THE SHIP SUPPLIER ISSUE 89

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Dear ISSA Members and Maritime Colleagues

t has been a very busy three months since we last spoke with ISSA members pressing on with the demands of their daily tasks with the backdrop of the COVID-19 virus still real and present.

Your Executive Board has been very busy completing a number of important tasks, not least of all the updating of the ISSA Articles of Association as well as the launching of the ISSA App as well as the spearheading of ISSA’s Green Agenda.

In a significant and timely development, ISSA is proud to launch the GREEN ISSA initiative, which falls in line with significant updates to our ISSA Quality Standard. We recognise how important environmental affairs are and the impact it is having across the world.

Jim Costalos, ISSA Executive Vice President has been the driving force in putting this initiative in place, working closely with James Slattery, ISSA Quality Manager and Yvonne Paul, ISSA Head of Administration.

As Mr Costalos says in the pages of this magazine: “We all have a duty to ensure we act in a responsible manner towards environmental matters and that we all conform to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements.

“ISSA acknowledges that our industry is experiencing very difficult times during the global pandemic.

“Therefore we have taken the opportunity to incorporate the GREEN ISSA initiative into our highly successful ISSA Quality Standard in a further bid to assist members with greater competitive advantage.”

ISSA did not want to re-invent the wheel when addressing the topic of environmental matters. The Association wanted to assist the membership without adding additional costs. The best approach was to update the ISSA Quality Standard to cover those fundamentals from ISO 14001-2015.

If you are interested in being a part of the Green Initiative and becoming an ISSA Quality Member please contact James Slattery, ISSA Quality Manager via email at quality@shipsupply.org

You can keep up to date with the latest news on the ISSA website at www.shipsupply.org and send in your comments and views to the ISSA Secretariat either by phone on +44 (0)20 7626 6236; Fax +44 (0)20 7626 6234 or alternatively email secretariat@shipsupply.org

I am also delighted to announce the launch of the ISSA App. Configured for Apple and Google Android devices, this is an app you simply can’t do without if you are in the business of supplying ships.

Members’ contact information, ISSA Conditions, “Pay ISSA” Facility, ISSA Quality – all the key features of ISSA and the wider world of ship supply are to be found on the app. All you need to do is visit your usual App Store, search “ISSA” and click “GET”. u

Enjoy.

Saeed al Malik ISSA President

INDIA Indian ship supply heeds clarion call for change

The clarion call for change at the 2019 ISSA Convention from major figures in the ship management industry has been heeded by Indian ship suppliers.

ISSA Senior Executive VicePresident Mr Abdul Hameed Hajah - who has a detailed knowledge of India and the ship supply industry there - recalls the views of Mark O’Neil (President, Columbia Ship Management) and Vijay Rangroo (Managing Director, MTM Ship Management) who shared their candid reflections on the challenges faced by our industry and the way forward.

He said: “In order to remain relevant, competitive and compelling, we as ship suppliers will have to, if necessary, restructure ourselves from the foundation in offering quality and hygienic products with ‘More for Less and Better’, being agile, embracing technology, and becoming data driven.

“We will have to continue to listen to our clients, understand their problems, meet their expectations, and not just maintain but enhance their experience, while adapting to new methods of supplying during the pandemic”.

Winston Churchill famously said after World War II, “Never let a

good crisis go to waste”. The current pandemic has tested our resilience and it will be up to us to capitalise on new opportunities and emerge stronger on the other side. u

Glimmer of hope for Indian ship supply

There is a glimmer of hope for the ship supply industry in India.

So says Noorul Ameen, Managing Director of Admiral Marine Services Pvt Ltd.

Acknowledging the severe impact of COVID-19 on the world’s second most populous nation, Mr Ameen commented: “All the major port cities in India have been severely affected due to the number of cases in the country.

“The shipping industry in India is expected to go through a turbulent period during this worsening pandemic but with the measures being enforced, we expect a slow recovery after the next couple of months.”

The heart-breaking television scenes coming out of India confirm the pandemic has claimed upwards of 250,000 lives.

Covering 25 ports across India, Mr Ameen acknowledged that accessing vessels had become more of a challenge.

“Restrictions have been in place since last year but have become more stringent in recent weeks.

“RT PCR tests are required for every individual of our team in order to be allowed entry into the ports. While we are accustomed to getting these tests done, test labs are in high demand with longer wait times.

“Further, states have imposed an e-pass system that has added to longer

processing and wait times when our staff have to pass state borders when entering and exiting ports.

“There has been a decline in foreign vessels entering Indian ports but coastal traffic continues apace“, he said.

Several of the smaller ship suppliers are struggling to continue their business with reduced revenue but they are able to cope.

Mr Ameen explained: “They lack proper infrastructure of their own and rely on a just-in-time policy where items are loaded onto the vehicle directly by the vendors.

“With minimal fixed assets, lower maintenance and lower income staff, they are able to operate on an ondemand basis.” u

Market trading restrictions impact Indian ship suppliers

Market trading restrictions have had an impact on Indian ship suppliers causing shortages and difficulties with meeting customers’ needs.

However, Mr Ajay Joseph, Director of Global Marine Supply Co headquartered in Mumbai, reports North West India has weathered the pandemic better than other areas of the country.

He said: “Due to the pandemic and lockdown issues, supply chain and availability of products and items in the market have been affected to a large extent.

“Severe restrictions have been laid down as to the timing for opening

and closing of markets. Only essential goods have been allowed to be traded.

“This has definitely affected the availability of items which has led to a significant decline in turnover and demand for ship stores.”

On a brighter note Mr Joseph confirmed that ship suppliers in North West India had weathered the pandemic better than most others.

“The north west region of India has been progressing well.

“Due to a minimum of restrictions and continuing availability of services, we have been able to do good business.

“We can say, due to mutual understanding and strong relationships, our vendors have made facilities and

products available for us even during this critical situation.

“There has been a drop in technical stores supply, but medical stores and provisions have continued to be supplied successfully.

“We have managed to do the best that we can for our customers.” u

UAE UAE weathers the storm

News reaches us from the United Arab Emirates that the maritime sector has so far weathered the storm that is Covid-19.

The UAE Government declares: “The UAE’s seaports are international and regional hubs and an essential factor in driving economic growth and facilitating economic diversification.

“The country’s sea transportation sector is developing steadily in terms of ports, operating ships, maintaining and constructing dry docks in accordance with the international standards on maritime safety and protection of the marine environment.

“The UAE has several seaports. According to the World Shipping Council, two of the world’s top 50 container ports are in the UAE, with Dubai featuring among the top ten.”

Overall, 61% of cargo destined for GCC states arrives via the UAE’s seaports. The UAE has 12 commercial trading ports, other than oil ports. They contain 310 berths, with cargo tonnage of 80 million tonnes.

Reviewing the major seaports in UAE shows the diverse nature of the region’s maritime traffic.

Major seaports in the UAE include:

• Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi city, the Emirates’ main general cargo port for 40 years. Currently, it is dedicated for cruise liners berthing and operations

• Mina Rashid

• Jebel Ali Port

• These ports in Dubai city are operated by DP world and play a pivotal role in UAE trade.

