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Published by the Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. The Council of American Master Mariners is dedicated to supporting and strengthening the United States Merchant Marine and the position of the Master by fostering the exchange of maritime information and sharing our experience. We are committed to the promotion of nautical education, the improvement of training standards, and the support of the publication of professional literature. The Council monitors, comments, and takes positions on local, state, federal and international legislation and regulation that affect the Master. AdvanFort In This Issue Secure, Safe Passage

ON THE COVER Your is our “Storm on the Horizon” best deterrent show of force. The Sulphur Enterprise sees weather View From the Bridge 5 ahead in Tampa Bay. Photo by Captain Terry Jednaszewski. President Captain R.J. Klein comments on the increasing violence of Somali pirates, calls for SIDELIGHTS continued action against piracy and urges 4605 NW 139th Loop Vancouver, 98685 members to actively participate in discussions 360-901-1257 and offer suggestions to the leaders in the [email protected] industry and government.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Captain Tom Bradley In the Council 6 EDITORIAL BOARD Secretary/Treasury Report...... 6 Capt. Tom Bradley Capt. John Konrad Council Chapter & Officer Reports...... 7 Capt. Pete Booth Capt. Ron Meiczinger Capt. John A.C. Cartner Capt. Klaus Niem Reports U.S.-Flag vessel detained...... 9 Capt. Chick Gedney Capt. Bob Phillips 2013 Annual General Meeting...... 10 Capt. R.J. Klein Dear Sidelights...... 10 Chaplain’s Report: A Personal Fantasy...... 11 CONTRIBUTORS A.K. Bansal John Konrad Cross’d the Final Bar...... 12 Pete Booth P. Michael Kosro Tom Bradley John McCann Peter Chelemedos Klaus Niem In the Industry 13 Eric Christensen Sinclair Oubre Jeff Cowan Bob Phillips Alarm on U.S.-Flag compliance...... 13 Kvin Coulombe Jones Soares Anti-piracy training...... 14 Jackson Davis Douglas Subcleff Watson joins AdvanFort as President...... 15 John Dickie Will Watson Michael Henderson Dave Williams Emission Control Areas (NAECA)...... 16 R.J. Klein SOLAS changes to pilot transfers...... 18 NOAA updates...... 20

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Book release: Sea Travels...... 25 P DESIGN & LAYOUT Davyne Bradley In the Membership 26 PRINTING AdvanFort delivers mission success. We are a leader in providing cost-effective, high-quality security Sir Speedy Largo Peter, The Odyssey of a solutions for the maritime industry. Merchant Mariner...... 26 ADVERTISING MANAGER & ADMIN Captain Coulombe: USA to Western Asia...... 29 AdvanFort’s fleet of counter-piracy vessels, mission-tested security teams, continuously manned Captain Tom Bradley Captain Booth: Aircraft Carrier Command...... 30 [email protected] Captain Davis: Age 6 to 90...... 31 Mission Operations Center (MOC) and Threat Analysis Center (TAC), and intelligence assessments 360-901-1257 all enhance the safety and protection to our clients’ seafarers, vessels, cargo, and facilities. TO SUBMIT MATERIAL We welcome your articles, comments, International Perspective 32 Our pre-deployed security teams are comprised of former US, UK, and NATO special forces operators illustrations and photographs. Please expertly skilled and equipped to deter piracy and allow for safe passage in high-risk areas. email or send your submissions IFSMA...... 32 to Sidelights Chair Captain Tom John Dickie, Secretary-General Report.....32 Bradley at the above address. All No Delays • No Route Changes • No Unscheduled Port Stops submissions will be reviewed, but are AGA Resolutions...... 33 not guaranteed to be published. Rio+20...... 35 IMO Amendments...... 35 PUBLICATION DEADLINES 100 years after the Titanic...... 36 Issue Submission Release CMMC: National Master John McCann...... 37 February Jan. 5 Feb. 1 April March 1 April 1 History of ...... 38 June May 1 June 1 NOTICE The articles in this magazine are entirely those of the writer, and do not necessarily October Sept. 1 Oct. 1 reflect the views of CAMM nor its Board of Governors. December Nov. 1 Dec. 1 IMLEA SAMI MSC Certified Member Executive Member www.AdvanFort.com The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. October 2012 Sidelights 3 P.O. Box 5034 The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. Lynnwood, WA 98046-5034 www.mastermariner.org

from the South Atlantic Region PORT EVERGLADES / MIAMI NATIONAL OFFICERS Captain David Goff, President President 561-392-5476 Captain R.J. Klein [email protected] [email protected] MAILING ADDRESS rd 425-246-9814 The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. Meetings at 1200, the 3 Wednesday of the month, except July and August. Location var- First Vice President 1760 E Littleton Ct. Inverness, FL 34453 ies, so please call or check website for current Captain Joe Hartnett location. [email protected] th 410-867-0556 Mailing Address: 1106 S.W. 12 Road North Atlantic Region Boca Raton, FL 33486 Second Vice President NEW YORK / NEW JERSEY Captain Dan Jordan TAMPA BAY [email protected] Chapter Inactive Pirates — 503-338-8599 Captain David H. Williams, President Anyone interesting in restarting this chapter, 352-637-1464 Treasurer and Secretary please contact National President Captain [email protected] Captain David Williams R.J. Klein. nd Time for CAMM [email protected] Meetings at 1130 on the 2 Tuesday of each 352-637-1464 BALTIMORE / WASHINGTON D.C. month, except July, August and September. Columbia Restaurant, 7th Ave. and 22nd St. North Atlantic Regional Vice President Captain Joe Hartnett, President Captain Frank Zabrocky 410-867-0556 Mailing Address: 1760 E. Littleton Ct. to add its expertise Inverness, FL 34453 [email protected] [email protected] Captain R.J. Klein September 11th has just passed and I am grateful that the current President 203-359-8494 Meetings at 1130 monthly, except June - North Pacific Region CAMM National South Atlantic Regional Vice President August. Locations vary between Balitmore and SEATTLE / PACIFIC NORTHWEST President has kept this country safe from terrorist attacks. What does this have to do Captain Jerome Benyo D.C. [email protected] Mailing Address: P.O. Box 700 Captain Richard Klein, President #1751-R with our industry? Think back to the U.S. Navy Seals who were given 727-791-0313 Edgewater, MD 21037-0400 425-746-6475 [email protected] the authority to use deadly force on seized last year. None were U.S. Flag. international organizations, background Gulf Regional Vice President st the Somali pirates who were holding CAMM’s position on International on Somalia and more. Captain Robert A. Phillips NORFOLK / HAMPTON ROADS / TIDEWATER Meetings at 1130 on the 1 Thursday of each [email protected] Chapter Inactive month. Rock Salt Steaks and Seafood, Lake Captain Richard Phillips hostage. Piracy On the High Seas is as follows: For suggestions to U.S. counter 504-737-6619 Union, 1232 Westlake Ave. N, Seattle. Anyone interesting in restarting this chapter, The recent killing of a merchant sea- SUPPORT the UN resolution adopted piracy policies, the point of contact is: South Pacific Regional Vice President please contact National President Captain Mailing Address: PO Box 99392 men held hostage by the Somalia pirates, Dec. 17, 2008 and urge the militaries of Donna Hopkins, Coordinator, Counter Seattle, WA 98139 Captain Klaus Niem R.J. Klein. because they had not been paid the the world to work to defeat piracy wherev- Piracy and Maritime Security, Bureau of [email protected] 707-255-6567 Gulf Coast Region COLUMBIA RIVER requested ransom, amplifies how fortu- er it occurs. CAMM asserts that it is the Political-Military Affairs (PM/CPMS), Captain Vic Faulkner, President nate Captain Phillips is to be a U.S. citi- responsibility of the U.S. Government to U.S. Department of State, 2025 E Street, North Pacific Regional Vice President NEW ORLEANS Captain Carl Johannes 360-798-9530 zen. As of June 22nd, thirty-five hostages provide the force protection necessary N.W., Suite NW8090, Washington, D.C. Captain Karl Jaskierny, President [email protected] [email protected] have been killed by Somali pirates this to ensure the safety of life and property 20006, (202) 453-9309, HopkinsDL@ 206-448-3433 504-737-4849 Meetings are at 1200 on the 2nd Friday of nd year (most while trying to escape); this aboard U.S.-Flag vessels. state.gov. Immediate Past President Meetings at 1200 on the 2 Thursday of each month. Red Lion Inn at the Quay in Captain Cal Hunziker each month, except July and August at Don’s Vancouver, WA (I-5 and the Columbia River). according to the International Maritime While this is a strong position, the US I will soon have links posted on the [email protected] Seafood Hut, 4801 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, Mailing Address: 121 Hazel Dell View Bureau (IMB). IMB further reports that Government has done little to “provide CAMM website specifically for informa- LA. 253-862-7493 Castle Rock, WA 98611 over 1,200 seamen are being held hos- the force protection necessary” to pro- tion on piracy. I will also be issuing an Mailing Address: 8112 Ferrara Drive Council Chaplain tage in Somalia. tect our ships. Reports from our seago- updated press release calling for contin- Father Sinclair Oubre Harahan, LA 70123 South Pacific Region [email protected] The latest killing brings into focus ing masters indicate that they rely on ued action against piracy. Piracy contin- 409-749-0171 MOBILE BAY LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH the enormity of the pirate problem and PCASP to keep their ships safe from ues to threaten our masters, their ships Captain Pete Booth, President Captain David Boatner, President should outrage maritime nations. Yet, pirate attacks. See articles in the last two and crews. As an informed membership 850-456-2400 805-479-8461 CHAIRS [email protected] [email protected] even the reporting suggests that we have issues of Sidelights by Captain John A.C. we can actively participate in discussions BOG at Large nd nd accepted the Somalia pirates as the norm Cartner and Captain Paul Willers. and offer suggestions to the leaders in Captain Tom Bradley Meetings on the 2 Tuesday of each month Meetings at 1200 on the 2 Tuesday of each at 1330. Ryan’s Grill, Buffet, & Bakery, 4439 month, except August. Ante’s Restaurant, 729 and only when a U.S. flag ship is attacked Our membership can bring a unique the industry, at MarAd and in Congress. Constitution and Bylaws Rangeline Road, Mobile, Alabama. S. Ante Perkov Way, San Pedro, CA. Committee Chair will the national media cover the story. perspective to the table concerning Captain Pat Moloney Mailing Address: 615 Bayshore Drive #408 Mailing Address: 533 N. Marine Ave At the AGM, Will Watson gave an piracy. To increase your knowledge on Pensacola, FL 32507-3565 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Government Relations Committee Chair excellent account of modern day piracy the subject there are several good web- Captain R.J. Klein Captain Joe Hartnett HOUSTON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and the efforts to combat this global sites that can bring you up to date – Membership Committee Chair Captain Michael J. Mc Cright, President Captain Klaus Niem, President problem. The use of privately contracted one is http://merln.ndu.edu. Once at Captain Liz Clark [email protected] 707-255-6567 armed security personnel (PCASP) has the MERLN home page, go to “Issues Pilot Relations Committee Chair th [email protected] Meetings on the 4 Tuesday of each month, helped reduce the number of successful at a Glance”, then to “Piracy off the Captain Dan Jordan September - April. TAMUG Blue Room, Meetings on the 1st Tuesday of each month, Positions Committee Chair Galveston, TX. 11:30, Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant in San attacks. Somalia pirates were success- coast of Somalia”. Here you will find a Ms. Lyn McClelland Mailing Address: Francisco, south of Ferry Building. ful in capturing only 13 ships (on 69 comprehensive list of sites which lists Sidelights & Website Committee Chair 4620 Fairmont Pkwy, Suite 203 Mailing Address: 4207 Chardonnay Ct. attempts) this year, down from 21 vessels U.S. responses, Congressional hearings, Tom Bradley Pasadena, TX 77504 Napa, CA 94558-2562

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CORRECTION & APOLOGY sible thanks to the gracious invitation of The tour concluded with a lunch Secretary & Treasury Report June 2012 Sidelights erroneously Commanding Officer Captain Beverly in the crew mess. Thanks to Captain reported in Mr. Will Watson’s Keynote Havlik. Captain Havlik was one of our Beverly Havlik and all involved for the address (page 24, 3rd para.) that a featured speakers at the 2012 National opportunity to tour this amazing ship. Let me start by saying it is an CAMM has three main expenses: Sidelights, the convention, “… newer model of piracy was emerging CAMM Professional Development We wish you all Good in your honor to have been elected to be and management of CAMM. Travel to attend meetings such in New Guinea…”; it should have read Conference held in Seattle on May 10th. future missions! the CAMM National Secretary/ as IFSMA and chapter development have been reduced con- “… emerging in the Gulf of Guinea…” . The timing of the tour was not an easy On August 30th, the Seattle Pacific Treasurer at the May 11, 2012 Annual siderably over the past several years. Sidelights amounts to as One is a lovely island in Southeast Asia task due to an extended shipyard period NW Chapter held its 5th Annual Bob General Meeting in Seattle, Wash. much as 75% of the total budget. Revenue to cover all costs of while the other is a crime-riddled area of and only a brief window of opportunity Magee Memorial charity golf tour- I wish to thank all of you for your Sidelights seems to be very elusive, thus a lot of thought needs water off West Africa. before the Healy’s summer deployment. nament at the Mt. Si golf course in support. to be put into the operation of Sidelights. Because Captain Havlik was home Snoqualmie, Wash. I wish to thank Captain Don What might be required is to have a roving ambassador, a First VP Report on well-deserved leave, she delegated Event chairman, Captain R.J. Klein, by Captain Moore for all his help and coop- sales type person, who can promote sponsors, members, and Submitted by Captain Joe Hartnett the tour-hosting duties to her Executive reported that a total of 64 golfers par- David Williams eration in the change of command activities. I think this person could call on shipping compa- We are continuing our search for Officer, Mark Tilapa. He and other ticipated in the event this year. In the #2318-R of the Secretary/Treasurer’s office. nies, marine superintendents, port captains to encourage their existing and prospective new mem- USCG officers, including Erin Sheridan, previous four years, CAMM Seattle has Don held the job since 2007 after filling in for the late Captain masters to join CAMM. bers to re-activate the Norfolk Chapter did a fine job showing us around the ves- raised over $25,000 for the benefit of the Dave Smith for a couple of years. The change went very CAMM may need to get into activities which lend them- and establish a chapter in Philadelphia. sel. They were careful to keep us out of Youth Maritime Training Association smooth. Thank you Captain Moore. selves to sponsors. Giving awards to graduates of the Maritime Any current or prospective members in harm’s way, as there were still a number (YMTA). A special $5,000 scholarship At the Annual General Meeting Captain Moore reported Academies would be an example. those areas are asked to contact Captain of ship renovation jobs going on during award sponsored by the Seattle Chapter membership was 775 of all types of members. Membership The above comments are not intended to describe what Hartnett for further information. this post-shipyard period. was created by YMTA President, Gary drives continue to be very important. action to take but to stimulate thought. Please send in your As our tour group made its way Stauffer as part of YMTA’s annual schol- There was a very frank and extended debate at the Annual comments and or recommendations, preferably by email, or Sidelights and website around, it was quickly apparent that arship presentation. The 2012 recipi- General Meeting about the finances of CAMM. Reduced by written letter if you wish. Committee this was no ordinary USCG vessel. In ent, Miss Brijonnay Madrigal, is now resources have led to the problem of having to reduce activi- In the next issue of Sidelights I will discuss the budget pro- Submitted by Captain Tom Bradley, addition to the crew complement of enrolled at the University of Hawaii, ties due to the lack of funds. CAMM pays all its obligations cess by which CAMM decides how to allocate its resources Committee Chair 94, the ship has accommodations for majoring in marine biology. on time but has had in the last few years reduced activities in and thus spend its money. ¶ The committee is investigating tech- up to 50 scientists. There are numerous Golf tournament sponsorship is a criti- areas of membership drives, attending IFSMA (International nologies to more efficiently deliver science-related lab facilities throughout cal component for successful fundraising Federation of Ships Masters) meetings, forming new chapters Sidelights content via the internet and the vessel. It was explained to us that, Continued on next page >>> (such as Boston and Portland, ME) where many of our mem- Triple our Membership Drive further upgrades to more easily manage although service aboard the Healy is not bers reside. Our yearly convention has had reduced resources website content and organization. considered one of the more “normal” over the years. Although member chapters have done an out- We have picked up a few ads to replace USCG career paths, it is still a coveted standing job with the resources available, the lack of resources advertisers that have dropped out, but assignment. has made it hard to attract speakers and participants including Sponsor 3 approved new members we still need your help in securing more Below: USCG Erin Sheridan describes the USCGC members to participate in the meeting. advertisers to cover costs up to 100%. Healy bridge layout to the CAMM Seattle tour The debate for the next year will have to center around what and be eligible to earn group. CAMM members wish to do and what resources will be avail- Seattle / PNW Right: Captain Klein and Gary Stauffer present prizes to Nick Krastin of Team Taco Del Mar for able. This should include sources of revenue, what expenses to one free year Submitted by Captain Douglas Subcleff being a double winner for Longest Drive and include as well as what activities to participate in. Chapter Secretary Closest to the Pin. For revenue the main source today are membership dues of membership dues! A total of 25 Photos: Doug Subcleff which account for about 60% of the revenue. Dues have been attended our nearly static for over 20 years. Raising dues leads to the fear of annual Summer loss of membership. It should be done carefully and in small Ask your Chapter President for more details. Field Trip adven- steps. Sidelights advertising accounts for about 30% of revenue. Membership applications are available online at ture, a tour of the However, Sidelights revenue covers only 40% of the costs of www.mastermariner.org. Please remember applicants only operating publishing the magazine. It appears these revenues may have must include a copy of their current U.S.C.G. License USCG icebreaker, peaked. 10% comes from various sources, the raffle, sponsors, for timely processing. the USCGC Healy. contributions, etc. This tour was pos-

