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Κ. Δούκας, Δημοσιογράφος, Μέλος ΕΣΗΕΑ

Στην τελευταία έκτακτη Γενική Συνέλευση της Ένωσης Ελλήνων Εφοπλιστών που έλαβε χώρα στις 26 Ιουνίου 2017, ομόφωνα εγκρίθηκε η πρόταση του κ. Βενιάμη και του Δ.Σ για την επέκταση υπό τις απαιτούμενες διαδικασίες της διάρκειας ισχύος του Συνυποσχετικού Οικειοθελούς Παροχής μεταξύ ναυτιλιακής κοινότητας και πολιτείας για ένα ακόμη έτος, δηλαδή και το 2018, προκειμένου να συνδράμουν στην επίτευξη των επιδιωκόμενων δημοσιονομικών στόχων. Υπενθυμίζεται ότι το εν λόγω Συνυποσχετικό αποτέλεσε πρωτοβουλία της Ένωσης Ελλήνων Εφοπλιστών, στην οποία η ελληνική ναυτιλιακή κοινότητα ανταποκρίθηκε στη συντριπτική της πλειοψηφία θετικά, αποδεικνύοντας για μια ακόμη φορά την ενότητα και σύμπνοια του κλάδου, καθώς και την επιθυμία του να στηρίξει έμπρακτα τον τόπο του σε δύσκολες περιόδους. Οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές για ακόμα μία φορά αποδεικνύουν με πράξεις και όχι με λόγια ότι όχι μόνο κρατούν τον λόγο τους αλλά συνεχίζουν να στηρίζουν την πατρίδα την ίδια ώρα που βάλλονται πανταχόθεν. Η Γενική Διεύθυνση Ανταγωνισμού της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής συνεχίζει με αοριστολογίες να δημιουργεί νομικά κενά προκειμένου να δημιουργήσει ερείσματα

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στο πολυσυζητημένο θέμα της ανεπίσημης διερεύνησης του ελληνικού ναυτιλιακού θεσμικού πλαισίου.

και θα είναι πάντα το κέντρο του κόσμου της παγκόσμιας ναυτιλίας. Και σε όποιον αρέσει.

Δεν μπορούν εκεί στην Ευρώπη να δεχτούν την επί σειρά ετών πρωτιά των Ελλήνων Εφοπλιστών. Είναι σχεδόν ασύλληπτο για τα μεγάλα Ευρωπαϊκά μυαλά να καταλάβουν πώς για δεκαετίες οι Έλληνες καταφέρνουν να είναι πάντα πρώτοι σε όλα. Ακόμα και με τόσες τρικλοποδιές εκείνοι όχι μόνο είναι πρώτοι αλλά και με χαρακτηριστική οικονομική άνεση αγοράζουν τις πτωχευμένες και στραπατσαρισμένες από την κρίση ναυτιλιακές εταιρίες τους. Χτίζουν διαρκώς πλοία, την ίδια στιγμή που οι Ευρωπαίοι δεν ξέρουν τι να κάνουν με τα πλοία που ήδη κατέχουν.

Τώρα για εκείνους - όπως ο κ. Σόιμπλε που δεν μπορούν να καταλάβουν πως το κάνουν αυτό οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές θα τους παραπέμψω στον Φρίντριχ Νίτσε που τους εξήγησε κάποτε τι ακριβώς είναι οι Έλληνες αλλά εκείνοι πεισματικά δεν θέλουν να το δεχτούν. Είπε λοιπόν ο Νίτσε:

Υπερπηδούν όλα τα νομικά εμπόδια που μέσω δαιδαλωδών επιτροπών και υποεπιτροπών στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο στήνονται μόνο για την Ελλάδα και για καμία άλλη χώρα. Άλλωστε ο ίδιος ο πρόεδρος ο κ. Βενιάμης κάλεσε όλους τους Ευρωπαίους εφοπλιστές να έρθουν στην Ελλάδα αφού αποτελεί η χώρα μας μεγάλη ευκαιρία για ειδικό φορολογικό καθεστώς στη ναυτιλία. Κανείς όμως δεν ήρθε. Και ο λόγος είναι απλός. Η Ελλάδα δεν έχει ιδιαίτερο φορολογικό καθεστώς γιατί αν είχε ο παγκόσμιος στόλος θα νηολογείτο εδώ. Και όχι στις διάφορες άλλες χώρες. Ας ξεχάσουμε λοιπόν το παραμύθι αυτό. Τι σκαρφίστηκαν μετά; Μα να μας πουν ότι οι Έλληνες είναι ιδιαίτερα ανταγωνιστικοί. Και ότι αυτό είναι κακό. Οι εταιρίες καταρρέουν η μία πίσω από την άλλη στην υπέροχη Γερμανία την ίδια στιγμή που οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές είναι έτοιμοι να τις αγοράσουν καθώς και εκείνες που θα κλυδωνιστούν από το Brexit. Και μέσα σε όλα αυτά – ακόμα σε καιρό κρίσης – οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές επιλέγουν Ελλάδα και εθελοντικά βάζουν βαθιά το χέρι στην τσέπη για την πατρίδα. Την ίδια ώρα που Έλληνες βιομήχανοι άλλων κλάδων φεύγουν στη Βουλγαρία και σε άλλες χώρες. Οι Έλληνες εφοπλιστές επιλέγουν Ελλάδα γιατί εδώ είναι το σπίτι τους. Εδώ είναι

«Αποδεδειγμένα σε κάθε περίοδο της εξέλιξής του ο δυτικοευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός προσπάθησε να απελευθερώσει τον εαυτό του από τους Έλληνες. Η προσπάθεια αυτή είναι διαποτισμένη με βαθύτατη δυσαρέσκεια, διότι οτιδήποτε κι αν δημιουργούσαν, φαινομενικά πρωτότυπο και άξιο θαυμασμού, έχανε χρώμα και ζωή στη σύγκρισή του με το ελληνικό μοντέλο, συρρικνωνότανε, κατέληγε να μοιάζει με φθηνό αντίγραφο, με καρικατούρα. Έτσι ξανά και ξανά μια οργή ποτισμένη με μίσος ξεσπάει εναντίον των Ελλήνων, εναντίον αυτού του μικρού και αλαζονικού έθνους, που είχε το νεύρο να ονομάσει βαρβαρικά ότι δεν είχε δημιουργηθεί στο έδαφός του. Κανένας από τους επανεμφανιζόμενους εχθρούς τους δεν είχε την τύχη να ανακαλύψει το κώνειο, με το οποίο θα μπορούσαμε μια για πάντα να απαλλαγούμε απ’ αυτούς. Όλα τα δηλητήρια του φθόνου, της ύβρεως, του μίσους έχουν αποδειχθεί ανεπαρκή να διαταράξουν την υπέροχη ομορφιά τους. Έτσι, οι άνθρωποι συνεχίζουν να νιώθουν ντροπή και φόβο απέναντι στους Έλληνες. Βέβαια, πού και πού, κάποιος εμφανίζεται που αναγνωρίζει ακέραιη την αλήθεια, την αλήθεια που διδάσκει ότι οι Έλληνες είναι οι ηνίοχοι κάθε επερχόμενου πολιτισμού και σχεδόν πάντα τόσο τα άρματα όσο και τα άλογα των επερχόμενων πολιτισμών είναι πολύ χαμηλής ποιότητας σε σχέση με τους ηνίοχους, οι οποίοι τελικά αθλούνται οδηγώντας το άρμα στην άβυσσο, την οποία αυτοί ξεπερνούν με αχίλλειο πήδημα». Απλά γερμανικά…σε μετάφραση.

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Θέλουν νά βάλλουν μνημόνιο στήν ναυτιλία; Γράφει ο Κώστας

Δούκας, Δημοσιογράφος, Μέλος ΕΣΗΕΑ, Βραβείο Ιδρ. Μπότση

Ὁ κ. Σόϊμπλε, σάν κορυφαῖο πολιτικό πρόσωπο στήν Εὐρώπη, “πυροβόλησε” πρόσφατα στόν ἀέρα, ἀλλά τά πυρά δέν ἦταν οὒτε ἂστοχα οὒτε ἂσφαιρα. Ἢταν… μενιδιάτικα! Καί στόχος ἦταν ἡ ναυτιλία τῶν Ἑλλήνων. Ὃλοι οἱ πολιτικοί, πρίν ἒλθουν στήν ἐξουσία, “πυροβολοῦν” τήν ναυτιλία, κατηγορῶντας την μέ τά μύρια ὃσα, πού κατά καιρούς ἒχουμε ἀναφέρει στίς στῆλες αὐτές. Ὃταν ὃμως ἒλθουν στήν ἐξουσία καί δοῦν τά σημαντικά ὠφέλη πού προσφέρει ἡ ναυτιλία στήν ἐθνική οἰκονομία, τότε τά παίρνουν ὃλα πίσω καί σιωποῦν. Ἀλλά εἶναι ἀργά, διότι ἢδη ἒχουν “πυροβολήσει” τήν…χρυσοτόκο ὂρνιθα! Καί ὁ ψόγος μένει. Τό ἲδιο ἒκανε καί ὁ ΣΥΡΙΖΑ ὡς ἀντιπολίτευση, ἀλλά τώρα ἒχει παντελῶς σωπάσει. Δέν ἀπάντησε οὒτε στά “πυρά” Σόϊμπλε, ὃπως εἶχε θεσμική ὑποχρέωση, καί ἂφησε τήν δουλειά αὐτή στόν πρόεδρο τῆς ΕΕΕ κ. Θ. Βενιάμη. Τώρα τό μεῖζον θέμα γιά τήν ἑλληνική καί τήν ἑλληνόκτητη ναυτιλία, εἶναι ἡ ἀλλαγή τοῦ φορολογικοῦ καθεστῶτος τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐφοπλιστῶν, πού εἶναι συνταγματικῶς κατοχυρωμένο μέ τόν νόμο 27. Φαίνεται ὃτι οἱ ἐκτιμήσεις τῶν δύο κορυφαίων συνδικαλιστικῶν παραγόντων τῆς ἑλληνικῆς πλοιοκτησίας, τοῦ κ. Θ. Βενιάμη τῆς ΕΕΕ καί τοῦ κ. Χαρ. Φαφαλιοῦ τοῦ Κομμίττυ Λονδίνου, δέν συμπίπτουν ἀπόλυτα γύρω ἀπό τό καυτό τοῦτο θέμα. Διότι ὁ μέν πρόεδρος τῆς ΕΕΕ εἶπε στήν γενική συνέλευση τοῦ Ἰουνίου ὃτι σύντομα θά ἐπιτευχθεῖ ἀμοιβαῖα ἀποδεκτή συμφωνία μεταξύ ἑλληνικῆς κυβερνήσεως καί Εὐρωπαϊκῆς Ἑνώσεως στήν ὑπόθεση

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τῆς ἀνεπίσημης διεύρυνσης τοῦ ἑλληνικοῦ ναυτιλιακοῦ θεσμικοῦ πλαισίου ἀπό τήν Γενική Διεύθυνση Ἀνταγωνισμοῦ τῆς ΕΕ. Ὁ δέ πρόεδρος τοῦ Κομμίττυ, σχεδόν τήν ἲδια ἡμέρα τοῦ Ἰουνίου, πάλι στήν γενική συνέλευση τοῦ κλάδου, ἐξέφρασε κάποιους ἀόριστους φόβους καί, ἲσως καλύτερα πληροφορημένος γιά τά τεκταινόμενα στίς Βρυξέλλες μετά καί τό Brexit, δήλωσε ὃτι εἶναι ἐπιτακτική ἡ ἀνάγκη γιά τήν Ἑλλάδα καί γιά τήν ἲδια τήν Εὐρώπη νά μή γίνουν ἀλλαγές στήν ὑπάρχουσα δοκιμασμένη νομοθεσία. Ἡ ἑλληνική ναυτιλία, εἶπε, καταβάλλει ἢδη σημαντικούς φόρους, μεταξύ τῶν ὑψηλοτέρων στήν Εὐρώπη, καί ἑπομένως δέν πρέπει νά ἐπιβληθεῖ περαιτέρω ἐπιβάρυνση, καθώς καί ὃτι ἡ κυβέρνηση τοῦ κ. Τσίπρα θά πρέπει νά ἀντιμετωπίσει τίς ξένες πιέσεις. Εἶναι προφανές ὃτι κάτι “μαγειρεύεται” στήν Εὐρώπη, ἀλλά νομίζω ὃτι οἱ προσπάθειες μᾶλλον θά ἀποτύχουν, ἐπειδή οἱ Ἓλληνες ἐφοπλιστές εἶναι διαχρονικά καί ἒξυπνοι, καί πιό ἰσχυροί καί λιγώτερο…ἐφήμεροι ἀπό τόν Γερμανό ὑπουργό Οἰκονομικῶν, ὁ ὁποῖος νομίζει ὃτι μπορεῖ νά ἐπιβάλει ἓνα memorandum of understanding στό 50% τῆς ναυτιλιακῆς δυνάμεως τῆς Εὐρώπης, ὃπως εἶναι ἡ ἑλληνόκτητη ναυτιλία. Κι ὃταν ἀκόμη γνωρίζει ὃτι ἡ ἑλληνική ποντοπόρος ναυτιλία φορολογεῖται μέ τόν ἐπαχθέστερο φόρο σέ ὃλη τήν Εὐρώπη καί σέ ὃλο τόν κόσμο, μέ τόν λεγόμενο “φόρο χωρητικότητος”, σύμφωνα μέ τόν ὁποῖο, ὁ φόρος εἰσοδήματος τῶν πλοιοκτητῶν ὑπολογίζεται μέ βάση τό μέγεθος καί τήν ἡλικία τοῦ πλοίου καί ὂχι μέ βάση τά οἰκονομικά ἀποτελέσματα τῆς ἑταιρίας. Δηλαδή εἲτε ὑπάρχουν κέρδη εἲτε ζημιές, ὁ φόρος εἰσπράττεται. Αὐτό τό φορολογικό σύστημα εἶναι μοναδικό σέ ὃλο τόν κόσμο, καθώς ἡ Ἑλλάδα εἶναι ἡ μοναδική χώρα πού ἐπιβάλλει τόν φόρο αὐτόν σέ ὃλα τά πλοῖα πού τελοῦν ὑπό διαχείριση στήν Ἑλλάδα, ἀνεξαρτήτως σημαίας καί νηολογίου. Ἒτσι λοιπόν, οἱ “φοροφυγάδες” Ἓλληνες πλοιοκτῆτες ὂχι μόνο πληρώνουν αὐτόν τόν φόρο, πού φαίνεται ἀνεπαρκής γιά τόν κ. Σόϊμπλε, ἀλλά ἀποφάσισαν στήν πρόσφατη γενική τους συνέλευση νά προτείνουν καί γιά τό 2018 τό συνυποσχετικό οἰκειοθελοῦς παροχῆς μεταξύ ναυτιλίας καί πολιτείας, συμβάλλοντας ἒτσι στήν ἐπίτευξη τῶν δημοσιονομικῶν στόχων. Θά δοῦμε λοιπόν ἂν ὁ κ. Σόϊμπλε θά

καταφέρει νά “μαντρώσει” τόν ἑλληνικό ἐφοπλισμό στά φορολογικά του σχέδια, ὃταν μάλιστα ὁ ἲδιος καθιερώνει μεγάλες φοροαπαλλαγές γιά τήν γερμανική ναυτιλία. Τό πιό ἀνησυχητικό ὃμως θέμα εἶναι ἡ διαρκής συρρίκνωση τῆς ἑλληνικῆς σημαίας, τόσο σέ ἀπόλυτο ἀριθμό πλοίων, ὃσο καί σέ χωρητικότητα. Τόν Μάρτιο τοῦ 2017 ὑπῆρχαν μόνο 747 πλοῖα ὑπό ἑλληνική σημαία 75,2 ἑκατ. τόννων dw, ἒναντι 789 πλοίων 78,9 ἑκατ. τόννων dw τοῦ Μαρτίου 2016. Ἲσως σ᾽ αὐτό νά συνετέλεσε ὁ μεγάλος ἀριθμός διαλύσεων (62 πλοῖα), πού ἒγινε τό 2016, ἰδιαίτερα στόν κλάδο τῶν τῶν φορτηγῶν χύδην, ὃπου οἱ Ἓλληνες δραστηριοποιοῦνται δυναμικά. Ὡστόσο ἡ ἑλληνόκτητη ναυτιλία ἐξακολουθεῖ νά εἶναι ἡ πιό ἰσχυρή βιομηχανία τῆς χώρας καί θά πρέπει νά βοηθεῖται, καθώς ἒχει ἀναδείξει τήν Ἑλλάδα ὡς τόν μεγαλύτερο προμηθευτή χωρητικότητος στόν κόσμο σέ ὃλους σχεδόν τούς τομεῖς τῆς ναυτιλίας. Ἂλλο ἀξιοσημείωτο γεγονός: Ἐνῶ μειώθηκε ὁ παγκόσμιος στόλος (53.760 πλοῖα, συμπεριλαμβανομένων καί 4.026 πλοίων ὑπό ναυπήγηση), ἡ ἑλληνική ἰδιοκτησία ἀντιπροσωπεύει τό 16,8% τό προηγούμενο ἒτος, καί ὁ ἀριθμός τῶν σκαφῶν τό 7,6%. Οἱ London Greeks βλέπουν μέ πιό ξεκάθαρο μάτι τό “φῶς στό τοῦνελ” τῆς ἑλληνικῆς οἰκονομίας, ἀλλά ἐπισημαίνουν ὃτι ἡ ἑλληνική ἰσοτιμία ἀγοραστικῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ κατά κεφαλήν ΑΕΠ ἒχει μειωθεῖ ἀπό 30.396 δολ. ΗΠΑ τό 2009, σέ 26.286 δολ. τό 2015. Ἡ οἰκονομία τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἒχει συρρικνωθεῖ περίπου κατά 27% ἀπό τήν ἀρχή τῆς κρίσεως καί οἱ ἐξαγωγές ὑπηρεσιῶν παραμένουν ἀκόμη χαμηλότερες, λόγω διαρθρωτικῶν δυσκαμψιῶν καί τῶν ἐλέγχων κεφαλαίων (capital controls). Ἀσφαλῶς οἱ ἀριθμοί αὐτοί θά ἒχουν χειροτερεύσει κατά τήν διακυβέρνηση τῆς χώρας ἀπό τήν παρούσα κυβέρνηση, ἀλλά δέν ὑπάρχουν διαθέσιμα στατιστικά στοιχεῖα. Ὁ πολιτικός κόσμος, αὐτός πού κυβερνᾶ σήμερα ἢ θά κυβερνήσει αὒριο, θά πρέπει νά λάβει σοβαρά ὑπ᾽ ὂψη τήν σημαντική προσφορά τῆς ναυτιλίας στήν ἐθνική οἰκονομία, παρά τίς ἀρνητικές ἐπικρίσεις τοῦ πολιτικοῦ κόσμου, ἐγχωρίου καί ἀλλοδαποῦ. Τό νά πυροβολεῖς τά πόδια σου, δέν εἶναι ἡ καλύτερη λύση.

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Αχ αυτοί οι Έλληνες!! Γράφει ο Παναγιώτης

Δούκας, Δημοσιογράφος, Μέλος ΕΣΗΕΑ υπέρογκο δανεισμό και δεν μπορούσε να ανταποκριθεί στις απαιτήσεις των δανείων. Η HSH Nordbank μη μπορώντας άλλο να διαχειριστεί το πρόβλημα ευνοϊκά προς την Rickmers Holding, προχώρησε στην απόφαση συμβιβασμού τράπεζας και πλοιοκτήτριας εταιρίας με την έναρξη πώληση πλοίων ακόμη και νεότερης ηλικίας, κάτω των 10 ετών για να δημιουργεί το απαραίτητο cash.

Προ μιας δεκαπενταετίας ή ακόμη και δεκαετίας όταν σχεδόν σύσσωμη η γερμανική ναυτιλία επένδυε στην αγορά των εμπορευματοκιβωτίων, η πιθανότητα να πτωχεύσει μια ναυτιλιακή εταιρία και μάλιστα με αξιόλογη ιστορική πορεία, φάνταζε εξωπραγματική. Σήμερα, η πιθανότητα ενός φαινομένου ντόμινο πτωχεύσεων γερμανικών ναυτιλιακών εταιριών μετά την αίτηση πτώχευσης της τρίτης μεγαλύτερης ναυτιλιακής εταιρείας της Γερμανίας, της Rickmers Holding, μπορεί να θεωρηθεί πολύ πιθανή. Και αυτό γιατί αφενός η γερμανική ναυτιλία έχει ταυτισθεί τα τελευταία 10-15 χρόνια με τον τομέα των εμπορευματοκιβωτίων που δυστυχώς πηγαίνει από το κακό στο χειρότερο, και αφετέρου η Γερμανία δεν έχει καταφέρει να διώξει την κατάρα που την ακολουθεί εδώ και δεκαετίες σε κάθε της δραστηριότητα και η οποία την θέλει να κερδίζει τις μάχες αλλά να χάνει τον πόλεμο.

