SHIPPING NEWS PREPARED FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY

Prepared by: Glenn & Kellie Towler Email: [email protected]

How to Contact us: Address: 8 Foley Road Kingston, Tas, 7050 Australia Phone: +61 3 6229 2697

Edition 106 01 February 2020 to 31 March 2021

This newsletter is produced for the enjoyment of the members of the Hobart Branch of the World Ship Society and members of other WSS branches world wide. The editors can not take responsibility for the accuracy of articles contributed or obtained from media sources. While every effort is taken to ensure its accuracy if you notice any inaccuracies please forward them on to the editors by email to [email protected]

In the words of this Tug’s loyal followers “ALL HAIL THE MIGHT BURRA”

This edition’s cover picture of the Svitizer tug Burra, to some of the South Australian and West Australian ship spotters this tug is admired, respected, treated and even considered as Royalty or a God!. Burra arrived in Launceston in Northern Tasmania on the 13/03/21 after a rather easterly crossing of Bass Strait from in Victoria on the Australian mainland. Burra arrived to undergo some engine works and dry docking, from what I can tell this is her first visit to Tasmania. Seen here making her way past the Batman Bridge south of Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania. Photo taken by: Glenn Towler

Editors Notes

First of all allow us to pass on our Belated Easter and Christmas wishes for 2020. It has been 14 months since the last edition of Shipping News, as we all know curtesy of COVID-19 the world come to a screaming halt and although shipping being considered as essential it was not immune to getting caught up in even more bureaucratic drama than it already was on a day to day basis and then throw political issues amongst the mix and include ships arriving from COVID hot spot countries with crew member either infected or showing symptoms just complicate matters. As well as there was the issues of Cruise ships like Diamond, Grand & Ruby Princess & Artania just to name a few with large number of cases onboard and the passengers & crew of these ships getting caught up in all levels of Governmental bureaucracy with the media blaming the ships, passengers, crew, operators, port authorities and so on!.

Then we have had cargo ships that have not been able to do crew rotations with the skies being closed and minimal of flights, Countries that were normally crew change over ports being closed. Here in Hobart wasn’t immune to the difficulties of ship crewing issues: • Incoming polar specialised crew for the Australian Antarctic Division chartered ship MPV Everest for the 2020/2021 summer had to quarantine in Western Australia before flying to Hobart to join the ship • Incoming crew for the latest vessel headed for the Caribbean the 100m Bocco Reef arrived in Brisbane to undertake their 2 weeks mandatory Quarantine only for there to be an out break of Covid 19 in the Hotel extending their quarantine. • The political tensions between Australia and China have seen ships loaded with Australian Coal destined for China refused entry to Australian ports with Crews stuck on them of months on end with no where to go, some ships have managed to travel to Japan or South Korea to reprovision and undertake crew changes.

But for the Hobart Branch first the Tasmanian Government locked the state down, closed the skies to all but essential travellers with there being 1 flight a day in and out of Hobart, but on a good note since the skies opened back up we have seen more flights coming to Hobart from Perth, Adelaide and Canberra with Melbourne, and Brisbane flights around the same level and now the announcement of direct flights between Hobart and New Zealand resuming and the Spirits of Tasmania turning into mostly freight carriers and like the airlines essential travellers only during the lockdown. But like most countries during the lockdown we saw museums and public meeting places closed, during this time our Meeting venue the Maritime Museum decided to take this opportunity undertake refurbishments. But here we are, out of lay up and back on deck, Kellie and I had considered doing an edition of shipping news if the meetings hadn’t resumed soon but no here we are. So enough rambling on Kellie would like to say: Make you self a cuppa, grab a hot cross bun or two, make your self comfortable in your favourite reading location/positon and enjoy this what should have been 112th edition of supping news but is the 106th and we look forward to writing for you again in June.

Happy Reading

Glenn & Kellie

Tasmania News

Hobart

April 2000

➢ Cruise ship season for 2019/2020 ceases with the international cruise ships being ban from Tasmanian waters sighting fears that Tasmania’s health system would not be able to cope if an outbreak on the scale of the Ruby Princess occurred. Soon after the cruise ships were ban from Australia full stop with them taking up residence off the and Queensland Coast with them making a weekly visit into Sydney to provision before being ordered out of Australia. Most of the seasonal Australian and permanently based in Australia have anchored in waters near Singapore with some proceeding to European waters and the Caribbean waters to anchor.

