroyed. The two persons on board control switch. The M2 avalanche bags would not deploy if the system were killed. transceiver comes in two colors: properly identified a child restraint glacier white (grey) with a red volume seat because the impact of the bags N70365 control switch, and orange with a grey could injure a child. London, Sep 15 -- Cessna A185F volume control switch. The model (Skywagon) N70365 crashed near Port name and "ORTOVOX" are written on MITSUBISHI MOTOR VEHICLES, Hardy, British Columbia, Sep 11. The the front of the transceivers. Sold at JAPAN two persons on board were killed. outdoor specialty stores nation-wide London, Sep 15 -- A press report, from January 1997 through July 2005 dated today, states: Mitsubishi Fuso N8285T for about $300. Manufactured in Truck & Bus Corp said yesterday it is London, Sep 22 -- Cessna 175B Germany. Consumers should stop recalling a total of 47,000 trucks and (Skylark), N8285T, crashed near using the recalled avalanche busses in six different defect cases. Splendora, Texas, at 0001, Sep 16. The transceivers and contact the firm to The vehicles in question, made aircraft was destroyed. The three receive a new battery door that will between December 1982 and June persons on board were killed. help prevent the batteries from 2005, include about 5,000 Canter light becoming dislodged. -- Consumer trucks that are subject to the second N9311P Product Safety Commission. recall for a brake device defect, London, Sep 22 -- Piper PA-24-260 according to a report filed by (Comanche), N9311P, crashed near DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOTOR Mitsubishi Fuso with the Ministry of Tiffin, Ohio, at 1551, Sep 18. The one VEHICLES, UNITED STATES Land, Infrastructure and Transport. person on board was killed. London, Sep 19 -- A press report, dated today, states: DaimlerChrysler RENAULT MOTOR VEHICLES, PH-DYM AG's Chrysler Group said Friday (Sep JAPAN London, Sep 19 -- Swearingen 16) that it would recall more than London, Sep 17 -- A press report, SA.227AC Metro III, operated by 100,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee sport dated today, states: Renault Japon Co Dynamic Air, PH-DYM, 17 people on utility vehicles because water said yesterday it will recall a total of board, ran off the side of the runway contamination of the transmission 1,450 Renault Kangoo minivans on take-off, collapsing the landing fluid could lead to fires under the because of a defective fuel pipe. gear at Rotterdam Airport about 0730, hood. The recall involves 2005 model According to a report filed with the Sep 19. Damage to the aircraft is year vehicles with 3.7-litre engines Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and substantial. and automatic transmissions, the Transport, Renault Japon said the automaker said, accounting for about minivans in question were PT-WLX 45 percent of all Jeep Grand manufactured between July 2001 and London, Sep 20 -- Cessna 525 Cherokees sold from that year. March 2003. CitationJet PT-WLX, operator Viacao DaimlerChrysler spokesman Max Cometa, crashed into dense forest in Gates said in a small number of TOYOTA MOTOR VEHICLES, the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, at vehicles, condensed water from the air JAPAN 1455, Sep 15. There were two crew on conditioning system could drip down London, Sep 16 -- Toyota Motor Corp board who were both killed. into the case that holds the said yesterday it will recall a total of transmission fluid, contaminating the 41,400 vehicles in five models, in two fluid and leading to a shaking in the different defect cases. In a report filed transmission. with the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, the automaker HYUNDAI MOTOR VEHICLES, said it is recalling about 37,000 UNITED STATES vehicles in five models made between London, Sep 16 -- A press report, July 2004 and February 2005, due to dated yesterday, states: Hyundai defects found in adjustment parts in Motor Co. said today it would recall brake pedals. AVALANCHE TRANSCEIVERS, 240,000 Elantra sedans because the UNITED STATES computer that operates the air bag Washington, DC, Sep 15 -- The U.S. system could confuse a child seat for Consumer Product Safety Commission an adult in the front passenger seat. t announces the recall of 15,500 Ortovox The recall involves vehicles from the M1 and M2 Avalanche Transceivers, a 2004-2005 model years. The Elantra is device worn to help locate a buried the South Korean-based automaker's avalanche victimins, in voluntary co- most popular-selling vehicle in the operation with Ortovox USA, of United States. Hyundai said an Hopkinton, N.H. Consumers should evaluation conducted by the National stop using recalled products Highway Traffic Safety immediately unless otherwise Administration found that a child seat SYRIA instructed. The batteries in these in the front passenger seat could be Lattakia, Sep 3 -- Waiting time devices can become dislodged when misclassified by the air bag sensor presently 24 hours at Lattakia and the transceiver is struck sharply. The system as an adult passenger. The four days at Tartous. -- Lloyd's Agents.