H Rickmers Holding, ήταν μια από τις δύο μεγαλύτερες εταιρίες εμπορευματοκιβωτίων και η τρίτη μεγαλύτερη ναυτιλιακή εταιρία στη Γερμανία. Πρόκειται για μια μεγάλη παραδοσιακή και σοβαρή εταιρία που δυστυχώς είχε την ατυχία να πέσει στη δίνη της τεράστιας κρίσης της αγοράς των εμπορευματοκιβωτίων η οποία έχει προκαλέσει μεγάλα προβλήματα. Είχε όμως

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Ενδεικτικό της κατάστασης που επικρατεί στη γερμανική ναυτιλία είναι ότι το χρέος της γερμανικής ναυτιλίας γενικότερα προς τη συγκεκριμένη τράπεζα αγγίζει σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες το τεράστιο ποσό των 100 δισ ευρώ, και αυτό δείχνει το μέγεθος του κινδύνου που ελοχεύει. Είναι κάτι περισσότερο από σίγουρο ότι ένα μεγάλο μέρος αυτού του χρέους θα επιβαρύνει τους γερμανούς φoρολογούμενους. Την κατάσταση μπορεί να χειροτερεύσει ακόμη περισσότερο η απουσία ευνοϊκής πρόβλεψης για την πορεία της αγοράς των εμπορευματοκιβωτίων με την οποία έχει σχεδόν ταυτισθεί η γερμανική ναυτιλία. Είναι σχεδόν σίγουρο ότι αν υπήρχε μια πρόβλεψη για βραχυμεσοπρόθεση ανάκαμψη των containers, τότε η Nordbank θα την “χάριζε” στην Rickmers αποτρέπωντας έτσι να πληγεί το κύρος της γερμανικής ναυτιλίας γενικότερα. Είναι λοιπόν αρκετά πιθανό το επόμενο διάστημα να ακουστούν και άλλες τέτοιες περιπτώσεις συμβιβασμού γερμανικών ναυτιλιακών εταιριών με γερμανικές τράπεζες (πράγμα που αυτή η στήλη το απεύχεται) και να παρακολουθούμε το δυσάρεστο φαινόμενο πλοία 10ετίας να γίνονται scrap στον βωμό της ρευστότητας, περιουσίες να χάνονται και φημισμένα ονόματα να αμαυρώνονται. Η περίπτωση της Rickmers Holding ήρθε σε μια περίοδο όπου ο γερμανός υπουργός Οικονομικών κ. Σόιμπλε, αγνοώντας με εμμονή το ιδιαίτερα ευνοϊκό καθεστώς που διέπει τη γερμανική ναυτιλία, στράφηκε με δηλώσεις του εναντίον της ελληνικής ναυτιλίας που τυχαίνει όμως να εκπροσωπεί και το 50% της κοινοτικής, μια πρωτιά που μάλλον ενοχλεί, όπως ευστόχως επισήμανε ο πρόεδρος της Ένωσης Ελλήνων Εφοπλιστών κ. Θ.

Βενιάμης. Με απλά λόγια αυτό που θέλουν οι γερμανοί είναι ο Έλληνας εφοπλιστής να πληρώνει φόρο και στα ελληνόκτητα και όχι μόνο στα υπό ελληνική σημαία πλοία στηριζόμενοι στο γεγονός ότι οι Ελληνικές εταιρίες (υπό ελληνική σημαία ή μη) είναι καταγεγραμμένες στην Ελλάδα. Αν είναι τόσο απλά τα πράγματα και στην προηγμένη και πολιτισμένη υποψήφια υπερδύναμη η ναυτιλία παρακμάζει ενώ στην ψωροκώσταινα ευημερεί, γιατί οι γερμανικές ναυτιλιακές εταιρίες δεν εγκαθίστανται στην χώρα μας για να γευθούν και αυτές από το νέκταρ της ευνοϊκής μεταχείρισης; Τι τους εμποδίζει; Μήπως, όμως, τα αίτια για την υπό κατάρρευση γερμανική ναυτιλία έχουν να κάνουν με την αποτυχία της γερμανικής ναυτιλιακής πολιτικής, που παρόλες τις ευνοϊκές ρυθμίσεις σε όλα τα επίπεδα (πλοιοκτησία, διαχείριση, φυσικό πρόσωπο), δεν κατάφερε να στηρίξει τη ναυτιλία της; Ας μην γελιόμαστε. Υπάρχει όντως μεγάλη κρίση στα containers υπάρχει όμως και χάσμα μεταξύ του γερμανικού και του ελληνικού τρόπου σκέπτεσθαι σε όλα τα επίπεδα. Αυτό φαίνεται άλλωστε και από την ιστορία των δύο λαών η μελέτη της οποίας είναι ουσιαστικά μια καταγραφή του τι μπορούν και τι δεν μπορούν να κάνουν δύο λαοί με διαφορετικά DNA. Για παράδειγμα οι Έλληνες πλοιοκτήτες σε περιόδους κρίσης εφαρμόζουν το σωτήριο lean management κάτι που οι γερμανοί αγνοούν. Πληροφορίες πάντως αναφέρουν ότι ενδιαφέρον έχει εκφράσει ελληνικός εφοπλιστικός οίκος να αγοράσει κοψοχρονιά την Rickmers. Η στήλη αυτή, ανεξάρτητα από το αν αληθεύουν ή όχι οι πληροφορίες αυτές, δεν θεωρεί πιθανή μια τέτοια εξέλιξη καθώς οι γερμανοί όταν φθάνουν στην δυσάρεστη θέση να πουλήσουν όπως - όπως ακόμη και ένα τους πλοίο λόγω κρίσης, προσπαθούν πάση θυσία να μην το δώσουν σε ελληνικά χέρια… Αρκεί γι΄αυτούς να μην το πάρουν οι αναθεματισμένοι Έλληνες!! Αχ αυτοί οι Έλληνες!! Παναγιώτης Δούκας

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Greek shipping bank finance decline; when will it recover? The outlook for 2017 and beyond

by Ted Petropoulos, Head Petrofin S.A

Petrofin Bank Research ©, published this month, has shown some major developments in the bank financing of the Greek fleet, the most important being that it has contracted by 8.77% during 2016.

This is the biggest contraction since 2009.

Furthermore, for the first time, the international banks without a Greek presence have shown a decline of the order of 7.3%. These banks have always supported Greek shipping, especially during the last 8 years since the economic crisis began (for the full research please visit www.petrofin.gr).

Another major development is the reduction in the portfolios of Chinese banks, in sharp contrast to the expansion and growth of Chinese leasing.

The overall Far Eastern portfolio has fallen from $7.3bn to $6.15bn.

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We need to put the above developments in a wider context in order to be able to assess their importance.

2016 was a particularly difficult year for Western banks and began to also affect Far Eastern banks.

The record falls in the dry bulk, offshore and container segments, coupled by a poor performance in the wet sector, drastically affected both vessel values, which represent banks’ collateral and cash flows, which represent clients’ ability to service shipping loans.

The number of non-performing shipping loans rose, as owners were forced to consider scrapping, layup or trading at below breakeven rates.

Record bank losses, as a result of bad loan losses and provisions, were recorded by all the shipping banks, many of which needed to step up the pressure on non-performing clients.

In this very negative shipping environment and with the prospects of a meaningful shipping recovery being both uncertain and distant, it is no wonder that bank appetite for new loans waned. It is, therefore, a major achievement that some banks managed to effect a countercyclical lending policy, details of which appear in this year’s research of their loan portfolios. Examples of growth, in the case of RBS, which is fast departing ship finance, were either other banks e.g. Berenberg Bank, or leasing companies e.g. Orix, or individual clients buying back at a discount their loans, with the support of fresh banks.

Most bank loan sale activity centered on sales to equity, vulture or special situations funds with intense negotiations and numerous transfers taking place during the year. Despite the dire shipping conditions, loan discounts were not massive and

were on average 10% - 20% of the value of the underlying loans, depending on their credit and performance status.

Clearing slates of bad loans and managing bad loans for traditional banks and acquisitions of those loans and some expansion by not so traditional shipping banks is a healthy development.

This begs the question of what is happening with shipping and Greek shipping finance in particular.

The Petrofin Index of Greek ship finance is an indicator of where things were and where things stand at the moment. This enables us to view the longer term trend.

The Index for 2016 is down by 28% from its peak of 443 in 2008.

Interestingly, when we compare the Petrofin Index of Greek ship finance with the evolution of the Greek fleet DWT tonnage we note that in 2016 the availability of bank finance lagged well behind the Greek fleet expansion. Bank finance is still very cautious as well as restricted by internal and external factors and regulations. Among the existing and committed bank lenders, most are reluctant to lend for speculative newbuildings and this is bourne out by the decline of the committed but undrawn figures in this year’s research by 38%.

Funds, however, are still very much active and support Greek fleet expansion, although with a greater emphasis on second hand vessels.

Chinese leasing is also a very important enabler in achieving this fleet growth shown below. We should also add private equity in the above pool to get a clearer picture of who funded this growth.

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its development: as the banks are reducing their exposure, is the growth of the fleet justified by the market developments?

In order to be able to respond to that, we need to report on some encouraging signs already in place in 2017 both in the markets and in Greek Ship Finance.

The dry bulk market staged a meaningful recovery from 685 on 14th February to 1324 on March 30th 2017 (BDI). Although there has been a recent correction, there is the widespread feeling that coupled with a more robust growth of dry bulk commodities expected over the next couple of years to the order of 3.5% per annum (IMF). Grain imports in China are on the rise and, very importantly, China’s steel production is increasing as its projects are multiplying, culminating with the One Belt One Road. India’s impending housing boom, whereby 60m new homes are expected to be built, at an overall expense of $1.3tr show that growth in the East and the Far East is continuing unimpeded. Transportation is always a very big part of such growth. The order book remains relatively low. Out of the 377 dry vessels to be delivered yet in 2017, only 23% are under construction now and out of the total orderbook of 692, 18% are contracts between 2005 and 2013. This indicates that there might not be an influx of newbuildings anytime soon. A similar story appears to be shaping up in the container sector and most analysts anticipate a modest recovery in the wet sector and especially product carriers by next year as well. Consequently, the outlook for trade growth seems to be steady and shipping shows signs of recovery.

The main point is that owners and banks alike are more confident of future market conditions than before. Of course all this may change if scrapping stops and newbuilding orders rise but for the time being after some time the numbers look positive .

In terms of bank finance available to Greek owners, it is our opinion that the risk / reward of shipfinance is improving and this will assist Greek bank lending in the future. More banks are expected to enter the market, aiming at the small to medium owner. The renewal of the fleet in the not so distant future is bound to attract banks’ interest in the medium term.

Greek banks are also expected to be in a better position to compete for Greek business, both in terms of loans, as well as deposits, once the Greek economic situation shall stabilise and this would be welcomed by Greek owners. The growth of Greek shipping, despite the adverse markets and the decline of bank finance is testimony to the ability and commitment of Greek owners to adjust their finance and capital requirements to changing market conditions and challenges, also looking forward to the new growth that is laying foundations now.

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The growth of non-traditional bank lending has been the direct result of the inability and unwillingness of primarily western banks to continue expanding their loan portfolios at a time of pronounced Greek fleet growth. Although the ability of banks to commit loans into shipping will remain limited by the banks‘ financial constraints and capital restrictions, a change is being perceived. The outlook for the major shipping markets is improving. The loan losses are being stemmed.

The quality of bank loan portfolios is improving. The risk / rewards of new shipping loans are improving. The banks can refocus on their proven clients and rebuild their portfolios. The banks departing shipping have largely carried out the majority but not all of their loan sales. New banks are coming through to offer loans especially to the small and medium size owners. Greek banks are expected to reemerge as keen lenders to Greek shipping as the Greek economy recovers. Large owners are looking at ways to reduce their borrowing cost and borrow more from traditional lending banks. In consequence therefore, we consider that traditional ship finance for Greek owners may be about to turn from 2018 onwards and shall continue to support the continued expansion of Greek owners wishing to take advantage of future market opportunities. We do not believe that such change shall signify the recommencement of prolific lending by banks as capital restrictions and the international financial market are not supportive of banks at present. However, the commencement of a recovery in Greek Ship finance lending is now anticipated.

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29 years serving the marine industry 24/7 “Nothing in life happens by accident! Luck does not exist. We create our path in this life with our decisions along with God’s help “.

Mr. Tassos Hilios, owner of the company A. HILIOS, answered with these simple words in our question on how it manages and is constantly in the spotlight in a field that hardly anyone has survived due to a series of problems because of the crisis which started in 2010. His company for nearly 30 years provides services like waterjet cleaning, blasting, spoggobolis and coloring in water and land facilities.

We came across Mr. Tassos Hilios 20 years ago and we are pretty sure that every time we meet we are pleasantly surprised. He constantly makes up steps and never gives up. In the middle of the economic crisis, A.HILIOS incurs large and challenging projects both in Greece and abroad. The last contract of Mr. Tassos Hilios relates to a company in Singapore with 8 ships that would need to be completed by the end of 2017. The two of them are already finished. Also, in Greece, A. HILIOS works this time in a highly specialized project for which Mr. Tassos Hilios wants to complete the project and then say more about it.

As for the key to his successful and professional career, in addition to the high quality and great experience, is that Mr. Tassos Hilios is really a master on shipping services. The company does not have any debts and as a standard policy invests back the profit in equipment and expertise. This way, the best days for the ship repair zone, that he believes they will come soon, will find him ready to provide even better his services to shipowners.

This September, according to Mr. Tasos Hilios, the Chinese who own the port of Piraeus will carry a large floating dock and the port will change much over the next 2 years. Such is the confidence of shipowners in his good name, that he has built over the years that even during the interview he gave us, the phone rang several times for a project. He and his staff are ready 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

Mr. Tassos Hilios spoke about a latest project that had as goal the reduction in fuel consumption and increase the speed of the ship. Going for 2500 high quality bar jetting in which all colors come aboard and stays pure sheet metal.

Proceeding with special silicone colors which have the capacity to offer the ship less friction and therefore lower fuel consumption and higher speed. In order to achieve the combination of high-quality work and quick delivery time of the project, the personnel gave its best as always.

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This September, according to Mr. Tasos Hilios, the Chinese who own the port of Piraeus will carry a large floating dock and the port will change much over the next two years.

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“Nothing in life happens by accident! Luck does not exist. We create our path in this life with our decisions along with God’s help”.

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A. HILIOS - THE COMPANY The company HILIOS ANASTASIOS MONOPROSOPI e p e. was established to offer services: cleaning, sandblasting, waterjet, spoggobolis and coloring in water and land facilities. Its founder is Mr. Hilios Anastasios who deals with this issue since 1988 having originally created the Hilios Hellas and later A HILIOS LTD. Its facilities located in Perama Zone, Attika area on formerly Karras. The A HILIOS LTD has its own brand HPS service provision distinguishing its services from other companies in the same industry. It has earned a worthy reputation for the quality of its work using constantly renewed mechanical equipment, with new technology equipment purchased from EU countries and working methods which are environmentally friendly in accordance with the international standards.

A HILIOS LTD employs a large number of scientific and technical personnel with more than 20 years of experience in ship repairs. Today the company undertakes operations worldwide for its clients, providing 24-hour service and continues to pioneer and aims to offer the most competitive services and offerings in the industry, protecting both the property of its customers and the environment.

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SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT The company primarily offers its services in ship repair zone of Perama.

In the of former Karras Shipyards area located its engineering facilities.

A. HILIOS undertakes waterjet works, blasting, painting and surface preparation in yards inside and outside Greece after agreement. Also sends its personnel in any part of the world are asked by their customers. The services are provided on a 24-hours basis observing international standards for completion of the work and ensure the quality both of jobs and of the environment.

Cleaning of ships and industrial parts • Surface preparation for application protection and shielding • Sandblasting in accordance with the international standard 0559001967 (enclosure/tank protection etc) • Jetting in accordance with international standards (Norma 2222) • Specialized spoggobolis services • Machinery for specialized applications • Painting ships and land-based installations • Cleaning and protection tubes • Specialized layout dye • Cleaning with the method of spoggobolis • Rental of mechanical equipment • Protection against corrosion • Watercutting • Robotic systems The company HILIOS ANASTASIOS MONOPROSOPI e p e constantly renews its equipment with new technology equipment that meet the needs of demanding customers. For the best performance of the work, machinery and equipment, in the possession of the company exist 33 cherry picker, 14 hydroblasts, 1 hydrosand blasting, 20 compresseurs 28 hoses blasting, a barge, a truck, cranes, bobcat, tube cleaning systems, vacuum, robot hydroblast, pumps, rotary nozzles clean of internal pipes.

The company has the ability to provide its services to various industries and services. Main scope of HILIOS ANASTASIOS MONOPROSOPI e p e is the shipping, offering the most competitive services at affordable prices. In the industrial sector has undertaken major projects winning the trust and cooperation of large corporations like Coca Cola, Shell Hellas, Chalybourgiki, Motor Oil, Greek Petroleum and Energean Oil Gas. In addition, regarding to the public sector, the company has participated in competitions to assign tasks for both the Navy and to the projects of highways.

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Reception dinner by Chengxi Shipyard and Marine Plus SA

2 On 28th of June a reception-dinner was held in the presence of Mr. Lu Ziyou, President of Chengxi Shipyard Co.,Ltd., at the Yacht Club of Greece in honor of their Greek friends and customers.

The event was co-organised with Marine Plus S.A., the main agent of Chengxi Shipyard Co.,Ltd. Speakers in the event were Mr. Lu Ziyou - President of Chengxi Shipyard Co.,Ltd and Mr. Dimtris Vranopoulos - Managing Director of Marine Plus SA. Marine Plus S.A. was established in 1988 as a provider of high quality technical services to the Greek Shipping Industry. Today, with over 30 years of experience, Marine Plus can ef-fectively provide almost any technical support required by vessels trading Worldwide, rang-ing from dry docking repairs, conversions, underwater services, BWMS new building con-tracting/supervision, minor voyage or port repairs, supply of spares, supplies and provisions, inspections and more.

Chengxi shipyard Co. Ltd. is one of the largest and oldest (since 1974) ship-repair and new building enterprises under CSSC. The company succeeds to the production and business of previous Chengxi Shipyard and specializes in ship repair and new building, steel construction as well as offshore engineering, lifting gears and mechanical-electric equipment repair and manufacture.

Marine Plus and Chengxi have a long lasting successful cooperation since 1992 and have completed repairs ranging from major conversions to routine drydocking. Around 93% of all Greek vessels repaired each year in Chengxi are booked by Marine Plus.

PHOTO 1: Mr. Cheng Lin, Mr. Dimitris Vranopoulos, Mr. Lu Ziyou and Mr. Yang Jun PHOTO 2: Chengxi S/Y delegation with Marine Plus Team PHOTO 3: During the presentation

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The 19th annual meeting of the Hellenic and Black Sea Committee of Bureau Veritas The 19th annual meeting of the Hellenic and Black Sea Committee of Bureau Veritas was held on the 13th of May 2016 under the Chairmanship of Mr. George Procopiou and the presence of the Bureau Veritas Top Management, namely Mr. Philippe Donche-Gay, President Marine & Offshore Division, Mr. Didier Bouttier, Senior Vice President Marine & Offshore Division SEMEA Zone, Mr. Lambros A. Chahalis, Vice President Regional Chief Executive Hellenic & Black Sea Region, Dr. John Kokarakis, Technology & Business Development Director Marine & Offshore Division, Mr. Anastasios Angelopoulos, Marine Chief Executive, Mrs. Paillette Palaiologou, Director Marine Sales & Marketing Marine & Offshore Division, Mr. Philippe Boisson, Communication Director, Mr. Nicos Attas, Marine Chief Executive of Cyprus, Mr. Michael Sterghiou, Director SE Europe Bureau Veritas Commodities, Mr. Yordan Minkov, Marine Manager BV Varna, & Mr. George Andreadis, Marine Center Manager. This year the Committee event took place at the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens. Following the welcome and adoption of the agenda by the Committee’s Chairman, Mr. George Procopiou, three distinguished colleagues of shipping were accepted as new members. They were Mr. Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman of Allseas Marine, Mr. Dimitris Patrikios, General Manager of Springfield Shipping Co. & Mr. Svetlin Stoyanov, Executive Director of MTG-Dolphin PLC in Bulgaria.

Mr. Philippe Donche-Gay opened the round of presentations with a criti-

cal review on the Bureau Veritas Group’s Corporate Activities & Results for 2015 & on the strategic plan 2015-2020. Mr. Donche-Gay pointed out also the importance of the Digital Transformation which will further assist the job of surveyors on board the vessel.

He was followed by a presentation on Shipping & Shipbuilding markets for 2016 by Mr. Nicos Ritsos, Managing Partner of BRS, resulting to an interesting exchange of views.

The 27th Marine Technical Committee Meeting of Bureau Veritas Piraeus The 27th Marine Technical Committee Meeting of Bureau Veritas Piraeus, took place on May 23rd 2017 and hosted by Mr. George Andreadis, Marine Manager of Bureau Veritas Piraeus and Secretary of the Committee at the Yacht Club of Greece, in Microlimano.

The occasion opened as always with socializing between the attendees as the development in the shipping world is quick and abiding and it was a great opportunity to exchange their views.

The meeting started with the introduction of four new members by the Committee’s Chairman Mr. George Sarris, President of Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A., subsequently Mr. George Andreadis welcomed all the members.

Mrs. Palaiologou, Vice President Regional Chief Executive of Hellenic & Black Sea, made a presentation entitled BV M&O New Organization, where she gave a wide delineation of the new structure of Bureau Veritas as well as the growth of the Hellenic fleet and the new construction vessels under Bureau Veritas supervision.

In continuation Dr. Kokarakis, Vice President Technology & Business Development of Hellenic, Black Sea Region & Middle East Zone, got the word. His presentation focused on ways to comply with the global sulphur cap in January 1st 2020.Thee road paths were described to achieve that namely utilization of distillate fuels, the installation of scrubbers or the use of alternative fuels. All options are governed by uncertainties and the presenter outlined ways that Bureau Veritas can assist towards implementation of this “hot” regulation.

Mr. Stamatopoulos, Verifuel Business Development Manager SE Europe Bureau Veritas made a presentation with the title “Quality issues

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associated with marine fuels and the way forward”, about the “good” fuel quality , the function of refineries and also the new technique that several ECA countries are working on , the remote sensing.

Mr. Sterghiou, Director of Bureau Veritas Commodities, took the podium and presented the three calibration methods for ships tanks and the advantages of laser scanning.

Finally Mrs. Masoudi, Cyber Safety & Security Manager in Bureau Veritas France, made a presentation with the title “smart ship” introducing risks and challenges in relation to cyber security, cyber safety and cyber performance. The meeting was completed successfully and the discussion continued during the traditional dinner, a great opportunity to tight and expand the relations between the participants.

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What you MUST know in case of an accident or emergency with your yacht

By Anastasios Maraslis, President of Marasco Marine Ltd

RESPONSIBILITIES IN PORT Your boat must be properly moored or berthed in an approved permanent location. Your permanent berth should be advised to Insurers and if you change it you should then notify Insurers immediately.

Yachting, whether motor or sailing, should be a pleasant activity at sea, however too often unforeseen reasons turn a past time activity into an adventure or into a nightmare.

