The European Commission has provided new guidance clarifying rules around cabotage, or domestic maritime transport services within EU member states. This aims to provide more legal certainty for competent authorities awarding public service contracts and imposing service obligations, as well as for shipowners organizing business across Europe. The guidance updates and aligns with recent EU law and court rulings. It provides clarity around issues like freedom of services, contract durations, and rules applying to maritime cabotage. Separately, an unmanned submarine recorded detailed images of two ships sunk off England in WWII, and an iceberg twice the size of Atlanta is drifting in the Southern Ocean.
The European Commission has provided new guidance clarifying rules around cabotage, or domestic maritime transport services within EU member states. This aims to provide more legal certainty for competent authorities awarding public service contracts and imposing service obligations, as well as for shipowners organizing business across Europe. The guidance updates and aligns with recent EU law and court rulings. It provides clarity around issues like freedom of services, contract durations, and rules applying to maritime cabotage. Separately, an unmanned submarine recorded detailed images of two ships sunk off England in WWII, and an iceberg twice the size of Atlanta is drifting in the Southern Ocean.
The European Commission has provided new guidance clarifying rules around cabotage, or domestic maritime transport services within EU member states. This aims to provide more legal certainty for competent authorities awarding public service contracts and imposing service obligations, as well as for shipowners organizing business across Europe. The guidance updates and aligns with recent EU law and court rulings. It provides clarity around issues like freedom of services, contract durations, and rules applying to maritime cabotage. Separately, an unmanned submarine recorded detailed images of two ships sunk off England in WWII, and an iceberg twice the size of Atlanta is drifting in the Southern Ocean.
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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