NATO: Somalski pirati oteti britanski brod koriste kao maticu za napade

Prema obavijesti NATO Shipping Centre somalski pirati oteti brod za prijevoz automobila "Asian Glory", plavog trupa i bijelog nadgrađa, koriste za svoje aktivnosti.
Brod je otet 1.siječnja ove godine na 600 nautičkih milja od obale Somalije, britnaske je zastave i u vlasništvu kompanije Zodiac. Prema informacijama iz Sindikata pomoraca Hrvatske koji je inače u članstvu međunarodnog odbora za borbu protiv piratstva u Somaliji, na brodu je u trenutku otmice bilo 25 članova posade a zatraženo je 15 milijuna dolara otkupnine. Iz NATo-a upozoravaju sve brodove koji plove Indijskim oceanom da obrate posebnu pažnju na brod, jer predstavlja veliku opasnost.
Naime, raspolažu informacijama da "Asian Glory" služi kao brod matica za piratske napade gdje u pravilu koriste mala i brza plovila. Posljednji put britanski je car carier lokaliziran 30. siječnja.
Upozoravaju se brodovi koji plove tim područjem da održavaju 24-satnu vizualnu i radarsku stražu, da provode antipiratske mjere i redovno izvještavaju o svojim zapažanjima.
Sve napade ili sumnjive aktivnosti na moru, uključujući i otkrivanje piratski brodova-matica koji tegle brze brodice treba odmah prijaviti.
Prošle su godine somalski pirati oteli 32 broda s ukupno 533 člana posade. U njihovim je rukama još uvijek 12 brodova sa 275 članova posade i u tijeku su pregovori za njihovo oslobađanje.
Inače, lani je bilo i 86 napada na razne brodove gdje su pirati koristili vatreno oružje.
Izvor: SlobodnaDalmacija

04.02.2010.

State-run Montenegrin owner Crnogorska Plovidba is back in business with a new ship order.

China’s Export-Import Bank is lending the company 85%, or $47.4m, of the contract price for two cargoships costing $27.8m each.

The order will be placed in China and the vessels are due for delivery in 2012, the company’s first ships since its Yugoslavian predecessor collapsed 10 years ago.

Crnogroska replaced the defunct Jugooceanija which halted operations in the 1990s during the wars in the Balkans and a maritime blockade by the western NATO military alliance.

Jugooceanija went bankrupt and its 40 ocean-going ships sold, scrapped or impounded.

"This loan...is a great opportunity for the renewal of Montenegrin merchant fleet," the Montenegro government said.

Source: Fairplay

28.01.2010.

Cestitka CG plovidbi

Prima: Crnogorska plovidba, Kotor
Na pažnju: g-din Slobodan Starović, Izvršni direktor
Datum: 26.01.2010.

Poštovani g. Staroviću,

U povodu potpisivanja sporazuma o gradnji dva nova broda u Kini, želimo da Vam čestitamo i poželimo uspjašan daljnji rad.
Neizmjerno nas veseli činjenica da će današnji dan biti označen kao početak obnove našeg pomorstva te da će u Kotoru, Boki i Crnoj Gori biti nastavljena svijetla tradicija bavljenja pomorstvom.

U to ime Vas najsrdačnije pozdravljamo.

Za udruženje,
kap. Janko Milutin

26.01.2010.

Obnova crnogorske flote

Danas je u Podgorici potpisan Ugovor o kreditu između kineske Exim Banke i Crnogorske plovidbe, o povlašćenom kreditu za kupovinu brodova, koji obuhvata i državne garancije za taj kreditni aranžman. Ugovor je, u ime Crnogorske plovidbe, potpisao izvršni direktor Slobodan Starović, a u ime Exim Banke, generalni direktor Sektora za povoljno kreditiranje EXIM banke –(General Manager Concessional Loan Department) Gong Huihong. U ime Vlade Crne Gore, garanciju odnosno garantno pismo, potpisao je potpredsjednik Vlade i ministar finansija dr Igor Lukšić.