• Khor Fakkan Container Terminal (KCT), in Sharjah is the only natural deep water port in the region, with a strategic geographical position for deep sea container trade.

Other successful trading ports include:

• Mina Saqr in Ras Al Khaimah

• Fujairah Port, a multi-purpose port strategically located in the Gulf of Oman

A fascinating newcomer under long term construction is Khalifa Port, a massive new AED 26.5 billion, 420 square kilometres, that will jump start industrial development in the Al Taweelah area in Abu Dhabi.

It is the first semi-automated port in the Middle East and North Africa. The

commercial activities of the port started on 1 September 2012. Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is developing the project and Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) operates its terminals.

It serves over 25 shipping lines, offers direct links to 70 international destinations, and boasts an intermodal transport network facilitating efficient transportation and logistics across sea, road and air.

The port will also be the first in the UAE to be linked to the new Etihad Rail network, which is currently under construction.

It will also serve as a main gateway for Kizad, which is set to become the largest industrial city in the region covering an area of nearly 420 square kilometres of prime industrial land. u

https://u.ae/en/information-andservices/infrastructure/civic-facilities/ seaports

United Arab Emirates Port-Jebel-Ali

Medical & Safety Supply

Slips, trips and falls remain the most frequent cause of injury onboard ship says ‘The Captain’ at Safety Signs Specialist Maritime Progress Ltd

Aship manager’s in-box regularly receives reports of injury due to ‘simple’ slips, trips and falls.

These incidents are often described as frustrating and easily avoidable but they remain the most common cause of injury onboard ship.

A slip, trip or fall may often result in a near miss, a minor bruise or a mild sprain but under different circumstances that same slip, trip or fall can have the potential to cause career threatening or even life threatening injuries.

Injuries that might be considered minor when sustained ashore can develop into a serious condition while at sea when medical assistance can be limited.

For certain, more can be done at the ship and equipment design stage to remove potential hazards. More use needs to be made of seafarer operational experience during design and build. This would surely help reduce the various hazards that can bring about slips, trips and falls.

Ship operators, bound by the requirements of the ISM code, strive for continuous improvement. Many have good training programs in place with the desire of improving the safety of seafarers.

However, situational awareness remains key. The recently published ISM Safety Works poster by Maritime Progress is designed to raise crew awareness to the potential hazards.

The illustrated poster has six sub headings, all designed to raise situational awareness in different circumstances onboard.

1. Trips and falls

2. Working aloft

3. Maintaining tidiness

4. Avoiding slips

5. Machinery awareness

6. Dropped/falling objects

The subject of dropped objects is introduced in frame six as the concern around hidden objects dropping from height and causing injury has been highlighted to Maritime Progress recently.

Hazards from dropped objects can be initiated from many sources including crew members working aloft, cargo or rigging equipment failure and hidden objects left on lifted loads or the lifting appliance.

Given the requirement to raise situational awareness of this subject, Maritime Progress plans to publish an ISM Safety

Works poster, specifically covering dropped objects, before the end of 2021.

Maritime Progress has served the marine industry for more than 30 years. The durability of their posters is well known as lifeboat and liferaft launching instructional posters. It is often said that some of these posters last the lifetime of the ship.

The Slips, trips and falls poster, made of the same robust material, can be posted on deck, in machinery spaces and in alleyways. It will provide crew with the reminders they need to drive down the number of these frustrating incidents.

Posters, required by regulation, such as lifeboat launching instructions together with situational awareness posters such as ‘Slips, trips and falls’ are available to complement the Safety Works series of manuals and record books. All these products are designed to complement ship operator’s existing ISM systems.

For situational awareness in emergency situations Maritime Progress provides a full range of marine safety signage. Signage is printed on photoluminescent material, ideal for emergency situations as it stores energy from a light source and releases the light energy in darkness. Maritime Progress material far exceeds the glow properties required for low location lighting systems and has Marine Equipment Directive certification. u https://maritimeprogress.com

onboard signage: a matter of life or death

The ability to inform ships’ personnel in a clear and informative way will create a safe environment onboard. Bad management of signage can be as bad as having no signage at all and yet good management of signage can mean the difference between life and death.

So says “Capt. Andy” from signage experts Maritime Progress Ltd.

Control of visual information is essential and needs to be managed even at a local level.

For example the notice board in the crew mess, if not well managed, can soon be covered with many bits of paper – some relevant but others with bits of information that is out of date. An important notice might be obscured by something trivial or, at the very least, lose its impact.

Compliance with International Standards

Maritime Progress has built its reputation in the marine industry for more than 30 years by focusing on being legislative compliant, designing

and delivering ‘fit for purpose’ quality products specifically for the marine industry and is therefore well placed to consider the regulations driving the marine sign industry and the factors that should be weighed up when purchasing and displaying visual messages.

The international nature of shipping has required commonality of signage for many years. Although not entirely universal, the adoption of various IMO resolutions has led to a degree of standard signage onboard vessels which has become more and more familiar to mariners from all nations.

SOLAS Chapter III, Regulation 20.10 requires signs to identify the locations of life saving equipment in accordance with IMO recommendations.

Chapter III, Regulation 13.1.3 and 13.3.2.5.1 require all escape routes and fire equipment to be marked with photoluminescent signs and/or signs illuminated by emergency light.

Traditionally such signs had their origin in symbols used on shipboard fire and safety plans as stipulated in ISO17631 and IMO Resolution A.952 (23).

However, with the adoption of IMO Resolution A.1116 (30) which took effect on 1 January 2019 shipboard means of escape and emergency equipment location signs should now be in compliance with ISO 24409-2:2014.

ISO - The International Organisation for Standardisation, Ships and Marine Technical Committee prepared ISO:24409 which provides guidance for all marine signs.

Part 1 spells out general design principles applicable to all types of shipboard safety and safety-related signs.

Specific signs are catalogued in Part 2 and their application on ships is specified in Part 3.

This standard is significant because it is directly applicable to shipboard safety and safety-related signs only and does not deal with graphical symbols to be used on shipboard plans or documentation.

Dealing with means of escape and lifesaving signs first: IMO Resolution A.116 (30) provides a number of new signage for life saving, means of escape, and emergency equipment signs. These new signs should be used on ships built after 1 January 2019, and by all existing vessels at their first major repair or refit.

When considering signage to identify fire equipment IMO resolution A.1116 (30) summarises the fire control symbols, used on fire plans, that can be used as signs but also states that fire control symbols should not be used when there is a fire equipment sign available in accordance with ISO 244092:2014. This standard also provides for supplementary signs to be used with the fire equipment signs identifying for example the fire extinguishant and the capacity and or the number of the extinguishing product.

Emergency Signage

It is worth noting that some Port State Control officers have referred the Master to the IMO A.1116 (30) resolution and urged the Master to update the vessel signs, even though the ship under the regulations could wait until the first repairs, alterations, modifications, and outfitting after the 1 January 2019.

