Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek September 24 2004 Pirate raiders thwarted by quick-thinking tanker crews WO oil tankers were able On the same day in Malaysia, a authority and the coast guard, he to frustrate attempted bulk carrier at anchorage off Manis reportedly received no response. T pirate attacks in separate in Sarawak was boarded at around incidents in Indonesian waters 0330 LT by a single robber armed The final case reported by the last week, the latest piracy with a knife, who seems too have IMB took place at Chittagong Roads round-up from the climbed up the anchor chain. in Bangladesh on Thursday. International Maritime Bureau reports. Once again the duty officer In this incident, nine robbers raised the alarm and the robber armed with knives boarded a But, according to details escaped empty handed in a waiting supply ship which was at the time published by the IMB yesterday, boat. towing another vessel. these were just two of the six piracy outrages against merchant shipping Armed Fought worldwide in the last week. Two piracy incidents were also The crew mustered and fought In the first case, three armed recorded in Jamaica. At 0300 LT on the robbers using hand flares and pirates boarded an unnamed vessel Friday last week, six robbers armed axes. None of the crew were injured at Dumai at 0335 LT on Monday, with guns, knives and crowbars as a result. and threatened some of the crew boarded a vessel at Port Esquivel with knives. inner anchorage. Nevertheless, the criminals succeeded in stealing from the Crew members rallied to their The team managed to break into stores before fleeing. defence, causing the assailants to the forward lockers and steal some flee empty-handed. of the ship’s stores. When the crew The master informed the port were mustered the pirates made of authority, and a naval vessel was The second case occurred last in a motor boat. sent to investigate. Saturday, when pirates driving two speedboats attempt to board a In a separate attack five pirates While the IMB is easily the most product tanker. armed with guns boarded a boxship detailed source of information on in Kingston last Wednesday. piracy incidents, maritime security According to the IMB, the sources fear that many more cases incident occurred in the Gelasa The attackers broke into the are going unreported, and that the Straits at around 1030 LT. vessel’s cargo hold and forward weekly round-up is just the tip of locker and again stole ship’s stores. the iceberg. The ship’s duty officer raised the alarm and took evasive The crew managed to raise the manoeuvres, causing the pirates to alarm. But when the master David Osler abort their plans. reported the matter to the port Lloyd’s List Editorial

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Vessel Type Flag Class GT DWT Blt Casualty

CHRISTINE trawler DNK — — — — Sank after being contacted by mv Pioner Belorussii north of Thorup Beach, between Hantsholm and Hirtshals, Sep 11. Three of the 4 crew rescued.

HIGH chem/oli LBR (AB) 28,300 45,600 2004 In collision with cc Merkur Bridge near Johore ENDURANCE carrier Sep 15 Caught fire in engineroom, small hole in port quarter. Tug on scene and fire extinguished same day. At anchor off Johore.

LUCKY LADY crude oil MLT LR 51,807 88,272 1981 Touched bottom while approaching Cilacap tanker Sep 10. Underwater damage, some leakage of cargo of oil. Berthed safely at Cilacap same day for diver inspection. Most cargo removed by Sep 16.

MAANAV STAR general IND BV 1,175 2,099 1981 Grounded on beach about 3 miles E of Rye Sep 11. Small amount of water washed into engine-room by high seas. Salvors on scene. Refloating attempt Sep 16 unsuccessful.

MAERSK container ATG BV 10,546 12,184 1993 Towed from Barranquilla anchorage to SAN JUAN Willemstad Sep 7 due main engine trouble.

OCTOPUSSY general BEL — — — — Ran into two moored inland vessels at Sluiskil quay, Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, Sep 12. Moorings of these vessels broke and they ran into another three vessels, which subsequently contacted some other vessels.

OSTRIA general PRK PR 1,427 1,847 1970 Sank in bad weather in lat 35 07N, long 26 46E, Sep 11. Crew rescued.

P&O NEDLLOYD container LBR (GL) 45,803 53,081 2002 Reported to have sustained rudder damage PALLISER prior to arrival Hamburg Aug 18. Subsequently sailed Haqmburg 09 Sep.

PLEIONE bulker BHS NK 36,559 70,189 1996 Struck by tanker Aegean Trader while anchored at Cristobal inner anchorage Sep 13. Damage to bulbous bow and flooding of forepeak tank.

S. DURVILLE general SGP LR 3,949 6,120 1984 Reported Sep 16 under tow for Brisbane following engine breakdown, ETA Sep 25. Expected to return to service at the beginning of October.

SPEED ONE ferry GBR NV 5,007 415 1997 Reported Sep 9 to have sustained engine trouble in France. Due back in service Sep 14.

SVEAFJELL general NOR NV 1,021 818 1970 Grounded near Valsoya, Bjugn, Sep 15. Coast Guard vessel on scene. Some diesel leaking out. Initial attempts to refloat unsuccessful, tug ordered.

WHITE SANDS fishing GBR BV 262 — 1975 Issued Mayday, Sep 9, in lat 13 58N, long 20 10W, due water ingress through stern area. Taken in tow by hospital ship Esperanza del Mar Sep 10, bound Dakar.

(ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List ATLANTIC HERO (Panama) See “Brittany, France” under Reports appear in alphabetical “Pollution”. order under the following headings and relevant page BANGA BIRAJ (Bangladesh) number: London, Sep 11 — C.c. Banga Biraj sailed Chittagong Sep 4 for Singapore.

Marine, including Overdue A-397 (U.S.A.) BANGLAR SHOURABH & Missing Vessels 1 London, Sep 13 — While proceeding up (Bangladesh) bound in the Detroit River and heading See “Karnaphuli River, Bangladesh” Seizures & Arrests 9 for the Amherstburg Channel, barge A- under “Pollution.” 397 (2928 gt, built 1962) pushed by tug BBC INDIA (Gibraltar) Karen Andrie (433 gt, built 1965) struck Pollution 9 London, Sep 13 — General cargo BBC and demolished Lt.D33 at 0555, Sep 11. India arrived Montreal 0451, Sep 8, and Barge sustained a hole in the forepeak sailed 2013, Sep 11. Weather & Navigation 10 tank. BLUE OCEAN (Cambodia) Earthquakes 19 ABRA (Marshall Islands) See Typhoon “Songda” under “Weather London, Sep 13 — Bulk Abra arrived & Navigation”. San Nicolas(ARG) Sep 6. Volcanic Activity 20 BLUE STAR NAXOS (Greece) AEGEAN TRADER (NIS) London, Sep 15 — Lloyd’s Casualty Political & Civil Unrest 20 See Pleione. representatives in Piraeus report: Passenger ro/ro Blue Star Naxos (10438 AL FAHAD (Saudi Arabia) Labour Disputes 25 gt, built 2002), while moored at the port London, Sep 15 — Owners of of Santorini, lost all electrical power at passenger ro/ro Al Fahad advise that 1545, Sep 15. At the time vessel was on Awards & Settlements 26 the vessel is anchored outside Jeddah, the schedule Santorini-Naxos-Paros- towards Shoaiba, some 35 kms south of Piraeus with 331 passengers, 115 for Jeddah. The vessel requires major Naxos, 58 for Paros, 158 for Piraeus. Railway Accidents 26 repairs and it is understood that the Efforts were made by the crew to repair owners want to sell the vessel “as is”, the damage. Miscellaneous 29 unrepaired. London, Sep 16 — Lloyd’s Casualty representatives in Piraeus report: Passenger ro/ro Blue Star Naxos was Fires & Explosions 30 ALGOFAX (Canada) London, Sep 14 — Product tanker permitted to continue normal Halifax, ex Algofax, arrived Algeciras scheduling after repair of the damage Aviation 32 Aug 28. by the crew and survey by the marine inspectorate of Santorini, and departed with three passengers for Paros and 72 Space Vehicles 35 ANNTORO (Norway) Trondheim, Sep 9 — General cargo for Piraeus at 2140, Sep 15. Anntoro (689 gt, built 1971) arrived CAPE BANKS (Germany) Product Recalls 36 Kvernhusvik Shipyard, Hitra Jan 21, Mersin, Sep 13 — Chemical/oil carrier with General Average. No decision Cape Banks, laden with 28,861 tonnes Port Conditions 36 taken yet if the vessel will be repaired of gas oil, arrived at Mersin roads at or not. — Lloyd’s Agents. 0418 hrs, Aug 31. Vessel upped anchor Port Conditions charts 37 at 0600 hrs, Sep 4 and a pilot boarded ASTRO ALTAIR (Greece) 24 minutes later. At 1342 hrs, the vessel London, Sep 12 — A press report, became stranded. While entering the dated yesterday, states: New Orleans port to berth, it failed to “take the ferry service between the west and east direction through the channel” and ran banks of the Mississippi River is set to aground. Cargo was twice off-loaded resume on Monday (Sep 13), two weeks onto chemical/oil carrier Adrasan C.. after product tanker Astro Altair The first transfer, of 3,963 tonnes, slammed into the ferry’s landing. The commenced at 1730 hrs, Sep 10 and was vessel lost steering Aug 28 and completed at 0410 hrs, Sep 11. The © Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2004 slammed into the Algiers Point ferry second transfer, of 3,908 tonnes, These reports may not be reproduced, landing. There were no injuries and the commenced at 0925 hrs, Sep 12 and was stored in a retrieval system, or tanker did not leak any oil into the completed later that day at 1930 hrs. transmitted in any form or by any river. The accident knocked out ferry After lightening operations, Cape Banks means electronic, mechanical, service between Algiers Point and refloated and anchored at 1129 hrs,. photographic, recorded or otherise Canal Street, which is at the entrance today, at Mersin Port roads. There is without the prior written permission of to the French Quarter. The collision still about 20,871 tonnes of cargo on the publisher. knocked guide wires, beams and two board. An underwater survey spans from the shore to the ferry — one commenced at 1230 hrs, today in order for pedestrians and the other for to ascertain whether the vessel has vehicles — into the river. Also, a been damaged. — Lloyd’s Agents. pontoon barge that is part of the Mersin, Sep 15 — Chemical/oil carrier landing was dislodged and cracked. On Cape Banks: Vessels’ P&I Club have Monday, service is set to resume advised that following the underwater although some minor repairs need to survey, the vessel is certified and still be made, according to the permitted to discharge its cargo in Mersin, under the condition that the Louisiana Department of vessel must attend a shipyard “for Transportation and Development. The control” inside three months. The vessel loss of ferry service has been is currently waiting in the roads to inconvenient for many people who live berth, as another vessel is currently in the Algiers neighbourhood.

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1 Marine occupying the terminal. Cape Banks is of hopper dredger Cristoforo Colombo Ambulances were all at the scene at is expected to berth, to discharge, on that ran aground Wednesday (Sep 8) King’s Wharf, Dockyard, yesterday Friday (Sep 17). — Lloyd’s Agents. during a typhoon. The Sakhalin Energy morning. Duncan Currie, Chief Company that employed the dredger Surveyor at the Department of Marine CENTURY HOPE (Philippines) said today there was a total of 323 tons Administration said their investigation See Ferry Fukuoka 2. of black oil and diesel fuel on the vessel. was ongoing. “We need to check the However, the three damaged tanks remaining lifeboats to see if it is safe for CHRISTINE (Denmark) contained a maximum of 189 tons. All the vessel to continue,” Mr. Currie said. Gothenburg, Sep 13 — General cargo 29 crew remain on board the dredger. He said the process of the investigation Pioner Belorussii (5370 gt, built 1978) The spill is moving from the Sakhalin was slow as “the main witnesses to the ran into Danish trawler Christine, port of Kholmsk to the north along the accident were hospitalised, so they did sinking it, north of Thorup Beach western coast of the island. Yesterday it not consider interviewing them at between Hanstholm and Hirtshals on stretched five kilometers along the present.” Although the investigation had the north-west coast of Jutland during coast line and continues to expand, not been completed, Mr. Currie said the the morning of Sep 11. Three out of four Kholmsk Mayor Alexander Gusto told accident would seem “potentially to be crewmen from the Christine were Tass. The “Sakhalin Ecological Alert” caused by a maloperation of an on-board picked up from the water and taken on organisation said all sea birds release mechanism.” He said he was board the Pioner Belorussii but the abandoned the area of Kholmsk. The going back to the vessel today to continue fourth person is still missing. Surface work to eliminate the consequences of his investigation and a representative of yachts and vessels together with the spill is under way. the manufacturers of the type of lifeboat helicopters have been participating in used on the Empress of the Seas will also the searches. — Westax Marine DUMIT (Canada) be on the vessel. He said the release Services AB. London, Sep 15 — Buoy ship Dumit mechanism is a special thing on the (569 gt, built 1979) while approaching a liferaft itself and not on board the vessel. CMA CGM MOZART (French buoy in the Mackenzie River, near mile “The release mechanism needs to be Southern Territories) 5693, struck bottom at 1732, Sep 11. No operated properly,” he said. However, this London, Sep 15 — Following received apparent damage. kind of release mechanism has “a history from Den Helder RCC, timed 0540, of problems,” he said. “There have been UTC: C.c. CMA CGM Mozart (69022 gt, EMPRESS OF THE SEAS numerous accidents, not only on cruise built 2004) for Hamburg, is not under (Bahamas) ships, but on any vessel with these command in lat 52 12.6N, long 03 London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated liferafts,” he said. The Empress of the 13.1E. Sep 8, states: Seven crew members from Seas sailed into Bermuda on Monday London, Sep 15 — Following received passenger Empress of the Seas (48563 (Sep 6) and is due to sail to New Jersey from Den Helder RCC, timed 0725, gt, built 1990) were seriously injured on Friday. UTC: At 0649, UTC, c.c. CMA CGM and taken to hospital after a lifeboat London, Sep 12 — A press report, Mozart resumed passage to Hamburg, plunged 60 feet into the waters off dated Sep 10, states: Three of the at 20 knots. Exact nature of the vessels Bermuda’s Dockyard yesterday. Police injured crewmen from passenger problem was not declared, but it is media spokesman Dwayne Caines said Empress of the Seas were in stable understood to have related to the main last night that one of the seven men condition in hospital in Bermuda last engine. involved in the accident had been night, while their vessel is due to leave airlifted out of the Island for treatment the island today as scheduled. The men COMMODORE (Netherlands) of spinal injuries. A second man was in were taken to hospital on Tuesday (Sep London, Sep 12 — Chem.tank the hospital’s intensive care unit after 7) after a lifeboat evacuation exercise Commodore (1600 gt, built 1992), bound nearly drowning. Last night his went wrong. One man was airlifted to for Terneuzen, ran aground at about condition was described as stable. Boston with spinal injuries. Three men 0530, local time, Sep 11, near Buoy 75, Three other victims are now recovering had now been treated and released from in the River Scheldt. The inland tanker, on general wards suffering from hospital, police said. A spokesman from loaded with a cargo of 600 tons of injuries including a separated shoulder, Meyer Shipping yesterday said that the octeen, was refloated with the aid of the lacerations to the head and a dislocated Empress of the Seas was leaving two tugs, Union 11 and Fonda. When and fractured shoulder. Two others Bermuda at 1600 today. However, police afloat, Fonda towed the tanker to involved in the accident were released said: “The investigation into the Terneuzen and into the from hospital last night. Cruise ship incident is continuing in conjunction Oostbuitenhaven (East Outer Harbour), officials have released the nationalities with the Registry of Shipping, the where the authourities came on board of some of the victims: Two Filipinos, manufacturer of the lifeboat and the for an investigation. After a diver had one South African, one Ecuadorian, one manufacturer of the hoist mechanism.” been under the vessel to inspect the West Indian, another South American London, Sep 13 — Passenger Empress hull, in which he found the there was of an unknown country and one crew of the Seas sailed Bermuda Sep 10 and damage to the propeller, the vessel was member of unknown nationality. At arrived New York Sep 12. towed to the Dow harbour to discharge 1110 yesterday police received the the cargo. After discharging, report of an accident when the stern of FERRY FUKUOKA 2 (Japan) Commodore will go to a shipyard for a lifeboat dropped suddenly as it was Yokohama, Sep 16 — Passenger ro/ro repairs. being lowered as part of a safety drill. Ferry Fukuoka 2 (9730 gt, built 2002) London, Sep 14 — Chem.tank The boat dropped 60 feet into the dragged anchor and was in collision Commodore, which ran aground Sep 11, waters off King’s Wharf in Dockyard with bulk Century Hope (9978 gt, built near buoy 75 in the River Scheldt, has where the vessel was berthed. Several 2001) 10,000 metres, 238 deg, from been discharged of cargo at DOW of the men were thrown out of the boat Misaki Lighthouse, Kagawa Prefecture, Chemicals and has been towed to when it smashed into the water. at 2119, Aug 30. Ferry Fukuoka 2 Sluiskil for repairs. The vessel had According to police reports emergency sustained denting damage to port stern. sustained damage to her propeller and personnel assisted in pulling the men to Century Hope sustained cracking some other minor damages and arrived safety. “This matter is under damage to bow. No oil spill or water in tow at Shipyard “De Schroef” BV in investigation by both the Bermuda ingress, or personal injury from either Sluiskil where she went into one of the Police Service and a surveyor from vessel. Both vessels could proceed dry-docks yesterday. Repairs will be Marine and Ports,” said Mr Caines. A under their own power as the damages completed tomorrow, Sep 15 and the witness also told ZMB news that the were slight. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — vessel will resume her voyage. lifeboat carrying the men was filled Century Hope sailed Mizushima Sep 2 with blood. The last man was taken off and subsequently arrived and sailed CRISTOFORO COLOMBO (Belgium) the vessel just after 1300 hrs was in Yokohama Sep 4.) London, Sep 10 — A press report, “critical” condition, according to Jerome dated today, states: One hundred and Robinson of Dockyard Marine and Ports FJORD ICE (Malta) eighty-nine tons of black oil and diesel Department. Representatives of Gothenburg, Sep 16 — Ro/ro Fjord Ice fuel spilled from three damaged tanks Harbour Radio, Fire, Police and (2573 gt, built 1982) grounded at 2306

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2 Marine hrs, Sep 14, at Flintraennan outside of Endurance (28300 gt, built 2004) traffic along the Singapore Strait Malmo. Vessel was laden with 2,000 reported a fire on board after it was in remains unaffected. The Maritime and tons of frozen fish, bound for Klaipeda. collision with an unknown vessel near Port Authority of Singapore will be No leakage was reported, but advised Johore at about 0030, local time, today. investigating the incident. — Maritime by Inspectors that two tanks and A Singapore rescue tug is on scene and Port Authority of Singapore. possibly a third, were punctured. There the fire is extinguished. No injuries are small stones and pebbles where reported. Vessel is currently at anchor HUMBER ARM (Bermuda) vessel grounded. The vessel remained off Johore. Naples, Sep 10 — General cargo aground yesterday in strong south- Rotterdam, Sep 15 — Salvage services Humber Arm arrived at our port, under westerly winds. However, when the to chemical/oil carrier High Endurance tow, on Jun 19 and was to carry out winds subsequently shifted towards the are being rendered by SMIT Salvage BV repairs due to engine damage. Repairs west and north-west and decreased under LOF 2000. — SMIT Salvage BV. were not carried out in Naples but, in slightly, the vessel was able to refloat, London, Sep 15 — Following received the meantime, the vessel changed assisted by a tug, and cleared ground from Singapore Port Operations, timed name to Umber Arm (new between 0300 and 0330 hrs, this 0805, UTC: The other vessel involved in owners/managers not known). On Jul 6, morning and anchored at 0330 hrs. A the collision with chemical/oil carrier the vessel sailed from our port bound pilot went onboard at 0800 hrs and the High Endurance (28300 gt, built 2004) for Pireo. — Lloyd’s Agents. vessel berthed at Malmo at 1000 hrs. is c.c. Merkur Bridge (9597 gt, built The vessel is currently awaiting a 1993). High Endurance remains IRAN ARDEBIL (Iran) divers inspection to determine whether anchored off Johore. No further London, Sep 14 — A press report, it can proceed or will be required to information on situation of Merkur dated yestereday, states: C.c. Iran discharge/repair. — Westax Marine Bridge or damages which may have Ardebil has stranded at the shore of Services AB. been sustained by the vessels, is Yemeni island of Mion after grounding Malmo, Sep 16 — Ro/ro Fjord Ice, currently known. into heavy colonies of coral reefs on Aug bound Klaipeda with a cargo of fish, London, Sep 15 — Following received 15. Coming from the Arab Gulf en route grounded at Flintrannan outside Malmo from the managers of chemical/oil to Europe, the vessel was loaded with harbour, Sweden, at 2300, local time, carrier High Endurance, dated today: over 2000 containers at a total cost of Sep 14. Vessel was refloated with High Endurance, Surabaya for $55 million. The cargo has been assistance of one tug at 2300, local time, Singapore, in ballast, was in collision unloaded and transferred to Yemeni Sep 15. The Swedish National with c.c. Merkur Bridge about 40 miles Aden Container Terminal so that the Maritime, Class and Insurance east of Singapore, in lat 01 26.7N, long vessel can be towed, and repaired before representative were onboard during the 104 30.1E, at 2350, local time. The High resuming its journey. Negotiations are day. No oil leakage has been reported. Endurance sustained some damage to a undertaken with Yemeni Ports The vessel has bottom damage forward. bunker tank on the port side containing Authority to rescue the vessel and tow No desicion has been made as to where 46 tonnes of gasoil. A fire immediately it to a nearby port after the Maritime repairs will be effected. — Lloyd’s broke out in that tank and in the Affairs Authority checks. Minister of Agents. vessel’s engine-room. The carbon Transportation Omar Al-Amoudi said dioxide fire-fighting system was Yemeni authorities are doing their duty FRASER TITAN (Canada) immediately activated, the engine-room perfectly, in accordance with regulations See PT36. was evacuated and the fire was swiftly and laws. extinguished. The vessel is now at FREITIND (Norway) anchor and the situation is stable; there ISLAND BRAVE (Canada) Trondheim, Sep 16 — General cargo was no pollution. There were no injuries See PT36. Freitind: Vessel’s insurance company and the crew members are safe and still inform the vessel will be scrapped. on board the vessel. JACARANDA (Panama) There is, however, some interest in Singapore, Sep 16 — At about 0106, London, Sep 13 — Bulk Jacaranda buying the vessel for convertion to a Sep 15, the Maritime and Port sailed from Kashima, on Sep 11, bound barge. — Lloyd’s Agents. Authority of Singapore received a call for the Philippines. from the Republic of Singapore Navy FU KUO HSIN NO.7 (Panama) (RSN) that c.c. Merkur Bridge and JACKIE MOON (Antigua & London, Sep 15 — Salvage services chemical/oil carrier High Endurance Barbuda) have been rendered to bulk Fu Kuo had collided outside the Singapore London, Sep 10 — General cargo Hsin No.7 under LOF 2000 by Nippon Strait, north-east of Horsburgh Jackie Moon sailed Glasgow Sep 6 for Salvage Co Ltd, Sep 13. Lighthouse, within Singapore waters. Ymuiden. Yokohama, Sep 15 — Bulk Fu Kuo Preliminary checks indicated that the Hsin No.7 remains aground and it will Merkur Bridge was overtaking RSN JAN MARIA (Germany) require further time to be refloated. — vessel Persistence. When Merkur Bridge London, Sep 12 — Fishing Jan Maria Lloyd’s Agents. had closed in next to Persistence, it sailed from Bremehaven at 1100 hrs, on suddenly altered course to avoid Sep 11. HAWK ARROW (Bahamas) oncoming High Endurance. In doing so London, Sep 6 — Following received IMerkur Bridge struck Persistence and JENS MUNK (DIS) from Coastguard Dover MRSC, timed soon after collided with the High Wellington, Sep 2 — General cargo 0155, UTC: General cargo Hawk Arrow: Endurance at about 0040. As a result on Jens Munk arrived Wellington Aug 28 Exhaust valve has been repaired and the incident, the engine-room of High from Mossel Bay and sailed Aug 29 for vessel is proceeding on voyage. Endurance caught fire, which was put Darwin. — Lloyd’s Agents. London, Sep 11 — General cargo Hawk out shortly after by vessel’s crew. High Arrow, Antwerp for United Arab Endurance also sustained a small hole KAREN ANDRIE (U.S.A.) Emirates, passed Cape Finisterre Sep 8. at its port quarter, above the waterline. See A-397. The extend of damage to the Merkur HEBEI COURAGE (Hong Kong) Bridge is yet to be determined, but it is KELVIN (Norway) London, Sep 14 — Bulk/oil Hebei in stable condition. The Persistence Trondheim, Sep 9 — General cargo Courage (42009 gt, built 1985) reported sustained minor scratches to its port Kelvin: Repairs have been completed striking the dock while berthing at side. There was no report of injuries or and vessel will leave Kvernhusvik Pacific Coast Bulk Terminal, Port pollution from the three vessels. The Shipyard today. — Lloyd’s Agents. Moody, BC, lat 49 17 30N, long 122 52 High Endurance and Merkur Bridge are 00W, at 1537, PDST, Sep 11. currently in stable condition and are KEN EXPLORER (Liberia) anchored just outside the Traffic London, Sep 13 — Following received HIGH ENDURANCE (Liberia) Separation Scheme, north-east of from the managers of bulk Ken London, Sep 15 — Following received Horsbugh Lighthouse. Salvage tugs Explorer, dated today: Ken Explorer is from Singapore Port Operations, timed deployed by Semco and Smit still aground at the present time, 0500, UTC: Chemical/oil carrier High International are at the scene. Vessel situation unchanged.

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London, Sep 15 — Following received berth at Cilacap this morning. will conduct an investigation on the from the managers of bulk Ken Underwater damage was sustained, accident. (See issue of Sep 15.) Explorer, dated today: Ken Explorer is resulting in leakage of about 1,000 London, Sep 16 — Following received still aground in the same position. tonnes of the vessel’s cargo of crude oil. from the managers of crude oil tanker Salvors have discharged some of the The Lucky Lady is now berthed safely Lucky Lady, dated today: All remaining cargo into a barge and are looking for at Cilacap and divers are due to carry cargo in the vessel’s damaged No 1 another vessel to discharge the out an underwater inspection. Clean-up starboard tank has been removed by remainder into. operations were placed in hand. portable pumps with the exception of London, Sep 10 — Crude oil tanker about 25 cubic metres. About 34,600 LIMBURG Lucky Lady is carrying 80,000 tonnes of tonnes of cargo had been discharged (French Southern Territories) crude oil from Seria Terminal in Brunei. ashore up to this morning but discharge London, Sep 16 — Terrorists must It ran aground at 0500 today and has was interrupted due to lack of ullage have gained inside shipping knowledge spilled about 1,000 cubic metres of oil. ashore. (See issue of Sep 16.) for their speedboat attack on the crude Oil has now stopped leaking from the oil tanker Limburg off Yemen in vessel and clean-up operations are MAANAV STAR (India) October 2002, a shipmanager who dealt under way. London, Sep 12 — Following received with the aftermath has suggested. London, Sep 13 — By the afternoon of from Coastguard Dover MRSC, timed Almost two years after the assault, Sep 10, Eastern Mediterranean 2320, UTC: General cargo Maanav Star which brought to the fore the terrorism operations manager Captain Gabriel (1175 gt, built 1981) from Rye, 12 threat to global shipping, the incident, Haldezos said that a clean-up was persons on board, ran aground about which cost one life and caused $45m proceeding and that leakage from crude three miles east of Rye at 2132, UTC, worth of damage, is still yielding fresh oil tanker Lucky Lady, currently Sep 11. Understand there is about 12 lessons to the industry. Dirk Olyslager, alongside the berth, had halted due to litres of water in its engine-room as a marine risk management manager at hydrostatic balancing. The company put result of high seas and not as a result of Antwerp-based Belgibo, highlighted the the total cargo to have leaked from the the grounding. Tug Anglian Monarch is security riddle in a detailed history of damaged starboard tank at about 1,200 on scene but is unable to assist the the incident, during a presentation to tonnes. Capt Haldezos said the vessel vessel as it is high aground on the the International Union of Marine would not discharge the rest of its cargo beach. Salvors are awaiting next high Insurance meeting in Singapore. Mr until an inspection by divers, scheduled tide. Olyslager pointed out that the vessel for the morning of Sep 11, was able to London, Sep 12 — Following received was holed in the one tank that was determine the extent of the damage. from Coastguard Dover MRSC, timed laden with oil: “Is this coincidence ? I According to the East Mediterranean 0107, UTC: General cargo Maanav Star doubt it,” he said. “We still do not know spokesman, the incident took place is hard aground in lat 50 55.6N, long 00 where the information came from.” before a local pilot joined the vessel. An 15.8E. Sea onshore rough. No pollution. Between loading in Ras Tanura and investigation into it is going on, Capt Vessel possibly lying across groynes. arriving at the terminal, the vessel Haldezos said. Coastguard tug Anglian Monarch on would have exchanged papers between London, Sep 13 — Following received scene and Anglian Earl due later today. terminals and between agents, and from the managers of crude oil tanker Dungeness lifeboat relaunching at loading plans must have been Lucky Lady, dated today: The diver 0800, UTC, today. transmitted, so somewhere some inspection of the vessel has been carried London, Sep 13 — Following received intelligence must have leaked. It would out. The inspection revealed some from Coastguard Dover MRSC, timed be pure luck to hit the one laden tank underwater damage and it is not known 2320, UTC, Sep 12: General cargo out of five.” Mr Olyslager said it was whether the divers on scene will be able Maanav Star remains aground. No fortunate for the vessel that the to carry out the necessary repair work, pollution. All crew members have been explosives-laden assault craft struck a therefore, another team of divers has removed from the vessel. Understand frame, rather than piercing the hull been sent from Greece. An internal there is a hole in a ballast tank. A between two frames. The damage and transfer of the cargo of oil has salvage contract has been signed with resulting fire would have been much commenced, removing oil from the Klyne Tugs with anchor handling more severe. Five supporters of al- damaged tank so that full removal of tug/supply vessels Anglian Monarch Qa’eda are currently appealing against cargo can be carried out without any and Anglian Earl standing by. jail sentences imposed by a Yemeni danger of pollution. Various London, Sep 13 — A press report, court for their alleged part in the representatives are on scene. dated yesterday, states: Coastguards attack. In a comment on the marine Jakarta, Sep 14 — On Sep 10, 2004 are battling to stop a stricken general insurance market, Mr Olyslager said crude oil tanker Lucky Lady sustained cargo Maanav Star from being thrown there was too little pollution cover a leak in her hull, whilst at Cilacap, on to a road by high winds. The vessel available in case of war attacks. resulting in 5,000 litres of its cargo of was leaving the harbour at Rye in East Although a signatory to the Civil crude oil polluting the waters in the Sussex at 2200, BST, yesterday but got Liability Convention, which allows vicinity of Cilacap port. — Lloyd’s stuck on the beach at nearby Camber. shipowners to escape liability in the Agents. Coastguards and firefighters tried to case of an act of war, the government of London, Sep 15 — A press report, refloat the Indian-registered vessel Yemen insisted there was direct dated Sep 14, states: Indonesia’s state- today but were unable to do so. And as liability under its jurisdiction for any owned oil and gas company Pertamina winds rose, coastguards said they were kind of pollution. That government confirmed today that an oil tanker concerned she may be blown over the initially demanded a deposit of $18.5m, carrying light crude from Brunei ran sea wall onto the road. A Dover to the consternation of owners and aground Friday (Sep 10) morning, Coastguard spokesman said he was underwriters. The demand was dropped causing an oil spill off the coast of confident the vessel was not a danger to after the shipowner agreed to make a Cilacap, Central Java. “We are still other vessels. The vessel got into $1m donation to the people of Yemen trying to prevent the oil spill from difficulties when its anchor dragged without admitting any liability. Now, spreading further,” Dwi Martono, after leaving the harbour and she was the republic insisted that any vessel Pertamina’s acting spokesman said. The blown onto the beach by high winds. going into its territorial waters could oil spill has reached a three-kilometre Her 12 crew members stayed on board not rely on its own war coverage and radius, he said, but the crude oil tanker and were joined by coastguards from would have to negotiate with Yemeni Lucky Lady, “has already docked.” Dwi nearby Dungeness to help assess the underwriters. was unable to specify the quantity of damage. Coastguards said it is unlikely crude oil that leaked, but said the the vessel would be refloated until LUCKY LADY (Malta) cargo, which he estimates around Monday. At about 1700, BST, today a London, Sep 10 — Following received 608,000 barrels, was bound for coastguard spokesman said the weather from the managers of crude oil tanker Pertamina’s Cilacap oil refinery. had become very windy and a force nine Lucky Lady (51807 gt, built 1981), Another official at Pertamina said the (strong gale) was expected. He said dated today: Lucky Lady touched leakage has stopped due to hydrostatic there were fears the Maanav Star could bottom while approaching discharge balancing. He added that Pertamina be blown over the sea wall and onto the

