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On Oct 4, 2022, short after 8:30 a.m. the emergency services received an alert that a 23 year old crew member of the 'Mère du Christ' had crushed his leg in a reel aboard a trawler off Boulogne-sur-mer. At around 8:50 a.m., the ship returned to the quay so that the emergency services took charge of the victim. The victim was taken care of by the firefighters of Boulogne and Marquise to be transported to the Duchenne hospital. He an open wound with a suspected fracture of the tibia fibula. Report with photo: https://lasemainedansleboulonnais.nordlittoral.fr/154635/article/2022-10-04/boulogne-sur-mer-un-matelot-s-ecrase-la-jambe-bord-d-un-chalutier

The 'H.C Hagemann' is being recycled in the frame of a pilot project in Kiel in which a ship can be dismantled in an environmentally friendly manner by the Cuxhaven based company Leviathan at the German Naval Yard. Leviathan advances in Kiel by remote control, working with a water jet with 2500 bar pressure to cut through the steel plates of the hull. Reinforced steel pipes, engine parts and armored rubbing strips on the hull of the "H.C. Hagemann 1" are also cleanly cut. The water used during the cutting process is collected. The ship's berth is fully secured. Nothing gets into the harbour water or into the ground. The demand for an ecologically responsible solution for recycling old ships is increasing as is the pressure on the shipping companies. The test object is an old landing craft that was used between the mainland and Heligoland in the recent years. The ship was built in 1955 as the French landing craft "Ardeche" for the French Army and sailed on the Rhine. German report with photo: https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/schiff-recycling-wie-in-kiel-schiffe-mit-dem-wasserstrahl-zerschnitten-werden-PY4SHSB6CIZFMHU3UHK3VVJUWE.html

FBCCI would like CTG port’s capacity increased After completion of some development projects like Bangabandhu Industrial City a s nd other economic zones of the country within years, the pressure on Chittagong Port will increase several times. Against this backdrop, the capacity of the port needs to be increased to cope with increasing demand As the economy recovers from the Covid, leading business leaders of the country have emphasized on increasing the capacity of Chittagong Port to cope with increasing export and import in the coming days. President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) Jasim Uddin made the remarks at the first meeting of the FBCCI Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping on Thursday afternoon, according to a press release. He said that Bangladesh will become a member of developed economies by 2041 as set by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the capacity and service of the Chittagong Port need to be improved like the developed countries. He u rged the standing committee to find short, medium and long the problems regarding the Chittagong Port.term solutions by identifying After completion of some development projects like Bangabandhu Industrial City and other economic zones of the country with in years, the pressure on Chittagong Port will increase several times. Against this backdrop, the capacity of the port needs to be increased to cope with increasing demands, said FBCCI boss. "If the capacity of Chittagong port is increased, it will be poss ible to reduce the cost of doing business in the country by at least 5%. At the same time, the interest of foreign entrepreneurs to invest in this country will also increase," he said. "At present, the speed of cargo vehicles on the Dhaka hour. If this speed Chittagong highway is 40 kilometres per d is doubled, the competitiveness of the export sector will increase by 6%," FBCCI boss further said. FBCCI vice-president Amin Helaly said that some more ports would be opened in the future. “If we can work according to the plan, the progress of the count utilizing the potential of these ports,” he said. FBCCI vicery can be further accelerated by president Habib Ullah Dawn alleged that importing vehicles through Chittagong port would cost double the fare as compared to Mongla port. He remarked that different fares in diff Standing Committee Directorinerent ports in the same country is unreasonable. Charge AM Mahbub Chowdhury said the profit of Chittagong port has increased several times in the last few years. Despite being a nonprofit service organization, it was taking increase the amount of profit, he added. steps to increase the tariff again to The Chairman of the committee Dr Pervez Shazzad Aktar called for not increasing the tariff in order to create a business friendly environment. He said most tariffs have to be paid in dollars. If tariff increases, the cost of also increase. foreign exchange will Moreover, foreign ship owners can also increase the fare in this opportunity. In that case, there will be fear of an increase in the price of imported goods. In the open discussion, the members of the standing committe port and customs officials to speed up the import hoped for the cooperation of the export activities.