Being prepared most of the times is the best strategy to meet the unexpected effectively and controlling state.

Let’s see what you should have in place at all times to avoid any problems with the authorities or your insurance underwriters in case of an accident or claim.

YACHT’S DOCUMENTS According to the size, type and flag of your vessel, all registration and safety documents should be kept up-to-date even whilst laid up.

The most essential documents are : - Certificate of Registry.

- Certificate of Tonnage and Measurement.

- Radio Certificate.

- Certificate of General Inspection.

- Fire Fighting Appliances Certificate.

- Liferaft Certificate.

- Classification Society Certificate (if applicable).

- Navigation Lights Certificate.

- Siren Certificate.

You are reminded that prior to departure you must obtain Sailing Approval and/or Clearance from the Port or Harbour Authorities.

Your arrival or return must also be logged by the Authorities. A brief log should be kept for record purposes.

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RESPONSIBILITIES AT SEA - Do not leave a port without obtaining the weather forecast.

- Always keep on board the Authorities approved number of crew members.

- Always follow the national and international regulations and those of International Convention for the safety of life at Sea (1974).

- Do not sail and/or leave any port of call when authorities have issued relevant warnings.

- Use at all times your admiralty maps which must be kept updated.

- In case of weather deterioration whilst in port, Marina and/or at anchorage do not abandon your vessel until the weather improves.

IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS YOU MUST: Inform Insurers immediately, but not later than 24 hours after the incident.

YOU MUST: Inform the nearest Port Police Office or if at sea the Port Police at your port of arrival. They will log the incident and give you a copy of the entry, which is required by Insurers.

YOU MUST: Prepare a statement for Insurers headed - Master’s Report. This statement should be endorsed with the stamp of the nearest Port Police Office.

YOU MUST NOT: Authorise any repairs or open-up damaged machinery without consulting the Insurer’s Surveyor. YOU MUST give the Insurer’s Surveyor the opportunity to inspect any damage in order to ascertain the nature, extent and cause. You should not authorize any repairs or dismantling of damaged machinery without consulting the insurer’s surveyor except in case of emergency.

In such cases you should retain all damaged parts. The Surveyor will expect you to obtain written repair estimates from a list of designated repairers.

REPAIR APPROVAL: Repairs should not commence until an estimate has been approved

by Insurer’s Surveyor otherwise you may not recover the full cost of repairs.

CLAIMS ON CHARTER YACHTS: This type of insurance has many particularities and needs special handling.

If the yacht was on charter when the casualty occurred, you must obtain a statement from the Master, as per the above instructions, with a Passengers and Crew list including addresses and telephone numbers together with a copy of the Charter Party endorsed by the Port Police.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY - Do not abandon your vessel; it is possible that she could cause accidents to other vessels. It is understood that you only have to abandon the yacht when the lives of passengers, crew and yourself are in real danger.

- You must carry out all necessary steps to protect your property before abandoning the vessel.

- Do not accept any salvage services from any other vessel prior to agreeing the award with her Master.

- Under no circumstances should you sign any document, salvage agreement and/or NO CURE NO PAY form, without the consent and/ or knowledge of the Insurers.

MARASCO MARINE BRIEF PROFILE. Marasco-Marine Ltd, since it was established by its founder, Mr. Anastasios Maraslis, in 1991, twenty six years ago, provides to Yacht owners and vessel operators, Ship Managers first class, dedicated and responsible service with qualitative Marine Insurance Hull & Machinery, P&I, TPL and Crew Medical policies securing peace of mind and the necessary funds to make good any damages sustained or caused to third parties, in case of accident.

Marasco Marine Ltd. is a specialised insurance broking house with an experienced team of brokers and claims consultants, focused on providing highly competitive, first class and cost effective marine insurance solutions to the International Shipping and Yachting communities alike. It’s founder is licensed successful and well recognised broker since 1983 and member of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Marasco Marine Ltd in May 2017 has made an agreement to represent a large Insurance Conglomerate in Mega Yacht insurance business and Ocean going vessels at very competitive premium rates.

WELCOME HOME! DNV GL has expanded its responsibilities in Greece to support local customers even better by having Greece as its third home market. We have improved response times and strengthened our capabilities in Greece, with a focus on providing services, decision making and supporting Greek companies directly from our Piraeus office. Our customers will be able to conduct their business directly with the local team in Piraeus – and around the world through the

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ABS opens its Global Ship Systems Center in Greece

ABS unveiled its Global Ship Systems Center and announced the formation of its Hellenic Technical Committee in Athens

From left yo right, Dr. Christopher Leontopoulos, ABS Technology Manager - Dr. Kirsi Tikka ABS Executive Vice President for Global Marine - Mrs. Cathy Mann Vice President Marketing and Communications ABS “This cutting-edge facility brings together industry-recognized technical leaders to support clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their assets,” said ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki.

“Leveraging our global technology leadership to assemble one of the most advanced technology centers in Greece only strengthens our Rule development and advisory to the industry globally, and we are honored to establish such a credentialed Technical Committee here in direct support of these efforts.”

Through a systems-based approach, the Global Ship Systems Center addresses the increasing complexity of mechanical and cyber-enabled systems onboard vessels. As these systems are increasingly interconnected and optimized, a more advanced approach to address design and construction is required.

“As vessel system complexity evolves, so must the industry’s rules and guidance to fully support a systems-based approach,” said ABS Executive Vice President for Global Marine Dr. Kirsi Tikka. “Our commitment to set standards for safety and excellence as one of the world’s leading classification organizations is based on the rules and standards we develop and refine, and the global industry experience and input from our Technical Committee members in Greece is invaluable.”

Led by Dr. Elias Kariambas, Director of the ABS Global Ship Systems Center, the ABS team already is leading nearly 40 projects covering topics such as ABS CyberSafety®, shafting and propulsion, LNG as

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fuel, control and automation, engine operations and maintenance, vessel performance, and emission controls, among others. The team collaborates with clients on innovative projects ranging from applications of advanced analysis on design, construction and operations to techno-economic evaluations of regulatory compliance options.

Aligning with local and world-leading universities and research centers, the ABS Global Ship Systems Center will offer a premier research and development capability to help address today’s industry issues while determining tomorrow’s solutions.

In support of the Global Ship Systems Center, ABS assembled its Hellenic Technical Committee to actively participate in the development and updating of standards used in the design, construction and surveys of vessels, other marine and offshore structures and a host of specialized systems.

Dr. Christopher Leontopoulos, ABS Technology Manager, will chair the Hellenic Technical Committee which is comprised of more than 20 key technical professionals in the maritime industry, representing owners, operators and owner associations. The Committee brings together ABS and industry leaders to discuss pertinent technical industry issues and developments. The meetings are an important part of an ongoing dialogue with industry to improve and enhance the ABS Rules and guidance globally.

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“Greece is open for cruise industry business” says Greek Minister at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum

The Greek government has signaled its intentions to adopt a public private partnership model drive in order to improve critical port and air infrastructure required to help the country optimize its full potential as a destination of choice for global cruise liners and passengers.

Speaking at the opening day of the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, Greek Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, Panagiotis Kouroumplis, said that Greece is prepared to launch a concessions campaign in order to encourage international cruise liners operating in Greece to invest in relevant infrastructure projects.

“This initiative would help encourage cruise liners to partner with the Greek government and expedite a raft of projects which would otherwise require much longer completion timeframes,” said the Minister.

“We want to unite the peoples of this region through initiatives that promote peaceful coexistence in order to jointly leverage our comparative advantages and the government is fully supportive of the concept of a public private partnership model that would be mutually beneficial to all involved parties,” he added.

The Forum is attended by the world’s most prominent sea tourism decision makers who debate the future potential of the Eastern Mediterranean in the face of adversity emanating from the recent geopolitical conflicts in Greece’s neighbouring markets of Turkey, the Levant and Egypt where local tensions have kept cruise passengers away.

“Guests tell us where to deploy our ships as we need to take our vessels where revenue opportunities make our business financially viable,” said Larry Pimentel, President & CEO of Azamara Club Cruises.

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thentic and the unconventional, look beyond the iconic, traditional destinations and create new, alternative products that offer fresh, innovative, deeper connections for cruise line guests. And the Greek government’s commitment to the cruise sector’s development could be the catalyst for the creation of a common vision and a corresponding plan to work closely together in creating these new experiences,” added Pimentel.

Michel Nestour, Vice President, Global Port and Destination Development, Carnival Corporation & PLC, agrees that Greece needs to reinvent its cruise offering in order to take advantage of its current position. “It is the right time for Greece to promote the rest of the country beyond the famous destinations in order to tap into the vast potential of the cruise industry. Santorini and Mykonos are not the only great Greek destinations and Greece needs to promote more destinations, especially through social media, which do not require an increased budget. ” Just two percent of the global population has ever taken a cruise, and a vast potential of it sits in Asia and China in particular, according to Tom Fecke, Secretary General, CLIA Europe. “Greece must reach out to China and promote itself as a destination in great detail and differentiate it from other neighbouring troubled destinations. It also needs to invest in enhancing its existing infrastructure to prepare it for the influx of the new builds for over 4,000 passengers which will account for more than half of the estimated 230,000 guest additional capacity projected to enter in the period between 2020-2026.

The political and security issues that have affected the growth of cruise industry in the region were also discussed at length during the forum’s first day, prompting Pullmantur’s President & CEO Richard Vogel to

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comment on his company’s decision to remove Turkey’s Marmaris port from its itinerary until further notice, a fate that has also afflicted other major Turkish ports of calls such as Kusadasi. “So Greece has the advantage of political stability and if it works hard to reinvent its offering, invest in its infrastructure and diversify its product portfolio it has a great chance to grow its homeporting and guest volumes. The question remains what Greece will do to maintain the extra business it now enjoys, when Turkey and the other countries of the region open again for business.”

Infrastructure barriers on both blue and shore sides need to come down if Greece wants to reap the benefits according to Kristijan Pavic, President, Med Cruise. “Greece needs to invest in capacity and efficiency issues in terms of port infrastructure and operational efficacy as well as promote its offerings to the emerging Chinese markets. Together with a berth allocation system and a focus on sustainability and cooperation, Greece could have a better future as a destination of choice for cruise operators and passengers alike.”

The ability to react to projected capacity strains could pose a major obstacle to growth according to Emre Sayin, CEO, Global Ports Holding, who said that the capacity of the global cruise industry in the next five years will increase by 42%. “So investment in ports is essential to improve efficiencies, passenger flow, health and other facilities and for this to happen successfully, a detailed traffic impact analysis and destination improvement plan is a prerequisite. Such planning can take as long as five years according to Ana Karina Santini from the Royal Caribbean –

Celebrity Cruises – Azamara Club Cruises who are keen investors in port development projects of high return potential in strategic growth locations.

“In conclusion, Greece offers a very lucrative investment opportunity for the world’s cruise industry and from what we have heard in today’s forum from the Greek government authorities and the cruise line industry’s decision makers, the potential of a future collaboration in local infrastructure projects is likely to happen as intentions are very evident from both sides”, said Theodore Vokos, Executive Director, Posidonia Exhibitions S.A, the organisers of the Forum.

The 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum is organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy and is supported by the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports (MEDCRUISE), the Hellenic Port Association (ELIME), the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association, the Greek Marinas Association, the Association of Passenger Shipping Companies, the Union of Cruise Ship Owners & Associated Members, the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA). Gold Sponsor is the Greek National Tourism Organisation. Silver Sponsors are the Piraeus Port Authority and Air France - KLM - Delta.

Bronze Sponsors are the Athens International Airport, Aktina Travel Group, Celestyal Cruises, Global Ports Holding, the Hellenic Motor Museum and Hellenic Seaways. Supporters are Everest, Municipality of Ios Island and TRU Catering by Radisson Blu Park Hotel.

Piraeus port authority investment plans tabled at 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum Piraeus Port Authority is investing Euro 294mn over a five-year period to upgrade its existing infrastructure and help it increase its competitiveness in the lucrative East Med cruise sector. Details of the specific plans were presented during the opening day of the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum by Theodora Riga, Manager of Strategic Planning & Marketing Department, PPA. A significant part of this investment will support Greece’s cruise sector as they include the expansion of the Southern port with capacity for four new cruise berths, up to 400m each for new generation ships. The plans also include the development of hotels, shopping malls, restaurants and other auxiliary services designed to establish Piraeus Port as a key East Mediterranean cruise line homeport.

“The planned infrastructure improvements will benefit the cruise sector overall by providing best-in-class customer service experience to the operators of the cruise ships as well as by enhancing the overall experience of their guests,” said Ms. Riga.

“New value added services for the cruise lines and passengers are at the core of Piraeus Port Authority’s vision to promote overall product awareness in the Chinese market and act as a facilitator to capture higher volumes of tourists from the Far East.”

Currently, Piraeus possesses a total of 2.8kms in quay length with a draft of up to 11m tide free. It has between 9-11 simultaneous berthing places. The expansion plans would add a further 1,65kms of quay length further strengthening the Port’s capacity by roughly 50 percent.

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Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports (MEDCRUISE), the Hellenic Port Association (ELIME), the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association, the Greek Marinas Association, the Association of Passenger Shipping Companies, the Union of Cruise Ship Owners & Associated Members, the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA). Gold Sponsor is the Greek National Tourism Organisation. Silver Sponsors are the Piraeus Port Authority and Air France - KLM - Delta.

Bronze Sponsors are the Athens International Airport, Aktina Travel Group, Celestyal Cruises, Global Ports Holding, the Hellenic Motor Museum and Hellenic Seaways. Supporters are Everest, Municipality of Ios Island and TRU Catering by Radisson Blu Park Hotel.

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4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum kick starts East Med’s Port and Marina investment drive Thanks to the recent formation of an integrated national strategy for the development of the cruise and yachting sectors, Greece is today well positioned to further build on its continuously increasing number of international tourists who currently stand at a whopping 28 million annually, according to Elena Kountoura, Minister of Tourism, who addressed delegates at the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum.

The privatisation of Greece’s marinas was a key discussion topic during the second day of the event with government officials and representatives of the private sector agreeing that many steps to the right directions have been made, but plenty needs yet to be achieved in order to help the country realise its full potential.

During his speech, Stergios Pitsiorlas, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy & Development said that the Greek government is committed to supporting the growth of sea tourism in Greece through a series of measures that include the privatisation of marinas in Alimos, Chios, Argostoli and Kalamaria through the concession model.

The Deputy Minister added that in partnership with port authorities in various locations around Greece, planning for the development of new marinas through the public private partnership model will be finalised this summer.

Yet, today, the challenges pose a barrier to growth as neighbouring destinations, such as Turkey and Croatia, have already embarked on a strategic transformation of their own yachting sector and marina infrastructure development.

Greece must renew its framework of establishing and operating tourist ports, according to Stavros Katsikadis, President of the Greek Marinas Association. “A reasonable and stable tax and regulatory regime would help attract investments by reducing legal risks,” he added.

The cruise sector was also in focus during the Forum’s second and final day with top international and regional representatives of the industry adding their own unique perspectives.

According to Ukko Metsola, Vice President, Royal Caribbean Cruises, the absolute number of cruise travelers sourced from Asia has nearly tripled since 2012 and this presents East Med with a great growth opportunity. “Asia is the world’s fastest growing market and China is the main driver of the continent’s outbound tourism market with an estimated annual 120 million Chinese tourists flooding global destinations each year,” he said. “With 2018 earmarked as the European Union - China tourism year, the opportunity for Eastern Mediterranean to position itself as a key cruise destination for Chinese tourists is today more important than ever before,” he added.

Innovative marketing could hold the answers to many of the challenges stifling the East Med region’s growth as the adverse geopolitical conditions continue unabated according to Erkunt Oner, from Turkey’s Tourism Investors Association.

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under the thematic umbrella of the four wonders of the world that would be of particular appeal to North America cruise guests as indeed would be the labelling of the region to Mid or Central Med to help battle misconceptions about the region’s proximity to the Middle East.

In fact, the importance of North American cruise visitors for the viability of the region’s cruise sector was highlighted during the presentation of Dr Yiannis Paraschis, CEO of Athens International Airport S.A. “In the first quarter of this year, we welcomed to AIA some 200,000 cruise travelers, most of whom came from the North American markets of the USA and Canada. Thanks to a combined annual air capacity of 773,000 seats, connectivity between Athens and these markets today is the best it has ever been this century.”

In the eight years since its inception, the biennial Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum has managed to establish itself as a major platform for the promotion of the cruise and yachting sectors for the entire Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea regions. This year, the event was attended by over 1,000 delegates including, for the first time, attendees from Iran and Egypt, whereas Turkey also fielded a strong delegation despite its domestic political challenges. A total of 34 companies also presented their services at the dedicated exhibition floor.

The 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum is organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy and is supported by the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports (MEDCRUISE), the Hellenic Port Association (ELIME), the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association, the Greek Marinas Association, the Association of Passenger Shipping Companies, the Union of Cruise Ship Owners & Associated Members, the Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies (HATTA). Gold Sponsor is the Greek National Tourism Organisation. Silver Sponsors are the Piraeus Port Authority and Air France - KLM - Delta.

Bronze Sponsors are the Athens International Airport, Aktina Travel Group, Celestyal Cruises, Global Ports Holding, the Hellenic Motor Museum and Hellenic Seaways. Supporters are Everest, Municipality of Ios Island and TRU Catering by Radisson Blu Park Hotel.

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1ST YES to Sea Tourism Forum at POSIDONIA Sea Tourism 2017

The 1st ΥES to Sea Tourism Forum was held during the 4th POSIDONIA Sea Tourism, on Wednesday 24 May 2017 at the hall «Nikos Skalkotas» of the Megaron International Conference Hall, with the initiative of the YES Forum Team, consistied of 40 young executives and students managed by Mrs. Danae Bezantakou, Managing Director of the NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS. YES to Sea Tourism Forum was organised under the Auspices of the Ministries of Shipping, Education, Tourism and GNTO (National Organization of Tourism) and the majority of Greek Universities as well as the participation of more than 600 students and executives from the sea tourism & shipping industries.

Speakers stressed the need for launching a Platform of Open Dialogue between the young generation of shipping and sea tourism and today’s executives of the above sectors, recognizing simultaneously the contribution of the organization towards this goal.

The welcoming addresses were made by Mr. Dimitrios Tryfonopoulos, General Secretary of GNTO, Mrs. Evridiki Kourneta, Secretary General of the Ministry of Tourism and Mr. Pafsanias Papageorgiou, General Secretary of Lifelong Learning and Young Generation.

Worth mentioning is that during the Forum, the collaboration of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Tourism was announced, regarding the upgrade of the Higher Schools of Touristic Education and the further modernization of the education provided in the 8 Public IEK (Institute of Professional Training) for Tourism. Following YES to Shipping 2016, the Ministry of Education underlined the necessity to upgrade maritime training, to develop the level of study in shipping-related schools and to bring them in contact with the shipping community, especially in terms of training program Studies.

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According to a survey conducted by Focus Bari exclusively for the YES to Sea Tourism Forum, 82% of the respondents ranked from 7 to 10 (excellent) sea tourism in terms of their professional prospects, while in terms of salaries, 66% believe they are in satisfying level in comparison with other professions. However, 80% believe that information on employment is limited.

The Vice President of Royal Caribbean, Mr. Ukko Metsola, alongside with his speech, held a dialogue with the participants, referring to key features of the cruising and yachting sector. He underlined also that basic prerequisites for the development of a young individual are will and persistence.

Among the topics raised by the speakers were that the sectors of sea tourism, cruising and yachting in Greece are filled with opportunities for young people, which they should not be afraid to pursue and exploit. At the same time, issues such as the problems and challenges involved in finding managers were discussed, advice was given on the steps a young individual has to follow at the beginning of his/her career, and all of them insisted that the right conditions in order to “stay in Greece” have to be created first by us.

It was an honor for the organisers to participate at the Forum, among others, Professors from the biggest University Institutes of the Country, Senior Executives of Sea Tourism and Shipping, representatives of major organizations as well as representatives from the entire Maritime Press.

YES to Sea Tourism closed with executives from shipping industry participating in 4 networking corners with the following topics: “Chartering, Crew and Operations Departments of a Shipping Company”,

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agement is all-inclusive.”

Broadhurst adds that the fully-managed approach will be critical. An individual ship’s vulnerability to cyberattack may only be exposed when its departure from or arrival at a port is denied, for example because loading information is not shown correctly. Ransomware is a “huge phenomenon”, Broadhurst states, but shipowners may still be willing to consider buying their way out. “The owner may think, if the computer fails, the best solution is to go out and get another one because landing the cargo is the imperative. In the new era of ship connectivity, those days are over.”

Although ships can be carrying high value cargoes, many individual vessels do not have large amounts of valuable data onboard; their attractions for hackers is that they offer a way in to a company’s corporate system. “The reality is likely to be that the systems are under attack because they are identified as IP addresses by hackers who are looking for any weaknesses to see what they can get their hands on, and not because they are ships or shipboard systems” says Broadhurst.

Inmarsat is working within a strategic alliance with Singtel to utilise capability available through the Singaporean telecoms company’s Trustwave subsidiary. Shipboard tests of a maritime UTM (Unified Threat Management) system from Inmarsat are currently underway and the full launch is envisaged later in 2017. The Inmarsat solution will be embedded in all Fleet Xpress hardware going forward, as an option which can be switched on or off by the operator as required. In the future, the same capability will be extended to FleetBroadband, Broadhurst says.

The technology will be supported through a network of already estab-

“Startups, Innovation & lished security operations centres, Broadhurst continues. will be Save Time“Owners in Shipping able to get a view of what is going on at both theAgencies”, ship and the fleet level, “Technical and track causes behind any security compromises, whether Departthey are and Finance due to attacks or to the presence of malware onment board. also see the of We a Shipping system’s use as the basis for improving training Company” and achieving best andthe “Marine practice that block threats coming from malware.”

Insurance and ClassifiBroadhurst believes the maritime satellite company is taking the initiative cation Societies”, giving at a critical time for shipping. “The ISO has beenadvice talkingtoabout a maritime young people IT cyber standards but it is 2-3 years away, whileand theanswering IMO is developing their guidelines,” he says. “We are at a place where everyone that questionsrealises in reference there is a threat, but that realisation actually emphasises thatmentioned shipping is to the above a fragmented industry. As the launch of new guidelines sectors.by BIMCO aimed at helping shipping secure itself against the threat of cyber-attackers, Concluding this very however, there are many in the industry who aresuccessful wide awake to the Forum, threat.”

