Daily Shipping Newsletter 2004

DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 038

Number 038 ****DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER****Friday 16-04-2004

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EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS Bow Mariner survivors testify SURVIVING crewmembers of the ill-fated Bow Mariner are finally telling their stories, but it may be some time before we hear them. Granted immunity from US prosecution, the four crewmen from the Singapore-flagged chemical tanker that exploded and sank on 28 February off Virginia are giving evidence to a federal grand jury, a testimony that is held secret. Two of the six surviving crew had already given their evidence to Coast Guard investigators and the first of the remaining four testified on Friday. Rating Ramon Ronquillo spent 90 minutes with the grand jury before leaving the closed- door proceedings. The other three are scheduled to testify Wednesday in Norfolk, Virginia. While the four have been granted immunity in the US – a demand from their lawyers before they would talk – Singapore has not granted immunity. The Bow Mariner was carrying 11,570 tonnes of ethanol as well diesel fuel and fuel oil when it exploded and sank on its way from New York to Houston.

Quick sale wanted for Mayflower ship DELOITTES, the administrator of the UK engineering group Mayflower plc, is anticipating a quick sale of its purpose-built offshore windfarm turbine installation vessel, the Mayflower Resolution. It has set a deadline of 16 April for interested bidders to make offers, which are expected to be in excess of £20M ($36.7M). Already 44 companies have expressed an interest in the vessel. The ship is brand new, having only been delivered from the Shanhaiguan Shipyard in February, almost a year late because of several changes to the ship’s specification. The ship should have originally cost around £22M but because of the changes it is estimated to have cost nearer £40M. Mayflower Resolution is unique in that it has specifically been designed to be self contained in transporting and installing up to 10 turbines at a time. With the UK’s programme of nearly 20 planned offshore wind farms, this makes the ship an attractive asset. Administrator Nick Dargan is hopeful of a sale "by the end of the month." The vessel is being sold to raise urgently needed cash to deal with some £200M of debt that Mayflower has built up. Photo : Roger Wilson ©

Dutch activists oppose wreck plan THREE environmental groups in the Netherlands, Greenpeace, Foundation North Sea and Wadden Association, have urged transport minister Karla Peijs not to proceed with the burying of the wreck of the Ro-Ro Assi Euro Link, which sank over a year ago off Terschelling. The minister considers salvage too expensive and wants to start dredging sand from under the vessel tomorrow that will allow it to

PSi-Daily Shipping News Page 2 4/15/2004 DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 038 sink to a level that is not a hazard for shipping. However, environmental organisations equate this method with dumping waste at sea and want the government to raise the wreck for recycling. Meanwhile, two green political parties in the Netherlands and Belgium, GroenLinks Zeeland and Groen Belgie, have said they will resist the planned deepening of the Western Schelde if the governments decide to speed up the planning procedure by issuing an emergency law, which would allow the project to proceed with the least possible delay. Although both parties stressed that they are not in principle against deepening of the estuary, they want the Dutch and Belgian governments to follow the usual planning procedures, which will enable all parties involved to lodge protests or to demand further clarification of the proposals.

Coast Guard: Ferry captain tried to 'overcorrect'

The Spirit of Ontario struck a pier two weeks ago in Manhattan because the captain was unfamiliar with strong currents in the East River, the U.S. Coast Guard said today. The high-speed ferry hit the pier while docking April 1 at the South Street Seaport, resulting in a 25-foot gash and a hole in the ship above the waterline. No one was injured.

The captain "tried to overcorrect to straighten the bow and that most likely resulted in the vessel coming in contact with the pier," said Tom Sperduto, a spokesman with the Coast Guard.

The accident is still being investigated, but that is the preliminary conclusion, he said. A final report could take up to six months to complete. Sperduto added that the accident was not major and Capt. Han Tiemes, who was piloting the ship at the time, faces no charges. Alcohol and drugs were not involved, he said. Tiemes is delivering the vessel to Rochester for Austal Ships, the Australian shipbuilder. The ferry was visiting New York City as part of a promotional tour for Austal. It currently is being repaired and it's unknown when the ship will arrive in Rochester.

The accident has resulted in a delay for the launch of the ferry, which was supposed to begin regular passenger service on Lake Ontario between Rochester and Toronto on May 1. It also has affected fundraisers planned by the Rochester Area Community Foundation and the Rochester and Toronto Rotary clubs.

Canadian American Transportation Systems, the private company launching the ferry, could not immediately be reached for comment. CATS doesn't take ownership of the vessel until it arrives at the Port of Rochester.

