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16th Volume, No. 67 1963 – “52 years tugboatman” – 2015 Dated 23 August 2015 BUYING, SALES, NEW BUILDING, RENAMING AND OTHER TUGS TOWING & OFFSHORE INDUSTRY NEWS

TUGS & TOWING NEWS

POINT TUPPER TOWING SECURES CONTRACT EXTENSION TO CONTINUE ITS TUG SERVICE AT NUSTAR’S TERMINAL IN POINT TUPPER, NOVA SCOTIA

Point Tupper Towing has secured a long - term contract extension with San Antonio - based, NuStar Energy to continue its tug service at NuStar’s terminal in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, the company said in its press release. Point Tupper Towing (PTT), a joint venture between Svitzer and Atlantic Towing Limited (ATL) will continue to provide tug services and marine terminal support at NuStar Energy’s Point Tupper facility. Since 2010, PTT has provided three tugs, Svitzer Bedford, Point Chebucto and Point Valiant to support NuStar’ s terminal operations. With the contract extension, these three tugs will remain in Point Tupper. The contract extension award is the result of a strong operations partnership that has developed between PTT and NuStar during the course of the initial five years. (Source: PortNews)

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VERY BUSY FIRST HALF YEAR WITH HISTORICALLY HIGH PROFIT FOR TUGBOAT OPERATOR/DREDGING COMPANY BOSKALIS

Once again we can look back on a fantastic first half of the year with historically high EBITDA of half a billion euros. We are especially proud of the successful execution and swift realization of the Suez Canal project, which was on an unprecedented scale and had to be completed within an extremely short timeframe. Partly due to the Suez project the dredging fleet was kept busy plying the waterways in the first half of the year. The high fleet utilization made a strong contribution to the good result. The second half of the year will be a different story in terms of utilization in particular because we will have to catch up on vessel maintenance which will result in more expenses and less revenue. We also had a good first half in offshore, partly helped by the strong US dollar. The nature of our activities means that we are largely late-cyclical in offshore and thanks to our order book we were able to keep fleet utilization levels high. Nevertheless we too are increasingly experiencing volume and margin pressure in the short-term, capacity-driven activities. We expect a prolonged period of low energy prices and lean market conditions in the offshore oil and gas market, and are therefore tightening things up where necessary in terms of organization, fleet composition and capital expenditure." Market developments Boskalis responds to various global macro trends by providing creative and innovative all-round solutions in specific market segments. These trends include growth in the world's population and prosperity, which in turn leads to increasing global trade and energy consumption. In addition there are the irreversible effects of climate change. The extent to which these macro trends will continue to develop in the coming years will be strongly dependent on geopolitical stability and macroeconomic growth in particular. Positive investment decisions in relation to large maritime infrastructure projects, which generate a lot of work for Boskalis, are closely linked to this. We see a stable market with regard to large-scale maritime infrastructure projects, the developments in and around ports and large- scale infrastructure works in the Netherlands. The tender pipeline with capital dredging projects for the deepening and expansion of ports and waterways, land reclamation projects and tunnel developments is positive, and maintenance work in these markets has a strong recurring nature. In large ports the development of the number of

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 shipping movements and thus the demand for towage services looks likely to be stable in the coming years. In light of this, expectations are that conditions in the Dredging & Inland Infra and Towage segments will remain stable. In the offshore energy market there is a clear distinction between short and long-term developments. At present the short term is strongly affected by the low oil price, which is causing oil majors to postpone investment decisions relating to complex and costly offshore projects. In the long term, however, the demand for energy will continue to be driven by increasing prosperity and economic growth. In the near term, those activities aimed at the capacity-driven spot markets such as Marine and Subsea Services are expected to be impacted hardest. The picture at Marine Contracting and Subsea Contracting is more favorable, fueled by structural developments in offshore wind energy, the dismantling of old oil and gas rigs and new developments in the Middle East and surrounding LNG, such as in Western Canada. Boskalis expects to see a prolonged period of low energy prices and lean market conditions in the offshore oil and gas market and is tightening things up where necessary in terms of organization, fleet composition and capital expenditure. Outlook Current information suggests that no major changes are to be expected in the market environment for Dredging & Inland Infra and Towage in the second half of the year compared to the first half. Following an exceptionally busy first half year at Dredging, fleet utilization levels will come down in the second half, partly due to postponed vessel maintenance from the first half year. This will result in a lower operating margin. The outlook for Offshore Energy remains mixed. Long- term contracts and work already contracted are expected to provide an important degree of stability well into 2016, but the short-term related transport activities and subsea services are experiencing pressure on utilization levels and margins. Across the portfolio it remains crucial that we make every possible effort to maintain the level of the order book, whereby we are selective in taking on projects, with an acceptable risk profile. Based on the fleet schedule and work in the portfolio and barring unforeseen circumstances, the Board of Management expects a good second half of the year. Net profit for the full year 2015, including our stake in the result of joint ventures and associated companies, is not expected to approach the 2014 record result (EUR 490 million). The 2015 capital expenditure is expected to amount to EUR 225-250 million (from EUR 250-275 million), which will be financed from the company's own cash flow. (Press Release)

ALL ABOARD FOR SAIL AMSTERDAM!

Ships of all types and sizes are taking to the North Sea Canal to join the celebration of the ninth edition of the SAIL Amsterdam event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Since its first edition in 1975, SAIL Amsterdam has grown to become the largest public event in the Netherlands and the largest free nautical event in the world. The event takes place every five years, gathering over 600 ships that navigate along the North Sea Canal before mooring in and around the IJhaven in Amsterdam.