Iznos kredita je definisan na 47,396 miliona američkih dolara, i u potpunosti će se upotrijebiti za finansiranje 85% ugovorene cijene brodova. Ostatak od 15% od ugovorene sume (8,364 miliona američkih dolara), treba da obezbijedi Crnogorska plovidba kao avansno učešće u kreditu.

Potpisivanje Ugovora sa kineskom Exim bankom predstavlja finalizaciju razgovora koji su vođeni u Šangaju i Pekingu oktobra 2009. godine, oko zaključivanja Sporazuma o kupoprodaji i gradnji dva broda, koji uključuje i odgovarajući kreditni aranžman sa kineske strane. Tom prilikom, potpisan je Ugovor o kupoprodaji brodova sa Poly Grupom iz Pekinga i Ugovor sa Šangajskim brodogradilištem za gradnju dva identična broda. Brodovi su nosivosti 35.000 tona - tzv. handymax brodovi, dužine 179, 9 metara i širine 28, 4 metra. Pogodni su za prevoz rasutih tereta (žitarice, drvo, rudače) i imaće ugrađena četri seta dizalica nosivosti 30 tona i zahvata od 24 metra. Posjedovaće pet štiva sa duplim dnom, brzine 15,1 čvor i autonomije 15.000 nautičkih milja. Glavni motor je MAN B&W, snage 6480 KW i 136 obrataja u minuti. Brodovi su dizajnirani po najnovijoj tehnologiji iz 2009. godine i vijoriće crnogorsku zastavu.

Dobijanjem kineskog kredita koji Vlada Narodne Republike Kine daje prijateljskim zemljama, stekli su se odlični uslovi da se realizuje projekat obnove crnogorske pomorske flote. Dobijeni kredit je dvostruko bolji od komercijalnih kredita, a i brodovi su sada jeftiniji. Uslovi su 3% fiksne kamate na 15 godina otplate, sa grejs periodom od 5 godina. Brodovi su kupljeni po gotovo dvostruko nižoj cijeni u odnosu na prethodnu godinu i ona po brodu iznosi 27, 880 miliona američkih dolara, odnosno za dva broda 55,760 miliona američkih dolara.

Rok za isporuku prvog broda treba da bude 21 mjesec od današnjeg dana, a za drugi 24 mjeseca.

Izvor: Sajt Vlade CG

26.01.2010.

Industry -not prepared- for ILO 186 - MLC

Alarming concern that the shipping industry is -not prepared for the huge challenge- of the fast-approaching implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention -MLC- has been raised by the International Maritime Employers- Committee -IMEC-. An issue that seems to have taken on a slightly secondary role at a time when shipping is already facing phenomenal challenges, the MLC mandation has been compared to a -train speeding down the track towards us-, and that if the industry does not act right now, there will be major consequences.
Giles Heimann, Secretary General of IMEC, said -The MLC is without doubt one of the most significant pieces of maritime labour legislation to hit the industry for as long as we can remember. Implementation is rapidly approaching, and I honestly believe we will be looking at implementation of the MLC during 2011.
-Both for ship owners and managers, there are major consequences for the MLC being implemented, and there are requirements that they-ll need to have in place. There are also major consequences for the flag and port states with regards to inspections and providing flag state administration,- he warned.
With insufficient preparation being the primary source for concern, IMEC has highlighted the potential problems regarding both flag state and port state guidelines for MLC inspections, given that the current port state control inspection competencies will be completely different to the regulations set out by the new Convention.
Asserting how -the areas are completely different,- Mr Heimann stressed- -You can-t expect a guy wh-s probably been an engineer, a deck officer, who is proficient in safety and so on, overnight to understand the complexities of crew contracts, etc overnight. Administrations need to be acting right now to make sure that their inspectors are trained effectively to carry out these inspections.-
He added- -Time is very, very short. It is a huge piece of international legislation, and it is a huge challenge. On top of MLC we-ve got the amendments to STCW coming out as well, which we-re all going to be concerned with. There is deep concern that the MLC is coming towards us, and we need to make sure we are prepared for it, because I don-t think we are at the moment. I don-t think the industry realises the size of the job we-ve got.-
Source- Shipmanagement International

22.01.2010.

