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Shipping News and information / Dutch Delay Dredging; Antwerp Frustrated

« on: August 03, 2009, 02:42:30 PM »

The Netherlands Council of State this week suspended a routing decree and an implementation permit for deepening
the shipping channel in the Dutch portion of the River Scheldt.

The Belgian port of Antwerp, the largest breakbulk port in Europe, lies on the River Scheldt. Below Antwerp the
Western Scheldt, Antwerp

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Shipping News and information / Netherlands won't put military guards on ships

« on: July 04, 2009, 09:38:06 AM »

.....I am sure the rest of the shipping related people in the Netherlands fully disagree with below decision from the parliament.....  :-x

NETHERLANDS WON'T PUT MILITARY GUARDS ON SHIPS
The Dutch parliament has agreed to a decision by the country's defence minister not to put armed soldiers on Dutch
ships travelling through the high-risk piracy zone off the Somali coast. Eimert van Middelkoop was willing, he said, to
ask the commander of the EU's anti-piracy mission to allow a Dutch frigate to escort especially vulnerable ships, those
with a low freeboard and whose speed was less than 10 knots. This would apply to "six to eight ships" per year. Van
Middelkoop opposes the placement of military personnel on civilian ships due to the uncertain legal implications, the
costs and the risk of escalating violence from pirates. Source : Maritime Global Net

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Shipping News and information / Evergreen will withdraw 31 ships from their fleet

« on: June 29, 2009, 03:58:16 PM »

I read in the Dutch transport/shipping newspaper that Evergreen will withdraw 31 ships from their fleet.

It's regarding 20xG-types (2868 TEU) and 11xGx-types (3428 TEU).

12 G-types are now owned by Greek owners, whereof 2 already sold for scrapping (Iason -ex Ever Grand- and Scotland -ex Ever Globe-). The remaining ships are still under Evergreen charter, but they will not extend their charter when they expire.

3 of the the remaining G-types which are owned by Evergreen, the Ever Golden, Ever Gentry and Ever Gleamy, were already sold to breakers.

Evergreen still owns 7 of the 11 Gx-types, the remaining 4 are owned by the Greeks. None of them were sold for scrapping yet, but planned in the near future.

Those 31 ships represents 15% (95.000 TEU) of the total fleet, one the scrapping plan has been finalized, Evergreen has the same size as the number 5, APL.