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Ad £18.50 (33847) format usttated, £17.88 (33617) £7.95 (33860) Published by HPC Pubishing, Dray Lar SiLgonards-on Sea, East Sussex, TNS GEN, UK Tal +44 (0404 729167 Fax: +44 (oidas a34086 all: admin@hpopubisting com For Nigel Lawrence Ena: edtor@-shppinglndy.com The Editor welcomes the submis: son of extol mate which Shui be acronpan by tun pestage ard submit othe foress above. HPC Publshiog ‘coopts no responsibly fr loss br damage to mattis supobod Hiyou have a question or query JoU wish to ralso wih the Etor Fey should be mace in wring to fe HPC Publishing address. The Eso ig not based atthe HPC Publishing oftces and asks forall enqurers to appreciate his fact dnd bo patent. 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Fue guidelines We can accep pis, sides gil mages. lease ensue that Your name and adressis wien {nthe back ofeach photograph ‘gta mages should be at feast 3006p and wih a pint size vat of 21m. They cae sent by ema but ony nda. Copyight ‘A arteles and iusrtons pub Ished in Shipping Today and esterday are stay copyright of the authors ana publisher and may rete reproduced in any form twinout wren permission. Al aho- tos ar the property and copyright tf the Eoor unless chon aod (@HPC Publishing “Nw c @ hhinral July 2015 \ | | Dal | | Issue No. 305 ee ee ISSN: 0958-7683, TODAY AND YESTERDAY h s Memorable Ships Glenachulish British Sand & Gravel Dredgers Dredging gold from the sea vTS ‘AHarbourmaster's dream or nightmare? Slow Passage To the USA aboard the American Harvester ‘A°C2' cargo ship Through the eyes of the artist Cunard Line Port of Call ‘San Francisco Forgotten Fleets George Gibson & Co. of Leith 38 News Report ‘The latest news from around the world Cruise News Mayflower Cruise Terminal opens, MSC News, RCI News Cruise Ships Ports of Call Cruise ship calls around the UK in July Ferry News Sorrento Fire, Scandiines Reliet Newbuild of the month ‘Anthem of the Seas Photo Gallery Cunard Line, Now & Then Editor’s Mailbox Readers’ Letters Readers’ Corner The 168,666gt ‘Anthem of the Seas of Royal caribbean leaving ‘Southampton on 30th Apr Unknown Ship S00 article on Book Reviews page 10. Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships, Into the Danger Zone, Into the Maelstrom, Southampton Docks Photo: Andrew Cooke Classified Adverts ‘THE NEXT EDITION WILL BE ON SALE ON 14th JULY SHIPPING - Today & Yesterday July 2015 3 EDITOR’S LOG This issue of Shipping Today and Yesterday is my one hundredth ‘edition as editor. 1 thought’ it might be_interest- ling to look back and see how the shipping world has changed over the past eight and a half years since I took over. ‘The fist thing that springs to mind is the increase in the size of almost every class of vessel | discussed container ships in my last ceitorial, but to recap brielly, in 2007 there were very few container ships of over 100,000gt, CMA CGM had their four ‘opera. class ships, Fidelio, Medea, Norma land Rigoletto. MSC had the Esthi, Ines, Joanna, Madeleine, Marie Elena and Susanna, plus the chartered Bruxelles, Chicago and Roma. COSCO boasted the Chartered Beijing, Guangzhou, Hellas, Ningbo and Yantian, and China Shipping Container Line had the chartered Le Havre ‘and Pusan. Maersk had just taken delivery Of the first two of their "class, Emma and Estelle. Other major lines such as Hepag Loyd, Hyundai, MOL and NYK, had no Container ships over 100,000gt at al. Now the largest container ships are in the 190,000gt range. Of the top container lines Maersk now operate 31. ships over 100,000gt, CMA CGM have 36, COSCO have 27, CSCL 25 and MSC operate a staggering 72! “The size of cruise ships has also increased. In 2007 the Queen Mary 2 was the largest cruise ship at 148,528gt. She carried 2,620 passengers. Now, the largest cruise ships are the Oasis of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas at 225,282ot carry: ing 6,296 passengers. in 2007 there were 28 cruise ships over 100,000gt, now there are 61 The increase in the size of ships is not Just confined to these two types of vessels. The size of ferries has also increased. ‘The established routes from Harwich to the Hook of Holland has seen new ships employed. The new vessels are 64,000gt compared with the previous ships which were only 43,000gt. The popular Dover to Calais route is now served by two new PAO ferries, each Of nearly 48,000gt, whereas in 2007 the largest ships on that route were just over ‘30,0004. Ship sizes apart, there have been quite 1 few notable happenings during the past eight and a half years, Perhaps the