IMO - 2010 – Godina pomoraca

IMO je 2010. proglasio godinom pomoraca.
Tim povodom Gen. Sekretar IMO-a g-din E.E.Mitropoulos je uzjavio: Nasa namjera je da vas pocastimo, 1.5 milion pomoraca, muskaraca i zena sirom svijeta, za jedinstven, cesto zaboravljen, doprinos koji dajete za dobrobit svih nas.
On je dodao da ce u ovoj godina biti dodatno podsticana kampanja „Idemo na more“, pokrenuta novembra 2008, a koja ima za cilju da privuce nove ljude u pomorskoj industriji.
On je dodao da ce IMO tokom 2010. „pronaci rjesenja da osigura da svijet prepozna vasu izuzetnu ulogu i doprinos kao i poseban dug kojeg vam svi mi dugujemo“.
Izvor-www.imo.org

22.01.2010.

Reforma pomorskog skolstva u Hrvatskoj

Kapetan Mario Babić, ravnatelj Uprave pomorskog prometa, pomorskog dobra i luka, održao je jučer sastanak sa predsjednikom Udruge Pomoraca Hrvatske, Adrijanom Šušom u MMPI. Sastanku je nazočila i načelnica u MMPI, Mr.sc Maja Markovčić.
Tema razgovora, bio je način stjecanja unlimited ovlastenja te mogućnost školovanja u RH, po sistemu koji je u skladu sa STCW i koji se provodi u Engleskoj,Nizozemskoj itd...
Kapetan Babić je odmah prepoznao, da je ovaj problem od velike važnosti za hrvatske pomorce, koji ne mogu konkurirat svojim kolegama u svijetu, unatoč neupitnoj kvaliteti, samo iz razloga što imamo neprimjeren sustav obrazovanja i stjecanja viših ovlaštenja.
Načelnica Mr. Maja Markovčić, osobno je posjetila Warsash Maritime Academy u Southaptonu, gdje se upoznala sa načinom školovanja koji se provodi u Engleskoj, i čiji model bi trebali primjeniti u našem obrazovanju.
U konačnici, dogovoreno je, da se u veljači održi sastanak sa svim predstavnicima Udruga, brodara, sindikata, fakulteta, srednjih škola i agencija za ukrcaj, na kojem bi se prezentirao gore navedeni način školovanja.Predloženo je i da bude prilagođen zaposlenim pomorcima, trajanju od 12 tjedana, ili sa prekidima 4+4+4 tjedna.
Mišljenja smo, da je u obostranom interesu,da dođe do realizacije ovog dogovora, jer nisu zanemarivi iznosi koji se plaćaju u Engleskoj ili Nizozemskoj, a koji bi našoj državi i te kako dobro došli u ovim recesijskim vremenima.
Usuglasili smo se i da je nužno poslije svjetskog kongresa STCW u Manilli koji ce biti odrzan u Lipnju 2010 godine, krenuti u reformu, da bi ona eventualno zaživjela u rujnu 2010.g.
Premda reforma u RH kreće relativno kasno, drago nam je da smo napokon našli sugovornike u MMPI , u kapetanu Babiću i načelnici Markovčić, a nadamo se u budućnosti i partnere s kojima ćemo doći do zadanog cilja na obostrano zadovoljstvo.
Također priželjkujemo i nadalje, što više ovakvih konstruktivnih sastanaka u našem Ministarstvu, koji će nam pomoći u rješavanju i ostalih problema vezanih za pomorstvo i pomorce.
UPH se ponosi svojim radom u nekoliko mjeseci postojanja, te je dokaz da se cistim razumom i zdravim nacinom komunikacije moze iznjedriti jos puno toga dobroga za Hrvatske pomorce. Misljenja smo da ce nam se i drugi nasi pomorci pridruziti nakon sto prepoznaju da ne ovisimo o nikome i da smo Udruga koja se bori samo za ono sta pomorcu danas namecu a moguce je promjeniti tj primjeniti nacin koji vec koriste zemlje EU.
Srdacan pozdrav i mirno more svim pomorcima i njihovim obiteljima zeli UPH.
Izvor-Udruga pomoraca Hrvatske – www.pomorac.net

22.01.2010.