The ferry, which is 284 feet long and nearly as tall as a five-story building, is capable of carrying up to 774 passengers and 238 cars. It features several bars, a restaurant, wireless Internet, two movie theaters, a duty-free shop and a children's play area.

Attack on ship 'work of Abu Sayyaf'

The Philippine navy said an attack on a Malaysian tugboat on Sunday in Sulu sea near Sabah was the work of Abu Sayyaf militants.

The attackers seized three crew members - an Indonesian and two Malaysians. "We are receiving reports from the field that the group who abducted the three were Abu Sayyaf members and the alleged leader is a certain Lajib," said Captain Geronimo Malabanan, a Philippine navy spokesman.

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It was the first official confirmation that the Abu Sayyaf, a network of small but well-armed criminal and terror bands operating in the southern Philippines, was responsible.

A senior Philippine security official said the abduction showed Abu Sayyaf remained an important threat even if most of its leaders had been killed or captured, and its membership had declined from 5,000 in 2000 to about 400 today following a series of military offensives against the group.

Military and police operatives last month arrested six Abu Sayyaf members alleged to be plotting bomb attacks on trains, shopping malls, western embassies and other targets in Manila.

At the weekend, 23 jailed Abu Sayyaf members facing kidnapping, murder and robbery charges escaped along with 30 common criminals from a police prison in the southern island of Basilan. Police and troops have killed or recaptured 12 of the fugitives.

Mr Gonzales said intelligence authorities believe the Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani, brother of the group's founder, is consolidating control in an attempt to steer back the organisation towards its original objective of fighting for an Islamic state in the southern Philippines.

Historic tugboat saved from scrapheap Canal enthusiasts in the North-West are embarking on their very own Scrapheap Challenge - to save the luxury tugboat Daniel Adamson, a true one-off that was threatened with breaking up.

The unique 1903-vintage craft was once used for luxury trips along the Manchester Ship Canal. But since she was superseded by a newer model, the boat has languished unwanted and unloved.

Now, a group of intrepid volunteers has hauled the boat to Liverpool Docks to begin the arduous process of restoration.

First of all, Daniel Adamson was removed from the dock at the Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port, and towed by ship canal tug MSC Viceroy to Eastham Locks. Then, in the second stage of the operation, the historic boat was towed down the Mersey to Liverpool. This was believed to be the first time Daniel Adamson had sailed on the Mersey in 60 years - and also marked the official handover of the vessel by the Manchester Ship Canal Company to the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society.

The next stage of the project will see the craft entering dry dock for a hull survey. Eventually, the Preservation Society hopes to restore the boat to her former glory and to see her active again around the waterways of Cheshire and Merseyside.

CASUALTY REPORTING Cargo Vessel Collides with Fishing Boat

An investigation was under way after a fishing boat was struck by a cargo vessel in dense fog off the Kent coast. The French-registered fishing boat Corona Gloria was being towed to Boulogne following the accident at 8.17am eight miles off Deal.

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A lifeboat from Dover was sailing alongside the stricken vessel helping to pump out water leaking through a hole caused during the collision. A Dover Coastguard spokesman said the identity of the cargo ship would not be revealed pending an inquiry.

He said: “The collision happened in dense fog and there will be a investigation therefore we cannot say more about what happened.

“The fishing boat sustained some damage and is taking on water but is being towed to Boulogne where it will be met by the Boulogne lifeboat. No one was injured as far as we know.”

The accident happened on the edge of the Dover Strait, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world 12 Chinese crew rescued, 5 missing after ship sinks off West Bengal

Twelve Chinese crew members have been rescued but five are still missing after a Malaysian cargo ship sank in rough seas in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday afternoon, a Chinese embassy official said in New Delhi early Wednesday morning.

The embassy's press officer Yang Shuying said Indian Coast Guard vessels rescued 12 of the 17 Chinese crew members of MV Genius Star-VI, which sank in the high seas off the West Bengal coast about 190 kilometers southeast of Haldia town.

The rescued sailors were brought to Haldia. They were said to be in good health. The Indian Coast Guard is still searching on the sea in hopes of finding the missing sailors, Yang said. The Malaysian ship was carrying a consignment of logs from Malaysia to Kolkata.