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4 Marine road at the top of the beach. tomorrow. A Salvage Control Unit was MERCS HENDALA (Sri Lanka) Firefighters have been pumping water established at 1030 today at Rye London, Sep 13 — General cargo on board the vessel to give her extra Harbour Office by the Secretary of Mercs Hendala sailed from Chennai on weight to prevent the vessel being States Representative (SOSREP) for Sep 5, bound for Colombo, where it broken up by the wind. Coastguards Maritime Salvage and Intervention UK arrived on Sep 7. said there was nine tons of diesel fuel working with the MCA. The marine on board it - which was not carrying gasoil and bunker fuel has now been MERKUR BRIDGE (Liberia) any cargo - but they were confident the removed from the vessel but some fuel See High Endurance. sea had not been polluted. has been kept on board to allow the London, Sep 13 — Following received running of electrical generators. The METHANE ARCTIC (Singapore) from Coastguard Dover MRCC, timed vessel remains ballasted down to London, Sep 14 — Following received 0915, UTC: General cargo Maanav Star minimise its movement from seas at from Madrid MRCC, timed 0900, UTC: remains aground. Anchor handling high tide. Deballasting operations will Lng Methane Arctic (48454 gt, built tug/supply vessels Anglian Monarch commence at 0600 tomorrow as it is 1969) had small fire on board caused by and Anglian Earl are still standing by. intended to refloat the Mannav Star on lightning at Barcelona at 0400, UTC, The plan is to wait for “a window in the the subsequent high water at 1300 hrs. today. Fire was extinguished about weather”. In the meantime, a tug with a Damage to the bottom shell plating has 0500, UTC. Damage minor. smaller draught has been instructed to been patched. Bilges in the hold have Barcelona, Sep 15 — Lng Methane proceed and should arrive late this had additional steel plating welded in Arctic: Following information taken afternoon. The intention is to pull the place as part of refloating preparations. from master’s preliminary incident vessel off (the beach) and tow it to Tug Anglian Earl remains on scene and report: “Vessel was discharging at Ramsgate. is preparing for the refloating Barcelona ENAGAS New Jetty London, Sep 14 — Following received operation. Tug Grey Test has been Terminal when lightning struck No 1 from Coastguard Dover MRCC, timed mobilised and will be on scene later mast at 0612, Sep 14, and fire broke 1015, UTC: General cargo Maanav Star today in readiness to pass tow lines out. Pumps were immediately shut is still aground. Another tug has been from the Anglian Earl. Heavy earth- down and N2 gas — permanent system ordered and salvage work is expected to moving equipment will be mustered at — released to the mast as a means to re-commence tomorrow following its the site tonight. Under supervision of a extinguish the fire. At 0615 hrs vessel’s arrival. Weather on scene is bad at the flood defence engineer, shingle will be Emergency Squad activated and moved moment, with winds of force 8 (gale). cleared to aid the refloating of the to the scene of the fire. Cooling of the London, Sep 14 — Following received vessel. An exclusion zone will be placed mast and surrounding area by seawater from the Maritime and Coastguard around the Mannav Star at 0600 using fire pump and hoses to prevent Agency, dated today: Work is continuing tomorrow. This will remain in force overheating of the mast started. Dry to put the final touches to a towage plan until the vessel is refloated. Coastguard powder injected towards mast using following the grounding of general cargo teams are maintaining a presence at vessel’s permanent installation as an Maanav Star. The vessel is in ballast the vessel’s location. The shipowners additional means of fire extinguishing. and carrying 9.2 tonnes of marine are investigating a port for inspection At 0623 hrs the fire was extinguished gasoil. It remains aground on the high and repair of the vessel. by vessel’s own means and discharge water mark and has been ballasted London, Sep 16 — Following received was allowed to resume at 0806 hrs.” No down to minimise its movement when from Coastguard Dover MRCC, timed repairs are required but the Dry pounded by waves at high tide. It has 1245, UTC: The attempt to refloat Powder System will need to be sustained a piercing of the bottom shell general cargo Maanav Star at high tide recharged. The vessel was due to depart plate but this hole is less then 25 mm in at 1200, UTC, today was unsuccessful. at noon today. — Lloyd’s Agents. diameter and will have a patch welded Further attempts will be made on to it. As the vessel is currently without subsequent high tides, possibly starting MILAGROS TRES (Philippines) power, a generator has been sourced tonight. Manila, Sep 15 — The Philippine and is presently en route to the scene to Coast Guard reported that the re-establish its services. Attempts to MAERSK SAN JUAN Philippine registered passenger ferry refloat the Maanav Star will take place (Antigua & Barbuda) Milagros Tres lost its propeller while en at the end of this week when there is a London, Sep 13 — C.c. Maersk San route to Puerto Princesa Port in suitable break in the weather. Juan (10546 gt, built 1993), at Palawan in western Philippines at Insurance and salvage representatives Barranquilla anchorage with main about 2330,Tuesday (Sep 14). The are discussing the salvage of the vessel engine damage, was taken in tow by tug domestic ferry which originated from with Smit-Klyne, the salvage Oceanos and arrived at Willemstad Sep the Port of Iloilo in Negros island in consortium who have been appointed to 7. central Philippines was forced to anchor carry out refloating operations. Tug off Lagay island in Palawan. The vessel Anglian Earl is sitting off Camber MARIO G. (Canada) was carrying 331 passengers and crew Beach and will be used to tow the Halifax, Sep 10 — Fishing Mario G.: when the mishap occurred. There were Maanav Star along with workboat/tug Propeller jam nut went missing, main no reports of deaths or injuries. All Grey Test, which is currently in nut backed off and propeller came loose. passengers were rescued by the Felixstowe. The shallow draft of the The vessel came to the port of North Philippine Coast Guard search and Grey Test will allow lines to be run from Sydney, NS, and repairs were effected rescue vessel Ilocos Norte which the Anglian Earl to the Maanav Star afloat. Vessel returned to sea and brought the passengers to Puerto and its towing capability may also be resumed fishing. Currently undergoing Princesa. The vessel remains anchored utilised to steady the vessel during the routine drydocking, haul out, at off Lagay island. — Lloyd’s List refloating operation. All the equipment Arichat, NS, for the next week. — Correspondent. required for the operation is either on Lloyd’s Agents. London, Sep 16 — A press report, the scene or currently in transit. The dated today, states: Fishing boats towed marine gasoil from the Maanav Star MARJA (Netherlands) to shore an aging ferry (ferry Milagros will be recovered by a sludge tanker Ferrol, Sep 13 — General cargo Marja Tres) with 360 people on board after its which is expected on scene imminently. was refloated on Sep 11 after lightering propeller broke off while travelling London, Sep 15 — Following received 1,400 tons of cargo to a pontoon. The between islands, officials said. The from Coastguard Dover MRCC, timed vessel was finally towed to and berthed steel-hulled vessel Milagrosa J3, with 1232, UTC: General cargo Maanav Star at the port of Ribadeo. — Lloyd’s 331 passengers and a crew of 29, was en is still aground. A refloating attempt is Agents. route to western Palawan when it scheduled for 1300 hrs, tomorrow. suddenly stopped in calm waters late London, Sep 15 — Following received MECIT KAPTAN (Turkey) Tuesday (Sep 14). Crew members later from the Maritime and Coastguard Istanbul, Sep 13 — General cargo discovered that the vessel’s propeller Agency, dated today: Plans are in place Mecit Kaptan sailed from off was missing and radioed for help, to refloat the grounded general cargo Constantza Sep 11, bound Istanbul. — officials said. Fishing boats towed the Maanav Star at Camber Beach Lloyd’s Agents. 273-ton vessel to an island where Coast

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Guard rescue vessels took the 360 on the MSC Lauren and to containers blowing across the Aegean. An oil people to mainland Palawan, Coast and cargo on the Nordbeach. Repairs to tanker which was in the area was also Guard operations officer Herculano MSC Lauren are nearly complete. The involved in the rescue. Alinton said. The vessel could have Nordbeach commenced repairs Sep 11. London, Sep 11 — Following received sunk had it stalled in rough seas, he — Lloyd’s Agents. from Piraeus RCC, timed 0110, UTC, said. The Coast Guard is investigating today: Ostria, HMXM9, is currently the incident to determine if the vessel NORTH ISLAND PRINCESS sinking off Kasos. Fifteen Pakistani owner could be charged for negligence, (Canada) crew members have been safely Alinton said. London, Sep 14 — While docked at rescued. Blubber Bay, Texada Island, lat 49 48N, London, Sep 11 — Following received MING ZHOU 28 (China) long 124 36W, ro/ro North Island from Piraeus RCC, timed 1100, UTC: London, Sep 11 — Bulk Ming Zhou 28 Princess (841 gt, built 1958) reported a General cargo Ostria sank in lat 35 arrived Newcastle(AUS) Sep 5 from small leak in the hull at 1754, PDST, 07N, long 26 46E. Hong Kong. Sep 9. London, Sep 15 — Bulk Ming Zhou 28 P&O NEDLLOYD PALLISER sailed from Newcastle(AUS) on Sep 10. OCTOPUSSY (Belgium) (Liberia) London, Sep 12 — Belgian inland Hamburg, Sep 14 — C.c. P&O MONA LISA (Bahamas) vessel Octopussy, sailing on the Ghent- Nedlloyd Palliser (45803 gt, built 2002) See “Outbreak of Salmonella on Terneuzen canal, ran into two moored underwent repairs at Hamburg in Bahamas Flagged Passenger Vessel” inland vessels at the quay at Sluiskil, respect of rudder damage. According to under “Miscellaneous”. off the Hydro Agri plant, about 0745, the divers who inspected the vessel local time, today. The moorings of these after arrival at Hamburg the vessel MSC LAUREN (Panama) two vessels broke and they ran into must have had contact with an See Nordbeach. another three vessels, which also struck unidentifiable underwater object whilst more vessels. In total there are at least en route to Hamburg. When and where MUSASHI MARU (Japan) seven inland vessels involved, with a lot the damage/contact actually took place See “Typhoon ‘Chaba’ “ under of damage. could not be established. — Lloyd’s “Weather & Navigation”. London, Sep 13 — General cargo Agents. (Note — P&O Nedlloyd Palliser Octopussy (975 dwt) bound for Ghent, arrived at Hamburg at 0210, Aug 18, NANTICOKE (Canada) cargo maize, was proceeding to moor and sailed 0615, Sep 9, and was Troy, Michigan, Sep 15 — Bulk alongside the empty general cargo reported to have been delayed on Nanticoke (22706 gt, built 1980) arrived Tosca (1387 dwt) but ran into it. current voyage, as a result of damage to at the North Slip in Sarnia, late last TheTosca broke its moorings and its rudder.) Thursday (Sep 9) for repairs to a collided with some other moored damaged crankshaft in its starboard vessels. In total eight vessels were PARTNER (Russia) engine. Vessel had travelled at reduced involved, of which the total damage will Rijeka, Sep 10 — General cargo speed from Lake Erie relying on its port exceed a million euros according an Partner (2610 gt, built 1979) sailed from engine only. Engine specialists from as estimate of the authorities. The Sibenik on Sep 6 to Cartagena, with a far as Miami, Fla., have been doing Octopussy ran so deep into the Tosca cargo of fertilisers. Later the same day repairs within the confines of the that salvors had to cut parts away with the master reported to the Harbour- vessel. The Nanticoke is expected to blowtorches before the two vessels could master problems with the main engine. depart Sarnia late tonight or early be separated. Today a further Partner returned to Sibenik under own tomorrow morning to load in Thunder investigation will follow by the River power on Sep 7. Repairs will be carried Bay, Ont. — Great Lakes & Seaway Police. out at Sibenik and the voyage will be Shipping. prosecuted, however no prospects of Troy, Michigan, Sep 16 — Bulk ONEGO MERCHANT (Netherlands) sailing are given at this time. — Lloyd’s Nanticoke left the North Slip late London, Sep 13 — General cargo Agents. yesterday with the assistance of the tug Onego Merchant sailed Hamburg 1025, Menasha. Nanticoke arrived at the Sep 11, for Kaliningrad. PENG YANG (China) North Slip late last Thursday (Sep 9) London, Sep 16 — Following received for repairs to a damaged crankshaft in ONEIDA (Malta) from Hong Kong VTS, timed 0240, its starboard engine. Nanticoke is Montevideo, Sep 9 — Bulk Oneida UTC: Bulk Peng Yang remains aground upbound for Thunder Bay. — Great sailed Montevideo Sep 7 for “Ante Port”. in the same position. Lakes & Seaway Shipping. — Lloyd’s Agents. PERSISTENCE (Singapore) NAZEK T. (North Korea) ORION (Germany) See High Endurance. Bucharest, Sep 14 — General cargo London, Sep 14 — Product tanker Nazek T. remains in the same position. Orion was reported arriving at PIONER BELORUSSII (Russia) Repairs/scrapping decision still Hamburg at 1121 hrs, Sep 7, and See Christine. awaited. — Lloyd’s Agents. sailing later the same day, at 1510 hrs, with a reported destination of PLEIONE (Bahamas) NEULAND (Germany) Rendsburg. Cristobal, Sep 13 — Bulk Pleione London, Sep 13 — General cargo remains anchored Cristobal Bay, where Neuland passed through the Kiel Canal OSTRIA (Tonga) temporary repairs continue and on Sep 10, on passage from Husum, London, Sep 11 — A press report,. understand ETC towards end this Germany, for Rostock. dated today, states: The 15 crew month. — Lloyd’s Agents. members of North Korea vessel Ostria Cristobal, Sep 15 — Bulk Pleione NEW POLAR (Falkland Islands) (? general cargo Ostria (1427 gt, built (36559 gt, built 1996), anchored London, Sep 13 — Trawler New Polar 1970) in trouble amid high winds in Cristobal inner anchorage carrying out sailed from Las Palmas on Aug 20, the Aegean Sea are safe after a three- temporary repairs after being struck bound for the Falkland Islands. hour rescue operation. Three by bulk Jacaranda on Aug 4, was helicopters and two rescue boats were reportedly struck by product tanker NICHIRYU MARU (Japan) despatched off the southeastern coast Aegean Trader (18654 gt, built 1980) See “Typhoon ‘Chaba’ “ under of the Greek island of Kasos to aid the at approximately 1715, local time, Sep “Weather & Navigation”. cargo vessel, which was carrying 13. Pleione sustained damage to marble from Egypt to Albania. The bulbous bow and flooding of forepeak NORDBEACH (Cyprus) crew were taken to a local health tank. Aegean Trader proceeded Durban, Sep 15 — C.c. Nordbeach was centre for observation, Greeks southbound through Canal Sep 14. — in contact with c.c. MSC Lauren at merchant navy ministry said today. Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — Aegean outer anchorage, Durban, Sep 5. There The vessel had been listing at 25 Trader sailed Rostock Aug 23 for was some damage to empty containers degrees due to the strong winds Panama.)

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PRESTIGE (Bahamas) Passenger ro/ro Razzoli (4101 gt, built will be towed from her berth by tugs to Madrid, Sep 10 — The last few tons of 1988) with 24 passengers and 10 crew the breakers yard of Van Heyghen in sticky toxic fuel oil have been sucked on board, grounded near Vulcano Ghent, on the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, out of the wreck of the crude oil tanker Island, Sicily, at 2320, Sep 8. Vessel was on Thursday, Sep 16. The tow will start Prestige, Spain said today, almost two refloated with tug assistance at 1300, at 0700 hrs, from Antwerp and it is years after it went down in the Sep 9, and is now at Milazzo. expected that they will arrive in Ghent, country’s worst environmental disaster. Messina, Sep 10 — Early on Sep 9 during the late afternoon. “In recent days they have completed the passenger ro/ro Razzoli, in scheduled extraction of fuel from the wreck,” service between Milazzo and the SEIHO MARU NO.2 (Japan) Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Aeolian islands, while sailing out of See Stellar Hope. Fernandez de la Vega told a news Vulcano bound for Lipari, ran aground conference. “We can say that 13,000 on the rocks in Vulcano. Understand SETIA JAYA (Singapore) tons have been extracted,” she said, that a large hole has been caused to the Chittagong, Sep 12 — Chemical/oil adding the government had not yet hull and that a tug has now refloated carrier Setia Jaya arrived at decided what to do with the fuel. the casualty. Twenty-four passengers Chittagong on Aug 29 and was beached Coming up with a plan to deal with the disembarked and were put up in a hotel for scapping on Sep 1. — Lloyd’s wreck took months, partly because it in Lipari. Ten crew-members remained Agents. lay 3.8 km down on the seabed. Spain on board. Understand also that the considered building a concrete tomb master has alleged that the auto-pilot SOUTHERN HARRIER around the wreck but finally opted to was not working properly. The vessel Cape Town, Sep 15 — Fishing suck out the 13,000 tons that remained. has been placed under arrest by Southern Harrier is still lying sunk at The other 64,000 tons have been magistrates, who are carrying out an Berth 702, Cape Town. — Lloyd’s painstakingly scooped out of the sea enquiry. — Lloyd’s Agents. Agents. and cleaned off Galicia’s rocky beaches. London, Sep 14 — Passenger ro/ro Environmental groups complain it could Razzoli arrived at Genoa on Sep 12. SPEED ONE (U.K.) take a decade for the eco-system to London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated recover. De la Vega said scientists REPUBBLICA DI GENOVA (Italy) today, states: Low cost ferry service, would continue to investigate and work London, Sep 16 — Passenger ro/ro SpeedFerries, which operates between on damage to algae and the seabed. — Repubblica di Genova arrived at Dover and Boulogne, has run into Reuters. Antwerp at 1205 hrs, Sep 15, from difficulties less than four months after London, Sep 14 — Lawyers acting for Falmouth. it was launched. The service, which Apostolos Mangouras, master of the takes just 50 minutes to cross the crude oil tanker Prestige, continue their RIX CONDOR (U.K.) Channel, has been grounded after its efforts to have his bail conditions eased London, Sep 13 — Tank barge Rix ferry Speed One (5007 gt, built 1997) while he awaits trial. A fresh appeal Condor arrived at Delfzijl at 0332, Sep suffered engine trouble in France. was filed with a Spanish court this 12, from Falmouth. Passengers have been told it will not be summer, the third such case now in operating again until Tuesday (Sep 14), progress in the run-up to the second S. DURVILLE (Singapore) leaving some stranded in France. anniversary of the casualty next Sydney, Sep 16 — General cargo S. SpeedFerries said it apologised for any November. Several earlier appeals have Durville (3949 gt, built 1984) is being inconvenience caused. been knocked back and the master is towed to Brisbane for repairs after an still required to remain in Spain and engine breakdown proved impossible to STELLAR HOPE (Panama) report weekly to police, despite having repair in situ. The vessel operates a Yokohama, Sep 16 — Bulk Stellar deposited a $3.6m bail. His treatment Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Hope (77240 gt, built 1996), Australia has been widely criticised. This is not Noumea shuttle service. The vessel is for Mizushima, and general cargo Seiho least because, under Spanish law, expected in Brisbane for five days of Maru No.2 (199 gt), Sakaide to people aged 70 or over have strong repairs on Sep 25, and will be back in Kawasaki, were in collision 3.4 nautical grounds to avoid prison sentences if service by the end of the month. The miles, 280 deg, from Hinomisaki ultimately found guilty. Capt vessel will call in Sydney over Oct 3-4 Lighthouse, Wakayama Prefecture, at Mangouras will celebrate his 70th and in Noumea on Oct 8. Pacific Direct 0030, Sep 1. Both vessels sustained birthday next January. Line, which shares slots on the vessel, denting and scratching damage. — said that it is now working on Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — Stellar Hope PRINCE OF STREAMS scheduling options for the next two sailed Gladstone Aug 19 and arrived (Netherlands Antilles) voyages. — “Lloyd’s List Daily Mizushima Sep 2.) Maassluis, Sep 13 — Ref Prince of Commercial News.” Streams (7533 gt, built 1993), Antwerp STOLT KITE (Cayman Islands) for Rotterdam, contacted the inside of SAINT NICHOLAS (Greece) London, Sep 13 — Chem.tank Stolt the Boudewijn Locks at 1500, local London, Sep 11 — Bulk Saint Nicholas Kite sailed from Flushing at 1715, Sep time, today. Vessel will return to Berth passed Skaw Sep 6. 12, for Rotterdam, arriving 2255 same 318 for inspection. Damage consists of a day. crack about five metres long, three SEA HANA (Malta) metres above the waterline. — Lloyd’s Yokohama, Sep 16 — Vehicle Sea SUMMIT (Bahamas) Sub-agents. Hana (26113 gt, built 1978) dragged San Francisco, Sep 15 — Passenger anchor, due to heavy weather, 16,000 Summit entered San Francisco dry dock PT36 (Canada) metres, 184 degress from Kobe at 2200, local time, Sep 12. — Lloyd’s London, Sep 9 — Barge PT36, whilst Lighthouse, at 1840, Sep 7. Although Agents. under tow of tug Island Brave (93 gt), vessel let go both anchors it became made contact with hopper dredger unnavigable. It was recovered at 2030 SUSIE (Romania) Fraser Titan (2976 gt, built 1969) in the as the swell was weakening. — Lloyd’s London, Sep 15 — Following received Fraser River, BC., in lat 49 07N, long Agents. (Note — Sea Hana arrived from Piraeus RCC, timed 1450, UTC: 123 14W at 0410 hrs, Aug 6. Osaka Sep 7 and sailed Sep 14, Have just been advised that general subsequently arriving and sailing cargo Susie (5988 gt, built 1980), with QUINITSA (Canada) Nagoya Sep 15.) 16 Romanian crew on board, is aground London, Sep 13 — Ro/ro Quinitsa at Achladi, in lat 38 53 12N, long 22 49 (1107 gt, built 1977) reported a hard SEA TRADER (Malta) 43E. Vessel is part loaded with wheat. landing at west dock, in Denman London, Sep 14 — The burnt-out ro/ro Crew safe, no pollution. Island, BC, at 1500, PDST, Sep 9.) Sea Trader, which is still lying in Piraeus, Sep 15 — General cargo Antwerp Docks, will be towed to Ghent Susie, Psachna, Euboea Is, for RAZZOLI (Italy) for demolition. (See issue of Jul 23.) Alexandroupolis, partially loaded with a London, Sep 10 — Following received London, Sep 14 — Ro/ro Sea Trader, consignment of 2,600 tons of barley, from Rome MRCC, timed 0830, UTC: currently lying at Quay 22, Antwerp, went hard aground 100 meters east of

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Agroinvest pier, Achladi, at 1130 today. accepted an LOF and engaged flagged in St Vincent and the The extent of the damage has not yet TaubÂtkompaniet AS, Trondheim, to Grenadines and operated by a Turkish been ascertained while all 16 crew refloat the vessel, which has 589 tons of company based in Iskenderun, went members are reportedly healthy and frozen fish and salt fish, scheduled for down early this month after rusting at secure. No pollution occured. The vessel the Aalesund area, on board. — Lloyd’s anchor for four years. More than two remains grounded awaiting tug Agents.. years were taken up by legal assistance from Volos. — Lloyd’s arguments over responsibility for the Agents. SVITZER BIDSTON (U.K.) cargo, while plans to offload the toxic London, Sep 15 — Lloyd’s Casualty Liverpool, Sep 15 — Tug Svitzer ash took a further 18 months to put representatives in Piraeus report: Bidston is undergoing repairs in together, the parliament heard. General cargo Susie grounded in the drydock at Liverpool. These are Officials and activists had warned sea area off Achladi, Stylida, at 1220, expected to be completed by Sep 22. — repeatedly that the 2,200 tonnes of Sep 15. Vessel had departed from Lloyd’s Agents. power station waste was potentially Psachna, Euboea Is, for carcinogenic and posed an Alexandroupolis with a cargo of wheat, TOSCA (Belgium) environmental risk. The parliament in Hold No.3, and 16 crew members on See Octopussy. has expressed concern that large board. There were no injuries stretches of water could be sustained, pollution, or ingress of water. TRI ARDHIANTO (Indonesia) contaminated if the cargo leaks. London, Sep 15 — A press report, See “Typhoon “Songda” under “Unfortunately, legal and dated today, states: General cargo Susie “Weather & Navigation”. administrative problems delayed a rammed into a Greek hillside as the solution until it was too late,” Ms master was speaking on his cell phone, TS YOKOHAMA (Marshall Islands) Wallstrom told the parliament. The authorities said today. No one was hurt Yokohama, Sep 16 — C.c. TS case dates to May 2000, when Spain’s when the Romanian-flagged Susie ran Yokohama (14308 gt, built 2003) Environment Ministry received a aground near the town of Stylida. “The contacted the pier, due to sudden gust complaint from Turkish authorities master told us he had placed the vessel of wind, while berthing at Ohi Pier, over the vessels’ shipment, which they on automatic pilot and was not paying Tokyo, at 0708, Aug 31. Vessel sailed claimed had been exported from Spain attention,” Yiannis Ftoulis, head of same day for Kobe via Yokohama and by Lafarge Asland, the Spanish Stylida’s port authority, said. “He said Nagoya. It arrived Kobe Sep 2 and was subsidiary of France’s Lafarge group, he was speaking on the cell phone at temporarily repaired. — Lloyd’s Agents. without proper authorisation. Turkey the time of the incident,” he said. Mr claimed the shipment contravened the Ftoulis said the Romanian master was UAL RODACH (Cyprus) Basel Convention on toxic waste and not detained and that all his crew of 14 London, Sep 14 — A press report, asked Spain to take it back. Spanish Romanians and one Ukrainian was in dated yeystreday, states: The master of investigations established that the good health. general cargo UAL Rodach (7111 gt, cargo had in fact been destined for London, Sep 16 — Lloyd’s Casualty built 2001) that struck a barge in the Algeria, but had been diverted to representatives in Piraeus report: Houston Ship Channel as the barge Iskenderun after the original recipient, General cargo Susie was refloated with took on a load of liquefied petroleum Spanish construction group Dragados, the assistance of tug Starlet, of gas must serve a year’s probation for had rejected it because of water Papadopoulos Tugs, based in Volos, at drinking on the job. Piotr Lozinski, a damage. The ash, which is often used 2020, Sep 15. An underwater inspection Polish citizen, also is barred from as a building component, had been was carried out by divers and no operating a vessel in U.S. waters intended for use by Dragados in the damages were found. Vessel is currently during his probation and must pay a construction of a dam in Algeria. at the roads of Achladi/Stylis and will $4,000 fine. A federal magistrate judge According to the Environment Ministry be inspected by class. Following the handed down the sentence last week in Madrid, the shipment had allegedly incident and refloating there was no after Lozinski, 48, pleaded guilty to ended up off Turkey following a pollution caused. operating a commercial motor vessel “unilateral” decision by the vessel’s London, Sep 16 — Following received while under the influence of alcohol, master. “In July the Turkish from Piraeus RCC, timed 1010, UTC: Coast Guard Lt. Matt Orendorff said authorities informed the Spanish General cargo Susie is still anchored today. Lozinski was the master, of the authorities that they could proceed near the grounding site at Achladi. 417-foot UAL Rodach when it struck with a plan” to transfer the ashes to the barge on Aug 31, Orendorff said. another vessel and return them to SVEAFJELL (Norway) Although liquefied petroleum gas was Spain but before this could be done the Trondheim, Sep 15 — Local being pumped into the barge, no vessel sank on September 6,” said Mr radio/newspaper has reported that explosion resulted. Orendorff said a Wallstrom. Spain was exonerated by general cargo Sveafjell (1021 gt, built crewman on the barge saw the vessel the commissioner: “According to the 1970) grounded at 0120 today near coming and turned off valves. The barge information available Spain was Vals¯ya, Bjugn (west of the peninsula also was double-hulled, he said, and the willing to take back the waste and Fosen, Trondheimsfjord) en route to interior hull was not penetrated. A 6- fulfil its legal obligations,” she said. Aalesund, in a loaded condition. Coast foot gash was opened in the vessel’s Arguments over who was responsible Guard vessel Titrand arrived at 0700 stern, rupturing a freshwater tank, but for the cargo between the Spanish hrs and will assist in trying to get the no hazardous fluids spilled into the authorities and the exporter went on vessel afloat on the high tide, at around channel, Orendorff said. Tests showed for two and a half years - until the end 1200 hrs. Some diesel oil is said to be Lozinski’s blood alcohol level to be 0.232 of 2002. Negotiations between Spain leaking out - oil booms may be used. — percent, Orendorff said, which is more and Turkey for the transfer of the Lloyd’s Agents. than five times the commercial limit of ashes then took another year and a London, Sep 15 — Following received 0.04. (Note — UAL Rodach arrived half - until July this year. from Sandnes, dated today: At 0120 Houston Aug 30.) today general cargo Sveafjell grounded UNI-FORWARD (Panama) outside Valsoya Island near Bjugn. ULLA (St. Vincent & Grenadines) London, Sep 15 — General cargo Uni- There is some pollution in the area. The London, Sep 16 — Bureaucracy and Forward was reported arriving at Hong Coastguard arrived in the area at 0700 legal wrangling sank general cargo Ulla Kong at 0651 hrs, Sep 14, from hrs and there will be an attempt to loaded with toxic ash, the European Keelung. refloat the vessel at high tide, at 1200 Parliament heard this week. “Legal and hrs. administrative problems” kept the URVAAG Trondheim, Sep 16 — Attempts at vessel at anchor off the Turkish port of Trondheim, Sep 9 — Fishing Urvaag: noon yesterday to refloat general cargo Iskenderun until it was too late to Insurance Company inform owners Sveafjell were unsuccessful, despite the offload its potentially dangerous cargo, have now received insurance assistance of two salvage vessels and environmental commissioner Margot settlement. Owners report vessel will another vessel belonging to the same Wallstrom told the parliament’s plenary either be sold to owners abroad or Owners. The Owners have now session in Strasbourg. The vessel, scrapped in Norway. — Lloyd’s Agents.

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8 Marine/Seizures & Arrests/Pollution

