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Shipping News and information / B.G Dublin Lost containers in the irish sea In bad weather
« on: January 13, 2010, 12:03:29 PM »
Intresting story!
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/waterford.html
Here you can follow excatly were it happened!!
http://www.shipais.com/shiptrail.php?mmsi=305001000&date=20100112
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/waterford.html
Here you can follow excatly were it happened!!
http://www.shipais.com/shiptrail.php?mmsi=305001000&date=20100112
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Shipping News and information / Onboard Cunards Queen Mary 2 (Proud - Heather Small)
« on: January 03, 2010, 07:18:14 PM »34
Shipping News and information / Warship made from Twin Towers' steel
« on: November 02, 2009, 10:02:20 PM »
A US warship made using steel salvaged from the site of the Twin Towers has arrived on the Hudson River.
The USS New York fired a 21-gun salute as it passed the site of the World Trade Centre in lower Manhattan.
Members of the New York emergency services, and families of victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks were among those who gathered to see the ship.
Over seven tonnes of steel from the fallen buildings were used in the construction of the ship.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1102/us.html
The USS New York fired a 21-gun salute as it passed the site of the World Trade Centre in lower Manhattan.
Members of the New York emergency services, and families of victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks were among those who gathered to see the ship.
Over seven tonnes of steel from the fallen buildings were used in the construction of the ship.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1102/us.html
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Scale Models / Giant toy Titanic kit unveiled
« on: October 29, 2009, 06:33:35 PM »
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091029/tuk-giant-toy-titanic-kit-unveiled-f858358.html
Looks very intresting
Looks very intresting
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Shipping News and information / 120m cigarettes seized in Louth on cargo Ship
« on: October 27, 2009, 04:02:52 PM »
Up to
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Shipping News and information / Somali Pirates Hijack British Boat Couple
« on: October 27, 2009, 10:18:23 AM »38
Shipping News and information / Somali pirates take Panamanian carrier, 26 crew
« on: October 22, 2009, 11:19:00 PM »
Pirates captured a Panamanian-flagged ship with 26 crew off the East Africa coast on Thursday and fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at an Italian ship, which escaped.
The bulk carrier Al Khaliq was hijacked when pirates boarded and overpowered the mostly Indian crew in waters between Somalia and the Seychelles, the joint European Union-NATO mission to protect shipping in the region said.
"Within the last hour, an EU NAVFOR maritime patrol aircraft has confirmed the hijack of MV Al Khaliq, (with) six pirates on board and two attack skiffs in tow," it said.
"The mother skiff has already been taken on board with a crane," it added of the early-morning attack, 180 nautical miles west of the Seychelles.
A spokeswoman in London had earlier said "there were 26 crew on board, 24 of whom are Indian and two Burmese."
The Italian carrier Jolly Rosso managed to shake off its attackers in a dramatic incident off the Kenyan coast, which along with the hijacking hundreds of miles away, highlighted the difficulty for international naval forces scrambling to contain a huge upsurge in attacks this year.
Pirates aboard two small skiffs unleashed "automatic fire and also fired three rocket-propelled grenades" at the 22,000-tonne ship, 400 nautical miles east of Mombasa, the naval mission added.
But it managed to shake off its attackers by opening its throttles to 18 knots, the spokeswoman said.
"The ship took appropriate evasive action, managed to evade the attack and is proceeding on her voyage," said the statement.
"There were no casualties."
NATO's closest ship in the Somali basin was eight hours away from the Al Khaliq when it was seized. A Belgian warship has since been despatched to the area alongside a Seychelles coastguard vessel.
"We are working with coalition partners" from the EU, the US and other independent missions, the spokeswoman added.
Incidents off the coast of lawless Somalia rose to 47 during the first nine months of 2009 from 12 in the same period a year ago, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said Wednesday.
In the Gulf of Aden there were 100 attacks compared to 51.
Since last year a flotilla of foreign warships has been patrolling the piracy-plagued Gulf of Aden, one of the busiest maritime trade routes on the globe.
The Kuala Lumpur-based watchdog said that globally, 114 vessels were boarded and 34 hijacked during the first nine months of 2009. A total of 661 crew members were taken hostage, six were killed and eight are missing.
