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Casualty Week Oct 1 Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek October 1 2004 Truce as Izar freezes yard sell-off plans HERE were signs of a They will also have to agree on a business for the civilian yards left temporary truce in the new industrial plan that will see out of the new defence company. T Spanish shipyard crisis Izar’s 11,000-strong workforce cut last week as Sepi, state down to realistic levels that The unions remain fundamentally shareholder of Izar, agreed to properly reflect the group’s future opposed to the segregation but have freeze plans for radical prospects. signalled that they could be swayed restructuring of the as long as the civilian yards are shipbuilding group pending Sepi had intended to split kept together. negotiation with unions. military and civilian activity at the group, keeping four yards for They could also agree to private The development was announced defence work under a new publicly investment in the latter company at the end of a five-hour meeting owned company and seeking private as long as the state retained a with labour leaders on Thursday investors for the remaining controlling stake. and came against a background of facilities. further violent protests around the Whether or not private investors country. Although the mood after last can be found for such a venture is a week’s meeting was optimistic Sepi question that remains to be Sepi officials and union remained adamant that splitting answered, however. representatives said after the the business lines at Izar was vital meeting that they would travel in order to safeguard as many jobs Even so, the assessments from together to Brussels to urge the as possible. both sides last week were positive European Commission to adopt a and reflected a fresh, conciliatory flexible approach to the repayment That view was reinforced on climate for negotiations/ of hundreds of millions of euros in Friday by the Spanish finance illegal state aid received by Izar. minister. “We have established a common starting point,” said a spokesman But by Friday afternoon Spanish “If there is any other alternative for Sepi. finance minister Pedro Solbes had that could be accepted by Brussels confirmed that the commission had and would allow us to go further, A spokesman for leading union already agreed to stop the clock on we will move in that direction,” Mr UGT concurred. “The negotiations repayment until Sepi and the Solbes said. have changed direction,” he said. unions reached a compromise on the future of the group. “But while there is no other Both spokesmen expressed the alternative, we have to work along hope that the latest agreement Both sides will now work on a the lines defined in the plan now on would help to ease tension in the proposal to restructure Izar in line the table.” yards, which have witnessed with European Union competition chaotic scenes during law, which forbids further One alternative that has gained demonstrations in the course of the injections of public money toward momentum in recent days and is in past week. civilian shipbuilding. As part of line with the move to separate that proposal they will explore business segments at Izar is to solutions that avoid the individual hammer out a proposal that will Brian Reyes privatisation of specific yards. establish a single part-privatised Lloyd’s List Correspondent EDITOR Stephen Legall Tel +44 020 7017 5228 ADVERTISEMENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS: Mike Smith Peter Barker Tel +44 (0) 20 7017 4488 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7017 4779 Fax +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 email [email protected] Email: [email protected] A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779. Summary of Major Cases in this week’s issue of Lloyd’s Casualty Week Vessel Type Flag Class GT DWT Blt Casualty ANGLIAN EARL tug BRB NV 2,311 2,499 1987 Arrived Falmouth in tow Sep 19 due to rope becoming wrapped around propeller while assisting general cargo Maanav Star. Drydocked Sep 21. APOLLO fishing GBR (NV) 246 200 2001 Windows of wheelhouse smashed by huge waves and lost steering while fishing off Rossaveal, Co Galway, Sep 21. DELTA RANGER tug USA — 92 — 1995 Grounded in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, Sep 19, while pushing dredger Beachbuilder, due to Hurricane "Ivan". Refloated Sep 20 and proceeded to dry dock in South Carolina for repairs. FAGERVIK general ATG GL 2,050 3,254 1980 Reported abandoned and adrift in lat 53 46.2N, long 05 48E, Sep 21 after developing list due to deck cargo shifting. Towed to Eemshaven Sep 22. MARTE lpg ITA (RI) 2,709 2,700 2004 Reported Sep 20 lost engine power in lat 60 45.3N, long 04 40.2E, and drifting towards shore. Taken in tow by tugs Ajax and Boxer and being towed to open sea. Subsequently towed to Sloevag Sep 20 for