VANGUARD (U.K.) FISHING VESSELS SEIZED BY make final attempts to settle the London, Sep 11 — Following received AUSTRALIA dispute. If the vessel’s owner and from Coast Guard Stornoway MRSC, Fremantle, Sep 14 — Fishing Volga is mortgage holder can arrange a timed 1835, UTC: Pollutants, apart still at Jervoise Bay. — Lloyd’s Agents. settlement, Singal will be asked to from small quantities of hydraulics and (See issue of May 26.) rescind the order. “We’re hoping to do lubricants, have been removed from tug that,” said Michael Kaplan, a Portland Vanguard. The vessel remains boomed GEPARD (Cyprus) attorney who is representing the off with sorbent boom. Rotterdam, Sep 14 — Tug Gepard, last vessel’s French owner, Copropriete du reported under arrest at Flushing Dec Navire Shamrock. “If we can settle the VESTKAPP (Norway) 27 2000, is still under arrest at the port. case with Fortis and the other creditors, Trondheim, Sep 9 — Fosen — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. it’ll be back running the way it did Gjenvinning inform scrapping of fishing before.” The Shamrock made weekly Vestkapp has not started yet, now JERBA (Tunisia) trips between Portland, Boston and scheduled to commence in January, Bizerta, Sep 14 — General cargo Jerba Halifax, shuttling imports and exports 2005. — Lloyd’s Agents. (2003 gt, built 1978), which arrived at packed inside tractor-trailer-size Bizerta on Apr 23, 2003, is still lying at shipping containers. Dozens of Maine VIARSA I (Panama) a waiting berth at Ml Bourguiba yard, companies use the shipping service See under “Miscellaneous.” without an agent. It is reported that she regularly. Lawyers for Fortis Bank and has been abandoned by her crew. Also other creditors, including unpaid crew VIHAN 5 (Vietnam) reported that the vessel is under members, argued for a sale of the See “Typhoon ‘Chaba’ “ under several arrests from agents and some vessel. Crew members are owed about “Weather & Navigation”. other claimants. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. $86,000 in wages that were not paid this summer. The crew has remained on WHITE SANDS (U.K.) KAVO MALEAS (Malta) the vessel while it has been anchored in London, Sep 9 — Following received Bucharest, Sep 14 — Bulk Kavo Portland Harbour, and has been paid by from Coastguard Falmouth MRCC, Maleas, last reported under repair at a custodial agent since the ship was timed 2130, UTC: A mayday has been Constantza on Jul 14 2003, is still in seized on Jul 20. Kaplan argued for issued by fishing White Sands (262 gt, Constantza port. Unconfirmed reports more time to work out a settlement built 1975), GFNY, with 10 persons on are that there is a dispute between her before the Shamrock is sold. He also board, in position lat 13 58N, long 20 former owners and the present owners, said that the dispute is a complex legal 10W. Vessel is experiencing water Petromin SA, Constantza. — Lloyd’s matter that should be decided in a ingress through stern area, but states Agents. French court, and that Shamrock’s “they are currently coping”. Current owner may countersue Fortis Bank for intentions of crew are unknown. A RESHID BEHBUDOV (Azerbaijan) repossessing the vessel too soon. As hospital ship, has diverted and is in due Mersin, Sep 13 — General cargo hopes for a settlement appear to fade, on scene in around nine hours. Madrid Reshid Behbudov (3714 gt, built 1977) cargo carriers are seeking other vessels MRCC are co-ordinating. is currently under arrest in Mersin that can carry goods in and out of London, Sep 10 — Following received Roads. It was arrested after completing Portland Harbour. A barge made a few from Madrid MRCC, timed 1100, UTC: discharge operations at 1115, Sep 7. It trips between Portland and New York, Fishing White Sands: Hospital ship waited in port for two days, then shifted but most cargo is now being trucked, at Esperanza del Mar arrived at casualty’s to the roads Sep 9. According to higher costs, between Maine and Boston position, in lat 14 19N, long 18 50W, information received, vessel was or New York. about 0900, UTC, today. There are arrested by Bakirkoy 6 Court for claims planning to tow vessel to Dakar. department upon application made by SKANDI PMS 2 (Cayman Islands) Saka-Korkmaz Pazarlama AS against London, Sep 14 — Tug/supply Skandi money owed to them by the Azerbaijani PMS 2 was reported arriving at Port WINNER I (Panama) Government. — Lloyd’s Agents. Said on Aug 11 and sailing the See “Typhoon ‘Chaba’ “ under following day. Vessel was next reported “Weather & Navigation”. SEA SHUTTLE (Malta) arriving back at Port Said on Aug 29, Naples, Sep 13 — General cargo Sea sailing on Aug 30. ZIEMIA SUWALSKA (Liberia) Shuttle is still under arrest in Naples. London, Sep 15 — Bulk Ziemia — Lloyd’s Agents. TVILLINGER Suwalska (16696 gt, built 1984) lost Trieste, Sep 9 — General cargo main engine power while upbound SEAGREEN (Cyprus) Tvillinger is still under arrest in between Lock 1 and Lock 2 in the London, Sep 13 — C.c. Seagreen is Trieste. Situation unchanged. — Lloyd’s Welland Canal at 1220, Sep 5. Bow and today reported still at South East Agents. stern anchors were dropped. Vessel was Lamma Anchorage, Hong Kong, under secured for engine repairs. (Note — arrest. VOLGA Ziemia Suwalska sailed Ymuiden Aug See “Fishing Vessels Seized by 23 and subsequently arrived Thunder SHAMROCK Australia.” Bay Sep 12.) (French Southern Territories) London, Sep 16 — A press report, dated today, states: Ro/ro Shamrock, the vessel that has been detained in Portland Harbour for the last eight weeks, will be put up for auction Nov 12 unless an international legal dispute can be settled first. US District Judge George Singal ruled Monday (Sep 13) that the vessel should be sold to pay AUKUREN BRITTANY, FRANCE debts even before the final resolution of London, Sep 14 — Crude oil tanker (St. Vincent & Grenadines) the legal claims against its owner. Oslo, Sep 7 — Cement Aukuren is still Atlantic Hero (51984 gt, built 1992) was Fortis Bank of the Netherlands went to last night in detention at the French in port at Fredrikstad, under arrest.. — court to have the vessel seized in Lloyd’s Agents. port of Le Havre pending settlement of Portland Harbour after the Shamrock’s an expected 300,000 Euros bail owner defaulted on the ship’s mortgage. FILIPPOS (Paraguay) payment, for alleged pollution offences Fortis Bank is demanding that the off the coast of Brittany. It is thought Rio Grande, Jul 28 — C.c. Filippos is owner pay $14 million in principal and still under arrest in Porto Alegre by the that the vessel was en route for Le interest. The 60-day notice of an Havre from Novorossiysk on Friday judiciary. No prospects are known, for auction allows time to advertise the its release. — Lloyd’s Agents. 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9 Pollution/Weather & Navigation the western tip of the Brittany French ship inspectors visited the the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), peninsula. The crew of the aircraft vessel Sep 11 and 13. MOL Tankships, sources said. The report also said the reported seeing an 11 km-long pollution operators of the vessel, are sure that committee procured fuel-mixed water slick in the wake of the Atlantic Hero, they will confirm that the vessel’s oily from eight points of the river and after which was carrying 80,000 tonnes of water separator was fully functional the chemical test of the samples of crude oil. It was accompanied into the and the Oil Record Book and associated water it was found that the fuel-mixed port of Le Havre, where it arrived on documents were free of deficiency. The water was harmful for the flora and Saturday evening, by a maritime reports of pollution were made by a fauna. The report further said that, due gendarmerie patrol boat. Investigations French patrol aircraft. The vessel to heavy disposal of fuel, it has created to determine the cause of the pollution subsequently reported that, at the time an adverse effect on trees and bushes in were continuing aboard the vessel in of the overflight, it was engaged in the the adjoining areas of the river. the port of Le Havre yesterday. The legal, routine discharge of bilge water, office of the prosecutor in Brest controlled by the oily water separator indicated that, if the pollution was later found, during the inspection on found to have been deliberate, the Sep 11, to be working correctly. It is master of the Atlantic Hero would be thought that the pollution report arose summoned to appear before the Brest as the vessel was simultaneously high court at a later date. A Brest- discharging water from segregated based environmental protection ballast tanks, producing some organisation called yesterday for bail to discoloration (mud) in the vessel’s wake. be set on the basis of current oil prices, This did not breach MARPOL and other BANGLADESH estimating the value of the cargo of the regulations. On arrival at Le Havre Sep London, Sep 13 — A press report, Atlantic Heroat $20m. Mor Glaz, an 11, Atlantic Hero discharged its cargo of dated yesterday, states: Heavy rains organisation led by local seafarers’ crude oil, loaded at Novorossiysk, as accompanied by strong winds have trade union leader, Jean-Paul planned. The vessel was cleared for begun lashing Bangladesh, killing at Hellequin, claimed that recent penalties departure following inspection and the least eight people and prompting imposed by French courts for waste deposit of a Euro 300,000 bond. The warnings to fishermen to stay close to dumping at sea were not sufficiently company envisages that the matter will shore, officials said today. The rains, dissuasive. It said it would take civil be concluded when a hearing takes caused by the formation of a low- action on its account against the owners place at Brest in February 2005, to pressure system in the Bay of Bengal, and operators of the Atlantic Hero, consider submissions by the company began Saturday and were expected to adding: “The association Mor Glaz and master, together with the findings last for two or three days, weather recalls that a well maintained ship with of the ship inspector. officials said. Two women and three a good owner and a good crew does not babies were killed in a pre-dawn pollute.” (Note — Atlantic Hero passed CILACAP, INDONESIA landslide yesterday triggered by Cape Finisterre north Sep 9, See Lucky Lady under “Marine.” incessant rainfall in the southeastern Novorossiysk for Le Havre.) port city of Chittagong, police and fire London, Sep — A Mitsui OSK Lines- DURBAN AREA, SOUTH AFRICA brigade officials said. In the controlled oil tanker, detained at the London, Sep 13 — A press report, northwestern town Sirajgonj, three weekend after French coast guard dated Sep 9, states: At least five tons of people died and about 30 were missing officials said it had left an 11-km long crude oil leaked into the sea off the when a boat sank in a swollen Jamuna oil slick off the Brittany coast, has been Reunion coast between Isipingo and the river. allowed to resume its journey after Bluff south of Durban yesterday. London, Sep 14 — A press report, paying a 300,000-euro ($367,035) fine, According to South Africa’s largest dated today, sttaes: A departing the firm said today. The coast guard crude oil refinery, SAPREF, it occurred monsoon has brought unusually heavy officials said earlier that the at the single buoy mooring where rain across Bangladesh, threatening Panamanian-owned and flagged crude tankers usually discharged crude oil fresh flooding in areas that have just oil tanker Atlantic Hero had been held into pipelines for transport to storage resurfaced from the country’s worst in the French port of Le Havre pending facilities. SAPREF spokesperson Laura deluge in 15 years, meteorology officials the settlement of the sum. They said Rossler said the spill happened about said yesterday. In the capital, Dhaka, the tanker, carrying some 80,000 tonnes two-and-a-half kilometres out at sea. officials recorded 272 mm of rainfall of Urals crude oil from the Black Sea Rossler said some of the oil had polluted since Sunday (Sep 12) morning, with port of Novorossiisk, was spotted by the beach north of the Umlazi canal on most roads flooded. Shops, schools and marine patrol aircraft on Friday (Sep Wednesday evening. “Our standby many offices were closed. Strong winds 10) off the western tip off Brittany with emergency crew will start clean up and rain flattened or swept away nearly the slick in its wake. The company activities at first light tomorrow 300 wood and tin houses on the denied the oil tanker was responsible morning. First indications are that the outskirts Chittagong yesterday, injuring for the slick and said the crew acted cause was a damaged gasket in a flange about 20 people, locals said. Unusually within the law. It said it would contest on one of the hoses that connect to the heavy showers have swept the country the fine at a court hearing in February. ship.” Meanwhile the South Durban for the past four days. An official said “The company has co-operated fully Community Environmental Alliance the rain was likely to continue for a few with authorities and is confident that condemned the spill, saying Shell and more days, and could drive some rivers no pollution took place,” said a BP had failed to honour their back above danger levels. Farmers who spokesman for Mitsui OSK Lines. He commitment to improving conditions in had hurriedly planted rice and other said the slick was caused by the the area. crops in the wake of floods two months discharge of “waste water from the ago now see them in turn being lower end of the ship containing oil up KARNAPHULI RIVER, damaged.Government officials to the legal limit”. At the same time, he BANGLADESH estimated that the floods had cost the said the tanker was flushing its ballast London, Sep 12 — A press report, impoverished country around $7 billion tanks with water containing mud, dated Sep 11, states: The Department of (BD2.65bn) in losses to agriculture, which, appearing discoloured, could Environment (DOE) has submitted its industry and infrastructure. The World have looked like oil to patrol aircraft. — inquiry report on the disposal of fuel Bank and the Asian Development Bank Reuters. from crude oil tanker Banglar were making a final assessment of the London, Sep 16 — Following received Shourabh into the Karnaphuli River. damage, they said. Torrential rains from the operators of crude oil tanker The report said such disposal of fuel has have also hampered a search for about Atlantic Hero, dated Sep 15: Atlantic caused pollution of water in the river 20 people missing after a ferry sank on Hero departed Le Havre Sep 14 and it recommended realisation of Sunday in the Jamuna river, near following the completion of compensation from the BSC. The Sirajganj, in which at least seven investigations into an allegation that it committee, led by Md Mostafizur people died. A landslide killed five was involved in an operational pollution Rahman, Senior Chemist of the DOE, members of a family in Chittagong, also incident in the Bay of Biscay Sep 10. Chittagong, handed over the report to on Sunday. Energy officials said A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779.

10 Weather & Navigation yesterday stormy weather had Kalam Azad said the rise in the Gumti ship it back to New Zealand for prevented engineers from reaching an river had affected about 400,000 repairs,” he said. “We are fortunate to offshore gas field in the Bay of Bengal villagers, but warned that the breach have NZL81 and GER68 nearing to plug a hydraulic leak that has halved was widening and the number was completion in Auckland so we can still gas production. likely to rise. A senior Dhaka weather have a full testing programme over the London, Sep 15 — A press report, official said rough weather conditions New Zealand summer.” dated today, states: The heaviest rain to would prevail for at least two more sweep Bangladesh in at least five years days. This week’s deluge also forced HURRICANE “FRANCES” flooded most of the capital yesterday, thousands of families to flee their London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated bringing more misery to a country still homes in a middle class Dhaka suburb today, states: The U.S. Coast Guard has recovering from the worst floods in 15 known as the DND embankment area, givn approval for vessels to return to years. City officials and witnesses said home to more than one million people. the basin at Port Canaveral (following many of Dhaka’s streets were under Officials said at least 17,000 people the passage of hurricane “Frances”). water up to thigh-deep, forcing most took shelter on an embankment and in However, boat ramps remain closed. In residents to stay home and government high-rise buildings. — Reuters. addition, the channel remains closed to offices to remain shut. The Dhaka all vessels, with no marine transit weather office said nearly 350mm of CANADA allowed east of the basin into or from rain was recorded in the capital since London, Sep 16 — A press report, the ocean. Navigational aids are being Sunday (Sep 12). A similar amount had dated Sep 14, states: Torrential rains checked and bottom surveys continue to fallen across many other parts of the across Quebec in the recent months determine when Port Canaveral can country. The rain was expected to willl cost the provincial government safely re-open to cruise and cargo ships. continue for a few more days. Airport more than $14 million this year. Since Canaveral Harbor was evacuated last officials said at least 25 domestic and Apr 1, the government has spent $4 Friday (Sep 3) in advance of Hurricane international flights had been delayed million on emergency relief for flood Frances. As a result of the storm, sand or cancelled since Monday. Ferry and victims. A further $10 million in claims in the channel and other navigational train services were also disrupted. is expected to be processed. hazards forced Port Canaveral to close Schools, shops and many offices were to all vessel traffic. closed. Six people were reported to have CHINA London, Sep 10 — A press report, died in the capital from electrocution London, Sep 10 — A press report, dated Sep 9, states: The remnants of and a wall collapse on Monday. dated today, states: Residents in south- hurricane “Frances” washed out water Hundreds of families in Dhaka rushed west China have started mopping up lines or sanitation systems in several to store drinking water and buy and rebuilding after some of the worst mountain towns, leaving tens of emergency supplies after floodwaters storms devastated the region, killing at thousands of people without drinking inundated water pumps. “The situation least 189 people. Downstream from the water early today. Flooding throughout is much worse now than was during the worst-hit communities, a further the Appalachian Mountains contributed recent floods,” Mohammad Akhtar, disaster was averted when the massive to two deaths in Ohio. As it lurched maintenance supervisor at a Dhaka Three Gorges Dam project survived northward since striking Florida over multi-storey housing complex, said intact when the largest flood peak of the weekend (Sep 4-5), the storm yesterday. Some rivers have already the year passed without incident. More brought heavy rainfall across much of burst their banks while water levels in than 20 sluice gates were opened to the East, including up to 16.6 inches of other rivers were rising fast, Dhaka’s release water at the dam when it rain in western North Carolina. More flood warning centre said. The latest climbed above warning levels. The than 200 roads throughout the region rains have inundated many areas China News Service says the water were still impassable today because of flooded in July. Farmers who had level is now falling in most regions and floods, debris or rock slides. Among hurriedly planted rice and other crops the dam can be re-opened for navigation them was the Blue Ridge Parkway, a in the wake of floods two months ago today. Upstream in Sichuan province scenic highway that links Smoky now see them being damaged. All and Chongqing municipality, clean-up Mountains and Shenendoah national schools, government, semi-government efforts are underway after almost a parks. The flooding was the worst and autonomous offices in Dhaka would week of torrential rains left a trail of Buncombe County has seen for many remain closed yesterday, a government destruction. Official media says more decades, said Jerry VeHaun, emergency statement said. (See issue of Sep 15.) than 11 million people have been services director for the county that Dhaka, Sep 16 — A rain-swollen river affected and economic losses are includes Asheville. The regional water in Bangladesh has burst its banks, expected to exceed $US470 million. authority counties lost all transmission sending torrents of water through more lines from one treatment facility than 100 villages southeast of the FRANCE because of flooding. Asheville officials capital and leaving thousands of people London, Sep 13 — A press report, expected water service to not be homeless, officials said today. They said dated today, states: A severe storm restored until this afternoon at the the sudden collapse of about 100 m of ripped through the Marseille regatta earliest. Other mountain communities the Gumti river embankment late village yesterday severely damaging the reported flood damage to homes and yesterday inundated thousands of Emirates Team New Zealand yacht businesses, and evacuations of low- houses. No deaths or injuries had been NZL82. The yacht and cradle were lying areas. More than 200 people were reported, said an official in nearby knocked over by the wind. The boat rescued from high water by swift-water Comilla town, 150 km from Dhaka. The landed along the top edge of a 12m rescue teams, but no deaths or serious heaviest rainfall in more than half a shipping container, causing severe injuries were reported anywhere in century over the past week, has put impact damage to the port side, Team North Carolina. In Ohio, which large parts of the country, including the New Zealand said in a statement. The reported rainfall of up to seven inches, capital Dhaka, under three to four feet team will not compete in the Valencia a nine-year-old girl drowned yesterday of water. The rain eased yesterday but regatta next month. Alinghi and BMW when she was swept off a footbridge weather officials said there could be Oracle were also knocked off their crossing a rain-swollen stream, and a intermittent showers over the next two cradles in the storm and significantly 65-year-old man died from an apparent days. Local authorities called in the damaged. The other three yachts in an heart attack while trying to pump army to plug the breach on the America’s Cup warm-up regatta in water out of a basement. In western embankment in Devidwar area of Marseille, southern France, were safe. Maryland, the storm brought Comilla district, but officials said there NZL82 will be righted and the full mudslides, road closures and power was little they could do. Haradhan Shil, extent of the damage assessed. Alinghi outages, and in Virginia, tornadoes Comilla district relief officer said: “The and Oracle each have two yachts in associated with “Frances” damaged (army) engineers will try to repair the Europe and will probably compete in homes. Rainfall totalled five inches or breach once the flows start easing,” the next regatta. Team New Zealand more in parts of West Virginia, but adding the soldiers would try to rescue managing director Grant Dalton said problems were minimal, in part because marooned people by using motorised the damage could be repaired, but not an extended dry spell meant streams rafts. Devidwar police officer Abdul in time for the next regatta. “We will were low, officials said.

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11 Weather & Navigation

London, Sep 10 — A press report, prepared for an evacuation tomorrow as tonight. Maximum sustained winds dated today, states: As hurricane Florida braced for a third hurricane have decreased a little to near 145mph “Frances” moved across South Florida, strike in a month. Haiti, the Dominican with higher gusts. “Ivan” is an its winds knocked over trees and Republic, Cuba and the Cayman extremely dangerous Category 4 waterlogged plants at nurseries Islands were also readying for a hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson throughout the area. Nursery owners possible Category 5 storm. Jamaican hurricane scale. Some fluctuations in were still assessing damage yesterday. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson urged intensity are likely during the next 24 Some owners say they’ve lost their Jamaica’s 2.7 million people to get hours, and “Ivan” could regain Category entire inventories; others are hoping to ready. “Ivan” weakened slightly today 5 status as it approaches Jamaica. have power restored so they can save from a Category 5 storm to Category 4, Hurricane force winds extend outward remaining plants and trees with much- but forecasters said it could regain up to 50 miles from the centre, and needed water. The Florida Nursery, strength. Some gas stations in the tropical storm force winds extend Growers & Landscape Association capital ran out of fuel and lines formed outward up to 175 miles. The latest estimates crop and structural damage at food stores. The government ordered estimated minimum central pressure to the industry from “Frances” could be schools closed today and tomorrow and recently measured by reconnaissance as high as $400 million. When combined three universities shut their doors. aircraft is 930 mb, 27.47 inches. Storm with the $100 million to $200 million Emergency managers in the Florida surge flooding of five to eight feet above estimate from hurricane “Charley” Keys ordered evacuation for visitors, a normal tide levels, along with large and three weeks earlier, Florida’s nursery measure taken well in advance because dangerous battering waves, can be and landscape industry has taken a thousands of tourists need time to move expected near the centre of “Ivan” in $450 million to $600 million hit, recreational vehicles and boats up the the hurricane warning area. Rainfall according to the group. only road linking the island chain. The amounts of six to 10 inches, possibly London, Sep 12 — Following 80,000 residents of the Keys were to causing life-threatening flash floods Hurricane “Frances’s” trail of begin evacuating tomorrow morning. and mud slides, can be expected along destruction through Florida, the US The Cayman Islands issued a hurricane the path of “Ivan”. Coast Guard reported yesterday that warning for its 43,000 people today, London, Sep 10 — Following received the ports of Jacksonville and telling them hurricane conditions were from the Meteorological Office, dated Fernandina, as well as the intracoastal possible within 24 hours. “Ivan” today: At 0900, UTC, today, the centre waterway, were again open to vessel slammed into Grenada on Tuesday (Sep of hurricane “Ivan” was located near lat traffic but Port Canaveral remained 7), flattening or badly damaging homes 15.9N, long 74.2W. The position is closed because of out-of-position aids to and cutting power. A US State accurate to within to 10 nautical miles. navigation and shoaling in the channel. Department official said the storm The present movement is toward the The ports had been closed to shipping to killed 20 people. Grenada’s capital, St. west-north-west or 300 degs, at minimize the chances of damage to port George’s, was devastated. Caribbean 11knots. The estimated minimum infrastructure and the marine emergency managers said the island central pressure is 930 mb. The eye environment and to allow for the had no electricity or water and was in diameter is 20 nautical miles. quickest return to normal operations as dire need of communications Maximum sustained winds are 125 safely possible. According to the USCG, equipment, food, tents, tarpaulins and knots with gusts to 155 knots. Radius of ordering of vessels and barges over 500 building materials. “Ivan” was also 64 knot winds: 45 nautical miles in the gross tons out of port and to sea blamed for the death of a woman in north-east and north-west quadrants, prevented the potential for millions of Trinidad and Tobago and a swimmer in 35 nautical miles in the south-east dollars of damage and the possibility of Venezuela. At 1700, EDT (2100, UTC), quadrant and 30 nautical miles in the a large environmental disaster and the hurricane’s centre was about 350 south-west quadrant. At 0600, UTC, waterway obstructions. Along the miles south-east of Kingston, the US Sep 11, the centre is predicted to be shoreline, waterfront terminals National Hurricane centre said. It was near lat 18.0N, long 77.4W, with prepared by taking precautions to moving west-north-west at 15 mph. The maximum winds of 130 knots and gusts prevent cargo and containers from centre’s long-range forecast, which is to 160 knots. washing into the waterway. The subject to change, had “Ivan” reaching London, Sep 10 — A press report, decision to reopen the port was made in Cuba by Sunday, and Florida on dated Sep 9, states: Valero Energy concert with port officials and the Monday. — Reuters. Corp. today said the company’s refinery maritime community and after a London, Sep 10 — A press report, in Aruba was not damaged by the high general assessment of the condition of dated today, states: Extremely winds caused by Hurricane Ivan the ports. Detailed evaluations of the dangerous hurricane “Ivan” is moving yesterday. Valero shut down its port’s shipping channel will continue west-northwestward toward Jamaica. A 275,000-barrel-per-day refinery and and guidelines for ships’ transits will hurricane warning remains in effect for evacuated all 775 employees from the adjust accordingly as repairs are made Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. A storm. Officials with the San Antonio- to the aids to navigation. “I am hurricane watch and a tropical storm based oil refining and marketing convinced that the prevention steps warning remain in effect for the entire company already have begun re- taken were worthwhile,” said Capt. south-west Peninsula of Haiti from the starting the facility and expects the David Lersch, Captain of the Port of border of the Dominican Republic plant to be operating back to normal Jacksonville. “The maritime industry westward, including Port Au Prince. A levels within the next 48 hours. and harbor safety committees’ hurricane watch and a tropical storm Kingston, Jamaica, Sep 11 — Deadly assistance was invaluable to the safe warning are in effect for the Dominican hurricane “Ivan” battered Jamaica with closing and timely re-opening of the Republic from Barahona to Perdenales. powerful winds and torrential rains ports.” A tropical storm watch remains in effect today but spared the island the worst of Freeport, Bahamas, Sep 13 — Crude for the south-western coast of the its wrath as the eye skirted the shore oil tanker Nysa was manoeuvred back Dominican Republic from Palenque and headed for the Cayman Islands and to her berth when the hurricane was westward to Barahona. A hurricane Cuba. The storm felled large trees and over. Understand that she may have watch is in effect for central and poles, flooded streets, swept away sustained some hull damages during eastern Cuba from Matanzas eastward. houses and left the island in the dark. the incident. — Lloyd’s Agents. Tropical storm warnings may be Sporadic shooting broke out on the required for portions of southeastern deserted streets of the capital when HURRICANE “IVAN” Cuba this morning. At 0600, UTC, the looters went on the rampage. “Ivan,” Kingston, Jamaica, Sep 9 — centre of hurricane “Ivan” was located which has already killed 27 people and Jamaicans were scrambling for supplies near lat 15.7N, long 73.8W, or about left a trail of devastation across the and fortifying their homes today as 250 miles south-east of Kingston, Caribbean, veered west just as it hurricane “Ivan” moved nearer with 150 Jamaica. “Ivan” is moving toward the approached Jamaica and skirted the mph winds after killing at least 20 west-north-west near 13mph and this southern shore instead of plowing people on the island of Grenada. general motion is expected to continue through the island. At 0500, EDT, the Tourists fled the Florida Keys and for the next 24 hours. On this track the hurricane’s winds had weakened residents of the 100-mile island chain hurricane will be nearing Jamaica slightly to 150 mph but remained a

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12 Weather & Navigation powerful and deadly Category 4 have spared the island the utter last night and the authorities declared hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of devastation wrought on Grenada. a state of emergency. Hurricane force 1-5. The eye was about 70 miles south “Ivan,” blamed for the deaths of at least winds were expected to begin being felt of Montego Bay, Jamaica, in lat 17.5N, 44 people in the Caribbean, became a early in the morning. At 2300 long 78W, the US National Hurricane rare, top-intensity Category 5 yesterday the centre of “Ivan” was Centre said. The storm was moving hurricane with catastrophic winds of about 105 miles south-east of Grand west-north-west or north-west at about 165 mph as it blasted past Jamaica and Cayman in lat 18.3N, long 80W, the 8 mph and, at this rate, “Ivan” was headed towards the Cayman Islands, national hurricane centre said. It was expected to reach the Cayman Islands Cuba and possibly Florida. The expected to drift west-north-west at in 24 hours before heading for Cuba hurricane was the sixth-strongest about 8 mph. “Ivan” was forecast to hit tomorrow and then to Florida on recorded in the Atlantic basin, Cuba by tomorrow and approach Monday (Sep 13). Forecasters warned according to the US National Florida’s west coast by Tuesday (Sep that within the next 24 hours “Ivan” Hurricane Centre. “It’s definitely one of 14). Cuba began evacuating 200,000 could become a stronger and rare the most powerful hurricanes to have people in the western half of the island. Category 5 hurricane capable of causing occurred in the Atlantic Ocean,” said It appeared the storm would hit key catastrophic damage. The evacuation of hurricane centre meteorologist Gene tobacco-growing areas west of Havana the Florida Keys’ 80,000 residents was Hafele. “Ivan” ripped off roofs across and not the capital itself, where already under way and was the third Jamaica and torrential rains triggered residents jammed shops to buy food big evacuation in Florida in a month. mudslides, washing out roads. The and water and candles. So far, the “Ivan” has already devastated the storm brought trees and poles crashing worst-hit Caribbean island appeared to island of Grenada, where it killed 17 down in the capital, Kingston, where be Grenada. The Red Cross estimated people and damaged 90% of homes. The ravines overflowed and flooded streets. 60,000 of Grenada’s 90,000 people were island remained without power or water Near Kingston airport at Harbour left homeless. The island has been and was under a dusk-to-dawn curfew View, a giant storm surge gutted a row without power or water and under a after widespread looting. Residents on of beachfront homes and dumped beach nighttime curfew since “Ivan” struck foot or in battered cars scoured the sand on roads. Aid agencies and last Tuesday. The State Department island in search of water, food and officials said they were still trying to sent charter flights yesterday to gasoline. “Ivan” also killed at least one find out what had happened in the evacuate 1,400 stranded Americans, person in Jamaica, four in Venezuela, south-eastern parish of St. Thomas, many of them medical students. In four in the Dominican Republic and one one of the hardest-hit areas, and St. addition to 19 confirmed deaths in in Tobago. In the Cayman Islands, a Elizabeth in the south-west. Jamaica’s Grenada and 16 in Jamaica, four major offshore financial centre, most death toll rose to 16 and included people died in Venezuela, four in the schools and businesses, including people whose houses collapsed when Dominican Republic and one in Tobago. banks, were boarded up. Some trees fell on them and others who — Reuters. apartment complexes ordered residents drowned when flashfloods washed London, Sep 12 — Following received to evacuate. — Reuters. through their homes. However, the from the Meteorological Office: London, Sep 11 — A press report, hurricane gave Jamaica’s 2.7 million Hurricane “Ivan”, situation at 0900, dated today, states: Hurricane “Ivan” people a slight, last-minute reprieve by UTC: A hurricane warning remains in lashed Jamaica with monstrous waves, veering westward, keeping the worst effect for the Cayman Islands. A driving rain and winds nearing 155 winds off the south coast and away hurricane warning remains in effect for mph today, killing at least five people as from Kingston, where tens of Cuba from Pinar del Rio to Ciego de it washed away homes and tore roofs off thousands of people live in flimsy Avila, including the Isle of Youth. A houses and trees from the ground, but shanties. Jamaican police made 28 hurricane warning means that unexpectedly spared the island from a arrests as they battled looting that hurricane conditions are expected direct hit. In the storm’s wake, erupted during the storm. Two men within the warning area within the authorities in Grenada found another were shot dead by police in gunfights next 24 hours. Preparations to protect eight bodies, raising the toll on the when officers tried to retrieve stolen life and property should be rushed to island to 34 dead and the toll across the goods. Robbers held up emergency completion. A hurricane watch remains Caribbean to 50. In the Jamaican workers at gunpoint, shooting and in effect for the rest of Cuba. A capital, Kingston, sporadic looting and injuring one doctor as she slowed her hurricane watch means that hurricane gunfire erupted overnight and car in rising water. The Category 5 conditions are possible within the watch continued this morning. Looters carried storm, capable of destroying buildings, area, generally within 36 hours. A boxes of groceries from a smashed remained on course to hit the Cayman tropical storm warning remains in storefront. A 10-year-old girl drowned Islands and Cuba. It also threatened effect for Jamaica but is likely to be in Old Harbor, just east of Kingston, Florida with its third big hurricane lowered later this morning. Interests in and a woman was killed in the capital strike in a month, after “Charley” and the north-western Caribbean Sea, as by a tree that struck her home. Police “Frances,” which together caused an well as in the eastern Gulf of Mexico said three other people, a man, a estimated $9.4 billion to $11.4 billion in should closely monitor the progress of woman and a baby, drowned in insured damages. Evacuations were this extremely dangerous hurricane. Clarendon parish, just west of almost complete in the Florida Keys, Hurricane centre located near lat Kingston. Jamaica was saved the full where officials ordered tourists and 18.6N, long 80.8W, at 0900, UTC. brunt of “Ivan” by an unexpected 80,000 residents out of the 100-mile- Position accurate within 10 nautical wobble and lurch to the west overnight. long island chain. Mexico began miles. Present movement towards the Forecasters warned it could still move evacuating some 2,250 people from a west-north-west, or 290 deg, at eight back to its predicted course and hit small island off the Yucatan. In the knots. Estimated minimum central Florida. At 1400, EDT, today, the eye of Cayman Islands, authorities told pressure 918 mb. Eye diameter 15 “Ivan” was about 40 miles west-south- coastal dwellers to flee battering waves nautical miles. Maximum sustained west of Jamaica’s western tip and and a 15-foot storm surge as the winds 135 knots with gusts to 165 sustained winds were at 145 mph. After hurricane’s wobbly track put Grand knots. Radius of 64-knot winds 80 miles drifting west for the past few hours, it Cayman, the largest of the territory’s north-east, 45 miles south-east, 25 was expected to resume a west-north- three islands, in greatest danger. “We miles south-west and 55 miles north- west track at around eight miles per are looking at potentially catastrophic west. Radius of 50-knot winds 100 miles hour. Meteorologist expected it move conditions,” said James Ryan, north-east, 70 miles south-east, 70 near or over the Caiman Islands chairman of the Caymans hurricane miles south-west and 95 miles north- tomorrow. committee. Most of the residents of the west. Radius of 34-knot winds 150 miles Kingston, Jamaica, Sep 12 — smallest island, Little Cayman, had north-east, 100 miles south-east, 100 Hurricane “Ivan,” one of the most been brought over to shelters on Grand miles south-west and 150 miles north- powerful storms to batter the Cayman, said committee spokeswoman west. Radius of 12-ft seas 360 miles Caribbean, gutted homes, washed away Joan Scott-Campbell. Public storm north-east, 180 miles south-east, 180 roads and killed at least 16 people in shelters rapidly filled up as winds of up miles south-west and 200 miles north- Jamaica yesterday but appeared to to 50 mph began to hit Grand Cayman west. The centre is forecast to be in lat

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20.6N, long 83W, at 0600, UTC, Sep 13. George Town, Cayman Islands, Sep 13 accurate to within 15 nautical miles. Maximum winds 145 knots with gusts — Hurricane “Ivan” moved toward The present movement is toward the to 175 knots. Cuba today after pummelling the west-north-west or 300 degs at eight London, Serp 12 — A press report, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada knots. The estimated minimum central dated today, states: Hurricane “Ivan” is on a track that eventually will bring it pressure is 920 mb. The eye diameter is battering the Cayman Islands en route to the U.S. coast. “Ivan”, has sustained 35 nautical miles. The maximum to Cuba, after moving on from Jamaica, winds near 160 mph andt has killed at sustained winds are 140 knots with where it killed at least 14 people. It is least 47 people. Forecasters said the gusts to 170 knots. The radius of 64 ripping up homes and causing extensive rare and deadly Category 5 hurricane knot winds: 90 nautical miles in the flooding. One of the worst hurricanes was expected to pass near or over north-east quadrant, 75 nautical miles ever seen in the Caribbean, “Ivan” has extreme western Cuba this evening. in the south-east quadrant, 40 nautical weakened to a category-four level, but They warned of a 20-to-25-foot storm miles in the south-west quadrant and is expected to strengthen again. A surge of seawater to the east of where 50 nautical miles in the north-west massive clean-up operation is under the center makes landfall in Cuba. On quadrant. At 0600, UTC, Sep 14, the way in Jamaica after “Ivan” and intense Grand Cayman, the largest of the three centre is predicted to be near lat 26.0N, rain afterwards, wrecked the island. In Cayman Islands, homes and businesses long 87.5W, with maximum sustained the Caymans, some 45,000 residents were flooded, an airport runway was winds of 120 knots and gusts to 145 were hiding in homes and shelters as submerged and roofs were torn off, knots. the hurricane unleashed ferocious witnesses said. There were no London, Sep 14 — Crude oil futures winds, rain and waves of up to 20 feet immediate reports of casualties in the rose on news of anticipated disruption (six metres), while cutting off power Caymans. “Ivan” was headed for of shipments in the Gulf of Mexico, lines, uprooting trees and scattering tobacco-growing regions of western source of a quarter of US oil and gas debris. “We are now experiencing the Cuba or Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula output. Having killed 60 across the full intensity of the storms and today and then toward the United Caribbean, “Ivan” was heading toward conditions are about as bad as they will States, where it could inflict a third Cuba yesterday on a track that will get,” a spokesman for the Grand hurricane strike on Florida within a bring it ashore in Florida or Alabama Cayman-based Hurricane Hotline said. month or curve west toward New sometime Thursday (Sep 16). “We are getting reports of homes being Orleans. The hurricane’s path was Hurricanes “Charley” and “Frances” damaged, tiles missing and roofs lifting unclear, and the most powerful winds caused billions of dollars in property up. So far nobody has been injured but around its eyewall could end up closer damage in Florida. Cuba, still there is lots of flooding from rising to the Yucatan than to Cuba as it recovering from “Charley”, expected tides. A state of emergency has been sweeps into the Gulf of Mexico and hurricane conditions within 24 hours in declared.” Water supplies have been makes an expected northerly turn. At the western portion of the nation. turned off for fear of contamination least 12,000 Jamaicans spent last night Crude oil futures rose as much as 1.9% during the storm. Most residents on the in shelters after huge waves, flash in New York on concern Hurricane smaller islands of Little Cayman and floods or fierce winds wrecked their “Ivan” may disrupt output in the Gulf of Cayman Brac were evacuated to the homes. Looting, which erupted as the Mexico. In Florida, Governor Jeb Bush main island of Grand Cayman. storm hit, appeared under control, as declared a state of emergency. The Yesterday, hundreds boarded charter heavily armed police patrolled. Cuba Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the biggest flights off the low-lying islands. At 1200 evacuated 1.3 million people — more US crude-oil import terminal, reported GMT, the eye of the hurricane, which is than a tenth of its population — and it would stop offloading tankers described as “extremely dangerous”, prepared for 12 inches of rain. Mexico’s yesterday. Royal Dutch/Shell Group, BP, was about 35 miles (55km) south-east of Yucatan peninsula also braced for Exxon Mobil Corp and Kerr-McGee Grand Cayman island, the Miami-based possible high winds, and began Corp began evacuating non-essential National Hurricane Center (NHC) evacuating 12,000 residents and workers from platforms yesterday. said. The NHC added “Ivan” was likely tourists from Isla Mujeres, a resort “Ivan” is forecast to make landfall in to regain a category-five intensity later island eight miles from Cancun. “Ivan” Alabama, closer to rigs than previous in the next 24 hours. “Ivan” was was downgraded to Category 4 on the storms “Charley” and “Frances”. Output moving at a speed of nearly 9mph five-step Saffir-Simpson storm scale as may still be unaffected. Crude oil for (15km/h) with maximum sustained it hit the Caymans but strengthened October delivery jumped 74 cents, or wind speeds decreasing to 250km/h again to a rare Category 5 last night. It 1.7%, to 43.55 a barrel at 1402, London (155mph), with higher gusts. Its centre was unlikely to reach U.S. shores as a time on the New York Mercantile is expected to move over or very near Category 5, the U.S. National Exchange, Bloomberg reported. It has the island of Grand Cayman within the Hurricane Center said. “Ivan”’s center gained 34% this year. Brent crude for next few hours. It is moving towards was about 160 miles south-east of the October settlement rose 60 cents to the west-north-west and a turn western tip of Cuba, in lat 19.9N, long $40.80 a barrel on London’s towards the north-west is expected 83.5W and moving west-north-west International Petroleum Exchange. during the next 24 hours, the NCH near nine mph at 0200 hrs, (0600, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Sep 14 — said. Hurricane toll: Grenada: At least UTC), the U.S. National Hurricane Hurricane “Ivan” churned northward 17 dead. Venezuela: Five killed. Center reported. — Reuters. into the Gulf of Mexico today on a track Jamaica: 14 killed. Dominican London, Sep 13 — Following received for the U.S. coast after ripping off roofs Republic: 4 killed. Tobago: One killed. from the Meteorological Office, dated and downing trees and power lines as it With the intense driving rain that today: Hurricane “Ivan”: A hurricane brushed past western Cuba. There were followed it, flooding is continuing to be warning remains in effect for Cuba from no reported casualties on the island the main problem in Jamaica and Pinar del Rio to Ciego de Avila from the giant storm, the most powerful many parts remain cut off from the including the Isle of Youth. A hurricane to hit Cuba in living memory. After a rest of the island. Homes and roads watch remains in effect for the rest of Caribbean rampage that killed at least were swept away in flooding caused by Cuba. At 0900, UTC, today the 68 people and left behind vast damage, heavy rain and huge waves up to 23- government of Mexico issued a “Ivan” was expected to make landfall in feet (seven metres) high. Of the half a hurricane warning for the north- the United States as early as tomorrow million people in the exposed eastern eastern Yucatan peninsula from Tulum night, prompting forecasters to post a shores who had been urged to move to Progreso. A hurricane warning hurricane watch from the Florida into shelters, many ignored the advice remains in effect for the Cayman Panhandle to west of New Orleans in fearing their homes might be looted. In Islands, but will likely be lowered later Louisiana. The powerful core of “Ivan”, Kingston, there had been reports of today. A tropical storm watch remains a rare Category 5 hurricane with winds looting, but police were primarily in effect for the Florida Keys from the near 160 mph, passed over concerned with rescue work. There is Seven Mile bridge westward to the Dry Guanahacabibes peninsula, a sparsely no electricity and many places are Tortugas. This watch could be lowered populated national park in western without water. The country’s two later today. At 0600, UTC, today, the Cuba. Vicious winds and pounding seas international airports are not centre of “Ivan” was located near lat further from “Ivan”’s center pummeled scheduled to re-open until tomorrow. 19.9N, long 83.5W. The position is the tobacco-growing province of Pinar

