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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 Number 082 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Tuesday 23-03-2021 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles copied from various news sites & Social Media The AHT LANPAN 26 navigating the Singapore Strait with the workbarge POE GIANT 6 Photo : Piet Sinke www.maasmondmaritime.com (c) CLICK at the photo & hyperlink in text to view and/or download the photo(s) ! Distribution : daily to 43.350+ active addresses 23-03-2021 Page 1 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 Your feedback is important to me so please drop me an email if you have any photos / articles that may be of interest to the maritime interested people at sea and ashore PLEASE SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE / PHOTOS / ARTICLES TO : [email protected] this above email address is monitored 24/7 PLEASE DONT CLICK ON REPLY AS THE NEWSLETTER IS SENt OUT FROM AN UNMANNED SERVER If you don't like to receive this bulletin anymore : please send an e-mail to the above e- mail adress for prompt action your e-mail adress will be deleted ASAP from the server EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BONN & MEES MOVIE ! The 2011 built 57306 t DWT RHODOS navigating the Singapore Strait heading for Surabaya Photo : Piet Sinke www.maasmondmaritime.com (c) CLICK at the photo to view and/or download the photo ! Construction under way on Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore Taiwan Ørsted has kicked off the horizontal directional drilling to prepare for cable laying and scour protection works to make the seabed ready for foundation installation. Distribution : daily to 43.350+ active addresses 23-03-2021 Page 2 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 Ørsted has started offshore construction activities for the 900-MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farms, 35-60 km (22-37 mi) off the coast of Changhua County, Taiwan.This year the company is expected to begin laying export and array cables and installing the offshore substations and foundations in 2021. Wind turbine installation is expected to start next year.The company has kicked off the horizontal directional drilling to prepare for cable laying and scour protection works to make the seabed ready for foundation installation. Onshore construction, including completing the civil works of the two onshore substation main buildings and the upgrade work of the hinterland at wharfs 36 and 37 at the Port of Taichung for storing key components for offshore installation is said to be progressing well.The offshore construction will be supported by a range of marine engineering, vessels suppliers, and personnel from home and abroad, according to the company. It is estimated that during peak times, there will be more than 25 vessels mobilized, including crew transfer vessels, installation and support vessels, service operation vessels, and guard vessels as well as 500-800 people working at sea.Construction is expected to be completed in 2022. Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms are projected to power more than 1 million households. Source : offshore mag SKANDI KVITSOY outbound from Aberdeen Photo : Tony Moore © ALSO INTERESTED IN THIS FREE MARITIME NEWSCLIPPINGS ? CLICK HERE AND REGISTER FOR FREE ! Distribution : daily to 43.350+ active addresses 23-03-2021 Page 3 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 Message to readers: All banners are inter-active and click through to advertiser web sites MSC took delivery of eight of these Hyundai 5000s in the early-mid 2000s, plus two improved and slightly different sisters, MSC FABIENNE and MSC POH LIN. Strangely, apart from the last two, only MSC NERISSA has been to Australia before until the arrival of the above seen MSC ANS on the revived Panda service from China. Photo : Dale E.Crisp (c) Contentious US-China talks put differences and animosity on display DIPLOMATS from the US and China accused each other of violations of trade rules and human rights in the first face-to- face meeting in Alaska since President Joe Biden occupied the White House. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Beijing of undermining global stability, while his counterpart, Yang Jiechi, said the US wasn't "qualified to speak to China from a position of strength", reported Bloomberg. Mr Blinken said the US would "discuss our deep concerns with actions by China, including in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyber-attacks on the United States, economic coercion of our allies"."Each of these actions threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," he said, reported BBC News. Mr Yang countered: US not qualified to "speak from a position of strength" when criticising China, then accused Washington of using its military might and financial supremacy to suppress other countries. It abuses so-called notions of national security to obstruct normal trade