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Daily Collection of Maritime Press Clippings 2008 – 296 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 296 Number 296 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Saturday 08-11-2008 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles taken from various news sites. The NEFTEGAZ 61 pulls alongside the TSHD ORANJE in the Baydaratskaya bay (Russia) for a crew change, as can be seen the ORANJE is operating at present in temperatures of -11 C with a water temperature of -1,5 C Photo : M.Arnold © Distribution : daily 5275+ copies worldwide Page 1 11/7/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 296 IF YOU HAVE PICTURES OR OTHER SHIPPING RELATED INFORMATION FOR THE NEWS CLIPPINGS ?? PLEASE SEND THIS TO : [email protected] EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS The STAINLESS DOLPHIN seen alongside the THIALF for bunkers along the West African coast Photo : Fedde Visser © Bakassi militia retracts report hostage killed Distribution : daily 5275+ copies worldwide Page 2 11/7/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 296 A Bakassi militia group which kidnapped 10 mostly French oil workers from a ship off Cameroon last week said on Thursday all the hostages were still alive, retracting a report that one had been killed in a rescue bid. Ebi Dari, commander of the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council (NDDSC), said all 10 hostages were "fine", contradicting a statement he made to Reuters on Wednesday that one hostage had been shot dead in a failed rescue attempt by Nigerian marines. However, a man who gave his name as General A.G. Basuo and said he was directing the group's operations on the ground, said a French hostage whom militants first thought had been killed during a gunfight with the marines had in fact survived. India ship owners lose millions due to piracy fears Indian shipping firms are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars every month as fears of piracy in the Gulf of Aden hold up ships and delay consignments, officials said on Tuesday. Around 20 foreign ships, including the India-bound MT Stolt Valor, a chemical tanker with 18 Indian crew members, are being held by Somali pirates in the region. The Japanese-owned merchant vessel was hijacked by Somali pirates in September in the Gulf of Aden. "The situation is grave and we are concerned about growing piracy as it is hurting trade," said Shashank Kulkarni, Secretary General of Indian National Ship Owners Association (INSA) told Reuters from Mumbai. "The government must act before it becomes too late." Indian ships are losing $450,000 a month on cost overruns and delays in meeting deadlines, while crew members are reluctant to sail in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's most important sea trade routes. Around $100 billion of India's sea trade passes through the Gulf of Aden, INSA said after a series of meetings with government officials since last month. Last month, India sent a warship to guard its merchant ships from pirates, but the ship had to turn back due to a technical glitch, INSA officials said. An Indian Navy spokesman said a replacement ship will patrol the area, but ship owners said it was not enough to instill confidence. Of the 24 Somali incidents recorded from April to June this year, 19 occurred in the Gulf of Aden, where at least eight vessels reported being fired on by pirates with rocket propelled grenade launchers and automatic weapons. International shipping federation last week urged governments around the world to do more individually and collectively through the United Nations, to counter piracy in the region. Source : africa.reuters EU LOOKS TO EXPAND MARITIME ROLE THE European Commission says it is taking the first step towards “establishing a comprehensive strategy for integrated maritime surveillance for Europe”. It has issued a report that is likely to stoke the fears of opponents of a federal-style EU coastguard. The report is used to justify EU expenditure on “two large-scale pilot projects to evaluate how member states can improve cross-sectoral exchange of surveillance data and carry out joint activities”. The report, in the form of a Commission Staff Working Document, describes the current state of play as regards the surveillance, monitoring, tracking, identification and reporting systems put in place by EU Member States and EU Agencies. It also identifies the next steps it claims ought to be undertaken and the “challenges to be resolved in order to achieve an integrated maritime surveillance network for Europe”. The Brussels document argues: “Such an integrated and cross-sectoral network would provide essential added value for national authorities in handling a range of challenges, such as trafficking in drugs, arms and people, illegal fisheries, pollution, piracy and terrorism. Greater systems integration would also help national authorities in charge of surveillance operations become more efficient and reduce their operating costs over time.” European Commissioner for Distribution : daily 5275+ copies worldwide Page 3 11/7/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 296 Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Joe Borg claimed: "For maritime surveillance to work as well as it can, it needs to be comprehensive, cross border and cross-sectoral. We need systems which can draw on all available means.. The existing obligations in this area at EU level are many and varied, and our vessel monitoring systems are increasingly sophisticated. However, they tend to monitor a specific area focusing on one single activity instead of having a overall view on the many activities that are simultaneously carried out at sea. We need to work towards the full interoperability of the various systems, and this new working document identifies precisely what needs to be done next in order to realise that vision." The EC concedes that there is already substantial sectoral cooperation taking place at both EU and national level on specific matters such as border control, maritime safety and security, as well as fisheries. It says: “Specific examples which demonstrate the potential for coordinating resources across sectoral boundaries can be found in the 2008 inspection campaign mounted by the Commission and the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) for the bluefin tuna fishery. It can also be found in the launch of EU NAVCO initiative, last September, to coordinate monitoring and action to combat piracy against EU vessels in Somali waters.” Nevertheless the Working Document argues: “further concerted work by all participants is required to move towards greater integration on a cross-sectoral level to achieve better added value and cost-efficiency benefits”. Source : Maritime Global Net Boat people arrivals in the Mediterranean, Gulf of Aden already top 2007 Smuggling of people at sea is not, of course, confined to the Gulf of Aden. UNHCR and its partners have been working to help governments deal with this and other mixed migration issues, including through a series of regional conferences to address practical issues. The first of these conferences took place in Yemen in May, and another one is set for next week in Dakar, Senegal. UNHCR has also developed a 10-Point Plan of Action on Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration that sets out a number of areas where we believe initiatives are called for and where we can contribute some expertise. Nevertheless, the number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden by sea in the first 10 months of 2008 is already higher than the total for the whole of last year is several areas, according to UNHCR estimates based on various official and unofficial sources. Distribution : daily 5275+ copies worldwide Page 4 11/7/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 296 Nearly 30,000 boat people arrived on Italian shores by the end of October this year, compared to 19,900 during the whole of 2007. At the same time, the number of people reported dead or missing at sea on their way to Italy or Malta in the first 10 months of 2008 (509) is already higher than the total for 2007 (471). This is despite the laudable search and rescue efforts of the Italian Navy and Coast Guard. In Malta, close to 2,600 boat people arrived in the first nine months of the year from North Africa, compared to 1,800 in the whole of 2007. In the case of Greece, figures are available only for the first seven months of 2008, but they show the same trend as in Italy and Malta. An estimated 15,000 people arrived in the Greek mainland or islands in the Aegean between January and July of this year, compared with 19,900 during the whole of 2007. Arrivals in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands up to the end of October this year (10,700) are also higher than during the same period last year (9,100 in the first 10 months of 2007), but still lower than during the whole of 2007 (18,000). The number of refugees in these mixed movements of people, which also include economic migrants, varies widely from country to country and at different times of the year. In the case of Italy, one-third of those arriving irregularly by sea last year applied for asylum (some 7,000 people). On average, almost half of all asylum applicants in Italy are recognized as refugees or granted some other form of protection. In Malta, roughly 80 percent of those arriving by sea apply for asylum and nearly 60 percent of them, on average, are recognized to be in need of international protection. They receive either refugee status or another form of protection. In contrast to those reaching Italy or Malta, only around 3 percent of boat people reaching Spanish shores apply for asylum, despite information and counselling being available to new arrivals.
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