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14 Weather & Navigation del Rio. The sea surged 600 yards centre is predicted to be near lat 26.0N, and traders said shipments could be inland at some points and the beach long 87.7W, with maximum winds of halted for five days. Florida authorities, and diving centre of Maria la Gorda was 135 knots and gusts to 165 knots. preparing for a possible third hurricane hit by an 11-foot surge, officials said. At London, Sep 15 — Gulf of Mexico oil strike in just over a month, told about 0200 hrs, (0600, UTC), the eye of “Ivan” and gas producers are bracing 543,000 people to evacuate mobile was about 55 miles northwest of the themselves for Hurricane “Ivan”, homes and flood-prone coastal areas in western tip of Cuba at lat 22.4N, long shutting down production platforms and at least 10 western counties. “Ivan” was 85.6W and moving north-west near nine evacuating staff. Around 20 oil majors forecast to roar ashore late today or mph, the U.S. hurricane center said. and independents have evacuated early tomorow, on or near the border Cuban authorities had evacuated 1.3 platforms and drilling rigs operating in between Mississippi and Alabama. The million of the country’s 11 million the eastern and central parts of the nearest cities include Biloxi and people before “Ivan” took a more region and more are expected to close Pascagoula, Mississippi and Mobile, westerly path than first predicted. today as the hurricane sweeps in Alabama. “Ivan” had weakened slightly There were no reported deaths or even towards the Gulf Coast after skirting as it moved north but was still a injuries. However, “Ivan”’s death toll Cuba. Shell Oil has closed 270,000 dangerous Category 4 storm on the five- rose to 68 as Haiti reported three barrels per day of oil output from its step hurricane intensity scale, the U.S. storm-related deaths and the Pan tension-leg platforms, while US majors National Hurricane Center said, but by American Health Organization said 37 ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil have the time it reach shore it was expected people had died in Grenada. Nineteen closed facilities. ChevronTexaco has to have dropped to a Category 3 were killed in Jamaica, four in shut one of the region’s largest strength. “Ivan”’s hurricane-force winds Venezuela, four in the Dominican refineries, the 355,000 bpd Pascagoula extended 105 miles. At 0200 hrs (0600, Republic and one in Tobago. Meanwhile, plant, while ExxonMobil is expected to UTC), Ivan’s eye was about 265 miles in the Mexican beach resort Cancun on close the Chalmette refinery. Dallas- south-south-east of the mouth of the the Yucatan peninsula thousands of based Pioneer Natural Resources has Mississippi River at lat 25.6N, long residents and visitors were evacuated shut down its Devil’s Tower spar and 87.4W. It was moving north-north-west as heavy rains and choppy seas the deepwater Canyon Express gas at about 12 mph, the hurricane center pounded the coast. Flights to Cancun project. Murphy Oil has shut down said. — Reuters. had been cancelled amid fears of major operations on the Medusa and Front London, Sep 15 — Following received damage, and tourists were warned to Runner spars, a spokeswoman from the Meteorological Office, dated stay in their hotels. The small confirmed. Its partner, Spinnaker, is today: Hurricane “Ivan”: A hurricane Caribbean island of Cozumel, one of the expecting these facilities to be closed for warning is in effect from Grand Isle, world’s leading diving centres, was cut up to ten days depending on the track of Louisiana to Apalachicola, Florida, off from the mainland. But Cancun the hurricane. Newfield Exploration has including the greater New Orleans area airport remained open, as did Mexico’s shut down a quarter of its gas and Lake Pontchartrain. A hurricane main oil exporting ports. “Ivan”’s track producing assets in the region and watch remains in effect from Morgan was expected to take it to the U.S. Gulf suspended drilling on two rigs. City, Louisiana to west of Grand Isle. A coast between the Mississippi Delta and Remington Oil has shut down almost all tropical storm warning is in effect from Florida Panhandle by tomorrow. If it of its offshore facilities. When Intracoastal City, Louisiana to west of does not curve west, the storm could Hurricane “Charley” crashed through Grand Isle and from east of inflict a third hurricane strike on the region in August, over 40 companies Apalachicola to Yankeetown, Florida. At Florida within a month. Authorities in shut down 154 platforms and 32 rigs, 0900, UTC, today, the centre of the Florida Keys allowed evacuated closing off output of 480,000 barrels of hurricane “Ivan” was located near lat residents to return to the island chain. oil and 1.1bn cu ft of gas per day, said 26.1N, long 87.8W. The position is But officials warned that at least 1.7 the Minerals Management Service. The accurate to within 15 nautical miles. million people in fragile mobile homes Gulf of Mexico’s daily production is Present movement is toward the north- or low-lying areas were at risk along around 1.7m barrels of oil and 12.3bn cu north-west or 340 degs at 10 knots. Florida’s Gulf Coast. — Reuters. ft of gas per day, said the MMS. Estimated minimum central pressure London, Sep 14 — Following received Miami, Sep 15 — Authorities urged 938 mb. Eye diameter is 25 nautical from the Meteorological Office, dated millions of people from New Orleans to miles. The maximum sustained winds today: Hurricane “Ivan”: A hurricane northwest Florida to flee as hurricane are 120 knots with gusts to 145 knots. warning remains in effect for the Cuban “Ivan” churned through the Gulf of The radius of 64 knot winds: 90 nautical provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, Mexico on a track that could bring it miles in the north-east and south-east including the city of Havana and the onto the U.S. coast by tonight. As quadrants, 60 nautical miles in the Isle of Youth. A hurricane warning thousands of coastal residents of south-west quadrant and 75 nautical remains in effect for the north-eastern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and miles in the north-west quadrant. At Yucatan peninsula from Tulum to Louisiana choked roads to higher 0600, UTC, Sep 16, the centre is Progreso but will likely be discontinued ground, the U.S. Census Bureau predicted to be near lat 29.6N, long later today. A tropical storm watch estimated that more than 6.1 million 88.2W, with maximum sustained winds remains in effect for the Florida Keys people may be affected by the large and of 120 knots and gusts to 145 knots. from the Seven Mile Bridge westward, extremely dangerous storm. Anxiety Grand Cayman, Sep 15 — State of including the Dry Tortugas. A hurricane ran especially high in New Orleans. emergency exists in the Cayman watch remains in effect for the northern Mayor Ray Nagin said “Ivan” could Islands due hurricane “Ivan.” A curfew Gulf of Mexico coast from Morgan City, flood New Orleans with up to 18 feet of is in force from 1800 to 0600 hrs. Much Louisiana, eastward to St.Marks, water and urged people to leave. destruction on roads, coast and Florida, including greater New Orleans, “Ivan”’s top sustained winds were near property. No casualties reported. Louisiana. At 0900, UTC, today, the 140 mph at 0200 hrs (0600, UTC). Airport was reopened yesterday. Power centre of “Ivan” was located near 22.6N, Forecasters said water levels were still out, however, hopefully to restore long 86.0W. The position is accurate to already running up to one foot above some power today. — Lloyd’s Agents. within 15 nautical miles. The present normal along the north Gulf Coast. London, Sep 16 — Five ports and over movement is toward the north-west, or Authorities placed a long stretch of half of the Gulf of Mexico’s production 320 degs, at eight knots. The estimated coast from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to platforms are closed ahead of Hurricane minimum central pressure is 924 mb Apalachicola, Florida, under a “Ivan”, which is due to hit the region and the eye diameter is 20 nautical hurricane warning. Oil companies this morning. The US Coast Guard has miles. The maximum sustained winds plucked thousands of workers from closed the ports of Houston, Texas, are 140 knots, with gusts to 170 knots. offshore platforms and shut down some Mobile in Alabama, Panama City and The radius of 64 knot winds is 85 refineries and rigs in the Gulf, home of Pensacola in Florida, plus Gulfport and nautical miles in the north-east and about a quarter of the U.S. oil and gas Pascagoula in Mississippi state as a south-east quadrants, 50 nautical miles output. “Ivan”’s menacing presence safety precaution ahead of the storm. It in the south-west quadrant and 75 helped push up world oil prices by more has also restricted river traffic along nautical miles in the north-west than 50 cents a barrell. U.S. grain the Mississippi in Louisiana. The US quadrant. At 0600, UTC, Sep 15, the exports via the Gulf were shut down, government has declared a state of

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15 Weather & Navigation emergency in Louisiana, Alabama and storm warning. A hurricane warning miles in all four quadrants. At 0600, Florida, while residents from the Gulf remains in effect from the mouth of the UTC, Sep 17, the centre is predicted to coast are fleeing. According to the US Pearl River to Apalachicola, Florida. A be near lat 21.8N, long 111.6W, with Minerals Management Service 382 tropical storm warning remains in effect maximum sustained winds of 80 knots platforms and 60 drilling rigs working from east of Apalachicola to and gusts to 100 knots. in the eastern and central areas of the Yankeetown, Florida and for the mouth Gulf of Mexico have been forced to close of the Pearl River to Grand Isle. At IRAQ due to the hurricane. This has meant 0900, UTC, today, the hurricane centre London, Sep 15 — A press report, the region, which produces around 1.7m was located near lat 30.9N, long 87.7W. dated today, states: Basrah Oil barrels of oil per day, will be pumping The position is accurate to within 15 Terminal has restarted loading with out 1m bpd less until the beginning of nautical miles. The present movement total flow rate 71,000 bbls/hr. Berthing next week. This is equivalent to nearly is toward the north or 10 degs at 12 of vessels at the terminal had been a fifth of the US’s total oil production knots. The estimated minimum central suspended on Sunday (Sep 12), due to and could mean more demand for short- pressure is 947 mb and the eye rough weather. term imports. Key refineries are also diameter is 35 nautical miles. The shut down and gas output from the Gulf maximum sustained winds are 100 ROMANIA will be down by a third. knots, with gusts to 120 knots. The Bucharest, Sep 10 — The Sulina Mobile, Ala., Sep 16 — Hurricane radius of 64 knot winds: 90 nautical Channel was closed at 0715 hrs, today, “Ivan” slammed into the U.S. Gulf miles in the north-east and south-east due to bad weather. Winds: north- Coast today with destructive winds and quadrants, 75 natical miles in the northeast, force seven. — Lloyd’s pounding waves that ripped away south-west quadrant and 50 nauticail Agents. beachfront homes, flooded deep inland miles in the north-west quadrant. At and spawned tornadoes that killed at 0600, UTC, the centre is predicted to be SOUTH KOREA least two people. Even before the eye of near lat 34.7N, long 86.2W, with London, Sep 14 — A press report, the enormous storm hit shore, “Ivan”’s (inland) maximum sustained winds of dated today, states: Up to 415 wrath was felt over a 400-mile stretch 35 knots and gusts to 45 knots. millimetres of rain fell on Cheju island of the coast fromNew Orleans to the over the weekend (Sep 11-12), flooding Florida Panhandle as vicious winds and HURRICANE “JAVIER” 638 houses and stores and 7,425 heavy rain flattened trees and cut London, Sep 12 — Following received hectares of farmland. Property damages power to tens of thousands. The centre from the Meteorological Office: Tropical were estimated at more than 1.2 billion of the Category 4 storm was roaring storm “Javier”: Tropical storm centre won. The Korea Meteorological over barrier islands near the located near lat 12.3N, long 102W, at Administration (KMA) on Sunday said Mississippi-Alabama border well before 0900, UTC, Sep 12. Position accurate to that Tosanni in southern Cheju dawn. Towering waves, torrential within 30 nautical miles. Present recorded 415 mm of rain, and Songdang rainfall and winds capable of movement towards the west-north-west, in the northern part recorded 373 mm, splintering mobile homes were not the or 285 deg, at eight knots. Maximum a record precipitation in 50 years. About only danger. At least two people died in sustained winds 55 knots with gusts to 100 mm of rain per hour fell on northwest Florida when around five 65 knots. Radius of 50-knot winds 20 Saturday on Cheju island, flooding 589 tornadoes touched down and damaged nautical miles. Radius of 34-knot winds houses and 49 stores. The flooding also or destroyed up to 70 buildings, and 12-ft seas 60 nautical miles. At forced 10 schools to close temporarily. including a fire station, police said. Tens 0600, UTC, Sep 13, the centre is Torrential rain also flooded 7,417 of thousands of people had evacuated in forecast to be at lat 13.7N, long 104.4W. hectares of farmland and washed away long streams of bumper-to-bumper Maximum sustained winds 75 knots eight hectares, killing more than 75,000 traffic. Ivan was expected to submerge with gusts to 90 knots. Radius of 64- livestock. With a high wave warning downtown areas of Mobile, but not knot winds 20 nautical miles. Radius of issued, 58 passenger vessels on 44 sea everybody heeded the appeals to 50-knot winds 35 nautical miles. Radius routes were tied to their docks for two evacuate. In New Orleans, officials of 34-knot winds 80 nautical miles. days and nine flights departing from remained nervous that “Ivan”’s storm London, Sep 13 — Following received Cheju were cancelled. About 3,800 surge and rains could breach levies, from the Meteorological Office, dated rescuers have been mobilized to supply overwhelm pumps and flood streets today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre daily necessities to displaced people in with a toxic brew of sewage, chemicals of hurricane “Javier” was predicted to the region. According to the Korea and water from the Mississippi River. be near lat 14.1N, 104.8W. The position Airports Corporation, 34 flights bound Experts said Ivan could cause up to $10 is accurate to within 30 nautical miles. from southern regions, including 18 billion in insured losses in the United The present movement is toward the flights from Kimpo to Pohang, 14 flights States on top of the $1 billion to $2 north-west or 315 degrees at eight to Yosu and two flights to Mokpo, were billion in losses in the Caribbean. The knots. The estimated minimum central also cancelled due to heavy rain as of insured losses do not reflect lost pressure is 970 mb. The maximum 1700, Sunday. South Cholla provinces revenues for Florida’s and the Gulf sustained winds: 90 knots with gusts to also reported a large amount of Coast’s tourism industries. Nor do they 110 knots. The radius of 64 knot winds precipitation with more than 120 mm of include the economic costs of closing is 30 nautical miles in all four rain over the weekend. Posong received down oil rigs and refineries along the quadrants. At 0600, UTC, Sep 14, the 165 mm of rain, Kangjin 157.7 mm and Gulf Coast, source of a quarter of U.S. centre is predicted to be near lat 16.1N, Naju 145 mm in the region as of 1400, oil and natural gas production. At 0100 long 107.1W, with maximum sustained Sunday. About 22,000 boats were also hrs, (0500, UTC), Ivan’s eye was about winds of 105 knots and gusts to 130 evacuated to seek safety in the 40 miles south of the Alabama coast at knots. provincial regions. A meteorologist said lat 29.7N, long 87.9W, and moving London, Sep 16 — Following received that Changhung recorded 254 mm of north at about 12 mph, forecasters said. from the Meteorological Office, dated rain, Cheju City 234 mm, Kohung 138 “Ivan”’s top sustained winds were about today: Hurricane “Javier”: There is a mm, Kwangju 132 mm, Mokpo 121 mm 135 mph, making it a Category 4 tropical storm watch in effect for the and Seoul 58 mm, as of 1300, Sunday. hurricane. — Reuters. southern portion of Baja California from London, Sep 16 — Following received Bahia Magdalena, including San Carlos THAILAND from the Meteorological Office, dated to La Paz. At 0600, UTC, today, the London, Sep 16 — A ptress report, today: Hurricane “Ivan”: At 0400 hrs, centre was located near lat 19.5N, long dated today, states: Flash floods have (0900, UTC) the hurricane warning for 110.0W. The position is accurate within killed two people in northern Thailand, the city of New Orleans and Lake 20 nautical miles. The present leaving thousands either stranded or Pontchartrain and all watches and movement is toward the north-north- forced to abandon their homes, media warnings from west of Grand Isle to west or 330 degs at seven knots. The reported today, as the capital braced for Morgan City have been discontinued. estimated minimum central pressure is potential flooding. Torrential rain in Also, the hurricane warning from the 960 mb. The maximum sustained winds north-eastern Chiang Rai province mouth of the Pearl River to Grand Isle are 100 knots with gusts to 120 knots. claimed the lives of a 45-year old has been downgraded to a tropical The radius of 64 knot winds: 50 nautical policeman and 78-year-old farmer A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779.

16 Weather & Navigation yesterday, and forced more than a have died and a seventh is feared dead and gusts to 35 knots and dissipating dozen villages to be evacuated and some in northern Taiwan after the latest as a significant tropical cyclone over schools closed, the Nation newspaper tropical storm swirled over the island, land. said. The daily said flooding had also triggering mudslides. Tropical storm London, Sep 14 — A press report, forced the evacuation of homes in “Haima” has brought heavy rain, dated today, states: Tropical storm Chiang Mai and Ubon Ratchathani compounding the flood that has already “Haima”, the 21st of its kind this year, provinces, and Bangkok officials have inundated much of the north. Taipei’s hit eastern Zhejiang Province at set up a flood operations centre amid Nankang district, where some 800mm Wenzhou City around midday concern that parts of the nation’s of rain fell over the past two days, was yesterday, the local meteorological capital could also be submerged by the hardest hit by Haima. A 65-year-old observatory said. The eye of “Haima” deluge. Forecasters have predicted man drowned in his residence caused fresh gales and is moving in the some of the heaviest rainfall for basement in the capital, while a 62- northwestward direction at a speed of Thailand in recorded history with year-old man was found dead in an 20 kilometres per hour, said the flooding already having affected more underground passage in northern observatory. Under its impact, 15 than half a million people in the past Taoyuan city, said the authorities. weather stations across the province few months. Rescuers also found the body of a monitored rainfall of 50 millimetres junior high school boy, who was washed each, three of which even had 100 mm TROPICAL STORM “HAIMA” away by flash floods in southern of showers, between 0800, Sunday and Taipei, Sep 11 — Torrential rain Tainan county on Saturday (Sep 11). In 0800, yesterday. As the eye of the storm lashed Taiwan today, flooding northern northern Hsinchu county, rescuers passes, there will be strong gale to parts of the island including the capital pulled out three bodies from a house hurricane winds in offshore areas along Taipei and threatening landslides in submerged by massive mudslides in the provincial coast while gale and mountain areas. Officials predicted that the mountainous Chienshih township. torrential rains are likely in eastern the rain would continue for some days. Five days of continuous downpour in and southern Zhejiang today, the Flood waters swamped streets in the county have loosened rock and observatory said, adding that the storm downtown Taipei, where it rose to waist earth, triggering mudslides which will be reduced to a low tropical level in some areas, submerging cars swept away several houses. ‘The rescue pressure upon landing and will sweep and motorscooters and cutting power to work has to be stopped as the night through areas, including Wenzhou, thousands of homes. “In the past few falls,’ said a county government official. Taizhou, Jinhua, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, days we have had rain all across the He added that he feared a fourth and Huzhou. Local government country, but it was heaviest last night person remained buried under the organizations throughout the province and early this morning especially in mudslides. ‘We have already found are on high alert. (See issue of Sep 14.) Taipei and will continue until at least three bodies, including an elderly London, Sep 15 — A press report, Monday,” said an official at the Central couple and their son,’ said a spokesman dated Sep 14, states: Taiwan estimated Weather Bureau by phone. The Taipei for the Hsinchu fire department. As that tropical storm “Haima” caused 92 suburb of Nankang was worst hit, Haima was expected to bring more rain million New Taiwan dollars (US$2.71 chalking up rainfall of 570 mm since through to tomorrow, hundreds of million) in agricultural damage as it midnight. Rainfall was also heavy in residents have been ordered to dumped heavy rain on the island and neighbouring Taoyuan and Keelung evacuate from remote villages. The Soil triggered mudslides last weekend, City, weather officials said. Television and Water Conservation Bureau has officials said today. Thousands of homes footage showed fire and rescue placed 46 towns in northern Taiwan on in northern Taiwan were flooded personnel ferrying residents from their full alert, asking residents there to Saturday (Sep 11) as the storm soaked homes in inflatable boats up streets heighten vigilance against possible the island with torrential rain. A awash with muddy waters. No deaths mudslides. Haima also pounded the landslide buried four people in the or injuries have yet been reported in low-lying town of Shichih, north of northern county of Hsinchu on Sunday the latest emergency, officials said. Taipei. Water reached the first floor of (Sep 12), and two people were missing More than 14,500 households across many homes and forced residents to in flooding outside the capital, Taipei. Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsinchuang were retreat to higher ground earlier in the The damage included NT$43.63 million without power as waters flooded weekend. Rescue workers braved (US$1.28 million) to agricultural distribution substations, said a state- downpours to evacuate people in produce, especially watermelons and run Taiwan Power Company official. inflatable boats, but police said some other fruit, the Council of Agriculture Some rail services in the north were 1,000 people were feared trapped in said. The damage amounted to 244 halted due to flooding, local media said. Shichih. The authorities said heavy hectares being destroyed, the council The weather bureau said the rains were rain could cause further flooding from said. Livestock farmers suffered brought by a low pressure system the swollen Keelung River, north of NT$710,000 (US$21,000) in damages. formed in the wake of Typhoon Taipei. In Taipei, people rushed to pile “Songda” that dodged Taiwan, but up sandbags around the entrances of TROPICAL STORM “ISIS” killed up to 30 people in Japan this underground rail stations and London, Sep 10 — Following received week. “The heavy rain warnings that pedestrian passages. At least 7,000 from the Meteorological Office, dated we first issued on Tuesday for all of homes around the capital have lost today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre Taiwan will stay in place today and power, and water levels reached 1m of tropical storm “Isis” was located tomorrow,” the Weather Bureau official deep in some parts. The Central near lat 17.5N, long 115.0W, said. — Reuters. Weather Bureau said “Haima” was not approximately 240 nautical miles west- London, Sep 12 — A press report, expected to make landfall in Taiwan. It south-west of Cocorro Island and has dated today, states: The latest tropical is moving at 14kmh north-west tracked west-northwestward or 285 storm swirled over northern Taiwan towards China. degs, at eight knots, over the past six today, threatening more precipitation to London, Sep 13 — Following received hours. The position is accurate to the flood-hit region, meteorologists from the Meteorological Office, dated within 50 nautical miles and is based said. Tropical storm “Haima” was today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre on the centre being located by satellite. located 60km north-east of the capital of tropical depression “Haima” was Maximum sustained winds 45 knots of Taipei, moving north-west towards located near lat 28.0N, long 120.9E. with gusts to 55 knots. The radius of 34 China, the Central Weather Bureau The movement over the past six hours: knot winds: 75 nautical miles in the said. Fringes of “Haima” - the Chinese 320 degs at nine knots. The position is north-east and south-east quadrants name for sea horse - could bring heavy accurate to within 60 nautical miles and 120 nautical miles in the south- rains to northern Taiwan throughout and is based on the centre being located west and north-west quadrants. The today, it said. The storm packed winds by satellite. Present wind distribution: maximum significant wave height is 13 of 65kmh, moving at a speed of 14kmh. maximum sustained winds: 30 knots, feet. At 0600, UTC, the centre is Thousands of homes in northern with gusts to 40 knots. At 0600, UTC, predicted to be near lat 18.5N, long Taiwan were flooded yesterday. Sep 14, the centre is predicted to be 119.0W, with maximum sustained London, Sep 13 — A press report, near lat 32.1N, long 119.6E, with winds of 45 knots and gusts to 55 dated today, states: At least six people maximum sustained winds of 25 knots knots.

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17 Weather & Navigation

London, Sep 12 — Following received minimum central pressure is 992 mb. The present movement is toward the from the Meteorological Office, dated The maximum sustained winds are 55 west-north-west or 295 degs, at seven today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre knots with gusts to 65 knots. The knots. The estimated minimum central of tropical storm “Isis” was located near radius of 50 knot winds: 25 nautical pressure is 994 mb. The maximum lat 17.4N, long 123W, approximately miles in all four quadrants. At 0600, sustained winds are 55 knots with gusts 490 nautical miles west of Clarion Sep 17, the centre is predicted to be to 65 knots. The radius of 50 knot Island, and had tracked west, or 270 near lat 18.7N, long 133.3W, with winds: 15 nautical miles in all four deg, at ten knots over the past six maximum sustained winds of 45 knots quadrants. At 0600, UTC, Sep 16, the hours. Position accurate to within 50 and gusts to 55 knots. centre is predicted to be near lat 19.1N, nautical miles, based on centre located long 68.2W, with maximum sustained by satellite. Maximum sustained winds TROPICAL STORM “JEANNE” winds of 65 knots and gusts to 80 knots. 45 knots with gusts to 55 knots. Radius London, Sep 15 — A press report, London, Sep 15 — A press report, of 34-knot winds 60 nautical miles. At dated today, states: Tropical Storm dated today, states: Tropical Storm 0600, UTC, Sep 13, the centre is “Jeanne” strengthened today, prompting “Jeanne”, nearing hurricane strength, predicted to be at lat 17.4N, long 127W, a plea from Puerto Rico’s governor for lashed Puerto Rico today as rivers rose, with maximum sustained winds of 55 islanders to evacuate from flood-prone roads flowed with torrents of water and knots and gusts to 70 knots. areas and causing a panic among frantic residents evacuated low-lying London, Sep 13 — Following received residents who flocked to supermarkets areas. Drenching rain from the storm’s from the Meteorological Office, dated for supplies. The storm’s eye was outer bands, and accompanying wind today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre expected to hit Puerto Rico’s south-west gusts reached the US territory of 4 of tropical storm “Isis” was located near coast by tomorrow afternoon, prompting million people this morning. The eye of lat 17.4N, long 125.7W. The position is a hurricane warning in the US Virgin the storm was expected to hit Puerto accurate to within 50 nautical miles. Islands and Puerto Rico where lines Rico’s south-west coast by afternoon, The present movement is toward the formed at supermarkets and islanders and a hurricane warning was issued for west or 270 degs at nine knots. The raced to put up hurricane shutters. “It’s the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. estimated minimum central pressure is going to be a close call for Puerto Rico,” The storm’s projected path had it 1000 mb. The maximum sustained said Chris Hennon, a meteorologist potentially reaching hurricane-weary winds: 45 knots with gusts to 55 knots. with the US National Hurricane Centre Florida, Georgia and South Carolina The radius of 34 knot winds: zero in Miami. “Jeanne will probably become either Sunday (Sep 18) or Monday. All nautical miles in the north-east a hurricane Wednesday.” At 0700, Puerto Rican ports were closed, Gov. quadrant, 40 nautical miles in the AEST, today, “Jeanne’s” centre was 140 Sila Calderon announced today, when remaining three quadrants. At 0600, kilometres south-east of St Croix in the she banned alcohol sales and urged UTC, Sep 14, the centre is predicted to US Virgin Islands. Maximum sustained people to stay indoors. The largest mall be near lat 17.4N, long 129.3W, with winds were at 96km/h, just 24km/h in the Caribbean, Plaza las Americas, maximum winds of 50 knots and gusts short of becoming a Category 1 also was shut. Calderon said Jeanne to 60 knots. hurricane, the weakest on a scale of had cut water service to some 30,000 London, Sep 14 — Following received five. The Dominican Republic issued a people in the north-east and knocked from the Meteorological Office, dated hurricane watch and tropical storm out electricity in about 1,000 homes just today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre warning for the northern and southern outside San Juan. More than 700 people of tropical storm “Isis” was located near coasts. A tropical storm warning evacuated their homes for shelters, lat 16.5N, long 129.3W, 1,050 nautical remained for the British Virgin Islands authorities said. The storm passed St. miles west of Socorro Island and has and St Kitts and Nevis. Storm warnings Croix, the southernmost of the U.S. tracked west, 270 degs, at two knots were discontinued for Saba, St Virgin Islands, overnight, dumping over the past six hours. The position is Eustatius and St Maarten. “Jeanne” about 7 inches of rain and leaving about accurate to within 60 nautical miles was moving toward the west-north-west 50,000 people without power, officials and based on the centre being located near 19km/h. Passenger ferry service said. At 1100, EDT, “Jeanne’s” centre by satellite. Present wind distribution: was temporarily suspended between was 45 miles south-south-east of San maximum sustained winds of 45 knots, Puerto Rico’s east-coast town of Fajardo Juan. Maximum sustained wind was with gusts to 55 knots. Radius of 34 and the outlying tourist islands of near 70 mph, just 4 mph below knot winds: 40 nautical miles in all four Vieques and Culebra today, authorities hurricane status. Winds extended 60 quadrants. The maximum significant said. Between 10 and 25 centimetres of miles. The biggest concerns for Puerto wave height is 15 feet. At 0600, Sep 15, rainfall was expected in Puerto Rico. Rico were flash flooding and mudslides, the centre is predicted to be near lat Tropical storm force winds extend said National Hurricane Centre 16.5N, long 130.5W, with maximum outward up to 64 kilometres. A private meteorologist Hector Guerrero. The sustained winds of 45 knots and gusts campground with cabins and tent sites Dominican Republic issued a hurricane to 55 knots. was evacuated in St John in the US watch and tropical storm warning for London, Sep 15 — Following received Virgin Islands and 60 guests and portions of its north and south coasts. A from the Meteorological Office, dated employees were moved to hotels in St tropical storm warning covered the today: At 0000, UTC, today, the centre Thomas and St John, said Maggie Day, British Virgin Islands and St. Kitts and of tropical storm “Isis” was located near the general manager of Mahoe Bay Nevis. American Airlines cancelled 17 lat 17.2N, long 130.9. Movement over Campground. The inter-island ferries flights leaving San Juan and six to the the past six hours: 300 degs at four were still operating in the US Virgin city today. Government offices, schools knots. The position is accurate to within Islands and airports remained open. and courts and banks were closed today, 30 nautical miles and based on the London, Sep 15 — Following received and casinos would likely remain idle. centre being located by satellite. from the Meteorological Office, dated Mail would not be delivered. Eight to 12 Present wind distribution: maximum today: Tropical storm “Jeanne”: A inches of rainfall were expected in sustained winds of 55 knots, with gusts hurricane warning is in effect for Puerto Rico. to 70 knots. Radius of 34 knot winds: 50 Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands. London, Sep 16 — Following received nautical miles in all four quadrants. At A hurricane watch and a tropical storm from the Meteorological Office, dated 0000, UTC, Sep 16, the centre is warning is in effect for portions of the today: Tropical storm “Jeanne”: A predicted to be near lat 17.6N, long northern and southern coasts of the hurricane warning is now in effect for 132.1W, with maximum sustained Dominican Republic from Cabrera the eastern and northern coasts of the winds of 60 knots and gusts to 75 knots. southward to Santo Domingo. A tropical Dominican Republic from La Plata London, Sep 16 — Following received storm warning remains in effect for the southward to Isla Saona. A tropical from the Meteorological Office, dated British Virgin Islands and St.Kitts and storm warning and a hurricane watch today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre Nevis. Tropical storm conditions could are in effect along the northern coast of of tropical storm “Isis” was located near also affect the remainder of the the Dominican Republic from west of lat 18.7N, long 132.2W. The position is northern Leeward Islands. At 0600, Puerto Plata westward to Monte Cristo accurate within 20 nautical miles. The UTC, the centre of “Jeanne” was located and along the southern coast of the present movement is toward the west or near lat 17.2N, long 64.8W. The position Dominican Republic from Isla Saona 270 degs at two knots. The estimated is accurate within 20 nautical miles. westward to Santo Domingo. A

