Daily Collection of Maritime Press Clippings 2008 –213
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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 –213 Number 213 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Sunday 17-08-2008 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles taken from various news sites. The ASM ALPHA is the former SMIT-LLOYD 106, built during 1973 at the Bodewes shipyard in The Netherlands under yard number 710, sailed for Smit-Lloyd and later for Smit Singapore as the “106” and was sold in 2002 to Auo Siam Marine and renamed ASM ALPHA Photo top : Capt. Jelle de Vries © Photo Left : Piet Sinke © Distribution : daily 4675 copies worldwide Page 1 8/16/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 –213 IF YOU HAVE PICTURES OR OTHER SHIPPING RELATED INFORMATION FOR THE NEWS CLIPPINGS ?? PLEASE SEND THIS TO : [email protected] CONTENTS EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS • US: No plan for naval blockade of Iran • Salvage of sunken ship starts off Antique town • Svitzer Salvage appointed to recover overboard logs • Somali pirates hijack Thai cargo ship • Ten perlemoen boats seized over poaching allegations • The South Korean Vessel Returned Today • Somalia - Puntland police reportedly arrest wounded pirate • Weer meer schepen uitgevlagd uit Duitsland • Horizon Lines Completes Marine Fire Exercise in Guam • Thor crew ‘safe’ CASUALTY REPORTING • VERONICA B. hits pier in Gibraltar Bay. NAVY NEWS • New boats for SERCO-DENHOLM • Royal Navy scraps Russia exercise plan • PAPALOAPAN arrived in Amsterdam for port visit • U.S.-Russia Naval Exercise May Be Cancelled • U.S. Navy Ship Makes Iraq Port Visit • Russian ship barred from NATO anti-terror patrol • Group wants to sink plan to scrap the NR-1 SHIPYARD NEWS • Halter lays keel for Navy missile-monitoring ship • Crane leg collapses in Mass. shipyard; 1 dead • Daewoo Auction to Exclude Foreign Bidders • Laying down of the first SWATH customs vessel at TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke in Emden • Turkish gov't follows up on deadly shipyard accidents • Shutting down Tuzla will not solve problems, parties said ROUTE, PORTS & SERVICES • Looks like two-way battle for Hapag Lloyd • Goede cijfers voor Hapag-Lloyd • THE S&P MARKET WEEK 30-32 • TOP Ships Announces Termination of Five Leases • Port Authority: 2 cranes collapse, no one hurt • TEAL discharging at the Parana river (Argentina) • Havila hampered • South Georgia Island visited by 8.000 cruise ship pax • IJ VEER 35 replaced the De Nieuwe Prins • Shenzhen ports implement new cargo inspection system • DNV to class 'world's largest shipbuilding order' • Stena line await port plan D-Day Distribution : daily 4675 copies worldwide Page 2 8/16/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 –213 EVENTS, INCIDENTS & OPERATIONS US: No plan for naval blockade of Iran A senior official with the US Defense Department has dismissed reports that Washington is planning a naval blockade of Iran. "As a matter of policy we do not discuss current or future ship's movements. However, I can tell you that reports of an alleged naval blockade of Iran are false," Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. "We routinely rotate deployed naval forces in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility," he added. The US Central Command supervises US military operations in the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia. On Monday, Egypt's Middle East Times reported that a massive US and European armada was heading towards the Persian Gulf for a naval blockade of Iran. The report said that the force included the nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt as well as forces from the British Royal Navy and a French nuclear submarine. Source : presstv.ir Salvage of sunken ship starts off Antique town Operations to salvage the sunken cargo ship off Culasi, Antique started on Monday as divers continued the search for the vessel’s missing toxic cargo. A tugboat and a barge with a crane have been deployed to Culasi to salvage the MV Ocean Papa, according to Commodore William Melad, Coast Guard district commander in Western Visayas. Melad said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that the owner of the cargo ship, Ocean Container Lines Inc., have contracted the C.V. Gaspar Salvage and Lighterage Company to conduct the salvage operations expected to last for three months. The MV Ocean Papa sank at noon of June 21 due to strong winds and rough seas near Mararison Island, around 5.6 km from the coast of Culasi, while en route to Iloilo City from Manila. The salvage plan involves the cutting of the ship into sections and loading these in the barge. But Melad said the focus of the operations remained the recovery of container vans, especially those with the toxic substance toluene di-isocyanate (TDI). Melad said only detached parts