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— CAMM in Action — Council >>>Continued from page 7 of history as it was from the SS Gateway taurant in San Pedro. We usually have and this event owes much of its success City, a World War II C-2 ship that was anywhere from six to ten members in to the participation of the Puget Sound converted in 1957 to become the world’s attendance. Like many CAMM chapters, U.S.-Flag vessel and crew detained in Venezuela area maritime community. Corporate first container ship. LA/LB struggles to increase numbers at sponsors included Totem Ocean Trailer So, mark your calendars for next year: local meetings. Our members take an CAMM members organized support for crew while detained and efforts to Express (TOTE), Westwood Shipping August 29, 2013 is the planned day for active interest in their profession and release Master, crew and vessel. Lines, Foss, Aleutian Spray Fisheries, the sixth annual Bob Magee Memorial encourage all Masters living or visiting Crowley, Matson, Trident Seafoods, Puget Golf Tournament! in the area to participate in our monthly by Captain John Konrad #3205-S information to Captain Bradley who maritime security expert and author of Sound Pilots, Marine Resources Group meetings. The Captain of the U.S.-flagged heavy- activated the CAMM network to quietly the book The International Law of the (MRG), Black Ball Ferry, Glacier Fish, San Francisco Bay Area lift carrier MV Ocean Atlas was detained support the vessel and locate her missing Shipmaster. “These are well-worn ways Wester Tow, ABS, Crawford Nautical Submitted by Captain Klaus Niem, Houston / TAMUG Cadets by Venezuelan authorities amid an Captain. toward arresting first, asking questions School, Gaspich Law, IOMM&P, MEBA, Chapter President Excerpted from CAMM Houston news alleged weapons smuggling investigation As media attention quickly flooded later and in some cases waiting a year or Global Diving, J. Linster Maritime. Over the summer, a small group of After a summer hiatus, Houston that lasted for weeks. the incident, U.S. state department more before moving toward charge and Other sponsors included a number of us worked on securing a location for CAMM meetings are starting back up on The Ocean Atlas was boarded by local officials made their first visit to the trial or release.” individual CAMM members: Captain CAMM’s 2013 AGM in the Bay Area. new dates. Please reserve the 4th Tuesday police, members of Venezuela’s drug detained vessel. Father Sinclair Oubre In the weeks following the incident Paul Hanley, Captain Georg Pedersen, The PDC and AGM will be held at of each month beginning September enforcement agency and individuals (CAMM Chaplain) provided generous Captain Konrad contacted INTERPOL the Waterfront Hotel 25th. The meetings will be held at the claiming to be INTERPOL agents shortly support contacting the vessel, Seafarers and learned that the organization pro- in Jack London Square, TAMUG campus in the private din- after tying up in Maracaibo, Venezuela International Union officials and hibits agents from boarding ships or Oakland, Calif., on ing room. It is a buffet style meal. Cost Venezuelan clergy to support the needs conducting field work of any kind. April 24-26, 2013. approximately $8.00. All are invited, not of the Ocean Atlas crew. The organization warns masters to be Our chapter’s first just members. The M/V Ocean Atlas, one of four aware of any individuals claiming to be formal meeting was in Past Chapter President Captain Dennis heavy-lift vessels of Intermarine’s U.S.- INTERPOL agents. September, with good Ferguson is slated as our September flag heavy-lift affiliate, U.S. Ocean, is The vessel was finally released on discussions on who to guest speaker, speaking on his experi- operated by Crowley and manned by September 14th and sailed directly to invite as speakers and ences in the Navy and Coast Guard AMO union officers and SIU crew. The the Dominican Republic to replenish topics for our AGM as he worked up rank from a Junior 8,000 DWT vessel, with 400 metric tons supplies and allow the crew to step off in 2013. We have con- Officer to Port Captain, then later as a Photo taken by a crew member during the arrest. lifting capacity, is particularly well suited the gangway for the first time since the Photo: Doug Subcleff The winning team, representing Westwood Shipping: Grant Stewart, firmed USCG Captain Marine Operations Director for Phillip’s on Wednesday August 29. for the movement of project/heavy-lift vessel departed Houston one month ear- Doug Ward, Terry Thomas, Steve Cordingly. They finished with a score of Cindy Stowe, Sector San Oil Company, a Marine Supervisor for The officials claimed they had received and military cargoes. The Ocean Atlas lier. It was also noted that Captain Raider 59. TOTE Shipping was 2nd place with a 60. Francisco Commander, Coastal, and as an Independent Ship a tip that the vessel was smuggling drugs sailed to Venezuela with 15 crewmem- is in good spirits and was treated well Captain Carl Johannes, Captain Andy to speak on vessel traffic control and Inspector. from the United States. bers aboard. throughout the period of his arrest. ¶ Subcleff and Captain Mel Flavel. America’s Cup and CAMM member Dr. October’s meeting will be the 23rd A search of the Ocean Atlas failed to The incident follows the August Captain Klein thanked the loyal Captain John A.C. Cartner to speak on with guest speaker Captain Bill Duncan, turn drugs but authorities detained the detention of an unnamed U.S. citizen group of volunteers from the CAMM TWIC. We’ve also invited as speakers: a former tanker master with Exxon ship after finding weapons used by the attempting to enter Venezuela from Seattle Chapter and YMTA in addition RADM Thomas Cropper, President of Shipping, and the PIC for the salvage vessel’s security team during a recent Colombia whom President Hugo Chavez to companies that donated goods and Cal Maritime; Tony Munoz, Editor-in- and lightering of the late ship Exxon transit of the Gulf of Aden. said may be a “mercenary.” The U.S. and services, including Cutty Sark Nautical Chief of the Maritime Executive, Craig Valdez post grounding on Bligh Reef. The weapons were locked in the Venezuela have frequently clashed since Store, Southwick Specialties, Marine H. Allen, USCG (Ret.) and University The November meeting is moved to Nov. Captain’s safe and had been declared Chavez, a self-declared “anti-imperial- Exchange, Puetz Golf, CC Conklin, of Washington School of Law professor; Continued on page 12 >>> prior to arrival but this did not stop ist,” came to power 13 years ago. Chavez, Rachel Shrewsbury, Gary Stauffer, Fryer and a representative from NANOOS. authorities from returning September who faces elections on Oct. 7, accuses Cartner & Fiske, LLC Knowles, Alaska Weathervane Seafood, 6th with a police van and arrest war- the U.S. of having supported a 2002 coup Washington, D.C. Lyn McClelland, Ken Passé, Captain Los Angeles / Long Beach rants for the entire crew. A crew member against him. Paul Godot, Captain Georg Pedersen, Submitted by Captain Dave Boatner, reports that after being held at gunpoint “The disturbing aspect of the matter Pat Hartle, Amy Subcleff, Captain R.J. Chapter President for three hours, Captain Jeffrey Michael in Venezuela is the possible politicization Maritime, Aviation, Klein, Captain Don and Jackie Moore, The Los Angeles / Long Beach Chapter Raider bravely subdued the authorities by the Chavez regime of the world-wide Commercial and Captain Carl Johannes, Karin Jacobs, meets at noon the second Tuesday of the by accepting the arrest if the other crew trend toward criminalization of the mas- and Charlie and Carleen See. month [except August] at Ante’s res- members were allowed to remain on the ter and officers. This has occurred before Inter�ational Taxation and In addition to the golf, the day’s events vessel. in that state in similar circumstances such Ex�at�iation Law Captain Klaus Niem presents a pair of included a silent auction, raffle and buf- binoculars, courtesy of the San Francisco Bay Morale continued to decline until as in the cases of the B Atlantic (2007) r i t im e ma

fet meal. One of the most popular silent Area CAMM Chapter, to Jonathan Carta at a l September 6th when a crew member and the Astro Saturn (2008) which seem C of auction items was a radio room clock the Cal Maritime Academy Senior Awards contacted Captain John Konrad for help. similar in some respects to this case,” jacc@cfl aw.net Ceremony in May. The chapter awards ourtesy donated by CAMM member, Captain binoculars annually to the graduating student C Captain Konrad wrote an article for the said CAMM member Dr. John A.C. 202 429 2500 hoto Georg Pedersen. That clock was a piece with the highest G.P.A. P website gCaptain.com then passed the Cartner (#2574-R), a world recognized

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Dear CAMM, Council of American Master Mariners and While I appreciate the thoughts of the author of the letter Pilots to Sidelights June 2012 “Pilots younger element to CAMM”, I In regard to Captain Pierson’s letter in the June issue of should also express a slightly different view. First of all, I sailed Sidelights, I hope no one takes seriously his suggestion of as master for 12 years and was a regular CAMM member A Personal Fantasy diluting the name of our organization from CAMM to CAMM before becoming a pilot, and there are quite a few pilots senior and Pilots. We all know that marine pilots have specialized to me. and specific knowledge of a tiny portion of the world’s waters. Both masters and pilots provide a great value to CAMM. They are not necessarily master mariners or even deck offi- However, since pilots have their own organization that pro- cers. The best pilots, in my estimation, are ex-ship-assist tug motes pilot issues, I believe we should remain true to our captains. There are difficult pilotage areas like the foggy inside organization and tap into how pilots experience relates to the I write this column days after Russian and the passage in Alaska to the simple areas like the Panama Canal U.S. Merchant Marine, seagoing ship masters and mariners. Philippines submitted their ratification instruments and Long Beach, Calif. Berthing a modern ship with azimuth- Most pilots and their associations belong to the American ing propulsion, stern thrusters, bow thrusters, GPS, radar etc. Pilots Association (APA) and through that organization, the to the International Labour Organization. is spectacular but not difficult. The job of a pilot is in no way International Maritime Pilots Association (IMPA). These comparable to that of a master mariner and the name of our organizations are quite active including regional and nation- This brought the number of ratifying nations over the threshold of 30, and started the clock on full organization is distinctive and should not be diluted. al pilot conferences. More about these organizations can by Father enforcement in twelve months. Except for some activities at the Department of Labor and the Executive — Captain John A Corso, #1681-L be found at http://www.americanpilots.org and http://www. Sinclair Oubre Office, little has been done in the U.S. to move this important convention forward. Below is my fantasy impahq.org. CAMM Chaplain testimony before a fantasy Senate hearing on for the ratification of the MLC 2006 by the United States. Respectfully, Captain Dan Jordan, #2698-R #3220-A 2nd Vice President / Pilot Relations Liaison On behalf of the seafarer welfare com- However, this is not the case. Where For instance, the Transportation munity in particular, and the Apostleship there has been real terrorist attacks in Workers Identification Credential start- ANC FR IS of the Sea of the United States in par- the airline industry, TSA and CBP are ed out as a universal transportation cre- N Y ARE C A A O ticular, I wish to thank this Senate com- actively working to develop programs dential, then it morphed into Maritime A B S Annual General Meeting mittee for holding this important and that will expedite the entry process of Workers Identification Credential. Is C very overdue hearing for the ratification some foreign air travelers through its it because pipeline workers or airline A C M D Professional Development Conference of the International Labor Convention Global Entry program. However, there workers are less of a threat? And why M P Maritime Labour Convention 2006. are no TSA/CBP initiatives to expedite does a TWIC costs an U.S. seafarer AGM & April 24-26, 2013 We in the seafarer welfare community entry on behalf of seafarers. In fact, in $129.75, while the Global Entry card, have long felt that our federal govern- spite of the lack of threats by seafarers, which is designed for business air travel- Location ber, living or deceased, with all the fol- Accommodations ment either profiles mariners as poten- the GAO report goes on to state: ers costs only $100. Waterfront Hotel, Jack London Square, lowing attributes: humanitarianism, Reservations at the Waterfront Hotel tial threats, or fails to see them at all. “Nevertheless, as we reported in When our government is not suspi- Oakland, Calif. professionalism, seamanship, life-time can be made online (link from CAMM’s In a January 2011 GAO report, 2007, security officials in the U.S. cious of U.S. and foreign mariners, then achievements and noteworthy accom- website) or by phone at 1-888-842-5333 Maritime Security: Federal Agencies government are concerned about the it just ignores them. The fact that it has Agenda plishments, along with contributions to starting in mid-October. Use the code Have Taken Action to Address Risks possibility of a future terrorist attack Continued on page 12 >>> Wednesday, April 24: the maritime industry and the ‘spirit of CAMM2013 for the group rate; $159/ Posed by Seafarers, but Efforts Can Be in a U.S. port.” (Page 12) Welcome Social (afternoon/evening) the seas’ in their everyday lives. night, excluding taxes. Parking is $12/ Strengthened, noted that there have been So, airline passengers, who have a his- Apostleship of the Sea - Thursday, April 25: For additional information, applica- night. no terrorist attacks by seafarers: tory of actual terrorist activity, receive Professional Development tions, or guidelines and rules, go to the “According to Coast Guard expedited processing, while seafarers, United States of America Conference CAMM website or contact your chapter Event Registration National Maritime Intelligence who have no history of terrorist activity, The professional association of Friday, April 26: president or Regional V.P. And remem- The event registration form will be on Center officials we met, to date there should receive, according to the GAO, Catholic Mariners and the official Annual General Meeting (CAMM ber, all nominations must be returned CAMM’s website once more details are have been no terrorist attacks involv- even more vigilance. Organization for Catholic Cruise business - open to all, but only mem- by U.S. Postal Mail and postmarked by finalized. ing seafarers on vessels transiting to One dictionary gives the definition of Ship Priests and Maritime Ministers bers have a voice). January 15, 2013. U.S. ports and no definitive informa- profiling as, “the use of specific character- Sponsorships Available tion to indicate that extremists have istics, as race or age, to make generaliza- Please contact us if you are interested in becoming an Lalonde Spirit of the Seas Constitution & By-Laws Please contact Captain Klaus Niem for entered the United States as seafarer tions about a person, as whether he or she AOS-USA member! Award Nominations Any submissions for changes to sponsorship opportunities. non-immigrant visa holders.” (Page may be engaged in illegal activity.” For 1500 Jefferson Drive Nominations for the 2013 Lalonde CAMM’s Constitution or By-Laws must 12) me, much of our government’s response Port Arthur, TX 77642 ‘Spirit of the Seas’ award are now open be submitted no later than December 24, Event Chairperson One would thereby conclude that sea- to seafarers meets this definition. [email protected] and available online or from your 2012 to National Secretary Captain Dave Captain Klaus Niem farers would receive special consider- In addition, there are the little things Voice: 409.985.4545 regional Vice President. Williams. (By-Laws 10.1.1) [email protected] ation by the Department of Homeland that also demonstrate our government’s www.aos-usa.org Nominations are open to any mem- 707-255-6567 Security for expedited processing. suspicion of seafarers.

