While the families of the 23 crew members of the 'Abdullah', the ship owner, the authorities concerned and the countrymen are worried about the situation, there has been no progress in their release. Although the ship owner and the government were working hard, there was doubt whether they will be released before Eidul Fitr (April 9/10). As a result, the families of the hostages were becoming increasingly anxious. After the release, it could take at least a month to complete the process and bring the sailors back. The SR Shipping said on the afternoon of March 30, that they were working hard to release the hostages before Eid and talking to the pirates' representatives every day. The talks were progressing. The food and water stored on the ship, which is anchored 1.5 nautical miles off the coast of Jifl in the Gedoberjan district of Somalia, was meanwhile running out. Before the hijacking, the ship had 200 tons of fresh water stored. Now the sailors have rationed water. When the ship was hijacked, it had about 25 days of frozen food stored for the sailors. However, there is a lot of dry food stored for a long time.
News
ARMOISE
On March 30, 2024, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that several migrant boats were in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais and depolyged the 'Armoise,' to assist a boat off the coast of Bray Dunes in the morning. The crew of the 'Armoise' noticed that the boat had an engine damage and picked up the 55 people who were dropped off at the dock at the port of Dunkirk, where they were taken care of. In the morning, another boat was reported in difficulty off the coast of Marck. The CROSS then deployed the 'Flamant' of the French Navy which took care of 20 people. The rest of the people on the boat refused the assistance offered by French means. Given the risks incurred by migrants in the event of restrictive actions to force them to board State rescue resources such as falling overboard, thermal shock and various trauma, it was decided to let them continue their voyage. The rescued castaways were disembarked in Calais, where they were taken care of by land teams. The 'Flamant' monitored the boat on its way. The police boat 'Eulimene' was tasked to assist another boat with three migrants on board. The crew of the speedboat picked up the three people and took care of them.
Halsa
With a NOK 1.23 billion offer, Fjord1 won the concession to run the E39 Halsa-Kanestraum route, the latest major ferry connection awarded by the Norwegian Road Authority.
Singapore
Construction work on the second phase of the Tuas mega port began yesterday with the installation of the first concrete structure for the wharf. A total of 227 concrete structures or caissons, each weighing 13,000 tonnes, will be installed over the next eight years to construct the wharf, the largest in the mega port. Almost 400ha of land will be reclaimed for the second phase, which will have 21 container berths and be able to handle 21 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo annually. In April, the last of 221 caissons for the first phase of the mega-port project was installed. Last year, a consortium of three companies – Penta Ocean Construction, Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Boskalis International – won a $1.46 billion contract to develop the second phase of the Tuas port.
DALI
The tug 'Crystal Coast', pushing a fuel barge, was the first vessel to move through the newly created temporary alternate channel in Baltimore following the collapse of the Key Bridge, headed to Dover Air Force Base with jet fuel. The emergency passageway, whichz is 264 feet wide and 11 feet deep, was cleared on April 1 to allow essential vessels to pass along the Patapsco River around the mangled wreckage at the bridge disaster site. Two crane barges, a 650-ton crane and a 330-ton crane were actively working on scene. Wreckage was continued to be lifted and transferred to a barge as daylight allows. A second 15-foot channel was expected to open soon to allow vessels access to the Port of Baltimore, along with a third, even deeper channel. Auxiliary channels were planned to open along the northeast section of the channel and one running along the south. There was pre-existing debris along the south side of the channel that the Coast Guard was working to remove. The two temporary channels will mainly be for response vessels, commercially essential vehicles and those participating in salvage efforts. A deeper third channel is in the works that would require up to 25 feet of depth to operate, but more debris surrounding the 'Dali' needed to be removed. In phase three, ships with 20 to 25 foot draft will be able to pass then. Howeverm untangling the mangled mess of debris remained a dangerous task. The Unified Response team continued the difficult job of cutting away pieces of what remained of the Key Bridge. A 350-ton chunk of steel was expected to be removed in the evening of April 1, but lightning was a concern. A 200-ton piece of the bridge was removed from the crash site on March 30. The channel will be marked with government-lighted aids to navigation and will have a controlling depth of 11 feet, a 264-foot horizontal clearance, and a vertical clearance of 96 feet. The current 2,000-yard safety zone around the Francis Scott Key Bridge remained in effect, intended to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment. No vessel or person will be permitted to enter the safety zone without obtaining permission from the COTP or a designated representative. A survey is also underway to determine how hard the ground is around the 'Dali' to develop a strategy for its removal. The Unified Command is comprised of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Transportation Authority, Maryland State Police, and business consultant Witt O'Brien's, which is representing Synergy Marine, the Singapore company that managed the ship. The cleanup effort at the wreckage site of the Key Bridge will be a 24 hours a day-effort until the Port of Baltimore is back open. The priorities are recovering the four remaining victims, clearing the channel to open vessel traffic for the port, and providing support to those who have been impacted by the crisis. State and federal organizations were already working to provide economic assistance to individuals and small businesses that have been impacted by the collapse. The crew of the 