Attacks have recently risen again after a lull between July and September which the IMB attributes to monsoon conditions which make the seas too rough for pirates to operate in small boats.
In Brussels, the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission said a Chinese cargo ship seized in the Indian Ocean with 25 crew arrived on Thursday in waters favoured by Somali pirates.
"The hijacked bulk carrier the De Xin Hai is confirmed to have arrived off the coast of Somalia and is now in the vicinity of Hobyo," it said, adding it was unknown if the pirates had contacted the owners or made any demands.
Aircraft belonging to the European Union's Atalanta anti-piracy mission were monitoring the situation, it added, after Chinese state media said the vessel has enough fuel for a month and ample supplies of food and water.
In another development, the Seychelles said Thursday it was to deploy troops to some of its outer islands to deter Somali pirates that have been hunting their prey ever closer to the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. Pirate-hemmed Seychelles to deploy troops on remote isles
President James Michel "approved the immediate deployment of the Seychelles Peoples Defence Forces to the islands" situated north and south of the main island of Mahe, a statement from the president's office said.
With 115 islands scattered inside an exclusive economic zone spanning 1.4 million square kilometres and a population of only 85,000, the Seychelles has requested foreign assistance to stave off the pirates.
The bulk carrier Al Khaliq was hijacked when pirates boarded and overpowered the mostly Indian crew in waters between Somalia and the Seychelles, the joint European Union-NATO mission to protect shipping in the region said.
"Within the last hour, an EU NAVFOR maritime patrol aircraft has confirmed the hijack of MV Al Khaliq, (with) six pirates on board and two attack skiffs in tow," it said.
"The mother skiff has already been taken on board with a crane," it added of the early-morning attack, 180 nautical miles west of the Seychelles.
A spokeswoman in London had earlier said "there were 26 crew on board, 24 of whom are Indian and two Burmese."
The Italian carrier Jolly Rosso managed to shake off its attackers in a dramatic incident off the Kenyan coast, which along with the hijacking hundreds of miles away, highlighted the difficulty for international naval forces scrambling to contain a huge upsurge in attacks this year.
Pirates aboard two small skiffs unleashed "automatic fire and also fired three rocket-propelled grenades" at the 22,000-tonne ship, 400 nautical miles east of Mombasa, the naval mission added.
But it managed to shake off its attackers by opening its throttles to 18 knots, the spokeswoman said.
"The ship took appropriate evasive action, managed to evade the attack and is proceeding on her voyage," said the statement.
"There were no casualties."
NATO's closest ship in the Somali basin was eight hours away from the Al Khaliq when it was seized. A Belgian warship has since been despatched to the area alongside a Seychelles coastguard vessel.
"We are working with coalition partners" from the EU, the US and other independent missions, the spokeswoman added.
Incidents off the coast of lawless Somalia rose to 47 during the first nine months of 2009 from 12 in the same period a year ago, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said Wednesday.
In the Gulf of Aden there were 100 attacks compared to 51.
Since last year a flotilla of foreign warships has been patrolling the piracy-plagued Gulf of Aden, one of the busiest maritime trade routes on the globe.
The Kuala Lumpur-based watchdog said that globally, 114 vessels were boarded and 34 hijacked during the first nine months of 2009. A total of 661 crew members were taken hostage, six were killed and eight are missing.
Attacks have recently risen again after a lull between July and September which the IMB attributes to monsoon conditions which make the seas too rough for pirates to operate in small boats.
In Brussels, the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission said a Chinese cargo ship seized in the Indian Ocean with 25 crew arrived on Thursday in waters favoured by Somali pirates.
"The hijacked bulk carrier the De Xin Hai is confirmed to have arrived off the coast of Somalia and is now in the vicinity of Hobyo," it said, adding it was unknown if the pirates had contacted the owners or made any demands.
Aircraft belonging to the European Union's Atalanta anti-piracy mission were monitoring the situation, it added, after Chinese state media said the vessel has enough fuel for a month and ample supplies of food and water.