Photoluminescent material

Because of the autonomous nature of a ship – operating in isolation and dependent on its own generated power – the use of photoluminescent (glow in the dark) signs has become almost standard practice when considering the placement of onboard safety signs. Photoluminescent material absorbs and stores light energy from a light source and releases the light energy in darkness. This provides a very reliable indication of equipment location and direction of escape should electrical power be interrupted and also in smokefilled compartments when placed at low level.

The importance of quality

The ISM code requires vessel managers and captains to ensure that all crew members are aware of hazards, the nature of the hazard and the measures to be taken to protect themselves onboard ship. A combination of regulation, previous experience and good risk assessment technique will identify the requirements for providing information onboard any particular ship.

Marine safety signage should be a permanent fixture; these are not stickers or labels.

Good quality signs and posters manufactured and supplied by Maritime Progress are designed to last the lifetime of the ship. Make sure you choose a manufacturer who, by putting their name and reputation behind the product, is prepared to be held accountable for its accuracy and performance. u

https://maritimeprogress.com/

Significant orders’ increase reported for German shipbuilding suppliers

It’s not all Covid doom and gloom.

That hoped for recovery spark seems to have been kindled amongst German shipbuilding suppliers, according to latest reports from VDMA – the body that represents the sector.

“Due to the short-term slump in the order situation, we did not achieve our sales targets last year.

“However, the current development in the markets with a significant increase in incoming orders makes the industry optimistic, and expectations for the future are positive,” says Martin Johannsmann, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Marine Equipment and Systems and CEO of SKF GmbH.

“Even if there is still insufficient capacity utilisation in parts of the industry now, the increasing orders for new ships gives extra hope for 2021 and 2022.”

He adds. “We have learned to respond flexibly to the needs of the pandemic.”

Turnover drops by 4.9 per cent

The German shipbuilding and offshore equipment industry, with its 63,000 highly-skilled employees (down 2.5% compared to 2020), recorded a 4.9 % drop in turnover to €10.5 billion last year due to the Corona impact.

Orders fell by 10.9% in the same period but after bridging the order gap in manufacturing, the outlook for 2022 is very positive with increasing orders in 2021.

The VDMA represents approx.

3,300 German and European companies in the engineering and plant construction sector.

This industry, which is noted for its innovation, export orientation and small and medium sized enterprises, employs about four million people in Europe, including more than a million just in Germany u

Significant link between Quality and global Green Agenda

ISSA Management links the two

ISSA Executive Vice-President, Jim Costalos and ISSA Quality Manager James Slattery are spearheading ISSA’s Green Agenda with a visible link between the two areas.

In a significant and timely development, ISSA is proud to launch the GREEN ISSA initiative, which falls in line with significant updates to our ISSA Quality Standard. We recognise how important environmental affairs are and the impact it is having across the world.

Jim Costalos, ISSA Executive Vice President has been the driving force in putting this initiative in place. Working closely with James Slattery, ISSA Quality Manager and Yvonne Paul, ISSA Head of Administration.

Mr Costalos said: “We all have a duty to ensure we act in a responsible manner towards environmental matters and that we all conform to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements.

“ISSA acknowledges that our industry is experiencing very difficult times during the global pandemic.

“Therefore we have taken the opportunity to incorporate the GREEN ISSA initiative into our highly successful ISSA Quality Standard in a further bid to assist members with greater competitive advantage.”

The ISSA Quality Standard has been updated to take into account the key requirements of:

• ISO 9001:2015 covering the Quality Management System

• ISO 14001-2015 covering Environmental Aspects

• ISO 45001 covering Occupational Health and Safety Management

• ISO 22000-2005 covering the Food Supply Industry.

• In addition the ISM Code and ISPS Code have been taken into account.

Only the key parts of these Codes and Standards, which are directly applicable to the ship supply industry, have been included ensuring that such requirements are part of the routine operations of the applicable ISSA member.

This is a competitive and very costeffective alternative to becoming ISO certified with multiple standards.

James Slattery, detailing the changes, said: “The ISSA Quality Standard has been updated and has amalgamated key fundamentals taken from ISO 14001-2015 and ISO 22000-2005.

“We feel this puts ISSA Quality certified members in a strong position for the environmental challenges that lie ahead.”

In this current climate and financial struggles across the world, ISSA still wants to continue to strive to set high quality standards. ISSA Quality membership is a feasible option for large organisations as well as small.

ISSA did not want to reinvent the wheel when addressing the topic of environmental matters. The Association wanted to assist the membership without adding additional costs. The best approach was to update the ISSA Quality Standard to cover those fundamentals from ISO 14001-2015.

If you are interested in being a part of the Green Initiative and becoming an ISSA Quality Member please contact James Slattery, ISSA Quality Manager via email at quality@shipsupply.org u

Jim Costalos, ISSA Executive Vice President

James Slattery, ISSA Quality Manager

WHY REPLACE IF REPAIRABLE?

A skeptic person would for sure write off this bent propeller shaft of its duty. Most people would probably think that this piece is unrepairable and surely never approved again by a classification society.

The almost 19-meter long propeller shaft had a deflection of 7.7 degrees - almost 250 mm out of centerline at the worst area.

Well, please read on! Because this shaft has been fully repaired with class approval, and it has recently been put back in place. Its lady Paglia Orba is soon ready for service again.

To tell you the story from the top, the ferry Paglia Orba from the Corsica Linea SAS had an unfortunate incident in January 2021 while entering Bastia port. The damages forced the ferry to be taken off service and into drydocking at CMR Tunisia Ship Repairs.

The damage to the propeller shaft was evident and severe. The intermediate shaft was also bent.

MarineShaft specializes in repair and cold straightening of bent shafts and rudder stocks using a purpose-build hydraulic press. We can straighten shafts from Ø20 – 1.500 mm in diameter. Our cold straightening techniqie has been class-approved since 1972.

Corsica Linea SAS contacted us, and we offered a complete repair of the propeller shaft and intermediate shaft. They trusted our repair history and sent both shafts to our workshop in Denmark by truck.

Extensive none destructive tests were carried out by 3rd party and supervised by BV surveyor. The tests confirmed that the material was intact, and we could carry on with our repair procedure for class approval.

Our job for Paglia Orba:

Cold straightening and repair of intermediate shaft

1 pc. of Ø390 x 7450 mm.

Cold straightening and repair of propeller shaft

1 pc. Ø1058/421 x 18875 mm including twin tube.

The propeller shaft bearing journals were repaired by laser cladding

After the cold straightening, repair, and assembling, we carried out a pressure test of the twin tube, which was witnessed by the maker Kongsberg.

Bruno Rogier – superintendent from Corsica Linea SAS, wrote the following to us:

”The job done by the MARINESHAFT team is amazing. I was really impressed by your knowledge, technicity, and trust to restore the shaft. Lot of skeptic’s persons told me you are wrong by attempting to repair instead of manufacturing a new one. I am now happy to prove them different.”

MarineShaft wants to thank Corsica Lines SAS for trusting us with this repair and working with you and your superintendent Bruno Rogier has been a great pleasure.

