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Van Ameyde Marine, the Netherlands-headquartered marine surveying, consultancy, and loss prevention group, has appointed Rob Chesters as its new Global Business Development Manager.

Based in the UK, Chesters has a remit to work with teams across group to develop a global strategy and service offering, with the aim of expanding the company’s international reach geographically and by market sector.

Chesters, who has more than twenty years’ business development experience in the maritime services sector, having held senior positions with Wilhelmsen Ships Service, joins Van Ameyde Marine from Oceanic Technical Solutions, where he worked with shipowners and managers to reduce their vessels’ impact on the marine environment.

Robert Chesters, Global Business Development Manager, Van Ameyde Marine, has a remit to work with teams across the Van Ameyde Marine group to expand the company’s international reach geographically and by market sector

Walter Dekkers, Managing Director Van Ameyde Marine, said: “We are delighted to welcome Robert to the Van Ameyde Marine family as we chart a new course in the company’s long and illustrious history. Rob has a track record shaping growth for maritime service companies and will work with business heads across the company’s marine division to strengthen our presence globally, initially with developments in Singapore and later looking at other geographical areas.

Robert Chesters, Global Business Development Manager, Van Ameyde Marine, said: “From maritime casualties, bunker quality issues, cargo damage, pollution, pandemics and crew welfare, climate changes, to the introduction of autonomous ships, renewables and alternative fuels and new types of cargo; the gamut of issues faced by the marine industry is huge.”

Van Ameyde Marine’s consultancy and surveying group embraces a family of four iconic heritage brands: Van Ameyde Krogius, Van Ameyde McAuslands, Van Ameyde Seasia and Van Ameyde Marine.

“With a global team of almost 100 in-house marine surveyors, engineers, scientists and experts across four historic business brands, Van Ameyde Marine is well placed to help shipowners, charterers, insurers, P&I Clubs, lawyers and government agencies around the world better manage the challenges presented by a maritime industry on the cusp of change.” Chesters said.

All of the companies in the Van Ameyde Marine group have a rich heritage and with Van Ameyde Krogius celebrating its 150th year, Chesters is looking forward to being a part of developing the company for the demands of the future and the digital age.

“These historic companies, each of which, over the course of many decades, has established a solid reputation as a quality, independent and objective technical consultancy, have been brought together to form the global Van Ameyde Marine group.

“I am excited to be working across the Van Ameyde Marine group to deliver a global strategy and service offering that meets the needs of our principals and customers globally,” said Chesters.
Source: Van Ameyde Marine

Source: https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/van-ameyde-marine-set-for-global-expansion-with-chesters-appointment/

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the National Judicial Institute will host the 16th edition of the International Maritime Seminar for Judges under the chairmanship of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court.

In a press statement made available to LEADERSHIP, by the head, Public Relations, NSC, Rakiya Dhikru-Yagboyaju, it is the mandate of the council to ensure judicial officers, legal and maritime practitioners as well as Legal Advisers and in-house counsel in the employ of public and private sectors of the economy abreast of contemporary issues in the industry.

“The event, aptly described by stakeholders as the ‘prime event in the maritime calendar in Nigeria’ will take place in  Abuja, from 5th – 7th July 2022, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily.

“As the industry arbiter, it is the mandate of the council to ensure judicial officers, legal and maritime practitioners as well as Legal Advisers and in-house counsel in the employ of public and private sectors of the economy are abreast of contemporary issues in this special area of the law that has to do with adjudication on maritime matters.

“The 16th edition, which would have taken place in 2020, was postponed due to the global lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, promises to be engaging and enriching.

“The Chief Justice of Nigeria,  will serve as the special guest of honour while the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki will be the chief host.

“An array of eminent jurists, erudite scholars, and seasoned Maritime/Legal practitioners from the judiciary, and foreign experts from Kenya and Australia will deliver papers aimed at addressing several burning and complex issue bedeviling the maritime industry,” Dhikru-Yagboyaju said.

She said participants at the seminar include justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and judges of federal and states high courts, legal advisers, in-house counsels, legal and maritime practitioners as well as industry stakeholders.

“Other distinguished dignitaries expected at the occasion include the Chief Justices of the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and South Africa along with some justices/judges of these countries’ respective judiciaries,” she added.

Source: https://leadership.ng/nsc-holds-maritime-seminar-for-judges/

On June 13th, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin held an extraordinary press conference in which he made a series of audacious statements about the sprawling reach of Beijing’s territorial sovereignty and administrative authority. Placed in the context of China’s other recent actions and statements, the incredible size and shape of its regional ambitions are brought into sharp relief.

In simple terms, Beijing is determined to thoroughly dominate its region.