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Port Delays
(Information received from BIMCO, Denmark and Indian Ports Association, New Delhi)
Country/Port Date of report No. of vessels waiting and/or days delay
Australia Abbot Point 19-Sep-2005 Coal: 1 vessel berthed; 9 vessels due by 9/10; maintenance shutdown scheduled from 07.00 hrs. 3/10 to 07.00 hrs. 8/10; no delays expected. Brisbane 19-Sep-2005 Coal: Fisherman Island coal berth: 4 vessels due by 10/10; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability Dalrymple Bay 19-Sep-2005 Coal: 2 vessels berthed and loading, 20 anchored; 38 vessels due by 28/9; vessels usually berthing in order of arrival and cargo availability; vessels with North Goonyella and Okay North cargoes experiencing long delays, others approx. 5-10 days due to berth congestion. Berth No. 3 closed until 23/9 for dredging. Dampier 19-Sep-2005 Iron ore: Parker Point: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 waiting; 11 vessels due by 4/10; up to 3 days berthing delay expected; shippers cannot guarantee that vessel will be able to load up to max. sailing draft available; Parker Point 2: 1 vessel berthed and loading; shippers cannot guarantee that vessel will be able to load up to max. sailing draft available; East Intercourse Island: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 waiting; 11 vessels due by 5/10; up to 4 days berthing delay expected; a shift to a lay-by berth for loaded vessels is always a possibility; shippers cannot guarantee that vessel will be able to load up to max. sailing draft available. Gladstone 19-Sep-2005 Coal: R.G. Tanna coal terminal: 37 vessels due by 22/10; up to 4 days berthing delay expected subject to port congestion and cargo availability; shiploader No. 2 will be shut down for maintenance from 28/11 to 8/12; Barney Point: 10 vessels due by 25/10; up to 2 days delay expected due to port congestion and cargo availability. Hay Point 19-Sep-2005 Coal: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 anchored; 15 vessels due by 26/9; up to 3 days berthing delay expected; vessels berthing in order of cargo availability. Newcastle 19-Sep-2005 Coal: Kooragang 4, 5 and 6: 2 vessel berthed and loading; 49 vessels due by 7/10; Dykes 4+5: 2 vessels loading; 24 vessels due by 4/10; no unallocated vessels; 16 vessels waiting off port; 3-6 days delay expected prior to berthing due to planned maintenance at Kooragang terminal, coal product problems with some shippers berthed congestion and cargo receival. Port Hedland 19-Sep-2005 Iron ore: BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Mt. Newman (Nelson Point), “A” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 5 anchored; 2 vessels due by 27/9; up to 1 day’s delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; “B” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 3 anchored; 4 vessels due by 27/9; no delays expected; BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Goldsworthy (Finucane Island) “C” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading; 1 vessel due 22/9; no delays expected; “D” berth: 1 vessel anchored; 6 vessels due by 28/9; up to 4 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Kembla 19-Sep-2005 Coal: 10 vessels due by 26/10; up to 3 days berthing delay expected due to port congestion. Port Walcott 19-Sep-2005 Iron ore: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 waiting; 17 vessels due by 10/10; no delays expected; maintenance shutdown at berth 2 from approx. 21-22/9; Line-up expected to change at short notice. Cargo grade shortages and stockpile problems may result in vessels berthing out of turn.
Azerbaijan Apsheron 19-Sep-2005 Oil products: Dubendi terminal: 2 vessels berthed, 1 empty and completed discharging, 1 discharging gasoil. Baku 19-Sep-2005 Oil products: Bay of Baku: no vessels; Azerneftyag terminal: no vessels; AzerTrans terminal - Nobel avenue: 2 vessels due by 17/9, both to discharge crude oil; Sangachal district: no vessels; Transserve terminal: closed.