SHAFT STRAIGHTENING SPECIALIST

Our cold straightening technique is fully class-approved by all the leading classification sotiaties

TAKE CONTROL OF SMARTER SHIPPING

Tor Svanes, CEO of NAVTOR, says e-navigation solutions should be viewed as essential pieces of the smart shipping jigsaw. This isn’t about single voyages, he argues, but rather controlling your journey to a safer, more efficient and sustainable operational future.

“Headlines aren’t written about successful, daily vessel operations,” comments Svanes, the founder and CEO of e-Navigation specialist NAVTOR, a Norwegian headquartered globally networked operation with products and services on over 7000 vessels.

“However, maritime incidents create waves throughout the industry, media and society.”

He continues: “If a vessel, for example, deviates from planned operations and gets into trouble, or has system failures that go undetected causing serious issues, then this has impacts. both physically, unfortunately, and on the standing of our industry as the most efficient, safest and environmentally friendly way to transport goods and power global trade.

“So, we need to create a safety net capable of catching potential incidents before they happen. We need to create a culture and infrastructure of controllinking vessels, fleets and organisations so we work as unified teams rather than separate operational entities. And that is where e-Navigation comes in.”

Layers of potential

Svanes says that e-Navigation is still, too often, viewed as digital charts and ECDIS: An easier, safer and more reliable way to simply navigate from A to B.

However, he argues that, when used to its full potential, e-Navigation works as an ecosystem – utilising the charts as a cornerstone, but then building layer upon layer of operational, business, navigation and performance data on top to create a link connecting people and assets for complete awareness, control and continual improvement.

“It’s about joining the dots,” he explains. “Our industry is increasingly digitised, producing and accessing massive amounts of data, but unless you really utilise that data you are not extracting value. E-Navigation, at its best, allows you to do so.” How so?

Real-time benefits

Svanes points to smarter fleet management.

In NAVTOR’s case the firm has a product called NavFleet. This integrates real-time data from vessels, fleets, offices and an array of business-critical sources into a single, user-friendly, shoreside application.

It works in tandem with NavStation 6.0 (an advanced digital chart table), which gathers all navigational information for navigators at their fingertips, while automating processes, limiting human error and saving time, and money.

Together these applications, communicating through a certified cyber secure digital gateway, unite those on shore

and on vessel. The benefits of this way of working, Svanes stresses, are myriad.

“Monitoring is key,” he states. “If your onshore office can access everything the vessel intends to do, from the moment the passage plan is activated, and what it actually does, then you can see, in real-time, any deviation and work quickly

to address the situation. You essentially have ‘eyes on the vessel’ 24/7.

“At the same time, if you can see that all systems are functioning as expected, and you know the latest weather data etc., but the vessel isn’t progressing as it should then you can troubleshoot from afar; pinpointing for example, through

engine data and fuel consumption, that hull biofouling may be an issue.”

And of course, he adds, having this insight into performance and overall operations allows for fleet comparison, benchmarking, best practices and performance optimisation. This is good for business, and, now more than ever, essential for both the industry and the environment.

Navigating the future

“As an industry, we want to create headlines for the right reasons,” Svanes concludes, “and by having advanced e-Navigation tools onboard vessels, owners and operators can cut emissions, create business efficiency, enhance safety, and empower predictable performance and operations.

“In other words, we can have complete control, reduced incidents and better environmental standards.

“And I don’t know about you,” he smiles, “but I can’t think of anything smarter than that.” u www.navtor.com

Global technology giant Rolls Royce has announced its move from engine supplier to integrated sustainable solutions provider, reports Ian Taylor.

Speaking at the Company’s inaugural mtu Virtual Marine Summit, Daniel Chatterjee, head of Rolls Royce’s Green and High-Tech programme, said: “We are currently transforming ourselves from an engine supplier to a provider of integrated sustainable solutions.”

Chatterjee added that this new focus will include the development of ‘climate-friendly future technologies’, in which the company will invest around €500 million this decade.

The virtual summit, which took place from 18 to 20 May, attracted more than 2,000 participants from 84 countries.

Denise Kurtulus, Vice President Global Marine at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, said: “The great response shows how important the topic of climate change and climate-neutral solutions are to the players in the shipping industry”.

In his opening speech, Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Pörtner, member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, stressed the urgency of action on climate change: “The scientific facts speak for themselves: to achieve our climate goals, no more compromises are possible in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

“On the path towards climate neutrality, we need the cooperation of the shipping industry, too.

“But the shipping sector is characterised by a relatively large inertia in the transformation that is needed to reach those climate targets.”

The summit included sessions on hybrid and battery-electric drive solutions, fuel cells and synthetic fuels as well as the role of digitalisation and autonomous control in increasing the efficiency of drives.

Alongside Rolls Royce, other companies taking part in the summit included: Svitzer A/S, Damen Shipyard, SCHOTTEL, Sea Machines Robotics Inc, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority of San Francisco (WETA) and Duisburger Hafen AG. u

Reflections on ballast water: how clear is the route to compliance?

Miyan Mears-Dagan, CEO of Filtersafe , reflects on ballast water management and how, with marine water quality under greater scrutiny than ever before, 2021 is a critical year for all organisations tasked with developing, installing, and operating ballast water management systems (BWMS).

Ship owners and operators are focusing on operational compliance under the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Final Rule for ballast water treatment.

However, the difficulties associated with operational compliance should not be underestimated.

According to SGS, around 21% of BWMS they tested were not able successfully to complete required discharge tests during commissioning.

In addition added pressure now comes from stricter enforcement levels at ports. Choosing high quality systems which suit specific vessel operations is key.

Ballast water quality

Most BWMS testing is theoretical and doesn’t reflect the breadth of challenging conditions faced at sea, where sediment, organic materials, UV-T, or algae blooms can each cause

BWMSs to slow down significantly and even come to a stop.

Under the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) G8 requirements, filters must prove their ability to perform effectively in water with total suspended solids (TSS) up to 50 mg/L.

However, the threshold to pass this test is relatively low and not reflective of water quality standards in some key maritime locations.

For example, TSS in the Ports of Shanghai and Hamburg are twenty times higher than IMO G8 requirements for BWMS type approval testing. This means high quality filters that exceed IMO performance standards are critical.

Fortunately, filter performance in more challenging marine environments can be tested through the Control Union Shanghai filter test (Procedure CUW-HBR-P-2), which uses proxy mud up to and beyond 1,000 mg/L to test filter performance.

Filtersafe is one of only a few filter manufacturers to achieve this standard.

The Company is proud that the Filtersafe filter fully recovered from an unimaginable TSS load of 2,450 ppm in 182 seconds.

But even that did not stop us. We devised our own “Filtersafe Assessment of Challenging TSS” (FACT) Test that measures filter performance against real life scenarios.

This test simulates real ballast water conditions such as not regulating the outlet pressure to see the impact on performance and to achieve higher efficiencies in nonstandard installations.

nt Regulatory enforcement

On top of ensuring performance to comply with regulation, ballast water enforcement standards are tightening.