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18 Weather & Navigation/Earthquakes hurricane watch remains in effect for the investigations. Three of the 18 areas. Mudslides slowed traffic on parts the southeastern Bahamas, including Russians aboard were found dead, while of U.S. 61 but crews were able to clear the Acklins, Crooked Island, the 14 were rescued. One sailor remains the road before dawn. Portions of Inaguas, Mayaguana and the Ragged missing. Blue Ocean arrived at the port Wisconsin, Iowa, and Kansas also got Islands as well as for the Turks and in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, rain early yesterday. A flash flood Caicos Islands. At 0500 hrs, today, the on Monday (Sep 6) from Nakhodka, warning was issued in northern Iowa, tropical storm warning for Puerto Rico, Russia. where as much as 8 inches of rain had including the islands of Culebra and London, Sep 10 — A press report, fallen since Tuesday, the National Vieques was discontinued. At 0600, dated today, states: Typhoon “Songda,” Weather Service said. In the northern UTC, today, the centre was located near which came to the Kurile Islands two Iowa town of Armstrong, some residents lat 18.6N, long 67.8W. The position is days ago, has sunk two vessels near were sandbagging as streets were accurate to within 15 nautical miles. Kunashir Island, cast ashore one and flooded by rising creeks. The present movement is toward the broken another at moorage. It is north-west or 305 degs at eight knots. updated information of the regional VIETNAM The estimated minimum central administration. A fishing vessel with 10 Hanoi, Sep 15 — Landslides triggered pressure is 992 mb. The maximum crew members on board gathered sea by torrential rains buried 21 people in sustained winds are 60 knots with gusts kale near the Lovtsov cape in the north northern Vietnam, killing at least 11, an to 75 knots. The radius of 50 knot of Kunashir where it was caught in the official said today. The landslides buried winds: 15 nautical miles in the north- storm. The vessel capsized and sank. the victims, who belong to four Dao east and orth-west quadrants, zero Seven people have survived, one died, ethnic minority families, on Monday nautical miles in the south-east and and two are missing. A fishing boat night (Sep 13) in Bat Xat district of Lao south-west quadrants. At 0600, UTC, sank near the moorage in the Cai province, chairman Ly Xeo Din of Sep 17, the centre is predicted to be settlement of Golovnino. Waves cast the district People’s Committee said. near lat 20.4N, long 70.9W, with ashore a schooner and broke a fishing ‘’We have found 11 bodies as of late maximum sustained winds of 65 knots vessel at moorage. Tuesday and hope to retrieve about 10 and gusts to 80 knots. Moji, Sep 13 — General cargo Tri more,’’ he said. Bat Xat is on the border Ardhianto: Nine additional bodies were with China and is 236 miles north-west TYPHOON “CHABA” discovered but two crew members were of Hanoi. — Reuters. Moji, Sep 15 — General cargo Vihan 5: still missing as of Sep 11 — Lloyd’s Three crew members are still missing. Agents. Understand that oil remaining on board Moji, Sep 13 — General cargo Blue has been removed but owners have not Ocean: The final body was as yet made a decision to salve the discovered.Sep 11. — Lloyd’s Agents. vessel or declare a CTL. — Lloyd’s Agents. UNITED STATES Yokohama, Sep 16 — Three crew London, Sep 11 — A press report, members from general cargo Vihan 5, dated today, states: The tornado that which ran aground on rocks off Yura swept through this town Wednesday CAYMAN ISLANDS Island on Aug 30, are still missing. — inflicted nearly $2.1 million in damage, London, Sep 10 — A report, dated Sep Lloyd’s Agents. according to newly revised figures 9, states: A strong earthquake occurred Yokohama, Sep 16 — General cargo released by Caroline County officials at 1633, UTC, today. The magnitude 6.0 Winner I (2593 gt, built 1981) was ready yesterday. The twister damaged 67 event has been located in the Cayman for departure from Shikama, when it homes, destroying four of those and Islands region in lat 17.708N, long drifted, due to typhoon winds, at 2155, leaving another 22 with major damage, 81.590W. The hypocentral depth was Aug 30. Vessel was towed to No.6 pier said Mark Garnett, the county’s deputy estimated to be 30 km. by two tugs at 0200, Aug 31. — Lloyd’s emergency services director. Officials Agents. initially listed about two dozen homes INDONESIA Yokohama, Sep 16 — Vehicle Nichiryu as damaged, but building inspectors London, Sep 16 — A press report, Maru (10329 gt, built 2001) drifted due and residents identified more problems dated today, states: A powerful to typhoon winds and was in collision as the town tried to recover this week, earthquake rocked Indonesia’s premier with ro/ro Musashi Maru (13927 gt, he said. The tornado also hit six tourist island of Bali yesterday, killing built 2003), 1.12 nautical miles, 266 businesses, destroying two of them, one person and injuring at least two, deg, from Tohoku Breakwater East Garnett said. The tornado was one of hospital officials and local radio said. Lighthouse, at Yokosuka, at 1140, Aug nine reported in Virginia as the The Meteorological and Geophysics 31. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note — Musashi remnants of Hurricane “Frances” moved Agency in Jakarta said the earthquake Maru arrived Yokohama Sep 1 and through the state Wednesday (Sep 8). measured 5.5 on the Richter scale. sailed Sep 6 for Yokosuka.) London, Sep 16 — A press report, Officials said the epicentre was near dated today, states: Emergency workers Denpasar, the island’s capital. TYPHOON “SONGDA” in boats rescued people from cars and London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated homes left stranded by rising water JAPAN today, states: The Japan Coast Guard yesterday as heavy rain doused London, Sep 10 — A report, dated today arrested the 56-year-old Russian southern Minnesota and caused flash today, states: A moderate earthquake captain of a Cambodian-registered flooding. The storm was blamed for at occurred at 0205, UTC, today. The vessel over the deaths of three crew least one death. Schools and roads were magnitude 5.6 event has been located members after the ship capsized earlier closed, a nursing home was evacuated near the south coast of western Honshu, this week in strong winds from Typhoon and fields were flooded. Rain began Japan, in lat 33.048N, long 136.523E, “Songda”. The captain, Vladimir Tuesday and ended by late yesterday depth 10 km. Melentyev, is suspected of professional morning. In Austin, 90 miles south of negligence resulting in death, according Minneapolis, the Cedar River KURIL ISLANDS to the Hiroshima Coast Guard Office. overflowed its banks, forcing the city to London, Sep 13 — A report, dated Investigations showed that Melentyev close some streets and forcing nearby today, states: A strong earthquake allegedly did not heed the advisory of residents to flee. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, occurred at 0300, UTC, today. The the ship’s agent Tuesday (Sep 7) who surveyed the damage by helicopter, magnitude 6.1 event has been located morning for the ship to anchor offshore said he was “somewhat taken aback by east of the Kuril Islands in lat 43.95N, in preparation for the approaching the magnitude of it.’’ He said flooding long 151.36E. The hypocentral depth powerful typhoon. As a result, Blue severely damaged crops, schools and was estimated to be 32 km. Ocean clashed onto the quay numerous homes. The weather service said Austin times due to the typhoon-induced strong received 3.87 inches of rain; Albert Lea, MID-INDIAN RIDGE winds and around 1450 hrs, that day, in nearby Freeborn County, got a little London, Sep 13 — A report, dated tilted and sank, leading to the deaths of over 7 inches over 36 hours. An today, states: A moderate earthquake the three crew members, according to estimated 10 or more inches fell in some

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19 Earthquakes/Volcanic Activity/Political & Civil Unrest occurred at 0239, UTC, today. The sending smoke about 300 metres into resident volcanologist Eduardo magnitude 5.6 event has been located the sky and spewing ash over nearby Laguerta said that Mayon still remains near the Mid-Indian Ridge in lat towns, the Meteorological Agency said. on alert level two, meaning that the 16.23S, long 67.10E, depth 10 km. The eruption, which the agency said volcano is undergoing abnormal activity was “small” grey smoke billowing out of but an eruption is not yet imminent. He PHILIPPINES the crater for about 10 minutes before emphasised that people should stay out London, Sep 15 — A report, dated Sep dawn. Mount Asama last erupted on of the 6km danger zone around the 14, states: A moderate earthquake Sep 1 when a medium-sized eruption volcano in case of any sudden eruption. occurred at 2015, UTC, today. The sent smoke and ash thousands of magnitude 5.5 event has been located in metres into the air. The Meteorological the Philippine Islands region in lat Agency maintained its activity rating 07.918N, long 127.507E, depth 140 km. for Mount Asama at 3, meaning that a London, Sep 15 — A press report, small- to medium-sized eruption has dated Sep 16, states: An earthquake occurred. shook metropolitan Manila and parts of London, Sep 16 — A press report, the main Philippine island of Luzon dated today, states: Mount Asama has early this morning, the Philippine experienced a series of small volcanic Institute of Volcanology and Seismology eruptions since early this morning with AFGHANISTAN (PHIVOLCS) said. There were no more than 500 tremors registered, Herat, Sep 13 — The western Afghan immediate reports of casualties or marking the third consecutive day of city of Herat was calm today following damages to property.The quake, which eruption activity, the Japan bloody clashes between supporters of occurred at 0310, and measured 6.2 on Meteorological Agency said. “At this the powerful ousted governor and U.S. the Richter scale at the epicentre moment, there are no signs of a large- and Afghan forces sent to keep the recorded at the Manila trench near scale eruption coming but small or peace. Roadblocks set up by authorities Balanga, Bataan, was felt strongly medium-scale eruptions can be yesterday after Ismail Khan’s across the metropolis and nearby observed repeatedly,” the agency said. supporters torched buildings in a U.N. provinces, PHIVOLCS said. compound were removed and the skies MOUNT ETNA, ITALY were clear of U.S. combat helicopters SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS London, Sep 11 — A press report, for the first time since Saturday (Sep London, Sep 13 — A report, dated Sep dated yesterday, states: Lava was seen 11) afternoon. Medics and witnesses 11, states: A strong earthquake flowing today from a new crack on reported seven people killed and up to occurred at 2152, UTC, today. The Mount Etna, on the Italian island of 50 injured in weekend violence which magnitude 6.1 event has been located in Sicily, which had been virtually erupted when President Hamid Karzai the South Sandwich Islands region in dormant since early last year. A — favorite to win Afghanistan’s first lat 57.93S, long 25.34W. The spokesman for the institute of ever direct presidential election on Oct hypocentral depth was estimated to be vulcanology in the island’s capital 9 — fired Khan and appointed a 48 km. Catania, 30km south of the 3350m replacement as part of his campaign mountain, said a vent had opened in pledge to rein in warlords. The U.S. TONGA the past two days at a height of about military said 15 of its soldiers had been London, Sep 15 — A report, dated Sep 2700m. Lava was flowing into the injured in the clashes, with three of 13, states: A moderate earthquake uninhabited Bove Valley on Etna’s them evacuated for treatment, along occurred at 2229, UTC, today. The southeastern flank and for the present with three Afghan national army magnitude 5.6 event has been located in was no threat to villages lower down, servicemen. Spokesman Major Scott the Tonga region in lat 22.708S, long spokesman Giannicola Piccola said. “We Nelson said he had no figures for 175.231W, depth 10 km. have sent some experts to the area and civilian casualties, but praised Afghan others are expected to fly over it,” he and U.S. forces for showing added. Etna last erupted on June 22, “remarkable restraint” against what he 2001, throwing molten rock 400 metres said was a small group of protesters into the sky and spewing lava down its brought in from outside to stir up sides. There were rumblings and small trouble. Nick Downie, of the earthquakes in January last year, but Afghanistan Non-Governmental since then the volcano had shown few Organization Security Office (ANSO), signs of life until Tuesday (Sep 7), when said around 30 NGO staff had been small amounts of lava flowed from MAUNA LOA, HAWAII relocated this morning from Herat as a below the lip of its south-eastern crater security precaution. Yesterday night, London, Sep 16 — A press report, at a height of 2950 metres. dated today, states: Reports from Ismail Khan called on his supporters to Hawaii suggest the world’s largest exercise restraint and the army MOUNT MAYON, PHILIPPINES announced on Herat TV that further volcano is getting ready to erupt for the London, Sep 14 — A press report, first time in 20 years. Scientists have violence would be met with military dated today, states: The historic Mayon force. Authorities also imposed a night detected more frequent earthquakes volcano south of the Philippine capital deep beneath Mauna Loa. The curfew and U.S. spokesman Nelson said spewed out fragments amid signs that it would be in force again today from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says magma was rising in its crater, a state this indicates the volcano is moving 2100 hrs. Shops were open and traffic monitoring official said today. Ed flowing normally today, but troops from towards an eruption. Mauna Loa Villacorte of the Philippine Institute of erupted for three weeks in 1984, the national army, national police and Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) U.S.-led forces were seen on patrol. — sending a 26-kilometre lava flow toward said that volcanic material was emitted Hilo. Since then, the US Geological Reuters. by Mayon late yesterday, possibly due London, Sep 13 — A press report, Survey estimates that more than to rising gas pressure. The volcanic $US2.3 billion has been invested in new dated today, states: US forces have material set fire to the grass on the killed 22 suspected Taleban and al- construction on its slopes. The volcano’s slopes, he added. Monitoring observatiory says since July, more than Qaeda militants in a gun battle in instruments also indicated that the southern Afghanistan, the US military 350 earthquakes have been recorded far volcano, located in Albay province beneath the mountain. says. US troops and helicopters fought 340km south-east of Manila, had the insurgents in the Shinkay district of magma rising towards its crater, Zabul province, late yesterday. “Twenty- MOUNT ASAMA, JAPAN intensifying the glow in the crater so London, Sep 14 — A press report, two anti-coalition militias were killed - that it was visible to the naked eye, three of them were Arabs,” US military dated today, states: Mount Asama, one Villacorte said. But he minimised the of Japan’s largest and most active spokesman Major Scott Nelson said in danger, saying “there is magma going Kabul. Major Nelson said three more volcanoes, erupted in central Japan up but the volume is not yet big enough today for the second time in two weeks, suspected militants, including another to create a volcanic explosion.” Phivolcs Arab, had been captured in the latest A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779.

20 Political & Civil Unrest fighting. He said about 40 militants yesterday, although there was no way to casualties, and it was unclear if that armed with AK-47s and rocket- immediately verify the report. number was included in the toll given propelled grenades attacked American “Yesterday we chased out the by the Iraqis. The US military said up troops on patrol. “Our soldiers were out insurgents and are now in control of to 57 “terrorists” had been killed in the doing a cordon search when they were Minova,” Colonel Solomon Tokolonga, clashes against insurgents. The deputy engaged by a large force of anti- the Mai Mai militia commander, said. mayor of the town, Mohammed Amin, coalition militias,” Major Nelson said. “We have captured two insurgents, but was also admitted to hospital with “Skirmishes continued throughout the the rest have taken to the lake or gone injuries during the air strikes, said a night.” He said there were no US into the hills. They are all heading doctor. US troops announced through casualties. north toward North Kivu — that is loudspeakers that for five days, London, Sep 16 — A press report, where their support is,” he said, residents would not be allowed to enter datedd today, states: A rocket landed referring to a large swathe of territory the town, which they charge is infested near a school in south-eastern north of Minova which is Nkunda’s with fighters who infiltrated from Afghanistan where President Hamid home province. However, an aide to Syria. Coalition forces were attacked by Karzai was about to land in a Nkunda denied that Minova, which has insurgents using Al-Huda mosque as helicopter, officials said. The rocket served as the rebels’ headquarters for cover, to which they responded with struck about a kilometre from the the past few months, had fallen. “precise and accurate fire”. In Fallujah, school in Gardez province as President “Minova has not fallen to the the greatest symbol of resistance to US Karzai was to land at a nearby airbase. government forces. We are still in occupation in Iraq, jets pounded the city Mr Karzai, the leading candidate in control there,” the aide told Reuters. in a relentless series of raids before October’s presidential election, was due The commander of government troops dawn yesterday, killing 12 Iraqis, to speak at the school. The President involved in the offensive, General Felix including five children and two women, has cut short his visit and returned to Mbuza Mabe, said there had not been a doctor said. The military has the capital, Kabul. any fighting over the weekend, classified Fallujah as a den of foreign appearing to suggest that the Mai Mai terror networks and said the latest raid ALGERIA may have taken the town unopposed. “I was a “precision strike” on a hideout Algiers, Sep 14 — Algeria’s armed have heard that the Mai Mai have used by militants loyal to Iraq’s most forces have killed six suspected Islamic taken Minova, but my troops are not yet wanted man, alleged Al-Qaeda rebels in the west of the country, state there. There have not been any clashes operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who radio said today, in a drive to wipe out over the weekend,” Mabe told Reuters. has a 25-million-dollar price on his hundreds of rebels still fighting Mabe has said that he launched the head. The Fallujah and Tall Afar raids authorities for a purist Islamic state. offensive to retake positions held by the are part of a string of operations carried State radio, citing security sources, said rebels and establish the government’s out by US-backed Iraqi national automatic weapons were confiscated in authority over the region. — Reuters. guardsmen to crack down on rebel the army sweep late yesterday near the strongholds. But UN Secretary General city of Relizane, 300 km west of the IRAQ Kofi Annan suggested that a political capital Algiers. — Reuters. Dubai, Sep 9 — Iraq has captured four approach might be successful and in a important figures from Osama bin report urged a “commitment to stop COLOMBIA Laden’s al Qaeda group who had relying solely or mainly on the threats Bogota, Sep 8 — Colombian Marxist entered the country from abroad, Prime or actual use of armed force.” On the guerrillas freed two Indian community Minister Iyad Allawi said in televised hostage crisis, Italy’s junior foreign leaders today, bowing to pressure from comments today. “Four important minister Margherita Boniver was to hundreds of protesters who had suspects from al Qaeda who came from arrive in Jordan today on the first leg of demanded their release, indigenous abroad (were captured), and hopefully a regional tour aimed at winning the groups said. About 400 Paez Indians, you will catch more soon,” Allawi said release of two aid workers kidnapped on armed only with decorated sticks, in footage aired on Al Arabiya Tuesday (Sep 7). As the Italian marched into the jungles of Caqueta, in television. — Reuters. Government swung into crisis mode, southwestern Colombia, demanding London, Sep 10 — A press report, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was to that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of dated today, states: US-led forces hold talks today with Iraqi President Colombia free Arquimedes Vitonas, spearheaded assaults on Iraq’s northern Ghazi al-Yawar, who is on a European mayor of the mountain town of Toribio, trouble spot of Tall Afar and the tour to muster support for his war-torn and ex-mayor Gilberto Munoz. The pair notorious insurgent bastion of Fallujah, country. had been kidnapped by the guerrilla leaving at least 57 people dead, the US London, Sep 12 — A press report, group, known by its Spanish initials military said. The Italian Government dated yesterday, states: A pipeline FARC, while on their way to an meanwhile escalated diplomatic efforts linking an oilfield in this northern Iraqi indigenous conference on Aug 22 near to save two kidnapped women aid city with the Havana refinery was the town of San Vicente del Caguan. — workers snatched from Italy’s Baghdad sabotaged by gunmen, an executive of Reuters. office in broad daylight, two weeks after the North Oil Co. said. “The 35.5 Islamic captors killed an Italian centimetre pipeline was sabotaged at DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC journalist. As helicopters and planes 1515 hrs by unknown attackers who OF CONGO flew overhead, the US army sealed off opened fire with automatic weapons, Kinshasa, Sep 13 — Militia loyal to Tall Afar after 13 hours of pounding causing an important breach,” said the the Congolese government captured the and fierce fighting that the local executive, who spoke on condition of main base used by rebels waging an hospital chief said had left 45 people anonymity. “The flow was stopped and uprising in the east of the country after dead and more than 80 wounded. The sand dikes built to stop the crude from a week-long offensive by government bombing, which began at 0200, spreading,” he added. The Havana troops, a militia commander said today. yesterday, ended at 1100, as helicopters refinery is located 60 kilometres from But rebels loyal to General Laurent and warplanes flew overhead. Fighting Kirkuk. Separately, three NOC security Nkunda, a dissident army officer who pitted US soldiers and insurgents in the guards were wounded, one of them launched the rebellion in May, denied Hassan Koi and Serra districts of the seriously, when attackers opened fire on that the pro-government militia had town, 450km north of Baghdad. Fawzi them near the village of Hatin, 30 driven them out of their headquarters Ahmed, director of the town’s hospital, kilometres north of Kirkuk at 0330 hrs, in the lakeside town of Minova. said late yesterday, “We have received today, a police officer said. Captain Government troops have been 45 bodies of people hit in various parts Awad Abdullah al-Hamadani said the advancing north from the city of of their bodies, and more than 80 people security men returned fire and may Bukavu for the past week, aiming to are hospitalized.” Health ministry have hit one of their attackers. crush the rebellion. The commander of officials had earlier said at least 28 Baghdad, Sep 12 — Strong explosions the pro-government militia force — were dead and more than 70 wounded. shook central Baghdad at dawn today known as Mai Mai — in the area said Although the town’s police chief said 13 and heavy fighting erupted in a street they had taken Minova, which lies policemen were killed and wounded, the notorious as a rebel stronghold, in about 120 km north of Bukavu, US military reported no coalition violence that killed at least eight Iraqis,

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21 Political & Civil Unrest the US army and witnesses said. The down before dawn on the Green Zone, fire as they stood guard near the Dibis clashes flared as the US military which houses Iraqi and U.S. offices, and oilfields north-east of the city of Kirkuk, pressed on with new offensives aimed at other parts of central Baghdad. As the while two others were injured in a retaking control of guerrilla-held areas shelling continued after sunrise, U.S. drive-by-shooting west of Kirkuk, said ahead of national elections due to be troops backed by armored vehicles Maj. Gen. Anwar Mohammed Amin of held in January. In one of the heaviest moved into the streets searching for the the Iraqi National Guard. barrages in the capital for months, attackers. A Bradley fighting vehicle, London, Sep 13 — A press report, insurgents fired more than a dozen rushing down Haifa Street to assist a dated today, states: At least 15 people mortars or rockets around the Green U.S. patrol, was disabled by a car bomb have been killed in a joint US-Iraqi Zone compound housing the US and about 0650 hrs, the U.S. military said. attack on militant positions in the other embassies and Iraq’s interim The four U.S. crewmen escaped with restive Iraqi city of Falluja, according to government, sending plumes of black minor injuries, but came under small hospital sources. US artillery smoke into the sky. The US military arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire bombarded several districts, before said some rounds landed inside the and called for air support, U.S. officials circling warplanes opened fire, Green Zone, but there were no reports said. Jubilant fighters and young boys witnesses said. The US military said it of casualties. The mortar or rocket fire swarmed around the burning vehicle, had “accurately targeted” militants started about 0500 hrs and continued dancing, cheering and hurling from a group linked to al-Qaeda. It into the morning. In a separate attack, firebombs. Several young men placed a comes a day after 70 people were killed a car bomb killed a senior Iraqi police black banner of Tawhid and Jihad in in some of the heaviest fighting across officer, another policeman and a 12- the barrel of the Bradley’s main gun. Iraq for weeks. “Intelligence sources year-old boy on a highway in western Suddenly, a U.S. Kiowa helicopter fired reported the presence of several key Baghdad. The crackle of gunfire echoed on the Bradley, trying to destroy it to [Abu Musab] Zarqawi operatives who for several hours across Haifa Street in prevent insurgents from looting have been responsible for numerous central Baghdad. Witnesses and Health weapons and ammunition on board, the terrorist attacks against Iraqi civilians, Ministry officials said at least five military said. Witnesses said several Iraqi Security Forces and multinational Iraqis were killed as US helicopters people milling around the Bradley, forces,” a US military statement said. It attacked targets in the area. Four including a correspondent for the said, “Iraqi Security Forces and soldiers were lightly wounded after a Arabic language Al-Arabiya television multinational forces effectively and Bradley fighting vehicle was set ablaze, station, were killed. An Iraqi accurately targeted these terrorists the US army said. US tanks were seen cameraman working for the Reuters while protecting the lives of innocent moving into the area as residents ran news agency and a freelance civilians”, without saying where the for cover. Iraqi Minister of State Kassim photographer for Getty Images were strike took place. Witnesses described Daoud told a news conference yesterday also wounded. Health Ministry official black columns of smoke above Falluja that the government had launched Saad al-Amili said 13 people were killed and said hundreds of families had “military operations against the and 61 wounded on Haifa street, though begun to leave town, Reuters reported. terrorists in different parts of Iraq.” it was not clear how many were killed Troops have set up checkpoints at the “Our aim of all these activities is to in the helicopter strike. Another 12 northern, western and southern enter the gates of democracy, which we people died and 41 were injured, today, entrances to Falluja, the agency are expecting in January 2005,” he said. in other violence across the city, al- reported. The US military said its offensive in Tal Amili said. In other violence, three Kirkuk, Sep 14 — An attack that blew Afar, west of Mosul, was still under way Polish soldiers were killed after being up an oil pipeline southwest of Kirkuk today. Thousands of residents have fled attacked with grenades and machine- has halted oil exports from the north of the town since fighting erupted. “Multi- gun fire, today, outside the city of Iraq to Turkey, an official in the North National Forces and Iraqi security Hillah, south of Baghdad, raising the Oil Company told Reuters. “Exports forces have secured the main road Polish death toll in Iraq to 13, a Polish have stopped totally,” the official said. around the city over the last two days military spokesman said. Three other The main export pipeline to Turkey had and are now moving into Tal Afar to Poles were injured. Also near Hillah, already been shut down by sabotage but eliminate the presence of the terrorists two powerful bombs exploded before today’s attack around 300,000 who have taken control from legitimate simultaneously on a road, killing at barrels per day were being pumped Iraqi leaders,” a US army statement least three Iraqi National Guard through a substitute export pipeline. — said. It said the military was also members and seriously wounding three Reuters. working to get humanitarian aid to the others, a Polish military spokesman Baghdad, Sep 14 — A huge blast tore victims of the fighting. US forces said. The police chief in the west through a crowded Baghdad market launched an air strike overnight Baghdad district of Yarmouk was killed, close to a police station today and against rebel positions in the Baghdad today, in a bomb attack, while on patrol Reuters witnesses said at least 35 slum of Sadr city, a stronghold of rebel in the district, the Interior Ministry people were killed. The U.S. military Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. — said. Col. Alaa Bashir and another and Iraqi the Interior Ministry said the Reuters. officer died on the spot, said ministry blast was a car bomb attack on a police London, Sep 12 — A press report, spokesman Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman. station in Haifa Street, a Baghdad area dated today, states: Militants pounded Clashes occurred in the Sunni notorious as a haven for guerrillas and central Baghdad, today, with one of insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, 70 criminals, but some witnesses and their most intense mortar barrages miles west of Baghdad, killing two police at the scene gave a different ever, targeting the Green Zone and people and wounding 20 others, account, saying two mortar rounds had destroying a U.S. vehicle on a major hospital officials said. A U.S. Humvee landed in the area. A huge crater had street. At least 25 people were killed was ablaze, parts of it scattered across been punched into the road and at least and more than 100 were wounded, some the street, witnesses said. A bomb also nine cars were destroyed. “Initial of them when a U.S. helicopter fired at exploded along a road just west of reports are that a car bomb detonated crowds around the burning vehicle. Ramadi as a U.S. military convoy was at the north end of Haifa Street. It Elsewhere, a suicide attacker detonated passing by, witnesses said. They said seems there are some Iraqi civilian an explosives-packed vehicle at the U.S. troops opened fire after the attack, casualties, possibly some killed,” a gates of Abu Ghraib prison, killing wounding several people in the area. It spokesman for the U.S. 1st Cavalry himself but causing no other casualties, was not immediately clear whether Division said. Elsewhere, gunmen have the U.S. military said. American guards there were any American casualties. shot dead three Iraqi men accused of fired at the vehicle before the driver Gunmen attacked a group of policement collaborating with U.S.-led forces south could reach the gate, the military said. in the northern city of Mosul, killing of Baghdad, a hospital director said Tawhid and Jihad, a militant group one and wounding seven, police said. today. Razzaq Jabbar said the gunmen linked to al-Qaida and led by Jordanian Gunmen attacked security forces had shot the men while they were in a terror mastermind Abu Musab al- guarding oilfields in two separate car and then set fire to the vehicle late Zarqawi, said it carried out today’s incidents in northern Iraq, injuring five yesterday in Alexandria, a small town coordinated campaign of violence. officers, officials said. Three officers near Hilla, south of Baghdad. — Rockets and mortars began raining were wounded when attackers opened Reuters.