Damaged bulker under tow for Nacala The damaged Singapore-registered bulker CSK Tribute is under tow behind the tug Nikolay Chiker en route for the northern Mozambique port of Nacala, where cofferdam repairs will be undertaken by Durban ship repair company Dormac. The bulker is carrying a full cargo of iron ore loaded in Brazil for China. En route the crew noticed a problem, which turned out to be a 2m x 2m fracture in the hull below the waterline. The vessel has taken on some water, leading to the decision to seek shelter along the Mozambique coast. Nacala is the nearest deepwater port. According to reports the tow is progressing with some difficulty, with the bulker in reverse and yawing behind the tow, and it appears a second tug will be called on to provide stabilising assistance. At 3.5 knots the tow is expected to take more than a week.

SHIPYARD NEWS Aker Yards flotation brought forward THE flotation of Aker Yards is likely to take place either in late May or in early June rather than some time in the third quarter of the year, a Norwegian media report says. Karl Erik Kjelsdted, ceo of the Aker Kvaerner group, has told the Dagens Naeringsliv business daily that Aker Kvaerner shareholders, who will take shares in the shipbuilding unit in the break-up of the group should enjoy a good liquidity in the shares as soon as possible. Aker Kvaerner is to be de-merged into three listed companies, of

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The latest newbuilding from Damen for the British customs named VALIANT started seatrails Photo : Piet Sinke ©

The tug EERLAND 26 is at present at the DE HAAS yard in Maassluis for rebuilding Photo : Nico Ouwehand ©

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Top Drawing of the Eerland 26 after the rebuilding – drawing SMIT Engineering ©

Another picture of the installation of the new wheelhouse – photo : Maarten Meeuwisse ©

More aid goes to Gdynia Shipyard

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STOCZNIA Gdynia, the Poland’s largest shipyard will receive an additional PLN20M ($5.1M) loan from government backed Industry Development Agency (ARP) in this year’s second quarter. This will be used in restructuring the yard as well as supporting ongoing construction work. An addition to PLN100M already provided by ARP in the first quarter, it gives guarantees on another PLN50M for the yard this year. Gdynia will also receive PLN80M from the Polish State Treasury, which will be taking up newly issued shares in the yard. ARP, which supports the Polish shipbuilding industry, paid out PLN125M during the first quarter to all the yards after providing PLN314M in 2003. ARP is working on a total industry reorganisation plan and the restructuring of the Gydnia yard is the final step before a proposed consolidation, through the establishment of the Polish Shipyard Corporation (KPS). It is hoped this plan might start working in the second half of 2004. Such a rationalisation move is anticipated to save PLN60M this year and PLN100M in 2005 onwards.

Rumours link A&P with yard takeover RUMOURS of a takeover of Le Havre-based ship repair group Soreni have re-surfaced in France this week, after a major management change and suggestions by unions that the arrival of a foreign investor in the company’s capital was “imminent”. The CGT union claims UK repair group A&P is looking for a partial or complete takeover of Soreni. It is not the first time A&P has looked at the ailing French yard. In 2001, A&P was among the preferred candidates to take over the bankrupt yard Siren, after the collapse of its parent company, ACH. At the time, the French authorities had preferred a French solution, which gave birth to Soreni. In January this year, Fairplay revealed A&P was again eyeing at the French yard, which boasts attractive repair facilities such as a large floating dock able to receive vessels up to 170,000dwt. Soreni has had mixed fortunes since its creation and never managed to recover the level of business of its predecessors. Last year was a mediocre one for the company, which mainly repaired dredgers working in Le Havre for the construction of Port 2000 container complex. This year looks more promising, the yard having already been fairly busy on ferry repair contracts since January.

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Stena Nordica for her new Karlskrona - Gdynia route. She will repaint to Stena Line colours next week in Gothenburg and start trafic on new route in May. Later this year Stena will build 30 extra cabins to ship.

Torm warning AMID positive financial figures and an expansion strategy, Torm’s CEO Klaus Kjaerulff has warned that the current cycle on both markets requires patience. “Vessel values and freight rates have increased substantially, which calls for prudence and patience, as the market has traditionally been cyclical,” Kjaerulff says in Torm’s 2003 annual report.

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However, the Copenhagen- based product tanker and dry bulk shipping group will “evaluate all possibilities for expanding our company considerably,” he said, adding that newbuilding contracts, acquisitions of second hand tonnage and of companies are all options open to Torm, whose financial and organisational position “have never been better.” Torm’s group pre tax profit rose to DK1.5Bn ($162M) in 2003 from DK480.6M in the previous year. For this year the company expects a figure of DK750M to 800M, excluding effects of its 33% holding in D/S Norden, a listed bulk shipping company.

