Fresh reports of oil leak in New Zealand reef

Divers ruled out on Sunday a major new fuel tank rupture on the crippled cargo ship stranded on a New Zealand reef after up to 10 tons of oil leak.

Incat Crowther has announced that construction is well advanced on three new catamaran ferries to its design.

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Maersk leases two vessels from Cido Shipping

Maersk Tankers, the tanker shipping unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Monday it would lease two vessels from Korean shipping management company Cido Shipping.

Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a two-year time charter agreement, until September 2013, for the vessel, M/V Monica P, a 46,667 dwt, 1998 built Handymax bulk carrier at a gross daily rate of $12,375.

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Chinese ports on the rise

Cargo traffic at Chinese ports are up by 13.5 percent in January-September year-on-year to nearly 6.75 billion tonnes, according to Ministry of Transport of China.

APM Terminals has been awarded a 25-year concession by Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg to manage and operate the Skandia Container Terminal.

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Low Emission Bulkcarrier

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has designed a new bulk carrier that will enable reductions in CO2 emissions by about 25 percent compared with conventional averaged bulk carriers.

The maritime sector is heavily regulated. The burden of compliance with the IMO MARPOL Annex VI regulations on emissions bears down on owners and operators.

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Ships Fight against Piracy

An independent report has recommended that the Dutch government provide ship-owners with better protection against piracy, including overseeing the hiring of security guards. Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete has told the UN General Assembly in New York that the maritime piracy problem is spreading fast and that more help was needed to deal with the problem. Maritime piracy is a concern and with more and more governments agreeing to the useage of arms and ammunition on board is good news for the seafarers and maritime trade as a whole.

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Fairmount tows rig for 8,600km

Fairmount Marine’s tug ‘Fairmount Alpine’ has delivered the semi submergible drilling rig ‘Ocean Yorktown’ safely in Brownsville, US, after an 8,600-kilometre tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Maritime New Zealand director Catherine Taylor yesterday declared that ‘Rena’, the containership grounded off Tauranga, was “hazardous” and issued the owner Costamare with notices under section 248 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

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Armed guards to fight pirates

Spain’s Ministry of Defence has authorized the use of large calibre weapons, up to 12.70 millimetres, on board tuna vessels fishing in the Indian Ocean to combat pirates. The measure was announced by Defence Minister Carme Chacón after meeting with representatives of tuna vessels and shipowners of the Spanish fleet in the Indian Ocean.

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has announced that from November 1 it will be taking a zero-tolerance approach to Commonwealth-endorsed commercial fishing vessel operators who fail to have a properly maintained vessel monitoring system (VMS) unit operating at all times. The European Commission (EC) has presented its first proposal on fishing allowances for 2012 for certain fish stocks in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.

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Program to help seafarers against Pirates

A program to help seafarers and families cope with the physical and mental trauma caused by torture and abuse at the hands of pirates was launched yesterday in London.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added ‘Parsifal’, its second Mark-V Ro-Ro vessel, to its fleet. ‘Parsifal’ will commence service in WWL’s round-the-world trade.

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