Fleet News Our link with ship’s staff Volume 1, Issue 3 August 2001 Fleet ventures From the MD’s Desk mean achievement, for which all of us can be proud. into Chinese I am pleased to inform all our readers that Fleet Management has crossed In order to meet the new challenges, to Market 50 ships mark this quarter. This provide more flexible value added service Fleet Management has means we currently have over 50 to our principals and for the convenience recently concluded a vessels in our full technical manage- of our floating staff we have decided to open a new liaison contract for technical office in Chennai management of three India. The office vessels using full chi- will start to func- nese crew. This is an tion in the near important milestone future and full de- for the company. tails will be an- Watch this space for nounced shortly. further details. We are also in the process of re- organizing our technical depart- We wish all ment in Hong Kong to cope with our Indian Our Principals mean the world to us! the increased workload. Details will be ment. It has been a lot of hard work announced shortly. readers a very for all of us both ashore and afloat. It Our next senior officers seminar is Happy Inde- is indeed gratifying to see the cus- planned for 4th and 5th October 01 in tomer satisfaction which is proven by Mumbai. I will look forward to meeting pendence day the increased business volume. In a some of you gentlemen. short span of just over 6 years it is no K. S. Rajvanshy—Managing Director Inside this issue: M.T. Iver Spring New additions to the fleet 2 Launching Ceremony Seminar for Senior Staff at 2 Mumbai The Iver Spring, a 22,000 DWT Chemical Mumbai Office Grows 3 Tanker was launched on 22nd May 2001 at Stencilling and Marking 3 Kitanihon Shipyard, Hachinohe, Japan. She is scheduled to be delivered on 12th of Sep- The Kochi Office 3 tember 2001 and will join her sister vessel, the Iver Spirit which was delivered earlier this year from the same yard. The Iver Contributions from the Fleet 4 Spring has 12 zinc silicate coated cargo Career Growth 4 tanks fitted with individual Framo deep well Fleet Profile 4 cargo pumps. She has an AKASAKA 6 UEC 52 LA main engine of 9,600 BHP giv- First Indian Lady Marine 4 ing a service speed of 15 Knots. The new Engineer building supervision of the Iver Spring is Additions to the FML Family 4 being done by us and she will be under our The Bottom Line 4 technical management after delivery. PAGE 2 FLEET NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 New additions to the fleet M. V. Spar Sirius - 1996 built, 45,402 DWT, Handy Size Bulk M.V. Spar Orion - 1996 built, 47,639 DWT, Handy Size Bulk Carrier, taken over on 27th May 2001 at Batangas, Philippines. Carrier, taken over on 9th May 2001 at New Orleans, U.S.A. M.V. Canadian Reefer and M.V. Ecuadorian Reefer— M.T. Iver Progress - new building 31,602 MT Type II/III Chemi- 597,000 Cu.ft reefer vessels taken over on 26th June 2001. cal Tanker, delivered from Hanjin Shipyard on 14th May 2001. Seminar for Senior Staff at “The Retreat” The highlight of the seminar was the Table Top Drill con- ducted by Mr. G. Skoglund of the Norwegian Hull Club. Madh Island, Mumbai, April 2001 The M.V. “Spar Exercise” was the name of the imaginary vessel which collides with an out bound vessel while in- bound to the port of San Francisco with Pilot onboard. With the help of walkie talkies, telephones and audio visual ef- fects, Mr. Skoglund made the entire drill extremely realis- tic. Mr. Skoglund will also attend our next Seminar on the 4th and 5th of October 2001. Our last Seminar for Senior staff was held on 26th and 27th April 2001 at “The Retreat” - Madh island , Mumbai. It was indeed a pleasure to meet with more than 60 of our floating staff. The occasion was also graced by representa- tives from Santana Maritime Services, Spar Shipping AS and Vroon B.V. The “Bridge” of the M.V. Spar Exercise VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 FLEET NEWS PAGE 3 Mumbai Office Grows To cope with our growing fleet size and provide better service to our floating staff, we have more than doubled the office space at our Nariman Point Office in April of this year. This was achieved by taking over the adjacent office and combining the existing office and the new space into one large functional office space. Stenciling and Marking Proper stenciling and marking is the key to safe shipboard op- erations. It also plays an important part in improving the pre- sentability of the vessel to outsiders such as Port State Control Inspectors, Oil Majors, Charterers etc. We have prepared booklets on “Suggested Stencilling” for Container Vessels and Tankers and these are being sent out to our vessels. M.T.Chembulk Shangai We intend to prepare a similar booklet for all our ship types and place a copy onboard each of our vessels to guide our ship’s staff in making their vessels more present- able. We look forward to your comments and suggestions along with photographs of any new ideas that you may have so that we can implement it across our fleet. Due credit will be given for all contributions. M. V. Parvat The Kochi Office The southern Indian state of Kerala has a large number of qualified and well trained sea- farers. The Kochi office was established to tap this pool and has provided a steady stream of officers and ratings to meet our growing need of floating staff. Engineer officers make up the majority of the staff recruited from this office. The office is headed by Mr. M. C. Haridas and he is assisted by Ms. Fixe Philip and Mr. Titus Joseph. PAGE 4 FLEET NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 Contributions from the Fleet Career Growth We congratulate the following senior staff in further- ing their career goals under the Fleet umbrella: Capt. Jasil Malliyackal - Master Capt. Anshul Rajvanshi - Master Capt. Rajesh Rosario - Master Mr. Saurabh Bali - Chief Officer Mr. Sanjay Upreti - Chief Officer Mr. Debal Chakraborty - Chief Engineer First Indian Lady Marine Engineer ! This photo was sent in by Capt. V. Karunanidhi, Mas- ter of the Australian Express a 906 TEU cellular Con- tainer vessel plying between Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and South Korea. This covering letter re- Paperwork! ceived from Capt. Inderjit Singh, Master of the Cumbrian Ex- press very aptly ex- presses the feelings of ship’s staff in these days of ever increasing At MMD Kolkata on 23 July 2001 the first Lady Marine paperwork. We realise Engineer (Ex- DMET) passed her Class IV exam & was handed over the certificate by P.O. MMD Mr. Ajoy Chat- the burden faced by our terjee her Class IV orals examiner. This complies with ship’s staff but in to- STCW - Reg III/I to encourage women in the maritime day’s need for quality field. service and documenta- tion there is little option We are proud to announce that we also support this intitia- but to get used to it. tive and have recently taken in two female Engine Cadets into our fleet : Miss. S. Mishra and Miss A. Saxena. We wish them success in their chosen profession. Additions to the FML family Fleet Profile We welcome aboard the following new staff in our head office and branch offices: The following is break up of our fleet by ship type: Hong Kong : Capt. R.M.Unni - Marine Superintendent Capesize Bulk Carriers - 1 Mr. Gavin Tsang - Technical Assistant Panamax Bulk Carriers - 3 Mr. Richie Chan - General Clerk Handy Size Bulk Carriers - 21 Ms. Connie Cheng - Junior Secretary Open Hatch Bulk carriers - 2 Ms. Cindy Lau - Junior Secretary General Cargo Vessels - 5 Mumbai : Container Vessels - 9 Mr. Sai Shetty - Personnel Executive Chemical tankers - 4 Ms. Vijaya Karapurkar - Receptionist Reefer Vessels - 11 Fleet Management Limited “The Bottom Line” 17th Floor, MassMutual Tower, 38, Gloucester Road, Boss Hong Kong Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early. Phone : 852 2861 3511 Facsimile: 852 2528 1550 Diplomat Email : [email protected] A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward Website : www.fleetship.com to the trip. .