International maritime news for seafarers EC clarifies rules on cabotage & reports on developments in maritime transport The European Commission (EC has pro!ided new "uidan#e on the interpretation of the re"ulation to pro!ide #a$ota"e within a mem$er state, thus pro!idin" an internal mar%et for the pro!ision of maritime transport ser!i#es& Competent authorities will now ha!e more le"al #ertainty when awardin" pu$li# ser!i#e #ontra#ts and imposin" pu$li# ser!i#e o$li"ations& 'hipowners will also $enefit from more le"al #larity, allowin" them to $etter or"anise their $usiness in Europe& European Commission (i#e)*resident 'iim +allas, responsi$le for ,o$ility and Transport, said- .The internal mar%et for maritime transport ser!i#es is important to the performan#e of the European e#onomy and for the /uality of life and prosperity of maritime re"ions& ,em$er 'tates0 authorities need #lear rules on how to ensure ade/uate lin%s to islands and peripheral re"ions that are parti#ularly dependent on maritime transport&. .We ha!e e1plained !ery #arefully where!er #larifi#ation was needed& These updated interpretati!e "uidelines pro!ide #larity and will enhan#e le"al #ertainty for all maritime #a$ota"e a#tors in the E2,. +allas said in a press release& The new "uidan#e updates the pre!ious EC0s "uidan#e in order to ali"n it to re#ent E2 law and #ase)law of the Court of 3usti#e& In future, there will $e more fle1i$ility in definin" the duration of pu$li# ser!i#e #ontra#ts& The new "uidan#e is presented in the interest of transparen#y and le"al #ertainty to help e1plain the E2 rules to all a#tors who wish to ma%e use of it& Amon"st other thin"s the interpretati!e #ommuni#ation adopted pro!ides updated "uidan#e on- the s#ope of the freedom to pro!ide ser!i#es in the maritime #a$ota"e se#tor4 who en5oys that freedom and whi#h ser!i#es the 6e"ulation #o!ers4 the award pro#edure for pu$li# ser!i#e #ontra#ts4 the duration of pu$li# ser!i#e #ontra#ts4 the mannin" rules on !essels pro!idin" maritime #a$ota"e, the appli#ation of 6e"ulation (EC 7o 138092008 of the European *arliament and of the Coun#il on pu$li# passen"er transport ser!i#es $y rail and $y road and repealin" Coun#il 6e"ulations (EEC 7o 11:19;: and 1108980 to maritime #a$ota"e ser!i#es and transitional arran"ements for Croatia& SAFETY STUDY OIL SPILL DURIN !UN"ERIN What was thou"ht to $e 5ust a minor indentation after #onta#t with a #on#rete wall turned out to $e a near)disaster in the ma%in" for a tan%er !essel& N#RR#$I%E When enterin" a #anal lo#% with a pilot on $oard, a tan%er !essel hit the #on#rete wall 5ust outside the lo#%, #ausin" an indentation aft of star$oard 5ust outside the 7o; fuel oil tan%& The dama"e was inspe#ted $y the master, the pilot and lo#% personnel, who a"reed the only dama"e !isi$le was an indentation& 7o #ra#% was o$ser!ed& There was no dama"e to the lo#%& They a"reed there was only minor dama"e and no further reportin" to shore authorities was needed& <urin" the #anal transit, the master informed the !essel mana"er, who a"reed that it was a minor matter without need for further a#tion& The #lass so#iety was not informed& Appro1imately one wee% later the !essel was s#heduled to load hea!y fuel oil (=>? and marine "as oil (,@?& The only a!aila$le tan% for the =>? was the 7o; star$oard tan%& A total of :0 #u$i# metres =>? and 30 #u m of ,@? was to $e loaded& The operation was #ondu#ted $ased on the 'hip$oard ?il *ollution Emer"en#y *lan& When the =>? $un%erin" was a$out A0B #ompleted, the duty AC o$ser!ed an oil film on the water aft& The master immediately stopped the pumps usin" the normal stop on the $rid"e& It was dis#o!ered that =>? was lea%in" from a #ra#% star$oard side aft& An oil $oom was deployed and the =>? already re#ei!ed was transferred to other oil tan%s& An estimated 400)D00 litres lea%ed& A pollution #ontrol !essel inspe#tion and a heli#opter aerial sur!ey re!ealed no further en!ironmental pollution& #N#L&SIS #ND CONCLUSION The #onta#t with the the #on#rete wall when enterin" the lo#% #aused an indentation $ut no #ra#% in the ship0s side& =owe!er, the dama"e #aused a deterioration of the stru#tural stren"th in this area& The stresses of the steel #aused $y the mo!ement of the sea durin" su$se/uent !oya"es #aused a #ra#% to de!elop& The #lass sur!eyor inspe#ted the dama"e to the ship0s side ori"inatin" from hittin" the lo#% entran#e& =e found a #ra#% in hull outside the 7o; star$oard =>? tan%& The #ra#% was appro1imately A#m in len"th $y 1&D#m in width& 'our#e- <,AIC 'adagascar launc(es operation to prevent oil spill An emer"en#y operation has $een laun#hed $y ,ada"as#ar to pre!ent a stri#%en tan%er from unleashin" 10,000 #u$i# metres of #rude oil into the post#ard)perfe#t Emerald 'ea off the #ountry0s north #oast& *ollution pre!ention team has $een sent to the Indian ?