➢ Cosco Shipping Heavy Lift ship Da An load logs

➢ Deliveries of Petroleum products to Selfs point a week apart by the Cedar Express and British Navigatoer

➢ Hokkaido Bulk unloads Phosphate at Macquarie Wharf no 4

May 2020 ➢ La Briantais unload Calcite at Macquarie Wharf no 4.

➢ T Prime and Union Mark load logs.

➢ Seastar Enduarance arrives at Risdon to discharge Phosphate rock for Kempe in Togo.

June 2020 ➢ Saw 4 New Zealand flagged Trawlers operating out of Tasmania fishing off Tasmania’s west coast, Hobart saw visits by 2 of these vessels the Amaltal Columbia and the Amaltal Explorer which made 2 visits for stores and bunkers.

➢ In addition to the New Zealand Trawlers Australian Longline’s Hobart Antarctic Discovery made visit.

➢ Dorval Tanker Golden Resolution make visits shipping Sulphuric Acid between Risdon and Mainland Australia mostly to the New South Wales Port Newcastle that is normally associated with exporting Coal.

➢ The 3 third tanker by Geogas to carry the name Bouganville visited Hobart to discharge LPG for the first time.

July 2020 ➢ Justice Express returns to Hobart to deliver petroleum products along with Elenandra Sea, petroleum deliveries have started coming from most Geelong most 2 deliveries a month with deliveries from Kwinanna in Western Australia becoming less frequent.

Tasmania News

Hobart contd

August 2020 ➢ Ivs Thanda and Forrest Trader load logs in Hobart.

➢ Golden Sky and Golden Leader doing Acid runs from Risdon to Mainland Austrlaia.

September 2020 ➢ Golden Ace along with Stolt Renge and Tsubaki undertake acid voyager from Risdon

➢ Uni Auc One make 2 visits to Risdon delivering Zinc Concentrates.

➢ The once rarely seen in Tasmanian Water Maersk Line seem to be visiting a bit more frequent with the Maersk Mediterranean visiting to unload petroleum products.

October 2020 ➢ Nord Inspiration returns to deliver petroleum products.

➢ Australian Longline’s new boat the Hobart flagged Antarctic Aurora arrives in her home port for the first time on her delivery voyage from ship yard. She is reported to be the most advanced vessel of her kind dedicated to fishing in the Southern Ocean.

➢ Heavy Lift ship Symphony arrives from Callo in South America to unload Zinc Concentrates at Risdon.

➢ Houtmangracht ex Beluga Fantasy returns to Risdon before sailing for China and Indonesia via Townsville. Houtmangracht loaded 3 new Type II Emerald class similar to what Incat built for Sydney in China and new river class ferries in Indonesia. All these ferries have arrived with major issues including containing asbestos.

November 2020 ➢ We bid farewell to the RSV Aurora Australis, who sailed for Dubai after 31 years of serving the Australian Antarctic Program. Sadly on the day she departed she was no longer displaying the port of registry of Hobart under her name on the stern which had been painted out and replaced with a poorly hand painted wooden board saying Majuro Atoll above her name hanging off the safety rail on her heli deck. Aurora Australis is said to be going to have a major refit and make over in Dubai. She arrived in Dubai in early January 2021 via a 2 hour stop in Fremantle.

➢ What is belived to have been the biggest bulk carrier to berth at Macquarrie wharf the Lycavitos loaded the last shipment of logs in Hobart as Tasmania’s log exports got caught up in the trade nightmares that have faced Australian Mainland states log exports to China, it has been reported several shipments according to the Chinese were contaminated with pests but then there was some reports there was an oversupply. It was interesting to note though log shipments from New Zealand continued to China.

➢ Boccoo Reef is floated out from the Incat shipyard Wilsons construction hall, sea trails, Crew famililarisation and delivery were delayed due to a Covid out break at the Hotel in Brisbane in Queensland on Mainland Australia where the crew were undertaking the mandatory quarantine.