Mrs. Danae BezantakMaritime cyber security myth-busting is one of three key Inmarsat events ou invited everyone scheduled to coincide with London Internationalwho Shipping Week 2017. contributed and The session, to be held at Inmarsat Global HQ insupported London, 13 September, YES to Sea 2017, will include a briefing on the cyber securityTourism threat facing Forumshipping, to conand the roles training, technology and global support in addressing tinue have this successful dithe different elements of that threat. alogue next year, at the “A main priority for Inmarsat in the first part of 2017 to engage owners 2ndisYES to Shipping in dialogue on the vulnerabilities of the bridge, cargo management and Forum, on 8th of June propulsion monitoring systems that interface with2018 shoreside during networks, Posidonia and explain their options when it comes to protecting 2018.themselves against cyber incidents.”

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30 χρόνια επιτυχίας γιόρτασε η ΤΕΚΜΑΡ

Σε μία εντυπωσιακή εκδήλωση, το Σάββατο 6 Μαΐου, στο Barcelo Hydra Resortστην Ερμιόνη Αργολίδας, η εταιρεία ΤΕΚΜΑΡ, αποκλειστικός διαθέτης του οίκου FPT ( Fiat Power Technology), ZF και VM (FCA), γιόρτασε την συμπλήρωση των 30 ετών επιτυχούς δραστηριότητας στον ναυτιλιακό και βιομηχανικό κλάδο. Σε αυτήν, ο ιδρυτής και εκπρόσωπος κ. Σταμάτης Μπενάρδος, παρουσίασε την πορεία της μέσα σε αυτά τα 30 χρόνια, όπου από το 1987 κατάφερε να συνδέσει το όνομα της με πολλές επιτυχείς τοποθετήσεις κινητήρων σε σκάφη στην Ελλάδα και σε χώρες του εξωτερικού. Μεγάλη έμφαση δόθηκε στην στροφή που πραγματοποίησε η εταιρεία, η οποία ξεκίνησε το 2000 και αφορούσε στον εξοπλισμό σκαφών στον τομέα των ιχθυοκαλλιεργειών και του τουρισμού αλλά και την διάθεση βιομηχανικών κινητήρων, η οποία στέφθηκε με απόλυτη επιτυχία. Επιπλέον η διοίκηση της εταιρείας ανακοίνωσε στους συμμετέχοντες στην εκδήλωση ότι επεκτείνει και ενισχύει τις δραστηριότητες της στον βιομηχανικό κλάδο καθώς και σε πρωτοπόρες υπηρεσίες, επιδιώκοντας να δώσει καινοτόμες λύσεις προς τους πελάτες της. Ο κύριος Σταμάτης Μπενάρδος, ναυπηγός μηχανολόγος μηχανικός ανέφερε σχετικά: “Η στρατηγική μας βασίζεται στην συνεχή ανάπτυξη και με σύμμαχο μας τις παγκόσμια πρωτοπόρες εταιρείες που εκπροσωπούμε, επιδιώκουμε να προσφέρουμε τόσο στους επαγγελματίες του κλάδου όσο και στο σύνολο των πελατών μας, προϊόντα καινοτόμα και αξιόπιστα. Πιστεύουμε στην δύναμη της ελληνικής αγοράς. Η ίδρυση της ΤΕΚΜΑΡ ήταν το πιο δύσκολο βήμα, ωστόσο η υποστήριξη των πελατών αλλά και η οργάνωση μας, μας επιτρέπουν σήμερα να φέρουμε νέους, υψηλότερος στόχους για την επιχειρηματική μας δραστηριότητα”. Στην συνέχεια πρόσθεσε “Από όλους εσάς, πελάτες, προμηθευτές, συνεργάτες αλλά και μέλη του δικτύου της εταιρείας, αντλήσαμε έμπνευση και δύναμη ώστε να θεμελιώσει με τις αξίες μας” και συνέχισε την παρουσίαση του με την αναφορά του στο όραμα αλλά και τους στόχους της εταιρείας.

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Την εκδήλωση τίμησαν με την παρουσία τους ο κ. Emanuele Camastra από την FTP, Γενικός Διευθυντής Πωλήσεων Ευρώπης, ο κ. Guido Franchi από την Lombardini Marine - Kohler Engines, υπεύθυνος πωλήσεων Ευρώπης, ο κ. Enzo Volta, Γενικός Διευθυντής της TECHNODRIVE καθώς και 20 ακόμα στελέχη ώς εκπρόσωποι των οίκων του εξωτερικού. Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι ο κ. Emanuele Camastra, εκπρόσωπος της FPT, οποίος και βράβευση την TEKMAR με μία αναμνηστική πλακέτα, ανέφερε ότι η επιτυχημένη πορεία της εταιρείας οφείλεται σε τρεις βασικούς παράγοντες, την στελέχωση της επιχείρησης, την ευελιξία προσαρμογής στις στις διάφορες επιχειρηματικές ανάγκες και κυρίως στην επιδίωξη της για άμεση εξυπηρέτηση και ικανοποίηση των πελατών της. Η εκδήλωση, στην οποία παρευρέθηκαν περισσότερα από 250 άτομα, συνεργάτες, πελάτες, στελέχη εταιρειών, εκπρόσωποι των λιμενικών αρχών, της επιθεώρησης εμπορικών πλοίων, των νηογνωμόνων καθώς και μέλη του δικτύου συνεργατών, ολοκληρώθηκε με δείπνο gala υπό τους ήχους μουσικής και την παρουσίαση παραδοσιακών χορών.

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Abu Dhabi hosts The Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference 2017

The third annual The Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference will take place on November 8th 2017 at the Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel and Resort. The event is expected to attract more than 150 senior executives from different sections of the market, including shipping, ports, finance and banking and law.

Dubai, 1st June: There will be distinct conference sessions following the keynote speeches, and these will deal with a number of themes, including regional trade patterns, ship finance, ports and shipping. There will also be a series of speeches giving details about recent case studies, illustrating how the financial sector can help release the full potential of regional shipping and ports operators to the benefit of trade and economic growth.

A high level group of expert speakers and panellists is being assembled by The Maritime Standard, and will include representatives from leading ship owners and managers, port operators, trade organisations, brokers and analysts, law firms and financiers. The event has also secured sponsorship support from a number of top maritime companies and organisations, including Abu Dhabi Ports as the host sponsor, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, National Marine Dredging Company, Islamic P & I Club and Dubai Maritime City.

Trevor Pereira, managing director of The Maritime Standard says, “This the third time we are returning to Abu Dhabi to hold this event, and this reflects not just the success of the first two, but the growing importance of the emirate as a regional trade, shipping and finance hub. We will have some important names from the industry speaking and a high quality audience of decision makers. These are still difficult times for the industry, but we aim to make sure this event will add real value and assist companies in charting a course towards success when the recovery gathers momentum.”

Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi Ports, said, “We are delighted to be hosting The Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference, an important

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event for Abu Dhabi’s Maritime sector as well as the UAE. Abu Dhabi is fast becoming a regional hub for both finance and trade so it makes perfect sense to hold this event here, to underline the emirate’s growth in trade and transport both regionally and globally, in line with the leadership’s wise vision in supporting the development of the shipping, ports and logistics sectors of the economy.” The TMS Ship Finance and Trade Conference is certain to generate a high level of interest and places are strictly limited. For more information about how to register go to: http:// www.tms-shipfinanceandtrade.com/conference/delegate-registration/ Image Caption: (from left to right) Clive Woodbridge, Editor, The Maritime Standard; Sanjay Mehta, Chairman, S One Capital; Jesper Kjaedegaard, Partner, Mercator International; Jacob Berman, Managing Director, Standard Chartered; Anders Kron Commercial Manager Middle East, Sohar Port and Freezone; Venugopal Venkatesh, CFO, Oman Shipping Company; Ali Shehab, Deputy CEO, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company; Abdulkareem Al Masabi, executive vice president - ports unit, Abu Dhabi Ports; Trevor Pereira, Managing Director, The Maritime Standard; Khamis Juma Buamim, Managing Director & Group CEO, Gulf Navigation Holding; H.E. Dr. Abdullah Salem Alkatheeri, Director General, Federal Transport Authority-Land & Maritime; H.E. Sheikh Talal Al Khaled Al Sabah, CEO, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company; Dr. Ali Obaid Al Yabhouni, Chairman, UAE Shipping Association; Capt. Abdul Wahab Al Diwani, Federal Transport Authority-Land & Maritime; Capt. Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports; Bora Bariman, Head of Energy & Marine, National Bank of Fujairah; Eng. Yasser Nasr Zaghloul, CEO, National Marine Dredging Company; Chris Peters, CFO, Emirates Ship Investment Company; Vasudev Amonker, Unit Head – Int’l Lending, Burgan Bank Group; Eng. Rashed Al Hebsi, CEO, Tasneef; Marcus Machin, Director, Tufton Oceanic (Middle East) Limited; Thomas Kriwat, CEO, Mercmarine Group of Companies; Ziad Touma, Partner, Fichte Legal Consultants

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Nominations now open for TMS Awards

Image Caption: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group (centre), (left to right) Noura Rashed Al Dhaheri, Abu Dhabi Ports; Ray Girvan, Glenbuck Publishing; Clive Woodbridge, The Maritime Standard; Yasser Nasr Zagloul, National Marine Dreding Company; Rajiv Agarwal, Essar Ports; H.E. Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard; Rania Ali; Khamis Juma Buamim, Gulf Navigation; Ali Lakjani, Dubai Trading Agency; Dr. Abdullatif Abdullah Bin Sultan, Organisation of Islamic Shipowners Association; Jim Clancy.

The Maritime Standard Awards 2017, which take place at Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai on Monday October 23rd, will be a glittering, high quality event with key decision makers from across the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent in attendance. It is an occasion organised by The Maritime Standard to recognise industry achievements and celebrate success.

There will be around 30 different awards presented on the night, the majority of which will be selected by an eminent panel of independent judges. A full list of categories, and how to enter, can be found on the website http://www.tmsawards.com/award-categories/.

Nominations are invited from across the region, including both the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, and based on the experience of past years, winners will be spread across many different countries. Last year the number of nominations received exceeded expectations, and a similar level of interest is expected for 2017 also.

All the judges are experts in their fields with many years of experience in shipping, ports, shipbuilding and repair and other areas of the maritime industry. These judges independently assess the nominations and submit marks based on predetermined criteria to ensure a transparent and fair process.

Managing director Trevor Pereira says, “We have been fortunate to have gained acceptance from some of the best known names in the business to be on the judging panel. The industry will, I am sure trust in their judgment in determining worthy winners in all categories.”

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a high quality nomination together gives entrants a better chance. The sooner you start the nomination process the better,” says Managing Director, Trevor Pereira.

As a networking opportunity TMS Awards are also second to none, with over 600 top level executives from across the industry gathered under one roof representing all elements of the maritime sector. It is perfect opportunity to make connections and raise industry profile.

The event has already attracted a high calibre of sponsor, reflecting the quality and prestige of the Awards. Sponsors confirmed so far include: Abu Dhabi Ports, Abu Dhabi Ship Building, Bahri, DNV GL, DP World, Drydocks World, Dubai Maritime City, Dubai Trading Agency, Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC, Islamic P & I Club, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, Mercmarine Group of Companies, Oman Shipping Company, Safeen, Sharjah Port, Al Safina Security and Essar Ports.

The Awards will be followed on Tuesday October 24th by the second annual The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference. This will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai. All the leading players in the regional tanker sector, and support industries, will be in attendance.

Trevor Pereira adds, “In just 4 years the Awards have become the premier event in the local shipping industry calendar. They have progressed in leaps and bounds and they are now the single largest gathering of maritime executives in the Middle East. This year we hope will be the biggest and best TMS Awards yet and we look forward to welcoming guests from across the industry, and across the world, to Dubai this October for an evening that will not be forgotten.”

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The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference 2017 - date and location confirmed

The second annual The Maritime Tanker Conference will take place on Tuesday 24th October 2017 at the Grosvenor HouseHotel in Dubai. The event is expected to attract over 150 top executivesfrom across the regional tanker business, as well as global participants.

A high level group of expert speakers and panelists is being assembled by The Maritime Standard, and will include representatives from leading tanker owners and managers, port operators, trade organisations, brokers and analysts, law firms, financiers and technology providers. The event has also secured sponsorship support from a number of high profile maritime companies and organisations, including. Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, DNV GL, Bahri and International Shipping and Logistics.

Supporting Associations for the event include: Dubai Council for Marine and Maritime Industries (DCMMI), UAE Shipping Association (UAESA), Organisation of the Islamic Shipowners Association (OISA), Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA), Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA), Ceylon Association of Ship Agents (CASA), Pakistan Ship’s Agents Association (PSAA), Conqueror Freight Network, Globalia Logistics Network,

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The one day Conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities that remain open to the tanker sector in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent today. Speakers and panelists will assess global and regional economic and trade trends that will affect the movement of crude oil, products and petrochemicals. After key note speakers, individual sessions will highlight key issues, and solutions, and will assess likely investment patterns in ships and terminal facilities, as well as the development of technology and other support services.

Trevor Pereira, managing director of The Maritime Standard says, “The inaugural event in 2016 was such a success that we have decided to return to the same venue and date, the day after The Maritime Standard Awards, to build on what proved to be a successful formula.

We will have some big names from the industry speaking and the high quality audience of decision makers and influencers will make this a Conference that will add real value, in terms of information gathering and networking. The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference is certain to generate a high level of interest so I would urge people to book now, as spaces will be strictly limited.”

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Successful ship trial results for barnacle-repellent active agent

A twelve-month trial of the bio-repellent active agent Selektope was recently completed on the Laurin Maritime-owned chemical and products carrier Calypso. In this report, the trial results are revealed.

Average global water temperatures are increasing. Ships are increasingly idling in subtropical/tropical areas and there is a growing regulatory movement against the transportation of invasive species by ships. This trio of issues, whilst of great concern for shipyards and ship operators alike, is catalysing great innovation in the coatings sector as the pressure is on antifouling coatings to perform through changing environmental and market conditions.

The issue of biofouling is becoming an increasingly dominant issue on the agenda of some Asian shipyards, with newly launched vessels laying idle in warming waters, suffering the effects of intense fouling during the three to four month fitting out process. This accumulation of biofouling on the hull can impact both the newly applied coating and the ship performance of a newbuild leaving the yard. This means the shipyards are pushing for antifouling solutions that ensure static performance during outfitting. In parallel, ship owners are demanding solutions that ensure good fouling prevention for vessels with differing activity levels, whether they be in constant active service, idle for long periods of time, or are at risk of fluctuating between the two.

The need to future-proof antifouling coatings against uncertain vessel operating patterns is exerting major pressure on coatings suppliers, but is in turn encouraging great innovation and new approaches to the development and trialling of fouling prevention technology.

In Sweden, biotech innovator I-Tech AB has dedicated over a decade of research and development work to these issues from its hub in Gothenburg. Its quest to find, develop and commercialise a fouling prevention technology alternative commenced in the wake the IMO decision to ban the application of tributyltin (TBT)-based paints on vessels as of 1 January 2003.

and a ‘Eureka’ moment which yielded an organic, non-metal compound named Selektope. The innovation milestone for the industry was subsequently followed by 15 years of trials, and exhaustive regulatory hurdles for the technology.

What the I-Tech research team discovered was a unique pharmacological mode of action that works to prevent barnacle larvae from settling on ship structures by inducing hyperactivity in the barnacle larvae.

Selektope’s fouling prevention mechanism works by temporarily stimulating the cyprid larvae octopamine receptor and activating swimming behaviour. The effects of this neurological scrambling are temporary, with the larvae returning to normal functional capacity shortly after encountering the Selektope present in the ship’s hull coating.

With an efficacy that requires just 0.1% of Selektope in an antifouling coating’s overall constituency, this technology offers the opportunity for coatings suppliers to use just a fraction of the active substance needed to achieve comparable performance if traditional copper-based biocides are used. In fact, Selektope is flexible enough to boost copper-based formulations, but is also powerful enough to replace copper in copper-free formulations.

Due to the powerful effects demonstrated, this first-of-its-kind coatings technology rapidly caught the attention of coatings suppliers in the early stages of its research and development. To this date, the testing of Selektope-containing formulations by coatings suppliers continues to accelerate at a rapid pace, with a multitude of commercial products making their way to market launch.

Graph_Power increase_speed loss The resulting Selektope story about its biotech approach to fouling prevention is one that involves chemists, marine biologists and engineers

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The decisive green light for global market deployment was signalled in 2015 when I-Tech received EC recognition for Selektope, enabling it to be included in anti-fouling products sold throughout the EU as of 1 January 2016, in accordance with the terms of the EU Biocidal Products Regulation. This came in addition to approvals that had already been secured for the use of active agent in Japan, China and South Korea.

Last year was a big year for the technology. The first commercial, Selektope-containing coating products for use on ocean going vessels

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(OGVs) were launched into the market in addition to ship trials being conducted over a period of twelve months which yielded incredible results.

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This benchmark allows for the comparison of one ship to a large variety of similar vessels, overcoming the fact that it is not possible to compare equivalent ships directly when analysing and contrasting coatings performance.

The trial on the Calypso also showed that the increase in resistance came mainly from the propeller, 3%, with the remaining resistance being measured on the hull. These are very encouraging results for this game-changing antifouling ingredient.

GRAPH_Hull and propeller performance It was a copper-free coating product inclusive of Selektope that was applied to the side walls of the 2010-built, 46,067dwt IMO II chemical and products tanker vessel Calypso during its first five-year survey at the Singapore yard Sembcorp.

Laurin Maritime’s technical director Bertil Andersson says that: “It was important that the company selected a coating that can cope with conditions in the “red zones” in which its ships operate, where water temperatures can be high and fouling can be problematic if a ship is at anchorage for three to four weeks.” The Calypso operates in several regions including East and south Asia, the Americas and Australia, making it the perfect ship for the trials.

I-Tech chairman Stefan Sedersten, applies caution when celebrating the successful trial results, saying that: “Although there are very convincing long-term performance results from patches, more time is required to confirm the promising results from Calypso [and] there would need to be further trials of Selektope for longer periods so that the long-term effects of the biocide can be measured.”

Nevertheless, these trial results are taken from a full year of the ship’s year’s operation. They offer promise for the future of Selektope as a contender to combat not only hard fouling, but also as a powerful solution to the issue of static performance, in addition to supporting the reduction of invasive species transfer and emissions by contributing to cleaner, more efficient hulls.

GRAPH_Hull and propeller performance 2 “The application of a Selektope-containing coating comes after several years of strong performance trial results,” says Mikael Laurin, chief executive officer of Laurin Maritime.

The hydrodynamic analysis of performance data during the trial was carried out by independent party Propulsion Dynamics. Operating rates were measured by fuel oil consumption and power output. After 12 months, the vessel was found to have increased its resistance to fouling by a total of 3% compared with a benchmark new vessel that would see an increase in resistance of 5-10 %.

The benchmark is made up of a wealth of different vessels with different coatings and draws on the extensive Propulsion Dynamics database.

Laurin Maritime’s technical director Bertil Andersson says that: “It was important that the company selected a coating that can cope with conditions in the “red zones” in which its ships operate, where water temperatures can be high and fouling can be problematic if a ship is at anchorage for three to four weeks.” The Calypso operates in several regions including East and south Asia, the Americas and Australia, making it the perfect ship for the trials.

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The Ecochlor® Ballast Water Treatment System, more than 12 Years at Sea

Interview NAFS with Tom Perlich, Ecochlor Founder & President

Mr. Tom Perlich, in Cyprus Office.

NAFS: Do you feel that the moto “the right products, for the right markets, at the right time and at the right price” goes nicely with Ecochlor’s goals and objectives?

TOM PERLICH: Ecochlor’s focus has always been to help shipowners meet ballast water management regulatory requirements in the most effective and efficient way. In 2004, when the Ballast Water Convention was adopted, Ecochlor was already installing its first treatment system on Atlantic Container Line’s, Atlantic Compass, one of the world’s largest Container/RORO ships. Since that time, the Ecochlor® BWTS has worked just as effectively as it did without any fundamental changes to the treatment system.

Along with supplying highly effective technology, it has been Ecochlor’s long-standing goal to be steadfast in our commitment to pursue regulatory approvals. Since the first Ecochlor System was sold, it has undergone extensive testing and received International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type Approval (2011), US Coast Guard (USCG) Alternative Management System (AMS) Acceptance (2013), and numerous classification society approvals including Lloyd’s Register, American Bureau of Shipping, Class NK, Bureau Veritas, and RMRS. With a USCG Type Approval pending, it is all coming together with Ecochlor positioned as a leader in the BWTS industry offering a unique technology that provides shipowners an alternative to the UV and electrochlorination technology.

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for reducing the risks involved in the surveys required for example in ballast water tanks?

TOM PERLICH: I believe the use of drone technology to survey ballast water tanks would require more investigation before determining if it will work as a solution to reduce risk to the crew and inspection personnel.

NAFS: Have you identified a growing interest in Ecochlor’s customers having in mind the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention taking effect in September?

TOM PERLICH: Yes. In the past year, we have seen a lot more activity from shipowners who are interested in securing competitive pricing as well as assuring availability of their chosen treatment technology, dry dock availability and the ability to engage integrated engineering firms experienced in the installation of BWTS. Our pending USCG Type Approval has also played a significant part in the increased activity in our line of treatment systems. Since summer of 2016, Ecochlor has completed the installation and commissioning on 12 retrofits, 1 is currently in progress, and 9 more are in the planning stage for completion by the end of 2017.

NAFS: Is there any feedback available concerning experience on Ecochlor’s BWMS including issues faced during installation, commissioning and regular operation of the system on board vessels?

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TOM PERLICH: The installation, especially for a retrofit, is not an easy task. A shipowner should plan almost a year for proper preparation. This would include, but not limited to; initial feasibility study, engineering / integration design, Class Approval, fabrication and then finally installation and commissioning of the ballast water treatment system.