Brazil Santos 20-Sep-2005 Twenty-three vessels berthed of which 7 sugar loaders, 1 bulk salt discharger, 1 steel products loader, 2 fertiliser dischargers, 1 chemical products discharger, 2 bulk juice loaders, 2 wheat dischargers, 2 pellets loaders, 1 bulk oil loader, 2 full container loaders/dischargers, 2 other loaders/dischargers; 28 vessels waiting in roads; 36 vessels due over the next 7 days; Private terminals: Terminal 37: 2 full container loaders/dischargers; Tecondi: no vessels; Termares: 1 Ro/Ro loader/discharger; Rodrimar: no vessels; Cosipa: 1 coal loader, 3 steel products loaders; Ultrafertil: 1 fertiliser discharger; Cargill: 1 pellets loader, 1 sugar loader; Santos Brasil: 2 full container loaders/dischargers; Cutrale: 1 pellets loader; Dow: no vessels.
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Bulgaria Bourgas 20-Sep-2005 Four vessels in port operating, of which 1 loading coils, 2 discharging (1 coal, 1 zinc concentrate), 1 vessel under repairs; 4 vessels in roads, all to load, of which 1 coils, 1 copper anodes, 1 wheat, 1 empty vessel; 6 vessels due, of which 3 to load (1 coils, 1 containers, 1 profiles), 2 to discharge (1 iron ore, 1 zinc concentrate), 1 passenger vessel. Varna 20-Sep-2005 Varna East, Varna West, Electrical Power Station, Balchik: Conditions 12-18 September: Forty-eight vessels in port operating of which 24 loading (4 bulk soda, 1 packed hardboard, 1 kaolin/other, 2 scrap, 1 stones, 6 soda, 1 equipment, 1 sulphuric acid, 2 clinker, 1 cement, 3 sunflower seeds, 1 bran), 11 discharging (7 bulk coal, 1 bulk copper slugs, 1 copper concentrate, 1 slugs, 1 raw phosphate), 13 discharging/loading (9 containers, 1 calcium carbonate/kaolin/other, 2 pipes/equipment, 1 pipes/ equipment/cement; no vessels waiting in roads.
Chile Antofagasta 20-Sep-2005 Three vessels berthed, 4 berths vacant; 13 vessels due this week to load/discharge concentrates, bulk copper, containers and general cargo. Arica 20-Sep-2005 Four vessels berthed, 3 berths vacant; 15 vessels due this week. Iquique 20-Sep-2005 Three vessels berthed, 4 berths vacant; 12 vessels due this week. Valparaiso 20-Sep-2005 Three vessels berthed, 5 berths vacant; 2 vessels anchored; 12 vessels due this week.
Egypt Adabiya 19-Sep-2005 Eleven vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 4 general cargo, 2 bulk carriers, 2 livestock, 1 tanker, 2 containers. Alexandria 19-Sep-2005 Thirty-three vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 21 general cargo, 4 bulk carriers, 4 tankers, 2 container vessels, 2 military vessels; 18 vessels dry-docked; 12 vessels at inner anchorage, 15 at outer anchorage. Damietta 19-Sep-2005 Twenty-four vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 16 general cargo, 3 bulk carriers, 1 tanker, 1 Ro/Ro, 3 containers; 4 vessels at outer anchorage, 1 at inner anchorage Dekheila 19-Sep-2005 Seven vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 5 bulk carriers, 2 container vessels; no vessels at outer anchorage. Port Said 19-Sep-2005 Eight vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 4 general cargo, 3 containers, 1 car carrier. Suez 19-Sep-2005 Nine vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 3 general cargo, 1 tanker, 2 reefers, 3 passenger vessels; 2 tugs, 1 vessel dry-docked. Suez Canal 19-Sep-2005 Twenty-three vessels transiting Northbound, 24 Southbound.