Tasmania News

Hobart contd

December 2020

➢ Rare visit to Hobart by a Torm Tankers vessel, the Torm Kansas delivered petroleum products from Geelong to Hobart, Devonport and Burnie. Torm Tankers are a common sight in Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania but not a common site in Hobart.

➢ Arrival of the Australian Antarctic Programs chartered vessel for the 2020/2021 summer, the offshore construction ship MPV Everest which Arrived in Tasmania a month late and due to her Helideck above and forward of the bridge obstructing the view had to stop in Burnie to load the Antarctic Fuels and Bunker, before traveling on to Hobart.

➢ Tasmania’s cruise ship season gets underway with the 1 and only ship to visiting during this summer with the Foreign Cruise ships banned, Coral Expeditions Coral Discover was the only cruise ship to visit Tasmania during the summer, she visited mostly southern Tasmania locations on the east coast and Port Davey but also visited Launceston and Bell Bay with her traveling almost the who way down the Tamar River from Bell Bay to Launceston.

➢ Dorval’s Golden Resulution was a common sight during December with weekly visits to Risdon to load Sulphuric Acid.

➢ ICS Silver Lining heads to China for Dry Docking is replaced by 2 ships the Orinental & Shanghai Spirit’s.

➢ Sydney to Hobart Yacht race was canceled because of Covid outbreak in Sydney.

January 2021

➢ First time visit by the Bitumen Tanker The Judge

➢ STI Larvotto, STI Topaz and StI San Antonio deliver petroleum products

➢ L’astrolabe undertaking resupply voyages to the French Antarctic Base Dumont Durivielle.

February 2021

➢ HMAS Hobart returns home with her arriving direct from sea to anchorage off the Regatta Ground for Flagship duties at the Royal Hobart Regatta and sailed directly for exercises in Bass Strait that night.

➢ ICS Silver Lining returns from Dry Dock in China sporting a new Colour Scheme.

➢ La Richardais delivers Calcite.

➢ MPV Everest returns to Hobart after her first voyage to Antarctica and loads up for her 2nd and final voyage.

Tasmania News

Hobart contd

March 2021

➢ Stolt Renge and Golden Creation conduct Suphuric Acid Shipments

➢ BBC Rushmore delivers craft for the Aquaculture industry with them being discharged from the ship strait into the water.

➢ HMAS Canberra LHD02 visits Hobart before anchoring in Storm Bay near the Iron Port for a couple of days. The Australian Defence Department have a training/exercise area at South Arm which looks down at the Iron Pot and we assume there was some amphibious training underway hence the location of the ship anchoring.

➢ V TRE arrives from Kempe in Togo with Phosphate.

➢ Private sailing yacht Ningaloo rumoured to be owned by the Noumean finance broker visits Hobart, she was meant to visit in January but we guess Covid interfered in those plans.

➢ French Naval Ship and polar resupply ship Lastrolabe completes her last voyage of the summer to Macquarie Island for Australia before commencing the journey back to Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.

Where are they now? A look at where the Hobart Flagged and based ships are at the time of the meeting

Ship Name Location Due Back in Hobart on Investigator Princes Wharf no 4 Ronja Huon & Storm Port Houn/Fish Farms Huon Supply Domain Slip Ebenezer Margate/Fish Farms L’astroalbe Enroute to Renuion November 2021 Antartic Discover Nelson, New Zealnd Antarctic Aurora Fremantle Corvina Macquarie Wharf no 6 MPV Everest Southern Ocean April 2021 Nuyina Vilissjen, Netherlands Late 2021

Big plans for the port of Hobart

Plans to refurbish Macquarie Wharfs 4, 5 and 6 into one long berth, Plans to be the only southern Australian port to able to accommodate Royal Caribbean cruise Lines Oasis Class.