investigation. MIRABELLA V yacht IOM NV 1,003 66 2004 Grounded near entrance to Beaulieu sur Mer harbour Sep 16. Also experiencing hydraulic problems. Some damage sustained. Freed from beach Sep 18 and proceeding La Ciotat for drydocking. In dock near Marseilles Sep 21. NIRINT general BHS NV 6,714 8,734 1999 Reported Sep 21 vessel had sustained main CHAMPION engine damage about 70 miles off Terceira Island and under tow of tug O Bravo, bound Ponta Delgada for repairs. RYAN'S fishing CAN — 129 — — Declared Mayday Sep 19, reporting taking COMMANDER water off Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, in lat 48 42.21N, long 52 58.24W. Crew abandoned vessel, which subsequently sank. Four of the 6 crew rescued. SRI MUANG trawler THA — — — — Struck by unknown vessel about 30 nautical THONG 3 miles off Prachuab Khirikhan Province, Gulf of Thailand, Sep 22. Capsized. Twenty-five of the 40 crew rescued. TOSCA general BEL — — 1,387 — Struck by inland general cargo Octopussy Sep 12 while moored at Sluiskil. Broke moorings and struck a number of other vessels. Damage to bow and stern. At shipyard Sep 21 for repairs, ETC end September. VIKING VICTOR standby GBR NV 536 160 1969 Had fire break out 20 miles east of Aberdeen in safety lat 57 16N, long 01 31W, Sep 16. Internal vessel firefighting systems attempting to keep blaze under control. Crew winched off. Taken in tow Sep 17 but sank in about lat 57 52N, long 02 59W, Sep 19. (ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List APOSTOLOS P. (Greece) London, Sep 20 — Lloyd’s Casualty Reports appear in alphabetical representatives in Piraeus report: Ferry order under the following Apostolos P. (836 gt, built 1967), with 95 headings and relevant page passengers on board, sustained damage number: to the port main-engine while sailing from Angistri to Aegina at 1745, Sep 19. The vessel continued the voyage on one Marine, including Overdue A-397 (U.S.A.) engine arriving at Aegina at 1810. The & Missing Vessels 1 Troy, Michigan, Sep 18 — Bar Point passengers with destination Piraeus Light D-33 was destroyed when it was were forwarded on passenger ro/ro’s Seizures & Arrests 11 apparently struck by tug Karen Andrie Apollon Hellas and Nefeli. Apostolos P. and barge A-397, at around 0615, Sep was permitted to perform one voyage to Piraeus without passengers, in order to Pipeline Accidents 12 11. Area residents reported an initial explosive sound followed by what was carry out repairs. most likely the shriek of steel as the Pollution 12 vessel backed off the light. The structure ARATERE (New Zealand) once rose 45 feet above the water. The Wellington, Sep 22 — A report, dated Sep 17, states: About 20 litres of Weather & Navigation 13 Canadian Coast Guard placed a temporary beacon soon after the pesticide spilled on to the vehicle deck accident and has been surveying the of ro/ro Aratere (12596 gt, built 1998) Earthquakes 19 area for the location of debris. Although after a container burst early today, the no report has officially been issued, Fire Service said. The container was on reports indicate A-397 and Karen Andrie a truck on the ferry, which was at the Volcanic Activity 19 have been at the Toledo Shipyard, with Wellington terminal when the incident the barge undergoing repairs to bow happened, Fire Service central Political & Civil Unrest 19 damage, ever since then. — Great Lakes communications spokesman David and Seaway Shipping News. Meikle told NZPA. The ferry’s captain made an emergency call to the Fire Kidnappings 25 ANGLIAN EARL (Barbados) Service just before 0630 hrs. About 10 London, Sep 21 — According to fire appliances and firefighters in full protective gear were dealing with the Labour Disputes 25 Falmouth Pilots anchor handling tug/supply Anglian Earl (2311 gt, built spill, Mr Meikle said. He understood 1987) arrived Falmouth in tow Sep 19. no one had been injured and that none Awards & Settlements 28 Also understood the vessel is to enter of the pesticide had escaped into the Dry Dock No.3, Falmouth, at 1915, water. A Toll New Zealand spokeswoman told NZPA the ferry had Railway Accidents 29 today. (Note — Understood Anglian Earl was towed to Falmouth with a tow left Picton at 0200 hrs with only wire around its propeller which freight on board. The spill had Miscellaneous 30 happened while assisting grounded happened while vehicles were being general cargo Maanav Star Sep 16.) unloaded at Wellington. As a result of the spill, a morning freight run from Fires & Explosions 32 (See also Maanav Star .) Falmouth, Sep 22 — Anchor handling Wellington to Picton had been tug/supply Anglian Earl arrived cancelled, and passengers booked to Aviation 33 Falmouth at 1800, Sep 19 in tow of tug sail from Picton to Wellington on the Multratug 7 from Folkestone and 1000 hrs sailing would be transferred berthed Queens Wharf, Falmouth to the Lynx fast ferry service.
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