India Kolkata 19-Sep-2005 2 vessels operating at berth and discharge (Pulses, Timber Logs); 2 vessels working at mid stream to discharging Pulses; 3 vessels under repairs; 1 vessel under dry docked; 3 vessels due (Containers-2, Passenger). Haldia 19-Sep-2005 21 vessels operating at berth of which 9 loading (Agriculture Product, Iron ore-8), 9 vessels discharging (Agriculture Product, Crude, Exco, C/C, M/C, Sulphur, N.C.Coal, Containers, Steel); 3 vessels loading and discharging Containers; 12 vessels awaiting berth (1 to discharge, 9 to load, 2 to load and discharge); 7 vessels waiting at anchorage (3 to discharge, 4 to load); 4 vessels due (LPG, POL-2, Iron ore). Paradip 19-Sep-2005 10 vessels operating at berth of which 5 loading (Iron ore-2, Magnesium Ore, Fe. Chrome, P. Iron), 5 vessels discharging (Coking.Coal-2, N.C.Coal, Hard Coke, Ammonia); 9 vessels awaiting berth (2 to discharge, 7 to load); 9 vessels waiting at anchorage (7 to discharge, 2 to load). Visakhapatnam 19-Sep-2005 14 vessels operating at berth of which 5 loading (Iron ore-2, Soya Bean, Alumina, B.F.Slag), 9 vessels discharging (MOP-2, Project Cargo, Urea, S.Scrap, Steam Coal, Met Coke, Timber Logs, Sulphur); 15 vessels not ready to work and waiting at anchorage (10 to discharge, 4 to load, 1 to load and discharge); 1 vessel under repair(MV Chin Shwe Haw at Hsy Jetty which was collided with MV Uttar Kasi); 29 vessels due (Iron Ore-6, Steel, Pig Iron, Granite Blocks, S.Ore-2, Wheat in bags, Mop-2, Rock Phosphate, Coking Coal-5, Pet Coke-2, L. Ammonia, Containers-2, Alumina Bulk, Steam Coal, Crude Oil-2). Chennai 19-Sep-2005 9 vessels operating at berth of which 2 loading (Furnace Oil, Iron ore), 5 vessels discharging (Raw Sugar-2, St.Plate, Crude Oil, Thermal Coal), 2 vessels loading and discharging (Containers, Project Cargo/Granite Block); 4 vessels not ready to work and waiting at anchorage (3 to discharge, 1 to load); 5 vessels due ( Passenger, Steel-2, Iron ore, Containers). Tuticorin 19-Sep-2005 13 vessels operating at berth of which 8 loading (General Cargo-4, G.Sand-2, I.Sand, Salt), 5 vessels discharging (Thermal Coal-2, Timber Logs, Rock Phosphate, Raw Sugar); 1 vessel awaiting berth to discharge; 3 vessels not ready to work and waiting at anchorage (2 to discharge, 1 to load).
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Cochin 19-Sep-2005 5 vessels operating at berth of which 4 vessels discharging (Steel Pillets, Copra Cake, Soda Ash, Rock Phosphate), 1 vessels loading and discharging Containers; 1 vessels awaiting berth to discharge. New Mangalore 19-Sep-2005 9 vessels operating at berth of which 4 vessels loading (Iron ore Fines, Iron Ore (P), POL Product-2), 5 vessels discharging (Urea/MOP-2, Timber Logs, Cement, LPG); vessel waiting at anchorage to discharge; 11 vessels due (MOP, POL Product-3, POL Crude-2, Granite Stone-2, LPG, Coal, Timber Logs). Mormugao 19-Sep-2005 3 vessels operating at berth and loading Iron ore; 2 vessels working at midstream to load Iron Ore; 2 vessels waiting at anchorage to load: 6 vessels under repairs/dry dock; 7 vessels due (Alumina, Coking Coal, Iron ore-5). Mumbai 19-Sep-2005 14 vessels operating at berth of which 3 loading (Project Cargo, SBM/Pipes, POL), 7 vessels discharging (Peas in bulk-3, Steel Cargo-2, POL-2),4 vessels loading and discharging (Containers-2, Containers/Steel/General Cargo, Containers/Steel/General Cargo/Vehicles); 1 vessel working at midstream to load Heavy Lifts; 1 vessel awaiting berth to discharge; 6 vessels awaiting order to discharge; 2 vessels waiting at anchorage (1 to load, 1 to load and discharge); 18 vessels under repairs/ dry docked, 9 vessels under arrest), 21 vessels under laid up (Berths not required for cargo operations); 22 vessels due (Containers-3, Oil, fertilizer(RM), General Cargo-17). J.N.P.T. 19-Sep-2005 7 vessels operating at berth of which 1 discharging Lubricant Oil, 6 vessels loading and discharging Containers; 3 vessels awaiting berth to load and discharge; 3 Containers vessel due Kandla 19-Sep-2005 13 vessels operating at berth of which 7 discharging (MS, DSBO, Sugar, Timber Logs, Fertilizer, Copper Concentrate, Scrap), 5 vessels loading (Agriculture Product-3, Salt-2), 1 vessels loading and discharging Containers; 1 vessel awaiting berth to discharge; 2 vessels not ready to work and waiting at anchorage (1 to discharge, 1 to load). Ennore 19-Sep-2005 1 vessel operating at berth and discharging Thermal Coal; 1 Thermal Coal (MV Gem of Ennore) vessels due.
