The Dutch Coast Guard responded to an engine room fire on a tanker offshore near Amsterdam on Monday morning. They are reporting that the fire was quickly brought under control and extinguished avoiding a serious incident and no individuals were harmed. There was no pollution but the vessel is disabled.The 49,478 dwt product tanker Hafnia Tanzanite, registered in the Marshall Islands, was inbound from Malaysia with a cargo of bio-diesel fuel. The report of a fire aboard the tanker came to the Coast Guard command at 6:00 a.m. The vessel was approximately 40 nautical miles west of Scheveningen, with a major anchorage off the coast of the Netherlands, and has a crew of 20 aboard.
The Coast Guard alerted multiple units sending an aircraft to investigate along with a SAR helicopter and three lifeboats. They were preparing for the evacuation of the crew. In addition, they directed another rescue boat operating in the area to the tanker.
A specially trained fire crew with the Maritime Incident Group was airlifted to the vessel to assist with the firefight. Shortly after 7:00 a.m., they reported that they believed the fire had been extinguished through the use of the ship’s Halon system.
The MIG team later entered the engine room to confirm that the fire had been extinguished and to determine the extent of the damage. They reported that the fire began in the middle auxiliary engine of the six-year-old tanker.
“So much damage has been caused to the engine room that the ship can no longer sail under its own power,” the Coast Guard said in its follow-up statement to the incident. Two additional tugs were sent to the scene and the 600-foot tanker was taken to the anchorage, where it remains.
The Coast Guard is reporting that the vessel is disabled due to the extent of the damage. They are expecting that the ship will be towed to port by the owners for an additional survey and repairs.
TOKYO — An American diplomat in Tokyo on Tuesday criticized China‘s “increasingly hostile maritime actions” as a threat to the safety of waterways in the resource-rich Indo-Pacific, as the United States seeks to strengthen security cooperation with allies Japan and the Philippines.
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond Greene said disregard for international law and heavy-handed actions by Beijing are aimed at increasing its control over the region. “Specifically, the increasingly hostile maritime actions by the People’s Republic of China threaten the safety of our waterways,” he said at a news conference ahead of a meeting of officials from the three countries.
”No one nation should be able to dominate Indo-Pacific waters through coercion and outright intimidation,” he said. “Might does not make right and we do not shy away from calling out Beijing’s provocative actions.”
He said China’s actions included a militarization of the East and South China Seas, harassment of foreign fishing and other vessels, and depletion of maritime resources and the environment.
China ranks second highest in military spending after the United States and is rapidly modernizing its forces. It says its military is purely for defense and to protect its sovereign rights.
Japan sees China as a regional security threat and worries about growing tensions surrounding Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory. Tokyo also is concerned about increasing cooperation between China and Russia and their joint military activities around Japan, including joint firing drills off northern Japan over the weekend.
Japanese Vice Defense Minister Kimi Onoda, also at the news conference, said Japan and the Philippines as maritime nations share security challenges, including attempts by other nations to singlehandedly change the status quo in the South and East China Seas.
Robespierre L. Bolivar, chargé d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy, said promotion of cooperation among the three countries is important to help protect the Philippines’ maritime interests.
About 20 maritime security officials and experts from the three countries are to discuss maritime security cooperation at the two-day session.
A collation of leading companies from across the shipping industry are coming together in the latest effort to address the ongoing controversy over methane emissions from ships fueled with LNG. The Methane Abatement in Maritime initiative is a technology acceleration program aimed at identifying, accelerating, and advocating technology solutions to measure and manage methane emissions, commonly referred to as methane slip.
The shipping industry has been quick to adopt LNG in the last few years at least as a bridging fuel to support decarbonization due to its ability to reduce or eliminate harmful emissions including CO2, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Dioxide (Sox), and particulate matter. Scientists, environmentalists, and other activists however argue that any benefits are far outweighed by the release of unburnt methane which is more harmful to the environment as it is a potent greenhouse gas that accelerates global warming.
In establishing this new initiative, the organizers point out that “no globally recognized methods for measuring methane slip” currently exist. As part of their aim to minimize the environmental impact of LNG used in shipping, their first goal is to establish a methodology of measuring the extent of the problem and developing technologies to reduce methane slip. It is hoped that the new solutions identified by the innovation initiative will help the industry to understand the extent of, and then manage, their methane emissions activities.