'Dali' will remain on board the vessel until the investigation into the accident has been completed. Representatives from Grace Ocean Pte and Synergy Marine, the Singapore-flagged ship's owner and managing company respectively, reported that all crew members were actively engaged in their standard duties and are assisting the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Coast Guard with the ongoing investigation. The owner of the ship, the Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., is seeking to cap the amount of damages. The company can be forced to pay for the disaster at $43 million and filed a “limitation of liability” action in federal court on April 1, invoking a little-known statute used in maritime law. The complaint asks a federal judge to consolidate claims against the company in U.S. District Court in Maryland and to either find the company not liable at all or to cap its liability at $43 million, which the company claims is the value of the ship and its freight. Reports with photo and video: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/first-vessel-passes-through-temporary-channel-near-key-bridge-wreckage-site/ar-BB1kSfh9 https://www.keybridgeresponse2024.com/post/update-5-multimedia-release-first-vessel-passes-through-temporary-alternate-channel-around-key-brid
RYOUYOUMARU
On March 31, 2024, at around 4:00 a.m. the "Ryoyo Maru" ran agorund and was breached in shallow water off the coast of Ainan Town in the southern Ehime Prefecture, causing its engine room to get flooded and becoming unnavigable. The Japan Coast Guard sent a patrol boat to the scene to rescue the crew. There were no injuries to the crew, and no oil spills have been confirmed so far. The ship was in danger of sinking due to the flooding, and it was investigated whehter it could be towed by tugs or intentionally run aground. Report with illustration: https://crane1000.com/cargo-ship-ryouyou-maru-collides-with-shallow-water-off-the-coast-of-ainan-town-engine-room-floods-and-navigation-becomes-impossible/#google_vignette
Gothenburg
APM Terminals Gothenburg has managed to cut quay crane waiting times by as much as 90% by implementing new standard operational procedures for container lashing. This translates to a reduction from 38 minutes to just four. Using ‘Lean’ methodology, which is being adopted across all of the company’s terminals around the world, a Transformation Team at APM Terminals Gothenburg identified the root cause of the time delay – inaccurate information provided to the vessel crew.
Timaru
A massive container ship will return to Timaru on Sunday after the world’s largest logistics company confirmed weekly visits to the port. This follows a trial late in May when the 286.5 metre long and 40m wide, Rio de Janeiro’s berthing acted as a test run for similar sized ships to dock in Timaru after a $2.5 million project to widen the port’s inner breakwater entrance from 90m to 140m. PrimePort chief executive Phil Melhopt confirmed the 6pm Sunday call of the giant vessel and said it was another demonstration of the forward steps the port was taking. “Maersk shipping line have been very consistent since the Timaru container terminal started their operations in 2014 and will be calling in at Timaru again,” he said. “They have recently announced their Southern Star Rio Class will form part of their service into Timaru. They’re going to call here going forward.
FS FLAMANT
On March 30, 2024, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that several migrant boats were in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais and depolyged the 'Armoise,' to assist a boat off the coast of Bray Dunes in the morning. The crew of the 'Armoise' noticed that the boat had an engine damage and picked up the 55 people who were dropped off at the dock at the port of Dunkirk, where they were taken care of. In the morning, another boat was reported in difficulty off the coast of Marck. The CROSS then deployed the 'Flamant' of the French Navy which took care of 20 people. The rest of the people on the boat refused the assistance offered by French means. Given the risks incurred by migrants in the event of restrictive actions to force them to board State rescue resources such as falling overboard, thermal shock and various trauma, it was decided to let them continue their voyage. The rescued castaways were disembarked in Calais, where they were taken care of by land teams. The 'Flamant' monitored the boat on its way. The police boat 'Eulimene' was tasked to assist another boat with three migrants on board. The crew of the speedboat picked up the three people and took care of them.
ANE MAERSK
The 'Ane Maersk', the world's first large methanol powered container m/v made a maiden call at Port of Hamburg, en route from Felixstowe, on March 28, 2024, t 6.20 a.m. UTC. The vessel had started its maiden voyage from the Port of Colombo and is calling at a series of European ports, including Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp, London, and Le Havre. The ship is running on green methanol and emits two-thirds less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. It is equipped with dual fuel technology and can also run on Ultra-low sulfur fuel (ULSFO) or bio-diesel. The ship sailed again on March 30 at 8.15 a.m. and reached Antwerp as next port on April 1.
Rijeka
After many creditors withdrew distraint proceedings, the Commercial Court in Rijeka decided on Thursday to postpone the bankruptcy of Croatia’s debt-ridden shipyard “3. Maj” until Aug. 1. Seven days ago the shipyard’s account was blocked for 156 million kuna (23.8 million U.S. dollars). After some of the creditors pulled back, the blockade now amounts to 86 million kuna (13.1 million U.S. dollars). Judge of the Commercial Court in Rijeka Ljiljana Ugrin urged Croatian Electricity Industry and the Croatian government to engage in the process of revocation of the enforcement order, so that “3. Maj” could continue with unfinished shipbuilding contracts.
Balboa
Balboa, Jul 4 -- Panama Canal Port Condition report for Jul 4. Projected backlog at 0001 hrs: Fifty-one vessels today, 47 tomorrow and 44 on Jul 6. There are 29 vessels arriving today, 30 tomorrow and 42 on Jul 6. There are 33 vessels scheduled for today and 33 for tomorrow. Estimated delays for vessels without reservation/non-booked: Northbound: All types of vessels, two days. Southbound: All types of vessels, one to two days