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The ninth edition of SAIL Amsterdam takes place from 19 to 23 August 2015. The first day of the maritime festival kicked off with a Sail-In Parade featuring various famous tall ships such as Belem from France, Atyla from Spain, Alexander von Humbdolt II from Germany along with Dutch navy ships and many more vessels smaller in size but equally spirited to join the fun. For all those not able to attend this year’s event here is a taste of what is going on at the moment on the canal. Enjoy!. You can watch the parade sail HERE During this Sail Amsterdam, a lot of tugs, like the famous Elbe (photo) and Holland and the steam tug Furie (photo), attended the parade. The 5 day event attracted on the first day during the Sail-In Parade 400,000 spectators. It is expected by the organizers that there a total of 2 million people will visit the event. (Source: World Maritime News; Photo below Sjaak van Minnen)

TUGBOAT RB-366 OF PROJECT 90600 BUILT BY PELLA SHIPYARD FOR RF NAVY COMPLETES MOORING AND MANUFACTURE’S TESTS

Tugboat RB-366 of project 90600 (hull No 943) built by Pella Shipyard (Leningrad Region) for RF Navy has successfully completed mooring and manufacture’s tests. According to shipyard’s press center, State Acceptance Committee starts its work on August 19. Upon completion of the state trials the tugboat will be delivered to the customer. RB-366 is to join the Baltic Fleet of RF Navy. The ship was launched on February 26, 2015. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R3 navigation area, refloating of ships and vessels, firefighting operations at floating and shore objects, oil spill response activities, cargo transportation, ice breaking and erosion operations. Technical information: Length max: 25,4 mtrs; Width max: 8,8 mtrs; Draught: 4,2 mtrs; Speed: 11,8 knots. Classificaion КМ Arc4 R3 Aut3 Tug by Russian Register of shipping. Propulsion system ВРК US 155, Rolls-Royce, FPP into nozzles. Powerplant 2*746 kW at 1800 r/min, Caterpillar С32. Deck equipment: bow electro-hydraulic

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 anchor-towing-mooring winch Fluidmecanica providing 10 t of bollard pull and 847 kN of brake holding force; 23 t towing hook SWL with quick release device. The tugboat is equipped with cargo crane РС 2300, Palfinger with lifting capacity of 150 kilos at the boom of 5m. In order to fulfil fire-fighting operations the tugboat is equipped with external firefighting system made by FFS (capacity is 800 m3/h, 2 water monitors, water curtains system). JSC Pella Shipyard based in Russia’s Leningrad region was founded in 1950. In 1992 Pella was privatized as Pella Holding Co. comprising the head office and several subsidiaries. The shipbuilding firm specializes in building tractor tugs with rated power of 1,000hp to 5,000hp, push boats, escort tugs, pilot boats and SAR boats for Russian customers and for export. (Press Release)

FOURTH Z-DRIVE TOWBOAT FROM MASTER MARINE

The Z-drive revolution on the U.S. Inland Waterways continues with a new delivery from Master Marine. In August, Marquette Transportation Co. took delivery of a new 2,000-hp Z-drive towboat from Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The 78 x 34 x 11 ft. St. Peter was designed by Frank Basile of Entech & Associates, Houma, La., for Marquette's Gulf-Inland division, based in Harahan, La. Master Marine is continuing to build Z-drive towboats, with more underway for Marquette, said the yard's president Randy Orr. The company has continued to expand its workforce and production capabilities to handle the increasing demands of its customers. The steel- hulled St. Peter is powered by a pair of Thompson Power Systems Caterpillar C32 Tier 3 1,000-hp engines at 1,800 rpm connected to ZF Marine ZF AT 5111WM-FP Z-drives with 1,650 mm (65") 4- bladed propellers in nozzles. The package gives the boat a running speed of 10 knots with a loaded draft of 8'. For ship's service power the towboat is outfitted with a pair of Kennedy Engine John Deere 4045AFM85 Tier 3 generator drive engines each driving an 80-kW Marathon Mariner generators. Cooling for all engines and z drives was provided by Eastpark Radiator Duraweld

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coolers. Doors and windows were provided by Dales Welding & Fabrication, LLC. Rubber bumper systems were provided by Schuyler Companies. The electronics was supplied by New World Electronics and Rio Marine supplied the alarms and monitoring systems. To secure barge tows, there's a pair of Patterson 40-ton deck winches supplied by Donavan Marine. The St. Peter has tankage for 24,000 gallons of fuel; 6,550 gallons of potable water; and 17,560 gallons of ballast water. (Source: MarineLink)

TWO TUGS FOUND ADRIFT IN MOUNT HOPE BAY

Two Providence-based tugboats belonging to McAllister Towing and Transportation were found unmanned and adrift in Mount Hope Bay Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A caller notified the Coast Guard at 9:07 p.m. that the vessels Puma and David McAllister were drifting unoccupied less than a mile from the Braga Bridge, which carries Route 195 into Fall River, the Coast Guard said in a news release. A 45- foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill in Newport, along with vessels from the Portsmouth Fire Department and Bristol Harbormaster, responded to the scene and monitored the tugs until a crew from McAllister Towing arrived to bring them safely back to an unidentified pier. No explanation was immediately available for why the tugs were floating adrift in the bay. The incident is under investigation, the Coast Guard said. "The coordinated effort ensured neither of the 100-foot tugs caused any injuries, damage, or navigational hazards", said Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Janayla Mattern in the release. The Puma and David McAllister are two of nine McAllister Towing vessels based out of the New York City company's Providence office, according to the company website. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel database lists the Puma, built in 1962, as 92 feet long and the David McAllister, built in 1980, as 73 feet long. (Source: Providence Journal; Photo: David McAllister-courtesy McAllsster)

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“KEERA” HEADING NORTH TO JOIN PACTOW