In another development, the Seychelles said Thursday it was to deploy troops to some of its outer islands to deter Somali pirates that have been hunting their prey ever closer to the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. Pirate-hemmed Seychelles to deploy troops on remote isles
President James Michel "approved the immediate deployment of the Seychelles Peoples Defence Forces to the islands" situated north and south of the main island of Mahe, a statement from the president's office said.
With 115 islands scattered inside an exclusive economic zone spanning 1.4 million square kilometres and a population of only 85,000, the Seychelles has requested foreign assistance to stave off the pirates.
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Shipping News and information / Call for 'drink-drive' ban at sea
« on: October 22, 2009, 02:46:28 PM »
Marine investigators have called for a "drink driving" ban at sea after a trainee sailor drowned at port.
Call for 'drink-drive' ban at sea .Brian Daly, 20, was pulled from the water in Swansea docks three days after he disappeared from the cargo ship MV Arklow Willow in December 2007.
The Irish seaman had high levels of alcohol in his blood because he went drinking before starting duty.
Call for 'drink-drive' ban at sea .Brian Daly, 20, was pulled from the water in Swansea docks three days after he disappeared from the cargo ship MV Arklow Willow in December 2007.
The Irish seaman had high levels of alcohol in his blood because he went drinking before starting duty.
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Shipping News and information / Chinese ship seized as Somali piracy drifts East
« on: October 19, 2009, 07:04:33 PM »
Somali pirates hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier Monday northeast of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, as the marauding sea bandits hunted their prey ever further from base to wrong-foot naval patrols.
According to the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission (EU NAVFOR), the unnamed ship was seized 550 nautical miles (1,000 kilometres) northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles off the east coast of Somalia.
"On indication of an attack an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft, operating from the Seychelles was launched to investigate the incident," the EU naval mission said in a statement from its headquarters in Britain.
The ship was not registered with the force's Horn of Africa Maritime Security Centre, the statement added.
EU naval spokesman John Harbour told AFP the ship had a crew of 25, all of them Chinese nationals.
Chinese state media said the ship's name was De Xin Hai and was carrying coal. China's Ministry of Transport said relevant government agencies were making efforts to rescue the ship, which was en route from South Africa to India, according to Xinhua news agency.
According to maritime sources in the Indian Ocean, it is the first time pirates have boarded a merchant vessel east of the 60th meridian, between the Seychelles and Maldives archipelagos.
The capture of the Chinese ship brings to six the total number of vessels currently in the hands of Somali pirates.
According to non-governmental observers Ecoterra International, at least 179 attacks have been carried out by Somali pirates since the start of 2009 alone, 52 of them successful hijackings.
Since last year a flotilla of foreign warships has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden, one of the busiest maritime trade routes on the globe, prompting pirates to operate far out in the Indian Ocean.
Experts had warned in recent days that subsiding winds near the Seychelles had attracted pirates, who generally launch attacks from so-called "mother ships" with tiny skiffs.
Pirates focus most of their attacks on transitional weather periods between monsoons when the seas are calm enough for them to operate. This year's summer season came later than last year. Related article: France to support Seychelles courts
The Seychelles, a tiny nation already hard-hit by the global financial crisis, has pleaded for international help in fighting piracy.
Joel Morgan, the island state's minister in charge of anti-piracy, said Sunday during a visit by French Defence Minister Herve Morin that maritime traffic in the area had dropped by a third due to piracy.
The Seychelles economy is highly reliant on revenue from high-end tourism, including cruises, as well as on a tuna-fishing industry whose trawlers have come under attack over the past year.
France has deployed troops on some of its fishing fleet there while Spanish trawlers had enlisted private security after the government deemed it illegal to grant state military protection.
According to Madrid's El Pais daily, eight Spanish ships are currently employing former British soldiers -- including Gurkhas -- supplied by British security firm Minimal Risk.
A Singaporean-flagged container vessel seized on Thursday near the Seychelles has now reached Somali waters, near the pirate hub of Hobyo, said Andrew Mwangura, head of East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.
He said a naval vessel was shadowing the MV Kota Wajar, with its cargo of 360 containers and crew of 21 from Singapore, India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Ecoterra said in a statement that the newly-hijacked ship's captain transferred some of his fuel to the nearby MV Ariana, a Maltese-flagged ship owned by a Greek company and carrying a Ukrainian crew.