#ean Island after the Cahamian)fla""ed ship ran a"round last Thursday, 3erome 'am$alis of ,ada"as#ar0s port authority said& 'am$alis #onfirmed that one of the ship0s two hulls was $adly dama"ed& .The ship0s owners ha!e #hartered an air#raft from 'outh Afri#a to send a spe#ialised team and e/uipment,. he said, addin" that the #rude #an $e pumped out of the ship and put into another ship, whi#h is arri!in" from the 'ey#helles& A##ordin" to 'am$alis, the 120)metre !essel ran a"round due to human error& Sub records detailed images of ))II *rec+ An unmanned su$marine has re#orded some of the most detailed ima"es of two Ameri#an ships that san% off the #oast of En"land durin" WWII, a##ordin" to the ,assa#husetts #ompany that sur!eyed the wre#%a"e to mar% the disaster0s 80th anni!ersary& Courne, ,ass&)$ased =ydroid said that they are the first hi"h)definition sonar ima"es of two ships sun% $y @erman for#es durin" E1er#ise Ti"er, a rehearsal for the <)<ay in!asion& The torpedo atta#% on April 2A, 1:44, #laimed the li!es of 84: 2' soldiers and sailors& 6i#hard .Cun"y. Williams, a re"ional mana"er for =ydroid Europe, said the #ompany was interested in e1plorin" the area $e#ause of the up#omin" anni!ersary of the atta#%& =e said the ima"es will $e donated to the 2+0s 7ational Ar#hi!e and lo#al memorials& The autonomous undersea !ehi#le re#orded ima"es of the two $oats a$out D0 metres $eneath the surfa#e of the En"lish Channel& Williams said di!ers ha!e a##essed the site $efore, $ut the su$marine pro!ided the hi"hest /uality ima"es yet, in#ludin" one showin" a $oat0s upturned stern& .2sin" the A2( we #ould "et down !ery #lose to the wre#%,. he said& =ydroid, a su$sidiary of +on"s$er" ,aritime, manufa#tures the !ehi#les& The #asualties from E1er#ise Ti"er were one of the least %nown Allied disasters of WWII& >ast) mo!in" @erman torpedo $oats happened upon the #on!oy, san% two ships and $adly dama"ed a third durin" the pra#ti#e run for the in!asion& The sur!i!ors were warned to %eep it se#ret, and the #asualties were not announ#ed until nearly two months after the 7ormandy in!asion& >ull details were not %nown until 1:84, when the re#ords were de#lassified& An annual wreath)layin" to honour the !i#tims is s#heduled for ,onday at 2' Coast @uard 'tation Carne"at Ei"ht in 7ew 3ersey& (A* Iceberg t*ice t(e si,e of #tlanta moving into ocean An i#e$er" with an area almost twi#e the siFe of Atlanta is driftin" into the o#ean off Antar#ti#a and #ould threaten shippin" lanes in the 'outhern ?#ean durin" the Antar#ti# winter, s#ientists said in a report from 7A'A0s Earth ?$ser!atory& The i#e island, %nown as i#e$er" C31, #o!ers 2DD s/uare miles and is estimated to $e almost a third of a mile thi#%, the report said& A##ordin" to 7A'A, the i#e$er" C31 #al!ed off Antar#ti#a0s *ine Island @la#ier last 7o!em$er, ha!in" $ein" first spotted in 2011& 'in#e 7o!em$er, the i#e$er" has drifted out of *ine Island Cay and into the Amundsen 'ea off the western side of Antar#ti#a& .The i#e$er" is now well out of *ine Island Cay and will soon 5oin the more "eneral flow in the 'outhern ?#ean, whi#h #ould $e east or west in this re"ion,. i#e$er" resear#her @rant Ci"" from the 2ni!ersity of 'heffield in En"land said& PIRACY I'!- Pirates +idnap . cre*/ rob oil tan+er *irates, armed with pistols and paran"s, ro$$ed a 3apanese oil tan%er in the 'trait of ,ala##a, %idnappin" three of its #rew and stealin" se!eral million litres of diesel fuel it was #arryin"& Criefin" the media, 7oel Choon", head of the International ,aritime Cureau0s +uala Eumpur) $ased pira#y reportin" #entre, said that the atta#% o##urred early Tuesday a$out 1; nauti#al miles off ,alaysia0s West Coast& A##ordin" to reports, the tan%er was en route from 'in"apore to ,yanmar& .The in#ident o##urred at a$out 1am (1D00 @,T and it was only realised $y the #rew mem$ers when they saw a$out fi!e or si1 men armed with a pistol and a (ma#hete a$oard the ship,. 