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Fantasy >>>Continued from page 11 taken six years to hold this hearing is a manifestation of this policy of ignor- ing. I would also point to the refusal of our government to develop regulations Sounding the Alarm on U.S.-Flag Compliance regarding fatigue, and the nine-year pro- Captain Joseph Fernandez #1117-R cess to recognize seafarers’ right to shore Captain Joseph Fernandez of Staten Island, New York, passed away on June 29, leave as other examples. 2012. He was very proud of his membership of the Council of American Master Alarms are designed to alert the watch that The Maritime Labour Convention Mariners and enjoyed reading Sidelights. His ashes were put out to sea on July 23, something is amiss with a particular piece of 2006 establishes a quality of life baseline 2012, on what would have been his 89th Birthday. for U.S. and foreign seafarers, and pro- equipment or that a level is too high or too low, and vides avenues for both U.S. and foreign Captain Max Rand #1183-L it requires attention. Consider this a high-level alarm seafarers to gain redress from substan- Captain Max Rand of New York City cross’d the final bar on May 16, 2012 after a dard operators. long illness. The final diagnosis was ALS. Fortunately, it was masked as many other for detentions of U.S.-flag vessels. There have been voices in the U.S. disorders without the crippling effects which go along with ALS. industry that the MLC 2006 would place by Captain May 18, 2012 damage. ISM Code requirements outline Compliance (DOC). A review of atten- undo burdens on the U.S.-fleet. This Captain Michael Michaeledes #2475-R Eric Christensen Coast Guard processes of communication, training, dance reports, documented by various fails to take into consideration that the Captain Michael Michaeledes passed away on May 9, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard analysis of and actions to continuously maintain authorities including port and flag states, convention does not apply to most of In 1942, he was accepted into the U.S. Merchant Marine Chief, Office of recent actions the ship in a state of compliance with clearly established a pattern of habitu- the inland and brown water fleet. And Academy and graduated in 1944. In 1952 he received his Commercial Vessel taken on U.S.- the applicable safety and environmen- al disregard for rules and regulations. even if it does, shouldn’t U.S. operators Unlimited Master’s license. Captain “Mike” was well-known on Compliance flag vessels tal protection regulations. Specifically, There was also a repetitive inability of maintain a standard that it is on par the Honolulu waterfront, having sailed with Matson Navigation #3307-H by port state the code seeks to develop a “safety cul- the company to implement effective cor- with Liberia, Panama, Gabon and the Company for 14 years before being accepted into Hawaii State control (PSC) authorities overseas indi- ture” which addresses human error and rective action, both indicative of an inef- Philippines? Pilots in 1961, where he stayed until he retired in 1990. In 29 years of piloting, he cates an alarming trend in the number human omissions. fective SMS. If the U.S. Senate were to ratify the served 12,000 ships ranging from 500 to 150,000 tons in all seven deepwater ports of significant deficiencies noted. These To accomplish its objectives, the code The Coast Guard is asking U.S.-flag Maritime Labour Convention, the in the Hawaiian Islands. deficiencies mainly relate to improper requires owners and operators who have vessel owners and operators to take the United States would begin a new chapter After retirement, he moved to Port Ludlow, Washington and in 2009 relocated to manning, primary lifesaving equipment, assumed responsibility for their respec- steps necessary to mitigate the deten- in its treatment of seafarers. Our nation Centennial, Colorado. He is survived by his wife Joan Michaeledes, three children, engine room fire hazards, structural hull tive vessels, to implement safety manage- tion of vessels overseas. Verifying that would begin to recognize the impor- five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. safety, and the inability to verify com- ment systems (SMS) for their companies vessels meet applicable requirements tance seafarers play in our economy, and Memorial donations may be made in Michael’s name to the Hawaiian Humane pliance with international conventions and ships. The ability to implement an under SOLAS and that crews are com- how our lives are dependent on their Society, 2700 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826. Please share condolences due to missing or non-endorsed docu- effective SMS and to foster a “safety pliant with STCW in advance of foreign professionalism. Finally, our nation will at HoranCares.com. ¶ mentation such as International Safety culture” throughout all levels of the orga- voyages and port calls can go a long begin to recognize our responsibility Management (ISM) certificates. nization requires a staunch commitment way toward improving our international toward them. Not ignoring them, not This pattern is illustrative of a decline from the upper echelons of manage- standing. treating them as national threats, but as of registry performance, which has firm- ment, to the international standards for The Coast Guard stands ready to part of the network of relationships that Please have a “Moment of Silence” for the following departed brothers. ly landed the U.S. on the “grey list” in the safe management and operations of assist vessels owners and operators in make our American life what it is. Captain George Violante #1932-L of Arvada, CO, crossed 12/28/2010 at least one of the regional PSC regimes ships. this compliance effort. Please contact I wish to thank the Senate for allowing Captain Ira D.Murphy #1351-R of Jacksonville, FL, crossed 5/27/2012 since 2008. This status is indicative of an In an effort to address the decline in your local sector, Marine Safety Unit or me to make this appeal. ¶ average performance over the preceding statutory and international convention detachment with questions. ¶ three years and signifies the necessity to compliance of the U.S. fleet, the Coast Council >>>Continued from page 11 recently showed the CAMM flag at the endeavor. We appreciate all of Will’s implement immediate corrective action. Guard has initiated a campaign focused Captain Eric Christensen is Chief, 27th due to holiday conflicts. annual Propeller Club Crab Feast and efforts for our chapter and look forward As a result of “grey list” categoriza- on holding repeat offenders account- Commercial Vessel Compliance at U.S. will be attending the Baltimore Maritime to his continued support for CAMM. tion, U.S.-flagged vessels are subject to able by targeting the company SMS for Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, Tampa Bay Exchange Shrimp Feast on Sept. 19th. increased PSC scrutiny and examination increased oversight and compliance veri- D.C. He oversees vessel inspection policy Tampa Bay has been on summer hia- As part of our continuing efforts to sup- Columbia River frequency. Compounded with the results fication at the management level. development for over 12,000 U.S.-flag tus and will return to regular monthly port the local seafarer’s we will be par- New Orleans from Coast Guard and class oversight In a recent case, objective evidence vessels, 8,800 foreign vessels under the meetings on October 9, 2012. ticipating as a sponsor for the Baltimore Mobile Bay efforts, multiple substandard conditions of continued non-compliance with the Port State Control Program, uninspect- International Seafarer’s Center Golf New York / New Jersey have been identified and attributed to requirements of the ISM Code, appli- ed vessels, and mariner credentialing Baltimore / Washington D.C. Outing on Sept. 28th. The seafarer cen- Port Everglades / Miami habitual offenders indicative of a flawed cable international conventions, and flag policy for 200,000 U.S. merchant mari- submitted by Captain Joe Hartnett ters continue to express the need for No reports submitted. ¶ safety management culture. state regulations as well as a systemic ners. He spoke at CAMM’s Professional Chapter President ship’s visitors and we are trying to fulfill The objectives of SOLAS Chapter IX failure to adequately implement com- Development Conference in 2011 in The Baltimore/Washington D.C. chap- that need. and the ISM Code are to ensure safety pany policies and procedures led to the Baltimore. ter continues to grow and participate Congratulations to chapter member at sea, prevent injury or loss of life, and first-ever revocation and cancellation in all maritime events in the area. We Mr. Will Watson on his new employment to avoid environmental and property of a U.S. company’s ISM Document of

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Piracy now plays a much larger role in security Will Watson joins AdvanFort as President officer training

The scourge of piracy has affected the maritime T h e “I am honored to have been asked to lead Washington, DC area with offices in industry in many ways and one significant change AdvanFort the team of professionals at AdvanFort. London, Dubai, Manila and Tallinn, and C o m p a n y Our highly trained and experienced exec- soon in Germany, Greece and Japan. comes in Florida. scenarios to the training which was well t o d a y utive, management and operational staff AdvanFort provides world-class mari- the training Mr. David W. Greenhouse, who teach- received by the students. announced and consultants understand their mission time operations and security solutions as of company es the CSO/VSO course at the STAR Of course, the training continues to that maritime is to protect and safeguard the lives and well as government relations consulting. and ves- Center agrees with Mr. Paine that the focus on maintenance and supervision profession- livelihoods of our clients. Moving forward, AdvanFort’s international consultants sel (or ship) expanded course is helpful. “We used of the Ship Security Plan, including al William we will continue to deliver world-class work closely with governments, industry by Will Watson security offi- to teach a separate Anti Piracy course to access control, threat and vulnerability Press Release Hughes maritime operations and security solu- and academia on current issues, chal- Maritime Journalist cers (CSOs, satisfy the requirement set by the USCG in assessments and ensuring that security AdvanFort (Will) Watson tions that exceed our clients’ complex lenges and opportunities. We help these #3256-A VSOs). Until MARSEC Directive 104-6,” Greenhouse systems and equipment are in work- August 30, 2012 has joined needs,” Will Watson said. institutions manage critical resources to now, the traditional training course for explained. “The new DNV course meets ing order and that appropriate crew are the company as president. Will comes Will serves on the Advisory Board of promote positive social and economic CSOs and VSOs was a two-day course both the (ISPS) requirements for Vessel trained in their use. to AdvanFort from the Office of the the National Maritime Law Enforcement growth. The firm specializes in maritime that focused on the traditional threats and Company Security Officers and for As an increasing number of ships’ Maritime Administrator of the Republic Academy; the Administrative Board of security, training, intelligence opera- posed to commercial vessels and their the anti-piracy mandate as well.” officers are required to take the security of the Marshall Islands (RMI) where the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS - USA); tions, and information security, with a crews. Over the past few years, training officer course, it’s good that the more he has been Deputy Commissioner of the Maritime Working Group steering specialty in providing armed security schools have added separate courses to comprehensive schooling is now being Maritime Affairs and Special Agent since personnel and fleet assets in high-risk address the issues related to the piracy offered. Threats to commercial vessels 2009. Additionally, Will served as del- environments. AdvanFort’s executive, threat. and their crews increase daily and the egate of the RMI to the United Nations management and operational teams con- Now, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has capabilities of CSOs and VSOs must Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast sist of highly experienced former US launched a new and comprehensive keep track with the increasing threat. of Somalia (CGPCS) and coordinated and UK military special operators and course that includes counter-piracy tac- This new and expanded security training counter piracy and terrorist activities at intelligence community veterans as well tics in an expanded three-day course will be a great aid to seafarers in ensur- International Registries, Inc. (IRI) and as former NATO security profession- for CSOs and VSOs. And a growing ing that they are well prepared to meet Maritime Security Liaison. He will be als. With an expanding fleet of vessels number of training schools are offer- the asymmetrical responsible for the global strategy and committee of the U.S. State Department’s forward deployed to strategic locations ing this new course. “We believe this threats that now lie continued expansion of AdvanFort as a Overseas Security Advisory Council around the globe, AdvanFort can ensure expanded course is a good thing,” says in wait now only maritime security leader. (OSAC); and is a member of Oceans that any vessel in need of security and Glen Paine, Executive Director at the in poorly secured Will continues his responsibili- Beyond Piracy Working Group. He has force protection services, regardless of Photos: Will Watson Maritime Institute of Technology and ports terminals and ties as Vice President of Government lectured at the International Maritime location, can be engaged with one of our Above, Mr. David Greenhouse Graduate Studies (MITAGS). “Piracy consults with a student at the anchorages but on Affairs and Governor with the Maritime Law Institute, the U.S. Merchant Marine vessels without the need to divert from poses a major threat to today’s seafarers STAR Center. Right, he holds the high seas as Security Council, where he represents Academy / GMATS and the Maritime its current transit. AdvanFort’s state of and proper training is critical to surviv- an ersatz bomb, used when well. ¶ the Maritime Industry on the National Institute of Technology and Graduate the art technology used to monitor client training VSOs to search for ing this threat.” threats aboard ship. Council of ISACs (Information Sharing Studies. Will is actively involved in the vessels as well as the state of the current Mr. Paine chose to add the DNV Will Watson is & Analysis Centers). Prior to his time Council of American Master Mariners pirate / terrorist threat is maintained designed CSO/VSO course to the cur- Mr. Greenhouse brings a member of the with the Marshall Islands Registry, Will and the Propeller Club of the U.S. He is 24/7 in a global command and control riculum at the Linthicum Heights, in outside lecturers to augment staff Council of American Master Mariners was a maritime journalist, having spent an alumnus of the University of South center, operated by a team of former Maryland facility and is launching the instructors and in the course taught in and is also President of AdvanFort and years with Lloyd’s Register - Fairplay and Carolina and veteran of the US Air Force military professionals and intelligence first offering this fall. The course, which August, that input came from the head its sister company, Seaman Guard, which later, IHS - Fairplay as Deputy Editor Reserve and the South Carolina Air analysts. Our staff is trained to detect is accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard of a company that provides armed coun- provide counter-piracy protection for - Americas. Will has appeared on tele- National Guard. and analyze any high risk area where and the U.S. Maritime Administration ter piracy teams to vessels transiting the commercial vessels as well as other secu- vision, radio and been cited in print pirates or terrorists may be operating, (MarAd) is also being taught at the High Risk Area of the rity related services. journals as an expert on the maritime About AdvanFort in order to provide timely alerts to your Simulation, Training, Assessment and and the Gulf of Aden. The “been there, industry in general and maritime secu- The AdvanFort Company is pri- vessels out at sea. ¶ Research (STAR) Center in South done that” presentation added real-life rity / counter piracy. vately held and headquartered in the