For the full brief please go to this site:

TasPorts-Project-Brief-Macquarie-Wharf-Redevelopment.pdf https://www.tasports.com.au/volumes/documents/Projects/TasPorts-Project-Brief-Macquarie- Wharf-Redevelopment.pdf

Big plans for the port of Hobart

Plans to refurbish Macquarie Wharfs 4, 5 and 6 into one long berth, Plans to be the only southern Australian port to able to accommodate Royal Caribbean cruise Lines Oasis Class Cond

Farewell Searoad Tamar

After 30 years of running between Bell Bay initially and Melbourne, before relocating to join the Searoad Mersey on the on the Devonport to Melbourne run with a weekly voyage to Hobart thrown in her schedule and then paying farewell to her fleet mate the Searoad Mersey and being joined by the Searoad Mersey II, Searoad Tamar sailed from Devonport on the 31/03/21. She will lay up in Melbourne for a period of time before transferring to Greek owners and delivery to their area of operation. Searoad Tamar was the last commercial cargo ship to be built in Newcastle, Australia and has been replaced by the last ship to be built by the Flessenberger ship yard the MV Leikut who also built the Searoad Mersey II and we contracted to build the new Spirits of Tasmania but financial difficulties resulted in TT-Line cancelling the order. Below is a few pictures of the Searoad Tamar at various Tasmanian ports she visited during her Career on Bass Strait.

Searoad Tamar in Bell Bay, in Nothern Tasamania, Early in her career

Searoad Tamar in Hobart

Bon Voyage Searoad Tamar, Final Departure from Devonport 31/03/21

Shot taken by: Chris “Budda” Tideman

Welcome Home Liekut

MV Liekut, chartered for 3 years by Searoad to replace the Searoad Tamar, Her first arrival in her new Home Port of Devonport. It is fantastic that she is flying the Red Duster (Australian flag with a red background) and is Australian Crewed. Shot taken by: Chris “Budda” Tiedeman

Ship Building News

Incat

✓ Incat 094 – Bucco Reef has successfully arrived in the Caribbean after her delayed delivery from Hobart due break down only a day into her delivery voyage which forced to her to Hobart for repairs and further trails.

✓ Incat 093 – the mystery vessel being build for a European operator and then revealed to be going to Spain has been revealed, she is to be named: Taidia Volcano to be operated by Naviera Armas, the same operator as Volcan De Tagoro (Incat 091), she is reported to be floating out mid 2021.

✓ Tasmania has gone into Election mode with the current sitting Tasmanian Government pledging if they are re-elected that will provide a commercial loan to Incat to construct a 120m vessel.

✓ Work on the 130m vessel for Buquebus is reported to have ceased due to Covid and it is unsure if or when construction will re-commence.

✓ Work is continuing on the 76m vessel for South Korean Operator Seaworld Express Ferry Ltd with it reported to be floating out early 2022.

RDM (Richardson and Devine Marine)

✓ Construction of the 2nd vechile carrier for Bruny Island Ferry south of Hobart Operator Sealink has been completed and the vessel launched, the vessel named: Parrabah which is Aboriginal for Whale. It is unsure when she will commence service.

Fire onboard MPV Everest It has been reported that there has been a engine room fire onboard the Australian Antartic Divison charted MPV Everest as she was making her way back to Hobart after resupplying and changing personnel over at the Davis and Mawson Based. All Personnel and crew are fine and the ship is now diverting to the nearest Australian port to her location which is Fremantle. The ship is very well set up with her designed for offshore & remote work and has 2 separate engine rooms as well as plenty of redundancies and back ups., the fire was swiftly contained and extinguished in the Port side engine room and is now continuing the voyage to Fremantle with no problems utilising her starboard engines only.

MPV Everest chartered by the Australian Antarctic Division for the 2020/2021 season is quite an impressive ship, although for the length of this charter she is not Australian crewed which is disappointing she reported to be crewed by an experienced polar crew with her British Captian well respected in operating ships in Polar environments. We have included the ships particulars here.

Length overall: 140 m Breadth: 30 m Depth: 13 m Draught Summer: 8.2 m Gross Tonnage: 21 943 T Deadweight: 7 277 T Helideck: Ø25.4 m, 13t, MIL Mi-8 Sikorsky S92A & S61N Speed max/eco: 15 knots / 12 knots Bollard Pull – 162 T Dynpos: DP3

Activities ✓ Saturation & Air Diving ✓ ROV Support ✓ IRM / IRRM and SURF Installation ✓ Light & Medium Construction ✓ Geophysical Survey ✓ Ice navigation ✓ Umbilical & Cable Installation ✓ Deepwater Intervention ✓ Trenching and burial of pipelines and cables ✓ Accommodation services ✓ Arctic and Antarctic Research ✓ Pipelay Rigid and Flexible ✓ Oil Recovery ✓ Light Well Intervention

