DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2018 – 362 Number 362 *** COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS *** Friday 28-12-2018 News reports received from readers and Internet News articles copied from various news sites. Fishery port Harlingen Photo : Piet Overzet (c) 5Distribution : daily to 40.800+ active addresses 28-12-2018 Page 1 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2018 – 362 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 GLOBAL SENTINEL arriving in Willemstad, Curacao Photo : Capt Shaun Beal onboard Wave Sentinel (c) 5Distribution : daily to 40.800+ active addresses 28-12-2018 Page 2 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2018 – 362 Shipping line Maersk withdraws Port Nelson direct service Maersk's Northern Star service was one of four shipping lines that called into the city before it announced it was discontinuing the stopover. It's still smooth sailing for Nelson container customers despite a major shipping line discontinuing its direct service to its port, Port Nelson says Maersk's Northern Star service between Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia and Auckland previously called directly to Nelson for freight services, one of four shipping lines calling in to the city. However, Maersk announced an end to the stopover in late July. Container traffic shipped through Nelson now went via a feeder service to Tauranga with the Pacifica line to meet onward connections to Asia, the Americas, Pacific Islands and Australia. The move is understood to be in line with a global trend within the shipping industry to use larger vessels in most trades to reduce costs, following heavy financial losses in recent times. Source : Stuff The OOCL INDONESIA passing the Bitterlakes in the Suez Canal Photo : Hans Bosch Towmaster / Marine services www.hrbnautique.nl © Accessibility funding announced for Scotland’s ferry services Ferry services are to receive a funding boost to help improve accessibility for passengers, the Scottish Government has announced. Season greetings from the Engine & Technical team onboard the VEENDAM Around £80,000 will be awarded to Serco NorthLink Ferries and the National Autistic Society. The funds will go towards plans to include the provision of Changing Places facilities on board vessels, as well as specialist equipment and staff training to help autistic passengers. Changing Places toilet facilities are designed to meet the needs of people with complex care needs. They have previously been installed at train stations, including in Dundee. The investment, from the Ferries Accessibility Fund, will also see the creation of an app outlining the specialist assistance available to passengers at each of the terminals on the Northern Isles ferry network. It’s very encouraging that more organisations have seen the potential to make positive changes and brought forward some excellent proposalsMinister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse, said: “We want Scotland’s ferry services to be fully accessible, offering the best passenger experience possible to everyone. Operators already have strict standards to meet when it comes to accessibility but this fund can help them to go further. “The improvements made through previous awards have been a great success, so it’s very encouraging that more organisations have seen the potential to make positive changes and brought forward some excellent proposals. “We know that accessible travel can enable people to enjoy equal access to full citizenship so, as part of our Accessible Travel Framework, we want to identify and remove disabling barriers which prevent people travelling or make their journeys an unpleasant experience.” Source : eveningexpress.co 5Distribution : daily to 40.800+ active addresses 28-12-2018 Page 3 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2018 – 362 OCEANEX SANDERLING making her way into Halifax at noon on Christmas Day Photo : René Serrao (c) A lawyer who represents cruise ship workers reveals one thing passengers do that's terrible for some workers By Mark Matousek Cruise ship passengers used to tip workers in cash, but in recent decades, most cruise lines have begun adding gratuity charges to passengers' bills. Doing so can be convenient for passengers, but the shift has been harmful for some cruise ship workers, the maritime lawyer Michael Guilford told Business Insider. Most cruise lines distribute the gratuity charges among a number of workers, including some, like laundry workers, who previously didn't receive tips, Guilford said. But some workers, like room stewards, have seen their overall pay decrease since they now earn less in tips than they used to, Guilford said, and some workers who began receiving tips after