Srednja pomorska škola Kotor-Obuke nezaposlenih za pomorska zanimanja

U kotorskoj Nautici teku pripreme za početak obuke nezaposlenih za pomorska zanimanja sljedećeg mjeseca.
Ova škola obuku realizuje u saradnji sa hercegnovskim Biroom rada i Trening centrom –Azalea- iz Bijele.
Veljko Botica, direktor kotorske Srednje pomorske škole je za Skala radio podsjetio da je ova škola pred dobijanjem licence od Ministarstva prosvjete za obrazovanje odraslih.
Planinarno je da svi koji imaju četvrti stepen obrazovanja stečen u Crnoj Gori ili okruženju, dobiju mogućnost za prekvalifikaciju u trajanju od 6 mjeseci i tako steknu sertifikat Srednje pomorske škole.
Na taj način stiču pravo da preko vlasti Lučke kapetanije Crne Gore budu upućeni na brod kao kadeti, rekao je Botica.
Kurs je za nautičare i brodomašince, a cijena će biti oko 2 hiljade eura, nije mala jer je ono što polaznik dobija nakon završetka kursa velika vrijednost, budući da se za kratki vremenski period uspijeva povratiti taj novac na svjetskom pomorskom tržištu, kazao je Botica.
-Interesovanje je izuzetno veliko. Kurs će pratiti grupe od po 15 kandidata, i za prvi krug je sve već popunjeno-, kazao nam je on.
izvor-radio skala

22.01.2010.

China growth defies recession

CHINA today posted a stunning 10.7p.c. GDP growth figure for the fourth quarter of 2009, as well as a more than healthy 8.7p.c. overall increase for the recession-racked year.

-China-s economy gained momentum in December,- said the National Bureau of Statistics, which pointed out that GDP growth hit the target for 2009 despite the global recession.

GDP of the world-s third-largest economy tumbled to 6.1p.c. in the first quarter, improved to 7.9p.c. in the second and rose to 8.9p.c. in the third quarter.

Industrial output rose 11p.c. year on year in 2009, though inflation rose 1.9p.c. in December, prompting Beijing to curb lending and rein in a loose monetary policy, the official People-s Daily Online reported.

China-s growth is good news for shipping. Only yesterday Joseph Tan, chief economist for Asia at Credit Suisse, said in Singapore that the Baltic Dry Index will average 3,500 for H1 2010 on the back of firm iron ore trade and contract renegotiations involving China and Australia.

Tan, who was addressing the Singapore Shipping Association, was also close to the mark when he estimated that China’s GDP growth for 2009 would be 8.5p.c. Credit Suisse has forecast China GDP to grow by 9.5p.c. during 2010.

IHS Global Insight commented: -While China has been able to exit 2009 with proper growth achieved, it has emerged from the crisis with its fundamentals actually further weakened by the spending spree and liquidity deluge.-

There was a slight discrepancy in the centrally controlled Chinese media: the China Daily quoted the statistics bureau as attributing the 10.7p.c. growth for the entire fourth quarter, while the People-s Daily just said double-digit growth was achieved in December 2009.

China-s economic rally was made possible through part-utilisation of a 4 trillion yuan fiscal stimulus package -11p.c. of GDP- to prop up infrastructure spending and urban and rural incomes.

-Given the strong momentum of investment growth and the rebound in exports, the strength of China-s growth through 2010 should be secure,- forecase Global Insight, which also warned: -Beyond 2010, however, given the developed economies are unlikely to grow strongly, in addition to the Chinese government-s expected further pullback on stimulus, China-s growth is likely to moderately decelerate. As such, IHS Global Insight expects China-s growth to accelerate to 9.9p.c. y/y in 2010, before pulling back to 8.6p.c. y/y in 2011.-

Source: Fairplay

21.01.2010.