Deck Equipment/Cargo Main Crane: 250 mt AHC Secondary Crane: 50 mt AHC Deck Area: 1 400 m2 Moon Pool: 7.2 x 7.2 m

There is so much information on her operators webpage we could not included it all! Here is the link to her page for those who might be interested: https://mcs.nl/assets-and-facilities/fleet-and-facilities/mpv-everest/

Major problem for the AAD with this Ship was it could not transit the Tasman Bridge to got to Selfs Pt to bunker or load the Antarctic Fuels. Ship stopped in Burnie on her voyage for Sth Korea to Bunker and load fuels for Voyage 1, with her being serviced by 4 B double tanker trucks by road at Macquarie Wharf no 5 in Hobart for voyage 2. These trucks run between Selfs PT and Macquarie Wharf for 72 hours to undertake the task.

MPV Everest arriving in Hobart 30/12/20 Shot taken by: Glenn Towler

Hobart Arrivals 01/01/21 to 04/02/21

Departure Ship Name Due Date Port of Registry Previous Port Next Port Cargo 1 Cargo 2 Date Oriental Spirit 01/01/2021 Hong Kong Burnie Port Pirie 03/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates STI Larvotto 01/01/2021 Majuro Atoll Kwinana Burnie 03/01/2021 Petroleum Products

FNS L'astrolarbe 02/01/2021 Port Aux de Francis Macquarie wharf no 4 Dumont D'Uriville 02/01/2021 Polar Fuels

STI Topaz 07/01/2021 Majuro Atoll Geelong Devonport 08/01/2021 Petroleum Products Shanghai Spirit 12/01/2021 Hong Kong Port Pirie Risdon 13/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates Bucco Reef 12/01/2021 Nassau Incat Macquarie Wharf no 3 21/01/2021 Pre Delivery Voyage The Judge 13/01/2021 Majuro Atoll Port Botany Brisbane 14/01/2021 Bitumen Shanghai Spirit 14/01/2021 Hong Kong Burnie Port Pirie 16/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates Golden Resolution 16/01/2021 Panama Ach Hbt Geelong 17/01/2021 Sulphuric Acid ICS Silver Lining 16/01/2021 St Johns Burnie Port Pirie 18/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates Coral Discover 17/01/2021 Cairns Hobart Hobart 17/01/2021 Passengers FNS L'astrolarbe 19/01/2021 Port Aux de Francis Dumont D'Uriville Selfs Pt 22/01/2021 Supplies Personnel Oriental Spirit 20/01/2021 Hong Kong Burnie Port Pirie 21/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates Stolt Ajisai 21/01/2021 George Town Port Botany Geelong 22/01/2021 Sulphuric Acid STI San Antonio 21/01/2021 Majuro Atoll Geelong Burnie 22/01/2021 Petroleum Products Seastar Valiant 22/01/2021 Valetta Townsville Port Pirie 23/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates FNS L'astrolarbe 22/01/2021 Port Aux de Francis Macquarie Wharf no 4 Durmont D'Uriville 22/01/2021 Polar Fuels Bucco Reef 23/01/2021 Nassau Macquarie Wharf no 3 Macquarie Wharf no 3 02/02/2021 Empty Coral Discover 27/01/2021 Cairns Hobart Hobart 27/01/2021 Passengers Shanghai Spirit 29/01/2021 Hong Kong Port Pirie Risdon 30/01/2021 Zinc Concentrates Golden Sky 29/01/2021 Monrovia Lyletton Geelong 30/01/2021 Sulphuric Acid Shanghai Spirit 31/01/2021 Hong Kong Burnie Port Pirie 02/02/2021 Zinc Concentrates Epic St Agnes 31/01/2021 Singapore Port Botany Devonport 01/02/2021 L.P.G. MPV Everest 01/02/2021 Nassau Casey Ach Hbt 06/02/2021 ANARE Supplies ANARE Personnel Bucco Reef 02/02/2021 Nassau Macquarie Wharf no 3 Macquarie Wharf no 3 06/02/2021 Empty British Officer 04/02/2021 Douglas Kwinanna Adelaide 05/02/2021 Petroleum Products