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Baghdad, Sep 14 — A huge explosion investigators at the moment don’t know to stop militants firing rockets at Israel, tore through a crowded market close to their identities and are trying to the army said. Israeli military officials the west Baghdad police headquarters determine their names and said its forces had penetrated the first today, killing at least 47 people in the nationalities. Col. Adnan Abdul row of houses in eastern Jabaliya - a deadliest single attack in the capital in Rahman of the Interior Ministry told heavily populated area with narrow six months. The US army and Iraqi CNN the victims were all men and alleys that leave soldiers vulnerable to Interior Ministry said the blast was a heads were found near the bodies. ambushes. Troops also entered the West car bomb attack on the police building Fighting continued today between U.S. Bank town of Jericho, where they killed in Haifa Street, a Baghdad area known forces and insurgents in Ramadi, where a member of the Palestinian militant as a haven for guerrillas and criminals. 11 Iraqis were killed and seven were group the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. The Health Ministry said 47 people had wounded, an Iraqi Health Ministry Later in the Amari refugee camp in been killed and 114 wounded. The spokesman said. Also in Ramadi, Ramallah, a 15-year-old boy was Interior Ministry and witnesses said Khamees Saad, the director general of knocked over and killed by an Israeli there may have been at least two the Anbar Health Department, escaped army jeep as it was pulling away from simultaneous car bomb blasts. an assassination attempt today. Saad’s stone-throwers. An eighth Palestinian Witnesses said mortars may also have deputy was wounded in the attack and was killed near Israeli settlements in been fired at the same time. In a a bodyguard was killed. In other southern Gaza. The army said the separate attack in Baquba, north-east developments an Iraqi National Guard unarmed man had walked into the no- of Baghdad, 12 policemen were killed soldier and a civilian were killed today go area near the Gush Katif bloc and and two wounded when gunmen opened — and ten other people were wounded that soldiers had shot him. fire on their minibus, a source at the — in a car bombing at a checkpoint in London, Sep 10 — A press report, town’s main hospital said. — Reuters. Suwayra, said Col. Rahman of the dated today, states: An Israeli London, Sep 15 — A press report, Interior Ministry. Suwayra is 40 miles helicopter gunship fired a missile into dated today, states: Saboteurs blew up a southeast of Baghdad. A Marine was the Jabaliya refugee camp in the junction where multiple oil pipelines killed in combat yesterday in Iraq’s Al northern Gaza Strip wounding three cross the Tigris River in northern Iraq Anbar province, the U.S. military said Palestinians, reports say. The attack today, sending plumes of smoke leaping today. The Marine was assigned to the comes on the third day of an Israeli into the sky, officials said. Firefighters 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. The incursion into northern Gaza. At least struggled to put out the blaze after the death brings the total number of U.S. seven Palestinians were killed attack near Beiji, 250km north of troop fatalities in the Iraq war to 1,017, yesterday and 25 injured as Israeli Baghdad. US military officials including 768 killed by hostile activities forces pushed into the Jabaliya surveying the blast estimated it could and 249 non-hostile deaths, according refugee camp in Gaza and two West take up to three days to put out the fire. to the U.S. military. An Islamist Web Bank areas. Israeli troops deployed Crude oil cascaded down the hillside site posted claims of responsibility for near Jabaliya yesterday to stop into the river. Fire burned atop the attacks yesterday at a Baghdad police militants firing rockets at Israel, the water, fuelled by the gushing oil. Beiji is station — where 47 people died — and army said. the point where several oil pipelines on a minibus in Baquba, where 12 Nablus, West Bank, Sep 15 — Israel converge, Lieutenant-Colonel Lee police were killed. The attacks were killed five Palestinian militants in a Morrison of the US Army Corps of claimed by Unification and Jihad — a West Bank raid today, keeping up Engineers said. “Beiji is the group affiliated with Jordanian militant pressure on armed factions as Prime chokepoint,” he said. “It’s so easy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan for a hit.” Earlier, North Oil Company London, Sep 16 — A press report, partial pullout from occupied lands officials had said that only a domestic dated today, states: Three foreign moved forward. Sharon received a boost line had been targeted. It was not nationals have been abducted in against rightist adversaries yesterday immediately clear if the two incidents Baghdad, according to the Iraqi interior when his security cabinet voted to were connected. The 0300 hrs attack ministry. A spokesman said that budget $200,000 to $500,000 per settler came soon after engineers had gunmen seized the men - reported to be family and permit advance completed a two-month project to two Americans and a Briton - at dawn downpayments as part of accelerated install two critical valves that had from a house in Baghdad’s Mansour preparations for the withdrawal. damaged after an earlier attack. neighbourhood. The Reuters news Sharon is counting on downpayments, London, Sep 16 — A press report agency said the three kidnapped people expected to amount to a third of the dated Sep 15, states: A Turkish man were believed to be civilians. It added total compensation packages, to coax kidnapped in Iraq and held for 50 days that there was no fighting as they were most Jewish settlers to leave was freed today by his captors, a taken. The British embassy has said it voluntarily, avoiding clashes with Turkish official said. The freed hostage, is urgently investigating the reports. soldiers. The Israeli daily Haaretz said Ayatullah Gezmen, 43, arrived at the Correspondents say the Mansour around 100 settler families had already Turkish Embassy Wednesday morning district is a wealthy residential area on inquired about the relocation packages. after his kidnappers put him into a taxi, the river Tigris, where many Parliament is due on Nov 3 to vote on according to Ethem Tokdemir, chief of multinational companies have their the total budget for uprooting the the Turkish mission in Baghdad. headquarters. Many foreign settlers, estimated at $550 million to Gezmen, who was kidnapped in Falluja businessmen and contractors live there $670 million. An Israeli newspaper poll by armed men, did not know which if they are not staying in the heavily found that 58 percent of Israelis group had kidnapped him, just that defended Green Zone. This latest support Sharon’s plan to evacuate all 21 they were Iraqis and called themselves kidnapping brings the number settlements in the Gaza Strip and four “Mujahedeen.” Gezmen was a currently of people kidnapped and being of 120 in the West Bank by the end of translator for the Turkish company held to 20. 2005. But opposition has mounted in Bilimtur, which had previously parallel with police probing threats on announced that it was withdrawing ISRAEL Sharon’s life attributed to Israeli ultra- from Iraq following the initial London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated rightists. In the West Bank city of kidnapping of its employees. today, states: At least seven Nablus, Israeli troops killed four Meanwhile, the bodies of three headless Palestinians have been killed and 25 gunmen of the al-Aqsa Martyrs men were discovered this morning on a others injured as Israeli forces pushed Brigades, part of Palestinian President highway near Balad, north of Baghdad, into the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction, and a according to a spokesman for the U.S. and two West Bank areas. Scores of militant of the Democratic Front for the Army’s 1st Infantry Division. The militants clashed with a column of Liberation of Palestine, witnesses said. bodies were dressed in Western style tanks and armoured vehicles entering Israeli military sources confirmed that clothing: two were in jeans and T-shirts Jabaliya camp, after troops had five “senior terrorists” had been and the other in sweat pants and a T- surrounded it before dawn. Five people targeted in the predawn Nablus shirt, the spokesman said. They were were killed in the northern Gaza camp, operation. In Gaza, armoured Israeli initially identified by the 1st ID including a 10-year-old boy. Israeli forces thrust into the Palestinian spokesman as Iraqi civilians, but troops deployed near Jabaliya yesterday village of Mughraq near a Jewish

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23 Political & Civil Unrest settlement and demolished seven NIGERIA Atmosphere Research Commission, the houses before withdrawing at dawn, London, Sep 10 — A press report, officials said without giving further residents said. — Reuters. dated Sep 9, states: Nigerian troops details. No group has claimed battled militia forces today in the responsibility, but in the past police NEPAL creeks and mangrove swamps of have blamed nationalist militants for London, Sep 13 — A press report, Africa’s leading oil region, the Niger targeting security forces and dated today, states: Nine people were Delta, pressing an offensive that has government installations in injured in the latest bomb blast to forced thousands of villagers to flee Baluchistan. — Reuters. shake Nepal’s capital today while their homes for this petroleum hub. London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated suspected Maoist guerrillas freed 20 Burned houses and twisted corrugated today, states: More than 50 people were prisoners, all believed to be rebels, in a iron roofs bore witness today to the killed when Pakistani jets bombed a daring jailbreak. The crude device, ferocity of militia attacks on one slum training camp believed to have been found on the main road to Kathmandu’s district in Port Harcourt, a city of three used by foreign militants, the military airport before the return of Nepal’s million and Nigeria’s most important oil says. Air force bombers and helicopter prime minister from a visit to India, centre. The crackdown — with soldiers gunships reportedly attacked the went off as security forces tried to sealing off river approaches to Port compound in a village in South defuse it. Three security officials and a Harcourt and helicopter gunships Waziristan, near the Afghan border. TV journalist filming the scene were patrolling overhead — is the latest in The military says most of the dead were among those injured by the rigged year-long clashes between Nigeria’s Chechen, Uzbek and Arab militants liquefied petroleum gas cylinder placed military and criminal gangs and ethnic with suspected al-Qaeda and Taleban on a bridge, a police spokesman said, militias for control of oil wealth from links. Witnesses say Pakistani adding “Maoist rebels” were suspected the Niger Delta. Violence in the Niger tribesmen are also among those killed. in the attack. In a separate incident, Delta over the past year has killed more It is one of the biggest attacks since Maoists bombed a jail and freed 20 than 1,000 people and at times shut Pakistani forces intensified operations inmates, all thought to be rebels, a down up to 40% of oil production in in the area six months ago. Army prison official said today. The bomb Nigeria, the world’s No. 7 oil-producing spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan caused a large hole in the wall of the country. One US oil company alone, confirmed that more than 50 people had prison in the town of Mahendra Nagar, ChevronTexaco, is estimated to have been killed in the raid on the camp near allowing 20 inmates of one cell to lost at least $1.75 billion in production Dila Khula, a village about 25km north- escape, a Department of Central Prison losses and sabotaged equipment since east of South Waziristan’s main town of Management official told AFP. “There March, 2003. The army and navy Wana. Other reports say the death toll were 140 inmates in the jail but the launched their latest offensive last is more than 70. (See issue of Sep 10.) prisoners of only one cell could escape,” week in response to deadly militia raids London, Sep 12 — A press report, the official said, adding an inquiry was in August into Port Harcourt. Militia dated today, states: Pakistani security under way. “The 20 missing inmates are leaders and Nigeria’s military said forces and militants clashed, today, in believed to be Maoist activists and it fighting continued today outside the fighting that killed at least nine people seems it was the rebels’ plan to break city. The military is aiming to keep the in the mountains near the Afghan into jail to free them,” the official said. waterways around Port Harcourt safe border, where al-Qaida-linked fighters Indian forces were alerted in the border and open and to “stop the fighters from are believed to be hiding, military region of Champawat after the coming into the city,” said a military officials said. Between six and eight jailbreak. official. Authorities have given no militants were killed during the Kathmandu, Sep 16 — Nepal’s top casualty figures in the current military fighting in Kani Guram, a mountainous firms re-opened for business today, offensive. Asari Dokubo, a militia area about 30 miles north-east of Wana, some for the first time in more than a leader whose movement is the main the main town in South Waziristan, month, after a trade union linked to target of the crackdown in the districts said Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Maoist rebels withdrew threats against outside Port Harcourt, said he expected Shaukat Sultan. Army officials in them. The All Nepal Federation of civilian casualties to be light since Wana, Islamabad, said three soldiers Trade Unions had demanded that 12 of many villagers in targeted areas had died in the clashes. Military officials the country’s leading firms close down already fled. Thousands of villagers said mortar, rocket and small arms fire last month, accusing them of unfair have abandoned their homes since last continued throughout the day. One of labour practices, a threat that was week, streaming into Port Harcourt to the officials said bodies of some extended to another 35 firms last week. take shelter with relatives and friends. militants had been spotted on The trade union withdrew the threat President Olusegun Obasanjo’s mountainsides, but could not be against the firms late yesterday after government accused Dokubo’s group, retrieved because of the fighting. the government agreed to free two of its the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Residents reported hearing heavy jailed leaders and provide information Force, of involvement in a series of gunfire starting at dawn today. about 22 others it says are missing, a attacks on Port Harcourt in the past Helicopter gunships bombed Asman mediator said. “The union, the month that have killed at least 50 Manza, a nearby mountain peak. government and the firms gave their people. The attacks were aimed at Residents also reported seeing at least commitments in writing through us members of a rival militia group that four military pickup trucks carrying that led to the withdrawal of the Dokubo said is supported by the injured people, although it wasn’t clear closure,” human rights activist and government. The government denies who the injured were. The latest mediator Malla K. Sundar told Reuters. the charge. Troops have been called in operation began on Thursday (Sep 9) Industry officials say the closure of the to maintain a 24-hour patrol in Port when the army said fighter jets and 47 businesses, which contributed more Harcourt, a base for international oil helicopter gunships smashed an alleged than $100 million in revenue to the companies, which pump Nigeria’s 2.5 al-Qaida-linked terrorist training cash-strapped government every year, million barrels of normal daily exports. facility north-east of Wana, killing 50 had affected thousands of workers in About 5% of production is now off-line militants. Ten other suspected militants the desperately poor Himalayan because of the violence. About 40% was were killed elsewhere the same day. kingdom.Analysts said the union was off-line in March, 2003. The army said many of the dead under pressure from other labour fighters were Uzbeks, Chechens and groups, businesses and opposition PAKISTAN Arabs. parties to withdraw the threat. Some Quetta, Sep 9 — Two people were unions had already threatened to killed and one was injured today when SOMALIA return to work tomorrow even if the a bomb exploded in a remote coastal London, Sep 16 — A press report, strike was not called off. Mediator town in Pakistan’s southwestern dated today, states: Somalia’s new Malla said the firms would discuss the Baluchistan province, officials said. The parliament has elected a speaker, union’s demands for better wages and explosion in Somyani, 650 km south of bringing the war-torn nation a step working conditions separately. There the Baluchistan provincial capital of closer to establishing its first central was no comment from the government Quetta, killed employees of the state- government in 13 years. Businessman or the union on the deal. — Reuters. run Pakistan Space & Upper Shariff Hassan Sheikh Adan was

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24 Political & Civil Unrest/Labour Disputes elected to the post with 161 votes, London, Sep 14 — A press report, now suggesting to suspend the talks for ahead of his nearest rival’s 105 votes. In dated today, states: Talks to try to four weeks, and for us it as if the talks all, 267 MPs voted during a six-hour resolve the Darfur crisis are due to have collapsed,” Tugod said. The United session in neighbouring Kenya’s capital resume today, amid warnings the world Nations, which has put the death toll looked on by observers and mediators. is not giving enough financial aid to the between 30,000 and 50,000, has The election of a speaker clears the way refugees. The UN says $200m is needed described the food and refugee problem for MPs to vote for a president, due on to save the lives of more than 1m people created by the conflict the world’s worst Sep 22. The president will have the displaced by conflict in Sudan’s western current humanitarian crisis. task of forming an interim government region. Some 10,000 people in Darfur with a view to holding elections in five are dying from violence and disease TURKEY years’ time. However, the challenges each month, says the World Health London, Sep 15 — A press report, facing the new government are tough. Organisation. The African-Union dated today, states: Five carriages of a The capital, Mogadishu, is controlled by sponsored talks, held in Nigeria, have train were destroyed by a bomb opposing armed groups, there are made little progress since they began explosion in eastern Turkey, the semi- disputes over private properties and three weeks ago. The talks between the official Anatolia News Agency reported farms looted during the civil war, as Sudanese government and the rebels - yesterday. Sources were quoted as well as the complication of the the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) saying that the bomb, planted under breakaway Republic of Somaliland. and the Justice and Equality Movement the railway between Kurt and Kale (JEM) - have been held up by stations near the city of Mus, blew up a SUDAN differences over security and passing freight and passenger train. It London, Sep 10 — A press report, disarmament. Nigerian President was not clear yet who planted the bomb dated today, states: Sudan has Olusegun Obasanjo is expected to meet and investigations were underway, said categorically rejected a statement by both sides to try to break the impasse. the sources. The Turkish government US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Yesterday, the European Union urged often blames the outlawed Kurdish which he described the killings in the UN to investigate claims that Workers` Party (PKK) for most Darfur as genocide. The US is seeking a genocide is taking place in Darfur. Last bombings in the country. new UN resolution that threatens week, Sudan categorically rejected a Sudan with sanctions. The resolution statement by US Secretary of State also calls for more African Union Colin Powell in which he described the monitors to go to the western region. In killings in Darfur as genocide. The comments reported by Reuters news United Nations emergency relief co- agency, Mustafa Osman Ismail said the ordinator Jan Egeland, said it was US was “isolated” in its use of such mind-boggling that what has been strong language, which he said was described as the world’s worst aimed at winning African-American humanitarian crisis was not attracting votes in November’s election. enough financial aid from the BOTSWANA Washington says Khartoum is failing to international community. He called for London, Sep 15 — A press report, prevent atrocities against civilians by another $200m in aid to save the lives dated Sep 14, states: Botswana the pro-government Janjaweed Arab of refugees now living in camps in diamond miner Debswana has settled militia. Its call for more monitors won Darfur and across the border in Chad. wage talks in the wake of an illegal widespread support at yesterday’s His comments came after the WHO said strike that disrupted some of the meeting of the UN Security Council, but that among those dying each month world’s biggest gem mines. But 318 China, Pakistan and Algeria expressed from violence and disease in Darfur workers who had been fired for taking reservations about the need for were thousands of children under the part in the strike will not be reinstated, sanctions. Mr Powell based his verdict age of five. The WHO said the Debswana said. The firm’s offer of a that genocide was occurring in Darfur interview-based survey in West and 10% wage rise and a one-off bonus on interviews with more than 1,800 North Darfur - carried out together equal to 10% of annual salary has been refugees who had fled Darfur into with the Sudanese government - accepted by the Botswana Mine neighbouring Chad. He told the US pointed to a monthly death toll of 6,000- Workers’ Union. Debswana said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: 10,000 people among the internally strike would not affect production “We concluded that genocide has been displaced population of about 1.2 targets. The strike involved about 2,400 committed in Darfur, and that the million. “Thousands, including of Debswana’s work force of 5,600. government of Sudan and the thousands of children under five are Debswana said a total of 451 workers Janjaweed bear responsibility and dying every month from diseases which had been sacked for taking part in the genocide may still be occurring.” The can be easily prevented and treated,” strike, which was the longest in testimonies, collected by US State WHO Director-General, Lee Jong-Wook Debswana’s history, but 133 have since Department investigators, showed a said, urging an increase in emergency been re-employed. The rest are pattern of violence which was co- aid. The survey also showed said many awaiting a Court of Appeal hearing on ordinated, not random, Mr Powell said. people did not have enough clean water Sep 24, when unions hope to overturn The US would like the Security Council and lived in crowded makeshift the original court ruling that the strike to vote on its new draft resolution next settlements. was illegal. “If it is ruled that the strike week. The proposed resolution says London, Sep 16 — A press report, was legal, we will reinstate all the Sudan has failed to fully comply with a dated Sep 15, states: One of two rebel workers,” said Debswana group human previous UN resolution which was movements engaged in peace talks with resources manger Paul Gahagan. passed in July. It gives the government Sudan’s government mediated by the a new 30-day deadline. If Khartoum African Union (AU) said the BRAZIL does still not comply, sanctions may be negotiations had collapsed and could be London, Sep 16 — A press report, introduced “including with regard to the suspended for weeks. Mohammed dated yesterday, states: Bank workers petroleum sector”. Sudan currently Ahmed Tugod, the chief negotiator for in Brazil’s biggest cities are set to strike produces about 320,000 barrels of oil the Justice and Equality Movement, today after rejecting a wage increase per day. The resolution also calls for: said today that “the negociations have proposal, banking unions said. Banks in the expansion of the number and collapsed already because there are Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, the capital mandate of the current 300 African differences, strong differences between Brasilia and the southern city of Union troops in the country. us and the Sudanese government.” The Florianopolis plan to strike after unions International overflights in Darfur to AU-mediated talks in the Nigerian in the “great majority’’ of cities, the monitor what is happening, and an end capital Abuja are a bid to end a conflict National Bank Workers Confederation to Sudanese military flights there and which erupted in February 2003 and said in a statement on its Web site. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to has become what the United States last Unions, which are pressing for a 25 assess whether acts of genocide have week called a “genocide”, claiming up to percent wage increase, rejected an offer been carried out and identify the 50,000 lives and displacing almost a of as much as 12.8 percent, the group perpetrators. million and a half people. “The AU is

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25 Labour Disputes/Awards & Settlements said. “The great majority of bank 0659, today. Four vessels had been representatives rejected a “deadlock- workers rejected the proposal,’’ said prevented from unloading. Two have breaking offer” by government, the Carlos Cordeiro, general secretary of gone to Wellington, one to Tauranga department said. The technical the bank workers’ confederation, in the and the fourth deleted Auckland from committee would develop three statement. The confederation, which its New Zealand voyage. The ports proposals: A single-year agreement; a says it represents 90 percent of the company said the strike would cost multi-term agreement focusing on country’s 390,000 bank workers, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr salary adjustment over three years and “directs the unions to decide on a strike Carlisle said the union members would setting aside funds for “career-pathing” to cause strong paralysis in all the have to decide on Monday if the in identified sectors; and a multi-term banks,’’ he said. Bank workers are movement was enough to prevent agreement providing for salary trying to win back some of the spending further strike action which had been adjustment over three years with power they lost in recent years to talked of in the last two or three days. limited macro-benefits. inflation and take a greater share in the However, he said the movement was London, Sep 16 — A press report, record profits being posted by such encouraging. “It was movement in the dated today, states: Thousands of South banks as Banco Itau Holding right direction and I think the company African public sector workers started a Financeira SA, said Luiz Claudio is slowly starting to realise they have one-day strike today in the latest stage Marcolino, the president of the Sao to do something to fix it rather than of a wage dispute with the government. Paulo union, in an interview last week. just let it drift,” Mr Carlisle said. The The strike is expected to be the biggest It’s the first time since 1996 that bank wharfies are looking for a better deal seen since 1999, when 400,000 workers workers in both government and for casual workers with better went on strike. Unions have rejected a private banks have joined a strike, his advancement possibilities from casual three-year government wage and union said. to permanent staff. benefits package. Striking workers are London, Sep 13 — A press report, due to march on parliament in Cape KENYA dated today, states: A four-day strike at Town and to Pretoria’s Union Buildings, London, Sep 16 — A press report, Ports of Auckland that ended yesterday which house President Thabo Mbeki. dated yesterday, states: Striking has cost the company hundreds of Essential workers are banned from Kenya Railways Corporation workers thousands of dollars. The company going on strike, but unions say that have paralysed transportation of missed processing 3500 containers off about one-quarter of key workers will wagons from the Mombasa port. This four vessels due to the strike by 250 remain at work. Teachers, nurses, has created a major cargo clearance workers at its two container terminals, prison warders and police officers are crisis. Clearing and forwarding agents a spokeswoman said. The strike ended among those on strike. An estimated who expected to load their containers at 0700 hrs. Workers are meeting this 300,000 of the country’s 360,000 to wagons were the hardest-hit, as the morning before further mediation with teachers are expected to take part in the pile-up of containers reached 1,259 by the company tomorrow. They want a strike, with most teachers’ unions yesterday afternoon. A KPA public promotion formula that allows workers taking part. Teachers have not had a relations officer confirmed that the to progress from casual to permanent pay review since 1996. South Africa has situation was getting out of hand. Out part-time and permanent full-time about 1.1 million public servants, of of the 1,259 containers, 728 were employment. Maritime Union Auckland which 990,000 are unionised, and there destined to Kampala, 255 for Nairobi, president Denis Carlisle said some are fears the strike could cost the 209 for Kisumu, 54 for Malaba and 13 progress was made in a mediation country as much as $30m (£16.8m). for Mombasa. “We are worried about session on Friday (Sep 10) but it was up Today’s strike follows union rejection of these developments, because after 15 to workers to decide whether to take a 28bn-rand ($4.29bn; £2.41bn) pay days we will be forced to introduce further strike action after discussions package and is the latest stage in a demurrage charges, even though this today. dispute which began in April this year. is not our clients’ mistake,” he said. The row began with the government’s More than 300 railway workers in SOUTH AFRICA offer of a 4.4% wage rise for 2004, far Mombasa said they would only resume London, Sep 15 — A press report, lower than the union’s 12% demand. work after the managing director, Mr dated today, states: Public servants are Both sides altered their positions in Andrew Wanyande, was sacked. On going ahead with their strike planned June, with the government raising its Tuesday nine trains each with 30 for tomorrow despite last-minute offer to 5.5% and unions lowering their wagons failed to leave the port as the government moves to avert such action, demand to 7%. Mass protests earlier strike started. Each wagon carries two union leaders said. “The strike is on,” this month in central Johannesburg twenty-foot containers. The vice labour union spokesperson Fikile Hugo prompted the government to offer a new chairman of Kenya International said this morning. He disputed the three-year deal. Under this new deal, Freight and Warehousing Association, accuracy of reports that the government the government has offered a 6% Mr Peter Mambembe, supported the and labour service unions had agreed increase for 2004, plus a 1% workers’ demands. on setting up a technical committee to performance-related pay rise. Workers continue negotiations. “The technical would get a pay rise in line with NEW ZEALAND committee is only a proposal by (Public inflation for 2005 and 2006. Unions London, Sep 12 — A press report, Service and Administration) Minister have refused this latest deal, wanting a dated today, states: Two hundred port Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi,” Hugo said. 7% rise this year and the right to workers are back on the job in “The unions still have to decide whether negotiate above-inflation rises for the Auckland following four days of or not to join this committee. We will following two years. Public Service and industrial action. The Maritime Union meet today to consider the matter.” The Administration Minister Geraldine watersiders have been striking since proposal for such a committee emerged Fraser-Moleketi said the government Wednesday (Sep 8) over the way casual from last-ditch talks between the simply did not have any more money to workers are employed at the Ports of government and unions that continued offer. Auckland and on Friday met with into the early hours of today. The mediator Colleen Hicks. Talks have unions would also consider whether or resumed, but the union will be holding not strike action by about 700 000 a stop-work meeting tomorrow to public servants should continue beyond discuss the possibility of further strike tomorrow, Hugo said. According to action. Maritime Union Auckland Fraser-Moleketi’s department the president Denis Carlisle said the unions had agreed in principle to join movement they achieved at the the technical committee. “We are just meeting would be taken back to a waiting to hear from the unions on the stopwork meeting on Monday morning. number of members who will be “We got some movement from the participating,” departmental IRRESPONSIBLE SALE OF company. We are not quite there yet spokesperson Madoda Mxake said FIRE-ARMS, UNITED STATES but we are on the way,” Mr Carlisle told today. The proposal to form a technical London, Sep 10 — A press report, NZPA. The four-day strike ended at committee came after labour dated today, states: Victims of the

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Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings “liquidated damages” equal to actual both the discrimination and wages and their families have settled claims damages in the case to compensate for cases, said in a statement it was against the maker of the gun used in the delay in making payments. Often, pleased with the outcome. Cracker the spree and its dealer for $2.5 million, plaintiffs who win civil lawsuits are Barrel released a statement saying it an agreement the plaintiffs’ lawyer said granted additional money in interest if also was pleased, but neither group would change practices in the firearms the lawsuit has lingered for years. would comment further. The settlement industry. Lawyers for the families call Hughes said federal law does not announced yesterday involved lawsuits the settlements “landmark.” The Brady permit plaintiffs to receive interest in charging that black employees were Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which these types of overtime cases, but it denied promotions, pay and training has filed a number of gun suits, said does allow liquidated damages to be offered to whites and that black patrons this is the first time a gun assessed. The city had already agreed were segregated, sometimes in the manufacturer has agreed to pay a that the actual damages in the case smoking section, and ignored. Those settlement to victims. Bushmaster were $48 million. White said racial charges involved 118 plaintiffs in Firearms of Maine will pay $550,000, Wednesday that in addition to the $96 multiple states. One of them was a all of which is covered by its insurance million the city might have had to pay white Mt. Juliet couple, the Hargroves, policy. Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply in for actual and liquidated damages, it with an adopted African-American son Tacoma, Wash., will pay $2 million, the could have been ordered to pay $20 who complained they were seated in the largest settlement of its kind by a gun million to the paramedics’ pensions. smoking section against their will and dealer, the Brady Center said. “This Blakeney said the settlement is the waited 45 minutes with no service settlement sends a loud message to all largest payout for overtime violations despite the fact no one else was in the gun manufacturers that they can’t look to a fire department in the country’s restaurant. A spokeswoman for the other way when their guns are history. Houston, like other cities that Cracker Barrel previously said that the being irresponsibly sold or secured at lost similar suits, claimed that company had investigated many of the the retail level,” said Jon Lowy, a paramedics should earn overtime on the accusations and found them to be lawyer with the Brady Centre. In a same basis as firefighters, which meant statement, Bushmaster did not admit untrue. In the case of the Mt. Juliet they were not entitled to overtime couple, Cracker Barrel has said the any wrongdoing, but said the money unless they worked more than 46.7 “will go to the victims’ families for their delay in serving was because of a shift hours per week. The federal change, not discrimination. In other grief.” The lawsuit, filed in January government attempted to protect cities 2003 in Pierce County, Wash., also complaints about wage violations, by changing overtime laws in 1999 to 10,000 hourly workers for Cracker named convicted snipers Lee Boyd require paramedics to work the same Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, Barrel opted into a 1999 Georgia hours as firefighters before they could lawsuit, saying they were made to work although there is unlikely to be any collect overtime, Blakeney has said. The recovery from them. extended time without pay.Employees Houston lawsuit, filed in 1995, spans said they were made to work after overtime claims from 1986 to 1999. clocking out in the evenings and OVERTIME PAYMENTS, Hughes initially agreed with the city’s UNITED STATES servers were forced to do non-server position, and in March 2000 he threw duties without pay, according to the London, Sep 16 — A press report, out the paramedics’ claims. But the 5th dated Sep 15, states: Houston’s Mayor lawsuit. The Lebanon-based CBRL U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Group, the parent company of Cracker Bill White announced today that the Orleans ruled that Houston paramedics city will pay $72 million to settle an Barrel, still has a lawsuit pending were entitled to overtime if they worked brought by the federal Equal overtime lawsuit filed by paramedics, more than 40 hours a week, and sent reversing course from July when he Employment Opportunity Commission, the case back to Hughes’ court to alleging harassment and said the city would appeal unfavorable determine what the paramedics were discrimination. Reid Estes, an rulings in the nine-year-old case. owed.Craig Smyser, a private attorney employment attorney with Stewart White said he changed his mind representing the city, said the U.S. Estes & Donnell in Nashville, said because the city could have been Supreme Court never ruled on whether Cracker Barrel came out ahead ordered to pay as much as $116 million paramedics should have been classified yesterday, given the settlement if it lost future appeals. The 2,600 as firefighters for overtime pay, even amount. Some 10,118 plaintiffs will paramedics who are plaintiffs in the though different federal appellate class-action suit will be awarded sums courts had reached conflicting rulings. have to share the amount, after paying ranging from as little as $500 to tens He said the 1999 federal law has made attorneys fees. of thousands of dollars, depending on it unlikely that the high court would how much overtime they worked consider the matter. Smyser said there ROAD ACCIDENT, AUSTRALIA without proper compensation, said would have been little point for the city London, Sep 11 — A press report, dated yesterday, states: A NSW man their lawyer, Troy Blakeney. He said he to appeal the case because it could have has been awarded almost A$7 million in will recommend to his clients to accept been ordered to pay liquidated damages damages after he became a quadriplegic the proposed settlement, and a final even if appellate courts found it acted in a car accident when not wearing a decision should be made in about a in good faith in defending the lawsuit seatbelt. Peter Allen, now 24, became a month. He said it has not yet been rather than immediately paying the quadriplegic after the ute in which he determined how much of the $72 overtime. million would go to legal fees, but said was a passenger left a dirt road and it likely will be between one-fourth to overturned in Jugiong, in the state’s RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, south-west, on February 6, 1999. Mr one-third of the amount. White said UNITED STATES the money would be paid within two Allen sued the driver of the car, his London, Sep 10 — A press report, friend Shannon King, for negligence years. The city would issue $50 million dated today, states: Restaurant chain in judgment obligation bonds, and the claiming he was driving too fast and not Cracker Barrel Old Country Store keeping a proper lookout. He said the remaining money would come from announced yesterday it will pay $8.7 either insurance settlements related to ute overturned shortly after they had million to settle multiple lawsuits driven over a cattle grid and rounded a Tropical Storm “Allison” or real estate involving both racial discrimination sales. He said if those two sources bend. It was his case that the accident allegations against customers and don’t generate enough revenue, the occurred because Mr King went around employees, and accusations of wage city may have to postpone some capital the bend too quickly and lost control of violations. The settlement, which has improvement projects. The city already the ute. Justice Timothy Studdert not been approved by the courts yet, reduced this year’s capital agreed, saying Mr King did not exercise would close the door on most of the improvement plan, which was passed enough care with his driving and racial bias lawsuits that have dogged by City Council today, by $50 million to awarded Mr Allen $6,946,536. “That the accommodate the settlement, White Cracker Barrel for the last several defendant did not appreciate before he said. In July, U.S. District Judge Lynn years.The National Association for the reached the grid that there was a bend Hughes dealt a major blow to the city Advancement of Coloured People, which in the road beyond it, reflects that he when he said the city must pay had worked with the lead lawyers in failed to keep a proper lookout,” Justice Receive immediate notice as soon as a Casualty occurs. For further information please contact Andrew Luxton on +44 (0) 20 7017 4625.

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Studdert said. In his defence, Mr King there could be more. There’s a risk said Mr Allen did not take enough care people are still trapped under the car.” of his own safety because he was not About 70 people were on the train, wearing a seatbelt. But Justice including a large group of high school Studdert said Mr King’s lawyers did students. Hospital officials said 40 not adequately prove that Mr Allen people were admitted for treatment. would not have become a quadriplegic About 100 rescue workers were on the if he had worn a seatbelt. scene, including 20 ambulances. Officials at Banverket, the authority ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, FALLS TOWNSHIP, responsible for rail traffic in Sweden, UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES are investigating. It was unclear how London, Sep 10 — A press report, London, Sep 16 — A press report, fast the state-run train was travelling. dated Sep 9, states: The New dated Sep 15, states: Investigators are Hampshire state Supreme Court trying to figure out why a freight train MADONNA DELL’OLMO AREA, yesterday refused to reduce a jury’s derailed early today in Bucks County. ITALY $1.2 million award to a woman injured According to police, the incident London, Sep 14 — A press report, when the motorcycle she was a occurred in Falls Township just before dated today, states: Two women died passenger on was struck by a 0730 when a CSX train jumped the and around 30 were injured when a recreational vehicle. The court did not tracks. No injuries were reported and passenger train derailed in northern agree with the New Hampshire that the material inside the freight car Italy. Three of the injured were International Speedway, one of the was not hazardous. seriously hurt, including the driver of defendants in the case, that the high the train, which was carrying around 40 award was “manifestly exorbitant and KRISTIANSTAD AREA, SWEDEN people in all when it derailed for conclusively against the evidence.” But Gothenburg, Sep 11 — Two people died unknown reasons near the town of whether Mary Carignan, who suffered and 47 were injured, some seriously, Madonna dell’Olmo, the Ansa agency knee and ankle injuries and a broken when a train at a road crossing ran into said yesterday. One of the dead women hip, will get all of the $1.2 million is a large truck and trailer just north of was the train’s chief engineer. The not certain. She will get $300,000, or Kristianstad in southern Sweden Italian railway company, FS, opened the 25 percent share of the award the yesterday morning. The deceased were two investigations into the crash, which jury concluded the Speedway was both drivers on board the train. Out of occurred on a service linking the responsible for because its employee the 47 injured, four are considered as northern city of Turin and Cuneo, in was directing traffic when the accident serious. The “Kustpilen” trains, which northwestern Italy. Ansa said the occurred. Dennis Carignan, with his operate between Karlskrona and Malmo derailment ripped down electrical wife as passenger, was driving south on several times a day, are allowed to pass Route 106 in Loudon on Aug. 23, 1998, power cables over a distance of 700 through the small village of Nosaby at metres. and passing an RV towing a pickup 140 kph and the road crossings are truck when the RV turned into the blocked by gates/beams with red lights International Speedway. The jury NEW TERRITORY, HONG KONG flashing, stopping the traffic on the London, Sep 11 — A press report, concluded Dennis Carignan was not road in good time before the passage of liable. The high court, however, sent dated today, states: A Hong Kong light the train. A lorry and trailer mistook rail train derailed in Hong Kong’s New the case back to Belknap County the signals and parked across the rails. Superior Court yesterday because the Territory yesterday morning with no When the train came at full speed it hit casualties. According to Kowloon- trial judge did not allow the jury to the lorry and trailer, with all units consider a police officer’s report on the Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), being smashed to pieces. Before the the accident affected more than 5,000 accident that concluded “the driver of impact the lorry driver first tried to the motorcycle made a wrong decision passengers as the traffic on parts of the open up the closed gates but when in his attempt to pass the RV.” The three light rail routes were suspended failed he drove through the closed gates Supreme Court ruled that Judge Peter for over two hours. The KCRC said the Smith must hold a hearing to to escape from the dangerous area but company sent buses to get passengers determine whether the officer’s report hit another lorry which was stopped at to their destinations in the district. is “trustworthy” and should be the other side, just as the train was Preliminary investigations indicated admitted. If the accident report should approaching. The train wagons rolled that an explosion of a steel wheel have been presented as evidence, a new around and ended at the side. The caused the train to derail. trial will have to be held. Attorney Average Commission (SHK) is to Matthew Lahey, who represented Mrs. investigate the accident. The train TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA Carignan, said he would expect one traffic will be stopped for some time and London, Sep 12 — A press report, side or the other to appeal whatever buses will be used instead. First test of dated today, states: The Evandale Road Judge Smith decides. Lahey said the the safety equipment of the train and in north-east Tasmania was closed for high court will look at the judge’s beams showed no defects on the system two-and-a-half hours last night after a reasons for allowing or not allowing the but a final report will be presented train derailment near Western report into the trial and “decide if the early next year. A total of 35 Junction. Police say the accident reasons were sufficient.” Attorney ambulances from various regions to happened about 2020, AEST. No one Kenneth Bouchard said the court’s assist and took the injured to hospital was injured by the derailment. Police decision was “helpful” to his client, at Kristianstad. — Westax Marine say they do not know why the train Leslie Wheeler, the RV driver who was Services AB. derailed. found 75 percent responsible for the accident. That meant he was liable for KRISTIANSTAD, SWEDEN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA, $900,000 of the $1.2 million award. London, Sep 10 — A press report, UNITED STATES Bouchard said if Judge Smith dated today, states: A commuter train London, Sep 13 — A press report, concludes the officer’s accident report carrying high school students collided dated yesterday, states: A car-carrier is “untrustworthy” it would be an with a truck in southern Sweden this loaded with vintage Porsches was “extreme finding.” “It pretty much morning, killing at least two people and struck by a freight train today after means we’ll be going back for a new injuring 40, police and rescue workers becoming stranded on railroad tracks, trial for all of the issues against Mr. said. The accident happened around officials said. The accident occurred Wheeler and Mr. Carignan,” he said. 0900 hrs, at a gated crossing outside about 1545 hrs near the Ventura The $1.2 million award was the second- Kristianstad, a town on the County Fairgrounds, said Lt. David highest by a Belknap County Superior southeastern coast. The three-carriage Wilson of the Ventura Police Court jury. At the time, Bouchard regional train jumped the tracks and Department, who was at the scene. The called the verdict “shocking” and said the first carriage flipped over, rescue such an amount might be expected in a car-carrier was “high-centred” on the worker Sven Nilsson told The railroad tracks and the driver was wrongful death case, but not in a Associated Press. “We know there are at personal injury case. trying to manoeuvre it off the tracks least two deceased,” Nilsson said. “But when Wilson arrived. Wilson said he