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IMO mandated 1.0% sulfur. This deter- mend that a ship burn sludge oil or other aboard ships trying to comply with IMO mination by the EPA holds sway over sludge with a sulfur content that might and California regulations. At 200 miles compliance issues. Refinery fuel blend- exceed 1% within the ECA. Upon fur- out, the ship will use LSFO with the North American Emission Control Areas (NEACA) ers most probably will take the sulfur ther study a consensus will be reached increased metal wearing cat fines but percentage to .95% allowing for a 5% with a final determination. with good fuel viscosity which is more margin in lab analysis repeatability. In order to achieve the 1.0% sul- forgiving to worn parts. Then switch Sludge burning incinerators: The fur content of the low sulfur fuel oil. 24 miles out from California to the less United States Coast Guard maintains Refinery blenders are using low sulfur forgiving distillate fuel and its well docu- the use of an incinerator to incinerate stocks which tend to have high mented increased incidence of loss of On August 1, 2012, the North American Emissions sludge greater than 1% sulfur content aluminum (Al) + silicone(Si) levels (cat propulsion (LOP) incidents. California Control Area (NAECA) took effect, mandating the that is generated on board ship is per- fines). The issue with increased cat fines will continue to face the risk of perhaps mitted by Reg 16 of MARPOL Annex is the impact to filters and purifiers. at an increased rate of LOP incidents use of 1.0% sulfur Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) or residual VI including in the Emission Control With poor preventative maintenance, that could cause an oil spill due to an fuel oil for ships within 200 miles of the continent of Area (ECA). But, the U.S. EPA says Reg debris from the filters and purifiers ends allision, collision or grounding. ¶ 14 only applies to the use of fuel oil, so up in the high pressure fuel system North America. burning sludge in an incinerator is not causing worn pumps and injectors and Captain Jeff Cowan sailed aboard vari- California since its distillate fuel (viscosity 1-2 cst) to the 1.0% sulfur fuel before entering regulated under Reg 14, but only under adverse piston ring and crown groove ous containerships as Master, capping a by has mandat- regulation came into effect in 2009. The the NAECA. The people at Det Norske Reg 16. Fuel oil and sludge oil are clearly wear, equating to more costs for the ship 35-year sea-going career. Captain Cowan Captain Jeff Cowan ed the use of engines used aboard modern ships over Veritas (DNV) and Lloyds have calcula- distinguished within the MARPOL defi- operator. reported on fuel switchovers and loss of #3070-R distillate fuel 10,000 gross tons use 3.0% sulfur HFO. tors for estimating fuel changeover times nitions. InCAMM_Sidlights the spirit ofAd_2012.pdf the Emissions 11/15/11 With9:24:08 California’s AM regulations in effect, propulsion in Sidelights October 2011 and when ships are within 24 miles of its This fuel must be heated to flow through to remain in compliance. The use of the Control Area, the EPA would not recom- the following scenario may unfold June 2012. coastline since July 1, 2009. the fuel lines because at normal ambi- calculators should suffice for demon- Lessons learned from California’s ent temperature HFO either low sulfur strating compliance with the 1.0% regu- experience with the use of distillate or high sulfur has the consistency of lation in terms of a timely switchover. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF fuel may benefit operators as the next tar. Distillate fuel in contrast does not The Bunker Delivery Note (BDN) MASTERS,MATES &PILOTS phase of NAECA comes into effect, require the high temperatures, and the supplied with the just loaded bunkers ILA/AFL-CIO January 01, 2015 when the International thermodynamics of cooling metal, gas- will demonstrate compliance with the Maritime Organization will mandate the kets and seals resulted in leaks, along 1.0% sulfur rule as well. If the oversee- A dynamic advocate for the use of distillate fuel by ships within 200 with filter clogging from engine buildup ing regime (EPA) denotes suspicious American Merchant Marine and a miles of the coast of North America. As scrubbing. In addition, the cost savings fuel switch procedures or supply issues, voice in Washington, D.C., for the that time draws near, industry observ- of using HFO are significant over the they may take their own sample. The U.S.-flag maritime industry. ers have bantered possible manners in use of distillate fuel which is typically problem with taking a shipboard sample which operators will comply. around US$300 more per ton. (Keep can be any one of several. The ship has C Go to www.bridgedeck.org Since June 2012, several developments in mind before the days of slow speed no control with the delivery medium M to find out more about our work. have helped the ship operator comply steaming a typical container ship burned which means the bunker oil delivery Y with the August 1 mandate. Foremost, fuel at the rate of 5 to 6 tons per hour!) lines, bunker barge or ship fuel tanks the Environmental Protection Agency The 1.0% sulfur HFO must be heated could have residual amounts of the high CM (EPA) provided an interpretation of just like the 3.0% HFO so the engine/fuel sulfur fuel leftover that could increase MY

fuel requirements. The EPA stated in compatibility issue was solved, at least the sulfur content of the oil sample. The CY guidelines released in June 2012 that the between 200 to 24 miles off the coast of other issue is where should the sample minimum standard for 1.0% sulfur fuel California. be taken within ship engine room that is CMY viscosity will be not less than 11 centi- The EPA recognized there may be safe while providing an accurate sample? K stokes (cst). This is significant because supply problems and allowed ship opera- At a meeting held in Tacoma, at the time it was thought ship operators tors, if the required fuel was not available Washington, to discuss the NAECA on Proudly serving in peace would have a difficult time sourcing the in ports outside the NAECA, to sim- June 26, the Coast Guard advised that and war since 1880 required 1.0% sulfur fuel and have to ply notify primarily the EPA and Coast the LSFO should meet the International switch over to low sulfur distillate fuel Guard no less than 96 hours before Standard Organization (ISO) 4259 stan- Timothy A. Brown Don Marcus International International with its assorted engine compatibility entering the NAECA. dard. This means the sulfur content President Secretary-Treasurer issues — the same issues that California Unlike the fuel switchover required 24 could deviate in lab analysis results from experienced. miles off the coast of California which .94% to 1.06% sulfur and remain in 700 Maritime Boulevard, Suite B Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953 California experienced a 300% typically took one to two hours, the compliance. Meanwhile the EPA stated 410-850-8700 www.bridgedeck.org increase in loss of propulsion incidents NAECA must switch over completely low sulfur fuel oil should not exceed the

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SOLAS - Changes to Pilot Transfer Arrangements

IMO Resolution 308(88), adopted been changed and the revised text states that “…means shall added regarding the use of combination ladders: der with a trapdoor in the bottom platform (i.e. embarkation in December 2010, made chang- be provided to secure the lower platform of the accommodation 3.3.2.1—When a combination arrangement is used for pilot platform), the pilot ladder and man-ropes shall be rigged es to the pilot transfer arrange- ladder to the ship’s side, so as to ensure that the lower end of the access, means shall be provided to secure the pilot ladder and through the trapdoor extending above the platform to the ments set out in SOLAS Chapter accommodation ladder and the lower platform are held firmly the man-ropes to the ship’s side at a point of nominally 1.5m height of the handrail. V/Regulation 23. The amendments against the ship’s side…” above the platform of the accommodation ladder. In the case As referred to above, the text in Paragraph 6 “Mechanical are due to enter into force on 1 July In addition a new self-explanatory sub-paragraph has been of a combination arrangement using an accommodation lad- pilot hoists” has been deleted and the revised requirement 2012. states that “mechanical pilot hoists shall not be used”. The revised regulations All other references regarding the use of mechanical Press Release apply to pilot boarding pilot hoists have been deleted from the regulations. West of England equipment and arrange- Previously a minimum diameter of 28mm was speci- P&I Club ments installed on or after fied for man-ropes, but no maximum. Paragraph 7 June 13, 2012 the 1 July 2012. In the case “Associated equipment” has been amended and now of existing pilot boarding equipment and arrangements requires pilot ladder man-ropes to be between 28mm replaced on or after 1 July 2012, vessels are required to and 32mm in diameter. comply with the new regulatory requirements as far as Paragraph 7.1. also contains further requirements reasonable and practicable. However, the amendment to detailing how man-ropes should be secured to the ves- Paragraph 6 which prohibits the use of mechanical pilot sel, stating that “man-ropes shall be fixed at the rope end hoists applies to all vessels from 1 July 2012. to the ring plate fixed on deck and shall be ready for use when the pilot disembarks, or upon request from the pilot Changes to SOLAS Regulation V/23 approaching to board (the manropes shall reach the height Three new sub-paragraphs have been added to of the stanchions or bulwarks at the point of access to the Paragraph 2 “General” concerning pilot ladder certifi- deck before terminating at the ring plate on deck)”. cation, identification and record keeping. Also a clarifi- cation as to what is meant by the term “accommodation Pilot Transfer Arrangement ladder”: Recommendations 2.3—A pilot ladder shall be certified by the manu- SOLAS Regulation V/23 addresses the statutory pilot facturer as complying with this regulation or with an transfer arrangements. Recommendations covering the international standard acceptable to the Organisation. technical detail of pilot transfer arrangements are con- Ladders shall be inspected in accordance with regula- tained in IMO Resolution A.1045(27) which were tions I/6, 7 and 8. adopted in November 2011 and replace IMO Resolution 2.4—All pilot ladders used for pilot transfer shall be A.889(21). clearly identified with tags or other permanent mark- Many vessels also display a copy of the International ing so as to enable identification of each appliance for Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) “Required the purposes of survey, inspection and record keeping. Boarding Arrangements For Pilot” poster in the wheel- A record shall be kept on the ship as to the date the house. The poster has been revised to reflect the forego- identified ladder is placed into service and any repairs ing changes and the latest version may be downloaded effected. from the International Maritime Pilots’ Association 2.5—Reference in this regulation to an accommoda- website: www.impahq.org ¶ tion ladder includes a sloping ladder used as part of the pilot transfer arrangement. In Paragraph 3 “Transfer arrangements”, sub-para- graph 3.3.2 previously required the lower platform of an accommodation ladder forming part of a combina- tion ladder to rest against the ship’s side. This has now

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Mapping the changes in ocean surface currents NOAA Names Gerd Glang off the Northwest coast Nation’s Hydrographer, Director of Coast Survey

Following his NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey and U.S. ing officer of NOAA Ship Whiting in promotion national hydrographer. 1999, when the ship responded to the Currents in the ocean vary strongly in time and space. on August A NOAA Corps officer since 1989, seafloor search for John F. Kennedy, 14 from cap- RDML Glang is a professional mari- Jr.’s, downed aircraft. Just three months Waves, tides, winds, and even regional or seasonal tain to rear ner, specializing in hydrographic sur- later, he led the Whiting to the first dis- variations in temperature, salinity, and surface height admiral, veying and seafloor mapping sciences. covery of the seafloor debris fields from Gerd Glang RDML Glang served aboard four NOAA Egypt Air Flight 990. From 2008 to 2009, by cause the board response. Reducing the time to University, where they are monitored, was named ships. On NOAA Ship Rainier, his first RDML Glang served as commanding Dr. P. Michael Kosro, Ph.D. ocean cur- locate a man-overboard strongly increas- combined, archived, and displayed at the submitted by as director of experiences in hydrography took him officer of NOAA’s largest ship, Ronald H. NANOOS and CEOAS rents to es his chances for survival, against the sites mentioned above. In addition, we CDR Michael Henderson the NOAA to the largely uncharted coastal waters Brown, with oceanographic and atmo- Oregon State University change from growing risk of hypothermia. Even in contribute these data to a national data Navigation Manager Office of of Alaska’s southwest peninsula. He also spheric research operations from the Co-Authors: hour to hour, fairly warm water (60-70°F), time to center, which creates maps for the parts NOAA Coast Survey served as the executive officer of NOAA South Pacific to the Atlantic Coast. ¶ Anne C. Dorkins and from exhaustion is 3-12 hours, and time of of the entire U.S. coast with surface cur- #3239-A and the Ship Heck. RDML Glang was command- David Langner location to survival is under two days (http://www. Continued on page 22 >>> nation’s chief hydrographer, responsible location. Navigators can tell when their mobilarm.com/page/safety_and_surviv- for mapping and charting of all United vessels are being slowed or dragged off al.html). For searches that require hours States coastal waters. On August 2, the NOAA Ship Fairweather’s course by ocean currents. But without to initiate, knowledge of the currents U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination Arctic Reconnaissance Survey a “roadmap”, it can be difficult to antici- shrink the search area, in one recent 47°N Aberdeen by President Obama to the rank of rear pate the currents that will speed or delay simulation by a factor of two-thirds. WA admiral (lower half), now a prerequisite NOAA Ship Fairweather conducted a mine NOAA’s future charting survey their journey, and use them to assist with The land-based mapping system uses Astoria for the position. 30-day survey mission in the Arctic dur- projects in the Arctic. It will also tell the a voyage. radio waves, at frequencies between AM 46°N Rear Adm. Glang will be responsible ing August. The reconnaissance hydro- hydrographers whether depth soundings Since 1997, the Ocean Currents and FM radio, to probe the ocean surface for overseeing NOAA’s hydrographic graphic survey checked sparse sound- submitted by non-NOAA vessels meet Mapping Lab at Oregon State University and measure the speed of ocean currents Tillamook

services, vital to the nation’s $1.9 tril- ings acquired by early U.S. Coast and the standards required for depiction on has been charting the changing ocean oriented directly toward or away-from 45°N Lincoln City