7orFaid ,uhammad 'aid, poli#e #ommander of near$y *ort +lan", said& The ship is #urrently $erthed off *ort +lan", ,alaysia0s main port and an in!esti"ation is underway, 7orFaid added& Atta#%s in the 'trait of ,ala##a had dropped in re#ent years followin" stepped)up patrols and #o)operation $etween nei"h$ourin" #ountries to se#ure waterways& (With inputs from A>* INCIDENTS Large *ave stri+es cargo s(ip/ . cre*members in0ured A lar"e wa!e hit a DA8)foot #ar"o ship sailin" in the @ulf of Alas%a D00 miles to the south of +odia% on 'unday afternoon, in5urin" three of its #rewmem$ers& The 2' Coast @uard was #onta#ted $y the master of the Ei$erian)fla""ed #ar"o !essel to report that three #rewmen had sustained multiple in5uries after $ein" hit $y a lar"e wa!e& Weather on the s#ene was reported to $e #loudy with :)foot seas and winds up to 23 mph& The Coast @uard laun#hed the two ,=);0 3ayhaw% heli#opters and an =C)130 =er#ules airplane #rew and safely lifted the three #rewmem$ers from the !essel while it was a$out 200 miles south of +odia%& They re#ei!ed initial #are in +odia% $efore $ein" transported !ia Eife,ed Alas%a 5et to An#hora"e for further treatment& $*o s(ips collide off Net(erlands coast A Croatian ship has #ollided with a 'in"apore)fla""ed ship off the 7etherlands #oast& The 1A0)metre Croatian ship was on its way to the 6ussian #ity of 't *eters$ur"& There are no reports of any in5uries& Eo#al authorities are in!esti"atin" the dama"e and the #ause of the #ollision& HI-TECH '#N Diesel & $urbo read1 to support I'O $ier III ,A7 <iesel G Tur$o is ready for International ,aritime ?r"anisation (I,? Tier III re"ulations, <r 'tephan Timmermann, ,A7 <iesel G Tur$o E1e#uti!e Coard ,em$er responsi$le for ,arine 'ystems and After 'ales, said& <r Timmermann reiterated- .We are ready for I,? Tier III&. .We ha!e the te#hnolo"ies in pla#e to support our #ustomers for this new era of en!ironmentally effi#ient shippin"& I am pleased that the adoption of the I,? re"ulations will sa!e us from mushroomin" national re"ulations& 7ow we ha!e a #lear set of rules,. Timmermann said in a press release& 2nderpinnin" its te#hnolo"i#al readiness, the #ompany0s Chief Te#hnolo"y ?ffi#er, <r =ans)? 3es%e, said- .E1haust @as 6e#ir#ulation and 'ele#ti!e Catalyti# 6edu#tion are te#hnolo"ies we not only ha!e a!aila$le $ut ha!e operational e1perien#e with&. In this respe#t, <anish !essel *etunia 'eaways is e/uipped with an ,A7 'C6 system that has relia$ly operated for :,000 hours to date and follows the world0s first Tier)III)#ompliant, two) stro%e en"ine that was $uilt $y =ita#hi Hosen Corporation in 3apan for a "eneral #ar"o #arrier in 2011& 'imilarly, the #ompany re#ei!ed its first #ommer#ial order for an E@6 system, to $e applied a$oard a 4,D00)TE2 ,aers% Eine #ontainer new$uildin", in 2012& The system will $e fully inte"rated with the !essel0s main two)stro%e en"ine, to $e $uilt $y =yundai =ea!y Industries0 en"ine G ma#hinery di!ision& ,A7 <iesel G Tur$o has also introdu#ed dual)fuel en"ines that #an operate on #lean)$urnin" "as in order to meet the Tier III #hallen"e& The two)stro%e, hi"h)pressure ,E)@I and four)stro%e, D19;0<> en"ines were su##essfully introdu#ed in 2013 and 2012 respe#ti!ely and offer shipowners and operators the option of usin" either =>? or "as, dependin" on emission and pri#e parameters& E1perts a#ross all dis#iplines at ,A7 #onsider that emissions re"ulation will remain a %ey dri!er for maritime te#hnolo"y de!elopment& SHIPPING DATA !#L$IC E2C3#NE Market snapshot: 11:00 GMT Dry Index BDI 939 +9 Capesize Index BCI 1616 +2 !ana"ax Index B!I #2# +16 $%pra"ax Index B$I 909 +1 E2C3#NE R#$ES &e' (ork )T%e C*s+ ,-n C%rren.y /$D in ,-n in /$D C%rren.y Britain )!o%nd+ 106#22 00911 Canada )Do**ar+ 009062 101029 China )(%an+ 001603 60232# 3%ro 103#03 00221 India )4%pee+ 000161 600#210 Indonesia )4%piah+ 000000#6 116000 5apan )(en+ 00009213 10206100 &or'ay )6rone+ 001669 09933 !hi*ippines )!eso+ 000221 11000 !o*and )7*oty+ 003293 300100 4%ssia )4%8*e+ 0002#0 302026 $in-apore )Do**ar+ 002961 10261 /kraine )9ry:nia+ 000##9 110221
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