It is essential to engage the vessel’s classification society early in the process.

Through experience, we have found that for large tankers in Turkey or China, a dry dock period could be 25 days with additional days needed for commissioning and training. Of course, for bulkers or smaller vessels, the dry dock period could be much less. Delays can be caused by the other work projects, bad weather, holidays, etc.

We recommend that shipowners, if possible, scan or survey every

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vessel, sisters are not always identical. Using quality equipment and components is essential to the operation and long life-cycle of the treatment system.

A qualified and experience retrofit team, including the Superintendent Engineer, marine engineers focused on integration and installation, the shipyard crew and the manufacturer are critical in allowing for an efficient, streamlined, cost-effective, installation process. The Superintendent Engineer must be fully engaged during the yard period and crew involvement is important to a successful retrofit and continued operations after the installation.

NAFS: The IMO Ballast Water Convention will enter into force in September 2017. Do you believe that the implementation of the

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new IMO regime will immediately resolve the major difficulties that exist for shipowners trading to the United States?

TOM PERLICH: We are hopeful that the next MEPC meeting will provide the needed clarity to the industry by establishing firm requirements and deadlines for ship owners and operators. The USCG has already approved four systems and more are in the queue, including the Ecochlor System. The availability of Type Approved systems provides shipowners with the necessary confidence to make purchasing decisions, which will move the industry closer to solving this global environmental problem.

NAFS: The shipping industry is a highly personable industry. In this context how crucial is the role of local people, with daily connection and experience in shipowners and fleet managers?

TOM PERLICH: In 2015, I relocated to Cyprus to be more present and build stronger relationships with the shipowners in Greece and Cyprus.

This is one of the largest shipping management centers in the world and with this office we brought our expertise in ballast water treatment to better assist the shipowners in their BWM decisions and to offer unparalleled support and customer service through the Ecochlor team and our local agents.

NAFS: Is that the case of Euploia as far as Greek market is involved?

TOM PERLICH: Euploia is the exclusive agent for the Ecochlor BWTS in Greece; it is a well-established company with very qualified managers. With more than 35 years of experience, Charis Valentakis, Managing Director of Euploia, is highly regarded with shipowners and fleet managers. His assistance in arranging meetings and events within his network, on our behalf, has been a valuable resource to Ecochlor.

Contact information for Eupolia is 21 Amfitheas Ave, 17564 Palaio Faliro, Greece; Tel.: +30 210 9400660, Mob.: +30 6944 855985.

Email: info@euploia.eu , www.euploialtd.eu NAFS: Please illustrate us what will be the most pressing challenges regarding Ballast Water Treatment Systems in the near future?

TOM PERLICH: Although the Ecochlor unit is a simple system, with many standard components that can be pre-fabricated, installation still requires some thought on the part of owners. Shipowners should be aware of the complexity of a retrofit beyond just choosing a treatment system.

They need to allow time in the shipyards for the installation. Engineering services, with firms that are experienced in BWT installations, will be limited and shipowners should expect delays with classification and flag society’s approvals as the industry becomes inundated with requests for approvals on detailed engineering drawings for retrofits and compliance.

NAFS: Could you please explain the importance of the following parameters regarding BWTS: a) the technology?

TOM PERLICH: It is important for shipowners to review trade route and operating conditions to find the most effective technology for their vessels. Many BWTS have operational restrictions, as well as lim-

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itation sailing in different qualities of water. The Ecochlor® BWTS at the applied dose does not require treatment or neutralization prior to discharge. Plus, unlike other water treatment technologies, changes in water qualities, i.e., salinity, pH, water temperature, and turbidity do not affect the effectiveness of the Ecochlor® BWTS. b) the energy consumption?

TOM PERLICH: Consideration of power and fuel consumption are important. Due to limited space, generating more power to run a BWTS may not be an option. Additionally, systems requiring high power can be inefficient or uneconomical for many vessels. Ecochlor has one of the lowest, if not the lowest, power requirements of any BWTS in the industry. c) the physical footprint of the system?

TOM PERLICH: The challenge with a retrofit is to fit a BWTS into an existing ship as cost effectively as possible. The Ecochlor System offers a high degree of flexibility for installation in terms of location. It has a relatively small footprint compared to other ballast water treatment systems. Its modularity provides additional flexibility in the placement on the ship of the filter and treatment system. d) the after sales service?

TOM PERLICH: With most BWTS manufacturers, the liability of the Maker ends at the commissioning. The sale and installation of an Ecochlor BWTS begins a relationship that will last for the life of the vessel.

We maintain continuous interaction with the vessel in order to coordinate the re-supply of chemicals scheduled approximately every six months. If time allows, during the resupply activity a trained technician can review the system, identify and recommend any maintenance needed, and perform any preventative maintenance the system requires. In addition, Ecochlor has a call center that is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist ship operators.

NAFS: What were the key conditions that led in the agreement between Ecochlor and Minerva Marine, Inc. for the potential supply of BWT Systems for up to 30 vessels under its management for installations in accordance to the IMO and USCG implementation plan?

TOM PERLICH: Minerva Marine, Inc. is committed to compliance with both USCG and IMO ballast water treatment regulations. The anticipation that Ecochlor would receive USCG Type Approval, as well as the assurance of the BWT System’s efficacy under current regulations were paramount in their decision to choose the Ecochlor® BWTS. NAFS: It is 13 years since the first Ecochlor System was sold in 2004. Looking back, is there anything that you would change if you had the opportunity to use a time machine?

TOM PERLICH: Looking back to 2004, I don’t think anyone realized how long it would take the BWM Convention to get ratified. The delay allowed the controversial discussion of implementing a BWT solution to go on far too long. In retrospect, the time could have been well-spent planning a smooth phase-in period and an “operational experience” timeline with benefits given to early-adopters. Building upon this gained knowledge would have brought valuable insight to some of the manufacturers and offered a shared resource of best practices for shipowners.

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Low Power BWTS Helps New Sulfur Emission Cap Compliance ByTom Perlich, Ecochlor Founder & President

Mr. Tom Perlich, Ecochlor Founder & President At IMO MEPC 70 the 2020 implementation deadline was approved for a global sulfur emissions cap reduction from 3.5% to 0.5%. This will ensure the reduction of sulfur emissions for an estimated 70,000 ships worldwide. Clearly, installing a power-hungry ballast water treatment system (BWTS) would be counter to this objective.

The sulfur emission requirements can be met in one of two ways: through using a low-sulfur compliant fuel or an approved equivalent method of lowering emissions. Investment costs for fuel conversion or installing a scrubber can be significant and must be a consideration in the decision-making process. In light of ballast water treatment regulatory obligations on the horizon, limiting the additional power usage of a BWTS will be of great importance.

The power required for a BWTS during ballasting, and in some cases, during de-ballasting, can be considerable. The ship’s existing generators typically supply this power; however, some treatment systems require so much power that an additional, or an upgraded generator must be installed to power the system. These added power requirements are not only a burden to the existing power available on the ship, but add to fuel consumption costs and increase sulfur emissions. Selecting a BWTS with lower power requirements will ease this problem.

For a BWTS that uses UV technology, power consumption is directly related to the intensity of the UV lamps. The effectiveness of UV treatment is influenced by exposure time, intensity of the UV light, and water quality. As water clarity decreases, additional power will be required to ensure the same effectiveness by either increasing exposure time, increasing the intensity of the UV light, or additional filtration to improve water clarity. Additionally, to meet stringent USCG discharge criteria in all water conditions, a considerable amount of power may be required.

Other considerations when evaluating UV treatment systems are that UV BWTS require treatment during both ballasting and discharge, effectively doubling the power requirements, and multiple UV systems

may be required in order to treat the full ballast capacity on vessels with higher flow rates.

For BWTS using electrochlorination (EC) technology, the electricity required to power the electrolytic cell will be directly related to the ballast flow rate, significantly increasing power requirements for higher flow rates. In addition, EC systems have temperature and water salinity limitations. At lower temperatures (less than 10°C) or low salinity levels (less than 18 PSU), the efficiency of the electrolytic cell drops off drastically, requiring more power to treat to the same standard in these conditions. Options to correct this include using a heater to increase the temperature of the incoming water for slipstream systems or augmenting the salinity of the incoming water. Either of these options will require associated pumps, electronics, and programming, which result in additional power.

The Ecochlor® BWTS, uses unique, two-step process that includes filtration and ClO2. This process requires very low power, possibly the lowest in the industry. For the Ecochlor System, as flow rates increase there is minimal scale-up in power usage. See the ‘Ecochlor Power Requirements’ illustration for specific flow rates and power requirements – “typical” power requirements assume six filter cleaning cycles per hour, “maximum” power requirements (high water turbidity) assumes the filter is running continuously for 60 minutes.

Keeping up-to-date with all the global environmental legislation with be challenging for shipowners. To minimize risk, shipowners should thoroughly research manufacturers power consumption data and put together a strategy for compliance. Low power consumption and hence, lower emissions, are the reality of the future.

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Retrofit Challenges for Tanker BWTS Installations

By Mike Hasson, Technical Director, Ecochlor

Teamwork between all stakeholders, the shipowner, the shipyard, the engineering firms, and the BWTS manufacturer, is essential for a successful installation.

Over the past year, the Ecochlor® Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) has been installed on 12 tankers with ballast water flow rates ranging from 1,500 m3/hr - 4,000 m3/hr at shipyards in China, Croatia, Portugal and Turkey.

Tanker Installation Process for an Ecochlor® BWTS

When it comes to identifying the installation location for an Ecochlor System, there are three major areas that must be taken into account: • The Filtration System; • The Treatment System, (sometimes referred to as the “Generator”); and, • The Ancillary Piping & Components.

Filtration ─ Ecochlor uses a 40 micron, self-cleaning filter. Generally, Ecochlor’s filters are installed in close proximity to the ballast pumps; for tanker installations with pumps located in the

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cargo pump room, this requires that the main filters be installed within a Zone 1 hazardous space and requires ex-rated equipment. When installing an Ecochlor BWTS on a vessel with submerged ballast pumps, as was done in several recent installations, there is an added challenge as the ballast pumps are situated within the ballast tanks. For these installations, the filters were placed in a pre-fabricated deckhouse on the main deck in a Zone 1 hazardous area. In addition to ex-rated filtration equipment, all components for these filter deckhouses have to meet the requirements of Zone 1 hazardous installations as well.

Tankers are also equipped with an aft peak ballast tank, typically filled using a general service pump or something similar. This requires the installation of a separate, but much smaller filter. These filters are installed in the engine room (a non-hazardous space) and do not need to be ex-rated.

Treatment System or Generator ─ The Ecochlor System uses chlorine dioxide as the active substance for ballast water treatment. Due to

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its unique properties, chlorine dioxide (ClO2) cannot be stored on the vessel; it must be generated on an as-needed basis. Thus, the heart of the Ecochlor Treatment System is a ClO2 generator; the generator combines two precursor chemicals to generate a solution of water and ClO2, which is carried in diameter piping and injected into the main ballast water piping.

The Treatment Systems are typically installed in a pre-fabricated deckhouse, either forward of the accommodation on the main deck, or aft of the accommodation, typically on the “A” deck. For all tanker installations, the interior of the treatment deckhouse has been rated as a non-hazardous space. On installations where the deckhouse is situated forward of the accommodations, this is accomplished by elevating and positioning the deckhouse according to regulatory requirements.

Areas aft of the accommodations are generally rated as non-hazardous, therefore eliminating these concerns when the deckhouse is situated in this area.

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Piping & Ancillary Components ─ Lastly, the Ecochlor System requires a small diameter pipe to carry the ClO2 solution from the treatment system to the injection point(s) in the main ballast lines. For tanker installations this piping may cross the boundary between the hazardous and non-hazardous zones on the vessel. When this occurs, a loop seal is required to maintain the integrity of the two spaces. The loop seal includes two pieces (1) a liquid seal 1.5m in height and situated on the hazardous side of the boundary to prevent vapors from flowing from a hazardous area to a non-hazardous area, and (2) a hand and check valve to prevent liquid from flowing from the hazardous are to the non-hazardous area. A benefit of this engineering solution is that it allows for the installation of a single treatment system to generate chlorine dioxide for the treatment of ballast water in both hazardous spaces (i.e., the main ballast line) and non-hazardous spaces (i.e., the aft peak tank water).

In the following case study, we will review an actual tanker installation at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Croatia and commission in November, 2016. Described below are some of the obstacles that were faced by key participants on the installation team.

Case Study: NS Power

SCF Management Services (Dubai, the Manager of NS Power), contracted Argo Navis Marine Consulting & Engineering for the retrofit installation of an Ecochlor® BWTS on their vessel. The NS Power is a chemical/oil products tanker with submerged ballast pumps and a total ballast tank capacity of 20,186 m3.

The NS Power is equipped with submerged ballast water pumps, so the approach was to situate the filters within a deckhouse on the main deck with close access to the ballast pump piping. For this installation, two filter deckhouses, symmetrical in respect of construction and internal arrangement, were fabricated and installed on main deck, port and starboard side, adjacent to the location of the ballast water pumps. These deckhouses were located within a hazardous area of the vessel and required the filtration system and associated components to be rated for a Zone 1 hazardous location. A filter for the aft peak tank pump was installed in engine room, a non-hazardous area.

The Ecochlor Treatment System, which consists of chemical storage tanks, a ClO2 generator cabinet and a control panel, was installed in a deckhouse on the main deck within reach of a vessel crane to support chemical resupply. However, this location also required the treatment system to be placed within the Zone 1 hazardous area.

The integrated engineering firm resolved this issue by installing the deckhouse so that the interior was rated non-hazardous, as explained above, requiring that the deckhouse be elevated and positioned according to regulatory requirements.

The Ecochlor System can operate in temperatures to a low as 0°C, but because the NS Power is an ice class vessel (operating in temperatures as low as -30°C) special provisions were necessary to prevent freezing of ClO2 piping lines. To accomplish this, heating cables were installed along the length of this piping, along with a protective polyurethane insulation and weather-resistant covering on the solution piping, flanges, and components.

The NS Power was in shipyard for 32 days which included commissioning and crew training. DNV GL was involved in this complex retrofit from the initial engineering designs to installation review and approvals.

There are many unavoidable constraints that you know going into an installation that can affect the time involved in a retrofit. It’s important to remember that the shipyard is simultaneously providing maintenance and repair to the vessel. Often, there may be access restrictions when multiple projects are needed to be worked on in a singular space.

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Conclusion

Each retrofit presents its own unique challenges; the most crucial element will be the planning stage. Look for integration engineering firms with expertise in BWT retrofits.

Choose a shipyard that has experience installing your chosen system. Engage the Superintendent Engineer early in the process to ensure they understand the installation specifications. During the yard period, involving the crew will assist in both a successful installation, as well as continued use of the system during operation. And most important, be prepared and allow for flexibility in the unexpected challenges that often occur during a BWTS retrofit.

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After the sale: OPEX, Maintenance and Training

By Max Hasson, Customer Service Manager, Ecochlor

The sale and installation of an Ecochlor ballast water treatment system (BWTS) begins a relationship with the owner, operator and crew that will last for the life of the vessel.

During commissioning, Ecochlor’s experienced technicians are directly involved in the early operation of the system and training the crew on Ecochlor System.

Nearing completion for additional crew training certification, is a three-tier computerized, interactive training program available for the crew, ship maintenance personnel and the ship’s chief engineer.

The Ecochlor® BWTS is automated and simple to use. Shipboard engineers can verify that the system is working correctly through the use of the human machine interfaces (HMI) and programmable logic controllers (PLC) located in the control panels. The HMI allows the viewing of a series of screens that allow crew members to monitor the system’s operation. If operational parameters are not met prior to, or during system operation, warning and alarms are in place to indicate which parameters are not within specification. If additional services are required an international Customer Service Call Center is available 24/7 to the ship operator.

The Ecochlor System requires very little periodic maintenance, during commissioning a preventative maintenance schedule is provided to the crew in the O&M Manual. Maintenance activities are scheduled on a frequency ranging from 18 to 60 months and involve routine inspection activities. It is recommended that the ship have some key spare parts on board, but they will also have the availability to get them in specific ports globally.

Through our Technical Service Agreement, an authorized Ecochlor representative, will resupply the chemicals. Consequently, there is little additional crew involvement or any need to evacuate the vessel. The entire process is closed, using specially selected equipment and trained personnel with no direct human contact to chemicals. Additionally, Drew Marine will provide assist to the Ecochlor Service Team in providing logistics support for the resupply of our BWTS precursor chemicals at designated ports and harbors around the world.

Operational costs for the Ecochlor System are limited to the cost of the precursor chemicals and the cost of fuel. The amount of fuel required is minimal and will depend on the flow rate and power requirements of the system, estimates based on typical operation of the Ecochlor® BWTS range from about $25 to $200 USD in annual fuel costs.

Last year, Christian Johnsen, Chief Officer of the MV Moku Pahu shared his thoughts about using the Ecochlor BWTS onboard his vessel. He stated, “The Ecochlor System has worked well for us in that, it’s relatively small footprint was easily retrofitted into our existing ballast system, it uses an almost negligible amount of electrical power and works effectively in all water conditions, including the sediment filled, biologically saturated waters off Chittagong, Bangladesh. Ecochlor has shown their commitment to our system by reliably providing support, scheduled service and chemical resupply as needed.”

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Loading chemicals onboard for chemical resupply

About Ecochlor Ecochlor, Inc. has developed proprietary ballast water treatment systems that have been specifically designed to safely and economically eliminate the worldwide transfer of aquatic invasive species.

Ecochlor, Inc. was founded in 2001 with the sole purpose of commercializing recently obtained patents for a superior ballast water treatment technology. The patents encompass US and International protection for the use, generation and control of an active substance (chlorine dioxide) for control of aquatic invasive species in ballast water. The company installed its first commercial scale system in 2004.

The Ecochlor® Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) provides shipowners with cost effective, environmentally acceptable treatment that complies with all enacted and proposed standards and regulations.

In-house experts and the company’s team of strategic partners supply not only complete design and fabrication of the Ecochlor Systems, but also provide marine engineering, naval architecture, chemical treatment expertise, shipboard installation and ongoing technical and regulatory certification support.

Ecochlor’s treatment methodology utilizes the unique properties of chlorine dioxide. This biocide, not to be confused with chlorine, has been used safely and effectively in industrial and municipal water treatment applications for over 70 years but has never been used in any shipboard applications until now.

On July 29, 2004, the company installed its first system on Atlantic Container Line’s Atlantic Compass, one of the world’s largest combined container/RORO ships, a Swedish flagged vessel that carries cargo

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between Europe and North America. In July 2006, the company installed its second system on the bulker Moku Pahu, operated by Matson Navigation, which carries sugar from Hawaii to the US West Coast and grain to Asia. Both ships were accepted in the US Coast Guard’s Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program (STEP) in 2008. See additional installment case studies in our installs section at www.ecochlor.com/retrofits.

In 2008, Ecochlor began the process of pursuing International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type Approval. Land-based testing took place at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) in the spring and summer of 2008. Shipboard testing took place on the Moku Pahu between July 2010 and February 2011. In 2011, Ecochlor received IMO Type Approval from the German Administration, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).

In 2013, Ecochlor received US Coast Guard Alternative Management System (AMS) acceptance for its full line of ballast water treatment systems. This allows ship operators to use an Ecochlor® BWTS in US waters to effectively manage their ballast discharge.

On March 31, 2017, Ecochlor filed an application with the USCG for Type Approval for their Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS). Upon USCG approval, the Ecochlor® BWTS will extend the range of options for shipowners beyond UV and electrochlorination technologies.

The company, with headquarters near Boston in Maynard, Massachusetts, offices in Limassol, Cyprus and manufacturing in both North Haven, Connecticut and Shanghai, China has the capability to install, service and support its systems throughout the world.

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USCG Type Approval Certificate is issued for SunRui BalClor BWMS

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued their final Type Approval Certificate to the Chinese manufacturer SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Co Ltd (a subsidiary company of CSIC Group) for their filtration/side-stream electrolysis BalClor BWMS. The Qingdao based company SunRui has successfully implemented their technology even in Nuclear Power Plants and has the plan to increase the Annual Production Capacity from 500 to 1000 Units, in order to meet the demand for the installation to existing vessels (Retrofit). Since 2015, SunRui is exclusively represented in Greece by Marine Plus SA

World’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel awarded Next Generation Ship Award At the opening ceremony of the Nor-Shipping exhibition, the ‘Color Hybrid’ plug-in hybrid ship was announced the winner of the Next Generation Ship Award.

The vessel has been designed by Fosen Yard and is being constructed by Ulstein Verft for ship owner Color Line.

With a focus on innovation, the Award honours the most promising design for ships that will be at sea in the coming decade. The Award was handed out by H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

- We are proud of being the winner to this prestigious Award, and it is very gratifying that the Norwegian shipbuilding industry has proven its competitiveness and that Color Line contributes to the further development of a greener Norwegian maritime industry,” says CEO Trond Kleivdal at Color Line.

- This is an important milestone for us, and we are looking forward to the next two years innovative process and cooperation with Color Line, states CEO Gunvor Ulstein at Ulstein Group.

“Color Hybrid” is a plug-in hybrid ship, where the batteries are recharged via a power cable with green electricity from shore facili-

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ties or recharged on board by the ship’s generators.

- Color Line shall be at the forefront of the green transition of the maritime industry, and the natural environment is an accelerator to Color Line, whose company has installed shore power facilities in all their Norwegian ports, said Trond Kleivdal. The new vessel is planned to service Sandefjord-Strømstad from summer 2019, and the ship will have full battery power into and out of the fjord to Sandefjord.

There will be zero emissions of harmful greenhouse gases or nitrogen and sulphur compounds in this area. Noise reduction is an important added pro to this vessel. The exterior noise at low speed and while moored, measured at 100 m distance from the vessel, will be far less than the noise coming from a normal conversation.

According to the jury, this year’s winner demonstrates the innovation and ambition that are pushing the maritime industry forward to a greener, more profitable and more sustainable future.

The hybrid ferry will be 160 metres long and have a capacity of 2,000 passengers and about 500 cars.