Fifth X-Bow cruise ship for SunStone Ships US-based SunStone Ships are having innovative Infinity class expedition cruise ships with X-Bow built in China, and things are happening in quick succession: The GREG MORTIMER (IMO 9834648), which was completed in 2019, was followed by the OCEAN EXPLORER (IMO 9883194) in July 2021 and the OCEAN VICTORY (IMO 9868869) in October 2021, which will also be followed this year by the SYLVIA EARLE (IMO 9872327). On November 9, 2021, the fifth Infinity class ship was already launched at China Merchants Heavy Industries in Haimen: the OCEAN ODYSSEY (IMO 9880673). Like the OCEAN EXPLORER that has already been delivered, she is intended for the charterer Vantage Travel and is scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter 2022. The further ships of this class currently under construction are the OCEAN ALBATROS and OCEAN DISCOVERER. Full article + images: https://www.cruisedeck.de/stapellauf-der-ocean-odyssey/

While working on board the 'Madiana' (ex 'Scilly), a fisherman was seriously injured off Saint-Cast-Le-Guildo (Côtes-d'Armor), on Oct 3, 2022, at around 1:30 p.m. The victim had fallen into the water after a drag movement while the vessel was fishing for scallops. A nearby boat of the SNSM rendezvoused with the trawler, and the injured was transferred aboard. The lifeboat arrived at the port of Saint-Cast at around 2:30 p.m. The fisherman was taken taken on board of a Dragon 50 helicopter which took him to the hospital of Saint-Brieuc, where he came into the intensive care unit.

In the evening of Oct 3, 2022, the sailing yacht 'Au La La' had to anchor near the Borssele Total jetty after the ship ran out of fuel. The 'Multratug 22' was quickly on site and took the yacht in tow and eventually moored it safely in the inner port of Flushing. Photos: https://www.tugspotters.com/app/content/2022/10/multratug-22-met-zeiljacht-au-la-la-naar-vlissingen-03-10-2022/

On November 18, the first steel cut for the SILVER NOVA for Silversea Cruises was celebrated at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, and the construction phase officially began. The SILVER NOVA will be hybrid driven: LNG is to be used as the main fuel, fuel cells and batteries are to be used in ports so that the ship can stay there without emissions. The SILVER NOVA will be measured with approx. 54,700 gross tons and designed for 728 passengers. Delivery is planned for summer 2023. Full article + image: https://www.cruisedeck.de/bau-der-silver-nova-hat-begonnen/

Fourth Edge class ship under construction. The first steel cut for the CELEBRITY ASCENT was celebrated on November 17, 2021 at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint Nazaire, France. It is already the fourth Edge class ship for Celebrity Cruises – after the CELEBRITY EDGE, CELEBRITY APEX and CELEBRITY BEYOND. The ships are each 306 meters long and measured with approx. 130,000 gross tons. A special feature of these cruise ships is the so-called Magic Carpet, a vertically movable deck on the starboard side. The CELEBRITY ASCENT is expected to be completed by the second half of 2023. Full article: https://www.cruisedeck.de/erster-stahlschnitt-fuer-celebrity-ascent/

The 'Abeille Flandre' returned to Brest on Sep 30, before being demolished next spring at the Navaleo shipyard, like her sister ship, the 'Abeille Languedoc'. The ship, coming from Toulon for its final voyage, had to call at La Coruña due to bad weather. The ship was escorted by the 'Abeille Bourbon', then greeted with the fire hoses and long siren blasts of his successor in the port. The 'Abeille Flandre' then took up the berth of the 'Abeille Bourbon', the Quai Malbert, in the commercial port. On the bridge were seen Jean Bulot, former captain from 1979 to 1994, Jean-Paul Hellequin, former cook of the ship and president of the Mor Glaz association for the protection of the sea and sailors, or Fortuné Pellicano, deputy mayor of Brest. Open ship could only start on Oct 2, and 1500 people visited the tug within a few hours. Report with photos: https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/marine-merchante/l-abeille-flandre-est-arrivee-a-brest-ou-elle-sera-deconstruite-debut-2023

In the afternoon of Oct 1, 2022, the Port Authority of Patras was informed about the injury of a crew member of the 'Superfast I' aboard the ship. He was transferred to the University General Hospital of Patras for medical treatment, from where he was later discharged. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the Central Port Authority of Patras.