The USCG has released its 2020 Port State Control Annual Report, which reveals a trend towards better compliance with ballast water management regulations, but the top deficiency reported was still an inoperable BWMS. Although compliance is higher, the industry should expect less leniency in the future when it comes to enforcement action.

Prioritise vessel needs before equipment price

Ship owners and operators need to be confident that systems can perform effectively throughout the lifecycle of the vessel across all marine environments, including those areas where water depths are shallow and quality challenges are acute.

In this area, the right filter is critical. By understanding a vessel’s operating profile and the water quality where it ballasts, ship owners and operators will be able to determine the quality of the filter they need.

However, they should also press filter suppliers for more information related to their performance test results –including the Shanghai Test – to ensure the BWMS is able to function during the real-life challenges faced by vessels during their voyage.

There is sufficient technology and equipment available on the market today to meet the challenges that await BWMS at sea. Buyers just need to ensure that they are buying equipment designed for the operational needs of the vessel, rather than one that is being offered at the lowest possible cost. u

CASTLE PUMPS

Helping Vessels Get Their BWMSystem Pumps in Order

Following the adoption of the BWM Convention, nearly 50% of the world’s ocean-going fleet has now been fitted with ballast water management systems.

However, with the deadline for all existing ships’ implementation being between now and 8th September 2024 (depending upon their next IOPP renewal survey date), there are still vessels that need to undergo the changes.

When this time comes, they may find that their existing pumps are now undersized due to the extra pressure losses in the system. Castle Pumps have already helped many ship owners get their pumps to meet the new regulations.

A Vessel Undergoing a BWM Upgrade

Castle Pumps received an enquiry from a new shipyard customer in the UK that was upgrading a ballast water system on board a vessel in line with the Ballast Water Management D2 requirements. As part of the system, two ballast pumps were required for filling and emptying the ballast tanks.

As well as required performance specifications, the client laid out two additional criteria; the first was that these pumps would be located in an ATEX environment onboard the vessel, and the second was that they wanted the pump to be able to completely strip the ballast tank of water.

Ballast Water Treatment

The Ideal Pumping Solution

Based on the application requirements, Castle Pumps specified two Azcue VM Vertical Inline Centrifugal Pumps supplied in bronze to ensure that it will not corrode overtime when in contact with seawater.

Due to the large flow rates required, the pumps specified were really large with 8” discharge flanges. With that in mind, Castle Pumps specified a vertical solution which would have a smaller footprint than its horizontal equivalent, taking up considerably less space in the client’s installation.

One of the beneficial aspects of the Azcue VM centrifugal pump design is its lantern bracket. Whilst being of more compact, close coupled construction, the bracket provides space between the pump and motor so in the event of a worn seal not being replaced, the motor will not be ruined by fluid entering it.

To allow for the complete emptying of the ballast tank when required, an additional electric priming pump was specified and installed. Both pumps’ motors and priming pumps were ATEX approved for safe use in the potentially flammable environment.

The pump was manufactured within four weeks of the order being confirmed and shipped to the client. Like all Azcue models, the pump underwent a full testing regime at the factory before being dispatched to ensure performance and reliability in an application as vital as ballast water pumping. www.castlepumps.com u

“Ever Given” at a standstill

by Bruce Hailey

The “Ever Given” hit the international headlines of the mainstream press on 23 March 2021, when the vessel blocked the Suez Canal, after running firmly aground. After six days of frantic activity, including excavation and “pushing and pulling” by tugs, the “Ever Given” was finally freed and should have been able to continue its voyage to Europe with its valuable cargo (estimated to be valued between US$600-700 million).

Who would have thought that two and a half months later the vessel would still be in the Suez Canal, despite not suffering any significant damage?

Unfortunately, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) arrested the vessel until its demands for payment for salvage services and other losses are met or secured by a bank guarantee or similar. Those demands started at US$906 million, and reportedly have been reduced to US$600 million.

It appears that the owner of the vessel (not Evergreen, as was widely assumed, but a lower profile Japanese owner by the name of Shoei Kisen) not surprisingly considers that such demands are unjustified and is unwilling to pay (or secure) what is demanded.

Typically, in such situations the insurers of the vessel and the cargo on board will provide “guarantees” acceptable to the party claiming salvage compensation so that the vessel (and cargo) can be released, and the claims determined later by the relevant court or tribunal.

No doubt the insurers of the vessel and the cargo are concerned that a fair hearing of the government owned SCA’s claims by the Egyptian Courts is unlikely and that any guarantees provided for the huge sums claimed are likely to be “cashed” in due course.

No doubt a combination of diplomacy, commercial and legal pressure is being utilised to try and negotiate the release of the “Ever Given” and its cargo, on terms that all parties find acceptable. However, presently and not surprisingly, legal moves to free the vessel have failed. Diplomacy is likely to hold the key.

It will not be lost on the owners of “Ever Given” that the vessel was under the direction of an SCA pilot at the time of the incident. The expertise of the SCA pilots have long been a subject of discussion, with many incidents occurring in the canal that one might expect to have been avoidable.

So, whilst the immediate disruption to shipping in general caused by the canal blockage was quickly forgotten, the story of the “Ever Given” continues to play out. Thousands of cargo owners continue to be without their goods and the owner of the vessel is still without its vessel at a time when demand for container tonnage is very high.

Whilst part of the SCA claim concerns damage to reputation, many commentators will argue that the SCA is doing much greater damage to its reputation by effectively holding the vessel and cargo to ransom, whilst demanding eyewatering sums. Those same commentators may ask whether reputation matters, given the strategic importance of the Suez Canal to world trade.

It is also worth noting that when the vessel is finally released and completes its voyage to Europe, fresh difficulties are likely to arise for some cargo owners. The owner of the vessel has already made clear to cargo owners that it will be seeking General Average security from them. For those cargo owners who were insured, their insurers will take care of such matters. For the significant number of cargo owners who did not insure their cargo, the losses incurred by the long delay will be compounded by demands for General Average security that is likely to be at more than 50% of the cargo value and which must be met before the cargo is released. For many uninsured cargo owners this is likely to mean cash deposits of significant sums.

The fall-out of the “Ever Given” is likely to keep lawyers around the world busy for years to come, with claims between owners, charterers, slot-charterers, NVOCCs, cargo owners, the SCA and other salvors to name but a few. u

“First, the Good News…”

By Roger Symes, Director, Marine Debt Management

Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause havoc in parts of the world, areas where vaccine programmes are advanced are resuming many activities suspended since early 2020. This is good news for the cruise industry, which has been pushing hard for governments to ease restrictions.

Throughout the pandemic, shipyards have continued to deliver new cruise vessels - straight into enforced idleness. The capacity of some of these ships far exceeds that of the smaller, elderly ships scrapped in the same period. Consequently, the cruise majors now have more berths to be filled each week than two years ago.

Fortunately, there appears to be heathy demand for a return to cruising, so the first few months are likely to see ships operating at capacity. However, itineraries have had to be changed quickly, with ships keeping close to land, to curtail a voyage should anyone onboard be found to be infected.