Pacific Towing (PNG) Ltd (PacTow) have announced a recent MOU to purchase the tug Keera (62tonne BP ASD), from Svitzer Australia. The purchase and delivery are expected to be completed by Dec. 2015. Keera will augment the recent 50 tonne BP ASD tugs, Werra, Wato and Pacific Salvor (ex Taminga) that are now fully operational in Papua New Guinea ports and coastal waters. Keera will provide increased capability in both refinery operations, harbour towage, offshore towage and salvage capability and become the twelfth operational tug in the PacTow Fleet along with many additional workboats, dive tender and line boats. Pacific Towing have in the last two years added three ASD tugs in support of improved service provision to customers of PNG Ports Corporation in the ports of Lae and Port Moresby whilst maintaining full time service provision in the ports of Madang, Kimbe and Rabaul. The tug Werra joined the PacTow fleet ex Newcastle, Australia, in August 2013 followed by her sister tug Wato in March 2014. The Pacific Salvor was resurrected from the tug Taminga (ex Whyalla, South Australia.) and proudly bears this traditional Pacific Towing name and role. She became operational within PacTow as of January 2015. Recent salvage activity has seen PacTow in alliance with T&T Salvage on the LOF of the Helene Rickers in the Milne Bay waters of Papua New Guinea,

where the stalwart

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 salvage tug Vulcan once again answered the call for assistance. PacTow has worked with other major salvors Nippon, Svitzer, Titan, and Fukada in recent years. In response to Pacific Towing’s regular involvement with major international salvage companies over many years in Regional and International salvage projects, Pacific Towing (PNG) Ltd is proud to advise of their recently accepted Full Membership of the International Salvage Union (ISU). The addition of Keera to the PacTow Fleet will enhance the extensive regional response capability, which not only includes salvage and towage tugs but the only regional commercial diving operators with certified Commercial Divers and Supervision trained in Australia to A.S.2815.2 and certified by major IAACS Societies for ‘In Water Surveys’, Underwater NDT and Welding …………….. by Ian Stevens.

LT-533 BEING SCRAPPED

It is reported that the 1944 built by Levingston Ship Building Co under yard number 329 tug Audry Gail (Imo 5244974) has been scrapped at Surrey BC on the 20th of August 2015 by Lonnie Edward Berrow. The tug was built as the LT-533 for the US Army. Army tugs were seen as far back as the American Civil War as with the 1862 screw tug Terror. World War II era tugs came in two general classifications, though those were not rigid and variances may particularly be seen in commercial vessels taken in early during the war. Seagoing tugs, 92'-100' or greater were designated Large Tug (LT). Harbor tugs were Small Tugs (ST). The Transportation Corps determined that at war's end it was operating 746 tugs of the LT/ST types. A large number of highly varied commercial tugs were taken into Army service above those constructed to Army designs and Army tugs of prewar design dating to the early 1900s. In addition to these there were a variety of small towing craft, numbering in thousands, termed motor towing launches (MTL), sometimes overlapping the STs in length, and marine tractors of 40'and less length, some with the colorful name of "Sea Mules" with dimensions of 40 x 13 x 8 and two Chrysler gasoline engines. All were simply U.S. Army (LT/ST)A construction program in Australia built a number of tugs for the Southwest Pacific Area in both LT and ST size. They were U.S. Army tugs, but not carried in the same central listing as the U.S. built tugs. A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. Large Tug (LT): Only the first eight WW II era LT numbered tugs built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay New York, were given names during construction. The Army acquired commercial vessels or had in its inventory tugs early during WW II, before standardized design construction met requirements, that were LT in size which retained commercial names and did not have LT numbers. WW II LT construction did not use numbers greater than 935 with postwar LTs having four digit numbers until numbers starting with LT-801 were reused with 1993 construction. The LT-533 in 1944 owned by the US Army as a Sotoyomo-class Rescue Tug, involved in the invasion of Normandy. She arrived Liverpool on June 2, 1944 in convoy HX-292 (departed New York on May 19, 1944). In 1946 she was owned by Foundation Maritime, Halifax NS and renamed Foundation Lillian. In 1949 sold and renamed Roy H. Peters. In 1953 she was owned by Bulk Carriers Ltd., New Jersey USA and renamed Escort. From

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1954-1978 she was owned by Kingcome Navigation Co., Vancouver BC under the name N.R. Lang. and as from 1964 as Haida Chieftain On the 3rd January 1965 she caught fire off Cape Beale, BC. and was abandoned by her crew of ten who were picked up by the tug 'LaPointe'. The brand-new tug 'La Beine' on her maiden trip intercepted the 'Haida Chieftain', put out the fire, and towed the vessel to port. From 1979-2001 she was owned by Egmont Towing & Sorting Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 2004 she was owned by Summer Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 2007-2013 she was owned by Wayden Transportation Systems Inc., Richmond BC. In 2013-2014 she was owned by Amix Marine Services Ltd., New Westminster BC. (Photo: Dave Shirlaw)

YESTERYEAR TUGS AT WORK DOWNER XII

A switcher or shifting tug. The Downer XII, nudging along a barge probably loaded with sludge. Switchers are small, highly manoeuvrable tugboats that work around the peirs and docks, moving barges and lighters for discharging and loading. The Downer XII, built in 1916 and powered by a 250 horsepower steam engine, was owned by Downer Towing Company of New York, which specialized in this type of towing. The steam from the tug indicates she exhausted spent steam into the atmosphere rather than employing a condenser to recycle the steam back to water. This was possible because the Downer XII rarely operated far from the docks and could replenish her water supply from city water mains. It was normal practice for the tug owner to buy a permit from the city, which gave the tug engineer a special wrench to tap into the water hydrants. As an indication of the many hours these little tugs have been known to work, the switcher tug Grace, which was direct driven by a reversible oil engine, in the year 1926 put in a total of 3,250 hours shifting barges and 130 hours shiphandling. Her fuel costs were 14 cents per hour. (Source: On the Hawser by Steven Land and Peter H. Spectre)