“Shipping currently lacks the information and tools they need to accurately measure the amount of methane released by LNG-fueled ships and the extent of this impact,” said Steve Price, Head of Partnerships at Safetytech Accelerator, which will lead the program. “Understanding the extent of this methane slip will allow companies, society, and policymakers to understand LNG’s real environmental impact. Empowering markets to channel investments to new technologies that can reduce methane slip, or to other transition fuels.”
LNG advocates argue that new engines and technologies are largely eliminating methane slip from the ships. Environmentalists however dismiss these assertions and last year one group used infrared cameras to illustrate what they said is an increasing problem for the shipping industry as the number of LNG-fueled ships increases.
Since 2010, the number of vessels using LNG has grown consistently by 20 to 40 a year. In its market analysis released yesterday, DNV for example said that LNG vessels make up the majority of in-service and on-order vessels using alternative fuels. The class society calculates that there are over 900 LNG-fueled vessels operating and another 500 ordered.
The new initiative will define what constitutes negligible methane emissions and then ensure that the sector meets the targets. Once the solutions have been validated, this collation will seek to endorse them to the industry. They are also committed to encouraging the adoption of proven abatement technology at scale. Their goal is to have solutions in place by 2023. Separately, there are several other groups also working on developing filtering technology to remove methane from vessels’ exhaust.
This new program is also focusing on supporting the next generation of biofuels. They highlighted that measuring the scale of methane emissions, and understanding if they can be managed to negligible levels, would contribute to the understanding of Liquefied Bio Methane (LBM) and Liquefied synthetic methane (LSM) and if they are viable pathway fuels to help achieve the industry’s 2050 decarbonization targets.
Established by Lloyd’s Register, the program will be led by Safetytech Accelerator. Seven industry-leading companies, Maran Gas Maritime, Mediterranean Shipping Company, Carnival Corporation, Seaspan, Shell, Lloyd’s Register, and Knutsen Group, are partnering with the program. It will also draw on the expertise of academics, civil society, and other stakeholders, such as the National Physical Laboratory.
THE secretary-general of the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has arrived in Odessa to inspect the 28,358-dwt Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Helga, one of the ships under the Black Sea Grain Initiative approved to export grain from Ukraine.
Secretary-general Kitack Lim was able to gain first-hand experience of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and hear how ship safety and port management is being implemented, reported Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.
‘I am deeply appreciative to see the strong commitment of the seafarers to support the initiative. I am pleased that the designated maritime humanitarian corridor under the initiative is allowing seafarers to do their job and deliver vital foodstuffs,’ Mr. Lim said.
Mr Lim was the guest of Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative allows for the export of significant volumes of foodstuffs. The Joint Coordination Centre has been established in Istanbul, with representatives from Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Turkey under UN auspices, to coordinate the safe passage of ships of all flags.
As of September 1, the total tonnage of grain and other foodstuffs exported from the three Ukrainian ports is 1,677,396 tonnes. A total of 146 voyages (78 inbound and 68 outbound) have been enabled so far.
VIETNAMESE IPP Air Cargo will soon be in the air says Phillip Nguyen, CEO of IPP Travel Retail, reports Mumbai’s Stat Trade Times.
Speaking at the recent Routes Asia conference, Mr Nguyen said that the new airline, branded IPP Air Cargo, will begin operations in September servicing Hong Kong and Singapore.
IPP Group announced the acquisition of IPP Air Cargo IPP Air Cargo’s first 737-800 BCF aircraft is nearing completion at Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO), announced Brian Thomas Hogan, Leasing Advisor at IPP Air Cargo.
The second aircraft is already in conversion, followed by the third and fourth. IPP Group (IPPG), a Vietnamese retail group that established IPP Air Cargo in June 2021 was hoping to receive its first modified aircraft to be delivered by the end of July 2022.
In June 2021, IPP Group announced the acquisition of IPP Air Cargo. With a VND2.4 billion (US$100 million) investment, IPP Air Cargo was formed to start an airline focused on freight transport, at a time when the sector was in chaos due to the pandemic.
In an interview published on IPP Group in June 2021, Johnathan Hanh Nguyen – chairman of IPPG explained why he decided on establishing an airline when the world was in the middle of a crisis.
‘Vietnam lacks a specialised airline that transports goods. Export businesses are facing serious difficulties. Businesses are willing to pay premium rates, but they must occasionally wait in line for flights because the airline does not have enough slots.’ he said.
‘Therefore, I immediately thought to myself, ‘I can’t just sit here and sell branded products to make money’, even though branded goods sold extremely well during the pandemic.