most newsworthy were the tragic sinkings of the Costa Concordia and the Korean ferry Sewol. The recent tragedies in the Mediterranean with huge loss of fe amongst asylum seekers is a ‘sober reminder of the power of the sea, ‘Anyway, thank you all for your support during the past hundred editions. | have no Intention of putting my pen away yet, 50 here's to the next hundred! cexitor@ shippingtandy.com NEWS News Report by Andrew Cooke ed CN URAC eee ae Te ee ue ‘special welcome when she debuted at Malaysia's Port Kiang when no less than 12 cranes Reena rhe alr ae eon Pereira ec ee ei See ne Nc Poet Ome on i ee ee eke eke Piece te tear rE tg kn a Martel, Executive Director of the Port of Le Havre. The ship made her debut call ere eo eens ‘CONTAINER NEWS ‘On 14th April the Evergreen Group held the naming ceremony for the 99,9469U8,508, TEU capacity Ever Lyric, the eighth of is L= type vessels built by CSBC Corporation in Tatwan. The ceremony took place at CSBC's Kaohsiung shipyard and was officiated by Raymond Lin, Evergreen Group's Vice Group Chairman. The official rope-cutting at the ceremony was performed by Jarijanti Buana, the wife of the Chairman of Evergreen Shipping Agency Indonesia, The Ever Lyric is $34,8m in length, 45.8m wide, with a Graft of 14.2m. The vessel can cruise at a speed up to 24.5 knots. As a refinement to the original eco-friendly design, the new: builds fitted with a brand new energy-saving ‘bow, This improvement enables the ship to further enhance the fuel-efficiency and reduce emissions. After delivery on 15th April the vessel joined Evergreen Line's Far East- Fied Sea Service (FRS), replacing an older ship. The remaining two newbuildings. are being built by CSBC and will be delivered by the third quarter of 2015. Hanjin’s 141,7549t72013 bull and 13,092 TEU capacity Hanjin Green Earth was doused with water on 2nd May for three hours after afro broke out in a cargo hold off the Suez Canal. The ship was 48 km to the south of the canal when some containers ‘caught fre. Navigation in the canal was un fected by the incident. Hapag-Lloyd announced on 19th April that it had ordered five post-Panamax 10,500 TEU ‘container shins from the South Korean ship- yard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, to be eployed on South American routes once the ‘expanded Panama Canal opens, The ships ‘are to be bull at the yard in Samho, on the ‘south coast of Korea. The newbullds will be deployed primarily on South American routes. The expansion of the Panama Canal is one of the biggest civil engineering pro)- ects in the world allowing the passage of larger container vessels of up to 14,000 TEU, The ships are scheduled for delivery between October 2016 and May 2017. The ‘company commenced a new feeder service between Piraous, Greece and Beirut, Lebanon as of 27th April using the 4. SHIPPING - Today & Yesterday July 2015 "17,964902007 bull third party feeder vessel King Byron. In addition, Hapag-Lloyd is pian- ring to launch a series of new products between Asia and the western and eastern ‘coasts of Latin America from July onwards. ‘These services will employ over 50 ships in all, with Hapag-Lloyd contributing 20. of them, This inclides CSAV's seven efficient 9,200 TEU newbuildings. The company has also launched a new Turkey-Israel Expross Service (TIX) to further enhance the line's port coverage in the eastern Mediterranean ‘Sea. The first saling of the weekly service was on Sth May from Mersin in Turkey. The ‘TIX initially links five ports in Egypt, Israel ‘and Turkey including the hub ports Damietta, Port Said, Mersin and Haifa plus Iskenderun {rom lune. The service is operated by one 810 TEU capacity ship, including 150 reefer plugs, SV Logisitic announced 2 new container Service Between the Spanish port of Pasaia ‘and Tilbury on 15th April The freight wil include containerised steel and paper prod- ucts along with a mix of chemicals, autoparts ‘and perishables. The new service com: ‘menced on 23rd April wth a weekly rotation of Pasaia-Tibury-Antwerp-Pasaia, (On 23:d April Tilbury also announced that Oldenburg-Portugiesische Damptschiffs- Rhederei (OPO) and X-Press Feeder had ‘expanded their Bilbao route into Tilbury Maersk Line's 92,198g1/2007 built Susan Maersk ran aground on a sand bank on 13th, April in the Suez Canal while en-route to the Mediterranean Sea. The ship was pulled free and she continued her voyage. The 108,051gU/2014 built bulk carrier Margaret COldencort, also ran aground in the same convoy but managed to free herself. The '89,505902012 buill and 8,700 TEU capacity Container ship Maersk