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35η Γενική Συνέλευση των Μελών της HELMEPA

Ιστορικό χαρακτήρα η 35η Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση της HELMEPA, καθώς φιλοξενήθηκε από την Εταιρεία-Μέλος CERES, στον ίδιο χώρο που έγινε η πρώτη Γενική Συνέλευση πριν από 35 χρόνια. Πρόεδρος της Συνέλευσης ήταν ο Δρ Γ. Γράτσος, Πρόεδρος της HELMEPA, με Γραμματείς την κα Θ. Παπαεμμανουήλ της ANANGEL MARITIME SERVICES Inc. και τον κ. Η. Στεργιόπουλο της GASLOG LNG SERVICES Ltd. Ο Δρ Γράτσος, στo σύντομo χαιρετισμό του, αναφέρθηκε στις δράσεις της ένωσης τονίζοντας την επιμόρφωση των αξιωματικών στον προσομοιωτή γέφυρας, που η HELMEPA απέκτησε χάρις στις προσπάθειες του προκατόχου του Δρα Ι. Κούστα και την ευγενική χορηγία του Εταιρικού Μέλους DNV GL. Αναφερόμενος στα επιμορφωτικά σεμινάρια που προσφέρει η HELMEPA, που τα παρακολουθούν περίπου 350 αξιωματικοί και στελέχη Εταιρειών Μελών κάθε χρόνο, ο Πρόεδρος τόνισε πως είναι πιθανώς τα μοναδικά παγκοσμίως γιατί δεν εστιάζουν μόνο στους ναυτιλιακούς κανονισμούς αλλά και στην πρακτική εφαρμογή και τη λειτουργική εμπειρία των Γραφείων. Η επιλογή των θεμάτων γίνεται από Επιτροπή 12 έμπειρων στελεχών ναυτιλιακών εταιρειών που διαχειρίζονται περίπου 350 πλοία - δεξαμενόπλοια, bulk carriers, πλοία εμπορευματοκιβωτίων, Product Carriers, Chemical Carriers και LNG - Νηογνωμόνων και προσωπικού της Γραμματείας του Ναυτιλιακού Κέντρου της HELMEPA. Ως εκ τούτου, τα σεμινάρια αυτά προσφέρουν την πείρα εταιριών, και ναυτικών των πλοίων που επισκέπτονται το χρόνο περίπου 3.000 λιμάνια στα οποία αντιμετωπίζουν συνεχώς ελέγχους από αρχές. Ο Δρ. Γράτσος σημείωσε επίσης πως το έργο της περιβαλλοντικής εκπαίδευσης απλώνεται σε όλη την Ελλάδα και με την 3ετή «Εκστρατεία» την οποία χρηματοδοτεί το Lloyd’s Register Foundation ενώ συνεχίζεται και η διεθνής συνεργασία με το δίκτυο των MEPAs. Κλείνοντας, ο Πρόεδρος είπε πως «όλοι οι περιβαλλοντικοί κανονισμοί, έλεγχοι, ποινές και πρόστιμα έχουν δημιουργηθεί από τη διεθνή κοινότητα γιατί συνεχίζουν να υπάρχουν μεταξύ μας άτομα που δεν έχουν συνειδητοποιήσει το σημαντικό όφελος της προστασίας του περιβάλλοντος. Αυτούς θέλουμε να πλησιάσουμε, να τους ευαισθητοποιήσουμε να γίνουν καλύτεροι, για το συμφέρον τους και του περιβάλλοντος». Ο Γενικός Διευθυντής, κ. Δ. Κ. Μητσάτσος παρουσίασε τα

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πεπραγμένα του 2016, τα οποία η Συνέλευση ενέκρινε ομόφωνα. Ο Ταμίας του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου κ. Ν. Μπαφαλούκος περιέγραψε την οικονομική εικόνα κατά το 2016. Οι Ελεγκτές, Moore Stephens, παρουσίασαν την οικονομική κατάσταση που ομόφωνα ενέκρινε η Συνέλευση απαλλάσσοντας τα Μέλη του Συμβουλίου και τους Ελεγκτές από κάθε διαχειριστική ευθύνη για το 2016 και εκλέγοντας τους για το 2017. Ο κ. Bill Box, Senior Manager and Commercial Area Manager for Greece/Cyprus του Εταιρικού Μέλους INTERTANKO, μετέφερε στη Συνέλευση το θαυμασμό όλων των Μελών αυτής της διεθνούς ένωσης για το έργο της HELMEPA, ιδιαίτερα στην εκπαίδευση προσομοιωτή γέφυρας, στις δράσεις της Παιδικής HELMEPA και στους εθελοντικούς καθαρισμούς ακτών. Κλείνοντας είπε πως «ο εμπνευστής της ένωσης, ο αείμνηστος Γ. Λιβανός, θα ήταν ενθουσιασμένος βλέποντας, 35 χρόνια μετά, το έργο της HELMEPA αλλά και των ομοειδών Ενώσεων-MEPAs παγκόσμια». Τη Συνέλευση τίμησαν ο Πρόεδρος της CYMEPA κ. Γ. Τσαβλίρης, τα Ιδρυτικά Μέλη της HELMEPA Δρ Μ. Λως και κ. Ν. Σούτος και τα Επίτιμα Μέλη κ.κ. Π. Ιωαννίδης, Ι. Πολυχρονόπουλος και Ν. Τσαβλίρης. Ακολούθησε ελαφρύ μπουφέ που ευγενικά προσέφερε η εταιρεία CERES.

Wärtsilä 34DF engines awarded EPA Tier III certification

The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded model year 2017 certification of emissions compliance from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engine family.

The EPA Tier III certification and the corresponding EIAPP certificate were both issued in March 2017. The Tier III certification of conformity covers the Wärtsilä 34DF engines manufactured from the date of issue until the end of 2017.

These are the first Category 3 Tier III certificates issued by the EPA to any manufacturer. Category 3 relates to engines with a displacement per cylinder of greater than 30 litres.

The certification verifies that the Wärtsilä 34DF engine is fully compliant with the EPA Tier III emission standards in gas mode operation. As required by the EPA Tier III standard, the engine is equipped with a continuous nitrogen oxide (NOx) measuring and monitoring system for verifying emissions compliancy inside NOx Emission Control Areas (NECA). When sailing outside NECAs, the fuel-flexible 34DF engine can be operated with conventional marine diesel fuels if required.

“Once again Wärtsilä technology is leading the way to greater environmental sustainability and a cleaner shipping industry. It is an honour for the company to be the first to be awarded this important EPA certification,” says Patrik Wägar, Product Director, Medium Bore Engines, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions.

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Arcadia Shipmanagement receives first DNV GL verified EU MRV monitoring plans Arcadia Shipmanagement Co Ltd became the first company to receive verification from classification society DNV GL for compliant monitoring plans for their whole fleet under the new EU MRV regulation.

The company was presented with a certificate recognizing the achievement at DNV GL’s Piraeus office.

“We are very proud to be the first shipping company to have been awarded the verified EU MRV management plans, for our fleet, by the world’s leading classification society, DNV GL”, said Mattheou Dimitrios, Managing Director of Arcadia Shipmanagement Co Ltd. “This verification marks the first milestone for smooth compliance with the EU MRV regulation.”

“At Arcadia we are committed to providing safe and reliable transportation of oil by sea and continue to broaden the values and ideas that build safety and environmental excellence, applying effective management systems to comply with incoming regulations to consistently achieve reliable and environmental incident-free performance,” Dimitrios added.

The EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) regulation entered into force on 1 July 2015, and it requires ship owners and operators to annually monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions for vessels larger than 5,000 gross tonnage (GT) calling at any EU and EFTA (Norway and Iceland) port. Data collection takes place on a per voyage basis and starts 1 January 2018. The aggregated ship emission and efficiency data will be published by the European Commission by 30 June 2019 and then every consecutive year.

“We would like to congratulate Arcadia Shipmanagement for being

the first to receive EU MRV management plan verification, for their whole fleet, by DNV GL. It demonstrates their willingness to ensure that their vessels are out in front of the market in terms of compliance and in their sensitivity to the environment,” said George Teriakidis, Business Development Manager, DNV GL – Region South East Europe & Middle East. “The EU MRV is the first of many regulations that will require more of the shipping industry in terms of data collection and sharing. We have invested in developing our competence and services for this new regime, including putting in place a set of digital solutions that will make compliance as simple and transparent as possible for our customers,” he adds.

Ulstein signs LOI on expedition cruise vessel Ulstein Verft has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an undisclosed owner for the construction of one or more expedition cruise vessels of the design type ULSTEIN CX104.

These vessels will become the most unique expedition vessels in the market, providing unparalleled guest experiences with their excellent exploration facilities, and polar capability beyond anything we have seen before, while minimizing environmental impact and optimizing operational cost.

“The past few years we have worked strategically to target the exploration cruise market. This LOI proves that we are now confirming our position in this market. We are pleased to have been chosen as partner in this exciting project and we now look forward to turning this project into reality,” states CEO Gunvor Ulstein at Ulstein Group. The vessels will be designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions to incorporate the distinctive X-BOW design, and will be approx. 120 metres long and 20 metres wide. There has been great focus on creating a safe and comfortable platform as well as implementing environmental friendly and sustainable solutions. In addition, the design has emphasized on giving passengers the best possible viewing experiences while sailing through some of the most spectacular areas of our planet. The vessels will surpass the newest regulatory demands for taking passengers into Arctic and Antarctic waters, and are planned for delivery in 2019 and 2020.

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The vessels will be designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions to incorporate the distinctive X-BOW design, and will be approx. 120 metres long and 20 metres wide.

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Peace Boat and Arctech sign letter of intent for Ecoship

A final contract for the 2,000-passenger and 750-cabin 60,000 gt vessel is expected to be signed shortly.

The new ship is scheduled for delivery in spring 2020 Peace Boat, Japan’s largest cruise organisation, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Finnish shipbuilding company Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc., to construct the Ecoship, the world’s greenest cruise ship.

Peace Boat director and founder Yoshioka Tatsuya, Esko Mustamaki, CEO from Arctech and Jon Rysst, Regional Manager North Europe, from Classification Society DNV GL, announced the agreement during Nor-Shipping, the biggest maritime trade fair in Scandinavia.

Yoshioka said: “We have agreed with Arctech to build the Ecoship, the most innovative and ecologically friendly cruise vessel ever. We believe this ship will be a game changer for the shipping industry and will contribute to the protection of the environment. It will be a flagship for climate change. We are very happy to work together with a Finnish shipyard, and look forward to exploring clean and sustainable technologies with partners throughout this region, which is known for its environmental leadership”.

Esko Mustamaki, from Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, added: “We are very excited to work with Peace Boat in the construction of this very special vessel. Arctech has a long experience in design and construction of special products. Ecoship will combine Arctech’s know-how in technically advanced and environmentally friendly vessels with the well-established expertise of the Finnish shipbuilding network in designing and building of high-class cruise vessels

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and other special products. Arctech is a forerunner in developing and applying technological innovations, including LNG propulsion.”

Before the event, the CEO DNV GL – Maritime, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, said: “It’s really nice to see this innovative and exciting project proceed, this is a very positive development for Peace Boat. For us at DNV GL, it is always wonderful when such impressive projects using environmentally friendly technology take one step further towards being realized and we will continue to support this project”.

A final contract for the 2,000-passenger and 750-cabin 60,000 gt vessel is expected to be signed shortly. The new ship is scheduled for delivery in spring 2020.

Ecoship, with its nature-inspired architectural design by Spanish company Oliver Design, will be the platform for Peace Boat’s round-the-world cruise carrying 6,000 people per year; host exhibitions on green technology in up to 100 ports per year; and serve as a floating sustainability laboratory contributing to research on the ocean, climate and green marine technology. The ship also will create awareness and encourage active engagement with the challenges embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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“Green corridor” LNG bulker JIP releases new LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax design

At the Nor-Shipping trade fair in Oslo, project partners BHP, Fortescue, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Rio Tinto, SDARI, U-Ming, Woodside, and DNV GL presented the results from stage one of their “Green Corridor” joint industry project (JIP). The JIP has demonstrated the commercial potential and technical feasibility of LNG-fuelled bulkers in a “green corridor” iron ore and coal trade between Australia and China. The result is an LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax design which is in the process of receiving Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV GL. The idea of developing LNG-fuelling infrastructure for the vessels operating on the Australia–China iron ore and coal trade route has been contemplated by major charterers, ship owners and operators for many years. As LNG production has climbed, especially in Australia, and in recognition of the upcoming IMO restrictions on sulphur emissions, the option of LNG as a single-system solution for emissions compliance has become ever more attractive.

“This JIP has shown that by bringing together partners from across the industry to investigate alternative compliance options that account for market and trade route characteristics, such as safety and ease of operation, cargo and fuel flexibility, energy efficiency and economic viability, we can arrive at unique solutions that fulfil owners and operators’ requirements, as well as being in full compliance with international rules and regulations,” said Morten Løvstad, DNV GL – Maritime Business Director Bulk Carriers. “By having both charterers and ship owners as active partners in the JIP, we are also optimistic that this new design will materialize into firm orders in the near future.”

Chinese ship designer SDARI developed the design of the 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carrier based on their highly energy efficient Green Dolphin design. Dual fuel engines were quickly decided upon by the JIP partners, as this is a mature technology with multiple suppliers offering solutions, and the dual fuel design providing operational redundancy.

Based on fuel consumption analyses an LNG fuel tank size of approximately 6000 m3 was found to be optimal, with bunkering

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in Australia for the round-trip. Several locations for the LNG fuel tank were considered, and finally the optimal solution was found – with the two LNG fuel tanks placed directly above the engine room and submerged a few metres below the main deck.

This innovative design offers protection for the fuel tanks, enhances fire protection, and does not reduce the cargo carrying capacity, even for volumetric cargoes such as coal.

“We hope this mutual collaboration will contribute to building the positive momentum of the industry to meet environmental and social requirements. We would like to renew our commitment to promote the further development of environmental technologies to achieve more sustainable ocean transportation,” said Toshiaki Tanaka, Managing Executive Officer, Director General, Dry Bulk Business Unit from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. “An important part of the JIP was conducting the financial feasibility study for the design,” said Mike Utsler, Woodside Chief Operations Officer. “We looked at a wide range of capital and operational costs, including LNG and low sulfur fuel oil price sensitivities, as well as conducting a high-level bunker supply chain assessment. Based on this we found that, under the most realistic scenario, the payback period for the design was under 10 years, and under the optimistic projection just 6.7 years.”

“This joint industry project has shown us the power of a collaborative approach to a regulatory step change,” said David O’Brien, Principal Advisor, Rio Tinto. “Outside the JIP, we can be partners, competitors, suppliers and principals but inside the JIP, the common goal is clear and has shown to be achievable. We strongly support this type of collective industry approach when faced with an uncertain target.”

“As a member of the global shipping community, U-Ming continuously explores the latest technology and business models to enhance the protection of the environment,” said C.K. Ong, President of U-Ming Marine Transport Corp. “The ‘Green Corridor’ JIP is a collaboration of expertise and competence from like-minded people working towards a common goal. We truly believe the Green Dolphin 210 would result in an outstanding ecological footprint and business performance. By teamwork, we go further.”

The new, innovative Newcastlemax design developed in the “Green Corridor” JIP offers unique solutions for cost efficient, safe and flexible operations. By gathering key stakeholders representing the wider value chain of iron ore and coal transportation, a more robust, commercially viable and safe LNG-fuelled bulk carrier design has been developed, to a stage where it is ready to serve as the outline specification for newbuilding orders in 2017.

Image: The project partners of the “Green Corridor” Joint Industry Project (JIP) came together for a meeting at the DNV GL Group headquarters in Høvik this week. They also presented the results from stage one of the JIP at the Nor-Shipping trade fair.

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Shipowners encourage EU-China leadership in shaping IMO CO2 strategy Following the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) encourage the intention of the European Union and the People’s Republic of China to intensify cooperation in achieving a global climate deal for shipping. Indications of such cooperation materialised during the 19th EU-China Summit held in Brussels last week. At the Summit, EU and Chinese leaders reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change. EU and Chinese leaders also looked forward to co-hosting, along with Canada, a major ministerial gathering in September to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and accelerate the clean energy transition.

“The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement should not jeopardise an ambitious global strategy to reduce the CO2 emissions of shipping”, said ECSA Secretary General Patrick Verhoeven, “We are therefore pleased that the EU and China appear to be working towards reinforced co-operation on delivering a climate agreement for shipping at the International Maritime Organization.”

Discussions on the IMO greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategy will start in a few weeks’ time, at the 71st session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). The IMO aims at establishing an initial strategy in 2018, which is to be finalised in 2023, after real-time data on CO2 emissions of global shipping have been collected and analysed. Ahead of the MEPC meeting,

the global shipping industry, represented by four international shipowner organisations, submitted a proposal to keep total global CO2 emissions below 2008 levels, and then progressively cutting annual total emissions from the sector by 2050, by a percentage to be agreed by IMO.

“We call upon the EU and China, and indeed all IMO Member States, to support the industry proposals”, said ICS Secretary General Peter Hinchliffe, “The priority of governments should be to focus on the development of alternative, fossil-free fuels and IMO should assess whether holding CO2 below 2008 levels can be achieved with technical and operational measures alone.”

ECSA and ICS continue to express concern about unilateral measures that the EU and other regional powers may be contemplating. The European Parliament is notably pushing for the unilateral inclusion of shipping in the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the Chinese government is also considering a national ETS scheme which could eventually include shipping.

“We remain firmly opposed to a patchwork of regional schemes that would distort international shipping markets while doing little to tackle the reduction of the global industry’s actual emissions”, concluded Patrick Verhoeven and Peter Hinchliffe, “Imposing regional solutions will be counterproductive. It will anger developing nations that have agreed to participate in the IMO process despite their concerns about the implications for their economic development, making the prospect of a global agreement on truly meaningful CO2 reductions far more difficult if not impossible.”

180k DWT class LNG-fuelled bulk carrier design joint development project announced Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have today announced at Nor-Shipping 2017 a joint development project (JDP) to design 180k DWT class bulk carriers.

These designs will meet the latest market needs by using LNG as a fuel, with an optimum design for short to medium-haul bulk trade (i.e. Australia – Asia) and long-haul bulk trade (i.e. Brazil – Asia) service in line with the Harmonised Common Structural Rules.

Since the introduction of the IMO’s NOx and SOx emission limitations, and increased developments in the global supply of gas, there is a continued need for ship designs to evolve to provide further alternatives to traditional oil-fuelled designs. As new building orders in larger size ranges are expected, a 180k DWT class bulk carrier was selected for this design development project.

David Barrow, LR’s Director of Innovation, Marketing & Sales, said: “We are really pleased to announce this new joint development project. These HHI designs offer the possibility for owners to comply with emissions regulations worldwide while keeping the investment viable and competitive. It is really important to LR to be able to help support this type of innovation in the market and assist in bringing such solutions from concept to safe and effective adoption.”

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Bong-Jun Jang, HHI’s Senior Executive Vice President, mentioned: “We sincerely believe this JDP will bring environmentally-friendly and economical solutions for future bulk carrier designs and be remembered as a milestone in shipbuilding history. It has always been our great pleasure to launch JDP’s with LR and our collaboration will lead to technological improvement aimed towards energy saving and cleaner shipping.”

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Samsung Heavy Industries and DNV GL sign partnership for new LNG carrier design DNV GL and Samsung Heavy Industries. Co., Ltd (SHI) signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement focused on the development of new LNG carrier designs.

Mun-Keun Ha, Senior Executive Vice President of SHI, and Tommy Bjørnsen, DNV GL’s Regional Manager Maritime Korea & Japan, signed the agreement at the DNV GL Group head office in Høvik, during Nor-Shipping week.

“The present business environment requires that the shipping industry moves further towards eco-friendly operations due to environmental concerns, recent international regulations, as well as rises in fuel oil prices,” said Mun-Keun Ha. “As leaders in reacting to new market trends in their specialized fields, this new joint development project between DNV GL and SHI will improve the business strategies of both parties.”

The JDP aims to develop two 30K LNG carrier designs, one with membrane type LNG tanks and one with type-C (pressurized) LNG tanks. The scope of the JDP covers the design review, safety analysis, market research, various structural and safety evaluations, and if successful will culminate in the award of an Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV GL. “We are very pleased that SHI has chosen us to participate in the project, trusting our expertise in the gas carrier sector,” says Tommy Bjørnsen. “Offering owners and operators more options to manage their operations more efficiently and sustainably is important in today’s extremely competitive market. We look forward to the further development of the design and its future success.”

The idea for a 30K LNG carrier originates from SHI’s own research.

SHI decided to develop both membrane and type C designs in parallel to give owners more options and expects that some owners may opt for type-C tanks on smaller tonnage, as is common in LNG bunkering vessels.

Image: At the signing (L to R): Tommy Bjørnsen, Regional Manager Korea & Japan, DNV GL – Maritime, Mun-Keun Ha, Senior Executive Vice President, SHI, and Remi Eriksen, DNV GL Group President & CEO.

CMA CGM improves CO2 performance by 4% in 2016 As the planet celebrates the World Environment Day, CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide shipping group, reiterates its commitments on the fight against global warming by improving the performance of its ships.

In 2016, the Group has succeeded in reducing its carbon emissions in line with its 2025 targets • The Group has reduced its CO2 emissions per container transported by 4% in 2016 • The Group’s target is to reduce its CO2 emissions per container transported by 30% between 2015 and 2025 • The Group had already reduced its CO2 emissions per container transported per kilometer by 50% between 2005 and 2015 The results of the CMA CGM Group in the fight against global warming were achieved through: • Operational optimization of the fleet thanks to the work of the exports of CMA CGM Fleet Navigation and Support Center.

• Technological innovations such as the bulbous bows that improve the ships’ hydrodynamics.

• The chartering of modern giant container ships equipped with

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new efficient technologies.

• The Group also launched the eco-container program, creating containers friendlier with the environment.

Improved performance in the years ahead will come through the application of new technologies, including the use of alternative fuels such as liquefied natural gas thanks to partnerships with energy groups such as Total and Engie.

Additionally, the CMA CGM Group offers premium services “Carbon Footprint” and “Ecocalculator” to its customers that calculate carbon emission per shipment enabling them to update the footprint onto their own balance sheets.