‘Since the customers were unable to travel overseas, we imported the new models for them to purchase, resulting in an 84 per cent increase in sales,’ said Mr Nguyen.
Expanded exhibition area by 15 per cent, Messe Muenchen on ACF, Transport Logistic Americas IPP Air Cargo is managed by CEO Le Hong Thuy Tien, with former Polar Air Cargo COO Lars Winkelbauer serving as an advisor. The new airline is in negotiations with Singapore’s postal service provider Singpost and Cainiao, the logistics subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
IPPG has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Australia’s Wagner Corporation to build a trade corridor between Toowoomba (WTB) in Queensland and Vietnam. Service is anticipated to begin in March 2023.
According to Mr Nguyen, the route’s objective is to transport consumer and industrial goods to Australia, as well as perishables like fresh food to Vietnam and beyond.
Mr Nguyen. also stated that plans are in the pipeline to use Da Nang (DAD) and Cam Ranh (CXR) as staging points for goods to be transported to other destinations in the area or to Vietnam’s seaports.
HONG Kong International Airport (HKG) has been recognised for its cargo proficiency, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The airport was named the world’s busiest cargo airport after carrying the most tonnage for 2021, beating last year’s top-ranking Memphis International Airport.
The Airports Council International (ACI) annual world rankings highlighted that HKG handled five million tonnes of cargo last year, an increase of 12.5 per cent in 2020.
‘It’s a testament to hong Kong International Airport’s solid work over the past few years in its bid to bridge gaps from the Far East to the rest of the world for cargo carrying,’ said HKG Middle East manager Vishnu Rajendran.
‘Our hub has always been an outstanding international airport with its ease of connections, world-class lounges, and diverse range of retailers, so to now have the cargo element recognized is extremely promising.’
Cathay Pacific’s cargo service is responsible for 25 per cent of the airline’s annual revenue.
‘The dedicated Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal has gone from strength to strength in the past few years with innovation and passion at the forefront of the dynamic team,’ said Mr Rajendran.
‘Focusing on enhanced efficiency, reliability, and visibility all improves the customer experience and adds value to the backbone of end-to-end services. Designed for an annual air cargo throughput capacity of 2.6 million tonnes, the terminal is a common-use facility open to all airline customers.’
The airline also launched its Priority solution, offering three service tiers:
First (PR1), Essential Plus (PR2), and Essential (PR3).
Also, Cathay Pacific Cargo has become one of the first carriers to pioneer two new milestones in the Cargo iQ Master Operating Plan (MOP).
The new milestones, FOW (freight out of warehouse control) and FIW (freight into warehouse control), will bring more transparency to the overall shipment journey.The milestones are operational at the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal in Hong Kong, with a view for roll-out across the network.
Cydome, the award-winning provider of ship-wide cybersecurity, is announcing that it has been certified by the IACS Classification Society, RINA (Royal Institution of Naval Architects), for its advanced cybersecurity suite covering IT, OT, communication cybersecurity and networks onboard ships as well as its compliance management tool.
The evaluation conducted by RINA has assured that Cydome’s suite of tools, which offer cybersecurity for systems and networks onboard ships, complies with the marine regulatory framework of the Class Society and is suitable to be used in the marine environment.
Cydome’s solution offers advanced cybersecurity capabilities designed to fend off maritime cybercrime through the monitoring, detecting, and rectifying of cyber threats. To achieve this compliance certificate, the system was tasked with demonstrating its real-time capabilities by performing network security coverage, vulnerability assessment, compliance assessment, and assets management while also proving conformance with current IMO guidelines, Industry Standards, and RINA Rules of Marine security.
The solution also carries a number of other certifications, including ISO certifications for Cybersecurity (27001) and Cloud Security (27017), Certified Inmarsat Application, and QG+ quality management certification, as well as others. Cydome is also a Certification Body for the “Maritime Cyber Baseline,” a scheme supported by the Royal Institute of Naval Architects to enable a path to compliance with IMO Maritime Cyber Risk Management guidelines.
Nir Ayalon, Cydome’s CEO mentioned: “This certification is further validation of Cydome’s effort to continually offer the highest safety standards possible in order to protect ships and assist ship owners and operators in creating a safe operational environment for shipping.”