In TSS issue 86, I mentioned the likelihood of a new cruise line arising from the ashes of bankrupt Cruise and Maritime Voyages, a line formerly with six vessels managed out of Greece by Global Cruise Lines Ltd. This has now come to pass with the launch of Ambassador Cruise Line, a company that is now marketing cruises from April 2022 onboard the 30-year-old AMBIENCE (ex-PACIFIC DAWN). The ship is leased from her private equity owners. It seems likely that ACL will appoint thirdparty hotel and technical managers. Ship suppliers should keep in mind that such managers act “as agents only”.

Optimism in the cruise segment cannot, alas, be felt throughout the shipping industry. Regretfully, there is only more bad news for those serving the offshore oil and gas industry.

The pain of recent years will get worse as the world accelerates away from reliance on fossil fuels. The “oil majors” - charterers of many oil tankers but also funders of much offshore exploration and production - are diversifying into alternative forms of energy production. For offshore supply vessels, this has led to a limited number of employment opportunities in the wind farm sector, but these make only a small dent in general over capacity.

With so many ships laid-up, many owners of offshore vessels have restructured, refinanced or merged with competitors. Others have waited too long for an upturn that we now know will never come.

In May 2021, the International Energy Agency published

a significant report, “Net Zero by 2050: a Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector”. It concluded that climate pledges by governments to date, even if fully achieved, fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related CO2 emissions to net-zero by 2050.

Amongst the changes it proposes to meet the target is no new oil and natural gas fields – starting today! This is significant because investors and financial institutions are rapidly adjusting to accept climate change goals. They are increasingly unwilling to fund projects deemed harmful to the environment. Without access to finance, offshore oil and gas projects will dwindle and so will the demand for vessels to service them.

Ship suppliers need to stay alert as their customers in the cruise and offshore sectors adapt to change. u

ISSA and Ship Supply News

Singapore Member’s Practical Help

Old-established ISSA member and general ship supplier Black Sea Marine has been shy about its generous help to needy folk in India during Ramadan.

Each year the K K Family – Black Sea’s owners – prepare and distribute food parcels to their brothers and sisters in South West India.

This year, more than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has focused the company’s attention on the three key areas that receive the parcels: Chennai, Nagapattinam and Nagore.

Families in need are selected and the food parcels efficiently distributed during Ramadan.

With their strong links to this region of India, the K K Family through Black Sea Marine enlists the help of their partners in South India: Dr Mohamed Yoonus Sait and his son Mohamed Zeeshan Sait together with family members, covering Chennai and inner and outer Chennai including most orphanages and Mr Mohamed Mansoor Sathik and Mohamed Shaik Rashid family covering Nagapattinam and Nagore nearby areas.

As you can see from the extensive pictorial records of the operation, essential food stuffs form the bulk of the parcels.

All packing is done under strict COVID-19 conditions and distribution efficiently managed using local small transport vehicles able to access the sometimes challenging traffic and road conditions in that part of the country.

In addition, recipients can also visit the distribution centre where they are able to collect the food parcels personally.

Some families do continue to receive monthly food rations and donations beyond the period of Ramadan.

Others to benefit from this impressive charitable effort include orphanages where special lunches are cooked for the children.

Family head and principal of Black Sea Marine, Abdul Hameed Hajah said: “This has been a tradition for our family and Black Sea for a considerable time now.

“So many people need such help and it is impossible for us to assist everyone. However as many as we can distribute to, we do.

“It would not be possible without our partners in India whom we have to thank for their significant contribution to the programme.” u https://www.blacksea.com.sg/

Eager recipients wait patiently at Black Sea’s Distribution Centre

Palm Friendly ISSA!

Now… (Fanfare + Drum Roll)

ISSA is delighted to present to you…The ISSA app. The whole vivid world of ship supply just where you need it: in the palm of your hand.

Configured for Apple and Google android devices, this is an app you simply can’t do without if you are in the business of supplying ships.

Members’ contact information, ISSA Conditions, “Pay ISSA” Facility, ISSA Quality – all the key features of ISSA and the wider world of ship supply are to be found on the app.

It’s free to down-load and free to use (transaction fees do apply as usual when using the Pay ISSA facility).

The ease of use will delight you and soon you will wonder how you ever managed without it.

Going forward plans are well advanced to add further useful facilities to the app. As these go live ISSA will publicise their attributes and urge you to update the app.

All you need to do is visit your usual App Store, search “ISSA” and click “GET”.

Enjoy! u

Black Sea’s neatly bagged food parcels at the ready

Black Sea Marine’s partner team calmly and efficiently ensure everyone receives their parcel

Making sure everyone gets their share

For those needing home delivery the right sized vehicles are used for the busy streets

The on-going food programme from K K Family

German Shipsuppliers Register 2021/2022 published

The German Shipsuppliers Association, Hamburg, has now published its 49th edition of the German Shipsuppliers register which contains information about 117 ship store merchants in 29 ports of Germany.

Apart from company names and full contact details, the register stipulates further details such as names of proprietors, managing directors, departments, managers, clerks, agencies and distribution of specific goods, branch offices, ports of delivery etc.

The Register publishes more than 3000 copies in English and will be distributed worldwide to ship owners, shipbrokers, companies allied to the shipping industry and to shipyards. It is published annually in June.

The Register contains member companies of the German Shipsuppliers

Association which can be considered as bona-fide ship store merchants. It enables the ship owner to select “his” suppliers from the large number of companies. Moreover, this register gives extensive information on the ship store trade in Germany for wholesalers and other circles allied to the shipping industry.

Online version and a webbook of the German Shipsuppliers Register 2021/2022 can be seen and downloaded from the association website www.shipsuppliers.de

Companies interested in the print version of the register can be included in the distribution list for next year’s delivery; companies interested in placing an advertisement please contact the German Association office by emailing vds@shipsuppliers.de u

ISSA is delighted to support LISW21

With just 11 weeks to go until the first ever hybrid London International Shipping Week (LISW), ISSA is delighted to be a supporting organisation for the event.

LISW21 runs from 13-17 September 2021 and will be opening its doors to the many visitors who are expected to attend in person, while utilising online conferencing technology to expand sessions to an even wider and more varied global audience.

As a supporting organisation of the 2019 event, ISSA recognises the value LISW brings to the entire industry.

Saeed Al Malik, ISSA President, said:

“LISW21 is one of the first opportunities for the maritime sector to come together in both person and virtually, and will showcase the exciting work being undertaken by stakeholders. We are very happy to be adding our support.”

ISSA will be holding an event during LISW21. Further details will be made available on the ISSA and LISW21 websites once arrangements have been confirmed. u

Obituary – Willy Fainberg

The sad news has reached ISSA that well-known Argentine ship supplier Willy Fainberg has died.

Willy was employed by major Argentine ship supply company Mattina Hnos. S.A.C.I.A.N., headquartered in Buenos Aires.

As a young man he played rugby at club level in Buenos Aires. He studied in the USA at University level and whilst there continued his rugby, becoming the team’s conversion kicker.

Apparently in the USA he started converting tries barefoot with the American football ball.