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ACCIDENTS – SALVAGE NEWS

STRANDED FOCOMAR CREW SAFE AND SOUND

The twenty-four crew members of the Panamanian-flagged bulker Focomar have been rescued after taking refuge on a small island west of Socotra a few days earlier. The crew abandoned their vessel in a lifeboat after MV Focomar suffered engine problems at sea early last week. The 2011-built bulker was last reported to be headed to Singapore when it departed Djibouti on July 27 before it lost signal on August 11th. With limited radio communications, they had been able to put out a may-day call from the island to say that they were stranded, with little food and water, Eunavfor informed. “They issued a may-day signal which was picked up by the EU Naval Force. In coordination with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, based in Sana’a, Italian Navy warship ITS Libeccio was tasked by the EU Force Commander to sail at best speed towards the island and provide much-needed food and water to twenty four stranded seafarers,” the naval force added. According to Eunavfor, the seafarers departed to the port of Djibouti, having been picked up by a tug sent by the vessel’s owner. Local reports indicate that the stricken tanker was towed by UAE tug Mubarak Challenger to Djibouti. On the picture from Eunavfor is seen the lifeboat on the Island Where the Stranded Crew of the MV Focomar Took Refuge. (Source: World Maritime News)

UNDERWATER OPS ON SEWOL SALVAGE START

China’s Shanghai Salvage-led consortium started underwater operations on the Sewol ferry recovery. According to media reports, divers from Shanghai Salvage are carrying out inspections to get better insight into the condition of the sunken ferry. The Sewol ferry sank more than a year ago en route from Incehon to the island of Jeju with over 400 people onboard, mostly high school students. Nine people are still missing and are expected to be found inside the ship. According to the authorities, the ferry will be lifted in one peace to prevent any of the bodies to drift

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 away during the salvage. The salvage operation is planned to be conducted using metal beams, the company noted, and the government expects to complete the project before July next year. (Source: Subsea World News)

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NTSB FAULTS LOOKOUT IN 2014 OSV, SHRIMPER COLLISION

Captains that were absorbed in their work and failed to keep proper lookout led to a 2014 collision in the Gulf of Mexico when an offshore service vessel that was heading back to base hit a commercial fishing vessel squarely amidships at 11.5 knots, according to a recently released report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The 130’x36’x9’ OSV Gloria May, operated by Gulf Resource Management Inc., Galliano, La., was returning to the MOVK Base on Bayou Casotte near Pascagoula, Miss., when it crossed paths with the Capt Le, a 74’x22’x8’ shrimp boat registered in Irvington, Ala., at 10:40 p.m. on Aug. 24, 2014. Working under contract to Chevron Energy, the Gloria May had delivered cargo and supplies to the 137’ liftboat Michael Eymard, which was supporting maintenance work on an oil platform located near Mobile Block 992 (MO-992), about 20 miles south of Pascagoula. The OSV crew completed the unloading and securing deck cargo for the trip to shore around 10 p.m., according to a narrative in the NTSB report. Fifteen minutes later, one

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 of the boat’s two captains was alone on the bridge and increased the vessel speed to 12.5 knots. But after making a round of checks — including radar and visual lookout — the captain became distracted, NTSB and Coast Guard investigators found. “At this time he did not detect any contacts ahead, either by radar or by sight,” according to the report. “About five minutes later, the second captain moved from the front of the bridge to the chart table, which was on the starboard aft side of the control station, and began filling out paperwork required for the voyage back to the MOVK Base. “The second captain was alone on the bridge and diverted his attention from his primary duty to maintain a proper lookout.” Meanwhile, the captain and two crewmen on the Capt Le had been steaming on parallel east-west tracks during the evening, looking for areas with the best rate of shrimp catch. On the Gloria May, the second captain got up from his paperwork after about five minutes to make another round of checks. After a brief visit from a crewman in need of an electrical connector, the captain took another look around and observed bright deck lights from a nearby fishing vessel, off his starboard bow at a range of about two nautical miles. “He also detected the vessel on radar; the port radar was set to the 6 nautical mile range, and the starboard radar was set to the 0.5 nautical mile range,” the report states. “The way the deck lights appeared to him, he believed the fishing vessel was headed away from him and did not pose a threat of collision.” With that evaluation, the captain returned to paperwork. Around that same time, the master of the Capt Le executed another turn to go back on a westerly course. He told investigators he never saw the Gloria May on radar or visually. The Gloria May captain noticed bright lights shining on his bridge, and ran for the throttle and steering controls. The OSV hit the shrimper on the port side, putting a 10- foot split in the hull between the engine room and fish hold. Both crews quickly determined there were no serious injuries, and in about 20 minutes the fishermen were put off from the Capt Le in a liferaft and were taken on board the OSV. The NTSB faulted both captains for failure to maintain adequate lookout. Under navigation rules, the Gloria May was burdened to give way for vessels engaged in fishing operations, but the Capt Le master shared responsibility, the report concluded. “Although his night vision was severely degraded by the bright deck lights on his own vessel and his ability to maneuver was restricted by his deployed fishing nets, he should have maintained a proper lookout using all available means including visual, radar, and radio communications,” the report said. Read the full report HERE (Source: Workboat)

INCIDENT ON BOARD OF SKANDI STOLMEN

On August 19th, a fire incident, which was efficiently extinguished -took hold on Skandi Stolmen, supply vessel operated by Norskan Offshore. Sixteen crew members were transported to other vessels and are now safe. They have all disembarked in Macaé, state of Rio, for medical evaluation. Skandi Stolmen was operating in Campos field and it was confirmed that the incident did not cause any environmental harm. Authorities have been notified and the cause of the incident is under investigation. All personnel accounted for and are safe and well. In July, DOF’s anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Skandi Pacific, was involved in a fatal accident, off the coast of