lion maritime economy and support- Geodetic Survey field parties and data nautical charts. the site. By combining measurements Newport ing President Obama’s National Export gathered by other agencies along a 1,500 Some of the small-scale charts in Navigators can tell from adjacent sites, we can resolve the Waldport Initiative. Coast Survey is responsible for nautical mile coastal corridor. As of Alaskan waters use soundings from full two-dimensional currents in regions 44°N Florence surveying and charting America’s coastal the time of this writing, the cruise was Captain Cook (1770s vintage) or even when their vessels of overlapping measurements. (For and territorial waters as well as the Great planned for a track line from Dutch Vitus Bering (circa 1740). While it is details, please see http://currents.coas. are being slowed Coos Bay Lakes, and provides hydrographic data, Harbor, Alaska, to the Canadian border. difficult to pinpoint exact sources, some oregonstate.edu/What.html). 43°N nautical products, research, and naviga- (Ice pack will ultimately determine if the soundings could also come from British or dragged off course We maintain eleven sites along the Cape Blanco tional services. ship makes it past Barrow.) Admiralty charts or Russian Empire coast of the Pacific Northwest (Figure OR by ocean currents. Gold Beach “NOAA’s navigational services provide “Expected increases of Arctic maritime charts. Coast Survey hydrographic teams 1), six of which are “long-range” sites Brookings critical support to our nation’s mari- traffic, putting greater demands on the have been measuring ocean depths in operating at 4-5 MHz with a range of 42°N time economy and position it for future Arctic maritime system, require accu- coastal Alaskan waters since the 1870s, surface currents on the Pacific Northwest 180km (red dots in figure), and five are Crescent City g r o w t h ,” said David Kennedy, NOAA rate and precise navigational data,” said and many of NOAA’s Alaskan nauti- coast, mainly along the coast of Oregon. “standard-range” site operating at 12-14 CA Trinidad assistant administrator for the National Kathryn Ries, deputy director of NOAA’s cal charts ‒ especially in the Arctic ‒ Because this information can be helpful MHz, with a range of 50km, but with 41°N Ocean Service. “As NOAA faces demands Office of Coast Survey. “The sheer size of still rely on those depth measurements, to ocean users, we have been making the higher spatial resolution (green dots in for the acquisition and use of hydrograph- the task – the coast length of 921 nauti- many made with lead lines. Additionally, results of our measurements freely avail- figure). The receive antennas for all sites 127°W 126°W 125°W 124°W 123°W ic data for—and beyond—the maritime cal miles is really 2,191 miles of low tidal vast swaths of early Arctic measurement able to the public through the Internet, are about the same (Figure 2a), but the transportation system, Gerd Glang is the shoreline once you figure in the bays and locations were based on celestial posi- beginning in 1999, and under NANOOS transmit antennas for the long-range Figure 1: The surface current mapping array in the Pacific Northwest is shown. Red dots right person, in the right place.” inlets – demands a rigorous process of tioning. sponsorship since 2007 (http://currents. sites (Figure 2b) are 40 feet tall, much show the locations of long-range (150km) Rear Adm. Glang succeeds Capt. John prioritization for NOAA surveying and Coast Survey has made it a priority coas.oregonstate.edu; http://nvs.nanoos. higher than for the standard range sites. stations, and green dots show standard- E. Lowell, who retired in June after a charting.” to update Arctic nautical charts for the org). Data are collected at each coastal range (50km) stations. Colored arrows show the measured “radial” currents, toward or 29-year career in the NOAA Corps, The reconnaissance survey will pro- fairways, approaches, and ports along Beyond navigation, knowledge of site and returned by internet to a cen- away from each site, for one hour. serving the last three years as director of vide the information needed to deter- the Alaskan coast. ¶ ocean currents is critical for man-over- tral processing facility at Oregon State

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Currents>>>Continued from page 21 the north in June 2004. While coastal the coast of Washington. When accom- Figure 4: Daily averaged large-scale map rent mapping coverage. currents everywhere tended to the south plished, this will provide a nearly con- of currents over full Oregon coast during a A series of averaged maps, one every or southwest on this date, four very tinuous mapping system along the U.S. strong southward wind. other day, shows the dramatic changes in strong jets formed off Astoria, Newport, West Coast, from Mexico to Canada, 2004/06/16 ocean currents from day to day, both in Cape Blanco, and Crescent City. In these producing surface current maps for pub- time and in space (Figure 3). The colored jets, the currents’ speeds exceeded 80 lic benefit under IOOS funding. ¶ 47°N 150m50m Aberdeen 500m 100m arrows are the ocean currents (a rainbow cm/s (1.6 knots), while just 20 nm to the 1 m/s color key indicates current speed; 100 side, currents were smaller by a factor of References: WA cm/s = 2 knots). Data are available at three. The strong, offshore-tending cur- Kosro, P.M., 2005. “On the spatial struc- Astoria much higher resolution than shown, rent jets are repeatedly observed during ture of coastal circulation off Newport, 46°N but resolution in this map is reduced to spring-summer upwelling season. Oregon, during spring and sum- help visibility. Wind measurements are Supplementing and extending the mer 2001, in a region of varying shelf Tillamook shown as black arrows at three buoys purely measured currents, ocean circu- width”, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C10S06, (two on 5/15). Winds, initially out of the lation models use wind and temperature doi:10.1029/2004JC002769. 45°N Lincoln City

south, move currents toward the coast forecasts, and “assimilate” the surface Newport and northward along the coast on 5/15. current mapping measurements and sat- website: www.nanoos.org Waldport Figure 2: The antennas for (a) receiving and (b) transmitting radio waves at each site.

Two days later, on 5/17, the winds have ellite data, to obtain forecasts of ocean died, and the currents have weakened, currents and temperatures. This effort, 44°N Florence and reversing to southward in the north. are not much stronger, but the cur- continue to the southwest above Cape also supported in part by NANOOS, is

An eddy can be seen swirling off Heceta rents have increased considerably to the Foulweather, while showing a tendency conducted by Alex Kurapov’s group at Coos Bay Head. On 5/19, the winds have reversed, southwest, with very strong currents to reverse inshore south of Newport OSU; their maps of predicted currents 43°N and the currents are strong toward the north of Newport; currents are again (Kosro, 2005). and temperatures are also available on Cape Blanco south and west, with strongest currents much weaker off Cape Perpetua. Finally, Looking at a larger area, Figure the NANOOS web site. OR in the north and much weaker currents by 5/23, the winds have again died, 4 shows the currents off the Pacific Our future plans, depending on future Gold Beach

off Heceta Head. By 5/21, the winds and the currents are much reduced, but Northwest during a strong wind out of funding, include extending the array up Brookings 42°N Crescent City Figure 3: Surface currents (colored arrows) and winds (black arrows) averaged over successive 2-day intervals during May 2001 from standard-resolution array over Heceta Bank. CA Trinidad 41°N 2001/05/15 00:00 2001/05/17 00:00 2001/05/19 00:00 2001/05/21 00:00 2001/05/23 00:00 126°W125°W124°W123°W ° ° ° 45.2°N 45.2°N 45.2 N 45.2 N 45.2 N Speed Current: 1 m/s Wind: 5 m/s Current: 1 m/s Wind: 5 m/s Current: 1 m/s Wind: 5 m/s Current: 1 m/s Wind: 5 m/s Current: 1 m/s Wind: 5 m/s (cm/s) 020406080 Cascade Head Cascade Head Cascade Head Cascade Head Cascade Head ° ° 45.0°N 45.0°N 45.0°N 45.0 N 45.0 N Lincoln City Lincoln City Lincoln City Lincoln City Lincoln City Note from Jan Newton, Ph.D. Boiler Bay Boiler Bay Boiler Bay Boiler Bay Boiler Bay Executive Director, NANOOS ° ° 44.8°N 44.8°N 44.8°N 44.8 N Cape Foulweather 44.8 N Cape Foulweather Cape Foulweather Cape Foulweather Cape Foulweather One very important focus of NANOOS is to deliver data products Newport Newport Newport Newport Newport relevant to maritime operations. We

44.6°N 44.6°N

44.6°N 44.6°N 44.6°N know this topic is of wide interest to the Master Mariner community.

Waldport Waldport This issue, we are pleased to tell you Waldport ° Waldport ° Waldport 44.4°N 44.4°N 44.4°N 44.4 N 44.4 N about measurements of surface cur- Cape Perpetua Cape Perpetua Cape Perpetua Cape Perpetua Cape Perpetua rents within NANOOS and the U.S. Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill ° ° IOOS program. We note that these 44.2°N 44.2°N 44.2°N 44.2 N 44.2 N Heceta Head Heceta Head Heceta Head Heceta Head Heceta Head data are also of high utility to the other NANOOS focus areas of coastal haz- ards, ecosystem assessment, fisheries, 44.0°N Florence 44.0°N Florence 44.0°N Florence 44.0°N Florence 44.0°N Florence ° ° ° ° ° 124.6°W 124.4°W 124.2°W 124.0°W 123.8°W and coastal climate. Surface current 124.6°W 124.4°W 124.2°W 124.0°W 123.8°W 124.6°W 124.4°W 124.2°W 124.0°W 123.8°W 124.6°W 124.4°W 124.2°W 124.0°W 123.8°W 124.6 W 124.4 W 124.2 W 124.0 W 123.8 W

mapping for the nation is a priority of Speed Speed Speed Speed Speed 020406080 020406080 the U.S. IOOS program. 020406080 020406080 020406080

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Book Release

World’s Largest Maritime Job Board Sea Travels: Memoirs of a 20th Century Master Mariner The story of J. Holger Christensen as told to Vaughn Sherman

JOB2SEA has grown to become the world’s largest Using seed … labor strife Sea Travels tracks two generations job board for the maritime sector and can, 24/7-360˚ money earned “Things weren’t looking too good on of the Christensen family from Puget gold mining the (Seattle) waterfront. It seemed as Sound’s pioneer days, to the Alaskan establish Social media important ing via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and in Alaska, a if the shipping companies were test- Gold Rush and onto the world’s open contact to to both job seekers and F l i c k r.” Danish cou- ing union power following the strike oceans. Their saga includes hard times thousands of recruiters ple and their of 1934. The soup kitchens went back and history — taking President Truman competent Job seeking and recruitment has been Strategic partnerships with two young up, with long lines of sailors forming salmon fishing on Puget Sound and La people with dominated by only national outlook and mutual benefit boys make to get some food, and picket lines were Blanca’s dynamite-fueled explosion on Press Release m a r i t i m e many small agents with limited net- The growth of the portal also points their way to organized.” a Tacoma shore, one of the most dra- JOB2SEA expertise – work. JOB2SEA offers advanced tools to to the support from the big, ambitious Bainbridge Island, matic Puget Sound maritime episodes to August 28, 2012 expertise that both job seekers and recruiters, includ- maritime cluster in Denmark. Washington; buy a workboat; and … shady crew members this day — as well as the high jinks and will be scarce in the coming decades. ing push notification features, mobile “We could not have reached this point establish themselves among the Pacific “When we docked at New Orleans heroism of rootless and restless men of The success is due to equal parts of enabled sites and deep social media inte- without strong support from the maritime Northwest’s most respected seafarers. there were FBI agents waiting for the the sea. specialization, intensive use of social gration. cluster in Denmark. It is ambitious of us “One of my parents’ last acts before German sailor. During the two days For the sake of his wife, Christensen media and strategic partnerships. This Le Fevre explained: “24/7-360˚ we can to set out to change the traditional recruit- leaving was to get birth certificates they held him there I talked with the ends his career as a merchant mariner year JOB2SEA will be the first job board establish contact to thousands of people ment mechanisms in a global industry. for George and me. He and I have marshals, learning that this sailor was a shortly after World War II. The couple at the Danish National Pavilion ever at with maritime expertise. We administer It requires not only that management in gone through life sharing one piece Nazi who had been watched by the FBI went on to own a hardware store and SMM in Hamburg. active groups on LinkedIn with more than companies see the need; they must also of paper certifying that Niels and for some time.” construction company on Bainbridge, JOB2SEA has a 100 percent focus on 25,000 members and we have a close co- have the courage to take on new methods Emelia Christensen had two boys then a hotel in Port Townsend. Toward the maritime sector and offers to make recruitment a truly global ‘born on the sandspit at Nome…’” … renegade cargo the end of his life Christensen told his both land and sea based jobs. activity. Our active VIP partners J. Holger Christensen “was literally “One of my sailors came to tell me that nephew: From being a service to Danish featuring on the portal and our raised for the sea, starting with those something was rolling around and bang- “Through all those years since maritime officers, the portal has national and international partners childhood days when Dad tethered me ing inside of one of the barge sections… 1947, I’ve kept current on my mas- grown to a global full-service are immensely important to us. to the of La Blanca” as he ferried I called the Navy gunnery officer. He ter’s license… There was always the portal with more than 40,000 And partnerships last when there is cargo — often berries from Bainbridge returned white as a sheet, to report that thought in the back of my mind of views per month, and 10,000 mutual benefit,” said le Fevre. Island or dynamite from DuPont — besides a lot of loose canned goods, there someday returning to the sea.”¶ registered users offering more throughout Puget Sound. Sea Travels: were a bunch of hand grenades bouncing than 3,000 jobs a month. First at SMM Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Master arou n d …” J. Holger Christensen recorded his life “We operate in an industry SMM in Hamburg is the world’s Mariner follows Christensen as he works story shortly before he died in 1988, at the where skilled labour is in demand largest forum for the maritime his way from family deckhand to master …unusual international request of his nephew, Vaughn Sherman and international reports indicate industry featuring more than mariner — licensed to operate any mer- relations of Edmonds. Sherman transcribed the that there will be a great shortage 2,000 exhibitors from well over 50 chant vessel worldwide. “I didn’t blame the Russian master tapes, giving copies to family, as well of well-trained cadets and mari- countries and some 50,000 visitors. Sea Travels plays out in the first per- personally for the damage, but I had a as a few local libraries and museums. time officers. The industry needs JOB2SEA is the first job portal to son as Christensen plies the Pacific and legitimate claim against his ship own- Nearly 3 decades later, Sherman decided a job board that seriously special- enter SMM. le Fevre ended: “We visits distant lands detailing everything ers for the damages to my vessel. The his uncle’s tales merit publishing for their izes in its needs, accounts for the are the world’s largest maritime job including … Russian’s next step was to try to repair unique details of 20th century culture, specialties and skilled needs of the portal so of course we must be the damages with vodka … Then they business, family life, the Great Depression branch and effectively contributes there – there is a massive poten- … deadly weather brought in crab meat and caviar. I still and World Wars. to the globalization of the job Screen shot of JOB2SEA search engine. tial for companies to sharpen and “We took such a beating that the ship refused to renege on my claim. Next a market,” said Jakob le Fevre, managing operation with LinkedIn. That alone gives revise their recruitment strategy, so that was heavily damaged. A lot of rivets had couple of good-looking women were partner of JOB2SEA. us a unique opportunity to effectively they attract the best competencies around popped out of the forepeak, so many that brought into the cabin …” reach out to both active and passive job the clock, all week and all around the it looked like a sprinkling can.” seekers. And of course we are also operat- globe.” ¶

