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[ferryvaneeuwen]

De accommodatie zit wel goed verstopt. Uitzicht vanuit de hutten naar buiten is er niet meer bij. Je moet niet claustrofobisch zijn aangelegd. Ik hoop dat die ramen van het stuurhuis het houden. Ach, die lui die het ontwerpen hoeven er tenslotte niet zelf op te varen......

[RobertB]

Kandidaat voor "Lelijkste schip van het jaar"

groet,
Robert

[Joost.R]

Panama Canal expansion deadline pushed back

The head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has said for the first time that the planned opening of the expanded
canal will be postponed because of cracks in the new locks, according to the EFE agency.
Previously the ACP, the government agency that manages and operates the canal,
has steadfastly maintained that the deadline of April 2016 would be met but now,
in statements to business leaders, ACP head Jorge Quijano has said that will not be the case.

He is still confident of a second quarter opening and no later than June.
At the same time the ACP has denied accusations made by contractor GUPC (Grupo Unidos por el Canal),
of tardy payments. GUPC says the payment delays are partly responsible for project delays.
But ACP maintains that “payments are based on the progress of construction”.

Problems in the $5.25bn project surfaced in August when, during the filling process,
visible cracks and leaks appeared in the new third locks on the Pacific end.
Since then tensions have been clear between ACP and GUPC, the international consortium responsible for the new locks.
GUPC – comprising Spain’s Sacyr Vallehermoso, Italy’s Impregilo,
Belgium’s Jan De Nul and Panama’s Constructura Urbana – has been installing steel reinforcements to repair the cracks.

The expansion project is intended to make the Canal ready for the new generation of mega-sized container ships.

source: Splash 24/7

[Jos Komen (R.I.P)]

IJmuiden.
Een schip heeft woensdagochtend de binnendeur van de Noordersluis aangevaren. Even later ging het ook mis bij de Kleine Sluis. Een tweemast-tjalk voer daar tegen de sluisdeur aan..
HIER meer over deze sluisdeurrammers.

[Jos Komen (R.I.P)]

Springtij legt scheepvaartverkeer in IJmuiden deels stil

http://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/regionaal ... _regionaal

Vreemd, zo erg heb ik het nog nooit gezien als ik de foto's van Ko van Leeuwen bekijk.
Hoe zou de situatie in Rotterdam dan zijn?

[Joost.R]

Invaders From the Sea - the harmful organisms transferred in ships' ballast water.

Invasive aquatic species are one of the four greatest threats to the world’s oceans, and can cause extremely severe environmental,
economic and public health impacts. The GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnerships Programme is assisting developing countries to reduce
the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships’ ballast water and implement the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention.

The GloBallast Project is an outstanding example of direct, large-scale action taken by IMO together with other international entities,
to address a global threat to the health of the world’s oceans, by further improving the environmental and socio-economic sustainability
of shipping and reducing its negative impact on the marine ecosystems.

This film gives a unique insight into an important environmental issue: the transfer of harmful organisms in ships' ballast water.
Filmed by the internationally renowned BBC Wildvision, this amazing story looks at how this phenomenon is affecting our coasts and millions
of lives around the world and the measures taken by the global community to fight against these alien stowaways.
sorce: Svetlana Modeva.

KLICK HERE

[Oscar Aardse]

Offshore Post meldt dat BP de Valhall offshore production facilities evacueert vanwege het feit dat een onbemande barge in de richting van de platformen drift.
Gr. OA

[Joost.R]

Drifting barge forces 235 to evacuate Valhall field

More than 200 workers were evacuated by helicopter in the early hours of this morning from
BP Norway’s Valhall field in the North Sea.
The evacuation was a precautionary measure taken as a 110m long Eide Marine Services barge, Eide Barge 33,
became adrift unmanned putting an accommodation platform and a Maersk Drilling rig at risk.

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Four helicopters were sent from Stavanger airport to the Valhall field and a total of 235 people have
been evacuated as a precautionary measure from the oil field development.

The barge is understood to have become unattached in rough weather while being towed by a tug.
Eide Marine, the company that owns the barge, said that it is trying to track down and take control of the errant ship.
Other rigs in the area, including one operated by ConocoPhillips, are monitoring the situation.
source:Splash 24/7

[Joost.R]

Breaking wave hits COSL Innovator killing one, injuring two

Statoil and COSL have confirmed information from the police that one person has died as a result of a breaking wave that
hit the drilling rig COSL Innovator yesterday.
Two other people were injured and are receiving medical treatment ashore.
The rig is now heading to shore under its own power, while evacuation takes place.

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OSL and Statoil were notified at 5 pm on Wednesday that three people had been injured when a breaking wave hit COSL Innovator.

COSL Innovator is under contract to Statoil at the Troll field in the North Sea, west of Bergen.
The rig had been taken off the well as a result of the bad weather before the incident occurred.
The breaking wave also caused some damage to the rig’s accommodation module.
The injured persons have been flown to shore by Sea King helicopter from
the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and by one of Statoil’s own rescue helicopters.
source: Splash 24/7

[Wim Plukker]

Werd er door NRC op gewezen, een serie longreads op de website van de New York Times met een maritiem onderwerp. Tot nu toe 6 verschenen en je mag daar 8 artikelen gratis lezen per maand. Wel in het Engels.

Dit is de eerste:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/world ... -ship.html

M.v.g.

Wim

NB ik moet er zelf nog aan beginnen.