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Australia, when a crew member died after having been crushed between a moving mini-container and a cargo skip. (Press Release)

MISSING OCEANOGRAFIA’S SUPPLY SHIP REAPPEARS

An offshore supply ship identified as Caballo Maya, owned by oil service provider Oceanografía SA, has reappeared having went missing yesterday from its moorings in Veracruz, Mexico. The disappearance was reported by the Mexico City’s district judge Felipe Consuelo Soto on Thursday afternoon. The ship was found twelve kilometers offshore of the Isla de Sacrificios (Island of Sacrifices), in the anchorage area of the Veracruz coast, local media said citing the port’s captain Enrique Cascarrabias. Information on who moved the diving support vessel and why, are yet to be determined. The 142-meter offshore supply ship is of key importance for the reactivation of a legal proceedings against the its owner, which was seized in February, 2104 for its suspected involvement in a loan fraud. Namely, Oceanografia is believed of having issued fraudulent invoices on loans to Citigroup Inc worth around $400 million. The ship, capable of accommodating up to 300 people, is equipped with one large 850 MT main crane, and one smaller 100 MT crane, a helideck, and is capable of carrying out heavy lift operations, and saturation diving activities. (Source: World Maritime News)

OFFSHORE NEWS

FUGRO AMERICAS ON DISPLAY IN GALVESTON

Making its debut at the Martin Midstream Dock in Galveston, Texas, USA, Fugro’s premier geophysical survey vessel, the Fugro Americas, was showcased to over 100 guests. In a two-day event, Fugro gave guided tours of the new build vessel, with geophysical, geoscience, survey and HSE professionals on hand to demonstrate its equipment and features along with the working parts

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of a geophysical survey. Visitors were able to view the ships’ survey instrumentation, including Fugro’s 3,000-metre- rated AUV, from a first-hand perspective. The Fugro Americas departed the construction shipyard in Louisiana on April 13 and was immediately mobilised to the Caribbean for a successful geochemical coring campaign. Measuring 58.8 meters in length, the multi-purpose vessel is suited for geophysical surveys and seafloor mapping and is permanently mobilised for deployment to locations throughout North and South America. In addition, Fugro owns and operates three Hugin AUV systems, two depth rated to 3,000 metres and one to 4,500 metres, all of which are portable and able to be mobilised onto the Fugro Americas or other vessels of opportunity. (Source: Subsea World News)

EMGS SELLS MORE 3D EM DATA. POSTS 2Q LOSS ON IMPAIRMENT

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into two new data licensing agreements with two oil companies for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi- client data library over the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea worth $1.6 million. The multi-client revenues, which are a combination of pre-funding and late sales, will be booked in the third quarter 2015, the company said on Thursday. The deal follows a similar agreement announced by EMGS on Wednesday, when the Norway-based provider said it had signed a new data licensing agreement with an oil company for the provision of 3D EM data from the multi-client data library over the Barents Sea. 2Q loss. Separately, EMGS on Thursday posted its results for the second quarter of 2015. Revenues were $12.1 million in the second quarter 2015, down from $42.5 million in the second quarter 2014. Contract sales ended at $4.8 million, while sales from the multi-client library ended at $7.3 million. EMGS said that the results were negatively affected by extraordinary costs related to the company’s cost reduction program. Also, EMGS said, an impairment of goodwill related to the OHM acquisition in 2011 of $14.4 million resulted in a net loss for the second quarter 2015 of $26.0 million. “In the second quarter we were, as expected, more affected by the challenging market conditions than in the previous quarter. We had planned for a higher contract utilisation in the quarter, but negotiations

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 were delayed. During the quarter, we have therefore invested in what we consider to be good and timely multi-client projects, as we see these as important for the future development of our Company,” says CEO of EMGS, Bjarte Bruheim. Hard to predict the market outlook During the quarter, EMGS implemented a 20% workforce reduction and a reduction from three to four vessels by taking out the EM Leader from mid-May. In addition, the company announced that the capital expenditures for 2015 would be reduced. The company’s three other vessels were mainly operating on multi-client projects in Norway, US Gulf of Mexico and in Indonesia. In the second half of 2015, EMGS will perform the announced contract work for an oil company in Malaysia and re-start its work for Pemex in Mexico. The company also expects further contract work in Asia. “The market outlook is currently hard to predict. Contract negotiations are delayed and the oil companies’ spending and budgets are further revised and reduced. As a consequence, EMGS Board and management will continue the work to reduce the Company’s cost level and capital expenditures. Still, the Company experiences good progress on the adoption of the EM technology. The interest from oil companies is increasing, although challenged by reduced budgets. The continuous pressure on these companies to cut costs and increase efficiency, also require them to improve their success rates in exploration,” EMGS said in the 2Q results statement. (Source: Offshore Energy Today)

DOF SELLS OFFSHORE VESSEL

DOF, an offshore supply vessels owner from Norway, has sold and delivered the vessel Skandi Fjord to new owners. The offshore well stimulation vessel has been laid up since year end 2014. Skandi Fjord, 87.1 meters long, was built in 1983, and spent years working for Halliburton. In 2014, the vessel worked for Saipem in Africa. DOF did not reveal financial details of the sale, nor the identity of the vessel’s new owners. Radar shows the vessel is currently moored in the

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Cuxhaven, Germany. (Press Release)