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This was the first combined attack by air much trouble, I went by myself to the or to the hotel, and I didn’t think I should and U-boats together. A portent of things movie. It was held in a nightclub on the go over to the native village at the edge to come. top floor of the hotel. After the movie, of town. As if in answer to our wishes, they served beer and played music on a we passed a house with tall weeds in the The Cathlamet steamed up the river Victrola. One of the songs I remember yard instead of the cultivated gardens to Port Harcourt in the early morning. besides “There’ll be bluebirds over the of its neighbors. We assumed it was a Wisps of fog over the river gave the quiet White Cliffs of Dover” was “We’ll hang vacant house and went around back to jungle growth along the river bank an out our washing eerie glow in the rising dawn. Birds came on the Siegfried awake and the flowers in the trees blos- Line if the somed out; I tried to drink in all of the Siegfried Line’s Peter, the Odyssey of a peaceful scene. still there.” (The On the way up the Congo River, I was Siegfried line Merchant Mariner called to take the wheel for the first time was the string of to replace the missing AB. I really got German fortifi- Chapter 12: SS CATHLAMET my exercise as I cranked the recalcitrant cations along the December 1940 - March 1941 wheel to port and starboard as we came Franco-German around the bends of the river on our way border fac- by Captain After walk- ship, mostly missionaries on their way he planned to launch and drift ashore. to the port of Matadi, about eighty miles ing the French Peter Chelemedos ing Kay home to posts in Africa. The captain always He worked all night lashing drums and upriver. Maginot line.) #1671-R from our last made a great show with his sextant when dunnage together, and finally tipped it At Matadi, Belgian Congo, I watched Also, the roman- long talk over hot chocolate at the Times he took his morning sights, I guess to over the stem rail, forgetting to put a line the little wood-burning locomotives on tic songs of the SS Cathlamet, Brooklyn, December 1940. Square Automat, I returned to my ship impress these ladies. on it. This was fortunate, because he was a seemingly miniature railway in the day- “Alone” and at 3:00 a.m. and sailed for a three-month One day when he was going through able to stand on deck and watch it drift dock area. I walked up the steep road “Stars Fell on Alabama.” The conversa- sit on the back patio to talk. trip along the coast of West Africa. his act, the chief engineer came on deck out into the South Atlantic instead of to look over the town. I learned there tion all around me was in French or As an evening like this goes, so it The SS Cathlamet was a “West” type and said, “You don’t need that fancy toward the beach. would be a movie and dance at the Hotel Belgian, neither of which was familiar to went. After a half hour or so, we decided vessel built for the Shipping Board in instrument to tell us where we are.” He A few days later we were docked at Metropole that evening. One require- me. I was the only member of the ship’s to spend the night. But not knowing 1918. Deck officers and passengers were proceeded to place a monkey wrench Lagos, Nigeria, behind the Polish ship ment for admission was a coat and tie. crew there, so I had absolutely no one to Africa and not wanting to sleep on the quartered in the bridge housing forward upright on the deck, laid a length of pipe Batory. The raft builder, one of the I passed this information along to the talk to. By the time the dance was over, I ground because of possible insects or of the smokestack. The and the angled over it, and cranked the mon- able-bodied seamen on my watch, was a second and third mates when I returned was feeling pretty low. whatever, we decided to try the upstairs engineer’s quarters were just aft of a key wrench open until the sun shone Brooklyn Pole. As we drank warm beer to the ship. I started down the lonely moonlit back verandah. This was reached by a small “bunker” hatch also amidships. through the pipe onto the deck. Then with the Polish crew at the canteen on road to the climbing the embankment and crossing Crew quarters were aft over the propel- with a folding carpenter’s rule he drew the dock all evening, he had a great time docks when a little bridge. She went up to check that ler and rudder instead of up in the bow. from his coveralls pocket, he measured conversing in Polish. somewhere out we were not intruding on anyone and This was a step up from the old days, the opening in the jaws of the wrench. The next morning he was missing. of the night assured me it was empty. I picked up as we also had separate rooms for each He looked at his dollar watch, scribbled We had the Batory check to make sure came a femi- my clothes and her skirt and came up three-man watch instead of all being in some notes on a scrap of paper, and went he wasn’t aboard before it sailed at day- nine voice: “Hi, onto the balcony. The full moon was on one large fo’c’s’le. into his office. A few minutes later, he break. A couple days later, we received a Yank, where are our side of the house and put us in full It was pleasant to be at sea again; salt sent up the ship’s position to the captain. radiogram from the port authorities that you going?” In silhouette from the house. When I hung air is so invigorating. The ship was so It was right on. I think if the captain ever a body had been found in the harbor. English! I found my clothes over the railing, a couple of loaded down that an occasional wave found out it was his ordinary seaman At Lagos, I also met the apprentices myself walking francs dropped to the concrete below in would wash across the deck load of who had fed the position to the chief, he from the British ship Calumet, an Elder on down the a ringing bounce. The girl went down wooden kegs of formic acid. Since we would have thrown him to the sharks. Dempster ship, whom I had previously road while the under the porch to look for them, and I had to pass these kegs on the way to and We made Freetown first, to unload the met at the British Apprentices Club in rest of the town spotted a flashlight coming through the from our quarters, we all hoped none barrels of formic acid to the little motor New York. We shared some beer and was asleep with house toward the window I stood beside. would break; the odor was bad enough ships run by Firestone Rubber Company brought each other up to date on the Narrow gauge wood-burning locomotive, Matadi, Belgian Congo, a dark damsel The flashlight was stuck through the from what little did seep out. to its plantations up the river. Then we news of the day. February 1941. on my arm, and bars over the window and shone over me I continued with my navigation prac- went around to Monrovia to pick up a lighter heart as I stood against the wall about seven tices, getting copies of the sights from 200 “crew boys” to handle cargo up and News of the combined U-boat and air This was my eighteenth birthday, and than before. She was from one of the feet away. Whoever it was couldn’t get a the mates and computing our distances down the coast. attacks on a Gibraltar-to-Britain convoy here I was on the other side of the world, British colonies up the coast. good look at me, for the bars prevented and courses run from the propeller revo- At Accra, we anchored off the beach. (HG-53) in which five ships including feeling a bit forlorn. That evening, I put The problem at hand was: Where him from sticking his head out. He gave lutions and compass courses steered. One of my watch partners decided to the SS Britannic were sunk in one day on the required coat and tie. Since no could we go to sit and talk and not be what I took to be a short laugh at my We carried twelve passengers on this build a raft of empty oil drums, which (February 9) and several others damaged. one else on the ship wanted to go to this disturbed? I couldn’t take her to the ship Continued on next page >>>

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Nis Randers Otto Ernst (1862 - 1925) Peter >>>Continued from page 27 shirt-tailed figure and pulled the flashlight back in. Thunder and howling, a surf-roaring night; I spent the next few seconds thinking up an Master’s report on USA - Western Asia Trade lightning affords but an instant of sight- excuse for my presence there, but found I didn’t a scream through the tempest! need one. I heard footsteps in the room, and Route through High Risk Waters waited for him to come to the verandah door to And when the skies burn, you can see it quite clear: ask my explanation. Instead he went through the a ship hit a sandbar and now it is near house to the front and started yelling, “Gendarmes! the brink of destruction! Gendarmes! Complain! Complain!” I, of course, didn’t wait for him to complain too Nis Randers squints hard and looks out to the sea: much, but picked up our clothes and made fast “There’s a man on the mast and he can’t get free! time over the bridge and up the hill. I stopped a I sailed as particularly since my alternate, Captain ic machinations. The bureaucracy does We’ve seconds to save him!” block or so away and dressed, and the girl caught Master for William Dutour, had commanded the persist in India. For a nation laying claim up with me and did likewise. We separated. A the U.S.- last shipyard. This shipyard was unique to leading industrial status they still His mother grabs hold: “You’re not going out there! blown promise of a romantic evening. flag carrier as it was primarily intended for the remain mired in mindless entry and exit You’re all I have left now. Please, don’t even dare! As I walked on down the hill to the ship, I passed by Captain Maersk Line application of new bottom paint, an evo- clearances, mostly to garner the eagerly I beg you, as mother! a man on the corner who was yelling, “Gendarmes! Kevin Coulombe Limited, Inc. lution referred to as a Hull Performance sought “compliment” of cigarettes and Gendarmes! Complain! Complain!” SPNW Sea-Going VP aboard the yard. No other work was slated for the alcohol. This can go on for hours after “The sea’s claimed your father and kin, one by one, As I passed him, I said, “Bon soir, monsieur.” #3221-R MV Maersk yard except some critical engine room a berthing and can be repeated. In one more than three years missing is Huey, my son, He replied, “Bon soir.” Wyoming. The ship is engaged in the issues. Everything outside the engine port I no sooner finished with one cus- my Huey, my Huey!” So I stopped worrying and went aboard. When I USA – Western Asia trade route which room and above the boot top would have toms group when another customs group went up the gangway, the second and third mates has come to dominate U.S. flag shipping to wait until the 5 year yard period two known as the black gang showed up only Nis tries to break free, but she will not let go; were there and asked about the movie. I told them since the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. years in the future. to repeat the routine. I will confess that he points to the shipwreck and says calm and slow: about it and about what a fine dance it was. Then The route enables the support of the U.S. In summary the two voyages and yard exhausted my supply of patience and I “He, too, has a mother.” I turned in. The next day at coffee time, the chief Department of Defense in the Persian period came off quite successfully. Most refused them any compliments thinking mate came aft and told us that the chief of police Gulf while connecting the Asian manu- importantly no regulatory reportable it was time to go home anyway. To my Then he leaps to the boat, and with him six more, was aboard with a complaint that two men from facturing and intermodal centers to the accidents or injuries occurred. With one surprise they took it in good grace and all of true Friesian* blood. Each one mans his oar, this ship, a tall one and a short one, were wanted United States. exception the crew of both voyages and left without any further action. Mumbai they smash through the breakers! for trying to break into a white man’s house uptown The highlights of this route are its shipyard joined and separated in good continues with its practice of embarking about eleven-thirty the night before. Of course, no long sea passages, Newark, New Jersey health and in full pay. The sole excep- the pilot at the port roads. I find this a The boat hits a crest, then it falls out of sight! one knew a thing about it and I certainly didn’t, to Jebel Ali, UAE: transit of the Suez tion was one crewman who was dis- remarkably appalling practice. It’s akin It turns and it twists in a duel of fright; for such a thing had been furthest from my mind. Canal and the transit of the pirate high charged for a physical disability follow- to the Sandy Hook pilot boarding at it can’t last much longer! We sailed in a few days, and the mystery was never risk waters (HRW) which define the ing the shipyard. As the ship was about the Verrazanno bridge or the LA/Long cleared up until, just before we arrived at New York, lower Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of to resume its voyage through western Beach pilot at the breakwater. The sea’s like wild horses that foam and that rear, I told the captain about the evening at Matadi. He Oman, Arabian Sea and the northern Asian and India his relief would not be The pirate HRW areas proved to be like man-eating dragons that strike every fear; said, “Those people were so aroused that they were sector of the Indian Ocean. Ports of available until the last Port of Call in quiet both trips. In fact I believe there all snorting destruction! ready to put anyone in prison for twenty years.” Call in the U.S. are Newark, Charleston, Oman, the crewing logistics in Pakistan were remarkably few incidents for the A week later I was spending the night in a tree Norfolk and Newark. Ports of call in and India are either too dangerous or entire quarter, indicative maybe, of the Each wave leaps the other in violent clash! house in the jungles up the river from Douala, Western Asia include the UAE, Pakistan, bureaucratic. effectiveness of anti-piracy measures in They writhe and they froth to the thunder’s great crash! French Cameroons. I spent the days wandering India and Oman. The service duration is The canal transits, four in all, came off place. I do carry a security team and they Where are they? WHERE ARE THEY?!-- along the jungle trails and swimming and fishing approximately 50 days. quite routine and in some cases surpris- were mildly disappointed. from a dugout canoe with various members of a I made two trips this dispatch, approx- ingly expedient. Navigation proved to be relatively Three strikes of lightning!!! The bolts just soar! family I met when walking ashore while waiting imately 110 days which is a little on the Our second southbound transit was incident free. There was one instance of What’s that--A boat that’s headed for shore! for the cargo of mahogany logs to be loaded aboard long side for me. The scheduled 50 day facilitated by a smaller than usual north- a round turn in the western approach- It’s them . . . and they’re coming! the ship. By the time loading was finished, I was round-trip is a little on the short side for bound convoy which put us in the Gulf es to the Straits of Gibraltar, a conse- ready to go. a regular rotation but sometimes I would of Suez nearly 10 hours early, a welcome quence of a incomplete interpretation All eyes are strained toward the rescue band . . . I never have returned to West Africa. ¶ elect to take a leave of absence to attend change of pace. While Egypt may be in of COLREGS. And I had to order up a Hugh!-- Is someone shouting?-- Yes, through cupped hand important family or professional dates. the throes of political turmoil it seems full astern bell once or twice during a “Tell mother,-- it’s Huey!” This time we had a shipyard scheduled to have had a moderating effect on the berthing evolution but I am pleased to in between voyages and I felt it a pro- Canal; there is more emphasis on getting report they garnered only a near miss --Translated and adapted into English by Peter G. Czerny fessional obligation to see it through, the ships in and out and less bureaucrat- report. ¶

28 Sidelights October 2012 The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. October 2012 Sidelights 29 In the Membership

