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‘War room’ prompts fighting talk "The latest initiative to enable charterers to compare the energy efficiency of individual ships has attracted attention and opprobrium in equal measure. Its backers claim shipping has done “pretty well nothing” to tackle CO2 emissions and critics have branded it “bizarre” and “unhelpful”. Launched with a fanfare by the Carbon War Room – a coalition of business leaders seeking market-led solutions to climate change – ShippingEfficiency.org uses the <strong>IMO</strong>’s Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) to generate ratings for 60,000 ships on the IHS Fairplay database. ShippingEfficiency.org says the obtained EEDI number is “transposed and benchmarked against other vessels of the same ship type and size range to create an easy-to-understand and recognised rating.” At the launch, Carbon War Room figurehead Richard Branson claimed shipping had done “pretty well nothing” to combat climate change, as its ships “polluted like mad”. He said a more sustainable industry could also be more profitable." LLOYD’S LIST, 23 December 2010, pp 26-27 7. PORTS AND HARBOURS Only 11 flags meet low-risk ship criteria - By David Osler "Just 11 flag states have so far met the flag criteria for low-risk ships under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding’s controversial new inspection regime, which enters into force on January 1, leaving ships signed up to any other register potentially subject to more regular port state control checks. Making the cut are Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Liberia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Among the major players conspicuous by their absence are Panama, the Marshall Islands, Bahamas, Malta, Singapore and China. The regime is intended to represent a major shake-up in existing port state control arrangements in the Paris MoU region, working on the principle of rewarding ships that perform well while penalising those that do not." LLOYD’S LIST, 2 December 2010, p 1 Brussels readies third assault on port services - By Justin Stares "New European Commission policy paper expected to address dock labour issues. Despite two high-profile failures the European Commission is inching towards a new attempt to legislate in the field of port services. Ports were expected to be addressed in the forthcoming commission policy paper entitled The Future of Transport, an official told a conference in Brussels." LLOYD’S LIST, 2 December 2010, p 2 Port state checklist launched "Avoiding port state control (PSC) detentions is the main aim of a new checklist in a series produced by Lloyd’s Register and the UK P&I Club. It is designed to help crews and ship managers avoid common PSC non-compliances. These were identified after a comprehensive sample analysis of the classed fleet between 2007 and 2009. The most common deficiencies noted by authorities in ISM-related detentions involve the maintenance of the ship and its equipment, a category that had three-and-a-half times more deficiencies noted than any other. The list is the fifth in a series of pocket checklists produced by Lloyd’s Register in conjunction with the UK P&I Club to help compliance with international conventions. All are available from www.webstore.lr.org or www.ukpandi.com." FAIRPLAY SOLUTIONS, December 2010, p 4 Brussels scuttles plans for European Union coastguard - By ustin Stares “A study to assess the feasibility of setting up a European Union coastguard has been shelved, the European Commission has admitted. Four years after it was due to reveal its findings, the commission said the study was “poor” and it would not be published. Brussels sources say the study’s authors were “unrealistic” in their assessment and did not take into account the multi-faceted nature of existing coastguard services.” LLOYD’S LIST, 16 December 2010, p 1 UK ports move to accelerate truck inspections - By Roger Hailey “Vehicle inspections on trucks entering British ferry ports have been given a formal framework in an effort to avoid lengthy queues and port operation delays. The British Ports Association and the UK Major Ports Group have signed a memorandum with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, which conducts checks on trucks for possible weight and driver infringements.” LLOYD’S LIST, 16 December 2010, p 2 Crime and punishment in port state control Regulation - By Julian Macqueen “Rule-breaking is a common activity. But not all rules are considered of equal importance. Break a minor rule and expect a minor penalty; break a major rule and expect tougher treatment. This is how most people would see it even if there are areas of modern urban life — for example, parking — where some would argue that such a commonly held assumption is being challenged. Still, it seems that shipping could be about to become one of those areas. Certainly, the appearance of an extraordinary document on a protection and indemnity club’s website a couple of weeks ago suggested that this is, indeed, the case. The document did not mince its words on its chosen topic — the chances of a ship being fined in a Spanish port.” LLOYD’S LIST, 16 December 2010, p 4 11
