MARITIME NEWS

A unique service from KVH Media Group Monday, April 21, 2014
International maritime news for seafarers
SAFETY STUDY
INCIDENTS
FEATURE
PORT OF THE WEEK
SHIPPING DATA
InterManager lauds new measure against
crew abandonment
New measures to safeguard seafarers from abandonment ave earned praises
from InterManager, saying suc regulations will furter upold teir welfare!
"aptain #uba $%ymans&i, secretary'general of InterManager, said te
amendments to te Maritime (abour "onvention 200) indicate tat te
international community regards seafarers as te *eart and soul* of te global
maritime industry!
+e stressed tat altoug te number of abandoned seafarers are small
compared to te si%e of te international fleet, te amendments only prove tat
te maritime industry is more tan willing to provide more assistance to tem!
,e new measures were adopted during a recent meeting of te International
(abour of -rganisation in .eneva!
,e amendments will ensure tat seafarers will receive proper compensation in
te event of teir abandonment! ,ey will also be able to avail temselves of
contractual claims for deat and personal in/ury!
-nce approved, I(- member'states are required to ensure tat sips sailing
under teir flags ave a financial security system to assist seafarers applying for
long'term disability, deat and abandonment benefits!
*0e are grateful to te members of te $pecial ,ripartite "ommittee for te
tremendous effort and wor& wic led to suc concrete results! "oming to a
resolution on te issue of abandonment furter strengtens te M(" in te years
to come,* $%ymans&i added!
SAFETY STUDY
HOW NOT TO USE ECDIS
An --0 was busy wit paperwor& as e alone manned te bridge of a cargo
sip tat sailed calmly and steadily on an 1"2I$ plot tat too& er across
sallow water!
NARRATIE
,e --0 was alone on te bridge of a 4,000'tonne cargo sip as it proceeded
on autopilot under calm seas following te voyage plan entered in an 1"2I$! +e
wor&ed on paperwor& for a fortcoming vessel audit! ,e voyage plan ad been
input to te 1"2I$ by te cief officer and amended te previous evening to
sorten te route! At 1330, course was altered to follow te plan! Minutes later,
te master, wo was in is cabin, felt a cange in te vessel4s vibrations! +e
instructed te --0 to cec& te water dept! ,e --0 loo&ed at te 1"2I$
display and reported tat tere was no cause for concern! ,e vibrations
increased and te vessel quic&ly lost speed! ,e --0, realising tat someting
was wrong, put te propeller pitc to %ero! +e ten canged te 1"2I$ display to
a 1530000 scale and saw from te carted dept of water tat te vessel was
aground! ,is was confirmed after switcing on te eco sounder! ,e master,
arriving on te bridge wit te "-, put te propeller pitc to full astern! ,e
vessel refloated witout difficulty witout any damage! No action was ta&en to
save te 627 data! ,e amended voyage plan ad ta&en te vessel across a
carted area of sallow water! ,e vessel4s officers ad not been trained in te
use of 1"2I$ and no procedures on its use were included in te $M$!
!ESSONS
,e prime responsibility of an --0 is te safety of is sip! ,is responsibility
cannot be met wen e is distracted by secondary duties!
0en using 1"2I$, --0s still need to &eep teir wits about tem, identifying
navigational mar&s and cross'cec&ing a vessel4s position by different means!
,e use of 1"2I$ does not diminis te importance of &eeping a good loo&out!
,e principles and requirements of passage planning on 1"2I$ are no different
tan wen using a paper cart, and a master4s responsibility to cross'cec& te
wor& of is officers still remains!
It is better to save te 627 data and not use it, rater tan to lose information
tat migt elp to prevent similar accidents from occurring in te future! $ource5
8# MAI9
UN o""icial# Sol$ing Somalia %o$ert& 'e&
to ending %irac&
A 8nited Nations official as stressed te need to solve te root cause of piracy
in $omalia!
,e 8N4s ambassador to $omalia, Nic& #ay, said tat wile piracy activities ad
significantly decreased in te country mainly due to better security, poverty must
be addressed to prevent poor people from going bac& to illegal activities!
*0e souldn4t forget tat te failed state tat $omalia ad become allowed piracy
to flouris off te coast, wic cost te world economy billions,* te official said!
#ay, wo met wit 8nited Arab 1mirates officials recently to discuss te $omalia
situation among oter issues, also noted te uman tragedy caused by piracy
wit many people being ta&en as ostages by pirates!