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28 Railway Accidents/Miscellaneous called to have train traffic stopped, but mouths of his roosters when they were but there were no immediate reports of a northbound freight train came injured during fighting, a common anyone being admitted with such barreling down the track only practice in the sport, said a Public symptoms from the infected areas. The moments later. The driver suffered Health Ministry spokeswoman. She bird flu-infected poultry in the Hanoi minor injuries while fleeing from the said all the chickens in a one-mile market had been brought in from impact, Wilson said. The vintage radius of the victim’s house had been surrounding areas even though animal Porsches “are close to totalled, if not culled. A 15-year-old assistant of the health inspectors had been randomly totalled,” Wilson said. The front engine victim was quarantined even though checking on poultry shipments on the of the freight train came off the tracks he did not show any symptoms, she roads leading to the city. Yesterday, an and Union Pacific crews were called to said. The death raised the number of animal health official in southern Ho the scene to get it operating again, people killed by avian influenza in Chi Minh City said the H5 subtype Wilson said. Thailand this year to nine and in Asia was found in most ducks living in two to 28. Eight people died in Thailand districts on the outskirts of the city but and 16 in Vietnam in the first that they would not be culled. — Miscellaneous outbreak in January, which devastated Reuters. poultry stocks and led authorities to London, Sep 16 — A press report, cull tens of millions of birds. The dated today, states: Malaysia on disease re-emerged in July and Wednesday (Sep 15) placed the entire claimed three more lives in Vietnam. north-eastern state of Kelantan under Nearly 300,000 birds have been quarantine to prevent the spread of slaughtered since early July in bird flu as three more villagers were COLLAPSE OF COAL MINE, Thailand. Experts from the UN Food hospitalised after developing FUYUAN COUNTY, CHINA and Agriculture Organisation and symptoms. The move, which restricts London, Sep 14 — A press report, other groups have warned that the the movement of poultry throughout dated today, states: Ten miners have virus cannot be easily or quickly the state, came after the bird flu virus been found dead after being trapped in eradicated, especially since evidence was yesterday found to have jumped a coal mine in southwestern China for has accumulated that it is spread by outside the original quarantine zone five days following a roof collapse, migratory birds. Rai said Thailand around the first village in Kelantan hit state media reported today. The roof of had done a good job of surveillance by the virus. Bird flu has killed 28 the Tuanjie coal mine at Fuyuan and detection. “Since Thailand has people in Vietnam and Thailand this county in Yunnan province gave way experienced the first wave of bird flu, year and led to the slaughter of last Thursday (Sep 9) when 17 it is much more prepared to deal with millions of birds. Agriculture Minister workers were underground, Xinhua it now,” he said. Muhyiddin Yassin told reporters when news agency said. Seven managed to London, Sep 12 — A press report, asked if the whole state was under escape. More than 200 people were dated today, states: Officials in quarantine. “We have set up mobilised for rescue work but their Malaysia say new cases of bird flu have roadblocks at border checkpoints to progress was hampered by “the been detected for the second time in five prevent anyone from transporting complex geological conditions days. They say a veterinary worker has poultry out of the state.” Veterinary underground” after the accident, been hospitalised with fever and a officers are beefing up surveillance Xinhua quoted local official Li Haihua cough. Culling of poultry in the infected throughout Kelantan, especially in as saying. The cause of the accident area is beginning. But the authorities infected areas, and neighbouring was still being investigated. say more tests are needed to determine states such as Terengganu have also whether the virus is of the H5N1 strain, been put on the alert to ensure it DRUGS SEIZED ON SENEGAL which has killed 27 people in Asia this doesn’t spread there, he added. Health VESSEL BY SPAIN year. The World Health Organisation, ministry disease control director Vigo, Sep 13 — Fishing vessel South meanwhile, says a bird flu pandemic Ramlee Rahmat said that three people, Sea has been sold at auction by the Port could sweep Asia unless efforts to halt including an eight-year-old girl, who Authority of Villagarcia to breakers the virus are intensified. The regional were hospitalised over the weekend company “Gijonesa de Desguaces y director for the WHO’s Western Pacific have been cleared of the disease. But Recuperacion Ferricas, S.L” of Gijon, for Region, Shigeru Omi, says member three children from nearby villages the nominal amount of Euro 100. The states must strengthen reporting were admitted for observation late vessel will be taken away by breakers systems and improve their animal Tuesday after developing cough and soon hereafter. — Lloyd’s Agents. husbandry practices. flu-like symptoms, he said. “All three Hanoi, Sep 16 — Vietnam has moved have a history of contact with the dead OUTBREAK OF “BIRD FLU” to stamp out two more bird flu animals. We are isolating them as a London, Sep 10 — A press report, outbreaks near the capital by culling precaution pending test results,” he dated Sep 9, states: A man in Thailand about 600 sick chickens and ducks, an said. Culling activities are ongoing but official said today. Bird flu has killed has died of bird flu, the first human only in affected villages, he added. 29 people in Asia this year, 20 of them casualty in the country since the Muhyiddin earlier this week also in Vietnam, and experts fear it is so disease re-emerged in Asia in July, suggested the use of the tough Internal widespread it will take years to officials said today. Tests confirmed that Security Act, which allows indefinite control. Dau Ngoc Hao, deputy head of the death yesterday of an 18-year-old detention without trial, against man in Prachinburi province was the agriculture ministry’s animal health department, said the H5 poultry smugglers to curb rampant caused by the H5N1 bird flu virus, said smuggling across the border. Officials Dr. Charal Trinvuthipong, director- subtype of bird flu virus was found among 300 sick and dead poultry, half say the disease was first brought into general of the Health Ministry’s Malaysia by fighting cocks that had Department of Communicable Disease of them ducks, at a market in Hanoi and from a flock in nearby Ha Tay been exposed to the virus in Thailand Control. “This case is not unexpected,” and that the new outbreaks were Dr. Kumara Rai, the acting World province. “It happened on Aug 27 and 28 but the authorities are now very caused by the continued smuggling of Health Organisation representative to chicken meat. Malaysia is seeking an Thailand, said. “As the WHO has been experienced in dealing with this so they have settled them right away,” urgent meeting with Thai authorities reminding its member countries, as to discuss measures to combat the long as the virus is circulated by birds Hao told Reuters, referring to the cull. Officials have disinfected the farms spread of the virus, including it is a matter of time before a human is strengthening border security. infected.” The victim, who raised where the birds came from and the burial site. People in the latest areas Thailand has put nine more people fighting cocks, was admitted to a under surveillance for suspected bird hospital in Prachinburi, 60 miles north- infected with bird flu have been advised to monitor their health and flu, officials said. Eighty people have east of Bangkok, on Sep 4, four days now been put under observation since after falling ill. The victim, who was not not eat sick poultry. Tests on humans are conducted only if people are the reappearance of the virus in July, identified, was in the habit of sucking according to Thailand’s public health out blood and other fluids from the hospitalised with flu-like symptoms

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ABP said that no not doing enough to monitor birds vessels had been prevented from calling capable of carrying the deadly avian flu CHEMICAL WAREHOUSES, as a result of the situation. virus following the kingdom’s ninth QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Investigations were yesterday being human death last week. The WHO London, Sep 15 — A press report, carried out into how the fire broke out, fears that the H5N1 virus could mutate dated today, states: Fire destroyed two with concerns centred on the possibility into a highly contagious form that warehouses containing chemicals on the of damage to a valve during handling by triggers a global human flu pandemic Gold Coast overnight. Eight crews and a forklift. The Environment Agency three aerial appliances from Brisbane reported that there was no damage to were called to the blaze that began OUTBREAK OF SALMONELLA ON the environment. about 2030, AEST, at a company called BAHAMAS FLAGGED PASSENGER Chemical House in the suburb of VESSEL (MONA LISA) FACTORY, MANSFIELD, Ernest. Witnesses described numerous London, Sep 15 — Seventy-five UNITED KINGDOM large explosions. Atmosphere tests passengers and 27 crew members on London, Sep 15 — A press report, revealed low level toxic gases but there board passenger Mona Lisa (28891 gt, dated today, states: Managers at a was no danger to residents and no Nottinghamshire firm whose factory built 1966) were hit by salmonella injuries to fire officers, a fire brigade during a 12-day cruise from was gutted by a huge fire on Aug 25, spokeswoman said. The fire destroyed say it will take several months to clear Bremerhaven around the coast of two warehouses and was contained in England. After the return to the site. The fire, at Pyramid Products just over two hours. An investigation is in Mansfield started when machinery Bremerhaven on Sep 9, the port doctor underway into the cause of the blaze. said that the poisoning was probably burst into flames and at its height, 60 Firefighters were still at the scene this firefighters tackled the blaze. It burned caused by food but the source was no morning. longer identifiable. The passengers and for 24 hours. The remains of the factory building have now been demolished. crew started to feel ill one day after DOCKS, IMMINGHAM, departure from Bremerhaven, on Aug The company supplies goods to the HUMBERSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM camping and caravanning trade. 28. The vessel is on long-term charter to London, Sep 14 — More than 50 Holiday Kreuzfahrten in firefighters are tackling a chemical fire FACTORY, PETERBOROUGH, Erkelenz/Germany, which is offering at Immingham docks. Two tonnes of cruises. CAMBRIDGESHIRE, sodium hydrosulphite escaped from a UNITED KINGDOM container at the Norfolk Line terminal POWER OUTAGE, KARACHI, London, Sep 11 — A press report, and caught fire. The initial fire is now dated yesterday, states: A fire at a PAKISTAN out, however, because the powder Karachi, Sep 11 — The power utility Peterborough factory which caused ignites when it is exposed to air there is almost £2m worth of damage last week company-Karachi Electric Supply a danger that it could reignite. Corporation (KESC) said yesterday was started deliberately, say police. The Humberside Fire Service officers say fire was started by arsonists at evening that its main extra high they are waiting for the Environment Winpack Limited on Lattersey Hill tension line from the Port Muhammad Agency to assist them. Assistant Trading Estate in Whittlesey Aug 30. Bin Qasim power station broke down Divisional Officer Tony Harvey said the and as a result at least half of Karachi chemical was being sprayed with water FORMER BREWERY, was plunged in darkness. Official to prevent it catching fire again. At the SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, sources said the fault developed about same time it is being moved into other UNITED STATES 1815 hrs in the main extra high- containers which will then be used by London, Sep 10 — A press report, tension (EHT) line of the Korangi the Environment Agency to dispose of dated Sep 9, states: A huge fire heavily West Grid, due to which the power the chemical. “We anticipate this will damaged the old Pearl Brewery early supply from the Bin Qasim station take us most of today and into tonight,” today. When firefighters arrived at the suspended immediately. The cut-off Mr Harvey said. He added that the historic building at 0200 hrs, big flames resulted in a power shortage of 1,000 vapour given off by the fire was toxic, were shooting from the 40,000 foot MW. Almost the entire defunct South but it was being safely dispersed over structure. Nearly 85 firefighters battled district, including Defence, Clifton, II the Humber and no-one was in any the three-alarm blaze and brought it Chundrigar Road, Old City Areas, danger. under control in about an hour. “The Garden, Soldier Bazaar, Lasbella, and London, Sep 15 — Around 50 building was completely on fire when parts of Nazimabad, North firefighters were called to the Norfolk we first got here,” said Randy Jenkins, Nazimabad, Federal B Area, Gulistan- Line terminal in Immingham yesterday, of the San Antonio Fire Department. e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, following a spill of the chemical sodium Several small explosions from a diesel Gulshan-e-Maymar, Malir, Shah hydrosulphite that caught fire on tank were reportedly heard but a cause Faisal Colony, Malir Cantt and other exposure to the air. The powerful had yet to be determined. No one was areas, were affected by the bleaching agent - used in the textile and injured and no one was in the building, breakdown. He said that KESC paper industry - was in an intermediate which was built in the 1800’s, at the engineers were restoring power supply bulk container, from which it somehow time of the fire. Damage is expected to to the affected localities one by one. escaped. A spokesman for Humberside be in the millions. The brewery was He added that, after carrying out the Fire Service said that only prompt shut down in April 2001. rehabilitation process, the engineers action from the brigade, following a call would figure out why the main Bin at 1045 hrs, averted what could have FURNITURE STORE, Qasim line broke down. The power been a serious situation at the SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS, supply was restored in some areas Associated British Ports-operated UNITED KINGDOM around 2200 hrs. — Lloyd’s List facility. “Luckily the fire crews got in London, Sep 15 — A press report, Correspondent. quickly. Any length of time and we’d dated Sep 14, states: Up to 130 people have been in real trouble,” he said. The had to leave their homes after a fire VIARSA I (Panama) chemical is difficult to tackle for broke out at a furniture store in a Fremantle, Sep 14 — Fishing Viarsa I technical reasons, he added. “This is a nearby retail park in Solihull. Sixty is still at Jervoise Bay. — Lloyd’s bizarre one. Even though it was on fire, firefighters tackled the blaze at the Agents. it reacts with water.” As a result, the Klaussner store, Sears Retail Park, in

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Oakenshaw Road, Shirley, which broke demolish a mountain in the far north of work will continue for at least a week out just before 2300, BST, yesterday. the country,” a BBC correspondent in before investigators can enter and start Fire investigators will return to the Pyongyang with British Foreign Office looking for a cause and origin of the shop later to establish the cause. A minister Bill Rammell quoted North massive fire Aug 19 in the 400,000- structural engineer has been called in Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam-sun square-foot warehouse that held to assess the safety of the building. as saying. Paek, who was giving the between 40,000 and 50,000 barrels, first North Korean word on the some containing up to an inch of KIMHYUNGJIK COUNTY, explosion, said it was part of a potentially hazardous chemicals. But RYANGGANG PROVINCE, construction project to build a hydro- even when they get in, there’s no NORTH KOREA electric dam in the remote mountainous guarantee investigators will find any Seoul, Sep 12 — A huge explosion region of Ryanggang on the Chinese answers. Cincinnati Fire Capt. Dan rocked North Korea three days ago but border. — Reuters. Rottmueller, the city’s lead investigator, US and South Korean officials said London, Sep 16 — A press report, said it will be like trying to put together today it was unlikely to have been a dated yesterday, states: The five- a huge jigsaw puzzle without knowing if nuclear weapons test despite a report member inspection team from the one has all the pieces. Rottmueller said that the blast produced a mushroom International Atomic Energy Agency the three weeks since the fire is one of cloud. South Korea’s Yonhap news (IAEA), who will arrive in Seoul on the longest periods he has had to wait agency said the blast on Thursday (Sep Sunday (Sep 19) for additional before beginning a fire investigation. 9) in Kimhyungjik county in Ryanggang investigations into South Korea’s Investigators also have interviewed province in the north-east near the nuclear experiments, will focus on the about 35 witnesses and reviewed border with China appeared much 150 kilograms of uranium metal videotape of the fire. But they don’t bigger than a train explosion that killed produced in the early 1980s at three have enough evidence to determine a at least 170 people in April. The “New facilities that had not been declared to cause or origin of the blaze, which York Times” reported in its Sunday the nuclear watchdog, according to caused an estimated $5 million in editions that the Bush administration sources here. Staying until Sep 26, the damage. Once they get inside, the had received recent intelligence reports inspectors are expected to interview investigation should take between a that some experts believed could scientists involved, take environmental week and 10 days. After investigators indicate North Korea was preparing to samples and visit the nuclear research are finished, the U.S. Environmental conduct its first nuclear weapons test facilities in Seoul and Taejon where the Protection Agency will take control of explosion. However, in Washington, US two controversial experiments took the site to make sure it is cleaned up officials said there was no definitive place in 1982 and 2000, officials said. properly. explanation yet, although the blast did During their first visit early this not appear to be nuclear. A test would month, the IAEA inspectors didn’t meet REFINERY, POINTE-A-PIERRE, alter the stakes in the North’s stand-off Korean scientists. “We haven’t tried to TRINIDAD with the United States over develop nuclear weapons and didn’t try London, Sep 10 — A press report, Pyongyang’s atomic ambitions. “We’ve to test fissile materials with the aim of dated today, states: Several workers got no indication that anything of the making a bomb,’’ Cho, former Defense were evacuated from the Number 4 sort has happened. We believe these Minister, said “I think this is the Vacuum Distillation Unit at Petrotrin’s reports to be completely unfounded,” country’s chance to make everything Pointe-a-Pierre refinery when fire broke said a State Department official. clearer and prevent this kind of event out early yesterday morning. The unit “People are pretty sure it’s not a from happening again.” is involved in the process in which mushroom cloud and not a test of any gasoline is produced. Residents in kind,” the official said. Yonhap said a MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM, nearby Marabella said they heard a mushroom cloud up to 4 km in diameter BICKENHILL, BIRMINGHAM AREA, loud explosion and saw flames was seen after the blast in an area near UNITED KINGDOM - “shooting” high up into the air around missile bases. South Korean Unification London, Sep 16 — A press report, 0200 hrs. They said the flames lasted Minister Chung Dong-young also played dated today, states: Around £20m has for about an hour. The State-owned oil down an atomic link, saying after a been spent on rebuilding the National company said later no one was injured National Security Council meeting that Motorcycle Museum following a and that the fire would not affect the Seoul’s assessment so far was the devastating fire exactly a year ago. Five supplies of petroleum products to the explosion was unlikely to have been hundred motorbikes and 80% of the local market. It did not say whether part of the communist North’s nuclear building in Bickenhill, Solihull, were exports would be affected. Petrotrin arms ambitions. “There are some destroyed in the fire, which was started described the fire as “small” and said it foreign media reporting such by a discarded cigarette. The museum “was brought quickly under control by possibilities, but we are judging at the did not have a sprinkler system at the the company’s fire department”. An moment the explosion is unrelated to time of the fire but £1m has now been investigation team, which includes a such reports,” Yonhap quoted him as spent on installing one. The building is trade union representative, has been saying. Chung chairs the National due to reopen to the public on Dec 1. appointed to probe the cause of the fire, Security Council, which advises Fire investigators said the cigarette Petrotrin said. President Roh Moo-hyun. Roh’s which started the fire had been dropped spokesman, Kim Jong-min, said the into a box of air conditioning filters SCHOOL, ARNOLD, president had been briefed. The South’s outside the building. More than 120 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, weather service said no earth tremors firefighters tackled the fire, on Sep 16 , UNITED KINGDOM had been detected. Japan said it was 2003. The bikes destroyed in the London, Sep 15 — A press report, checking the reports. North Korea has collection traced the history of the dated Sep 14, states: The cost of said nothing so far about a blast but British motorcycle industry and many repairing a Notts school hit by fire is often reports on events long after they of the museum’s rarest exhibits were likely to be at least £6m. Pupils from happen. Yonhap quoted one source as lost. the upper school site at Arnold Hill saying it could be a forest fire. Other Comprehensive were being allowed possibilities include a failed missile PREMISES, CINCINNATI, back into classes today, a week after engine test, a high-explosives test as a UNITED STATES the massive blaze, but another 850 precursor to a nuclear blast or an London, Sep 10 — A press report, pupils based at the lower school - industrial accident. — Reuters. dated Sep 9, states: Fire investigators where a dozen classrooms were Seoul, Sep 13 - A huge explosion in will have to wait at least a week more - destroyed by the fire - still do not know North Korea last week was a deliberate and possibly two - before they can get when they will be able to return. The blast to pave the way for a hydro- inside and try to establish why the re-opening came as it emerged that the electric dam, the BBC quoted the Queen City Barrel Co. warehouse cost of rebuilding after the fire is going North’s foreign minister as telling a ignited into one of the largest fires in to be at least £6m.The cost of the visiting British official today. “It was no the city’s recent history. Demolition repairs, which include classrooms nuclear explosion or an accident. It was work continued today on large portions recently refurbished at a cost of a deliberate controlled detonation to of the building deemed unstable. That

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£300,000, are not expected to be met by Regional Airport at about 0800 hrs. The the council taxpayer, but by insurance aircraft was en route to Evansville from company Zurich Municipal. The cause Louisville. Eight people were on board. of the blaze is still being looked into by The aircraft has since been removed fire investigators. from the runway. Evansville officials say it will need extensive repairs.There THEATRE, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, were no delays in airline flights because CANADA of the incident. London, Sep 14 — A press report, dated Sep 13, states: The curtain will be ABORTED TAKE-OFF AT C-FWPY down on the Sanderson Centre stage for LARNACA AIRPORT, CYPRUS London, Sep 9 — On Sep 6, the at least a month to repair up to Can$1 London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated privately owned Taylorcraft 19, million in smoke and water damage today, states: A jet carrying 275 British registration C-FWPY, was on the take caused by a fire next door at the former holidaymakers and eight crew had to off roll near Rancheria, YT when it Ludlow’s building. Officials yesterday abort take-off when engines struck trees beside the strip. Witnesses hadn’t determined a cause for malfunctioned and a fire broke out on noted that there was no wind prior to Saturday’s (Sep 11) blaze, which one wheel. The Thomas Cook Boeing departure, and then significant gusts destroyed two historic buildings and 757-300 bound for Manchester had been after the accident. The pilot, the lone damaged the centre. secured for take-off and was half way occupant, was not injured, however, the along the runway at Larnaca Airport in aircraft sustained substantial damage. WILDFIRES, UNITED STATES Cyprus when the captain pulled out of London, Sep 13 — A press report, the take-off manoeuvre. The captain CRASH INTO AEGEAN SEA, GREECE dated yesterday, states: Firefighters was alerted by three warning lights London, Sep 12 — A press report, battling a new wildfire in Stanislaus flashing on the flight deck indicating a possible, “engine over-run,” the airline dated yesterday, states: Patriarch of National Forest are mourning one of Alexandria Peter VII, who is the second their own tonight. A firefighter died and said. After the brakes were put on a small fire broke out in the braking most senior figure in the Greek six others were injured while working to Orthodox Church, has been killed along contain the comparatively small, but system of the left back wheel and the airfield fire service was scrambled. The with an Australian and 15 others in a tricky blaze that broke out this helicopter crash in the Aegean Sea. The afternoon in hilly terrain about 12 miles passengers were put on another aircraft and flown home following the aborted Patriarch is the spiritual leader of east of Groveland. Authorities say the Greek Orthodox Christians in Africa. seven-person crew from the California take-off. Shaun Robinson, of Thomas Cook Airlines, said: “ The captain He had been heading to the Mount Department of Forestry and Fire Athos monastery in northern Greece in Protection was overrun by flames while carried out a text-book style procedure on the runway following a warning an army helicopter when the aircraft participating in the initial attack on the indication to a possible engine problem. disappeared from radar screens. fire in the Tuolumne River Canyon. The The aircraft reacted correctly to the Military vessels and planes launched a identities of the dead and injured are captain’s controls and the fire service rescue operation and found wreckage being withheld until their families are turned out as a precaution. The safety and bodies in the water 5.5 nautical contacted. The fire broke out at about of both passengers and aircraft was miles off the Halkidiki peninsula, 1245 hrs and has burned more than 500 never compromised.” where Mount Athos is located. The acres so far. It’s moving northeast in an Greek Government confirms the death area that cuts across 10 campgrounds ABORTED TAKE-OFF FROM of the 55-year-old. Government and Highway 120, the western route HANEDA AIRPORT, TOKYO, JAPAN spokesman Theordore Roussopoulos into Yosemite National Park. About 150 London, Sep 14 — A press report, says the death is a “great loss for firefighters spent the afternoon trying to dated Sep 13, states: An All Nippon Orthodoxy and Hellenism”. He pays contain the blaze, and more are Airways (ANA) jet aborted take-off tribute to the cleric’s “brilliant arriving. from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport this humanitarian work in Africa”. Sixteen London, Sep 14 — A press report, evening after one of its two engines other people were on board the Greek dated Sep 13, states: A member of an developed trouble, airline and airport Army Chinook helicopter, including the elite helicopter wildfire crew has officials said.None of the 201 Patriarch’s brother, several become the first female firefighter from passengers and crewmembers aboard Alexandrian and other Orthodox clerics the California Department of Forestry the aircraft — an Airbus A-321 — was and five crew members. The Greek to die in the line of duty, state officials injured. ANA mechanics are examining Foreign Ministry says Australian said yesterday. Officials could give few the aircraft in a bid to determine the Bishop Nektarios of Madagascar is also details about what happened when the cause of the trouble. At around 1650 among the dead. Greek Defence seven-member crew was apparently hrs, the captain of ANA Flight 647 Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos says overrun by flames Sunday (Sep 12) in bound for Kumamoto from Tokyo rescuers are still recovering bodies rugged terrain of the Stanislaus noticed that its right engine was not from the sea among the helicopter National Forest. The department burning properly while speeding up for debris. A vessel specialised in under- identified the woman as Eva Schicke, take-off, the officials said. The pilot water searches would arrive at the crash site tomorrow. A military source 24, of Arnold. Jim Wright, chief of fire immediately shut down the troubled says the crash is almost certainly protection at the CDF, said the crew engine and aborted take-off. The aircraft stopped in the middle of the accidental in nature, but that its cause appeared to have been on the ground is still unknown. about an hour. Their job was to use runway. An air traffic controller at Haneda Airport reported to the airport hand tools to build a fire break ahead CRASH, FALFURRIAS AREA, of the blaze, which had grown to 800 administration office that fire was coming out of the right engine of the TEXAS, UNITED STATES acres yesterday and was 20 percent London, Sep 10 — A press report, contained. Fire crews were also plane, prompting the Tokyo Fire Department to dispatch about 50 fire dated Sep 9, states: A 33-year-old San working to contain a separate wildfire engines. However, it was later proven Antonio man died today when his small threatening the western Sierra Nevada that the engine did not catch fire. plane crashed on ranchland in Brooks town of Mariposa, about 50 miles south County. Authorities say the wreckage of the blaze that killed Schicke. The ACCIDENT, EVANSVILLE was discovered about 25 miles south of flames had burned 2,000 acres and REGIONAL AIRPORT, INDIANA, Falfurrias. Investigators believe the forced the evacuation of about 300 UNITED STATES plane malfunctioned. The Department homes in the town of 1,400 residents. A London, Sep 15 — A press report, of Public Safety identified the victim as 34-year-old man was in custody on an dated yesterday, states: A private Kenneth Engels, who was alone in the arson charge, accused of starting the charter twin engine turboprop single-engine Piper. Officials believe fire with a match inserted inside a Beechcraft King Air landing gear Engels had taken off from McAllen and cigarette. collapsed on landing at the Evansville was en route to San Antonio. He was

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According to a report from the wheels did not fold back into the crashed in Cobb County just west of the Times of Zambia, the chartered Boeing body, but Afane said the pilot McCollum Field near Kennesaw light aircraft crashed as it flew between failed to check the engines prior to Tuesday (Sep 6) morning. The single Livingstone and Kalomo, both in departure. The commission called for engine Piper went down just after take Zambia, killing the six people on board. more training for Algerian pilots, off from the Cobb County airfield and Zambia’s civil aviation director Chitalu particularly on emergency situations. It caught fight on impact. Forty year old Kabalika told the newspaper the said French and U.S. experts were also Adam Kulacheck was piloting the plane wreckage had been located, and that all involved in the investigation. Initially, and 48 year old Bill Yates was his people on board had perished. “There the commission believed the crash was passenger. Both survived the crash and were five passengers and one pilot,” Mr due to an engine glitch. — Reuters. were treated by emergency personnel at Kabalika was quoted as saying. Theo the scene. They were then transported Goveia, the managing director of local EMERGENCY LANDING, to Kennestone Hospital. Police said that air charter company Airwaves Airlink, POCATELLO, IDAHO, the plane went down at the corner of was reported as saying the light aircraft UNITED STATES Summit Creek Drive and Wood Cliff was on lease to his company from Travel London, Sep 16 — A press report, Court in the Stilesboro subdivision. Africa, a South African company. He dated Sep 15, states: A FedEx aircraft Residents of the subdivision pulled the said mechanical failure was suspected. was diverted to Pocatello Regional pilot and his passenger from the Airport Tuesday evening (Sep 14) when flaming wreckage. The single engine CRASH, SOMERSET AIRPORT, a fire detector in the aircraft’s cargo Piper PA-32 went down behind two NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES hold went off. An “in-flight emergency” homes in a heavily wooded area. The London, Sep 16 — A press report, was declared shortly after 1930 and fire from the plane spread to the roof of dated Sep 15, states: Somerset County emergency personnel were summoned a nearby home. An FAA spokesman authorities today charged a Connecticut to the scene to meet the 727 jet upon says the plane was on its way from man with flying an aircraft while under landing in Pocatello, the nearest McCollum Field to Fort Pierce, Florida. the influence of liquor or drugs after his airport at the time. Captain Michael Crash investigation teams from the aircraft landed at Somerset Airport and Landon of Pocatello Fire Station Four National Transportation Safety Board crashed into a hangar. Michael Foisie, said fire crews used thermal detectors and the FAA have been dispatched to 42, of Higganum, Conn., veered off the to scour the aircraft for “hot spots”. the scene. runway while attempting to land his Though no such spots were found, two-seater Cessna this morning, Landon said the jet would sit in CRASH, LAKE WALES AREA, clipping the wing of another aircraft on Pocatello overnight until repairs can be FLORIDA, UNITED STATES the ground and crashing into a second made and a specific cause of the London, Sep 12 — A press report, aircraft parked in a hangar, authorities detector’s activation can be determined. dated yesterday, states: A mosquito said. Foisie’s aircraft was destroyed in Landon said the incident could have control aircraft performing relief the accident, according to the Somerset been caused by dust in the air or an operations crashed after hitting a County prosecutor’s office. Foisie was electronic malfunction. None of the communications tower this morning not injured in the crash, police said, but three people on board the aircraft were and killed both pilots aboard, the appeared to be under the influence of a harmed during the emergency landing. Federal Aviation Administration said. controlled substance. An officer then The twin-engine Piper Aztec crashed found a clear plastic bag containing EMERGENCY LANDING, QUETTA into an orange grove east of Lake Wales approximately 40 yellow pills inside the INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, in Polk County. No injuries were aircraft. The pills were later identified PAKISTAN reported on the ground, said Kathleen as Klonopin, a depressant, according to Karachi, Sep 14 — Pakistan Bergen of the FAA. The main pilot was the county prosecutor’s office. Foisie did International Airlines (PIA) said this employed by Vector Disease Control, not produce a prescription for the pills. morning that one of its aircrafts bound Inc., out of Greenville, Miss., and was Klonopin, made by Roche for Lahore International Airport made working under contract with the Pharmaceuticals, is used to treat panic an emergency landing at Quetta city Federal Emergency Management disorder and some types of seizures, yesterday morning due to some Agency, according to the Florida according to the company’s Web site. technical problem. An official of Department of Agriculture and Patients using the drug are cautioned national airline said a Boeing 737-300, Consumer Services. The aircraft against “hazardous occupations flight number PK 50 with 200 departed Bartow Municipal Airport this requiring mental alertness,” such as passengers on board left the Quetta morning and had been spraying operating machinery or driving a motor International Airport, yesterday insecticide to kill mosquitoes in eastern vehicle. Somerset County Prosecutor morning but had to return after 40 Polk County when it hit the Wayne J. Forrest said Foisie was minutes due to a technical fault to the communications tower. A hazardous charged with third-degree possession of aircraft. The aircraft resumed its flight materials team was on site, and the a controlled dangerous substance and for Lahore at 1205hrs after repairs. — National Transportation Safety Board flying an aircraft while under the Lloyd’s List Correspondent. also was investigating the crash. influence of liquor or drugs. FLIGHTS GROUNDED DUE TO CRASH, LIVINGSTONE AREA, CRASH, TAMANRASSET AREA, OUTAGE, UNITED STATES ZAMBIA ALGERIA London, Sep 15 — A press report, London, Sep 10 — A press report, Algiers, Sep 14 — Human and dated today, states: A communications dated today, states: Australian officials technical error caused an Air Algerie failure at a Federal Aviation are still seeking details of an aircraft Boeing 737 to crash in the Sahara Administration control facility forced crash in Zambia, in which three desert in March last year killing 102 some airports in the West to hold flights members of a West Australian family people, an official inquiry into Algeria’s on the ground yesterday afternoon, a were killed. A Department of Foreign worst air disaster showed today. The Los Angeles International Airport Affairs and Trade (DFAT) spokeswoman state-owned plane had been heading for spokeswoman said. The radio outage today said a married couple, both aged Algiers on the Mediterranean coast occurred at the Los Angeles Air Route 26, and the husband’s mother, aged 58, when it crashed near Tamanrasset, Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, in were on a scenic flight near Victoria 1,920 km from the capital in the far the desert north of Los Angeles, said Falls when the accident happened. It south of the country. “There are three Gaby Pacheco, citing information from a was not immediately clear what caused key reasons behind the crash — losing regional FAA office. Control of the