During long hijackings, fuel is crucial to powering generators that can run communication equipment, refrigerators where food and medical supplies are kept and bilge pumps.
According to the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission (EU NAVFOR), the unnamed ship was seized 550 nautical miles (1,000 kilometres) northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles off the east coast of Somalia.
"On indication of an attack an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft, operating from the Seychelles was launched to investigate the incident," the EU naval mission said in a statement from its headquarters in Britain.
The ship was not registered with the force's Horn of Africa Maritime Security Centre, the statement added.
EU naval spokesman John Harbour told AFP the ship had a crew of 25, all of them Chinese nationals.
Chinese state media said the ship's name was De Xin Hai and was carrying coal. China's Ministry of Transport said relevant government agencies were making efforts to rescue the ship, which was en route from South Africa to India, according to Xinhua news agency.
According to maritime sources in the Indian Ocean, it is the first time pirates have boarded a merchant vessel east of the 60th meridian, between the Seychelles and Maldives archipelagos.
The capture of the Chinese ship brings to six the total number of vessels currently in the hands of Somali pirates.
According to non-governmental observers Ecoterra International, at least 179 attacks have been carried out by Somali pirates since the start of 2009 alone, 52 of them successful hijackings.
Since last year a flotilla of foreign warships has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden, one of the busiest maritime trade routes on the globe, prompting pirates to operate far out in the Indian Ocean.
Experts had warned in recent days that subsiding winds near the Seychelles had attracted pirates, who generally launch attacks from so-called "mother ships" with tiny skiffs.
Pirates focus most of their attacks on transitional weather periods between monsoons when the seas are calm enough for them to operate. This year's summer season came later than last year. Related article: France to support Seychelles courts
The Seychelles, a tiny nation already hard-hit by the global financial crisis, has pleaded for international help in fighting piracy.
Joel Morgan, the island state's minister in charge of anti-piracy, said Sunday during a visit by French Defence Minister Herve Morin that maritime traffic in the area had dropped by a third due to piracy.
The Seychelles economy is highly reliant on revenue from high-end tourism, including cruises, as well as on a tuna-fishing industry whose trawlers have come under attack over the past year.
France has deployed troops on some of its fishing fleet there while Spanish trawlers had enlisted private security after the government deemed it illegal to grant state military protection.
According to Madrid's El Pais daily, eight Spanish ships are currently employing former British soldiers -- including Gurkhas -- supplied by British security firm Minimal Risk.
A Singaporean-flagged container vessel seized on Thursday near the Seychelles has now reached Somali waters, near the pirate hub of Hobyo, said Andrew Mwangura, head of East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.
He said a naval vessel was shadowing the MV Kota Wajar, with its cargo of 360 containers and crew of 21 from Singapore, India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Ecoterra said in a statement that the newly-hijacked ship's captain transferred some of his fuel to the nearby MV Ariana, a Maltese-flagged ship owned by a Greek company and carrying a Ukrainian crew.
During long hijackings, fuel is crucial to powering generators that can run communication equipment, refrigerators where food and medical supplies are kept and bilge pumps.
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Shipping News and information / Iran shipping firm denies UK charge of nuke ties
« on: October 17, 2009, 05:28:47 PM »
An Iranian shipping company has dismissed a British allegation that its activities are linked to Tehran's sensitive atomic
London has ban British finance companies to stop trading with an Iranian shipping company.Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines claims it has not violated any rule or facilitated transport of consignments aimed at helping the nuclear programme, the report said.
On Monday, London said it had ordered financial companies to stop trade with IRISL as it transports "goods for both Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programmes."
A company statement published by Sarmayeh said "IRISL has committed no violation of rules and regulations.
"Transportation of nuclear consignments by ships of this company is a baseless claim ... and the fact that the British government has not brought any evidence proves this."
The British ban was revealed in the House of Commons by Treasury Minister Sarah McCarthy-Fry.
The ban also applied to a leading Iranian financial institution, Bank Mellat, for allegedly giving services to an organisation "connected to Iran's proliferation-sensitive activities."