Israel Ashdod 19-Sep-2005 No labour problems. Two general cargo vessels loading at berth, 12 vessels discharging at berth (8 general cargo, 4 bulkers), 1 container vessel loading/discharging at berth; 1 general cargo vessel waiting at anchorage to discharge, 1 container vessel waiting at anchorage to load/discharge; 18 vessels due, with 2-3 days delay expected. Haifa 19-Sep-2005 No labour problems. Four bulkers discharging at berth, 5 vessels loading/discharging at berth (3 containers, 2 tankers); 5 vessels waiting at anchorage to load/discharge (1 general cargo, 2 containers, 2 tankers); 3 vessels under repairs/ dry-docked; 14 vessels due, with 2-3 days delay expected.
Kazakhstan Aktau 19-Sep-2005 Oil products: 2 vessels berthed, 1 loading crude oil, 1 unknown cargo; 2 vessels in roads, both to load unknown cargoes; 4 vessels due by 18/9, all to load unknown cargoes.
Pakistan Karachi 19-Sep-2005 Two vessels loading at berth (1 naphtha, 1 rice, 11 discharging at berth (1 palm oil, 1 coal, 3 sugar, 2 DAP, 1 general cargo, 1 urea, 1 phosphate, 1 vehicles), 5 container vessels loading/discharging at berth; 1 naphtha vessel waiting at anchorage to load, 3 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (1 sugar, 1 crude oil, 1 chemicals); no vessels bunkering, none under repairs/dry-docked, none awaiting orders; 10 vessels due (3 containers, 4 general cargo, 1 fertiliser, 1 sugar, 1 cement), with 4-5 days berthing delay expected for general cargo vessels, 12-16 hours for container vessels. Port Qasim 19-Sep-2005 Three vessels discharging at berth (1 rape seed, 1 palm oil, 1 wheat), 1 container vessel loading/ discharging at QICT berth; 2 container vessels waiting at anchorage to load, 6 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (2 containers, 2 MEG, 1 rape seed, 1 Panamax).
Russia Novorossiysk 19-Sep-2005 Fifteen vessels in port operating, of which 13 loading (3 scrap, 1 cement, 1 bulk NPK, 1 WRIC/steel sheets/coils/scrap/lumber, 1 scrap/steel billets/pipes, 1 steel lets/WRIC/steel sheets/coils, 1 wheat, 1 coils/tin plates/steel billets, 1 barley, 1 diesel oil, 1 UAN solution), 2 discharging/loading containers; 3 vessels waiting in roads, all to load, of which 1 wheat, 1 bulk cement, 1 bulk urea; 60 vessels due, of which 59 to load (4 DRI, 6 copper, 1 WRIC, 3 coils, 1 ammonium sulphate, 2 equipment, 6 wheat, 1 bulk fertiliser, 4 bulk ammonium nitrate, 1 slabs/steel billets, 5 steel billets, 1 steel billets/scrap, 1 steel sheets/tin plates/cars, 5 aluminium, 4 scrap, 3 bulk NPK, 2 slabs, 1 steel sheets/steel billets, 1 tin plates, 2 iron, 1 WRIC/steel sheets, 1 bulk urea, 1 steel billets, 1 steel sheets, 1 bulk ammonium nitrate/bulk urea), 1 to discharge coils; Oil terminal: 2 tankers berthed, both loading crude oil; 2 tankers in roads, both to load crude oil; 6 tankers due, all to load, of which 4 crude oil, 1 diesel oil, 1 fuel oil.