NORDIC BAHARI TO SHOOT FOR TOTAL AND PSG

T Bahari Lines, in partnership with Nordic Geo Services of Singapore has won two 2D marine seismic data acquisition and processing service projects from oil major Total and a local government company Pusat Survei Geologi (PSG). According to the company, the seismic data acquisition will be performed by the 72.7 meters long seismic research vessel Nordic Bahari with support from vessels Nordic Barakuda and Nordic Emma. The first project is scheduled to start for PSG by the end this month (August 2015) in West Papua, Indonesia. The second project for Total Indonesia is for West Sumatra, Mentawai region and it’s scheduled to start right after the PSG job. (Source: Subsea World News)

FARSTAD SLUMPS TO LOSS

Norway’s Farstad Shipping has seen red in the second quarter of 2015 as impairments and currency losses drove the company into a loss. Namely, Farstad’s profit after taxes (PAT) was negative NOK 119.5 million, versus positive PAT of NOK 46.7 million a year earlier. Furthermore, first-half (1H 2015) profit after taxes was negative NOK 423.8 million, compared to positive PAT of NOK 126.2 million in 1H 2014. The company’s largest shareholder with 40.5% remains Tyrholm & Farstad AS. Diluted profit per share was negative NOK 3.07 The company achieved operating income of NOK 1,038.8 million for the second quarter, down from NOK 1,050.6 million in Q2 2014. The operating income for the first six months was NOK 2,101.9 million, up from NOK 2,060.3 million in 1H 2014. Farstad booked depreciations and impairments of NOK 395.9 million and currency losses of NOK 32.7 million during the second quarter, while 1H 2015 depreciations and impairments were NOK 636.4 million compared to NOK 367.1 million in 1H 2014. Impairments totaling NOK 170.0 million were booked on nine of the company’s vessels during the second quarter. Farstad Shipping’s subsea fleet currently consists of 6 vessels and 1 under construction, scheduled for delivery in November next year. At the end of

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VIKING NEPTUN BOOSTS EIDESVIK

Norwegian vessel owner, Eidesvik Offshore, has seen its second quarter 2015 profit after tax at 144.7 million Norwegian kroner ($17.5 million) versus a loss of 1.9 million kroner (approx. $230K) same time last year. Furthermore, the Oslo-listed company bounced back from a first-quarter loss of NOK 104 million and hiked its profit after taxes in the first half of 2015 at NOK 40,8 million compared to NOK 30,8 million in the corresponding period in 2014. According to Eidesvik, the Q2 2015 profit was positively influenced by profit from the construction vessel Viking Neptun that was delivered at the beginning of 2015, and was on contract shortly after delivery with Technip Norway. In addition to Viking Neptun, the supply vessel Viking Queen has operated on a contract with higher revenues in Q2. The company booked operating income of NOK 308,5 million in Q2 2015 against second quarter 2014 operating income of NOK 245.7 million. Furthermore, 1st half 2015 operating income was NOK 587 million, up from NOK 466,2 million last year. However, in order to tackle the challenging market conditions in the future, Eidesvik has initiated actions for cost reduction, fleet optimization and refinancing of long-term debt. Namely, the company has reduced the number of trainees and cadets, changed the flags for Viking Nereus and Viking Princess, launched new insurance agreements and reduced administration costs by some NOK 18 million. (Source: Subsea World News)

EIDESVIK SELLS SEISMIC VESSEL

Norway’s shipowner Eidesvik Offshore has signed a memorandum of agreement to sell a seismic vessel. The vessel, Viking II, owned by the company’s subsidiary Eidesvik Shipping, will be sold to

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an unnamed buyer for an undisclosed fee. Eidesvik said in a statement on Thursday that a deposit had been lodged and the delivery would take place in Q3/Q4 2015. “The sale is done close to book value of the vessel,” Eidesvik said. “The vessel will not be used for seismic work with the new owner,” the company added. The vessel, built by Mjellem Karlsen in Bergen, Norway, entered service in June 1999. Prior to the sale, the vessel worked for years for the French seismic specialist CGG. Radar data shows the Viking II is currently moored in Batam, Indonesia. (Source: Offshore Energy Today)

OTTO MARINE TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW 238-MEN DP2 WORK MAINTENANCE VESSEL TO FULFILL ITS NEWLY SECURED 5-YEAR CHARTER CONTRACT

A DP2 238-men work maintenance vessel, built by a third party yard, has been delivered to the Group on schedule. A long-term charter contract was sealed in June 2015, while the vessel was still under construction. A testament of the Group’s strong offshore chartering capability supported by prudent fleet planning and execution. Otto Marine Limited, (“Otto Marine” or the “Group”), a leading offshore marine company that specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, is pleased to announce that further to a long-term bareboat charter contract (the “Charter”) that was secured in June 2015, it has taken delivery of a 238-men Work Maintenance Vessel (the “Vessel”) to fulfill that Charter. The delivery ceremony of the Vessel, Nautical Aliya, was held at a shipyard in China today. Nautical Aliya is the first unit of the DPS-2 Work Maintenance Vessel series completed. The second unit is currently under construction and will be completed by the end of this year. The vessel measures 85 meters in length and 23 meters in width. It has a clear deck area of 635 m2., and is equipped with a deck crane of 80-ton lifting capacity. It was built in a third party yard, and is on schedule for charter deployment in the South East Asia region. Swordfish 1 Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, has entered into the Long Term Bareboat Charter for five years in June 2015. Commenting on the vessel delivery, Mr. Michael See, Group CEO said, “We are pleased to add the new vessel to our fleet. This is in line with our strategy to maintain a healthy quantity of our