Source: Cydome
Bergen, Norway, 06 September 2022 – The Norwegian pool operator Hansa Tankers announced its partnership with StormGeo, a leading provider of weather intelligence and decision-support solutions for the shipping industry and part of Alfa Laval, to roll out the fleet performance management software s-Insight to all vessels in its pool.
Hansa Tankers is a leading pool operator of stainless-steel tonnage. Founded in 2010, the company’s pool has grown from an initial three vessels to more than 50 chemical tanker vessels ranging in size from 19,000 to 33,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT).
Having a high focus on sustainability, Hansa Tankers now rolls out StormGeo’s s-Insight to establish a unified data collection system that enables the pool and its partners to document and assess the environmental performance of their vessels.
Partnering with StormGeo will help Hansa Tankers seamlessly transfer voyage data in real-time to improve ship-to-shore communication, adding insight into their bunker management, reducing CO2 emissions of their fleet, and further strengthening their focus on increasing the pool’s fleet-wide sustainability.
“StormGeo’s s-Insight provides tools that assist us in managing the environmental and commercial performance of our entire fleet in one dashboard. By also adding weather and routing data to the operator decision-making toolbox, we gain new and actionable insights that enable immediate, measurable CO2 impact on our trade, which in turn will positively enhance the pool’s financial performance and environmental footprint in the coming years,” says Torfin Eide, COO at Hansa Tankers.
s-Insight is a customizable fleet management system that integrates and organizes weather, voyage reporting, sensor data, performance levers, and expert assistance in one powerful analytics tool. The solution gives vessel owners, operators, and managers timely and actionable information to maximize voyage and vessel performance. In addition, its reliable data reporting system ensures the fleet is always compliant.
For Hansa Tankers, s-Insight provides opportunities to monitor the environmental impact on emissions, improve environmental performance, and keep the fleet compliant with EU MRV, IMO DCS, the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), and Sea Cargo Charter regulations. Particularly useful is the new CII Simulator, a key module in s-Insight and a tool that monitors CII compliance status and reveals the impact of commercial parameters on CII ratings.
“StormGeo’s powerful and actionable CII Simulator gives us a tool enabling a better understanding of the commercial impact of the CII in our trades,” Eide says. “We acknowledge that the earlier we integrate CII simulation into our daily operations and decision making, the better we can manage the impact on CII performance and thereby enhance our competitive advantage in the market.”
Partnering with StormGeo will help Hansa Tankers showcase the effect of vessel and cargo consolidation to its charterers and other stakeholders by:
·Simulating the CO2 impact on the estimate and voyage levels to provide an overview of pre-fixture and post-fixture emissions results.
·Calculating the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) based on validated data per voyage and year, including projections for future compliance.
·Simplifying and streamlining the Sea Cargo Charter reporting process for both the pool and its counterparties.
“s-Insight also presents an opportunity for our pool participants to assess their performance and environmental footprint through diverse, investigative, and out-of-the-box system features. Participants can thereby also use s-Insight to validate any measures taken towards improving operational energy efficiency and reducing the carbon footprint with KPIs for continuous monitoring of their own vessel performance,” Eide concludes.s-Insight is part of StormGeo’s innovative software and services s-Suite for shipping customers, a complete one-stop solution to optimize time, fuel, and vessel performance while ensuring navigational and environmental performance.
StormGeo helps shipping companies prepare for increasingly stringent environmental requirements and reach ambitious sustainability targets. StormGeo and Alfa Laval will participate in SMM Hamburg, Stand #A1 226 on 6 – 9 September 2022 to discuss new solutions that help the maritime industry decarbonize its operations and meet environmental requirements.
At SMM Hamburg, StormGeo will host a range of speaker presentations in Room Osaka 3 to share new insights on sustainability and discuss new solutions for decarbonization. These events will feature StormGeo experts in addition to Arne Schulz-Heimbeck (DNV), Barry Authers (DNV), and Niclas Dahl (AlfaWall Oceanbird). Click here to learn more and save your seat.
In late August, a fishing boat, which had spent several days on the south side of Bawean Island, was returning to shore when it met with bad weather. A strong wave hit the small boat and it capsized. Sunaryo, the boat captain, and 16 other fishermen were left adrift in the open sea for three nights, 50 miles away from their home in Lamongan, before they were rescued by another passing fishing boat.
The 17 fishermen after being rescued.
Imamur Rosyidin, spokesperson for the 17 fishermen, said after being rescued, they were sent to the Karanganyar Port, Central Java, where they were met by their families, representatives from the fishermen’s association and the police. Thereafter, the 17 fishermen received medical treatment at a local hospital.