The bank too has brushed off the ban, saying the order did not amount to any sanction and that its assets will not be blocked in Britain.
Western powers suspect Iran's nuclear programme is aimed at making atomic weapons, a charge strongly denied by Tehran.
Iran's nuclear programme has been hugely controversial, with the United States leading economic and political pressures to make Iran halt its sensitive atomic activities.
London has ban British finance companies to stop trading with an Iranian shipping company.Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines claims it has not violated any rule or facilitated transport of consignments aimed at helping the nuclear programme, the report said.
On Monday, London said it had ordered financial companies to stop trade with IRISL as it transports "goods for both Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programmes."
A company statement published by Sarmayeh said "IRISL has committed no violation of rules and regulations.
"Transportation of nuclear consignments by ships of this company is a baseless claim ... and the fact that the British government has not brought any evidence proves this."
The British ban was revealed in the House of Commons by Treasury Minister Sarah McCarthy-Fry.
The ban also applied to a leading Iranian financial institution, Bank Mellat, for allegedly giving services to an organisation "connected to Iran's proliferation-sensitive activities."
The bank too has brushed off the ban, saying the order did not amount to any sanction and that its assets will not be blocked in Britain.
Western powers suspect Iran's nuclear programme is aimed at making atomic weapons, a charge strongly denied by Tehran.
Iran's nuclear programme has been hugely controversial, with the United States leading economic and political pressures to make Iran halt its sensitive atomic activities.
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Shipping News and information / Cross-Channel ferries suspended after strike
« on: October 16, 2009, 02:51:27 PM »
Cross-Channel ferry services are in chaos as French workers blockade the Port of Calai
SeaFrance has suspended its services for 24 hours until Saturday as workers strike in protest at job losses at the firm.
P&O Ferries has also suspended all crossings after one of its sailing ships from Dover, the Pride of Burgundy, was prevented from docking at Calais on Friday morning.
P&O spokeswoman Michelle Ulyatt said: "We are currently in a situation where ferry services are suspended. Around 300 SeaFrance workers are congregating around the berths at Calais and they have a dinghy blocking one of the berths.
"We are transferring customers over to Eurotunnel and in the meantime putting as much pressure as possible on the French authorities to clear SeaFrance workers so we can continue our business."
P&O Ferries said it took the decision to turn around the Pride of Burgundy, carrying passengers and freight, and bring her back to Dover.
SeaFrance has suspended its services for 24 hours until Saturday as workers strike in protest at job losses at the firm.
P&O Ferries has also suspended all crossings after one of its sailing ships from Dover, the Pride of Burgundy, was prevented from docking at Calais on Friday morning.
P&O spokeswoman Michelle Ulyatt said: "We are currently in a situation where ferry services are suspended. Around 300 SeaFrance workers are congregating around the berths at Calais and they have a dinghy blocking one of the berths.
"We are transferring customers over to Eurotunnel and in the meantime putting as much pressure as possible on the French authorities to clear SeaFrance workers so we can continue our business."
P&O Ferries said it took the decision to turn around the Pride of Burgundy, carrying passengers and freight, and bring her back to Dover.
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Shipping News and information / LYS-SKOG Renamed SKOG
« on: October 15, 2009, 11:34:03 AM »
Lys-Skog is renamed Skog and is trading on the open market for Owners account.
I f anyone spots her can you get some pics?
Kind Regards
Patrick
I f anyone spots her can you get some pics?
Kind Regards
Patrick
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Shipping News and information / www.irishships.com
« on: October 02, 2009, 10:56:09 PM »
View this amazing site, flick through 100s of pictures, Watch spectacular videos of ship collisions, rough seas, ships in drydock! The history of past present and future shipping in ireland.
www.irishships.com
Enjoy
Patrick
www.irishships.com
Enjoy
Patrick
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Shipping News and information / UK Forced To Import Half Its Gas This Winter
« on: October 02, 2009, 11:34:23 AM »
I will send the link rather than copy and paste
Its more detailed this way.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091002/tuk-uk-forced-to-import-half-its-gas-thi-45dbed5.html
Its more detailed this way.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091002/tuk-uk-forced-to-import-half-its-gas-thi-45dbed5.html
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