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Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek October 28 2005 Blockades hit Spanish islands as fuel talks continue Brian Reyes in Gibraltar — Thursday 27 October 2005 PANISH fishermen protesting Tarragona, Murcia, Castellón, Valencia, losses, said they would seek over high fuel costs continued to Almería, Alicante and Barcelona compensation from both the government S blockade the country’s key ports (pictured above). Key Atlantic ports, and those responsible for the blockades. throughout yesterday. including Bilbao, were also hit by the Anave president Juan Riva maintained The protests, which initially focused action. high-level contacts with government on the Mediterranean seaboard, spread to Numerous ships remained trapped, ministers yesterday to convey the the country’s Atlantic ports as pressure unable to leave their berths, while others shipowners’ concerns and to insist that mounted on the government to resolve the — including three cruiseships due to call the situation at the country’s ports be crisis. at Barcelona — had to divert elsewhere to resolved. The fishermen want Madrid to seek avoid the blockades. mechanisms to ease financial pressures The fishermen’s protests also led to that they say are crippling their industry. serious congestion problems in terminals But as the protests entered their second across the Spanish ports system. day, the total block on maritime trade was To see these reports in starting to take its toll, particularly on Blockades advance contact: Spain’s island communities, which rely on shipping as a vital link with the mainland. Anave said that more than 30 regular cabotage services linking the Spanish Lloyd’s Unsustainable mainland with the country’s island territories, as well as with other Casualty Anave, the Spanish shipowners’ Mediterranean ports, had been hit by the association, said the situation was blockades. International services were REPORTING SERVICE “unsustainable” and called on Madrid to also severely disrupted. take whatever action was necessary “Clients are already seeking urgently to lift the blockades. compensation from Spanish shipowners,” Elena Espinosa, Spain’s agriculture the association said in a statement. “Our Andrew Luxton, Key Account Manager minister, met representatives of the sector members are already receiving claims Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 4625 yesterday afternoon, but as Lloyd’s List from their clients and are suffering Fax: +44 (0)20 7017 4763 went to press, the outcome of that numerous damages due to the direct costs Email: [email protected] meeting was still unclear and the generated by the impossibility of blockades remained in place. operating.” On the Mediterranean coast, the main The shipowners, which are still www.lloydsmiu.com/lcrs ports affected by the protests were calculating the extent of their financial EDITOR Stephen Legall Tel +44 020 7017 5228 ADVERTISEMENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS: Mike Smith Peter Barker Tel +44 (0) 20 7017 4488 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7017 4779 Fax +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 email [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lloyd's is the registered trade mark of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779. Summary of Major Cases in this week’s issue of Lloyd’s Casualty Week Vessel Type Flag Class GT DWT Blt Casualty ASTERIX lpg JPN NK 2,945 3,449 1983 Reported adrift in lat 33 14N, long 136 16E, Oct 18 due engine trouble. Tug unable to connect to vessel due to bad weather. Tug and vessel still drifting Oct 19. Under tow Oct 20. FRONT RIDER bulk/oil SGP LR 89,004 169,146 1992 Reported steering problems west of Cabo Silleiro Oct 19. Proceeding to Vigo Oct 20 under tug escort. Repairs to be carried out at Vigo. KAPTAN RESAT general KHM — 498 1,219 1963 Reported Oct 17 aground in lat 36 55N, long 27 AKBAS 16E. Diver's survey being carried out. Refloated Oct 18 and anchored at Kos, awaiting Classification Society certificate. LEONIDAS II fishing GRC — 329 — 1981 Reported to have sunk at Conakry Aug 4. LIDER AMIRAL ro-ro PAN — 5,186 3,525 1975 Grounded off the southern tip of Salamis Island Oct 16. Still in same position Oct 17. Propeller/rudder damage reported. Refloated Oct 19 and anchored at Piraeus anchorage. Still at anchorage Oct 20. To be inspected by Coast Guard. MAYA EXPRESS ro-ro PAN — 9,588 3,911 1973 Dragged anchor and grounded in Santo Domingo harbour Oct 16 due to strong winds and rough seas. Refloated Oct 17. Towed to berth in Santo Domingo. PACIFIC ro-ro MLT LR 10,991 7,680 1984 Reported not under