Wartsila Corporation wins contract for diesel power plant for FPSO vessel

The Finnish power generation and marine propulsion systems supplier Wartsila Corporation said on Wednesday (14 April) that it had received an order for a diesel power plant for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel under construction by the Japanese company MODEC Inc for the Australian company Santos Ltd. The 31.5 MW power plant will comprise five diesel generating sets powered by Wartsila 16V32LNE engines. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

K LINE ORDERS “SUPER LARGE” ORE CARRIER JAPANESE shipping group “K" Line is ordering a 300,000 dwt ore carrier at Universal Shipbuilding on the back of a long-term time charter from JFE Steel Corporation. “K” Lines says the newbuilding will be the first “super large” ore carrier dedicated to the trade from Brazil to Villanueva in the Philippines. The vessel is being designed specifically to berth at Villanueva.

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Like the other big Japanese shipping lines, “K” Line is currently targeting long term employment for large bulk carriers in the growing Asian raw material trades. HATSU ENTERS NORTH ATLANTIC TRADES THE UK-based subsidiary of giant Taiwan-based container carrier Evergreen, Hatsu Marine is launching a new service linking Antwerp, Hamburg and Montreal. This follows its inauguration of a North Europe - Far East service in January 2004 and a North Europe- Mediterranean service this month. Hatsu already offers its US and Asian customers seven weekly transpacific services.

Hatsu is slot chartering space on this service, which uses three chartered vessels of approximately 1,500 TEU, but the UK company says it may provide its own tonnage at some time in the future.

Hatsu is fast developing its UK-based management team and expanding its sales agency capabilities in Northern Europe. In terms of sales and container logistics management, it is already well-established in the Asian and North American markets. It owns seven new container vessels and further ships are expected to join the Hatsu fleet from 2005 onwards.

According to Chairman Maurice Storey, Hatsu will be increasing the range and frequency of services offered between Europe, North America and Asia: "Our aim is to provide direct services from Europe to both the East and West Coasts of North America complemented by indirect services to Gulf ports over our Colon Container Terminal (CCT) hub in Panama. CCT also offers potential for linking services to Central and South America. We also plan to increase the number of services we offer between Europe and Asia by arranging further slot share agreements and possibly adding our own links."

New Unicorn tanker Nyathi christened and launched The first of five identical high-specification, double-hulled, 40,000-dwt new building oil products / chemical tankers for Unicorn Shipping was launched in Korea on Good Friday, 9 April 2004.

Nyathi was christened by Mrs Jeanne Clark, wife of Grindrod Limited Managing Director, Ivan Clark. Following delivery during June this year, Nyathi will be employed by an oil major for service in the Mediterranean.

Nyathi follows the commissioning and delivery to joint venture company Southern Tankers last month of the first- of-series sister ship Southern Unity. That ship will commence service on the South African coast within the next few months for the account of BP and Shell. Unicorn has an option with the shipbuilder for a further tanker of this type. Tugs named as minister visits port Two Durban-built tugs finally received their official christening this week when a visiting entourage of senior Transnet and National Ports Authority (NPA) managers accompanied by the minister of public enterprises, Mr Jeff Radebe, paid an official visit to the port of Durban on Thursday (8 April).

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During his visit the minister unveiled plaques at the Millennium Tower on the Bluff (the futuristic building houses the port control, vessel tracking and search and rescue offices), as well as the training simulator housed at the Bayhead NPA Academy. Later the party moved to the small craft basin where the tugs Uthukela and Mkhuze were christened respectively by Her Majesty Queen Thandi Zwelethini and Mrs Nelli Khumalo, wife of Transnet Board chairman Dr Bongani Khumalo.

The tugs were built by SAF Build at the Durban shipyard of SA Shipyards at a cost of over R100 million. Each Voith Schneider propelled tug has a bollard pull of 55.5t at 100% power and 28t with one engine running. Both vessels, which carry sophisticated fire fighting equipment (as was demonstrated in 2003 with the fire on board the container ship Sea Elegance outside Durban – see Ports & Ships News dated 11-17 October 2003), entered service during 2003. They joined the first two tugs in the series, Palmiet and Enseleni, which have since been transferred to Cape Town. The tugs carry a crew of three, as opposed to seven in the older tugs in service The new series of tugs have all so far been named for rivers in KwaZulu Natal. Note that the spelling of two of the tug names has altered since launching Unicorn Tankers takes delivery of latest ship Durban-based Unicorn Tankers took delivery of its latest ship, the 45,000-dwt Kudu, from the Japanese shipyard on 30 March.

The new Unicorn Tanker Kudu, at anchor off the shipyards in Japan.