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Slovenia Koper 19-Sep-2005 Port working normally. Twelve vessels berthed of which 4 bulk carriers discharging solid chemicals/ general cargo/minerals/fertiliser, 3 bulk carriers loading coal/general cargo, 3 vessels loading sawn timber, 2 vessels discharging/loading containers; 2 vessels waiting at anchorage, both to load, of which 1 sawn timber/pipes, 1 bulk carrier to load coal; 19 vessels due over the next 2 days of which 5 car carriers to discharge/load vehicles, 4 vessels to load livestock/sawn timber/aluminium products, 1 reefer to discharge refrigerated goods, 2 tankers to discharge mineral oils, 2 bulk carriers to discharge minerals, 3 bulk carriers to load coal, 2 vessels to discharge/load containers.
Spain Bilbao 19-Sep-2005 Twenty-two vessels operating (4 tankers, 18 other vessels), of which 7 loading, 10 discharging, 5 loading/discharging. Cadiz 20-Sep-2005 Twenty vessels in port of which 7 operating (3 Ro/Ros, 2 semolina, 2 passenger (Sep 20) vessels), 13 vessels under repair; no delays. Sagunto 19-Sep-2005 Fifteen vessels in port operating of which 1 loading cement, 8 discharging (6 steel products, 2 vehicles), 6 discharging/loading (1 steel products, 5 general cargo); no vessels outside commercial wharf; no berthing delays at present.
Sri Lanka Colombo 19-Sep-2005 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. Conventional cargo vessels at BQ 1 and 2 are facing navigation delays. Fourteen container/feeder vessels loading at berth, 15 vessels discharging at berth (10 containers/feeders, 1 bulk cement, 1 bulk palm oil, 1 bulk gypsum, 1 bagged urea, 1 general cargo); no vessels waiting at anchorage; 4 vessels dry-docked, 1 at new tanker berth; 7 vessels due (5 containers/ feeders, 1 Ro/Ro, 1 bagged urea), with no delays expected.
Turkmenistan Turkmenbashi 19-Sep-2005 Oil products: 1 vessel berthed, loading gasoil; 4 vessels in roads, of which 3 to load (1 gasoil, 1 gasoline, 1 light gasoline), 1 to discharge crude oil.
Ukraine Ilichevsk 19-Sep-2005 Seven vessels in port operating, of which 5 loading (3 steel products, 1 grain, 1 sulphur), 2 discharging/loading containers; 2 vessels in roads, both to load, of which 1 oil, 1 barley; 18 vessels due, of which 7 to load (6 steel products, 1 grain), 2 to discharge ore, 9 to discharge/load containers. Mariupol 19-Sep-2005 Twelve vessels in port operating, of which 11 loading (4 steel, 2 wheat, 1 fire-clay, 2 coal, 1 ammonium saltpetre, 1 sulphur), 1 discharging equipment; 7 vessels in roads, all to load, of which 4 steel, 1 wheat, 1 fire-clay, 1 fire-clay/containers; 46 vessels due, of which 44 to load (18 steel, 10 coal, 8 fire-clay, 2 wheat, 1 ammonium saltpetre, 3 equipment, 1 carbamide, 1 sunflower beans), 1 to discharge equipment, 1 to discharge/load acid/steel plates. Odessa 19-Sep-2005 Fifteen vessels in port operating, of which 10 loading (5 metal, 1 ore, 2 wheat, 2 corn), 2 discharging (1 luggage, 1 citrus), 1 container vessel loading/discharging, 2 passenger vessels; 2 vessels in roads, of which 1 to load scrap, 1 to discharge sugar; 61 vessels due, of which 34 to load (19 metal, 5 pig-iron, 4 wood, 2 barley, 2 wheat, 1 ferro alloy, 1 corn), 7 to discharge (3 metal, 2 bananas, 1 oil, 1 fat), 20 to discharge/load containers.
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