the shift to automatic gratuity have seen no change in their overall pay since their base salaries have decreased by the amount they now receive in gratuity. Guilford said he's spoken with hundreds of cruise ship employees both before and after cruise lines moved toward automatic gratuity, and workers who received cash tips reported much higher tip-based income than 5Distribution : daily to 40.800+ active addresses 28-12-2018 Page 4 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2018 – 362 those Guilford has spoken with since the shift, suggesting that the overall amount of money spent by passengers on tips has decreased. "I had crew members come in here saying they were making 'x' when they were getting cash tips and are now making significantly less than 'x' because they've gone to this new tipping program," Guilford said. Source: this is insider The CAP SAN TANAIRO inbound for Antwerp Photo : Henk de Winde © Holland America Line sponsort deze winter NK Schaatsen Holland America Line kondigt aan dat zij officieel sponsor is van twee aankomende NK schaatsevenementen georganiseerd door House of Sports. Als rederij met Nederlandse roots is het trots op de Nederlandse schaatscultuur en draagt hieraan graag bij door middel van deze samenwerking. Het schaatsen zit diep geworteld in de Nederlandse cultuur: Nederland telt ruim drie miljoen schaatsfans en tijdens grote evenementen zitten tot over een miljoen kijkers aan de buis gekluisterd. Holland America Line, de van oorsprong Nederlandse cruiserederij, verbindt zich graag aan deze oer- Hollandse sport. “Wij zijn trots op onze Nederlandse roots,” vertelt Nico Bleichrodt, Managing Director Sales & Marketing Continental Europe. “Dit sponsorship is een goede aanvulling op onze recent gelanceerde campagne ‘Waarom Niet Nu’ met als doel cruisen onder een breder Nederlands publiek bekend te maken”. Tijdens het KPN NK Afstanden (28 – 30 december 2018) en het KPN NK Allround & Sprint (26-27 januari 2019) is Holland America Line op TV middels boarding zichtbaar. Daarnaast is de rederij online zichtbaar op Schaatsen.nl. Dit platform van de KNSB bereikt diverse schaatsliefhebbers: fans, topsporters en recreanten. Dat Holland America Line trots is op haar Nederlandse roots blijkt eveneens uit de aanwezigheid van het Grand Dutch Cafe aan boord van de Koningsdam en het allernieuwste schip de Nieuw Statendam. Hier genieten gasten van typische Nederlandse snacks, zoals erwtensoep, broodjes haring en spekpannenkoeken. Ook wordt er Nederlandse koffie geserveerd, komt er Nederlands bier uit de tap en kunnen reizigers een jenever of Oranjebitter bestellen The BOMAR JULIANA moored in Point a Pitre (Guadalupe) Photo : Ko Rusman © Sunda Strait tsunami death toll hits 429, Navy discovers bodies at sea 5Distribution : daily to 40.800+ active addresses 28-12-2018 Page 5 DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2018 – 362 The death toll from the tsunami that hit Banten and Lampung provinces on the evening of Dec. 22 has reached 429 at 1 p.m.on Tuesday. The toll was likely to continue rising as search-and-rescue teams were still finding bodies in the water and washed up on small outer islands, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a press conference on Tuesday. "The data will change, as the joint search team is scouring Pandeglang, Serang, South Lampung, Penawaran and Tenggamus [regencies]," Sutopo said. By 1 p.m. on Christmas Day, 429 had been killed, 1,485 injured and 154 remained missing, while 16,082 people sought safety and shelter away from their houses. The BNPB's records showed that 883 houses, 73 hotels and villas, 60 shops and stalls, 434 boats and 41 motor vehicles were damaged in the Sunda Strait tsunami. Pandeglang had recorded the highest death toll of 290, said Sutopo. The emergency response in Pandeglang would last 14 days until Jan. 4, 2019, while it would last seven days in Lampung Selatan regency through Dec. 29. Sutopo said the Indonesian Navy had sent out ships to help in the search for bodies and survivors, and had discovered several bodies in the water and on small offshore islands of Java.He added that overland access was disrupted to seven villages on Java's southwestern tip. "Even under normal conditions, the roads in that area are poor," he said. Source : thejakartapost Message to readers: All banners are inter-active and click through to advertiser web sites Spain’s Navantia wins Johan Sverdrup job Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company Navantia has been awarded a contract by Aibel for work on the Equinor- operated Johan Sverdrup project located offshore Norway. Navantia said it had been awarded the contract for the construction of an HVDC substation module for the Johan Sverdrup field in Norway The approx.