Wang began by addressing Canada’s protests over China’s harassment of its reconnaissance aircraft, which were enforcing United Nations sanctions of North Korea. It was China, Wang countered, that had reason to be “threatened” by  “the Canadian military aircraft that flew thousands of miles to harass China at its doorstep.”

This is patent nonsense, of course. China voted for the U.N. sanctions in question, together with the “enhanced vigilance” against illicit petroleum transfers the unarmed Canadian plane was deployed to ensure. This wasn’t about threats to China. Rather, it was part of a brazen pattern designed to deter and intimidate foreign ships and aircraft from operating legally in China’s rapidly growing sphere of influence – specifically the international sea and airspace that China wants the world to accept as its own sovereign territory.

And make no mistake, that claimed territory is massive, including well over 3.5 million square miles of the maritime commons and the skies above it. Of course, China has not yet gained complete control over all this space, but its effective control is growing and its ambitions are increasingly clear.

Just ask the crew of the Australian P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft that on May 26th was buzzed by a Chinese fighter jet near the Paracel Islands. The Chinese fighter also released flares near the Australian plane, followed by aluminum strips called chaff, some of which were dangerously ingested into the Poseidon’s engines.

Again, Beijing’s military spokesperson was quick to pin the “dangerous and provocative” label on the target of its aggression, declaring that the unarmed Australian plane “threatened China’s sovereignty” because it “approached China’s territorial airspace” over the Paracels. It is noteworthy that China did not claim the aircraft actually violated its (already exaggerated) territorial claims in the Paracels, but disinformation is central to its rhetorical strategy.

This strategy begins by effectively nullifying the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, which China signed in 1996 and has never formally abrogated. While still giving occasional lip-service to this agreement, Beijing pivots to claim “historic rights” within the entirety of its baseless nine-dashed line around the South China Sea. Under this formulation, this vast maritime commons is unilaterally reclassified as China’s domestic territory, ostensibly marking it outside of UNCLOS’ purview.

China’s government then embarked on a bold campaign to back up its claim by sheer force of overwhelming presence. It did so by building out its occupied rocks and reefs into bases capable of sustaining both forward-deployed military assets and — more immediately — its rapidly expanding maritime militia.

Thus, when a U.N.-mandated tribunal ruled in 2016 that its claims were nonsense, Beijing could simply shrug its shoulders. Having already changed the facts on the reclaimed ground to ensure its smaller neighbors would dance to its tune, China has determined that might will eventually make right in the South China Sea.

Further north, China’s claims rely on a somewhat different obfuscation, as evidenced by Wang’s June 13 comments. Referring to the Canadian flights, he said that “none of the relevant Security Council resolutions mandated any country to deploy forces for surveillance operations in the sea or airspace under the jurisdiction of another country” (emphasis added).

Where specifically was this alleged violation of China’s “jurisdiction”? Wang didn’t elaborate, but we know that China has increasingly expansive views on this, and makes liberal use of smoke and mirrors to justify these claims as somehow consistent with international law.

We need only to look at another of Wang’s June 13 assertions to see this phenomenon in action: “According to UNCLOS and Chinese laws, the waters of the Taiwan Strait, extending from both shores toward the middle of the Strait, are divided into several zones including internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, and the Exclusive Economic Zone. China has sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait.”

Wang’s device here is to conflate the definition of the territorial sea, which extends a mere 12 nautical miles from a nation’s coastline, with that of the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. While UNCLOS does grant a degree of sovereignty over the former (and even that does not prohibit straight-line innocent passage), the latter grants the coastal state only the right to exploit maritime resources, while explicitly retaining the uninhibited freedom of navigation and overflight for “all nations.”

The bottom line here is that China is engaged in a long-term power play. Its mouthpieces will continue to muddy the rhetorical waters, believing that while Beijing cannot win the debate on the legal merits, it can keep its intimidated rivals off-balance while strengthening its military position until such time as it no longer matters what the law says.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/chinas-vast-maritime-claims-are-becoming-reality/

Seafarers are those maritime professionals who have helped open up and now keep our international trade routes moving and global economies connected. U.S. Borax ships our products around the world by sea from our Wilmington operations—through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

A truly global trade

Steeped in history, seafaring remains a role requiring the highest camaraderie. There are 50,000+ VESSELS worldwide, traversing the world’s remotest locations and docking at the busiest ports to deliver more than 80% of global trade. Typically, a crew of 22 seafarers works 12-hour shifts during a 6 month contract onboard a vessel.

Wilmington’s role

Our WILMINGTON OPERATION is the only privately owned facility in the Port of Los Angeles. Located at berths 165-166, Wilmington includes a wharf with a ship loading system as well as rail, truck, and container loading docks.