Aircraft Carrier Command From Age 6 to 90

To those hundreds of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier commanding officers spanning eight decades, who have stepped up to the plate of tough duty, sustained I was thinking back through my lifetime in regards inspirational leadership and personal sacrifice, families left behind on the home from the very early passenger airplanes to the latest front included. And too, to the hundreds of thousands of good Americans developments. who likewise toiled 24/7 on wind-swept flight decks, torrid engine rooms How the I used to hang out on the waterfront as dial phones. Party lines could be a prob- world of man a young boy. Occasionally a ship that lem when other members on the line got and cramped quarters for long months on end. These carrier commanding made things hauled grain would tie up there and its snoopy and listened in when you had a officers, in hot war and cold, were successful and won the fights in the far-off has changed crew would head for the dog pound to call to answer to. Now cell phones have by oceans and seas of the world. Most all were superb stewards of the enormous by in only get cats. If a cat lasted more than one trip taken over. Captain Pete Booth Captain Jackson Davis eighty-four it had to be a very tough cat fighting rats Cars we all know about. Electric cars #3033-R responsibility entrusted to them by their countrymen. #1644-R years. As a in the holds. were around about 1926. They looked So goes the foreword to a book I maintenance and one in a multi-year he steps onto the bridge as CO, he will child in West Seattle, I remember often Steam that hauled lumber like fancy horse-drawn buggies. Henry recently published on the subject of com- refueling and update), failure to achieve have had anywhere from 22 to 25 years seeing early airplanes from Boeing cir- to California were small ships that could Ford wiped them out with the Model T. manding one of our few aircraft carriers. both of these criteria for his irreplaceable of Navy service. cling over Seattle with two seats out in go into any small harbor to pick up lum- Cargo ships carried a fairly large crew. Back in WWII, our nation had over one $10B national asset is unacceptable. A typical 24-hour regimen for a plain sight. We wondered if they would ber. In Port Orferd, Oregon, for example, Ships have gotten bigger while crews got hundred carriers; today we have eleven The typical carrier CO of today is deployed carrier will take many branch- ever get big enough to carry something the would anchor out and the smaller. Then container ships took over and will go down to ten in a year or so. a Naval Aviator who has excelled in es. 12 to 15 hours of flight operations is as big as the kitchen stove. Now they lumber would come by high line from the cargo trade. But, and a big but, the carriers of today the tough arena of carrier aviation, has normal. About once per week will spend carry Army tanks. I witnessed the first the cliffs. The crew did all the load- The USA is now sending space vehi- are all nuclear powered, have an enor- been one of the top carrier-based squad- three to four hours alongside a supply true passenger Boeing airplane loading ing and off loading stowing lumber in cles around the world unmanned. Will mously potent mix of around 80 aircraft, ron commanding officers out of seven ship (almost all provisions are taken passengers plus registered nurses. At the the holds by hand. The skippers sailed shipping reach a point where ships will can go two decades without refueling squadrons, who has succeeded in the aboard while at sea and very little in time, no one was sure the effects flying along the shore line in the fog using the be unmanned and computer-guided and have a far greater capacity for jet fuel academically demanding one year of port), ammunition ship every five days would have on the average passenger. Barking Dog and Pike Pole navigation. between ports? Will a clever person and ordnance. Compared to my if engaged in combat ops and a Now they crowd hundreds on board. They had learned to recognize the loca- with mouse divert the ship? Cyber war. days in the late ’70s commanding jet fuel ship every four days or Back then, communication was with tion of the various farmers’ dogs. The Someone with mouse recently caused the USS Forrestal wherein we had so. Days off or straight and level radio only. Shipping was from small ships Pike Poles were long enough to be used trouble with Iran’s nuclear program. about fifteen operational carriers, steaming from point A to point B that would tie up to piers along what is instead of lead lines. There are some Could one clever person with mouse the carriers of today are orders of are few and far between. For flight now Alaskan Way, which was formerly very good books written about steam shut down a nation’s military? magnitude more combat capable. ops, heavy traffic and alongside called Rail Road Avenue because almost schooners. Welcome to the future. ¶ As a general statement, the over- operations, the captain is almost every pier had a railroad spur out on it. Crank telephones were replaced by whelming majority of our carrier always on the bridge. skippers over the decades have Organizationally, the ship is Carrier Command >>>Continued from page 30 combat center abaft the bridge and by the combat information been, in hot war and cold, most run by department heads, most auxiliaries and so on. The carrier’s captain is responsible for center amidships below the flight deck. Secondly, the experi- successful stewards while in com- all commanders, such as reactor, all that goes on board his command; he is also accountable ence level compared to a merchant is low. Many young officers mand. engineering, air, dental, naviga- should things go awry. In more recent years the one major aspire to become qualified fleet officers of the deck; he will be The carrier commanding offi- tion, medical, supply, operations change organizationally, has been that the air wing com- one of a dozen or so young officers aspiring to become OODs. cer of today, as in decades past, USS Forrestal circa 1977. and so on. All report to the ship’s mander (in charge of all seven squadrons) now reports to an The navigator, a commander, is an aviator most likely on his has enormous responsibility and two nuclear power training, who has gone captain via the executive officer, who, in on board flag officer vice the ship’s CO. first ship non-flying tour. And finally, a carrier can sometimes overarching imperatives: The combat on to 18 months as a carrier executive most cases is in training for the CO slot. One note of interest to the civilian mariner regarding the appear to be unpredictable. The AIS or your radar may indeed readiness of his ship and crew to fight the officer, who has competed for and had The ship is indeed a small city. Back in experience level of the typical carrier’s bridge: To begin with, give his present course and speed, but in a heartbeat, when war at sea and win and concomitantly, to command of a major deep draft sup- my day on Forrestal for example, the there are a large number of officers and sailors, perhaps around the ‘now’ evolution is complete, the ship may bend on 30-plus ensure the safety of his ship and crew. ply or amphibious ship and finally, has chief engineer had 600 men to man the fifteen including helmsmen, quartermasters, deck officers, knots and change course 140 degrees. Best advice: when pos- With only eight carriers ready for sea competed with several others for the top eight boilers, four engine rooms, all the lookouts and so on; more for special evolutions such as enter- sible, give the operating carrier a wide berth, particularly when at any one time (assuming one in major spot of aircraft carrier command. When Continued on next page >>> ing port, alongside, etc. The OODs are assisted by a separate engaged in flight or alongside operations. ¶

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IFSMA 38th Annual General Assembly IFSMA News Resolutions

Editor’s Note—All resolutions begin with of key issues associated with the safety of Appliances including a lifeboat seat the phrase “The delegates of the 38th passenger ships; for all onboard; IFSMA Annual General Assembly held in Request that the IFSMA Executive 7) Encouragement of research into Last time so that there is more space and so when progress made and what is being done. Copenhagen on 14 and 15 June:” omitted Council ensures that the IFSMA policy innovative systems for abandonment we spoke it members visit London they will come IFSMA is not the Secretariat or the for space constraints. appropriately reflects the following sub- and the adequacy of exiting evacua- was about and visit the office to share a coffee with Executive Council, but the membership; ject areas related to the safety of passen- tion and equipment; becoming us and have a chat. Also, we intend to we who hold office are there to support Further Development of ger ships: 8) Introduction of compulsory intact the Secretary offer assistance to members who come and assist the membership and take a SMCP Res. 1/2012 1) Adequate manning of bridge and and damage stability calculators General to the UK, and London in particular, stance on certain issues, like criminal- Noted with concern the present situ- engine room, including at least two onboard ship; of IFSMA. with support and assistance as necessary. ization of the seafarer; abandonment; ation regarding the communication watch-keeping officers on duty both 9) Introduction of appropriate addi- Having been The role that IFSMA plays in the mari- piracy and other important issues within between the shipmaster, the tugmaster on the bridge and in the engine room tional and refresher training require- by in post for the time community is changing, and part the industry. and the marine pilot in manoeuvring the at all times while the ship is at sea; ments for the existing crisis man- Captain John Dickie last two and a of my remit is to ensure that the profile This article will continue for each ship under tug assistance; 2) Increased team resource manage- agement training for all personnel Secretary-General half months is raised to a higher level. This is being issue and will reflect the feedback Noted further that the resulting lack ment training and the adoption of a onboard passenger ships; IFSMA has been a achieved by speaking at conferences received. I would also like to take this of shared information might endanger ‘Just Culture’ and the ‘Fair Treatment’ 10) Passengers should be provided with whirlwind; enjoyable and demanding at and being part of committees, working opportunity to thank Captain Tom the success of the manoeuvre and hence principals; emergency instructions prior to or the same time. The more I learn the less groups and ensuring that the voice of Bradley for giving me the opportunity to the safety of the ship, persons onboard 3) Existing standards of stability and immediately after departure. I know as the history unfolds for me. IFSMA is heard wherever it is present. communicate with you. It is important and the marine environment; watertight integrity to be improved The USA is a country that I have visited All too often IFSMA members attend that I always remember the quote from Request the IFSMA takes the initia- including increased longitudinal sub- Criminalization of many times over my 42 years in shipping such events and the opportunity to Winston Churchill which said “Britain tive — together with IMPA, ITA and division and cross flooding so as to Shipmasters Res. 3/2012 and every visit has revealed to me more report what they have witnessed is lost. and America are two countries separated G.A.M.E. — to consider developing reduce risk of capsize and as far as Noted with great concern that the of the American way of life and not just Therefore I ask all members to make a by the same language.” I say no more, a set of related standard phrases and possible to ensure a ship settles on tendency to criminalize shipmasters and in respect of shipping. short report on any event they attend. but will always remember the content. subsequently to forward the results to an even keel without any list until the other seafarers is still an ongoing issue; The hospitality has always been great And, should they wish, they can act as IMO for possible inclusion as Part A4 evacuation is completed; Noted further the work conducted by and I assure you that I am working on a a representative of IFSMA at events? As For more information about involvement into the existing IMO Standard Marine 4) More stringent use of non-combus- Seafarers Rights International (SRI) in way to visit you and meet the member- long as we know in advance, and that with IFSMA, please contact Captain Jerry Communication Phrases (SMCP). tible materials and improved regula- its attempts to advance the legal protec- ship. I find that by engaging the mem- the person in question is aware of the Benyo (#773-L), IFSMA VP and CAMM’s tory measures; tion of seafarers; bership at a grass roots level you can IFSMA stance on particular issues. representative at captbenyo@mastermari- Safety of Passenger Vessels 5) Encouragement of research into exist- Welcomed once again the ini- always get a real feel for what is going There are events coming up that I will ner.org or contact the IFSMA Secretariat Res. 2/2012 ing and new power and propulsion tiative taken by IFSMA in providing on and the issues that matter. Of course, attend and report back to you on the at [email protected]. Noted with great concern recent mari- systems as to ensure that no single MasterMarinerProtect, a Defence and it also puts me in the firing line but that time incidents involving passenger ships; failure results in loss of power; Legal Cost Benefit Scheme, to the mem- goes with the job and I look forward it. Noted further that there are a number 6) Increased capacity in Life Saving Continued on next page >>> I have a vision of moving the member- 2012 IFSMA ship closer together where information Annual Review exchange and discussion is common- place, where we learn from each other 36 pages include: and share knowledge and experience. • Welcome from Captain Christer Lindvall, Since assuming my role in IFSMA I IFSMA President; have been busy with the other two mem- • Secretary-General’s Report; bers of the Secretariat in reviewing the • IFSMA involvements and whole operation and function that we accomplishments made in the industry; provide to the global network. We are on • Papers/Presentations from speakers at phase 1 and this will be completed by the the 38th AGA. end of the year; it has involved a major review of the office and the files and pdf download available online at

contents. Part of this has been to identify www.ifsma.org Photo: Courtesy IFSMA the removal of certain items of furniture Delegates at the 38th IFSMA Annual General Assembly in Copenhagen. CAMM’s representative, Captain Jerry Benyo, is 5th from the left, back row.

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Resolutions>>>Continued from page 33 release of “Coping with Capture” a hos- 22 of Chapter V of the SOLAS bers, ensuring that Masters facing poten- tage handbook on Somali pirates by the Convention; IFSMA at Environmental Conference Rio+20 tial criminalization have proper legal Danish Maritime Officers in coopera- Noted further the dangerous conse- advice immediately at hand; tion with Citadel Solutions; quences these proposed changes would Request that the IFSMA Executive Recognized the right for crews to be have on safe navigation of the ship; During Maritime Development. • R&D towards designing green- Council continues in the further devel- well prepared for possible attacks and Request that IFSMA becomes a co- the biggest IMO at Rio+20 highlighted the huge er ships for sustainable mari- opment of the good relationship with capture by Somali pirates. Good prepa- sponsor of a proposal by Germany with Conference contribution already being made by time transport, presented by Seafarers Rights International (SRI) for ration is a prerequisite for the seafarers the aim to stop this safety reducing held and pro- shipping towards greater stainability. Mr. Lars R. Pedersen, Deputy the benefit of all seafarers but in par- to survive a hostage situation with as exemption. moted by Moderated by Professor Björn Kjerfve, Secretary-General, The Baltic and ticular for shipmasters who may face little physical and psychological damage the United President, World Maritime University International Maritime Council criminalization. as possible; Green House Gas Nations, (WMU), nine important issues from (BIMCO). States that the hostage handbook Programmes Res. 10/2012 IMO held the main theme of Sustainable Maritime At the end of the event a panel discus- Cross Mentoring Res. 4/2012 “Coping with Capture” is a good and Noted with great interest the recent an impor- Development were addressed, for exam- sion with questions from the audience Noted with great interest the success- very important tool in the preparation of and ongoing “Lean Shipping Initiative;” tant event ple: was held. ful introduction of Cross Mentoring as seafarers before entering pirate infested Noted further that it is intended to set named IMO • Economic aspects of Sustainable The IFSMA representative at this event, a tool for developing the potential of waters; up at MEPC 64 a steering committee on at Rio + 20, Maritime Development: Shipping Captain Jones Soares, spoke to IMO Report by young executives; Encourages shipping companies to an impact assessment of green house gas on 20th June as a key contributing factor to Secretary General, Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Discussed the possibilities how to provide and adequate number of copies programmes; Captain Jones Soares 2012, with an green growth, presented by Mr. in the panel discussion, about IFSMA import and implement this successful on the handbook on each ship. Request that IFSMA actively takes IFSMA representative present. David Tongue, Director, Regulatory Resolution 10 (AGA 38), Assessment of approach to the human resource devel- part in the deliberations of the afore- At this event, with multiple par- Affairs, International Chamber of Green House Gas Programmes, and the opment of young shipmasters; Fatigue Res. 7/2012 mentioned steering committee. ticipants from the World Maritime Shipping (ICS). request of IFSMA to actively take part in Request that the IFSMA Executive Noted with great concern the find- Community, IMO explained how inter- • Green jobs in the maritime sec- the deliberation of the steering commit- Council with the assistance of subject ings of the recently conducted European Mass Rescue Res. 11/2012 national shipping contributes signifi- tor (social aspects of Sustainable tee during MEPC 64. matter experts explore the framework research project “Horizon”; Noted the outcome of the 2nd World cantly to the three pillars of sustainable Maritime Development), presented needed for a successful introduction Noted further the recommendations Conference on Mass Rescue organised development, the eradication of pov- by Mr. Antonio Fritz, Latin America of Cross Mentoring into the shipping made by the “Horizon” project; by the International Maritime Rescue erty and the widespread development Caribbean Regional Secretary, industry. Request that the Executive Council Federation (IMRF) held 3 to 5 June 2012 of green growth. It also presented IMO’s International Transport Workers’ ensures that the IFSMA policy appro- in Gothenberg, Sweden; vision of a framework for Sustainable Federation (ITF). Victims of Piracy Res. 5/2012 priately reflects the recommenda- Noted also the statement release by Discussed in great depth the subject tion resulting from the findings of the IMRF at the end of the conference; of piracy on the high seas and its effects European research project “Horizon” as Endorsed the contents of the state- Amendments coming into effect: on and consequences for the victims of stated in the research report of the proj- ment made by IMRF. piracy; ect (Project Horizon – a wake-up call). Concluded that piracy must also be Lean Ship of the Future December 2010 amendments May 2011 Amendments fought effectively on shore and emphasis MLC 2006 Res. 8/2012 Res. 12/2012 Entry into force: 1 July 2012 Entry into force: 1 January 2013 should not only be on fighting piracy at Noted that on 12 June 2012 the Noted the outcome of the Workshop Amendments to SOLAS to make mandatory the A new paragraph 5 of SOLAS regulation III/1 is added to sea; Government of Sweden has notified the on “Lean Ship of the Future” organized International Code for the Application of Fire Test Procedures require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying Request that the social partners in the International Labour Organization (ILO) by the Danish Maritime Officers held (2010 FTP Code). with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code international shipping industry should that Sweden has ratified the Maritime in Copenhagen in conjunction with this The 2010 FTP Code provides the international require- requirements to be replaced no later than the first scheduled set up and launch “Victims of Piracy Labour Convention (MLC 2006); Annual General Assembly; ments for laboratory testing, type-approval and fire test pro- dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not Fund” contributed to by shipping com- Noted that Sweden was the 28th MLC Noted also the resume of the work- cedures for products referenced under SOLAS chapter II-2. later than 1 July 2019. panies and administered for assistance Member State to ratify MLC 2006; shop; It comprehensively revises and updates the current Code, The SOLAS amendment is intended to establish new, strict- of seafarers and their families who have Urge all Flag States that have not yet Endorsed the contents of the work- adopted by the MSC in 1996. er, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, become victims of maritime piracy. The ratified the MLC 2006 to take all neces- shop resume; Other amendments entering into force: aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and contribution formula to be discussed sary steps to ensure the prompt ratifica- Request that the IFSMA Executive • Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/18 to require annu- will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large and decided. The Fund to be adminis- tion of MLC 2006 without any further Council ensures that the IFSMA policy al testing of automatic identification systems (AIS); number of lifeboat release hooks.(Also related — Guidelines tered by a board of trustees having at delay. appropriately reflects with conclusions • Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/23 on pilot transfer for evaluation of and replacement of lifeboat release and least one representative from IFSMA. and recommendations outlined in the arrangements, to update and to improve safety aspects for retrieval systems and related amendments to the LSA Code Navigation Bridge Visibility workshop resume. pilot transfer. and associated amendments to the Revised recommendation Coping with Capture Res. 9/2012 • Amendments to safety certificates in the SOLAS appen- on testing of life-saving appliances (resolution MSC.81(70)).) Res. 6/2012 Noted with very great concern the dix and SOLAS Protocol of 1988, relating to references to Noted with great interest the recent recently proposed changes to Regulation alternative design and arrangements.