The Port of Kiel has launched a three-step plan that puts the port's 'Blue Port' concept into concrete terms, as a framework of its effort to completely reduce all of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030. "The port will be climate-neutral by the end of this decade," noted Dr. Dirk Claus, Managing Director of Port of Kiel. The port's three-step plan envisages covering 60% of the energy requirements of ships calling at Kiel with green electricity as early as next year. This figure is expected to reach 80-90% by 2025, before climate neutrality is achieved for all activities of the German port in 2030, through a range of measures to supply port facilities with 100% climate-neutral green electricity that have already been implemented. The port is also planning to further decrease nitrogen oxides emissions. According to an environmental report, the Port of Kiel already avoided more than 6,200 tonnes of CO2 in 2020, while almost 18,800 tonnes were still emitted. The energy demand at the terminals has already been sustainably reduced by switching to economical LED technology and increasing energy efficiency, while photovoltaic systems provide around 290,000-kilowatt hours of solar energy every year. The port in the Baltic is also gradually converting its own vehicle fleet to electric drive and offers incentives to customers to promote the decarbonisation process. Moreover, the port has invested in on-shore power to reduce emissions. After the first system for shore-side power supply was connected to Norwegenkai in 2019, a second larger one was commissioned at Ostseekai in June, earlier this year. In the meantime, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is funding the establishment of a digital test field in the port to make the processes at the freight terminals even more efficient. Operational processes will therefore be optimised and made more sustainable on the basis of a 5G campus network. In this way, climate-neutral growth in port handling is expected to be supported by innovative information technology (IT). Measures towards zero emissions by 2030 in the German port also include electrification of the vehicle fleet, such as industrial trucks, digitalisation of operational processes for increased efficiency, as well as tariff-based environmental discount as an incentive for climate-friendly transformation.

Heavy rains put pressure on Itaqui and Ponta da Madeira terminal Heavy rains in state of Maranhão have put pressure on the shipment of iron ore and soybeans. Climatologically, the month of March is one of the rainiest months of the year in the region of São Luís, capital of Maranhão. However, we are facing the second rainiest March in 15 years, having already accumulated more than 686mm. During this week, the region reported a line up of 70 vessels. In addition, an accident with one of the eight conveyors belt that load the iron to the ships at the beginning of the year made the productivity projections more distant from being reached. According to José Reinaldo, ex-governor and ex-minister of Transport, a way to minimize the problems would be to start the transition from the Ponta da Madeira Terminal to receive other cargo, especially from agribusiness. It is worth mentioning that the completion of the North-South Railway and its connection with Fico (Central-West Integration Railway), scheduled for the next three years, will cause the volume of agribusiness loads to rise and the EFC (Railroad) Vale's Carajás), in addition to the ports in Maranhão, could become bottlenecked for the flow of these new volumes. To avoid the bottleneck, Reinaldo suggests the construction of a railway extension from the EFC to the TPA (Alcântara Port Terminal), a private terminal already approved by ANTAQ. The new terminal negotiates with Vale to make the handling of ore cargo feasible. TPA draft is superior to that of Ponta da Madeira and would expand the Brazilian ore shipping capacity. It is estimated that TPA's handling capacity could reach 560 million tons per year, which would make it the largest iron ore port on the planet. Companies should be aware of potential disputes with demurrage claims and cargo (soy) quality due humidity. With informations from Agência INFRA. Our team is closely monitoring the situation. For any questions please direct to noelmagioli@gmail.com