During the course of a typical year, more than 36,000 tons of packaged goods are produced and shipped from this site. And, approximately 200,000 tons of bulk material are shipped to customers in Europe and Asia.

Safety and integrity come first

Rio Tinto, U.S. Borax’s parent company, abides by the MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION and is a foundational signatory of the Global Maritime Forum’s (GMF) NEPTUNE DECLARATION ON SEAFARER WELLBEING AND CREW CHANGE, which is a collaborative, industry-led response to address the unintended challenges posed to crew welfare by COVID-19 restrictions.

We do not use “NO CREW CHANGE CLAUSES” and the 17 Rio Tinto owned vessels perform safe crew changes where no crew member is required to work outside of their contracted period. Crews and their families on our owned vessels are also supported through a range of measures. And, all of the contract vessels we use go through an in-depth vetting process to comply with all Rio Tinto standards, including safety, sustainability, and social responsibility practices.

Within Rio Tinto’s commercial logistics group, our marine logistics team manages shipments from our ports as well as contracts with outside carriers. The marine logistics team diligently works behind the scenes with our global customer service representatives to ensure product arrives safely and securely.

On June 25, we recognize and celebrate all of our seafarers for their invaluable contributions to our international business.

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Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, has affirmed its preparedness for Dubai Maritime Summit 2014. The summit is the first-ever maritime event that aims towards fortifying Dubai’s efforts to become a first-class international maritime hub, with particular focus on the latest worldwide industry developments.

Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, Dubai Maritime Summit 2014 will take place on October 27, 2014 at The Address Dubai Marina. It will mark the beginning of Dubai Maritime Week, organized by DMCA biennially in line with their commitment to position the emirate to the ranks of the world’s most prominent leading maritime centres.

The first edition of Dubai Maritime Summit is set to attract wide participation from senior government officials, along with the most prominent regional and international experts and decision-makers, ship owners and operators, and officials from public and private companies operating in the maritime sector in Dubai, the region and the world. The participants will come together to discuss the most prominent issues and the latest developments of local and international maritime sector.

Hosted by Zainab Badawi, International Presenter at BBC, Dubai Maritime Summit boasts of a list of official speakers, including H.E. Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al-Nuaimi, UAE Minister of Public Works and Chairman of the National Transport Authority (NTA); H.E. Sultan Bin Sulayem, Chairman of Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and President of DMCA; Jo Espinoza-Ferrey, Director of International Maritime Organization (IMO); Philipe Donche-Gay, Chairman of International Association of Classifications Societies (IACS); Dr Phillip Belcher, Marine Director of INTERTANKO; and Doug Barrow, Chief Executive of Maritime London.

The latest developments in the global maritime arena will be the agenda of Dubai Maritime Summit 2014, along with other issues affecting the development of the global maritime sector. The key focus, however, will be on international maritime clustering and the pioneering experience of Dubai in the transformation to a leading global maritime hub. It is an integrated strategy based on upgrading the components of the maritime sector, modernizing of infrastructure, operations and logistics, and diversifying of investment opportunities that will enhance the competitive advantages at both regional and international levels.

Amer Ali, Executive Director of DMCA explained that organizing Dubai Maritime Summit is in line with the Authority’s continuous commitment to create a safe and sustainable maritime sector in Dubai. He pointed out that the event organised at such a high-level of excellence confirms the emirate’s leadership in hosting the most important global conferences and events in the maritime sector.

“The participation of speakers and leaders representing the local, regional and international maritime industry confirms the success of Dubai Maritime Summit in the creation of effective channels for exchange of experiences and best practices that will improve the global maritime sector and enhance its contribution to a major tributary of the global economy. We are looking forward optimistically to the  Summit which will prove in its inaugural session that it is a mainstay for strengthening the competitive advantages of Dubai as one of the most prominent maritime centres and logistics leader in the region and the world,” Ali added.

The Dubai Maritime Week 2014 will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council. The agenda of the event will include along with Dubai Maritime Summit, a series of interactive events such as conferences, meetings, workshops, talk shows and awards ceremony, among others.

In March this year, Bestway, along with Tianjin Dajin Heavy Industry, Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding, and Jiangsu Tianhong Ship Import and Export Company, jointly inked contracts with H. Vogemann Reederei Services to build four 40,000 dwt bulk carriers.

In May, these parties inked supplement agreement to extend the execution date of the contracts till June. Finally, the German owner exercised all four vessels’ contract as Bestway announced.

H. Vogemann Reederei Services currently has 12 newbuilds construction orders spread over China’s New Yangzi Shipbuilding, Hantong Shipbuilding and Yangfan Shipyard.