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Shipping News and information / Chemical tanker detained

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:41:00 AM »

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has detained a chemical tanker off the Queensland coast due to alleged labour breaches.

AMSA officials are investigating claims of several serious breaches of the international maritime labour convention made by the crew of the Tintomara - which is flying the Liberian flag - and checking on the welfare of seafarers.

The 182 metre-long tanker has been anchored off the northern tip of South Trees Island, near Gladstone, for the past number of days.

An AMSA spokesperson confirmed they had detained the vessel for inspection and investigations.

"There's a number of allegations which we are looking at," the spokesperson told AAP.

The Gladstone Observer has reported members of the 26-person crew had complained of a bullying culture, non-payment of overtime, long
working hours and crew members losing weight due to the lack of food.

The Observer said the crew was made up of sailors from the Philippines, India and Bangladesh.

AIS - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:753192/mmsi:636011659/imo:9234599/vessel:TINTOMARA

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Shipping News and information / New Tugs for Svitzer Australia

« on: September 17, 2016, 11:22:39 PM »

2 New tugs for Svitzer in Australia are a Damen ASD 2810 SVITZER WARATAH (Ex BHAGWAN POWER) and a Damen ASD 2310 SVITZER BONDI (EX BHAGWAN PRIDE).

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:693839/mmsi:503004360/imo:9667801/vessel:BHAGWAN_POWER
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:694115/mmsi:503011080/imo:9735086/vessel:BHAGWAN_PRIDE

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Shipping News and information / Tugboat crash behind fatal capsize

« on: May 26, 2016, 07:48:45 AM »

Tugboat crash behind fatal Queensland capsize[/b

A fishing boat that capsized off the north Queensland coast, killing its skipper, overturned in a collision with a tugboat, police believe.

Two crew, including one trapped in the upturned hull of the 17-metre vessel, were rescued off the coast of Bowen on Wednesday but the ship's skipper couldn't be revived.

Inspector Steve O'Connell believes they collided around 1.5 kilometres offshore near the Bowen Harbour.

"The investigation will focus on what caused these two vessels to collide under seemingly good conditions," he said.

Police reiterated praise for a quick-thinking diver who fed an underwater oxygen line to one of the men trapped in the upturned hull of the boat.

Inspector Steve O'Connell said two commercial divers jumped in the water, with one getting an oxygen line to the fisherman who was in an air pocket.
"Without them I think we might have had a different outcome for that man," he said.

"That diver was able to get an airline through with oxygen that we had on board from ambulance officers."

The trapped fisherman was able to make tapping noises on the underside of the hull which alerted divers to where he was.

He was eventually freed and taken to hospital conscious but groggy.

Maritime Safety Queensland will attempt to determine the circumstances of the capsize, while police divers have recovered boat fragments from the sea floor.

Tug operator Svitzer said the company was fully cooperating with authorities.

"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to the family and friends of the deceased," a spokesman said.

"We are offering counselling and support to our employees, the family of the deceased as well as those injured on the fishing boat."

The two rescued men, believed to be in their 20s, were released from hospital on Wednesday night.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/tugboat-crash-behind-fatal-queensland-capsize-20160526-gp4h94.html

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Shipping News and information / Tamaya 1

« on: May 09, 2016, 05:54:40 AM »

Mysterious abandoned ghost ship washes ashore in West Africa
An empty oil tanker mysteriously beached on Liberia has left authorities baffled as the government struggles to determine the fate of the crew.

Discovered on May 4 on a beach in Robertsport, in the country

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Shipping News and information / "He feels unsafe": Crew refuse to leave Glastone Harbour

« on: February 15, 2016, 10:59:38 AM »

"He feels unsafe": Crew refuse to leave Glastone Harbour
A STALEMATE between a captain and his crew over safety on board the cape vessel Kanaris has grounded the ship in Gladstone Harbour for now.

International Transport Workers' Federation national coordinator Dean Summers said talks were underway to settle down the Filipino crew, but they didn't want to sail because they believe the captain is unsafe.

But the captain too is reportedly refusing to sail unless he gets private security.

"He feels unsafe," Mr Summers added.

One of the Filipino crew members died when the vessel was about 260 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

It is believed the crew member was hit by a pulley in the head and died a short while after being hit.

His body was removed from the ship in Papua New Guinea and the Kanaris continued on to Gladstone.

Mr Summers said the crew were left traumatised.

"It was a grisly industrial accident, " he said.
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/he-feels-unsafe-crew-refuse-leave-glastone-harbour/2931692/

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Shipping News and information / SVITZER SECURES 10-YEAR AGREEMENT

« on: December 20, 2015, 04:02:00 AM »

Svitzer Australia has won a 10-year contract to provide towage and other marine services to the multi-billion dollar INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project in the Port of Darwin in Australia.

The contract comes with the option to extend it up to a maximum of 19 years. Under the contract, Svitzer will supply four high-power Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) escort tugs to assist LNG, LPG and condensate carriers into and out of the Port of Darwin once the Project

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Shipping News and information / Do you know what became of the SS Louisa?

« on: March 19, 2015, 03:54:16 AM »

MARITIME historian Ken Goodman is looking for information on the steamboat SS Louisa.

The 87-foot steamship was built in 1872 by Brisbane firm R. R. Smellie & Co and was one of the first iron ships built in Australia.