8. SEAFARERS Industry faces crisis in officer recruitment - By Steve Matthews "The gap between supply and demand for officers could reach as high as 11% by 2015, equivalent to a shortage of over 60,000 officers worldwide, causing severe problems for the industry as economic conditions improve. The latest BIMCO/International Shipping Federation Manpower 2010 update shows that supply and demand for ratings is more or less in balance. But it confirms widespread perceptions that there are still some shortages of officers, particularly for certain ranks and ship types, especially tankers and offshore support vessels. On a positive note it found that, despite the recent difficult trading conditions, training of new entrants has mostly been maintained or increased since the last survey in 2005." LLOYD’S LIST, 1 December 2010, p 1 New technologies will raise pressure on the demand for qualified crew - By Craig Eason "Radical changes to ships over the next decade will create additional demand for qualified crews at a time when the industry is facing an acute shortage. A recent BIMCO report forecast a worst-case scenario of a shortage of more than 60,000 officers by 2015 at a time when vessels are set to become increasingly sophisticated. The range of new technologies that are likely to be installed on ships could see increased demands for new crewing models to emerge, in which shipowners outsource maintenance and repair duties to specialists, thus reducing the need for engineers to be highly trained in all the technologies onboard." LLOYD’S LIST, 3 December 2010, p 4 UK set to cut maritime training scheme funds. By David Osler. Britain's Department for Transport is set to reveal potentially sizeable cuts in Maritime and Coastguard Agency funding and the Support for Maritime Training scheme, perhaps as early as later this week, Lloyd’s List has learned. It remained unclear just how deep the axe will fall, although with the coalition currently embarking on plans to cut public spending by £80bn ($125.4bn) over the next four years in the most far-reaching retrenchment since the 1920s, the expectation was that shipping can expect to share the pain. An announcement has already been postponed at least once, and one source close to the matter suggested that the news could be slipped out on Thursday, when it will be buried in media coverage of a crucial vote on trebling higher education tuition fees.” LLOYD’S LIST, 6 December 2010, p. 1 Latest figures provide ammo for pay talks - By Adam Corbett "An easing of the labour market for officers and ratings is likely to support shipowners calls to keep wages in check in upcoming collective bargaining negotiations. The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is set to resume pay talks with the International Maritime Employment Committee (Imec) and Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) early next year after agreeing a pay freeze at the end of 2008." TRADEWINDS, 3 December 2010, p 43 Greek owners face shortage of homegrown officers - By Nigel Lowry “Greek shipping companies have greater trust in Greek officers than other nationalities but the industry is threatened by a declining number of available Greek officer candidates, a new crew survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece and Cyprus has found. Backing up one of the survey’s key findings, many of the participant companies claimed the number of officers and seafarers available in the Greek market had “considerably decreased” in the last few years.” LLOYD’S LIST, 16 December 2010, p 1 9. SHIPBUILDING AND RECYCLING OF SHIPS Chittagong breakers left unable to scrap beached vessels - By Liz McCarthy "Despite around 20 ships being beached for demolition in Chittagong this month after securing approval from customs officials, Bangladeshi shipbreakers have yet to be been granted permission to resume dismantling vessels. This has added to the uncertainty looming over Bangladesh’s shiprecycling industry, leaving shipbreakers and demolition brokers confused about what progress the government has made towards providing vessels with toxic-free certificates before being imported for demolition. “Even the yards don’t know what is going on. They’re just saying, ‘It’s terrible. It’s terrible’,” one London-based broker said." LLOYD’S LIST, 1 December 2010, p 8 Pakistan set to overtake Bangladesh this year "Pakistan looks set to recycle more tonnage this year than Bangladesh, as a freeze in ship demolition for most of this year has allowed Gadani breakers to compete more aggressively for vessels. In the year to date, Gadani breakers have bought at least 3.9m dwt of tonnage for demolition, according to data from Clarkson Research Services. This is just shy of the 12
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