exchanges, and incite some countries to attack China," said Mr Yang. He added that human rights in the US were at a low point, with black Americans being "slaughtered". National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hit back, saying Washington did not seek a conflict with China, but added: "We will always stand up for our principles for our people, and for our friends. A senior US administration official said the talks were "substantive, serious and direct" and went beyond the allotted time. Mr Yang and his junior, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, had for weeks warned Washington that they wouldn't tolerate any foreign power crossing "red lines" like Taiwan and Hong Kong.Mr Yang and Mr Wang blasted the US, citing the killing of black Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement as evidence of American hypocrisy. China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian sought to play down the combative posturing, reported Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. But as he left the meeting room, Foreign Minister Wang said: "The second round of talks was smooth, and we have discussed a lot of regional issues." Shi Yinhong, director of Renmin University's Centre on American Studies in Beijing, said both sides appeared to be hardening their positions on fundamental issues. While there might be some scope for collaboration on issues such as Iran, North Korea Distribution : daily to 43.350+ active addresses 23-03-2021 Page 4 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 or Myanmar, he said, it was "quite, quite limited." Said former US commercial counsellor in Beijing William Zarit: "Most of these things are really to show strength in domestic politics here in the US. Perhaps it will give the Biden administration a little bit of leeway to start actually talking about issues, to start trying to come to some common understanding with the Chinese." Osprey takes delivery of 2 new TABmarine barges 2021 started well for Rotterdam based TABmarine. After the handing over of barge MAJA 11 in the first half of January TABmarine handed over 2 new built barges to Osprey Maritime Ltd., a UK headquartered major player in the field of engineering, logistics and heavy transport. Osprey Maritime Ltd. is operating barges, transport and heavy lifting equipment all over the world and is known as a turn key solution provider. The two sister barges, OSPREY BOUWER and OSPREY FABRIQUE, has been specifically designed to fit Osprey’s versatile fleet and are a welcome addition in the scheduled growth. Both Length, height and beam as well as the high deck strength of the barges give a lot of opportunities to operate the barges for all kind of transport and civil works in the most harsh conditions. Distribution : daily to 43.350+ active addresses 23-03-2021 Page 5 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 TABmarine received the order for this newbuild’s in March 2020 and ex-yard China delivery was mid-November 2020. The barges were loaded November 17th 2020 and the barges arrived in Rotterdam the 2nd of January 2021. After some touch up- and installation works the barges have been handed over, within agreed budget, to Osprey Maritime Ltd. more than 2 Months ahead of schedule. Barge details: ü L 50 meter, W 18,80 meter, H 3 meter ü Shaped bow and aft ü Deck strength 20 T/m2 ü Certified ABS with unrestricted sailing area ü 6 double bollards ü 3 tow brackets and 3 fairleads ü 2 Spud cans 1000 mm ü 2 spud poles with a length of 23 meter More information about our opportunities can be found at TABmarine’s website www.tabmarine.nl , more information about Osprey Maritime Ltd. can be found at www.ospreymarine.nl Dredger SCHOTSMAN being taken care of by MULTRATUG 18 and MULTRATUG 1 after they encountered some technical issue. Vlissingen with the old Nautical College in a sunny background. Photo : René van Quekelberghe (c) OOCL changes intra-Asia loops affecting Philippines, China, Indonesia HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), now a Cosco unit, has announced changes to its intra-Asia offering from April 18 with a feeder network to the Philippines.The new port rotation for the China Indonesia Service (CIS) will be Distribution : daily to 43.350+ active addresses 23-03-2021 Page 6 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2021– 082 Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Da Chan Bay, Jakarta, Surabaya, Port Kelang and back to Qingdao. The change involves changes to the China and Indonesia services, with the introduction of the new CIS service, which replaces the CIP service. This adds port calls to Qingdao and Port Kelang, while those to Semarang, Manila (South Port) and Hong Kong will be dropped. To maintain fast and direct linkage between the Philippines and Hong Kong markets, our Philippines Feeder 2 (PHF2) product will be resumed from Hong Kong on May 1, on the following rotation: Hong Kong, Manila North Harbour, Manila South Harbour and back to Hong Kong.