"Built for a bloke called Mellor, before the railway was built, she worked the Bremer River to Ipswich - including a sinking on the Bremer in 1872," Mr Goodman said.

"Luckily there was bugger-all damage to the cargo of beer and wine, nor to the steamer."
The Louisa was then purchased in 1884 by Orr and Honeyman and started trading on the Albert and Logan rivers.

"She used to drop into Jacksons Wharf on Russell Island in her travels to Logan Rivers," Mr Goodman said.

"Luckily, in memory of the old steamer, I did manage to tie up my little Louisa, my 24-foot long steamboat I named after the original, to Jacksons Wharf not long before the jetty collapsed into the water in the 1980s."

Louisa was sold to captain John Burke in 1884 and was used her to carry timber, maize, settlers' supplies, cotton and sugar along the Brisbane, Albert and Logan rivers.

John Burke established a company which traded up and down the Queensland coast for more than a hundred years.

The steamboat played an important part of the Queensland shipping scene.

John Burke sold her to three men in 1926, who started trading her again on the Logan River but they on-sold her in 1927 to Peters Slip at Kangaroo Point.

"She was used until 1937 as a dumb barge - meaning she had no engine," Mr Goodman said.

"After that she moved to the Mary River where she was used as a lighter.

"I made enquiries with the local historical society but couldn't find the date or location of her demise."

Anyone with information on the SS Louisa can phone Ken Goodman on 0423 216 909 or email [email protected].

http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/what-became-of-louisa/2577127/

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Shipping News and information / Svitzer Keelby

« on: March 15, 2015, 11:30:27 AM »

Has anyone got any info on Svitzer Keelby as it looks like she has left Swansea, UK and is off to Ukraine. I have looked but caint find anything.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:187860/mmsi:620024000/imo:8501397/vessel:SVITZER_KEELBY

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Shipping News and information / Svitzer Pulls Asbestos-Contaminated Tugs

« on: March 09, 2015, 05:38:42 AM »

 Svitzer has removed two of its nine Newcastle tugs from service after one of the Chinese-built vessels was found to contain asbestos, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) reports.

The MUA said both vessels were certified as being clear of asbestos before they sailed to Australia.

The union

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Shipping News and information / PB harbour towage sold

« on: December 12, 2014, 06:58:20 AM »

Hong Kong-listed Pacific Basin Shipping will sell its entire stake in its harbour towage business in Australia for AUD74.0M ($61.3M) in a move to focus on its dry bulk business.

The sale of PB Towage (Australia) Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, will include 17 harbour tugs and a barge, a stock filing of Pacific Basin said today.

The deal involves all of Pacific Basin's harbour towage business.

The buyer will be Smit Lamnalco (Australia), a subsidiary of Smit Lamnalco Group, which is an international provider of towage and associated marine services to the oil and gas industry.

Completion of the deal is expected in January 2015. The company plans to use the net sale proceeds of $60.0M to raise working capital, including contracted capital expenditure.

In 2013, PB Towage (Australia) slipped to losses of AUD2.3M, down from profits of AUD7.0M in 2012.

After the completion of the transactions, the net assets of the company's towage segment will reduce to approximately $48.5M, representing 13 tugs and 6 barges for vessel towage business in the Middle East area, Australia and New Zealand.

http://www.ihsmaritime360.com/article/15803/pacific-basin-to-exit-harbour-towage-business.

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Shipping News and information / Sweden mobilises to track-down

« on: October 19, 2014, 03:41:30 AM »

SWEDEN has mobilised aircraft and warships to hunt a Russian submarine believed to have sent a secret distress call late last week.
Suspicions were raised when a commercial tanker operated by Russia was noticed circling in a narrow area of Swedish waters.
Defence offials then mobilised the Swedish military, sending patrol ships and helicopters to search for what they called

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Shipping News and information / New Tugs for Svitzer

« on: October 16, 2014, 06:07:29 AM »

I have found document on the net that says Svitzer will be getting 2 new tugs in the UK by the end of 2014 named Svitzer Eston and Svitzer Bargate as well as a 2nd Damen ASD 3212 would this be correct as I caint post the document and don't know if we are all meant to know about the new tugs.

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Shipping News and information / Divers find mystery shipwreck off Sydney coast

« on: October 09, 2014, 04:44:59 AM »

A MYSTERY vessel has been discovered off the Sydney coastline by an amateur shipwreck sleuth.

Using sonar technology and old records from the NSW Department of Public Works and Royal Australian Navy, self-confessed history

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Shipping News and information / HMAS BUNDABERG On fire

« on: August 11, 2014, 05:25:26 AM »

A large navy ship has gone up in flames east of Brisbane.
Firefighters in breathing apparatus are battling to contain the fire in a commercial boat shed on Barku Court in Hemmant, about 11 kilometres east of the CBD. About 50 firefighers and 16 fire trucks are at the scene.
Authorities have confirmed the ship on fire is the HMAS Bundaberg, a navy vessel that was in Brisbane for repairs.


Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/navy-ship-hmas-bundaberg-goes-up-in-flames-in-brisbanes-east-20140811-102p54.html#ixzz3A3fbfTl4

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Shipping News and information / Devine Marine Group in court over pay

« on: November 18, 2013, 11:13:53 AM »

http://www.news.com.au/business/worklife/marine-company-sued-for-unpaid-workers/story-e6frfm9r-1226434597748