The new products tanker immediately joins Unicorn consorts Eland and a third chartered tanker in the US-based Dorado tanker pool managed by Heidenreich Marine (Heidmar), said Unicorn marine director Robert Young in Durban. Kudu was christened by Mrs Rosemary Scheffer, wife of Hugh Scheffer, managing director of Unicorn Tankers (International) Ltd. Conforming with latest legislation, the new vessel features a double hull.

Meanwhile Nyathi, identical sistership to joint venture Southern Tanker's 40,000-dwt Southern Unity delivered earlier this month, is to the christened and launched in South Korea on 9 April by Mrs Jeanne Clark, wife of Grindrod managing director Ivan Clark. Upon delivery in June Nyathi will sail to the Mediterranean where she will be employed by an oil major. With five further identical ships on order, as well as feeder container ships from China, Unicorn's fleet of modern high-specification tonnage continues its significant expansion. Lloyd Triestino speeds up ELS service

LLOYD Triestino has enhanced its Europe - Levant Express (ELS) service through this month's deployment of faster chartered ships.

The fixed weekly ELS service is jointly operated by Lloyd Triestino, Hatsu Marine Ltd and Hapag-Lloyd.

The port rotation is: Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Lisbon, Gioia Tauro, Taranto, Piraeus, Istanbul, Izmir, Taranto and back to Rotterdam.

A Lloyd Triestino statement said the ELS service has been tailored to fit into the partner lines' existing global service networks and connect with a large number of additional ports in the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Sea.

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NAVY NEWS Shipyard to add about 600 workers to design new carrier The Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard is planning to hire about 600 new workers — mostly designers and engineers — as it shifts to the next major step in designing the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. The Navy and shipyard are in the final stages of negotiations on a contract, expected to be worth about $1.5 billion, for the detailed design and other preliminary work for the CVN-21, or carrier vessel nuclear for the 21st century. The three-year contract will allow the yard to move beyond the conceptual design phase of the flattop to the more detailed drawings needed for construction.

The number of jobs the shipyard is adding is higher than the total work force of all but a handful of manufacturers. But the contract could have a much deeper and long-standing impact on the area's economy. The designers and engineers being hired into the CVN-21 program will create a detailed ship design that could potentially last through 10 ships and 40 years of carrier construction. Hiring has already begun and will continue for more than two years. The bulk of the CVN-21's construction won't begin until 2007 — with the first ship scheduled to be delivered in about 2014. But the deal being negotiated includes money to begin cutting the first pieces of steel, so that the kinks can be ironed out before full-fledged construction begins.

The contract on both the design and cutting of the steel pieces is expected to be signed with the Navy within a month, said Matt Mulherin, vice president of the shipyard's CVN-21 program, and Navy officials. NAVY TO CHRISTEN NEW GUIDED- MISSILE DESTROYER NITZE The newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Nitze will be christened on Saturday, April 17, 2004, during a 1 p.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

Sen. Susan M. Collins of Maine will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Leezee Porter will serve as sponsor of the ship named for her husband. In the time-honored Navy tradition, she will break the bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen Nitze.

The ship’s name honors Paul H. Nitze, whose distinguished government career included serving as the 57th secretary of the Navy from 1963 to 1967. Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England said, "Paul Nitze is a great American patriot. Throughout a lifetime of service he has been a trusted advisor to our country's presidents and other leaders. Ambassador Nitze stood the watch and bravely defied the fascists and communists who threatened freedom during World War II and the Cold War. His contributions to the Navy and our nation are many and we are honored to have this fine ship bear his name."

Nitze, designated DDG 94, is the 44th ship of 62 Arleigh Burke class destroyers currently authorized by Congress. This highly capable multi-mission ship can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the National Military Strategy. Nitze will be capable of fighting air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously. The ship contains myriad offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century.

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Cdr. Michael Hegarty of Oklahoma will become the first commanding officer of the ship with a crew of approximately 32 officers and 348 enlisted. Bath Iron Works is building the 9,200-ton Nitze, which is 511 feet in length, with an overall beam of 66 feet, and a navigational draft of 33 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.

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Polar Star returns to Seattle

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star will be returning to Seattle Tuesday afternoon. The 399-ft., Seattle-based cutter is returning after a five-month deployment where the icebreaker participated in Operation Deep Freeze 2004. Operation Deep Freeze supports the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation by transporting scientists and breaking through ice in order to re-supply the world’s southern-most science stations. As a result of the Polar Star’s efforts, more than 8 million gallons of fuel and 11 million pounds of cargo were safely delivered to the McMurdo Research Station and South Pole Station, which depend on these supplies to operate.