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 own vessels in the fleet, in view of the better profit margins they can generate. We take a prudent approach in the current relatively weak market. Our strong customer network has continued to generate enquiries and charter contracts, and we plan our fleet accordingly. The close working relationship with shipbuilders has ensured on-time delivery of vessels, helped us fulfill our charter contracts, and enhanced Otto Marine’s credibility as a trusted business partner. In 2Q2015, we added US$132.2 million new chartering contracts, bringing the total order book to US$307.2 million as at 30 June 2015. Fleet utilization rate has increased from 59.2% for 1Q2015 to 74.0% for 2Q2015, and our financial performance has shown encouraging improvement in 2Q2015. The new vessel addition, with its secured long term charter contract, is expected to contribute positively to the Group’s financial performance in 2015. ” (Press Release)

ROYAL IHC LAUNCHES FIFTH PIPELAYING VESSEL FOR SAPURA

N AVEGAÇÃO MARÍTIMA

Royal IHC has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel, Sapura Rubi, in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the fully integrated vessel was performed by Ms. Glaucia Maciel, Human Resource Manager of Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A. The Sapura Rubi is the fifth 550t pipelaying vessel that IHC is supplying to Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. All five vessels are being completely designed, engineered and built by IHC. Like her sister vessels, the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topázio, Sapura Ônix and Sapura Jade, the Sapura Rubi is destined for Brazilian waters to develop deep-sea oilfields of up to 2,500m on behalf of Petrobras. The vessel will be equipped with a pipelaying spread designed and built by IHC, and two belowdeck storage carousels, with capacities for 2,500t and 1,500t of product respectively. A vertical (tiltable) lay system with a 550t top tension capacity will be permanently installed for the deployment of a range of flexible products, and the tower orientation allows for maximum deck space. A custom-

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16TH VOLUME, NO. 67 DATED 23 AUGUST 2015 designed IHC control system integrates each aspect of the pipelaying spread to ensure excellent levels of performance, safety and reliability. Arjan Klijnsoon, IHC’s Executive Director Marketing & Sales, says: “With these ships, Sapura Navegação Marítima has entrusted IHC with an impressive order. The entire project has been on – or ahead of – schedule, which proves us to be a reliable partner in complex activities. “The operational vessels, the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topázio and Sapura Ônix, are all performing very well. With the launch of the final vessel, we have almost reached the end of a fantastic project. I am confident that the outfitting and delivery will be completed on schedule.” Watch the launching of the vessel HERE (Press Release)

WINDFARM NEWS - RENEWABLES

G9 ISSUES REPORT ON OFFSHORE WIND TRANSFER DESIGN ISSUES

A report resulting from the G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9)’s first Safe by Design workshop is now available. The report explores a number of key topics associated with the transfer of personnel from a Crew Transfer Vessel to a transition piece via the traditional push on method (including design of the transfer connector, new designs in access systems and boat landing design). With the G9 established as an authority on offshore wind Health and Safety issues, in 2014, the Crown Estate asked the G9 to take over the running and delivery of the Safe by Design workshops. The Crown Estate had previously run workshop covering topics such as diving operations, lifting operations, wind turbine design and installation and the safe optimisation of marine operations. Frank Monaghan, Health and Safety Director at ScottishPower Renewables, said: “The Safe by Design workshops are intended as a catalyst for attendees to network on Health and Safety improvements and develop local and industry Health and Safety initiatives. This first report is an important milestone for the G9 and is the beginning of the journey in terms of building the G9 portfolio of Safe by Design reports. By providing a forum for developers, operators, OEMs, service providers and academia to focus on offshore wind farm design phase issues, we can investigate new technologies and innovations to improve health and safety performance and also drive responsible cost reduction in the industry.” By bringing these events into the G9 work programme, the G9 aims to explore the high priority industry operations and technologies with a focus on Safe by Design principles. As with this workshop, future G9 Safe by Design workshops will examine the current design controls relating to a current industry issue, discuss where current design has potentially failed, identify opportunities for improvement and then seek to demonstrate the risk reduction to be gained from these. The outputs from these workshops will be made freely available on the G9 website to be used as a reference by the industry. (Source: OffshoreWind; Photo: Umoe Mandal)

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GEMINI AWARDS 5 YEAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

Belgian Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and German EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been contracted to ensure that the Gemini offshore wind park operates smoothly. The wind park in the Dutch North Sea, located 85 km north of the Dutch coast, is to be one of the world’s largest wind farms, both in terms of size as well as production (total capacity of 600 MW). Gemini is being built on two locations close to each other, ‘Buitengaats’ and ‘ZeeEnergie’. Offshore Wind & Assistance (OWA), the offshore maintenance specialist of offshore solutions provider GeoSea (DEME Group) will operate and maintain the Balance of Plant for both windfarms. Next to providing marine logistics, the scope of works includes the maintenance of all foundations above and below water (2 x 75 WTG foundations + 2 OHVS foundations) as well as the maintenance of the cable & scour protection (2 export cables, infield cables, export connector cable, scour protection at WTG and OHVS foundations) EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS), the offshore subsidiary of the Oldenburg-based energy provider, will be in charge of operating, maintaining and monitoring two transformer stations at sea and one transformer station in Eemshaven. It will also be responsible for the network management of the two 220 kV export cables that will transport the electricity to land and a 380 kV stretch of cable on land that will connect the electricity to the transmission network. “OWA has quite some experience in offshore maintenance activities on the North Sea and can count on the longstanding expertise of parent company GeoSea and other offshore companies within the DEME Group. It allows us to export our maintenance know-how on a long-term basis on the entire European energy market,” confirms Stijn Delauré, General Manager Offshore & Wind Assistance NV. “We are very pleased that the operators of this fascinating project have placed their confidence in us,” says Ines Kolmsee, Chief Technical Officer of EWE AG. “It is also a positive affirmation of our strategy not just to implement our own projects but also to operate as a service provider in the offshore sector.” EWE OSS will be supported with this contract by EWE NETZ and BTC – two other companies in the EWE Group.” Four project partners have joined forces to make Gemini a reality: Canadian independent renewable energy company Northland Power (60% project interest), wind turbine