*$o tere are good, ard'nosed reasons wy te international community in
general and te 8A1 as part of tat sould be interested in ma&ing sure $omalia
recovers and is a prosperous, peaceful and stable state,* e said!
:iracy as ad a uge effect on te global economy, wit non'profit organisation
-ceans 9eyond :iracy reporting tat in 2012, about 8$23!; billion in
international trade were lost due to piracy!
Dr& bul' mar'et still u%beat des%ite
$olatile conditions
Mar&et conditions for te dry bul& segment remain volatile but some industry
players are still opeful of a positive turnaround for te year!
Intermodal said in its latest wee&ly report tat te dry bul& mar&et performed
wea&ly in te first quarter of te year!
+owever, Intermodal noted in te report tat despite te dismal result, asset
values remain at a ig level compared to figures posted last year!
According to te sipbro&er, te average time carters for "apes and
:anama<es, as well as for te smaller si%e segments, were also worse tan te
previous year!
,is view was supported by $n: bro&er .eorge Iliopoulos, wo stressed tat te
value of dry bul& vessels purcased previously by teir owners are even iger
wen tey are resold on te mar&et!
$uc a circumstance is difficult to e<plain, e stressed, as te dry bul& mar&et is
currently being influenced by several factors, some of wic are not event lin&ed
to te sipping industry!
Iliopoulos also e<pressed ope tat te current freigt mar&et will become at'par
wit te second'and segment for te dry bul& industry to continue *operating
under ealtier fundamentals and sustainable growt!*
Searc( continues wit( not(ing "ound b&
)lue"in *+# ,ACC
9luefin'21 as searced appro<imately 30= of te focused underwater searc
area and no contacts of interest ave been found to date, te >oint Agency "o'
ordination "entre ?>A""@ confirmed in its latest update on $unday, Ainua
reported!
According to te >A"", 9luefin'21 completed mission seven in te underwater
searc area early $unday morning!
*No contacts of interest ave been found to date,*te >A"" confirmed!
,e focused underwater searc area is defined as a circle of ten &ilometres
radius around te second ,owed :inger (ocator detection wic occurred on
April B!
In addition, 11 military aircraft and 12 sips will assist in $unday4s searc wic
migt be ampered by scattered sowers and isolated tunderstorms in some
areas!
,e Australian Maritime $afety Autority as planned a visual searc area
totalling some 4B,30; square &ilometres across two areas!
INCIDENTS
Sout( -orea sends more di$ers to sun'en
"err&
More divers entered te ull of a submerged $out #orean vessel in a bid to
recover more bodies wit undreds more still missing!
$i< days since te incident appened, te deat toll as already climbed to )4,
wit 2CB people still missing, most of tem teenagers!
A government official in $out #orea said tey e<pect divers to ave more time
searcing te vessel given te favourable weater conditions today!
Dive guideline ropes were installed $unday to guide divers against rapid currents
to te gates of te sun&en ferry, enabling divers to enter te ull at a faster pace
tan before! ,wo ropes were installed on te bow side, two on te stern side and
one in te middle of te sip, :NA and Ainua reported!
2ivers entered inside te ull along teir respective guideline ropes
simultaneously, resulting in random discovery and retrieval of bodies trapped
inside te sip!
Meanwile, anger flared in $out #orea on Monday over fres indications tat
te evacuation of a capsi%ed ferry was delayed by panic and indecision, AD:
reported!
A communications transcript released $unday revealed te confusion as te
crew and marine traffic control debated evacuating te sin&ing vessel! 0ile an
unidentified crew member repeatedly as&ed if tere were vessels on and to
rescue anyone wo abandoned sip, te marine controller insisted te crew
cec& tat passengers ad donned life/ac&ets!
T(ree rescued "rom water in boat
collision in Stoc'(olm
,ree sailors escaped after teir small boat collided and san& after it crased into
a cruise sip wilst sailing in te $toc&olm arcipelago on $aturday, local news
reported! According to te $wedis online daily (ocal tis morning, te small
boat collided into a 6i&ing (ine cruiser, carrying 1,B2; passengers on board, rigt
on its way to Dinland! 1yewitness say *foggy conditions* was te li&ely cause of
te accident and described te trio4s survival as *miraculous!*
7eports say te rescue of te tree was elped by locals from te island of Maro,
wo rused to te scene wit teir own boats and assisted te emergency
services to retrieve te tree from te water! 7ic&ard 7undgren 9/or&, a member
of te coastguard services, paid tribute to te quic&'tin&ing locals, describing
tem as *eroes,* :NA and Ainua reported!