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The Company of Master Mariners of Canada is a professional association for those qualified to command. It was established to encourage and maintain high and honourable standards within the nautical profession, further the efficiency of the Sea Service, and uphold the status, dignity and prestige of Master Mariners.

On 14 April co-operation, issues that affect the over- time safety policy. From the Master’s Desk 1912, the all efficiency of shipping and maritime What separates the passenger and White Star security, including piracy and armed cruise ship industry from the rest of I look for- In the plan, we also had the oppor- the national secretary receives these in a liner Titanic robbery against ships. shipping is the unique nature of its cargo ward to meet- tunity to identify areas were we could timely manner. I would also remind the was trans- The direct output of IMO’s regula- – hundreds and thousands of people. ing all of the improve our marketing and commu- divisions that they must be prepared to formed in tory work is a comprehensive body of The lives of thousands of people are in delegates to nications capabilities in order to be report on their financial position while a few short international conventions, supported the hands of the ship’s management, our Annual more identifiable in the industry and to giving the divisional reports. hours from by literally hundreds of guidelines and the captain and crew and the operating General allow for an outreach program to moti- Leading up to the AGM I would like Message from the world’s recommendations that, between them, staff. I therefore hope that this sector, in by Meeting vate potential new members and as a to thank the National Executive as well Koji Sekimizu most celebrat- govern just about every facet of the ship- particular, will take the opportunity to Captain John McCann hosted by Company we must continue to build on as the Divisional Masters and committee Secretary-General ed ship into a ping industry – from the drawing board lead the way, because “safety” is its main CMMC National the Fundy these key initiatives. chairs for their great support to me as IMO name forever to the scrap yard. The most important product – not comfort, entertainment or Master Division in I would ask all of the delegates to well as the Company over the last year. associated with disaster. result of all this is that shipping today is leisure. Without safety, the industry will Saint John, New Brunswick this October. review the strategic plan in order to I look forward to providing the National Many ships have sunk – too many – safer, cleaner, more efficient and more not survive, let alone sustain its growth; The National Council meeting as well as identify areas that we can improve on Masters report at the AGM, as I believe but few have had the lasting impact of secure than at any time in the past. and real safety does not result simply as the AGM will allow us to continue on and to gauge how much progress we we continue to make small but impor- the seemingly invulnerable Titanic. But each new generation of vessels a consequence of regulation-compliance. the good work of our previous admin- have made in the last four years since we tant strides. The Titanic tragedy prompted the brings fresh challenges and, regretta- Some 20 years ago, the International istrators who formulated a number of approved the plan. I am also hopeful that I know that Fundy Division is work- major shipping nations of the Safety Management Code, adopt- important items for the future such as we will identify a long-term candidate to ing on an exciting program for the AGM world, at that time, to take deci- Without safety, the industry will not ed by IMO, represented a step- the strategic plan. lead the views and positions committee, and they have put together with our sive action to address maritime change in the establishment of The strategic plan was the corner as I believe this is a key position to focus Canadian Marine Law Association part- safety. This led to the adoption, survive, let alone sustain its growth… a safety culture in shipping. The stone of the Company trying to renew the Company on dealing with a myriad ners a legal seminar on Administrative two years later, of the first-ever real safety does not result simply as a time has now come to generate our mandate and provide a road map of issues facing our profession. Monetary Policy which will help increase International Convention on another step-change. This will not to becoming more relevant to the our It is important as a Company that all our profile with the marine and legal Safety of Life at Sea and, ulti- consequence of regulation-compliance. be achieved through legislative profession. Imbedded in this plan were of our members have a voice; therefore community. mately, to the establishment of measures alone. We must gener- initiatives such as the Chair of Views and I would ask all delegates that are attend- IMO itself. ate a new impetus in shipping to Positions in association with the divi- ing the AGM on behalf of their members Website: www.mastermariners.ca Today, much updated and revised, bly, accidents still occur, reinforcing the go beyond compliance with regulations sional views and positions contacts as that they encourage them to add their SOLAS is still the most important inter- need for continual improvement. Our and explore industry-wide mechanisms well as communications opportunities. voice by way of their proxies and that national treaty addressing maritime efforts to promote maritime safety, not to ensure the safety culture is embedded safety. And, as 2012 marks the 100th least of passenger ships, will never stop. throughout the entire industry. year since that ill-fated ship foundered, We should respond quickly to accidents So this year, as we look back on that In Canadian News: the IMO Council decided that the World and we must be proactive. pivotal disaster 100 years ago, I urge In May, the Canadian Coast Guard announced reorganiza- Captain at the Kitsilano station, disagrees. “…it will result in Maritime Day theme for this year should To this end, we are planning to IMO Member Governments and the tion plans in Vancouver area Search and Rescue (SAR) with a great loss of service to the marine communities safety in the be “IMO: One hundred years after the hold a two-day symposium at IMO shipping industry as a whole to refresh the closure of the Kitsilano Lifeboat Station. Vancouver Harbour and Howe Sound areas. I can tell you with- Titanic”. Headquarters, in London, in conjunction their determination to improve and In a press release dated August 25, 2012, the CGC clarified out any reservation that the Coast Guard Hovercraft will take Since its formation, IMO’s main task with IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee enhance the safety of passenger shipping their plans. “The safety of mariners is the top priority of the much more time to respond to lifesaving duties in Vancouver. has been to develop and maintain a next June, on the “Future of Ship Safety”. today, and into the future. Canadian Coast Guard and consolidating our Coast Guard The government’s estimated 17 nautical miles to Vancouver comprehensive regulatory framework The idea is to go beyond the current presence in the Vancouver area will have no impact on safety,” means that in bad weather, such as strong north-westerly winds for international shipping. Its mandate safety issues under the Committee and World Maritime Day 2012 will be said Minister Ashfield. “A new inshore rescue boat station that which are common in the summer or strong out flows from was originally limited to safety-related rigorously consider the future of mari- observed during the week of 24 to 28 will be centrally located in Vancouver, a new hovercraft that will Howe Sound “Squamish winds”, will degrade the Hovercrafts issues, but subsequently this remit has time safety. The objective is for the September. The 2012 World Maritime be delivered in 2013 and a more effective use of existing search speed and response time”. been expanded to embrace environmen- discussions to contribute to the future Day Parallel Event will be held in Bahrain and rescue resources will make sure the Coast Guard can react More information on Vancouver area SAR changes can be tal protection, legal matters, technical advancement of the Organization’s mari- on 17 and 18 October 2012. appropriately to keep mariners safe.” found in From the Bridge, the CMMC newsletter, also on the Captain Tony Toxopeus, CMMC member and former CGC CMMC website.

36 Sidelights October 2012 The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. October 2012 Sidelights 37 From the International Perspective

ANC FR IS N Y ARE C A A O A B and draughtsmen played an increasingly Korea’s. Its shipyards are highly efficient, S important role. Adjustments to shapes slipping a newly-built, $80 million vessel C of and hulls, introduction of the into the water every four working days. A C M D wheel, introduction of hardened copper China overtook South Korea during P M & fastenings below the waterline, introduc- 2008-2010 with new orders for medium AGM Shipbuilding tion of copper sheathing as a deterrent to and small-sized container ships at cheap shipworm and fouling followed. prices to pose a challenge. Annual General Meeting Iron was gradually adopted in wooden In modern shipbuilding, entire multi- Professional Development Conference Archaeological evidence indicates that humans hulls needing greater strength and then deck segments of the hull or superstruc- arrived in Borneo about 120,000 years ago, probably April 24-26, 2013 by sea from Asia-China. Ancestors wood planks sewn together with coir was found buried with a chieftain in of Australian yarn dipped in fish oil has been found in medieval period at Sutton Hoo England. Aborigines the ancient port of Lothal on the Gujarat It could hold upwards of thirty men. and New coast and has been carbon dated to The port city of Calicut built many by Guineans also 2400 B.C. Shipbuilding and boat making ships in the sixteenth century. The first Captain A.K. Bansal went across were prosperous industries in ancient extant treatise on shipbuilding was writ- Oakland, CA USA Company of Master the Lombok India. The world’s oldest known tidal ten in 1436. It treats three kinds of Group Promo Code: CAMM2013 Mariners of India Strait to Sahul dock was built in about 2500 B.C., also at galleys and two kinds of round ships. Room rates start at $159 + tax Bar-at-Law by boat over Lothal. Ships from this port city estab- Shipbuilding industry in Imperial China Artist: Georg Braun and Franz Hogenbergs atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572 ; Source: Wikimedia Commons 50,000 years ago. By sailing his raft Kon lished trade to the East with China and reached its zenith during the Sung A panorama of Calicut, on the Malabar coast, shows several types of ships, shipbuilding, net Tiki across the Pacific Ocean from South to west with Mesopotamia. Native labor- Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, and early Ming fishing, traffic and a rugged, sparsely populated interior. America to Polynesian islands in 1947, ers may have manufactured a flotilla of Dynasty. By end of this period commer- Professional Development Conference Thursday, April 25 Thor Heyerdahl proved that people from boats used by Alexander the Great to cial ships reached size and sophistica- in the form of plates riveted together and ture are built in prefabricated sections, Guest Speakers South America could have sailed across navigate across the Hydaspes and even tion far exceeding that of contemporary made watertight to form the hull itself, transported to the building dock and Discussions the Pacific to settle in Polynesia in pre- the Indus, under Nearchos. Indians also Europe. The had existed for centu- initially copying wooden construction. lifted into place. Thus pipes, electrical Evening Dinner Columbian times and that there were exported teak for shipbuilding to ancient ries, but in this period, large ships based The ‘Great Britain’ was the first radi- cables, and other components within the Annual General Business Meeting no technical reasons to prevent them Persia. on this design were built. The largest cal new design built entirely of wrought blocks are pre-installed to minimize the Friday, April 26 from having done so. It means that early Ships of Ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth seaports in the world were in China and iron in 1843. But problems with fouling effort to assemble or install them deep Views & Positions Strategic Plan humans found ways to float themselves Dynasty were typically about 80 feet long included Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and due to adherence of weeds and barnacles within the hull once it is welded together. Old & New Business over waters of the world and wood was with a square on a single mast. These Xiamen. developed. Cutty Sark was of composite In days, a marine craft had their most important find to do so as it ships could also be oar propelled. Greeks The , baghlah and sambuk, construction with wooden timbers laid to have three masts, square rigged and a Gala Dinner Friday, April 26 floats on water. and probably others introduced the use became symbols of successful Islamic over an iron frame. The ‘Great Eastern’ bow sprit. Other crafts were named dif- Keynote Speaker TBD Shipbuilding traces its roots to pre of multiple banks of oars for additional maritime trade around Indian Ocean was the next development. It used lon- ferently such as , , Semi-Formal recorded history. Early Egyptians knew speed. By the middle of the first century from East Africa to Southeast Asia and gitudinal stringers for strength, inner etc. Article 91 of UNCLOS 1982 autho- how to assemble planks of wood into B.C., the ancient Chinese built large rect- ports of Sindh during the Abbasid peri- and outer hulls, and bulkheads to form rizes Government of each country to rafts or a ship’s hull as early as 3000 B.C. angular barges known as “castle ships.” od. At this time islands spread over vast multiple watertight compartments. recognize which of their marine crafts Some of their oldest ships, known as These were essentially floating fortresses distances across the Pacific Ocean were Steel supplanted wrought iron as it are ships, registered them in that country Meeting and dinner registration info Abydos boats, are constructed of wood- complete with multiple decks and guard- being colonized by the Melenesians and became readily available in the latter half and grant a registration certificate. With will be available online soon and in the next issue of Sidelights. en planks “sewn” together with woven ed ramparts. The stern-mounted rudder Polynesians, who built giant canoes and of 19th century but wood continued to that the craft gets a legal personality of straps to lash the planks. Reeds or grass was first developed in China in the 1st progressed to great . be favored for decks, and is still the rule her own with right to fly the nation- was stuffed between the planks to seal century, making ships steered with oars With development of the , the for modern cruise ships. Since about al flag. Under the Indian Merchant Event Chair: the seams. They also used pitch to caulk redundant in China. In about the twelfth west moved into a new era of build- 1940, modern ships are built exclusively Shipping Act, no sailing ship is a SHIP. Captain Klaus Niem the seams and knew how to fasten planks century, northern European ships began ing the first regular ocean going ves- of welded steel. She is a vessel. In many countries sailing [email protected] 707-255-6567 of a ship with mortise and tenon joints. to be built with a straight sternpost, sels. These were of unprecedented size, Japan lost its leading position to South ships are also registered and recognized One such ship, which has been discov- enabling the mounting of a rudder on complexity and cost. Ships are normal- Korea in 2003. South Korea is the world’s as ships with legal personality of their Sponsorship Opportunities Available ered, is 75 feet long and dates to 3000 B.C. the stern. ly constructed in a specialized facility largest shipbuilding nation of advanced own and right to fly the national flag. ¶ Another full-size surviving example is Viking long ships were clinker built known as shipyards which became large high-tech cruise liners, super tankers, The Waterfront Hotel 43.6 meters long, found buried near the hulls fastened with leather thongs. industrial complexes with ships built in LNG carriers, drill ships and contain- Captain A.K. Bansal is a past Master 10 Washington Street Great Pyramid of Giza. Another important ship type was the them financed by consortia of investors. er ships with a global market share of of the Company of Master Mariners of Oakland CA 94607 888-842-5333 Ancient Indians also knew the tech- galley, constructed for both sails and These considerations led to naval archi- 37.45% in 2011. Combined output of India. He is a practising Bar-at-Law in www.waterfronthoteloakland.com nique. A wreck of a ship made of teak oars. A ship, 90 feet long and 14 feet wide tecture where professional designers European shipyards is one-tenth of South India and the U.K.

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