Spectators and team members could not believe their eyes and this talent turned into a prematch spectacle!

On his return to Argentina, Willy undertook something of a

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portfolio career, turning his hand to many jobs.

In the late 1980s he moved to Puerto Madryn and for a while produced a local news programme there.

Latterly he was based in Mattina’s Puerto Madryn branch where his language skills were fully employed attending to calling vessels whose Masters only spoke English.

Puerto Madryn is primarily a South Atlantic fishing port and the majority of the trawlers are either Argentine or Spanish owned.

In the last few years a few foreign flagged ships have visited to discharge their catch at the port.

With his command of commercial English, Willy visited many overseas exhibitions – including the ISSA Conventions - as Mattina’s public relations maestro. He was able to inter-act with the company’s many customers face to face to mutual benefit.

Mattina’s Commercial Manager Bernardo Caselli said: “Talking about Willy is not easy.

“I met him six years ago and we started an instant wonderful relationship. We travelled around the world representing Mattina Hnos and everybody knew who Willy was.

“We have received many messages of condolence and all remarked that Willy was a wise man who had an adventurous life, enjoyed it and had a talent for sharing his experiences.

“A very sympathetic, honest and infectiously cheerful man and with great laughs, his heart warming welcome when someone came to Argentina was legendary.

“Willy was well known for embracing visitors who visited him in Puerto Madryn.

“Sometimes where a visitor was from a different cultural background and the visitor was warmly hugged by Willy, the question was asked whether this was normal. The answer was always that for Willy it was!”

Mr Caselli continued: “He was an important person in Argentine ship supply and he has left a memorable mark with all his colleagues in this industry around the world.

“The world has lost a fantastic person.”

A Spokesman for Mattina Hnos. paid tribute to Willy: “With all our sorrow we inform you that yesterday 20/05/2021 our friend and colleague Willy Fainberg passed away.

“Our warmest affection to his friends and family in this difficult moment.

“Con todo nuestro dolor y profundo pesar les informamos que ayer 20/05/2021 falleció nuestro amigo y colega Willy Fainberg.

“Nuestro más cálido afecto a sus amigos y familiares en este difícil momento.” u

Coltraco Ultrasonics is marking a new step into the process and control applications through the introduction of their improved ultrasonic flow rate measurement technology, to complement their 30 years’ expertise in ultrasonic level detection technology.

This year we have launched an upgraded platform of our non-invasive, clamp-on ultrasonic transit time flowmeter, the Portasonic® 2.FL0. You can now quickly, easily and noninvasively measure liquid flow rates and velocities in pipes from DN15 – DN2500 and above, with measurements available in both metric and imperial units.

We have introduced software improvements for improved accuracy and reliability in the field. We have also introduced hardware changes in the form of a new sensor design, now IP66 rated and are small and compact to fit in tight spaces.

A prominent new feature we have added is a built-in thickness gauge which includes A-scan functionality to view your measurement in order to help understand your pipe condition and improve wall thickness accuracy measurements.

There is also an added menu to display heat quantity or energy measurements based on the measured volumetric flow rate. All types of measurements can be individually totalised giving you the total flow rate that has been measured during a particular measurement session.

The Portasonic 2.FL0 has a large internal database of pipe, fluid and lining materials and can accommodate additional materials, saving you time whilst allowing for user customisation.

Overall, the new, upgraded Portasonic 2.FL0 will help you improve the accuracy and reliability of your flow rate measurements and together with our commitment to lifetime technical support, we will be on hand to assist you with your application and requirements.

Market News

Major Dover/Calais operators seal space charter agreement

P&O and DFDS - the two leading ferry operators on the English Channel - have reached an agreement to make freight space on their Dover-Calais ships available to one another to maintain customer service levels on the route and ensure its continued resilience.

This sensible and innovative arrangement means freight drivers can arrive at either the Port of Dover or Port of Calais and board the next available sailing, irrespective of whether the ferry is operated by P&O or DFDS.

David Stretch, Chief Executive of P&O Ferries, said: “After the pandemic, during which we did everything we could

to keep essential goods moving at a time of national crisis, the best way to ensure that we can continue to run vital freight services on Dover-Calais is to build on our relationship with DFDS and enter this space charter agreement.

“It will ensure the continued resilience of the principal UK-EU trade route on which thousands of businesses and millions of consumers rely.

“It will also maintain service levels for our customers by reducing the time drivers spend waiting at the ports, giving them access to a departure every 36 minutes and reducing gate-to-gate journey times by an estimated 30 minutes.”

The Dover Strait is the single busiest route for trade between Britain and the EU. The agreement – which starts this summer - covers all eight ships on Dover-Calais including the P&O-owned Spirit of Britain, Spirit of France, Pride of Canterbury, Pride of Kent and Pride of Burgundy and the DFDS-owned Cote des Flandres, Cote des Dunes and Calais Seaways.

P&O is a leading pan-European ferry and logistics group at the heart of Europe’s economy and a part of DP World, the leading provider of smart logistics solutions and enabler of the flow of trade across the globe. u poferries.com

Major step forward in spray can technology

Renowned corrosion solutions provider Cortec has spent decades developing environmentally responsible corrosion solutions.

Now they announce a major step forward in spray can technology with their product, EcoAir 422 Rust Remover, a USDA Certified biobased product packaged in an air-powered spray can.

The product is powered by compressed air, completely replacing traditional chemical propellants.

EcoAir 422 has a high biobased content and makes removal of corrosion from metal very easy. It also represents a major step forward in spray can technology.

This makes Cortec an environmentally friendly provider with no harm to the planet caused by using their product.

EcoAir 422 can be used in a wide variety of applications when the need for rust removal combines with the product’s green credentials. u

www.cortecvci.com

The Russians are coming!

To speed up trans-shipment of containers, the Ruscon Group has opened a new subsidiary company in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

A leading Russian container cargo trans-shipment and rail transportation service provider, the new subsidiary of the Ruscon Group – Smartcontainer B.V. – offers customised logistics services and solutions to help European shippers optimise supply chain operations.

Their declared aim is to improve

the quality and speed of containers transiting between Europe, Russia and the Eurasian market.

The new company has the advantage of being able to tap in to a range of group companies covering intra-Russia and cross border shipments.

In addition, access is provided to a raft of Russian inland waterway terminals as well as the Road2Holland consortium that includes the strategic Netherlands-China rail freight route.

“Smartcontainer B.V. is strategically placed to expand in Europe,” said Sergey Berezkin, President of Ruscon Group.

“We are committed to being one of the leading players in the worldwide logistics market and we are continuing to create innovative and sustainable solutions of logistics and transportation services for our existing and future customers in Europe.” u

For further information contact Irina Birman: i.birman@smartcont.global

Fendercare’s chain stoppers stabilise African power venture

Fendercare Marine has partnered with Japanese/Turkish joint venture Karmol to supply their innovative hydraulic chain stoppers to secure new LNG-powered electricity supplies in Africa.

The Company is supplying the FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit) ships with multiple unique, bespokedesigned hydraulic chain stoppers for anchoring the vessels in place for the life of the projects.