Imamur said the victims had only a buoy among them and they survived on rainwater and a bit of food salvaged from the sinking boat. He added the government should pay more attention to the safety of fishermen as accidents are getting more common. There must be more financial assistance for fishermen involved in accidents at sea and officials must make sure that fishermen are equipped with safety knowledge.
Victims’ families waiting at the port.
Yuli Wahyuono, an official from the Lamongan District Government, wanted the fishermen to buy insurance. “Insurance is very affordable at IDR 16,800 (US$1.13) per month and is helpful in times of a disaster. We are currently discussing with the regional government to provide free insurance to the 25,000 fishermen in Lamongan Regency. Right now, free insurance is only available from the central government, which only covers fewer than 1,000 fishermen,” he said.
“The benefits of insurance cannot be seen right now. But a fisherman’s job is dangerous, risky and accidents are getting common. Once, I have seen a fisherman died when the boat he was on with two other fishermen was hit by big waves. We are always raising awareness and educating fishermen on the need for insurance. Indeed, there is still a lack of awareness which has to be addressed.”
Victims’ family members.
Muhammad Badrus Zaman, marine transportation researcher, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), said fishermen need to receive continuous training on how to operate their boats in bad weather and also there should be safety equipment on the boats.
“The fishermen often do not have proper communications devices on their boats and so they cannot call for help when they are in distress. The fishermen only care about whether they can start their engines or not. This is certainly very dangerous,” said Badrus Zaman.
“Fishermen cannot ignore their own safety and they must check the safety standard of their boats regularly. Accidents are not only caused by bad weather alone. Accidents are also caused by the rundown conditions of the boats, lack of safety equipment, and the fishermen’s lack of proper training in piloting their boats, among other reasons.”
Badrus Zaman said many, if not all, local fishermen are impoverished and have no savings, they do not have the extra money to repair their boats or buy communications devices for emergency uses. And they rather use whatever money they earned to provide for their families. Therefore, the government has to step in to help them financially.
The competition continues to develop the designs for the first large-scale liquefied CO2 carriers which will play a critical role in the efforts to transport and store carbon captured by large manufacturers. Using their experience with other gas carriers, the Korean shipyards continue to make progress with both Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries reporting design approvals on their efforts from the major classification societies.
At 785 feet in length and with a 98-foot beam, Hyundai Heavy Industries’ LCO2 carrier design is being called the largest in its class. A first-of-its-kind design, it is reported to be the world’s first 40,000m3 liquefied carbon dioxide carrier.
Several shipyards have been working to enlarge the size of LCO2 carriers to provide the economic basis for the transportation and storage of LCO2. Currently, the shipment of CO2 is largely a niche business supporting uses in food and other manufacturing but analysts have said the vessels need to increase in size and capacity to justify the proposed carbon capture and storage schemes.
Lloyd’s Register reviewed the design for HHI’s vessel and awarded design approval to the South Korean shipbuilder. LR reports the vessel will be equipped with seven IMO Type C cargo tanks that use an innovative new steel design, that allows tanks to be constructed with lighter scantling whilst remaining structural integrity. The use of this advanced material permitted HHI to achieve a higher capacity. When built, the carrier will transport liquefied carbon dioxide under pressure, allowing carbon extracted from the atmosphere to be transported to storage facilities.
“This carrier will be a key piece of infrastructure in the carbon capture and storage value chain, helping the maritime industry drive forward its energy efficiency and decarbonization ambitions,” predicts Andy McKeran, Chief Commercial Officer for Lloyd’s Register.
At the same time today at another presentation also at the Gastech 2022 Exhibition in Milan, Samsung Heavy Industries received design approval for its new LCO2 carrier design from DNV. According to the class society’s review of the design, the innovation incorporates customized large cargo tanks (pressurized IMO Type-C) and a reliable cargo handling system with highly efficient reliquefication technology. The ship has optimized cargo space and ship performance by utilizing customized bi-lobe cargo tanks. It also features a re-liquefaction system that condenses vaporized and compressed CO2 by a refrigeration process. Once expanded, the CO2 is cooled and returned to the LCO2 tanks.
According to the companies, SHI’s new system is expected to help the shipping industry be ready for future large-scale CO2 transportation demands as increasing numbers of carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects evolve.
Source: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/south-korean-shipyards-advance-designs-for-lco2-carriers
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