1 out of 12 tankers stores oil

With its almost illimitable space, the sea is looking like a sound place to store oil. On-land tank farms are getting full prompting oil companies and traders to hire very large crude carriers –VLCCs- and even utilise ordinary tankers. This growing trend now means one in twelve tankers is used to store oil rather than transport it, estimates say.
More than half of the ships are in European waters, with others in Asia, the US and West Africa. Energy majors and traders which have pursued vessels include Shell, BP, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Co, and Morgan Stanley.
By one estimate, the crude oil stored at sea is enough to supply 27 countries in the European Union for more than three days.
There are approximately 145 vessels storing 127 million barrels at sea, Shipbroker SSY estimates, 16 ships and 14 barrels down on November 2009 figures.
A Bloomberg News survey of 15 analysts, traders and shipbrokers, showed around 39 million barrels of the stored crude and oil products could be unloaded from offshore alone in the next six months.
Source: TankStorage

21.01.2010.

2009 Worldwide piracy figures

A total of 406 incidents of piracy and armed robbery have been
reported in the 2009 annual piracy report issued by the ICC
International Maritime Bureau-s Piracy Reporting Centre.

The last time piracy figures crossed 400 incidents was in 2003.
2009 is also the third successive year that the number of reported
incidents have increased with 239, 263 and 293 incidents reported in
2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively.

The report states that worldwide in 2009, 153 vessels were boarded, 49
vessels were hijacked, 84 attempted attacks and 120 vessels fired upon
compared to 46 ships fired upon in 2008. A total of 1052 crew were
taken hostage. Sixty-eight crew were injured in the various incidents
and eight crew killed. The level of violence towards the crew has
increased along with the number of crew injuries.

The total number of incidents attributed to the Somali pirates stands
at 217 with 47 vessels hijacked and 867 crewmembers taken hostage.
Somalia accounts for more than half of the 2009 figures, with the
attacks continuing to remain opportunistic in nature.

In 2008, 111 vessels were targeted by Somali pirates resulting in 42
hijackings. Whilst the number of 2009 incidents has almost doubled,
the number of successful hijackings is proportionately less. This can
be directly attributed to the increased presence and coordination of
the international navies along with heightened awareness and robust
action by the Masters in transiting these waters....

....2009 has however seen a significant shift in the area of attacks
off Somalia. While the 2008 attacks were predominantly focused in the
Gulf of Aden, 2009 has witnessed more vessels also being targeted along the
east coast of Somalia. Since October increased activity has been
observed in the Indian Ocean with 33 incidents reported, including 13
hijackings. Thirteen of these last quarter incidents occurred east of
the recommended east of 60 deg. east including four hijacked vessels.
Many of these attacks have occurred at distances of approximately 1000
nautical miles off Mogadishu....

....Twenty eight incidents were reported for Nigeria in 2009. Of these
21 vessels were boarded, three vessels were fired upon, one vessel was
hijacked and three Masters reported an attempted attack on their
vessel. One crew was reported killed as the robbers tried to escape
after looting the vessel. Vessels attacked include, general cargo,
bulk carriers, reefers, and all types of tankers. The majority of
incidents related to the oil industry and fishing vessels go
unreported. Information from external sources would suggest at least a
further 30 unreported attacks occurred in Nigeria in 2009....

....Indonesia is again applauded for their tireless efforts in curbing
piracy and armed robbery in its waters. There continues to be a year
on year decline in the number of incidents, with 15 incidents for
2009, the majority opportunistic in nature. Only two incidents were
reported in the Malacca Straits the same as in 2008.

This is the second year in a row where incidents in the Singapore
Straits have increased. Nine incidents were reported in 2009 as
compared to six in 2008. Of these six vessels were boarded and three
reported attempted attacks.

Thirteen incidents were reported by ships steaming in the South China
Seas. This is the highest number of incidents in the previous five
years. Of these eleven were boarded, one vessel was hijacked and one
reported an attempted attack. In some attacks the bridge crew was
physically removed from the bridge for a short period of time leaving
the vessel effectively -Not Under Command-.