Karmol’s projects are unique in that they deliver power to developing nations, quickly and efficiently, converting the energy from LNG (liquified natural gas) to electricity.

Fendercare has already successfully supplied bespoke chain stoppers to two ‘Gas to Power Ships’, which will be operating in waters offshore Senegal and Mozambique later this year supplying part of those countries’ energy needs.

Maintaining the position of the KARMOL vessel is

extremely important during operations, making the bespoke designed chain stoppers vital to help locate the ship for the duration of the power generation period. u

www.fendercare.com

Boost for local produce in Canary Islands Merger

A new joint venture company has been formed in the Canary Islands with the declared aim of boosting local produce supply.

Hamilton y Cía and HiperDino announce the creation and launch of H&H Stock & Food as a joint venture controlled equally by both companies.

Provisions’ customers include cargo ships, cruise ships, platforms and other maritime vessels in the Canary Islands and ports. H&H Stock & Food plan supply operations beyond the Canary Islands in due course.

An added bonus is the creation of local jobs from the new expanded operation.

Alfonso Cordero, President of Hamilton y Cía said: “We want to be the safest, most reliable and most transparent operation in the sector, for vessels visiting our operational bases.”

In addition to a boost for the local economy the new Company places environmental care and sustainable development of its operations high on the agenda.

Javier Puga, CEO of HiperDino, confirmed: “With our extensive local knowledge we can offer the best assortment and quality of provisions.” u

Further information from

Anna Pagès apages@grupotranscoma.com

Hatenboer-Water in latest partnership venture

For over a century Dutch water experts HartenboerWater has been providing innovative water provision solutions to the global maritime community.

As part of an on-going expansion programme the company has announced a partnership with Norwegian firm Ålesund Maritime AS.

This is the latest expansion move for the Dutch water production and treatment specialist, after a dizzying expansion to include four partnerships and one branch office on four continents.

Ålesund Maritime’s Managing Director, Ole Andre Grebstad said: “Hatenboer-Water fits well into our portfolio of true green products.

“Their reverse osmosis technology benefits the ship owner with reliable, safe water with low energy consumption.

“Furthermore, their bottle filling stations supply crew with chilled, safe water and constitute an eco-friendly onboard plastic reduction.

“Hatenboer-Water represents predictability, being the most experienced supplier of reverse osmosis services worldwide.”

Hatenboer-Water CCO Guy Heijnen commented: “We have a partner who advocates our sustainable concept.

“As Hatenboer-Water is serving a worldwide clientele and pursues a prompt response to any water related questions, we

are convinced that Ålesund Maritime will adequately support our installed base in the Scandinavian region.”

In conclusion, Willem Buijs, CEO HatenboerWater emphasised: “Our campaign to extend our global representation, and geographical spread, doesn’t end with these latest five extensions.

“This was an acceleration, not the finish. Earlier, we set up offices in Singapore and Dubai. With these additions we take another step in getting closer to our clients and supplying water solutions to them more efficiently.” u

www.hatenboer-water.com

Chillax – at a price Play

Your Crypto Assets To Hand

Here’s a thought: why not have all your Crypto assets in one handy gadget, secure and easily accessible anywhere? It must be the most “happening” accessory just now for the investor in the buzzing Crypto scene who literally has everything. The Ledger Nano S combines with the Ledger Live app for maximum security and control over your crypto. The Ledger Nano S keeps your coins offline and protected. With this gizmo you can manage and invest your crypto assets any time anywhere. The unique selling point is that your assets remain off-line and secure – until you lose the device of course!

Price: £54.50 including VAT

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If you want to put on a pair of headphones, dissolve into an armchair and forget the world for a couple of hours, this Naim streaming audio system might be the best way to do it. This new edition of the Uniti essentially squeezes all the hi-fi equipment you might need to produce high-fidelity audio into one small box (headphones not included). Inside there’s a digital to analogue (DAC) converter and a headphone amplifier, as well as a whole array of tech designed to optimise your music library for playback on your headphones. Priced at a hefty £2,399, nevertheless for ease of access to your library and compact design it could well be worth a moment of your time to investigate. naimaudio.com

The Path To Maturity

Born in Germany, Paul Ben-Haim moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1933 after Hitler came to power, eventually establishing himself as a leading figure in Israeli music. The three compositions here chart Ben-Haim’s path towards maturity, reflecting influences from both Europe and the Middle East. Yet despite obvious differences in emphasis throughout the programme, the composer’s armoury remains remarkably consistent, not least in demonstrating his superb feeling for instrumental colour.

Acknowledgement BBC Classical Music Magazine

https://www.classical-music.com

Texan favourites with new eclectic mix

Outside The Lines is an eclectic mix of music ranging from country to rock opera. JC Fisher, Marcus Collins and John Hagen stretch traditional boundaries as they pour their hearts out in classic rock favourites such as “Dream On,” “Sweet Child of Mine,” and “The Show Must Go On.” The Texas Tenors pay tribute to Kenny Rogers with a powerful arrangement of “Lady” as well as stirring renditions of “All The Gold” and “The Borderline.” The new album also brings pop and classical music together with a performance of Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect.”

https://thetexastenors.com

After Hours

STERLING RUBY

THAT MY NAILS CAN REACH UNTO THINE EYES, Installation view, 2021

Shakespeare and art meet at Gagosian, Athens

In a “must see” exhibition at Athens’ Gagosian, Shakespeare has inspired the ceramics and paintings of Sterling Ruby. Titled ‘That My Nails Can Reach Unto Thine Eyes’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, your senses will be exposed to powerful colours, shapes and designs. Creating disruption by contrasting clean lines and recognisable objects with rough and uncanny forms, his works interrogate the canon of art while seeking to critique the institutions and shortcomings of modern society. Ruby composes his WIDW paintings (2016)—the series is titled after an abbreviated form of “window”— with thick, vibrant coats of acrylic and oil paint, also adhering squares of cardboard and patterned fabric onto canvas. He commented: “Athens remains one of my favourite cities in Europe. It’s an absolute honour to be showing my art within the context of Greece’s historical precedents.

That My Nails Can Reach Unto Thine Eyes – Gagosian (Athens) til 31st July 2021.

“The Midnight Library” –browse if you dare!

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting new novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place. Visit The Midnight Library and browse – if you dare!

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig BUUKS

With thanks to Book Club Chat

Argentine flair and contemporary Israeli cooking combine in Madrid

Fayer – fire in Yiddish – lends its descriptive name to the trend-setting combination of Argentine and Israel culinary delights. The Chamberi district of Madrid is the setting for this cutting edge extravaganza, almost hidden away in the city’s arts and diplomatic quarter. Chef Mariano Muñoz from Argentina heads the palate pleasing operation that tempts diners to taste beef straight from the pampas or the speciality bone-in pastrami. Spread over two levels, diners can see the theatre that is the kitchen through glass walls ensuring the highest standards are maintained.

Fayer, Calle de Orfila, 7, 28010 Madrid, Spain

Telephone: +34 910 05 32 90

www.fayer.com