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YARD NEWS

ANOTHER DSCV FOR ULTRA DEEP

Ultra Deep Group (UDS) has signed a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry to build one Ultra Deep Installer – Multipurpose Diving Support Construction Vessel. The vessel, which is based on the proprietary design “Red Class 6027” MT design DSCV, is a DP3, 142- meter multipurpose subsea diving support construction vessel, and the planned delivery of the vessel is Q1 2018. According to UDS, this new Ultra-Deep DSCV is equipped with Flash Tekk’s 24-man twin bell Saturation Dive System. Some of the features of the vessel are a 400 VLT in the reinforced moon pool area and equipped with twin-24 man SPHL. The vessel also has 2 x 250HP Work Class ROV’s 3000-meter working depth installed in ROV hangers inside the vessel. In addition, it will have a 400 ton crane which has depth capability to 5200 m single fall and 3200m dual fall. The vessel’s 1,500m² open deck space and deck strength 10 ton m² can facilitate a wide range of project required machinery and equipment. The company says that this vessel is prepared for world‐wide operations in the deep and ultra-deep oil and gas sector projects. “We are thrilled with this contract and it affirms our company is heading in the right direction to build quality and size-appropriate vessels catered for the future market. The current slowdown in the market allows us time to ensure our designs are optimized and customized for relevance in the oil and gas industry. I am thankful to our partners, and supporters, especially MT, DNV, FTE, ABB, Huisman, Rolls-Royce, Wartsila and CMHI, who have supported the company’s vision, and realizing our plans to build these vessels. We are one step closer to towards our Vision,” says Shel Hutton, Chief Executive Officer of UDS. (Source: Subsea World News)

EASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES CONTRACT SIGNING WITH IWL RIVER, INC.

Eastern Shipbuilding is pleased to announce that on, May 20, 2015, IWL River, Inc. (an affiliate of Impala Terminals Colombia) and Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) signed a contract to construct four (4) 134 ft. ABS Classed Inland River, Triple Screw Towboats each with a Retractable Pilothouse (ESG Hulls 243-246). This inland towboat design and detailed engineering is being provided by CT Marine of Portland, Maine. www.ctmarine.com. IWL River, Inc. is one of Eastern’s newest clients. These towboats will service the inland waterways of Latin America for Impala Terminals. Impala owns and operates a network of terminals that facilitate global trade flows,

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specializing in warehousing, multi-modal logistics and related port services for essential commodities worldwide. Impala connects its customers to the global commodities market. www.impalaterminals.com The four (4) Inland River Triple Screw Retractable Towboats features the following characteristics: Length (LOA): 134’-0”; Breadth: 42’-0”; Depth: 9’-0”; Minimal Operational Draft: 6’-0”; Pilothouse Eyelevel (above waterline): 37’-6”; Pilothouse Eyelevel (above waterline) retracted: 21’-12”; Diesel Main Engines: (3) Caterpillar 3512C, IMO II, 1,280; Horsepower @ 1,600 RPM. Reverse Reduction Gears: (3) Reintjes, WAF665; Diesel Generators: (2) Caterpillar C6.6 125 kW, IMO II, 220-volt, 3-phase. This new construction inland towboat contract continues Eastern’s commitment to the inland maritime industry and long history of being a successful diversified US Shipbuilder. Looking forward, Eastern will continue to grow its facilities along with its strong workforce of men and women who are always eager for the next new construction, conversion or repair challenge. (Press Release)

SCOT SEAT KPM MARINE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH SWB

Leading specialist seating manufacturer, Scot Seat has signed a contract with a new client following Seawork 2015. The client was a fellow Seawork exhibitor, Seismic Workboats (SWB), based in Portugal. Updated release. The order received by Scot Seat was for a full set of customised seats for the Portuguese company, SWB. The order comprised of a Scot Seat SSH Helmsman seat which will be fitted with height, tilt and weight adjustment on a swivel base plate, which will be trimmed in leatherette with the company logo embroidered on backrest. In addition, SWB ordered three further flip-up seats which will be trimmed in leatherette to match the helmsman seat, which will include the logo on the base. Scot Seat’s Managing Director, Jonathan Young commented, “The customers visited us on Tuesday at Seawork. We provided a quotation for them at the show and we have now

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secured the order. Seawork is always a great opportunity to meet more customers, especially from overseas.” SWB Engineering team build Seismic Workboats from their base in Peniche, Portugal. Once trials have been completed, further orders are anticipated. Scot Seat Direct Ltd (incorporating Scot Seat KPM Marine) is a family owned and run business established in 2000 based in Ayrshire, Scotland. Scot Seat offers a range of specialist seating with all seats featuring CNC-machined marine grade aluminium and 316 stainless steel fittings throughout; all of which are rigorously tested both on the water and in the laboratory to meet industry standards for quality and performance. Ranging from shock mitigation, suspension, through to flip-up seats, Scot Seats are endorsed by the likes of Monty Halls, World Renowned Adventurer, who uses the S2J Jockeys seats with new FOX Float Air Shocks on his Suzuki powered Humber RIB, as well as many Military, Naval, Police, Search and Rescue and commercial vessel operators worldwide. Pledging to be the leading supplier of Seismic Workboats globally, Portuguese-based SWB brings the best available technologies and materials to the market. This is achieved through strategic partnerships with top leading composite companies and seismic equipment manufacturers, which allows the SWB Engineering Team to continually design and develop new concepts for the commercial marine market, focusing on operational requirements combined with safety. Scot Seat KPM Marine and SWB will return to Seawork International 2016, which will be held in Mayflower Park, Southampton 14-16 June 2016. (Source: Seawork; Photo: Mercator Media)

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