The CMA CGM Group has been rewarded for its transparency in the fight against climate change by the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2015 with the grade of 92/100, which was renewed in 2016.

The CMA CGM Group is also a historic and active member of Clean Cargo and an adhering member to the “blue charter” of Armateurs de France, two initiatives seeking to encourage good practices in the maritime sector.

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YARA and KONGSBERG enter into partnership

YARA will reduce diesel-powered truck haulage by 40,000 journeys a year - KONGSBERG will integrate sensor, control, communication and electrical systems.

The vessel “YARA Birkeland” will be the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container ship, with zero emissions. Operation is planned to start in the latter half of 2018, shipping products from YARA’s Porsgrunn production plant to Brevik and Larvik in Norway.

Named “YARA Birkeland” after YARA’s founder, the famous scientist and innovator Kristian Birkeland, the vessel will be the world’s first fully electric container feeder. YARA’s new vessel will reduce NOx and CO2 emissions and improve road safety by removing up to 40,000 truck journeys in populated urban areas.

YARA Birkeland will initially operate as a manned vessel, moving to remote operation in 2019 and expected to be capable of performing fully autonomous operations from 2020. The new zero-emission vessel will be a game-changer for global maritime transport contributing to meet the UN sustainability goals.

World’s first autonomous, all-electric vessel for commercial operation “As a leading global fertilizer company with a mission to feed the world and protect the planet, investing in this zero emission vessel to transport our crop nutrition solutions fits our strategy well. We are proud to work with KONGSBERG to realize the world’s first autonomous, all-electric vessel to enter commercial operation,” says Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO of YARA. “Every day, more than 100 diesel truck journeys are needed to transport products from YARA’s Porsgrunn plant to ports in Brevik and Larvik where we ship products to customers around the world.

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With this new autonomous battery-driven container vessel we move transport from road to sea and thereby reduce noise and dust emissions, improve the safety of local roads, and reduce NOx and CO2 emissions,” saysHolsether.

A giant step forward for seaborne transportation KONGSBERG is responsible for development and delivery of all key enabling technologies on YARA Birkeland including the sensors and integration required for remote and autonomous operations, in addition to the electric drive, battery and propulsion control systems.

“By moving container transport from land to sea, YARA Birkeland is the start of a major contribution to fulfilling national and international environmental impact goals. The new concept is also a giant step forward towards increased seaborne transportation in general,” says Geir Håøy, President and CEO of KONGSBERG. As a leading global maritime technology company, KONGSBERG’s integrated control and monitoring systems are already capable of providing technology for remote and unmanned operations. YARA Birkeland will benefit from competence and technologies developed across KONGSBERG. “Developing systems for autonomous operations is a major opening and natural step for KONGSBERG, considering our decades of expertise in the development and integration of advanced sensors, control and communication systems for all areas of ship operations. YARA Birkeland will set the benchmark for the application of innovative maritime technology for more efficient and environmentally friendly shipping,” says Håøy.

Photo: Autonomous and 100% electric, ’YARA Birkeland’ will be the world’s most advanced container feeder ship.

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DNV GL looks to a greener 2050 with greenhouse gas model for shipping baseline. The global fleet is divided into 47 ship segments based on vessel type and size, with fuel consumption estimated for every vessel individually. For each vessel in the fleet the model makes a cost-benefit calculation for a set of alternative fuel options and energy efficiency measures and then re-calculates the global level of fuel consumption and emissions. “We have developed the model to be useful for many different stakeholders,” continues Christos Chryssakis. “From ship owners trying to identify optimum solutions, authorities developing strategies and supporting mechanisms for cutting emissions, through to policy makers looking for reduction strategies on a global level, the model can promote informed decision making to ensure that shipping remains the world’s largest and most environmentally friendly transport sector.”

HMD and DNV GL present world’s first double side-hull LPG carrier DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model.

The model can evaluate various scenarios for both individual ship segments and the industry as a whole. It can also evaluate the effectiveness of various solutions for reducing GHGs. “Despite the challenges facing our industry, we believe it is technically possible for shipping to achieve substantial GHG reductions, provided a viable strategy is developed and adopted from within the industry itself,” says Christos Chryssakis, Group Leader Energy Efficiency & Fuels at DNV GL. “But for such a strategy to be both successful and minimally disruptive, it should recognise the differences between the various shipping segments and the need to develop appropriate solutions for different ship types, sizes and types of operation.”

The objective of the new report (“Low Carbon Shipping towards 2050”) is to assess the potential for realistic GHG reductions from shipping heading to 2050, considering a variety of possible trade growth scenarios in the various ship segments. The level of reduction will depend on the availability of the technological solutions in each segment, their reduction potential and rate of uptake. In turn, uptake will depend on the cost and expected payback of each technology, combined with the investment horizon of ship owners.

These factors are included in the model developed by DNV GL, which uses AIS data to create a fuel consumption and emissions

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At the Gastech 2017 conference in Tokyo, DNV GL presented Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) with an approval in principle (AIP) certificate for a new double side-hull LPG carrier design– LPG SAFE (Structural Advances for the Environment). The result of a development project conducted by HMD working closely together with DNV GL, the AIP certificate confirms that the design complies with the new DNV GL rules for the classification of ships. The innovative LPG SAFE design is the first 38K LPG carrier design to provide the safety benefit of a double side-hull, while offering the same cargo carrying capacity and the same construction cost as a conventional design.

“We have been able to maintain the same cargo capacity as the single side-hull design by optimising the structural configuration of the no. 1 and no. 3 cargo tanks design, in combination with finite element (FE) analysis and using the DNV GL rules to optimize the scantlings, weight and hull strength,” says Dug Ki Min, Vice President, HMD Seoul. “Furthermore, the new design with its simple hull shape and double hull construction could offer our employees an improved working environment during production of the vessel, resulting in higher quality deliveries.”

LPG carriers are designed to carry liquefied gases such as propane or butane in bulk. The ships are normally equipped with cargo tanks inside the hold, with Type A independent cargo tanks arranged inside the hold, supported on insulation-bearing blocks which typically consist of wooden chocks installed on the inner bottom structure. The double side-hull design of LPG SAFE offers a significant increase in protection for these tanks, especially in the event of a collision.

Meet the team that’s exploring tomorrow’s fuels Here’s to today’s explorers.

The visionaries behind GMFT2030 can see the future of fuel demand, and share their vision with the rest of us.

Lloyd’s Register and University College London are proud to share our findings on the future marine fuel mix to 2030, so that today we can all negotiate a rapidly changing future.

Find out what we’ve discovered so far:

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Oldendorff Carriers has appointed Verifavia for EU MRV Verification

Oldendorff Carriers has appointed Verifavia, to verify its fleet of vessels in line with the European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (EU MRV) regulation.

Verifavia Shipping will provide EU MRV services to Oldendorff, including the assessment of monitoring plans and verification of carbon emission reports according to the ISO 14065 standard and regulation 757/2015.

Christopher Fee, Projects Manager, Oldendorff Carriers, commented, “With our modern fleet of eco-ships coupled with the ongoing efforts of those working on our dedicated Green Ship Programme, Oldendorff remains committed to ensuring that the impact of our operations on the environment is minimised as much as is practically possible. Working with Verifavia ensures that we are on track to meet and exceed our EU MRV responsibilities and to achieve timely compliance with the requirements mandated by this environmental regulation.”W He continued: “Our experiences thus far with Verifavia have been very positive and we are certainly convinced of their knowledge, capabilities, and professionalism. The team’s extensive previous experience in aviation speaks volumes and we have no doubt that, as an independent verifier, Verifavia will be responsive and efficient in working with us to achieve regulatory compliance.”

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ports, with the first regulatory deadline on 31st August 2017.

Ship owners and operators of vessels exceeding 5,000 GT and operating in the EU have less than four months to prepare and submit their ship-specific monitoring plans to monitor and report carbon emissions, fuel consumption, and associated transport work.

Julien Dufour, CEO, Verifavia Shipping, said: “Verifavia Shipping remains committed to helping ship owners and operators around the world navigate the complexities of this new environmental regulation confidently, competitively, and smoothly. Working with a leading bulk carrier such as Oldendorff is a privilege and testament to the knowledge, flexibility, and quality that Verifavia offers as an independent verifier. With the addition of Oldendorff’s ships, Verifavia is now exceeding 300 ships under contract for EU MRV verification and assessment.”

One of the first verifiers to be accredited, Verifavia Shipping has achieved accreditation from both the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), and France’s national accreditation body, Cofrac, making it the first globally accredited verifier to receive dual accreditation under the ISO 14065 standard and regulation 757/2015. This allows Verifavia Shipping to assess or verify any ship anywhere in the world, regardless of country of ownership, flag state, or class. It also ensures a future-proofed EU MRV verification service that will not be impacted by any political repercussions caused by Britain’s exit from the EU.

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NK (BWTS) sponsors MEDASSET’S new online game “TEAM TURTLE” systems to the shipping industry, Oceanking immediately recognised the synergies between a technology designed to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems from the damage caused by invasive alien species and the 30-year-long efforts of MEDASSET to conserve sea turtles in the Mediterranean.

The aim of TEAM TURTLE is to bring marine life and the challenges faced by endangered sea turtles right into the living space of young people, and to excite and educate them through an activity they would naturally choose for themselves – playing a game! The design team’s approach was to enable players to take on the role of “rescuer” or “guardian” of the little hatchlings they see struggling to survive on screen. Once they do that, an emotional bond begins to form; a small but crucial step on the road to building a lifelong, caring relationship between an individual and the life of the sea.

The international, environmental NGO, MEDASSET (Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles), working to protect sea turtles and their marine and coastal habitats in the Mediterranean, launched its new, online game “TEAM TURTLE” at the 37th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Las Vegas, USA, on the 20th of April, 2017.

Reflecting the global reach of the online space, the global nature of the threats to sea turtles, and the global activities of the shipping industry, a global gathering of sea turtle experts was chosen as the forum for the official launch of the new game.

In an innovative new partnership, the game’s development has been sponsored by one of the world’s leading designer-manufacturers of ballast water treatment systems – Korean company, NK. Oceanking SA, who are the exclusive representative of NK in Greece, played a pivotal role in bringing their client together with the Greece-based NGO. As a leading supplier of all types of marine

Costis Hassiotis, CEO of Oceanking SA stated: “We are all responsible for keeping our oceans healthy. Oceanking and our partners, NK, are proud to support MEDASSET’s work and the development of tools, like this engaging game, that help to cultivate the environmental awareness we need if we’re to build a sustainable future for ourselves and the generations to come. Such initiatives are part of Oceanking’s social responsibility strategy.”

Anna Stamatiou, MEDASSET’s General Secretary and member of the TEAM TURTLE development team observed: “We don’t have opportunities to experience the mysterious and ancient reality of a living sea turtle every day. What makes us first start to care about something? When we put time and effort into it; investing a part of our life”. In addition to being simply a fun game to play, TEAM TURTLE can be used by education professionals as an enjoyable part of any lesson plan focusing either on sea turtles or, more generally, on marine life.

Wärtsilä scrubber system to clean new Korean ferry’s exhaust The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its exhaust gas cleaning system for a new Korean ferry.

The vessel is being built for Weidong Ferry at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. This is the first Wärtsilä scrubber system to be installed where the shipyard, the owners, and the vessel’s operational area are all in Korea. The contract with Wärtsilä was booked in January 2017. Wärtsilä will supply a system consisting of two 13 MW Open Loop V-SOx Scrubbers specifically optimised for the new vessel.

Delivery of the Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for July of this year.

“This is an important order since it strengthens our visibility in the Asian market. Exhaust gas cleaning is something that ship owners and operators around the world are having to take very seriously, since the IMO’s global cap on the sulphur content in marine fuel comes into effect in 2020, which is really rather soon. Wärtsilä has tremendous experience and a broad range of systems to help our customers comply with these regulations,” says Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Gas Cleaning, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions.

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“We value Wärtsilä’s experience and expertise in this field. We also appreciate their ability to deliver the systems on a fast-track basis,” says Mr Ki-Hyeon Hong, Vice President, Weidong Ferry.

The 31,000 gross tonnage RoPax ferry will be operated by Weidong Ferry and will sail between Korea and China.

Exhaust Gas Cleaning

Wärtsilä has long been at the forefront of sustainable technology development. Just as cleaning wastewater or reducing air emissions are important contributors to a cleaner environment, engine efficiency is also central to sustainability. With years of experience in exhaust gas cleaning for marine applications, Wärtsilä has developed efficient, safe, and certified products for eliminating air emissions.

The company’s extensive reference list is evidence of its know-how and expertise in this field. With different size options, a minimized footprint, retrofit packages, and environmentally sound options, the right solution is available for any vessel. Wärtsilä’s dedicated EGC team can assist in all stages of the project, from initial planning to post-installation service agreements.

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Sembcorp Marine and Coldharbour sign BWTS agreement Coldharbour Marine, developer of a unique in-tank, in-voyage and inert gas-based ballast water treatment system for large tankers, bulkers and LNG vessels, has signed an agreement with Sembcorp Marine that will see the latter offer the Coldharbour GLD™ BWT as part of the Sembcorp Marine Green Technology Retrofit (GTR) solutions for ship owners.

The GTR solutions provide carefully evaluated ballast water treatment systems from a select group of equipment manufacturers with whom Sembcorp Marine is working closely. Coupled with expert technical assistance from Sembcorp Marine, the GTR solutions ensure that ship owners are able to select and install the most appropriate technology for their vessels.

Coldharbour CEO Andrew Marshall said: “We are delighted to sign this agreement with Sembcorp Marine. We have always maintained that no single technology is suitable for all vessel types and for all operating requirements. Our ballast water treatment systems target the largest vessels with the highest pumping rates, largest ballast volumes and longest ballast legs. For many ballast water treatment technologies, these three elements combined would have translated into a perfect storm of terminal delays and unrecoverable costs for owners, which by comparison, would make the initial cost of installing a ballast water treatment system pale into insignificance.”

Mr Marshall said the Coldharbour GLD™ system carries full International Maritime Organization type-approval issued by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency; Lloyd’s Register type-approval; and US Coast Guard Alternate Management Systems acceptance. It is currently undergoing full US Coast Guard type-approval.

As the global marine industry prepares for the implementation of the Ballast Water Convention on September 8th this year, there is still a considerable level of confusion and uncertainty surrounding the questions of suitable equipment choice for different types of vessel and securing a successful retrofit installation strategy.

Addressing these concerns, Sembcorp Marine Executive Vice President and Head of Repairs and Upgrades Lee-Lin Wong said the company had examined various ballast water technologies and established collaborations with the best manufacturers around the world over the past 24 months.

PGS Launches Large Scale Plastic Collection Concept Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (“PGS” or “the Company”) has developed a concept for efficient, large scale collection of plastic from the oceans.

The solution uses the inherent benefits of seismic vessels and takes advantage of their air compressors and capabilities for handling large towing configurations.

Each year, eight million tons of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans - equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the sea every minute. If no action is taken, this is expected to increase to two garbage trucks per minute by 2030 and four garbage trucks per minute by 20501.

The PGS plastic collection concept consists of a seismic vessel and a support vessel towing booms, in a fan formation, which are connected to a processing unit at the end of the spread.

The uniqueness of the seismic vessel is its large onboard compressors, which usually supply the seismic source. These are instead used to pump air through a ventilated hose, towed at approximately 50 meters water depth between the seismic ship and the support vessel. The air bubbles attach to the submerged plastic which then rises to the sea surface, just like bubbles are attracted to a straw in a glass of sparkling water.

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The processing unit at the end of the collection spread separates organic materials from plastic. The latter is compressed and packaged into super-strong synthetic skins. Once full, each skin section is marked by GPS and AIS, ready to be collected and towed to a processing facility for recycling.

“We have developed an active large scale concept for plastic collection at sea. There are well known garbage geysers in different oceans of the world and our plastic collection concept is intended to take advantage of the currents in these systems and collect plastic before it eventually sinks to the seabed,” says Jon Erik Reinhardsen, President & CEO of PGS. PGS has four cold-stacked Ramform seismic vessels, which can be used for plastic collection. The benefits of the Ramform vessels are their high propulsion power making them capable of towing large spreads. Their large compressors can generate enough air to lift submerged plastic to the surface. In addition, they have multiple winches for handling complex towing configurations, large deck space for easy, safe operation and accommodation facilities for marine and research personnel. Cleaning the oceans of plastic is a global responsibility and PGS is seeking external funding for a pilot test of the system.

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Η HELMEPA γιόρτασε τα 35 χρόνια λειτουργίας της Σε μια συγκινητική ατμόσφαιρα στο Ναυτικό Όμιλο Ελλάδας, εκατοντάδες υποστηρικτές και φίλοι, με πρώτη παρούσα την κα Φωτεινή Π. Λιβανού, γιόρτασαν την Τρίτη 6 Ιουνίου, τα 35 χρόνια της Ελληνικής Ένωσης Προστασίας Θαλάσσιου Περιβάλλοντος-HELMEPA, που ιδρύθηκε με πρωτοβουλία του αείμνηστου Γιώργου Π. Λιβανού. Βουλευτές, εκπρόσωποι της Πολιτείας, μέλη του Διπλωματικού Σώματος, ο Αρχηγός του Λιμενικού Σώματος/Ελληνικής Ακτοφυλακής, ο Αρχηγός του Στόλου, ο Πρόεδρος της ΕΕΕ, πρώην Πρόεδροι της HELMEPA, μέλη της Ελληνικής και διεθνούς ναυτιλιακής κοινότητας, Πρόεδροι και Διευθυντές των AUSMEPA-Αυστραλία, CYMEPA-Κύπρο, NAMEPA-Βόρειος Αμερική και TURMEPA-Τουρκία καθώς και εκπρόσωποι του ελληνικού και ξένου ναυτιλιακού Τύπου τίμησαν την εκδήλωση που συντόνισε η δημοσιογράφος κα Νίκη Λυμπεράκη. Το τηλεοπτικό σποτ του «Γλάρου» του 1984, ένα video με στοιχεία της 35ετούς δράσης της HELMEPA και τη δήλωση της παρουσιάστριας πως η γενιά της μεγάλωσε με το μήνυμα «όχι σκουπίδια, όχι πλαστικά σε θάλασσες και ακτές», συμπλήρωσε με σύντομη αναδρομή στις δράσεις της ένωσης στο χαιρετισμό του ο Δρ Γιώργος Γράτσος, Πρόεδρος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου. Αναφέρθηκε στην εθελοντική συμβολή της HELMEPA στη ναυτιλιακή επιμόρφωση των Ελλήνων αξιωματικών, την περιβαλλοντική ενημέρωση του ευρύτερου κοινού και των μαθητών καθώς και την ίδρυση ομοειδών ενώσεων σε άλλες 7 χώρες. «Πλοιοκτήτες και ναυτικοί, εμπνευσμένοι από τον Γιώργο Π. Λιβανό, συνυπέγραψαν το 1982 κοινή διακήρυξη με την οποία η HELMEPA λειτουργεί και θα συνεχίσει όσο θα υπάρχει Ελληνική ναυτιλία» υπογράμμισε το Ιδρυτικό της Μέλος, Δρ Ματθαίος Δ. Λως, εκπρόσωπος και Ταμίας της Ένωσης Ελλήνων Εφοπλιστών. Εκ μέρους των 15.000 Ελλήνων ναυτικών-μελών, ο Πρόεδρος της Πανελλήνιας Ένωσης Πλοιάρχων Εμπορικού Ναυτικού, Πλοίαρχος Μανώλης Τσικαλάκης, υπογράμμισε πως «οι Έλληνες ναυτικοί πιστεύουν στη HELMEPA που με το έργο της συνέβαλε και στο να περιβάλλονται με εκτίμηση από εθνικές ναυτιλιακές αρχές». «Το έργο και το παράδειγμα της HELMEPA χαρίζουν στην Ελλάδα μια ιδιαίτερη διάκριση, εφάμιλλη με την προνομιακή θέση του Ελληνόκτητου στόλου στην παγκόσμια ναυτιλία. Χρειάστηκε το όραμα, η δημιουργικότητα και η πίστη ενός μεγάλου Έλληνα εφοπλιστή και πατριώτη - του Γιώργου Π Λιβανού - για να εκφράσει η Ελλάδα ό,τι καλύτερο υπάρχει στην ναυτιλιακή της παράδοση» ανέφερε ο κ. Βασίλης Φρ. Παπαχρηστίδης, δεύτερος Πρόεδρος της HELMEPA, στο χαιρετισμό του που διάβασε η κα Λυμπεράκη. Τιμώντας τον κ. Ανδρέα Ποταμιάνο, που υπηρέτησε τους σκοπούς της HELMEPA επί σειρά ετών ως Μέλος του Δ.Σ., ο Δρ Γ. Γράτσος του επέδωσε αναμνηστική πλακέτα. Ευχαριστώντας, ο κ. Ποταμιάνος επαίνεσε το όραμα του αείμνηστου Γ.Π. Λιβανού και έκανε μια σύντομη αναδρομή σε επιτεύγματα της HELMEPA μέσα από προσωπικές του εμπειρίες, ιδίως στο ξεκίνημα της. Τιμήθηκε επίσης ο Πλοίαρχος Γιάννης Τσενεμπής, εταιρικό Μέλος της HELMEPA από το 1983, πρώτος και για πολλά χρόνια «ναυτοδάσκαλος» στα σεμινάρια της. Στη σύντομη ομιλία του αναφέρθηκε στις προσωπικές του αναμνήσεις από τα πρώτα χρόνια αυτής της πρωτοποριακής πρωτοβουλίας στους κόλπους της Ελληνικής ναυτιλίας που ακόμη υπηρετεί. Επιδίδοντας του