command in lat 33 55N, long 21 05E, Oct 15. Tug proceeding to tow vessel to Sicily. Under tow Oct 17. Due to berth at Siracusa Oct 20 for repairs, ETC four days. PEARL OF bulker CYP LR 39,709 75,157 2002 In collision with passenger ro/ro Pride of Al JEBEL ALI Salam 95 at southern entrance to Suez Canal Oct 17. Severe damage to bulbous bow and anchor housing. At Suez pilot station Oct 18, awaiting completion of investigation. PRIDE OF passenger PAN RI 12,503 2,136 1972 In collision with bulk Pearl of Jebel Ali at AL SALAM 95 southern entrance to Suez Canal Oct 17. Hole torn in side, engine-room flooded and vessel sank as a result. RT. HON. PAUL bulker CAN LR 23,989 35,439 1973 Sheared to port and struck pier at Montreal J. MARTIN Oct 16 after experiencing steering gear problems. Substantial bow damage, requiring drydocking for repairs. Repairs estimated at C$500,000. XXVI SYED fishing RUS RS 4,347 1,815 1981 Had explosion and fire on board Oct 17 while KPSS alongside at Lenina Shipyard, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatskiy. Shell plating torn and oil spill occurred. Fire extinguished. WILSON MAR general MLT LR 6,483 9,655 1985 Reported Oct 16 under tow of a tug bound Hanoytangen, due to breakdown around Oct 11. Moored in lat 60 26N, long 05 06.125E, Oct 19. (ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List Reports appear in alphabetical Lower Elwha S'Klallam and order under the following Suquamish. "We have two miles of headings and relevant page beachfront here on the reservation, number: and we harvest clams and oysters on those beaches, and these are all very productive beaches," tribal Chairman Marine, including Overdue Ron Charles said. "It's really & Missing Vessels 1 concerning to us." The tribe operates a salmon hatchery in the area, and the Piracy 8 AASGARD B GAS PLATFORM London, Oct 17 -- A press report, fish are being caught at this time of dated Oct 16, states: Statoil ASA said year, he said. Tribal members harvest Port State Control 9 production was halted after a fire clams, oysters and geoducks for food broke out on its Aasgard B gas as well as income. "If it means you're Seizures & Arrests 9 platform in the Norwegian Sea around not going to work for the foreseeable noon yesterday, adding that the blaze future, it's a pretty big deal to that was brought under control about two individual," Charles said. "It's also Pollution 10 hours later. "The situation has now more than an economic thing to our been normalized," the company said. tribe, because we've been here so long Weather & Navigation 10 "Production is still down and we don't and we've been dependent on know yet when it will be up again, we (shellfish) for our subsistence, too." The spill was first reported at 0925 Earthquakes 14 hope within a few days," Statoil spokesman Harald Schjelderup told today. By late afternoon, Coast Guard AgenceFrance-Presse. The fire, which and state Department of Ecology Political & Civil Unrest 16 began in the exhaust section of one of officials still offered only sketchy the main generators, led to an details, including a preliminary estimate that perhaps 100 gallons of Labour Disputes 23 immediate shutdown of production, Statoil said in a statement. Most of the the red-dyed diesel fuel escaped from 118 people on board were temporarily Agate. Legacy contained no fuel oil. Awards & Settlements 25 evacuated onto lifeboats as water The fuel in Agate was dyed red cannons and fire hoses were used to because it is exempt from state gas Railway Accidents 29 extinguish the fire, but all returned to taxes levied on fuels used on the road. the platform yesterday afternoon, The non-road use of fuel, including in according to the company. boats, is not taxed. Disputing the Miscellaneous 30 official estimate, Lampman said Agate ACOR B. (Portugal) contained no more than five gallons of Fires & Explosions 32 Oporto, Oct 19 -- C.c. Acor B. is still fuel. Lampman said the boat's name at the port of Viana do Castelo, was changed from Magic to Agate after he sold it about 1 1/2 years ago to Aviation 36 berthed at the preparation harbour of the Shipyard of Viana do Castelo. It is Passage Tug and Barge, a Washington anticipated that the vessel will sail corporation. Legacy belongs to Caicos Product Recalls 39 during the second week of November. - Corp., a Bainbridge Island firm that - Lloyd's Agents. builds bulkheads and does other marine construction. Luke Ivey, a Port Conditions 40 ACTIVE (U.S.A.) Caicos official, said the vessel had London, Oct 18 -- A press report, been out of commission for some time Port Conditions charts 41 dated today, states: The pungent smell and had no fuel onboard.