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D: 10,863 tons (13,623 fl) S: 15 kts Dim: 121.91 (102.78 pp) × 25.45 × 1.14 A: provision for: 2 single 12.7-mm mg; 2 helicopters Electronics: Radar: 2 Raytheon SPS-64(V)-series nav.—TACAN: SRN-15 M: CODAG: 6 Alco 16V251 diesels (3,000 bhp each), 3 Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (25,000 shp each, down-rated), electric drive; 3 CP props; 75,000 shp (66,000 sust.) Range: 16,000/18; 28,275/13 Fuel: 3,555 tons Endurance: 38 days at full power; 14 months’ provisions Crew: 14 officers, 128 enlisted + helicopter detachment: 4 officers, 8 enlisted + up to 30 scientists

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The DELAWARE TRADER heading south along the Houston Ship Channel and turning into Barbours Cut on April 12th, 2004 – photo : Eric Roe ©

UNIEKE DOKBEURT VOOR 'S WERELDS GROOTSTE

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De Berge Stahl - het grootste bulkschip ter wereld dat vaart tussen Porte da Madeira, Noord-Brazilië en Rotterdam, krijgt voor het eerst een Nederlandse dokbeurt. Dat gebeurt in dok 7 van de werf Keppel Verolme. Normaliter werd gedokt in Portugal. Harald Linssen, CEO van Keppel Verolme, geeft dinsdagmiddag 20 april om 13.00 uur een toelichting op de dokbeurt Daarbij is ook aanwezig de heer Wil Bloemberg van agent Thyssen Krupp. De toelichting vindt plaats aan boord van de Berge Stahl. Samenkomst om 12.30 uur bij de entree van Keppel Verolme, Professor Gerbrandyweg 25, Botlek (havennummer 4550). De Berge Stahl is een reus van een schip van 343 meter lengte en 63,3 meter breedte. Als het schip volgeladen met 360.000 ton ijzererts arriveert in Rotterdam heeft het een diepgang van 22,5 meter.

De verwachting is dat het vaartuig vrijdagmiddag 16 april tussen 15.00 en 17.00 uur verhaald wordt van de EECV-terminal (havennummer 6310) naar de werf van Keppel Verolme.

AIRCRAFT / AIRPORT NEWS Opheffing 315 Squadron

Het 315 Squadron van de vliegbasis Twenthe wordt vrijdag 16 april officieel opgeheven. Commandant van het squadron, luitenant-kolonel Dennis Luyt, geeft het commando terug aan de bevelhebber der luchtstrijdkrachten, luitenant-generaal Dick Berlijn.

Boven : De J-138 een F-16 gebaseerd op Vliegbases Twenthe – foto : Piet Sinke © Opheffing van 315 Squadron is een van de bezuinigingsmaatregelen voortvloeiend uit de Prinsjesdagbrief van vorig jaar. Het totale Nederlandse arsenaal aan F-16 jachtvliegtuigen wordt verkleind van 137 tot 108, hetgeen zal resulteren in lagere exploitatiekosten en een verbeterde inzetbaarheid van de resterende toestellen.

Als gevolg van deze maatregelen worden de jachtvliegtuigen herverdeeld over twee bases. De operaties vanaf vliegbasis Twenthe zijn vanaf 2003 verminderd. Afstoting van de basis zal uiterlijk in 2007 plaatsvinden.

315 Squadron, opgericht op 1 juli 1952 op de vliegbasis Eindhoven en vanaf mei 1970 gestationeerd op vliegbasis Twenthe, is in 1993 het eerste Nederlandse F-16 squadron dat in het kader van crisisbeheersingsoperaties wordt uitgezonden. Vanaf de Italiaanse luchtmachtbases Villafranca en Amendola leverden zij een bijdrage aan NAVO-operaties boven het voormalige Joegoslavië. RIJNMOND WEATHER

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Vooruitzichten van vrijdag t/m maandag: TOENEMENDE BUIENKANS!

Morgen en zaterdag veel zon, droog en warm. Vanaf zondag meer bewolking, toenemende kans op een bui en daling van temperatuur.