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αναμνηστική πλακέτα, ο κ. Παύλος Ιωαννίδης, εταιρικό Μέλος αλλά και Μέλος του πρώτου Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου, τόνισε πως πρώτη η HELMEPA αποδέχθηκε και εφάρμοσε στα σεμινάρια της το πνεύμα ασφάλειας, με το οποίο ήδη λειτουργούσε η παγκόσμια αεροπορική βιομηχανία. Περνώντας από τη ναυτική εκπαίδευση στην περιβαλλοντική ενημέρωση των μαθητών, ο κ. Νίκος Τσάκος, πρώην Πρόεδρος της HELMEPA, επέδωσε στην κα Κάρμεν Κωνσταντακοπούλου αναμνηστική πλακέτα σε εκτίμηση της υποστήριξης του αείμνηστου συζύγου της Καπ. Βασίλη Κωνσταντακόπουλου στο πρόγραμμα «Παιδική HELMEPA», που συνεχίζουν τα παιδιά του και η Costamare Shipping. Η κα Κωσταντακοπούλου ευχαρίστησε θερμά όλους όσοι συμβάλλουν στην περιβαλλοντική ευαισθητοποίηση των παιδιών. Η HELMEPA παρουσιάστηκε για πρώτη φορά στην παγκόσμια ναυτιλία το 1985 συμμετέχοντας σε έκθεση της Seatrade στη Νέα Υόρκη και συνεχίζει από τότε σε κάθε «Ποσειδώνια» με πρωτοβουλία του ιδρυτή τους κ. Θεμιστολή Βώκου, Επίτιμο Μέλος της HELMEPA. Στο χαιρετισμό του εξέφρασε το θαυμασμό του στο όραμα του Γιώργου Λιβανού και όλων των συντελεστών για την επιτυχή πορεία της HELMEPA, την προσφορά της στη ναυτιλιακή επιμόρφωση και περιβαλλοντική και ευχήθηκε το έργο αυτό να συνεχιστεί για πολλά ακόμη χρόνια. Στη μακρόχρονη συνεργασία της HELMEPA με το Λιμενικό Σώμα στον τομέα της πρόληψης της θαλάσσιας ρύπανσης αναφέρθηκε ο Αρχηγός του Αντιναύαρχος Σταμάτης Ράπτης και με το Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, ο Αντιναύαρχος Ιωάννης Παυλόπουλος, Αρχηγός του Στόλου, που ευχαρίστησε την ένωση για τη δωρεάν συμμετοχή των στελεχών του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού στα εκπαιδευτικά της προγράμματα. Πρώτος νηογνώμονας Εταιρικό Μέλος ήταν το American Bureau of Shipping-ABS και στους λόγους για τους οποίους υποστήριξε αυτή την εθελοντική πρωτοβουλία από την αρχή αναφέρθηκε ο κ. Δημήτρης Χουλιαράκης, σημαίνον το 1983 στέλεχος του ABS. Σημαντική ήταν και εξακολουθεί να είναι η συμβολή των Εταιρικών Μελών στην επιτυχή εξέλιξη της HELMEPΑ. Απονεμήθηκαν τιμητικές πλακέτες στους εκπροσώπους των πρώτων 3 Εταιρικών Μελών και για την επιπλέον συνδρομή τους στις ανάγκες της HELMEPA. Στον κ. Βασίλειο Κρουστάλλη, Senior Vice President του ABS στην Ευρώπη, τον κ. Γεώργιο Τεριακίδη, Regional Business Development Manager του DNV GL και τον κ. Θεοδόση Σταματέλλο, Area Manager, Greece, East Mediterranean and Adriatic του Lloyd’s Register. Και οι τρείς στους χαιρετισμούς τους επαίνεσαν την ένωση για τη συνεχιζόμενη εθελοντική προσφορά της στη ναυτιλία και την ευρύτερη κοινωνία, ανανεώνοντας τη δέσμευση τους να συνεχίσουν την υποστήριξη τους και στο μέλλον. Συγχαρητήρια και ευχές για τη συνέχιση του έργου της είχαν την ευκαιρία να δώσουν στα Μέλη του ΔΣ και τα στελέχη της HELMEPA και οι 300 Έλληνες και ξένοι που τίμησαν την εκδήλωση κατά τη διάρκεια λιτής δεξίωσης, με την οποία έκλεισε η όμορφη βραδιά. Στους προσκεκλημένους προσφέρθηκε συμβολικό αναμνηστικό της 35ετίας και το ειδικό, καλαίσθητο, στην Αγγλική, τεύχος του περιοδικού «Ναυτικά Χρονικά», το οποίο οι εκδότες είχαν την πρωτοβουλία να αφιερώσουν στα 35 χρόνια της HELMEPA με στοιχεία που έλαβαν από τα αρχεία της.

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Damen Green Solution introduces new approach for retrofitting scrubbers Damen Green Solutions (DGS) in partnership with Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) and AEC, the scrubber supplier, is trialling a new technique for retrofitting scrubbers.

Designated the Modular Approach, this new process is designed to cut the time that a vessel typically needs to spend in dock from two or more weeks to just a few days. This dramatic reduction in downtime, in combination with a more cost-efficient, certified scrubber, will be welcomed by ship owners and operators. The first installation of this type is already underway for the RoRo cargo vessel Stena Scotia.

The key to achieving this sharp fall in downtime for the vessel is maximising the amount of preparatory and manufacturing work that can be completed before the vessel arrives in the dock. This happens in two parallel processes. In one of these, the scrubbers and their supporting systems are fitted into two prefabricated modules while still in the workshop. The first module contains the scrubber plus all the necessary piping and electronics. The second houses all the auxiliary equipment including the pumps, heat exchanger and separators. These can then be tested and optimised in advance of the actual installation.

At the same time, preparatory works are undertaken on board the vessel at times agreed with the ship that do not interfere with its scheduled operations. In the case of the Stena Scotia, the preparations on board, including steelwork and pipe-fitting, will take place over a number of weekends during routine overnight stopovers.

The result of the prefabrication process plus preparation works means that when the ship does finally arrive at a Damen yard, the technical team can focus on the final stage of the retrofit process; attaching and linking up the two, fully operational modules to a ship that is ready and prepared to receive them. This last stage rep-

resents the third module of the operation.

Damen Green Solutions, the arm of the Damen Shipyards Group responsible for developing and implementing low-emissions and environmentally-friendly solutions, has oversight of the entire process including commissioning and training. It does this in close coordination with Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) and, in the case of Stena Scotia, Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam.

“With the need to access the vessel during its regular operations to undertake the preparations, it is vital to work very closely with the owner and crew to make the hours available as productive as possible,” says project manager Stef Loffeld. “Fortunately, DSC’s Harbour & Voyage teams are expert at working efficiently and unobtrusively when a ship is still in an operational mode. We also cooperate closely in the engineering phase with AEC, the suppliers of the scrubbing systems, to optimise the installation of the various components for maximum efficiency and operability. The result is a fast and effective installation with minimum downtime.”

Marcel Karsijns, Director of Damen Green Solutions, commented: “The combination of AEC’s simple yet effective scrubbers and Damen’s innovative installation approach significantly reduces upfront costs and reduces the payback period of the investment. We expect this solution to receive strong support in the market.”

Jurriën de Vries, sales director of AEC Maritime, concluded; “The close co-operation between Damen and AEC has resulted in this new modular approach for retrofitting SOx scrubbers. This is yet another example of the AEC philosophy; ‘SOx scrubbing made simple’.”

Damen Green Solutions are at Nor-Shipping until June 2nd. At their stand, U-05, they are exhibiting Damen’s award-winning port-based ballast water treatment system, InvaSave 300.

Sembcorp Marine signs MOU with De Nora De Nora, a market leading supplier of electrochlorination equipment, announced the signing of an MOU with Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine on the supply and installation of De Nora BALPURE® ballast water treatment systems at its yards.

The relationship between De Nora and Sembcorp also enables BALPURE® system to be made available through a turnkey offering from the yard which includes project management, vessel survey, integration design engineering, ballast water management system equipment selection, and retrofit installation services.

Sembcorp Marine will supply and be a trained installation partner for the patented De Nora BALPURE® slip stream electrochlorination system, which is ideally suited to large vessels with high ballast flow rates and utilizes unique self-cleaning electrodes. De Nora will support Sembcorp with training on the installation and operation of the ballast water treatment system to ensure the customer receives the best possible retrofitting experience. This collaboration will also allow Sembcorp to offer both leading types of ballast water treatment, UV and electrochlorination, as full end-to-end turnkey supply and installation solutions, enabling Sembcorp to effectively meet the needs of the majority of ship owners. Combined with Sempcorp’s more than 50 years’ experience in marine and offshore engineering and global facilities network, the partnership is set to deliver the

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installation of electrochlorination systems by global specialists in water treatment delivered by expert shipyard teams. Don Stephen, Managing Director, BALPURE® systems at De Nora Water Technologies commented: “Offering our De Nora BALPURE® system as a turnkey solution to meet the needs of ship owners has long been an aspiration of ours. Working with Sembcorp to realise this objective allows us to better support ship owners in cooperation with a leading yard that has the understanding and expertise to provide excellent customer service. In turn, we look forward to developing a close relationship providing our electrochlorination expertise, relevant training, and reliable services to Sembcorp. “It has long been recognised that no ballast water treatment system provides a ‘one size fits all’ solution. Different vessel types, sizes and routes have differing demands and requirements from a ballast water treatment system. Being able to offer a full solution to customers with high ballast flow rates in conjunction with Sembcorp, gives peace of mind to customers on their choice of ballast water treatment retrofit in a challenging time for the industry.” De Nora BALPURE® equipment is IMO Type Approved with USCG AMS Acceptance and is currently progressing through both land-based and shipboard testing for compliance with US Coast Guard (USCG) ballast water management legislation and renewal of its IMO certification.

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AkzoNobel partners with The Ocean Cleanup for largest clean-up in history The complete removal of plastic from the world’s oceans has moved a step closer after AkzoNobel joined forces with The Ocean Cleanup to help turn the tide on marine pollution.

The partnership involves AkzoNobel providing advanced, biocide-free coatings technology for all the devices and equipment used

by The Ocean Cleanup for the next five years.

It represents a major contribution to the organization’s landmark efforts to clear plastic from our oceans. The cleaning is due to begin in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the next 12 months.

“Ocean pollution is a serious global issue impacting our society and our planet’s future,” said AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner. “As a world leader in the marine coatings industry, we believe we can make a meaningful contribution to overcoming the problem by taking action and supporting the fantastic work being done by The Ocean Cleanup.”

The most high profile use of the company’s coatings will be on the specially designed floating clean-up system which will collect the waste plastic. These biocide-free Intersleek products are already being used to help make the shipping industry more sustainable by reducing fuel consumption, cutting emissions and lowering the costs of operation.

“It is wonderful to add another big name to our growing list of supporters,” said Boyan Slat, CEO and founder of The Ocean Cleanup.

“Working together with a true global force in sustainable coatings technology will ensure that our systems remain protected, even under the most extreme conditions. Another benefit of the partnership is team AkzoNobel’s involvement in the Volvo Ocean Race, which will help increase global awareness of the urgent need to remove plastic from our aquatic ecosystems.”

A perfect fit with AkzoNobel’s Planet Possible sustainability strategy, the collaboration follows on from the recent announcement that the company will also be an official sustainability partner of the next Volvo Ocean Race. This will include organizing a series of Ocean Summits focused on bringing science, politics, government and sport together in an effort to act positively on the issue of marine litter.

Founded in 2013, The Ocean Cleanup aims to remove half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the space of just five years. It employs U-shaped screens to channel floating plastic to a central point. The concentrated plastic can then be extracted and shipped to shore for recycling into durable products.

AkzoNobel’s International brand is the world leader in high performance marine and yacht coatings, as well as industrial protective coatings. The broad product range includes antifoulings, foul release systems, fire protection coatings and above and below the waterline yacht coatings and paints.

Μνημόνιο Συνεργασίας HELMEPA και Dubai Council for Marine and Maritime Industries Μνημόνιο Συνεργασίας υπέγραψαν η Ελληνική Ένωση Προστασίας Θαλάσσιου Περιβάλλοντος-HELMEPA και η United Arab Emirates Offshore and Shipping Industry, εκπροσωπούμενη από το Dubai Council for Marine and Maritime Industries (DcmmiEmirates). Η τελετή της υπογραφής έγινε στην Αθήνα στο πλαίσιο της 3ης Συνάντησης της Joint Cooperation Committee Ελλάδος και Ηνωμένων Αραβικών Εμιράτων, παρουσία των Υπουργών Γ. Κατρούγκαλου και Γ. Σταθάκη και του Minister of State of UAE, Dr. Sultan Bin Ahmad Al Jaber,. Υπογράφοντας το Μνημόνιο, ο Δρ Γιώργος Γράτσος, Πρόεδρος της HELMEPA και ο κ. Khamis Juma Buamim Πρόεδρος της DcmmiEmirates, δέσμευσαν τους δύο οργανισμούς όπως συνεργαστούν εθελοντικά για να ιδρύσουν την Ένωση Προστασίας Θαλάσσιου Περιβάλλοντος των Εμιράτων-EMEPA (Emirates Marine Environment Protection Association). Η νέα Ένωση θα είναι μηκερδοσκοπική και με κύριο σκοπό την προστασία του θαλάσσιου περιβάλλοντος και τη βελτίωση του επιπέδου ασφάλειας.

Λεπτομέρειες αυτής της συνεργασίας παρέχονται σε ένα από κοινού συμφωνημένο Σχέδιο Δράσης.

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15 years to go for scrap (77%) ▪ The majority of the participants believe that the availability ▪ The participants believe that significant number of owners will of 0.5% S fuels will be sufficient to cover the needs of the industry go for advanced renewal surveys to delay the installation of BWT (74%) ▪ On the question as to whether the price differential of 0.5% S systems as per IMO requirements ▪ The clear majority of the participants do not believe that the fuels as compared to HFO will make the scrubber option a cost-efno. of installed BWT systems, their so far utilization and the comfective one, there was no clear conclusion On 31 May, 2017, at 6:00 pm, one of the best-kept secrets of the Atpetence of the crews are giving confidence in the safe and effective www.aida.de/genaumeinurlaub, we present first impressions of ▪ On the question whether the different companies have Meyer shipyard in Papenburg was lifted: a spectacular graffiti surAIDAnova, exciting videos, 360° photos of our new range of cabins use of the systems (75%) already commenced the techno-economical assessment of the prise revealed the name of the first ship of the first generation that and information about the next important milestones in the con ▪ 55% of the participants do not believe that the “Trump” paavailable options, the result was divided (58% yes, 42% no) struction process. The keel laying of the new ship will take place in can run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) with nearly zero emissions. rameter will affect the enforcement of environmental regulations in September 2017, at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg. Its undockThis name, AIDAnova, is now displayed on a graffiti banner in the general and the USCG req. for BWM in particular BWM – technical problems, alternatives, frequent ing is scheduled for August 2018.

construction halls where the ship is being built. plan approval comments

The Vice Chairman of the Committee, Vasileios Lampropoulos, Its public unveiling took place within the scope of a Prime Time gave an overview of the so far experiences with the installation show aboard AIDAperla, which was broadcast on Facebook and on of BW treatment systems and the problems we are facing. The all AIDA ships worldwide. presentation covered the different technologies including a comparIn its first season, AIDAnova will be traveling Madeira and the ison between them, selection criteria, challenges of the differCanary Islands for seven-day cruises from December 2018. Five ent technologies, service experience, health and safety issues, islands in seven nights – for a summertime feeling in the middle of maintenance, challenges for the crew and shore staff, approval and winter: guests on our cruise from/to Gran Canaria or Tenerife get to operation comments, etc. experience the fascinating destinations of Madeira, Lanzarote and Live voting by the participants took place at the end of the session.

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Thanks to pleasant temperatures all year round, the The following results are noted: varied scenery and short flight times, the Canary Islands are the ▪ Filter + electrolysis and filter + UV are believed to be the perfect vacation destination. They are one of the most popular desmost popular systems (48% and 45% respectively) tinations for guests from the German-speaking region, particularly ▪ The vast majority of the participants believe that the internain the winter months. Under the headline of “My perfect vacation,” tional organizations and regulators should recognize the need for the first cruises of the 13th member of the AIDA fleet can be booked more time until the implementation of the BWM convention (80%) from June 1, 2017, 10:00 am.

▪ The majority of the participants believe that the BWM conBlueOcean June 2016_1/2 27/05/2016 14:51 Page 1 vention will force significant number of vessels of all types above

The new generation of AIDA combinessurveys innovative design Drones in use for fleetships in service with state-of-the-art technology to provide even greater onboard Based on a question raised by a member of the Committee before comfort.

Successful services of the existing fleet have been imthe meeting, DNV GL’s Technical Director, Geir Dugstad, showed a proved and advanced. The themed experiences of the AIDAprime video with a close up survey carried out on-board an OBO vessel generation – such as the Theatrium, brewery, beach club and Four using drones. The benefits of the survey method were explained Elements – and completely new options offer limitless leisure on the and highlighted. open sea.

Chairman’s closing address

The many highlights aboard the new cruise ship include 21 different During the presentations, various discussions took place between stateroom types, ranging from a penthouse suite and spacious all participants. The meeting came to a close, with remarks of the family and patio cabins to comfortable single options with a balcony. acting Chairman, Mr Socratis Dimakopoulos who expressed his Our various suite categories offer up to 53 square meters of living overall satisfaction on the presented material and the discussions space, an airy sun terrace, a separate bedroom, a walk-in wardrobe that took place. and space for up to five occupants. We have also introduced junior The meeting was very satisfactory and followed by a cocktail suites with a beautiful winter garden. reception.

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Shipping committed to green growth ICS to tell UN Ocean conference The high level United Nations Ocean Conference (5-9 June), organbut there is a perception that shipping, whose emissions cannot be ised by the UN General Assembly, opened in New York. attributed to individual nations, may have somehow ‘escaped’ the On Tuesday 6 June, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) will Paris Agreement.”

TURBOMED S.A. specializes in turbocharger services and explain that the global shipping industry is fully committed to the UN In three weeks’ time, in London, the IMO will open the first of a spare parts Development supply for Goal all Turbocharger types and Sustainable for the protection of the Ocean. series of meetings to develop a strategy for further reducing CO2 ICS says thatfor theMarine, decisionOil

by Gas President to withdraw from ships, in order to match the ambition of the Paris Agreement. manufacturers Field Trump and Power Plant the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change will have no impact The industry has proposed that IMO should adopt some ambitious Industry.00000000000000000000000000000000---000 on the shipping industry’s strong commitment to reducing its CO2 aspirational objectives on behalf of the international shipping sector Within the framework of its strategic development, emissions. as a whole.

Speaking atS.A. a session the prevention of ocean acidification, ICS The shipping industry has made these proposals to the next session TURBOMED can beonfound at critical points around the will present some ‘aspirational objectives’ on CO2 reducof the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee, which meets world, providing high ambitious quality services to the increasing demand tion which the industry – responsible for moving about 90% of global in London at the end of June.

High quality services ICS will also make the case our valued customers.-------------------------------------oftrade – wants its regulator to adopt on behalf of the international Throughout theturbocharger UN Ocean Conference, shipping sector, in the same way that governments under the Paris that shipping has an impressive environmental performance and is 45 years’ experience Agreement, have adopted CO2 reduction commitments on behalf of a driver of ‘green growth’. In addition to reducing CO2, the industry Overhauling -Inspections – Maintenance their national economies. is committed to the implementation in 2020 of the global cap on the The industry has proposed that the UN International Maritime sulphur content&ofRetrofit marine fuel, at an anticipated collective cost of Modification Organization (IMO) should agree an objective of keeping total CO2 around US$ 100 billion per annum.

Large variety of spare parts emissions from the shipping sector below 2008 levels and then cut ICS will also press for government regulators to give equal priority to 24/7,of365 year worldwide turbocharger services annual total CO2 emissions from the sector by 2050, by a percenteach thedays threeapillars of sustainable development identified by the age to be agreed by IMO. UN: economic, social and environmental.

Non -Stop repair services This is in addition to an existing industry commitment to cut CO2 ICS argues that understanding the importance of economic factors people, Certified procedures, Certified parts emissions per tonne of cargo carried one kilometre by 50% by 2050, inCertified achieving sustainable development is especially important in compared to 2008. view of shipping’s role in the continuing spread of global prosperity ICS Director of Policy, Simon Bennett, will explain to the world’s and the movement of about 90% of trade in goods, energy and raw governments attending the UN Ocean Conference that: materials. Speaking at an IMO side event at the UN in New York, “Shipping, because of its great size, is currently responsible for Mr Bennett explained: “The shipping industry is committed to the about 2.2% of annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions. According to delivery of further environmental improvements in the interests of IMO, shipping has reduced its total CO2 emissions by more than sustainable development. But sustainable development requires a TURBOMED’s Service Stations 13% between 2008 and 2012, despite increased maritime trade, global shipping industry that is economically sustainable too.”

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ABB shaft generators will raise the energy efficiency on two DFDS vessels which have been designed to meet the latest environmental regulations. PANAMA S.A. TURBOMED Two shaft generators will be installed in each of the cargo Ro-Ro Balboa-Panama ships allowing the main engines to operate at a wider, more optimal speed range. The shaft generator system takes its power from main engines, thereby increasing safety if there is a failure on the auxiliary engine. The ships’ main engines will also be turbocharged by ABB’s TURBOMED S.A. latest generation technology.

Piraeus-Hellas Juha Koskela, Managing Director of ABB’s Marine and Ports business said, “Efficiency and safety are cornerstones of the maritime industry and our shaft generators will introduce both to these DFDS vessels. Not only is this an environmentally friendly technology but it is also very cost effective.”

By using an alternative power source the shaft generators allow the main engines and the propeller pitch to be optimized no matter what the vessel speed, adding the load on the main engine and improving overall fuel efficiency. The system will be tailored for the vessels

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which will operate in DFDS’ North Sea network.

The shaft generator system also enables the vesselSRL to be sensitive TURBOITALIA to the local community and environment when it reaches port as it Naples-Italy is compatible with shore-to-ship power. This allows the ship to shut down its auxiliary engines when it berths, therefore reducing emissions and vibrations.

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Two high performance A270-L turbochargers, for two-stroke engines Lagos-Nigeria were selected for each vessel, reducing fuel and consequently lowering emissions further. For the typical demands of low-speed marine engines, the turbochargers offer greater engine operating flexibility: high pressure tuning for part or low loads, and designed for best efficiency in slow-, and ultra-slow steaming.

The two 6,700 lane meter Ro-Ro’s, the largest ever freight vessels to be built for DFDS, will be built by Jinling Shipyard in China for delivery at the beginning of 2019, with an option of a further four vessels.

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