of the vessel would be salvaged in the initial phase of the operation while the search for the toxic cargo continued. The first phase would include the salvaging of the ship’s bridge. The salvage team will also recover 61 vans that have been swept ashore and a container van found by divers near the ship. However, the divers have failed to located at least 80 sealed drums containing 16 metric tons of TDI, a main ingredient in the production of flexible polyurethane foam and is used in manufacturing synthetic leather, coated fabrics, paints and adhesives. Distribution : daily 4675 copies worldwide Page 3 8/16/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 –213 The chemical can cause severe irritation of the skin and eyes and could cause damage to the respiratory, gastrointestinal and central nervous systems. The Coast Guard also directed the salvage team to install oil spill booms around the vessel. Source : Philippine Daily Inquirer SAL’s LENA seen discharging in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam Photo : Ruud Zegwaard © Van der Wees BROEDERTROUW XIV seen enroute to the Damen yard in Gorinchem with two newbuilding hulls of workboats, just discharged by the LENA in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam, Photo : Ruud Zegwaard © Distribution : daily 4675 copies worldwide Page 4 8/16/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 –213 Svitzer Salvage appointed to recover overboard logs Cape Town-based Svitzer Salvage Africa has been appointed by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to search for and recover logs lost overboard from the cargo vessel LOLA. An estimated 200 - 300 logs went overboard on the night of 9 August while the ship lay at anchor in Table Bay in the vicinity of Robben Island. A number of the logs have since been spotted from the air and by ships between Slangkop and Hout Bay in the South, and to Dassen Island & Ysterfontein in the North. According to Capt Nick Sloane, managing director of Svitzer Salvage Africa, logs have begun coming ashore near Grotto Bay, Dassen Island, Robben Island, Sea Point and along the Cape Peninsular as far as Hout Bay. He told PORTS & SHIPS that Svitzer was deploying ski-boats and zodiac type semi-rigid inflatable, crewed by recovery teams including divers. “These boats shall be directed to the immediate location of the logs by aerial observations carried out by either helicopter or fixed wing aircraft, and from reportings made by shipping and the public. Logs already landed on the shore will be recovered by shore-teams and forestry equipment.” Sloane added that the public, small craft users and local fisherman are urged to be aware of the risks that these logs pose to fishing boats, bathers and recreational surfers. “They should not be approached in the surf zone, and life guards are urged to maintain a lookout and warn bathers of their presence,” he said. The logs are of Okoume species, of West African origin, and weigh between 8 & 20 tonnes, with a length between 6 – 10m in length. Source : Port.co.za Kon. Wilhelminahaven zz 22 3134 KG Vlaardingen (Port No 650) The Netherlands www.mariflex.net tel (24 hrs) : +31 (0) 10 434 44 45 [email protected] Somali pirates hijack Thai cargo ship A Thai cargo ship has been hijacked off the Somali coast, a maritime watchdog said Thursday as it called on the United Nations and coalition forces to halt pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden. "The Thai general cargo ship was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden on August 12 by Somali pirates," Noel Choong, head of the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre, told AFP. Choong said the watchdog was unable to provide additional information on the attack because "the ship was still moving with the hijackers onboard." "In view of the crew safety, we are unable to provide further details," he said. Choong said that because Somalia has no central government, the military forces patroling the Gulf of Aden should take the lead to deter piracy which is rampant in the region. Distribution : daily 4675 copies worldwide Page 5 8/16/2008 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 –213 "We hope the UN and the coalition forces will stop the attacks. Unless there is a deterrent, the attacks and hijacking will continue to escalate," he warned. In recent weeks, the IMB has reported a series of attacks and hijackings off the Somali coast. Last week, a Singapore- flagged vessel was attacked by pirates who fired a rocket-propelled grenade that landed on the ship but did not explode. A coalition warship scared away the attackers and the vessel escaped unscathed. On July 20, pirates seized the Stella Maris, a Japanese-owned bulk carrier, and demanded a ransom from the owners. A Nigerian tug boat is also believed to have been seized on August 4 but the centre is still seeking more details on the case.