FEATURE
.olis( man sa&s (e crossed Atlantic b&
'a&a'
A );'year'old :olis retiree as claimed e &aya&ed solo across te Atlantic,
ta&ing si< monts to ma&e te ocean crossing from :ortugal to Dlorida, AD:
reported!
Ale&sander 2oba said on is .oogleE page tat e arrived in Dlorida late
,ursday after setting off from (isbon on -ctober 3 in te 21'foot ?)!4 meter@
wite and yellow &aya& e calls *-lo!*
2oba posted a poto of imself sporting a foot'long graying beard and broad
smile on is weatered face, arms raised in /ubilation, after reacing te Dlorida
coast!
*+e said e4s very tired because for te last tree nigts e didn4t sleep wit te
crossing of te .ulf $tream,* te adventurer4s translator told ,e 2aytona 9eac
News'>ournal!
2oba, wo also claims to ave crossed te 9altic $ea by &aya&, recounted
navigating ocean swells and tempestuous weater during te B,000'&ilometre
?3,000'mile@ Atlantic /ourney!
+e said e made a stop in 9ermuda to ave is &aya& repaired!
PORT OF THE WEEK
.ort o" S%lit
,e :ort of $plit is te largest passenger port in "roatia and te tird largest in
te Mediterranean! ,e comple< is located on te Adriatic $ea coast! Its facilities
include terminals and oter structures in $plit, $olin and #astela, all of wic are
situated witin 13 &ilometres of te coastline!
,e port is connected to te 1'road networ& routes 1)3 and 1;1 via te "roatian
A1 motorway and te 21 state road!
It is also lin&ed to te capital Fagreb via an electric single'trac& railway wic
runs troug #nin and #arlovac!
,e :ort of $plit andles yacts, fising vessels, passenger sips, navigation
safety craft, sailing sips, tugboats and ferries! It as a passenger terminal and a
rail lin&, 2B berts and accommodates vessels up to 230 metres long wit
draugt up to ;!Gm!
,e 7esni&'2ivul/e passenger terminal facilitates te transfer of sip passengers
to te $plit Airport, located /ust G30m away! It consists of a single bert tat
accommodate boats up to 40m long wit draugt up to 4!3m!
,e 6ran/ic'$olin basin is used as a container cargo terminal, wit five berts, a
roll'onHroll'off ramp, eigt storage wareouses, including refrigerated storage and
open storage area! ,is terminal accommodates sips up to 1GBm long wit
draugts up to 10!2m!
#aatela basin A is reserved for mooring of sips controlled by te port autority!
#aatela basin 9 is a cargo terminal used by te secondary concessionaires
generally for teir own transport needs!
#astela basin " serves as a quarantine area and for mooring laid'up vessels! In
2011, te comple< andled a total passenger volume of about four million! -ver
1B,000 sip arrivals were recorded /ust a year before!
,e port comple< is managed by te state'owned :ort of $plit Autority ?:$A@! A
port development plan began earlier in te decade by te :$A and te port
operators, ,ra/e&tna (u&a $plit dd and (u&a dd $plit, as well as 11 oter
concessionaires, foresee an increase in passenger volume to seven million
passengers by 2013!
SHIPPING DATA
)A!TIC E/CHAN0E
Market snapshot: (April 18)
Dry Index BDI 1002 -27
Capesie Index BCI 178! -7"
#ana$ax Index B#I 782 -%
&'pra$ax Index B&I !27 -!
(andysie Index B(&I %%" -"
E/CHAN0E RATES
)e* +ork (,ri Cls)
,-n C'rren.y /&D in ,-n
in /&D C'rren.y
Britain (#o'nd) 10"7!7 00%!%1
Canada (Dollar) 00!07! 10101%
China (+'an) 001"08 "021!1
2'ro 101821 00721"
India (3'pee) 0001"" "0010%0
Indonesia (3'piah) 00000088 11420000
5apan (+en) 0000!7"7 10201!00
)or*ay (6rone) 001"71 %0!81%
#hilippines (#eso) 00022" 4401400
#oland (7loty) 001101 100100
3'ssia (3'8le) 000281 1%0%%%0
&in-apore (Dollar) 007!84 102%2%
/kraine ((ry9nia) 000888 1102%70