© Ed Aldus 2003 VR-16 ZA-17 ZO-18 MA-19 Maximumtemperatuur: 21 20 16 14 Minimumtemperatuur: 6 7 8 7 Zonnekans in %: 70 60 40 30 Neerslagkans in %: 0 10 30 50 Neerslag in mm: 0 0 2 2 Windrichting kracht: ZO -2-4 O - 2-3 ZZW - 3-5 ZW - 3-4

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AALSMEERGRACHT 13 300 n Brisbane, ACHTERGRACHT 13 164 n La Coruna nr Gibraltar, ALBLASGRACHT 14 vn Kimitsu nr Kobe, ALERT 15 verw te Rouen, ALPHONSE LETZER 14 23 n Cherbourg nr Harlingen, ALTENA 14 te Eregli, ANET 14 vn Pasajes nr Basse Indre, ANJELIERSGRACHT 13 300 o Pitcairn nr Auckland, ANKERGRACHT 13 in Engels Kanaal nr Moerdijk, ARCHANGELGRACHT 14 25 zw Ibiza nr Monaco, ARKLOW RALLY 14 rede Bayonne, ARKLOW RANGER 13 te Algeciras, ARROW 14 te Eleusis, ATLASGRACHT 14 40 zzw Sicilie nr Uddevalla, BASTIAAN BROERE 14 te Rotterdam, BETTINA-K 14 vn Corinth, BKM-102 13 400 o Mogadishu, BRO GALAXY 14 vn Avonmouth, BRO GEMINI 13 vn Amsterdam, BRO GENIUS 13 vn Antwerpen, BRO GLOBE 13 vn Aalborg, BRO GLORY 14 vn Gothenborg, BRO GRACE 13 vn Gothenborg, BRO GRATITUDE 13 vn Baltisk, CARIBIC 14 te Davao, COASTALWATER 14 te Tarragona, CORAL MEANDRA 13 pas Kieler Kan nr Hamina, CORAL RUBRUM 14 t a anyer, DANIEL 14 60 wnw Alexandrie nr Alexandrie, DANIELLA 13 te Galveston, DEPENDENT 14 te Stettin, DIEZEBORG 14 te Gavle, DONGEBORG 13 t a Damietta, DUTCH AQUAMARINE 14 vn Huelva nr Tees, DUTCH EMERALD 14 pas Malaga nr Barcelona,

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DUTCH ENGINEER 14 te Antwerpen, DUTCH FAITH 14 160 nw Hoek vn Holland nr Rotterdam, DUTCH MATE 14 te Huelva, EDAMGRACHT 13 te Tauranga, EDISONGRACHT 14 480 n Papua New Guinea nr Port Alma, EEMSDIEP 14 50 wnw Hoek vn Holland nr Randers, EENDRACHT 13 35 o Great Yarmouth, EGBERT WAGENBORG 14 vn Kokkola nr Nea Karvali, ELKE-K 14 vn St Malo, ELSEBETH 13 220 nw Barranquilla nr Wilmington, ERASMUSGRACHT 14 pas Rhodos nr uddelvalla, ESPRIT 14 te Livorno, EUROGRACHT 13 900 o Bermuda, FAIRLIFT 13 800 wnw Santiago nr Changshu, FLINTERDIJK 14 in Golf vn Biscaye nr Casablanca, FLINTERHAVEN 14 400 no Bonaire, FLINTERSKY 14 250 z Can eil, GRACHTBORG 14 te Kokkola, HANSEATIC SCOUT 13 vn Immingham, HAPPY BUCCANEER 13 670 o St John's nr Rotterdam, HAPPY RANGER 14 t a Cristobal, HEEMSKERCK 14 te Tilbury, HEEREBRUG 13 te Rotterdam, HEEREPOORT 13 120 zw Lissabon nr Rotterdam, HELENE 14 te Villagarcia de Arosa, HUSKY 13 540 ono Belem nr Trinidad, ICE STAR 14 vn Kokkola, IJSSEL TRADER 14 te Kaohsiung, IRINA 13 te Greifswald, IVER EXACT 13 60 zw Puerto Rico nr Houston, IVER EXAMPLE 13 40 w Rosario Bay, IVER EXCEL 17 verw te Curacao, JACO TRADER 14 vn Aviles, JACOBUS BROERE 13 pas Finisterre nr Huelva, JO ASK 13 te Duinkerken, JO CEDAR 16 te Aqaba, JO CLIPPER 13 141 z Las Palmas nr Aratu, JO LONN 14 118 nnw Str Bab el Mandeb, JOHN PAUL-K 14 te Newport, JUMBO SPIRIT 14 30 z Sicilie nr Vasilikos, KONIGNSBORG 14 pas Cabot Strait, LADON 14 40 z Alanya nr Rotterdam, LEVANTGRACHT 14 vn Map Ta Phut nr Batam, LOMBOK STRAIT 13 175 n Sao Miguel nr Vlissingen, LURO 15 verw te Cadiz, MARIANNE-K 18 verw te Tarragona, MARIE CHRISTINE 14 vn Kristinestad nr Gent, MARINUS GREEN 14 150 no Barbados nr Rio de Janeiro, MARJOLEIN 15 verw te Bordeaux, MARNEBORG 13 pas Borkum nr Philadelphia, MENNA 14 10 z Hanko nr Rahja, MERWEBORG 14 vn Rotterdam nr Bremerhaven, MERWEZOON 17 verw te Setubal,

