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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 119 Number 119*** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS ***Wednesday 11-05-05 THIS EDITION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : VLIERODAM WIRE ROPES Ltd. wire ropes, chains, hooks, shackles, webbing slings, lifting beams, crane blocks, turnbuckles etc. Binnenbaan 36 3161VB RHOON The Netherlands Telephone: (+31)105018000 (+31) 105015440 (a.o.h.) Fax : (+31)105013843 Internet & E-mail www.vlierodam.nl [email protected] The latest addition to the German Navy the F 220 FGS HAMBURG seen in Hamburg during the Hafengeburtstag Photo : Piet Sinke © Save the ELBE Giro rekening No 8145443 Att : Piet Sinke - Stationsweg 21 - 3151 HR Hoek van Holland PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 1 5/10/2005 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 119 The score until today : 49.400 Euro EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS The DIAMOND LAND moored in the port of Hamburg – Photo : Piet Sinke © One Missing Sailor Rescued, Second Dead One of two sailors who abandoned their boat in rough seas hundreds of miles off the Virginia coast was found in the water a day later Monday and pulled to safety on a merchant ship, the Coast Guard said. The other sailor was found dead. Lochlin Reidy, 58, from Woodbridge, Conn., was spotted about 4 a.m. after a Coast Guard plane saw a strobe light in the ocean about 400 miles east of Virginia Beach and flew over the area to investigate, said Officer Krys Hannum, a Coast Guard spokeswoman. He was taken aboard the merchant vessel Sakura Express, and his condition was not immediately available. Later Monday, Thomas Tighe, 65, from Patterson, N.Y., was found dead in the water. Three other sailors who were rescued from the 45-foot sailboat Sunday night said Tighe and Reidy got into a life raft after the boat began taking on water from 16- to 20-foot seas. The life raft broke away, and a merchant ship that searched the area Sunday night found the raft empty. The other three sailors were airlifted to Nantucket, Mass., Sunday night. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 2 5/10/2005 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 119 The sailors were on a voyage from Bridgeport, Conn., to Bermuda when they encountered the severe weather, including 28- to 33-knot winds. The Coast Guard picked up their electronic distress signal around 6 a.m. Sunday. The Coast Guard also rescued six people Saturday and Sunday off North Carolina after nasty weather battered their sailboats. NEW SALVAGE ARBITRATION PROCEDURE LLOYD’S of London expanding the services provided under Lloyd’s Form of Salvage Agreement (“LOF”) by introducing a Fixed Cost Arbitration Procedure (“FCAP”). Lloyds says the move continues LOF’s tradition of adapting to meet the needs of its users: salvors, underwriters and property owners alike. The FCAP has been introduced following indications from the users of LOF that a procedure which limited the costs of obtaining an award would be welcome, in particular in cases where the amount of the salved fund is small or where no point of law arises and the facts are uncomplicated. After holding discussions with representatives from all sectors of the international maritime community, Belinda Bucknall, QC, a member of Lloyd’s Panel of Arbitrators, offered to produce guidelines on a fixed cost documents-only arbitration procedure. These guidelines have now been presented to the Lloyd’s Salvage Group, which consists of representatives including the International Salvage Union, the International Group of P & I Clubs, the Lloyd’s Market Association, the International Underwriters Association, the Admiralty Solicitors’ Group, and various owners’ groups, and have been welcomed by all concerned. NEW GIB FLAG ROW IT has just come to light that the Spanish authorities denied a Gibraltar-flag tanker chartered by the US government access to the port, and major US military base, at Rota. The Gibraltar daily newspaper Panorama says a report circulated on Monday by PrensaLatina.org website claims that the Aegean Tulip was turned back last February. Panorama reports that, a spokesman for Aegean Bunkering said that January 20, on the ship’s first trip to Rota, all the relevant documentation was accepted and clearance given by the Cadiz port authorities. However, with the ship already anchored nearby, diplomatic clearance was denied at the last minute by the military authorities in Rota. The Aegean spokesman also pointed out that since Spain relaxed its maritime ban last year, its vessels have sailed to Spanish ports without problem. Aegean Bunkering has taken up the issue with the Gibraltar maritime administrator who has referred it to the Foreign Office. Plans for a second trip to Rota in March were abandoned because diplomatic clearance was again not granted. The company says no official reason was given. FEWER PIRATE ATTACKS IN Q1 THE first three months of the year saw a marked reduction in piracy attacks, attributed by the International Maritime Bureau to the effect of the Boxing Day Tsunami which devastated large areas of the coast of the Indonesian province of Aceh where pirate gangs were believed to be based. There were 56 attacks in the period compared to 79 in Q1, 2004. While the latest quarterly report from IMB does indicate a lower level of piratical activity there has been a continuing trend towards holding hostages to ransom and a number of serious incidents have been reported since the end of March. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 3 5/10/2005 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 119 There has been no news of the fate of three seafarers, a tugmaster and two crew, kidnapped off Sabah but the IMB says that there are currently no hostages being held by pirates in Somali waters. The IMB, however, has reiterated its warning that Somali-based pirates are operating at considerable distances from the countries coast and are increasingly using false distress signals to lure ships into traps. A similar ploy has been reported from the waters off Oman. Concern over armed escort ships in Straits of Malacca Malaysia will meet Singapore and Indonesia over the presence of well-armed civilian ships in the Straits of Malacca. “These ships are sailing under the guise of providing protection to other vessels in the straits. “These mercenary ships are often well-armed,” said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. “We cannot accept the presence of these ships in the straits as they may be taking over the role of our navy and maritime enforcement agencies,” he told reporters after Timor Leste Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Dr Jose Ramos Horta paid him a courtesy call at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre yesterday. Syed Hamid was responding to reports that the United States had again offered to help Indonesia and Singapore keep guard over the straits, where there had recently been reports of piracy and kidnappings. He said the meeting was originally fixed for this Friday in Batam, Indonesia. “But Singapore could not make it so we now have to look for another date,” he said. Syed Hamid said the Indonesian Foreign Minister first approached him two weeks ago to hold the meeting. “He felt that a meeting at ministerial level will give the necessary political push to come to an agreement over the straits’ security,” he said, adding that Malaysia hoped that a meeting could be fixed “as soon as possible”. On the offer from the United States, Syed Hamid said even if Singapore and Indonesia accepted it, the world’s superpower must get Malaysia to agree with its plan. “Otherwise, it will not be proper. We have reiterated many times that the security of the straits is the responsibility of the littoral states, and they must respect our sovereignty. “However, we are willing to cooperate with the United States and other states in carrying out joint patrols,” he said. On the ongoing Non-Aligned Movement Meeting on the Advancement of Women, Syed Hamid said it was another of “Malaysia’s legacy” to the alliance of 114 members. “Countries have to change their thinking that they should not be unduly worried about the status of women,” he said. Indon skipper goes missing The Indonesian skipper of a Labuan-registered cargo ship has “mysteriously” disappeared in waters close to the Malaysia-Philippines sea borders. The ship's crew fear that 59-year-old Tri Soebianto, whom they last saw on Saturday, might have slipped and fallen off the ship, Semporna district police chief Deputy Supt Latiff Ibrahim said yesterday. Tri went missing in the Sulawesi Sea between Pulau Kulapuan in Sabah’s east coast and the southern Philippines island of Si Amil. DSP Latiff said search and rescue operations were being carried out to find the missing captain who was last seen charting the ship’s route from Tawau to Kota Kinabalu in the wheelhouse. PSi-Daily maritime press clippings Page 4 5/10/2005 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2005 – 119 The first officer realised Tri was missing around 11pm on Saturday. DSP Latiff said the crew informed the ship's company officials in Tawau about the incident and the officials called the Semporna police. Marine police and the navy were despatched to the scene but they found no signs of the seasoned skipper. “We are looking at all angles in our investigations,” DSP Latiff said when asked if police suspected any foul play or other motives in the disappearance. The ship has since anchored near Pulau Kulapuan. Sea tragedy to be probed The captain of the Ouro do Brasil was questioned on Tuesday about a collision between his ship and a fishing trawler, which has left 14 fishermen missing at sea.