Londrina caught fre while «2 route from Malaysia to Brazil on 25th Apri, forcing the vessel to divert to Mauriti.3. The ship was en-route trom Tanjung Pelepas to Santos when the fire was discovered in one of the cargo holds some 700 nautical miles off Port Louis, Mauritius. The ship reached Port Lou's on 27th April where the fire was fully extinguished and investigations to establish the reason and News Report NEWS extent of damage were initiated. The follow- ing day the 51 872942014 built Maersk Tigris was approached by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz and ordered into lranian waters. The ship initaly ignored the patrol boats but complied when waming shots were fired. U.S. forces in the region respond- €ed to distress calls from the Maersk Tigris, ‘sending the destroyer USS Farragut to mon- itor the situation along with reconnaissance aircraft. Rickmers Shipmanagement subse- {quently denied claims by Iranian authorities that the Maersk Tiaris was detained because the company managing it owes an tranian firm money. The 5,486 TEU capacity ship was delivered in December 2014, and is ‘owned by Oaktree, on charter to Maersk, managed by Rickmers Ship Management and flagged with the Marshall islands. The ship was bound for Jebel Ali, 22 miles south- west of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and her crew of 24 were reported as safe. Maersk Line was also unaware of any exist- ing disputes that might affect the vessel how- ‘ever, further discussions revealed a link to a ‘cargo dispute of 10 years ago. In January 12005, 10 containers were delivered to Dubai by Maersk Line for an Iranian company. Maersk said the containers were not colect- ‘ed by the consignee or any other party and, in accordance with United Arab Emirates laws, the cargo was disposed of after 90 days by local authorities. After much discus- sion, reports suggested that permission to Telease the ship, anchored off Bandar ‘Abbas, was granted on 7th May atter Maersk Line delivered a letter of guarantee for the enforcement of the judicial decision. The ‘Maersk Tigris then sailed to Jebel Ali (UAE), Since this seizure U.S. Navy warships have been accompanying Britishlagged and U.S-flagged commercial vessels through the Strat of Hormuz. In early May it was report- that AP Moller-Maersk was about to order 6-12 20,000 TEU capacity ullralarge con- tainer ships (ULCS) from South Korean ship- builder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). Six are thought to have been booked for delivery during 2017 at $185 millon per vessel ‘The Seaspan Corporation accepted deliv- cry of the 144 65tgt and 14,000 TEU capac- ity containership YM Wellhead around mid- Apri. This new containership, which was constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. LUd., is Seaspan’s second 14,000 TEU SAVER design containership and third doliv- ery in 2015. The YM Wellhead has com- menced a ten-year, fixed-rate time charter with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming). Yang Ming may extend the charter for up to an addtional two years. The ship is the second of a total of eight 14,000 TEU SAVER design vessels to be charterod by Seaspan to Yang Ming. The delivery of the YM Wellhead expands Seaspan's oper- aling flect 10 80 vessels. On 13th April ‘Seaspan entered into contracts with Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation Philippinas (HHIC-PHIL) for the construction of five 11,000 TEU containerships for an aggregate purchase price of approximately USD 467.5 million. These five vessels are scheduled for corn eve-00 18.00 [REMEMBERING THE CHUNNEL |i BEATERS The Pride of Dover ‘and Pride of Calas John. 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The sea aggregates businesses operated fram the Clyde, Tyne, Mersey, Humber, East Anglia, Thames, South Goast ports and particularly Southampton, {as well as from both sides of the Bristol Channel. Space does not permit the inclu- sion of all these companies, fortunately takeovers and the process of international rationalisation has whittied their numbers down to the present five major groupings. (One smaller company whose dredgers had the most distinctive and colourful tunnels and houseflags was Hoveringham Gravels Litd,, which operated their dredgers from the Thames. They had vivid orange funnels ‘and housetiags, both showing a large ‘woolly mammoth. This was due to finding a large section of a tusk of a woolly mam- ‘moth at their quarty at their base of Nottingham in 1953, The earliest small sand and gravel

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