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MIGHTY SERVANT-1 13 450 z Karachi nr Sharjah, MIGHTY SERVANT-3 14 30 w Singapore nr Bourgas, MOEZELBORG 13 580 wnw Flores nr Motril, MORRABORG 14 300 ozo New York nr Philadelphia, MSC BALTIC 14 te Heraklion, MSC DARDANELLES 14 te Novorossiysk, NEDLL EUROPA 13 90 w Cadiz nr Cagliari, NEDLL HONGKONG 13 170 wzw Great Nicobar Isl nr Suez, NEDLL HONSHU 13 vn Damietta nr Port Said, NES. 14 te Newcastle, NONA 14 te Gent, NORA 14 te Randers, NORMED HAMBURG 14 z Griekenland nr Antwerpen, NORMED IZMIR 14 pas Athene nr Bilbao, NORMED ROTTERDAM 14 25 w Ouessant nr Wismar, NORTHERN EXPLORER 14 te Tokyo, OLGA 14 pas Kiel nr Gdansk, OOSTERSCHELDEBORG 14 te Oxelosund, P&O NEDLL BRISBANE 13 350 zzo Christmas Isl nr Sydney, P&O NEDLL HOUSTON 13 40 zo Grand Cayman, P&O NEDLL ROTTERDAM 14 75 wnw Pulau We, P&O NEDLL SYDNEY 14 540 zo Saint John nr Charleston, PACIFIC 13 130 zo Muscat nr Davao, PALEISGRACHT 13 vn Larvik nr Vlissingen, PARKGRACHT 14 300 w Torres Strait nr Brisbane, PAUWGRACHT 13 te Southampton, POLAND 14 te Larvik, PRINS JOHAN WILLEM FRISO 14 te Sines, PRINSENBORG 14 rede Port Alfred, RADESINGEL 14 te Rio Haina, RHONEBORG 13 te Bangkok, ROELOF 13 pas Brunsbuettel nr Rochefort, RUFINIA 13 vn Hull, SABINIA 14 vn Kaskinen, SANTA MARIA 14 vn Portsmouth nr Le Havre, SCHELDEGRACHT 13 700 wnw Dakar nr Motril, SCHELDEGRACHT 14 600 zw Tenerife nr Motril, SCHIPPERSGRACHT 13 330 n Azoren nr Baltimore, SEA BREEZE 14 te Birkenhead, SINGELGRACHT 13 173 z Philadelphia nr Hanko, SIROCCO 14 600 zw Bermuda nr Rotterdam, SIRRAH 14 25 nno Rostock nr Bremerhaven, SLOTERGRACHT 13 te Jacksonville, SMITWIJS ROTTERDAM 13 1200 zw Bombay, SNOEKGRACHT 14 te Baltimore, SPIEGELGRACHT 14 t a Belem, STADIONGRACHT 14 50 o Stockholm nr Rostock, STELLA POLARIS 13 t a rede Rotterdam, STELLA POLLUX 14 vn Petit Couronne nr Galway, STELLA WEGA 13 onderweg nr Leixoes, STELLA NOVA 14 480 nw Azoren nr Newport, STELLA PRIMA 14 85 z Nagoya nr Yokohama, SWAN 14 z Ierland,

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SWING 14 vn Bermeo nr Bilbao, TAKLIFT-4 13 pas Lissabon nr Rotterdam, TANJA 14 vn Hamburg nr Gdynia, TRANSPORTER 14 900 wzw Azoren nr Huelva, VECHTBORG 14 thv Napels nr Ambarlai, VEDETTE 14 140 zw Ouessant nr UK, VELOX 14 pas Kp Palos nr Castellon, VERONA 14 15 nw St Vincent nr Sevilla, VICTORIABORG 14 150 nno Halifax nr Liverpool, VIRGINIABORG 14 210 wzw St John's nr Menominee, VISCOUNT 13 vn St Petersburg nr Tilbury, VLIEBORG 14 te Gdynia, VOORNEBORG 13 pas Calais nr Baltic, WAAL TRADER 13 onderweg nr Busan, ZEUS 14 te Barcelona, ZILLERTAL 13 vn Tarragona..

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