Hobart Arrivals 04/02/21 to 13/03/21

Departure Ship Name Due Date Port of Registry Previous Port Next Port Cargo 1 Cargo 2 Date ICS Silver Lining 04/02/2021 St Johns Burnie Port Pirie 06/02/2021 Zinc Concentrates HMAS Hobart 04/02/2021 Hobart Sydney Ach Hbt 08/02/2021 Manoeuvres ICS Silver Lining 04/02/2021 St Johns Burnie Bell Bay 05/02/2021 Zinc Concentrates FNS L'astrolarbe 05/02/2021 Port Aux de Francis Dumont D'Uriville Selfs Pt 10/02/2021 Polar Supplies Personnel HMAS Hobart 05/02/2021 Hobart Sydney Ach Hbt 07/02/2021 Manoeuvres Bucco Reef 06/02/2021 Nassau Macquarie Wharf no 3 Macquarie Wharf no 3 26/02/2021 Empty MPV Everest 06/02/2021 Nassau Macquarie Wharf no 4 Davis 08/02/2021 ANARE Supplies ANARE Personnel Coral Discover 06/02/2021 Cairns Hobart Hobart 06/02/2021 Passengers Coral Discover 06/02/2021 Cairns Hobart Hobart 06/02/2021 Passengers Flaghship Royal Hobart HMAS Hobart 08/02/2021 Hobart Storm Bay Sydney 08/02/2021 Regatta Axios 08/02/2021 Nassau Geelong Burnie 09/02/2021 Petroleum Products Golden Chie 09/02/2021 Panama 10/02/2021 Sulphuric Acid Axios 11/02/2021 Nassau Hobart Devonport 12/02/2021 Petroleum Products La Richardais 13/02/2021 Limassol Geelong Newcastle 17/02/2021 Calcite Coral Discover 16/02/2021 Cairns Hobart Hobart 16/02/2021 Passengers Fortune Hero 20/02/2021 Panama Geelong 23/02/2021 Super Phosphate Stolt Renge 21/02/2021 George Town 22/02/2021 Sulphuric Acid Lan Bao Hai 22/02/2021 Hong Kong Gladstone 25/02/2021 Zinc Concentrates Axios 24/02/2021 Nassau Geelong Burnie 25/02/2021 Petroleum Products Bucco Reef 26/02/2021 Nassau Macquarie Wharf no 3 Brisbane 03/03/2021 Delivery Voyage ICS Silver Lining 26/02/2021 St Johns Burnie Port Pirie 27/02/2021 Zinc Concentrates Coral Discover 26/02/2021 Cairns Hobart Hobart 26/02/2021 Passengers Antarctic Discovery 27/02/2021 Hobart Fishing Ground Fishing Ground 05/03/2021 Fish Stolt Renge 07/03/2021 George Town 08/03/2021 Sulphuric Acid ICS Silver Lining 13/03/2021 St Johns Burnie Port Pirie 15/03/2021 Zinc Concentrates

Hobart Arrivals 14/03/21 to 31/03/21

Departure Ship Name Due Date Port of Registry Previous Port Next Port Cargo 1 Cargo 2 Date Golden Creation 14/03/2021 Panama Bluff Brisbane 15/03/2021 Sulphuric Acid Alam Suria 16/03/2021 Panama Townsville Port Lincoln 20/03/2021 Zinc Concentrates V Tre 17/03/2021 Valetta Kempe Townsville 22/03/2021 Phosphate HMAS Canberra 19/03/2021 Sydney Sydney Ach Storm Bay 23/03/2021 Manoeuvers Macquarie Wharf no HMAS Canberra 19/03/2021 Sydney Darwin 23/03/2021 Manoeuvers 2/3 BBC Ruschmore 19/03/2021 St Johns Brisbane Singapore 20/03/2021 Watercraft Atlantic Infinity 20/03/2021 Majuro Atoll Geelong Burnie 21/03/2021 Petroleum Products AC Kathryn 23/03/2021 Panama Geelong Newcastle 25/03/2021 Super Phosphate Ningaloo 25/03/2021 Noumea Sydney Hobart 28/03/2021 Passengers