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The 37 Aviation Administration is flights in the air were being allowed to passengers aboard were taken to the investigating after a small plane land. There was no word on when the terminal by shuttle bus. An incoming crashed into a hangar at Detroit City FAA might lift the order holding Phuket Air flight was diverted to Airport yesterday afternoon. It is aircrafts on the ground. Phuket. Airport executive Sunthorn reported that a student pilot had leased London, Sep 15 — A press report, Boonrat said the front wheel of the the 1975 Piper 0-320 series plane from dated today, states: A communications aircraft got stuck at 90 degrees and Great Lakes Flight LLC, a licensed failure at a Federal Aviation would not move when the plane made a flight school in Detroit. The student had Administration control facility forced turn toward the terminal. the appropriate number of flying hours some airports in the West to hold to fly alone. He was flying solo flights on the ground in some cases for N1150D practicing maneouvers when he crashed more than three hours yesterday London, Sep 15 — Cessna 140A, the aircraft into the northeast Conner afternoon, authorities said. Air traffic N1150C, operated by Flight Time T-hangar, named for its T shape. The controllers could monitor the aircraft Pathways, landed in a corn field off of pilot escaped the wreckage. His injuries on radar but were not able to runway four at Jackson Municipal appeared to be non-life-threatening. communicate with them. Pilots were Airport, Minnesota, at 0215, Sep 11. The fuselage was said to be intact, but forced to switch to a different radio Aircraft was destroyed and no injuries the wings were torn off of the aircraft. frequency to communicate with other are reported. The hangar, which reportedly houses control facilities. Control of the small aircrafts, suffered damage to its airspace was turned over to other air N172WW roof. The plane remained lodged in the traffic control facilities, including one London, Sep 13 — A press report, structure. in Albuquerque, N.M. The outage was dated Sep 11, states: A pilot attempting London, Sep 15 — Piper PA-28-140, repaired about 2000 hrs, nearly three to take off from Medina Municipal N7662C, operated by Great Lakes and a half hours after it began, and all Airport ended up putting his aircraft in Flight LLC, a student pilot remaining airports resumed regular operations, a ditch near Route 18. The pilot said he left closed traffic on his third/fourth said Cyndy Johnson, spokeswoman for experienced problems and decided to option. aircraft bounced on runway, the Oakland International Airport, abort the takeoff around noon, continued airbourne in left turn and where about two dozen flights were yesterday. The Ohio State Highway crashed into Connel St. hanger at delayed. All flights at San Francisco Patrol said that Svec’s single-engine Detroit City Airport, Michigan, at 2047, International Airport destined for Cessna 172 slid off the runway and Sep 13. Aircraft sustained substantial Southern California were grounded, went through a fence before landing in damage. Injuries unknown. said airport spokesman Mike the ditch. He was not injured. The McCarron. The airport’s duty manager, aircraft had moderate damage. The N777UH Dennis Neves, said three aircraft Federal Aviation Administration is London, Sep 16 — A press report, bound for Southern California were investigating. dated Sep 14, states: A helicopter crash- diverted to the airport: Passenger London, Sep 15 — Cessna 172M, landed in Spanish Fork this afternoon. flights from London and Seattle and a N172WW, operated privately, landed It went down in a field in the east end cargo flight from Alaska. long and sustained substantial damage of the town just after 1600 hrs. at Medina Municipal Airport, Ohio, at Instructor Matthew Hobby of Orem and HELICOPTER CRASH, 1550, Sep 10. Other circumstances are pilot Preston Ravin of Springville went ORREMOSSEN AREA, SWEDEN unknown. down with the craft, but their injuries Gothenburg, Sep 11 — A private were minor. The helicopter was heavily helicopter, with three persons on board, N451000 damaged. No word on what caused the crashed this afternoon and all on board London, Sep 11 — Piper PA-32-360 crash, but the FAA is investigating. were killed. The wreckage is located in (Cherokee Six), N45100, operated by London, Sep 16 — Robinson R22, a difficult area north of Gothenburg. Berniquea I.Smith, while on a flight N777UH, operated by Universal The military, using band-wagons to go from Atlanta, Georgia, with one person Helicopter Inc, student and instructor there, as no ordinary vehicles can be on board, during departure from crashed in a field located at Spanish used. According to the first report from runway 27, Cobb County Airport- Fork, Utah, at 2220, Sep 14. Substantial place of crash, none of the three had a McCollum Field, heading south, lost damage and minor injuries to both chance to survive as helicopter totally altitude and crashed approximately one student and instructor are reported. smashed to pieces. People walking in mile south-west of the airport, at 1506, the area of Orremossen, outside UTC, Sep 9. The aircraft was N843MC Angered/Gothenburg, heard the substantially damaged and fire London, Sep 14 — A press report, helicopter explode when it crashed and reported. dated yesterday, states: A small aircraft called the emergency services. An crashed on an island in the Missouri ambulance helicopter was sent to the N5211R River after circling the runaway at an area and located the wreck, in 10 cm of London, Sep 15 — Hughes 369D, airport nearby, killing all four people water, as the area is marshy and N5211R, operated by Helibase LLC was aboard, authorities said today. The swampy. During the day, the helicopter destroyed at Burke County Airport, crash happened last night on Howell had several contacts with the tower at Georgia, at 1725, Sep 10. Other Island as a group of four adults flew Saeve/Gothenburg City airport and no circumstances are unknown. from Sikeston to the Spirit of St. Louis alarm or mayday was sent from the Airport in Chesterfield, about 25 miles helicopter. Fog was noted in the area, N6209J west of St. Louis, officials said. Pilot which may have contributed to the London, Sep 11 — Piper PA-32R-300 Mark Kaplan and his wife, Phyllis problems. The three bodies were (Lance), N6209J, operated by John Kaplan, both 56, of Chesterfield, were brought to hospital. The Police are now R.Bean, while on a flight from San killed along with passengers Ralph awaiting the Average Commission to Antonio, Texas, to McAllen, Texas, with Supinski, 57, and his wife, Carol arrive, during this evening/night. one person on board, diverted to Brooks Supinski, 58, of Bradenton, Fla. Westax Marine Services AB. County Airport, from approximately 35 Witnesses reported the Cessna circled miles north of McAllen Miller the runway before going down, the INCIDENT AT KRABI AIRPORT, International Airport, at about 1114, Federal Aviation Administration said. THAILAND UTC, Sep 9. The pilot reported “We don’t know what happened. There’s London, Sep 12 — A press report, equipment problem an the aircraft no indication of any problem,” said dated today, states: Bangkok Airways failed to arrive at Brooks Airport. The airport director Richard Hrabko.

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Hrabko said the pilot received landing that the aircraft stalled and went into a twisted wreckage of a space capsule instructions and began his approach, spiral dive. The report said that that crash-landed on Earth, hoping that but at some point decided not to land because the aircraft had levelled for microscopic clues to the evolution of the and turned around. A police helicopter those 15 seconds, a build-up of ice solar system were not completely lost in discovered the wreckage about an hour probably reached a point where Utah’s salt flats. NASA engineers were later on the small island. “It was badly, continued controlled flight was not stunned yesterday when neither badly torn up,” said Dave Nichols, a fire possible. Mr McClelland said “rare and parachute deployed on board the official in Chesterfield. The National extreme” weather had probably been Genesis capsule and the craft Transportation Safety Board was responsible for a particularly dangerous plummeted to the ground at 193 mph, investigating. form of aircraft icing — freezing rain breaking open and exposing its London, Sep 15 — Cessna 182T, ice. That type of icing could form collection of solar atoms to N843MC, operated by Spirit Aviation quickly, disrupting the normally smooth contamination. The capsule held LLC, vfr on upwind from a go-around flow of air over the wings and billions of charged atoms — a total haul disappeared from radar and sight at increasing aircraft weight, resulting in no bigger than a few grains of salt — West Spirit of St. Louis Airport, a stall. Anti-icing equipment had that were harvested from solar wind on Missouri, at 0219, Sep 13. Aircraft is probably been working satisfactorily. It five collecting disks during the 884-day, destroyed, fire is reported. The pilot was reasonable to assume the aircraft’s $260-million mission. Roy Haggard, was killed. Other circumstances are crew had not been aware of the severity who took part in the initial unknown. of the icing and the rate it was building reconnaissance of the capsule, said the up on the tailplane and other surfaces capsule’s shell had been breached about RA-65080 out of their sight. “The first indication three inches and the science canister London, Sep 16 — A press report, of anything untoward may have been inside appeared to have a small break. dated Sep 15, states: The two aircraft when the aircraft stalled, by which time The inner canister was flown to the crashes of Aug 24 were caused by recovery was probably impossible,” Mr Army’s air field at the proving ground explosives in the passenger McClelland said. “This accident was the and put in a clean room, a work area in compartments, the head of the state result of an unfortunate set of which the air quality, temperature and commission investigating the incidents circumstances. “Without knowing why humidity are highly regulated to announced today. The statement the aircraft was levelled during the prevent contamination. The confirms earlier information that the descent, had any other crew been placed reconstruction was expected to take two crashes were terrorist attacks. The in the same situation and had the same several days, and scientists were Prosecutor General’s office has information available, they may well hopeful they could salvage the instigated criminal proceedings in have completed the same actions.” The embedded atoms among the wreckage of connection with the crashes on a investigation had probably been the spececraft. “This is something that’s terrorism article of the Criminal Code, prolonged and limited by the lack of not a total disaster,” said Carlton Allen, the Russian transport minister, Igor cockpit voice recorder information, and astromaterials curator for the Houston- Levitin, said today. Ninety people were to a lesser extent aircraft flight data based Johnson Space Centre. “We didn’t killed in the crashes. The two aircraft recorder information, he said. “The lose all the science in the crash.” NASA had taken off from Moscow. A Tu-134 failure of the CVR to record any cockpit planned to appoint a “mishap review that was heading to the Central communications was unacceptable, but board” to determine a cause for the Russian city of Volgograd went down in steps have been taken by the operator failure. Flight engineers said a set of the Tula region. A Tu-154 was on its and regulator to address this subject.” tiny explosives did not trigger the way to the South Russian resort of The commission recommended that the capsule’s parachutes, although the fact Sochi and crashed in the Rostov region. report into the crash be used to that all explosives failed pointed to The aircraft and their equipment were emphasise to pilots and operators the another cause. The spacecraft was functioning properly, and the crews hazards of icing, in particular tailplane designed and built by Lockheed Martin were prepared for the flights, the icing and the danger of freezing rain. It Space Systems near Denver. Robert minister was quoted by Interfax news also wants to see pilots educated about Corwin, an engineer for the company, agency as saying. Conversations the benefits of transmitting reports said a battery that overheated shortly between the crew members recovered from the air on conditions such as wind after the 2001 launch could be a culprit. from flight recorders “did not reflect an shear, turbulence and icing. The Scientists got their first glimpse of the attack on the crew or a plane seizure,” accident file showed that an aircraft damage when the Genesis capsule was Levitin said. Suspicion has fallen on reported a severe ice encounter about wheeled into a garage bay late two Chechen women whose passports 1940 hrs west of Otaki, but did not yesterday. The capsule’s inner canister apparently were used by passengers, report it until after the crash. Mr was all but unrecognisable, although one on each aircraft. McClelland said the two-person crew on scientists thought they saw some the Convair had been experienced and unbroken parts holding the atoms. The ZK-KFU capable. The flight had proceeded space capsule had been outside the London, Sep 10 — A press report, normally until, after passing earth’s magnetic shield for three years, dated Sep 8, states: A Convair 580 (ZK- Paraparaumu during the descent, the collecting solar wind particles that KFU) which crashed into the sea near aircraft had levelled, then shortly after could explain how the sun formed an Paraparaumu with the loss of two lives entered a steady turn to the left. During estimated 4.5 billion years ago and is believed to have become heavily iced that time the co-pilot made a routine what keeps it fuelled. The atoms were up shortly before the crash, according to radio transmission. At the end of the captured on five-foot disks, each with an investigation report released early transmission the plane had started to hexagons of gold, sapphire, silicone and today. The aircraft, operated by Air descend rapidly, entering a tightening diamond. Each collector array was Freight New Zealand, was on a spiral dive. Flying at about 400 knots, it assigned to catch various types of solar scheduled freight flight. It crashed in had started to break up about 2,073 wind. The five disks were of different extreme weather about 2130, Oct 3 last metres over the sea. thicknesses, which could make it easier year, killing the pilot and copilot. The for scientists put the pieces back Transport Accident Investigation together like a puzzle, Wiens said. The Commission report into the crash disks were so tightly packed within the pointed to a critical period of just 15 canister that it was hard to tell how seconds when the aircraft levelled, for badly they were damaged. Helicopters an unknown reason, at around 4,700 flown by Hollywood stunt pilots were metres during descent. Investigator-in- supposed to grab Genesis almost a mile charge Ian McClelland said the aircraft above the Utah desert and lower it had descended through an area of gently to the ground by snatching its severe icing that was probably beyond GENESIS main parachute with a hook. However, the design and certified icing London, Sep 10 — A press report, before the capture team learned of the capabilities of the aircraft. The build-up dated Sep 9, states: Scientists with parachute failure, the speeding capsule of ice had become critical to the point tweezers today picked through the had plummeted into the Utah desert.

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London, Sep 11 — A press report, FORD MOTOR VEHICLES, regulations were issued on March 15. dated today, states: Material has been UNITED STATES The affected Alto cars, equipped with found still intact inside the crashed London, Sep 11 — A press report, electric-injection engines, were Genesis space capsule, say Nasa dated yesterday, states: Ford Motor Co. produced from September 4, 1999 to scientists. Experts said yesterday they is recalling 234,208 Econoline vans March 26, 2004, said Chang’an Suzuki hoped the mission to gather solar wind because fires could start if the anti-lock Automobile Co based in Southwest particles could still be largely brake unit overheats, the company said. China’s Chongqing Municipality. Fuel successful. “We should be able to meet Econolines from the 2003 and 2004 pipes in the Alto cars will possibly be many, if not all, of our primary science model years are included in the recall, abraded under strong vibration, the goals,” said physicist Roger Wiens of Ford spokesman Glenn Ray said company said. “Any owners of the the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Thursday. Vans made after November affected Alto cars can check and repair Wednesday’s (Sep 8) crash-landing in 2003 aren’t affected. Ray said there their vehicles free of charge at Utah has been blamed on a faulty have been no accidents or injuries Chang’an Suzuki’s service stations battery. The precise nature of the reported because of the defect. Ford between September 9, 2004 and March particles could tell scientists how the believes the chance that the anti-lock 31, 2005,” the company said. The Sun and the planets grew out of a brake unit could overheat and spark a company, jointly held by the Shenzhen- huge cloud of gas and dust 4.5 billion fire is extremely small. Even if the anti- listed Chang’an Automobile Co, and years ago. Examinations, using lock brakes fail, the regular brakes still Japan’s Suzuki Motor and Sojitz Corp, torches and a mirror on a stick, will work, Ray said. Customers will be has applied its recall plan to China’s revealed that much of the sample notified of the recall later this month General Administration of Quality canister inside the wrecked capsule and can have the defect repaired for Supervision, Inspection and had remained intact. The inner free. Ford also has extended the Quarantine. canister contained several disks which warranty on the anti-lock braking had been collecting atoms from the system from three years or 36,000 miles TOYOTA MOTOR VEHICLES, Sun. Recovery lead engineer on the to 10 years or 150,000 miles. JAPAN project, Don Sevilla, said they had London, Sep 15 — A press report, some “serious compromises due to FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD dated today, states: Toyota Motor Corp contamination”. “However, we do have SUBARU MOTOR VEHICLES, said yesterday it will recall a total of our collectors and there is science to JAPAN 176,372 automobiles in four models to be gained from this cargo,” he added. London, Sep 16 — A press report, fix their braking systems. Subject to the Earlier it had emerged a faulty dated yesterday, states: Fuji Heavy recall are the Funcargo and bB battery was one of the likeliest causes Industries Ltd, the maker of Subaru minivans, Celica sports car and MR-S for the crash. The battery was cars, said today it will recall about convertible sports car made between designed to detonate explosive charges 23,000 vehicles in its Impreza and July 1999 and July 2000, Toyota said in that would release the craft’s Forester models for free repairs over a report to the Ministry of Land, parachutes, helping to slow its descent engine oil leaks. The vehicles to be Infrastructure and Transport. to Earth. It was then supposed to be recalled were manufactured between caught in midair by a Hollywood June 2000 and February 2003, the VOLVO MOTOR VEHICLES, helicopter stunt pilot. Instead, the company said in a report to the WORLDWIDE parachutes failed to open and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Londion, Sep 14 — A press report, capsule struck the ground at the Air Transport. dated today, states: Volvo is recalling Force’s Utah Test and Training Range, 460,000 vehicles worldwide because a southwest of Salt Lake City, at ISUZU MOTOR VEHICLES, JAPAN wiring problem could cause a fan to 310km/h. London, Sep 12 — A press report, overheat and burn, the company said dated yesterday, states: Isuzu Motors Monday. The recall involves S80 and Ltd. said yesterday it will recall a total S60 sedans and XC70 and V70 wagons of 2,461 heavy-duty trucks due to from the 1999, 2000 and 2001 model defects in fuel devices. Subject to the years, including 150,000 vehicles in recall are Giga trucks made between North America. The recall is the largest December 2000 and May 2003, Isuzu in Volvo’s history, company spokesman said in a report filed with the Ministry James Hope said. There have been no of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. injuries related to the defect, which has caused seven reported vehicle fires, Hope said. Hope said a defect in the BABY CARRIERS, UNITED STATES SUBARU MOTOR VEHICLES, London, Sep 15 — A press report, main cooling fan, which cools the JAPAN engine, can cause a short circuit and dated today, states: Regal Lager Inc. is London, Sep 16 — A press report, recalling about 49,000 baby carriers force the fan to keep running. If the dated today, states: Fuji Heavy fan’s motor overheats, a fire could occur. because the back support buckle can Industries Ltd, the maker of Subaru detach from the shoulder straps, which Volvo will replace the fan for free in all cars, said yesterday it will recall about affected vehicles. can cause the baby to fall, the 23,000 vehicles in its Impreza and Consumer Product Safety Commission Forester models for free repairs over said yesterday. There have been 93 engine oil leaks. The vehicles to be reports to the company of the buckle recalled were manufactured between t detaching from the shoulder straps on June 2000 and February 2003, the the Baby Bjorn Carrier Active. There company said in a report to the were no reports of injuries. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and carriers, made in Sweden, are made of a Transport. cotton polyester blend fabric in black with red piping and blue with white SUZUKI MOTOR VEHICLES, CHINA piping. “Baby Bjorn” is printed on the London, Sep 13 —- A press report, front of the carrier and on the black dated today, states: Chang’an Suzuki PANAMA CANAL molded-plastic back support buckle. Automobile Co, the Sino-Japanese mini London, Sep 9 — A press report, dated “Baby Carrier Active” is written on the car joint venture, announced yesterday today, states: Principal lock works in packaging and above the warning label it will recall 157,480 Alto cars due to the Panama Canal were completed at on the carrier. Model number 1-260 is potential fuel pipe problems. The recall 0600 hrs, yesterday. The Canal printed on the care label on the strap of represents the biggest of its kind in Authority shall now conduct lock works the carrier. The carrier, sold for about China in terms of the number of from 2000 to 0600 hrs, for $120, was available in specialty retail affected vehicles. The move comes as approximately 10 days at Gatun Locks stores, from catalogs and online from China will officially carry out vehicle (one lane). This will, however, be spread September 2003 through August 15, recall regulations on October 1. The over of a period of time and not run con- 2004.

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Port Delays

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

Australia Abbot Point 15-Sep-2004 Coal: 11 vessels due by 20/10; up to 3 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Brisbane 15-Sep-2004 Coal: Fisherman Island coal berth: 3 vessels due by 30/9; up to 1 day’s delay expected subject to cargo availability and berth congestion. Grain: 3 vessels due by 19/9, 2 to load wheat, 1 sorghum; up to 5 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Dalrymple Bay 15-Sep-2004 Coal: 3 vessels berthed, 30 anchored; 33 vessels due by 11/10; vessels berthing in order of cargo availability; up to 15 days delay subject to cargo availability and berth congestion can be expected, although vessels with other stems are experiencing longer berthing delays. Dampier 15-Sep-2004 Iron ore: Parker Point: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 5 anchored; 8 vessels due by 23/9; 1-6 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; East Intercourse Island: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 anchored; 12 vessels due by 24/9; 1-9 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; shippers will always consider a shift to a lay-by berth for loaded vessels awaiting HW; cargo shortages are evident, delays are anticipated and vessels may berth out of turn. Gladstone 15-Sep-2004 Coal: R.G. Tanna coal terminal: 2 vessels berthed, 3 anchored; 33 vessels due by 10/10; up to 3 days delay expected subject to port congestion and cargo availability; Barney Point: 4 vessels due by 23/9; up to 1 day’s berthing delay expected subject to cargo availability and berth congestion. Grain: no vessels; no delays expected. Hay Point 15-Sep-2004 Coal: 2 vessels berthed, 8 anchored; 13 vessels due by 27/9; 1-8 days berthing delay expected subject to cargo availability and berth congestion. Berth No. 1 will be closed from a.m. 21/9 to p.m. 24/9 for maintenance. Newcastle 15-Sep-2004 Coal: Kooragang 4, 5 and 6: 41 vessels due by 28/9; Dykes 4+5: 17 vessels due by 28/9; 1 unallocated vessel due 25/9; 1-5 days delay expected prior to berthing due to planned maintenance at Kooragang terminal and cargo receival. Grain: 4 vessels due by22/9, all to load wheat; up to 10 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Adelaide 15-Sep-2004 Grain: No. 27 berth: 8 vessels due by 1/10, 6 to load wheat, 2 barley; 1-7 days delay expected due to berth congestion. Port Hedland 15-Sep-2004 Iron ore: BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Mt. Newman (Nelson Point), “A” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 anchored; 5 vessels due by 19/9; 1-3 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; “B” berth: 8 vessels due by 23/9; no delays expected; BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Goldsworthy (Finucane Island) “C” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading; 2 vessels due by 15/9; up to 2 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; Westyard “D” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 anchored; 6 vessels due by 17/9; a 72 hour shiploader maintenance shutdown will take place from approx. 17/9; 1-2 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Due to heavy demand for product, acute cargo shortages are being experienced at wharf stockpiles. Vessels will continue to berth as product becomes available. Port Kembla 15-Sep-2004 Coal: 15 vessels due by 5/10; CB1: 2 vessels due by 22/9; up to 2 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Grain: 2 vessels due by 28/10, both to load wheat; up to 9 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Walcott 15-Sep-2004 Iron ore: 2 vessels berthed and loading, 4 anchored; 13 vessels due by 27/9; 1-4 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; as a result of a heavy schedule for July and maintenance requirements, it is extremely likely that vessels will berth out of order. In the next few days there will only be one lump re-screening plant available, which will mean not being able to load two lump vessels at the same time. Shippers advise that stores, air freight and crew baggage can no longer be delivered to vessels or taken off at berth. With immediate effect, all stores, airfreight and bags must be delivered/removed by launch. Portland 15-Sep-2004 Grain: 8 vessels due by 5/10, 3 to load wheat, 1 wood-chips, 3 barley, 1 canola; up to 2 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability.

Brazil Paranagua 14-Sep-2004 Eighteen vessels berthed of which 2 bulk sugar loaders, 4 fertiliser dischargers, 1 reefer loader, 3 pellets loaders, 2 containers, 1 soya loader, 5 other loaders/dischargers; 24 vessels © Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit 2004 These reports may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photographic, recorded or otherise without the prior written permission of the publisher. 37 Port Conditions

waiting in roads of which 11 to load (3 pellets, 1 soya, 2 reefers, 5 others), 13 to discharge (4 containers, 8 fertiliser, 1 other); 37 vessels due over the next 7 days. Rio Grande 14-Sep-2004 Five vessels berthed of which 1 calcium phosphate discharger, 2 fertiliser dischargers, 2 bulk soya loaders; 8 vessels waiting in roads; 35 vessels due over the next 10 days. Santos 14-Sep-2004 Twenty-five vessels berthed of which 3 bulk fertiliser dischargers, 1 bulk LPG discharger, 1 bulk salt discharger, 3 chemical products loaders/dischargers, 1 bulk solvents discharger, 3 full container loaders/dischargers, 1 bulk wheat dischargers, 12 sugar loader; 25 vessels waiting in roads; 97 vessels due over the next 7 days. Sao Sebastiao 14-Sep-2004 Three vessels berthed, 1 waiting in roads; 4 vessels due over the next 10 days. Vitora 14-Sep-2004 Ubu: 1 iron ore loader; 26 vessels waiting in roads; 16 vessels due over the next 7 days.

Bulgaria Bourgas 13-Sep-2004 Ten vessels in port operating, of which 4 loading (1 wheat, 1 coils, 1 scrap, 1 containers), 6 discharging (1 containers, 1 trucks, 1 zinc concentrate, 1 billets, 1 iron ore, 1 salt); 5 vessels waiting in roads, of which 3 to load (1 wheat, 1 scrap, 1 empty), 2 to discharge (1 crude oil, 1 coal); 18 vessels due of which 13 to load (2 coils, 2 barley, 1 copper concentrate, 2 equipment, 3 steel sheet, 1 wheat, 1 scrap, 1 ammonium sulphate), 4 to discharge (1 profiles, 1 billets, 1 salt, 1 iron ore), 1 passenger vessel.

Chile Valparaiso 14-Sep-2004 Four vessels berthed, 4 berths vacant; 5 vessels anchored; 11 vessels due this week.

Egypt Adabiya 14-Sep-2004 Five vessels berthed (loading/discharging), of which 1 general cargo, 3 bulkers, 1 tanker. Alexandria 14-Sep-2004 Twenty-nine vessels berthed (loading/discharging) of which 23 general cargo, 1 containers, 3 reefers, 2 bulkers; 9 vessels at inner anchorage, 8 at outer anchorage. Damietta 14-Sep-2004 Thirteen vessels berthed (loading/discharging) of which 9 general cargo, 1 bulker, 3 containers; 3 vessels at outer anchorage, 1 at inner anchorage. Dekheila 14-Sep-2004 Six vessels berthed (loading/discharging) of which 1 containers, 5 bulk carriers. Suez Canal 14-Sep-2004 Nineteen vessels transiting Northbound, 21 Southbound.

Israel Ashdod 13-Sep-2004 No labour problems. Three general cargo vessels loading at berth, 13 vessels discharging at berth (9 general cargo, 4 bulkers), 6 vessels loading/discharging at berth (4 containers, 2 car carriers); 11 vessels waiting at anchor to discharge (10 general cargo, 1 bulker), 7 vessels waiting at anchor to load/discharge (5 containers, 2 tankers); 1 vessel under repairs/dry-docked, 1 awaiting orders; 15 vessels due, with 2-3 days delay expected. Haifa 13-Sep-2004 No labour problems. Six vessels discharging at berth (3 general cargo, 3 bulkers), 9 vessels loading/discharging at berth (4 containers, 2 car carriers, 2 tankers, 1 passenger vessel); 4 vessels waiting at anchor to discharge (1 general cargo, 3 bulkers), 11 vessels waiting at anchor to load/discharge (10 containers, 1 tanker); 3 vessels under repairs/dry-docked, 1 awaiting orders; 19 vessels due, with 2-3 days delay expected.

Mozambique Maputo 10-Sep-2004 Twenty-four hour berthing/sailing. Some restrictions to berthing at certain badly-lit wharves. Vessels have to be geared for general cargo berths as no shore cranes available. The Port is working normally and is expected to remain so, hence vessels should berth on arrival, daylight, draft and weather permitting. No berthing delays envisaged. A shortage of equipment is being experienced (except at the Container terminal). Shed space is currently available. Safe draft for transiting the channel is 9.1 metres plus the tide of the day. Density of water varies from 1.015 to 1.018. Vessels with ramps on starboard side can berth with the ebbing tide. Should ramps be portside, vessels to berth with the flowing tide. Pilot launch is operational. Both tugs are operational. Leading lights are lit. One container gantry is operational, the second is still under repairs. Matola coal terminal is operational. Ressano Garcia, Goba and Limpopo railway lines are all operational. Three vessels are currently operating, of which 1 loading coal, 1 discharging bulk wheat, 1 discharging/loading containers; 1 vessel on stand-by; 22 vessels due by 21/9, of which 10 to load (2 timber, 1 ferro chrome, 1 coal, 3 citrus, 1 gas, 1 aluminium, 1 bulk sugar), 7 to discharge (2 rice, 1 bulk wheat, 2 aluminium, 2 petrol), 5 to discharge/load containers.

Pakistan Karachi 13-Sep-2004 Three vessels loading at berth (2 rice, 1 ethanol), 3 discharging at berth (1 crude oil, 1 DAP, 1 HSD), 2 container vessels loading/discharging at berth; 3 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (1 fertiliser, 1 chemicals, 1 MEG); no vessels bunkering, none under repairs/ dry-docked, none awaiting orders; 3 vessels due (1 containers, 1 coal, 1 MOL), with no berthing delays expected.

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Port Qasim 13-Sep-2004 Two vessels discharging at berth (1 wheat, 1 palm oil), 2 container vessels loading/ discharging at QICT berth; 2 container vessels waiting at anchorage to load, 3 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (2 containers, 1 palm oil). Poland Gdansk 13-Sep-2004 Nine vessels loading at berth (3 coal, 2 general cargo, 2 bulkers, 1 grain, 1 tanker), 2 grain vessels discharging at berth; 9 vessels under repairs/dry-docked; no vessels waiting at anchorage; 2 vessels waiting in roads (1 bulker, 1 general cargo); 26 vessels due. Gdynia 13-Sep-2004 Seven vessels loading at berth (4 general cargo, 1 bulker, 2 coal), 2 discharging at berth (1 bulker, 1 general cargo); 16 vessels under repairs/dry-docked; no vessels waiting at anchorage, none waiting in roads; 40 vessels due.

Russia Novorossiysk 13-Sep-2004 Oil products: 3 vessels berthed, all to load, of which 2 crude oil, 1 fuel oil; 3 vessels in roads, all crude oil; 6 vessels due by 20/9, all crude oil. Tuapse 13-Sep-2004 Oil products: 5 vessels berthed, all loading, of which 1 crude oil, 3 gasoil, 1 naphtha; no vessels in roads; 7 vessels due by 18/9, of which 1 naphtha, 3 gasoil, 1 fuel oil, 1 crude oil, 1 unknown cargo.

Slovenia Koper 13-Sep-2004 Port working normally; no berthing delays. Seven vessels berthed of which 1 discharging/ loading containers, 1 bulk carrier loading grain, 1 barge loading coal, 3 vessels loading steel products/sawn timber/general cargo, 1 Ro/Ro loading vehicles; 10 vessels due over the next 2 days of which 4 to discharge/load containers, 1 bulk carrier to discharge grain, 1 vessel to discharge aluminium products, 1 vessel to load paper products, 2 car carriers to discharge/ load vehicles, 1 tanker to discharge mineral oils.

Spain Cadiz 14-Sep-2004 Fifteen vessels in port of which 8 operating (3 Ro/Ros, 2 containers, 1 wheat, 2 semolina), 3 passenger vessels, 4 vessels under repair; no delays. Sagunto 14-Sep-2004 Twenty-one vessels in port operating of which 15 discharging steel products, 2 loading (1 steel products, 1 cement), 4 Ro/Ros discharging/loading general cargo; no vessels outside commercial wharf; no berthing delays.

Sri Lanka Colombo 13-Sep-2004 Berthing/unberthing (pilotage) delays being experienced on breakbulk/conventional vessels. Delays to conventional vessels are due to the fact that container/feeder vessels are given priority at breakbulk berths if there is container congestion. Conventional cargo vessels at BQ 1 and 2 are facing navigation delays. Six container/feeder vessels loading at berth, 17 vessels discharging at berth (10 containers/feeders, 3 bulk cement, 1 bagged soya bean meal, 1 steel cargo, 1 bulk pal, oil, 1 Ro/Ro); no vessels waiting at anchorage to load, 3 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (2 containers/feeders, 1 general cargo); 6 vessels dry-docked, 1 under arrest, 1 awaiting orders from principals, 1 at new tanker berth; 8 vessels due (7 containers/feeders, 1 bagged fertiliser), with no delays expected.

Turkmenistan Aladja 13-Sep-2004 Oil products: 1 vessel in roads to load crude oil. Okarem 13-Sep-2004 Oil products: 1 vessel berthed, completed loading crude oil; 3 vessels in roads, all to load crude oil. Turkmenbashi 13-Sep-2004 Oil products: no vessels berthed; 5 vessels in roads of which 4 to load (2 gasoil, 1 heating oil, 1 gasoline), 1 to discharge crude oil; 2 vessels due 13/9 of which 1 to load kerosene, 1 to discharge crude oil.

Ukraine Ilichevsk 13-Sep-2004 Six vessels in port operating, of which 4 loading (2 steel products, 1 wood, 1 wheat), 2 discharging/loading containers; 1 vessel in roads to discharge/load containers; 15 vessels due, of which 8 to load steel products, 2 to discharge nickel ore, 5 to load/discharge containers. Mariupol 13-Sep-2004 Seventeen vessels in port operating, of which 14 loading (6 steel, 3 fire-clay, 3 coal, 1 wheat, 1 sulphur), 3 equipment vessels undergoing survey; 4 vessels in roads, all to load, of which 1 steel, 1 coal, 2 fire-clay; 74 vessels due, of which 70 to load (33 steel, 19 coal, 11 fire-clay, 1 fire-clay/containers, 1 containers, 3 barley, 2 ammonium saltpetre), 3 to discharge (1 boric acid, 2 equipment), 1 to discharge/load containers. Odessa 13-Sep-2004 Oil products: 3 vessels in roads, 1 to load fuel oil, 2 crude oil; 7 vessels due by 28/9, all to load, of which 1 LPG, 1 fuel oil, 3 gasoil, 2 crude oil.

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Yemen Hodeidah 12-Sep-2004 Berths 2, 3 and 4 are occupied; all other berths are vacant; 5 vessels berthed (1 bulk wheat, 1 general cargo, 1 steel, 1 corn, 1 containers); no vessels anchored; expected waiting times: general cargo/bagged cargoes: up to 1 day’s delay; bulk cargoes: up to 2 days delay; no delays for containers.

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