Even though there has been significant improvement in the safety and
security of the SE Asian and Far East waters there still remains an
underlying potential for incidents to increase without any prior
warning. The pressure on the pirates and the robbers has to be
maintained by the littoral states and the constant physical presence
in the waters.

Bangladesh –Chittagong- has shown a slight increase in the number of
attacks as compared to 2008. Most of these have been opportunistic. Of
the 17 vessels attacked, 14 were boarded and ship stores stolen. Most
of the incidents have taken place within the Chittagong anchorage.

Thirty seven incidents have been reported from countries in the South
American continent as compared to 14 in 2008.

Twelve incidents have occurred in the anchorage of Callao in Peru in
2009 compared to five the previous year. Other countries affected are
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti and Venezuela. Most of
these attacks were successful and were carried out while the vessels
were berthed in port or while at anchor. This is a similar trend as in
2008.

The IMB strongly urges all Shipmasters and Owners to report all
incidents of actual and attempted piracy and armed robbery to the IMB
PRC. This is the first step in the response chain and vital in
ensuring that adequate resources are allocated by governments to deal
with the problem....

Source- Extract from ICC International Maritime Bureau news

15.01.2010.

Cestitka

Svim clanovima, pomorcima i ostalim zelimo da nastupajuca godina i Bozicni praznici donesu puno dobrog zdravlja, srece i ljubavi.

30.12.2009.

EU Sulphur Directive re 0.1% sulphur fuel in port - official transitional period for enforcement

The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Recommendation on the safe implementation of the use of low sulphur fuel by ships at berth in ports of the European Community, having recognised that “there may be operational problems and safety risks associated with the use of the required fuels in ships that have not undergone technical adaptations,”. From 1 January 2010, ships at berth in European Community ports will be requested to use marine fuels with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.1% by mass (Article 4b of Directive 1999/32/EC as amended by Directive 2005/33/EC). This has not changed. However, in consideration of their recent safety concerns, the Commission adopted 21 December 2009 a Recommendation aimed at Member States, which invites them, while enforcing the Directive, to consider the existence of detailed evidence of the steps taken by ships to ensure safe compliance with the Directive. Member States may consider the existence of an approved retrofit plan when assessing the degree of penalties to be applied to non-complying ships.
The cut-off date for this transitional relief will be announced when the full text of the Recommendation is published (which we are expecting 28 December).
Source: Intertanko

29.12.2009.

Predlog zakona o zastiti mora od zagadjenja sa plovnih objekata

Obavjestavamo clanove da smo danas, od Min. saobracaja, pomorstvo i telekomunikacija, dobili izmijenjeni tekst Predloga zakona o zastiti mora od zagadjenja sa plovnih objekata, na davanje primjedbi, predloga i misljenja.
Molimo clanove koji su zainteresovani da ucestvuju u davanju primjedbi, predloga i misljenja da nam se jave do 06.01.2010. kako bi im proslijedili material i kako bi se dogovorili oko daljnjih aktivnosti na ovu temu. 28.12.2009.

28.12.2009.

Preporuka pomorcima u vezi novog Sengenskog viznog rezima

U vezi sa novim Sengenskim viznim rezimom i primjenom na pomorce, Udruzenje je bilo u kontaktu sa MIP-om CG i g-dinom Clive Rumboldom, predstavnikom EK u Podgorici.
Na osnovu njihovih preporuka obavjestavamo pomorce da prilikom ukrcaja na brod u zemlju EU postoji velika vjerovatnoca da ce nasim pomorcima prilikom ukrcaja na brod u EU zemlju biti ovjeren u pasosu samo ulaz a ne i izlaz. U tom slucaju ce se probiti rok od 90 dana koji ce biti notiran od strane imigracionih EU vlasti tek prilikom narednog ukrcaja u zemlju EU.
Ovo moze dovesti do zabrane ulaska ili pojavljivanja pomoraca na -crnoj listi- i/ili kasnjenja na naredni ukrcaj. Zato preporucujemo svim pomorcima koji se ukrcavaju u zemlju EU da prije isplovljenja broda, preko Zapovjednika, obezbijede ovjeru izlaska iz te zemlje u pasosu.

24.12.2009.