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INTERNATIONAL News Container shipping industry in ‘fragile’ state: Maersk The global container shipping industry remains in a “very fragile” state due to weak demand and a glut of ships, the world’s largest shipping company Maersk Line reported. Maersk Line said companies should go slow in bringing back to service hundreds of ships idled during the recession, otherwise the sector will extend losses which totaled 15 billion US dollars in 2009. “The situation remains very, very fragile for the shipping industry, it is balanced on a knife’s edge,” said Hennie van Schoor, Maersk Line’s director of business performance, at the Asia-Pacifi c maritime 2010 Conference held in Singapore recently. As global trade slowed during the global economic crisis last year, freight rates plunged and 11 percent of the world’s container shipping fl eet, or about 500 vessels, had to be parked. In terms of volume, about 80 percent of world trade is carried by sea. There are signs of a pickup in global trade, with the United States and Europe importing more from the rest of the world, however, indications show this is being driven by companies stocking up on inventories rather than a surge in general demand. US imports rose 13 percent yearon-year in the fourth quarter of 2009, but retail sales in the same period expanded by only 1.0 percent. For Europe, the continent’s imports were up 3.0 percent, but retail sales climbed a mere 1.0 percent. Van Schoor also cautioned against the idled ships going back into the market, saying it will further upset the imbalance between a glut in capacity and weak demand. DHL official logistics provider for the British Embassy DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, has signed a contract with the British Embassy in Doha for the provision of express courier services to and from the Embassy. Head of Corporate Services, Joel Watson commented, “I am delighted that the Embassy had been able to reach an agreement with DHL Express on the provision of courier services. The Embassy, like many other organisations, is looking to increase our operational excellence and realise effi ciencies. Establishing partnerships with world renowned commercial partners such as DHL is an essential part of the Embassy’s Corporate Services Strategy.” “DHL Qatar is honoured to have been appointed as the exclusive express and logistics partner, entrusted with the responsibility for meeting the British Embassy’s requirements. This prestigious partnership is an endorsement and recognition of our market leadership and highly professional operation in Qatar”, said Daniel Kearvell, General Manager, DHL Express Qatar. DHL Express Qatar celebrates 30 years in operation in 2010. US warship ‘sinks pirate mother ship’ A US warship intercepted suspected Somali pirates and sunk their “mother ship” after they attacked an oil tanker off the Seychelles, the US navy’s Fifth Fleet said recently. It said the Sierra Leone-fl agged tanker MV Evita “came under attack 500 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of the Seychelles by three suspected pirate skiffs. During the attack, the pirates fi red rifl es and aimed rocket-propelled grenades at the vessel in an attempt to force it to stop,” but the MV Evita evaded the pirates, the navy said in a statement. “The MV Evita was able to evade attack by adopting industry-recommended ‘best management practices,’ increasing its speed and fi ring fl ares at the pirates to warn them off,” it said. Coalition forces on patrol in the area were alerted and dispatched the USS Farragut to track down the pirates on board the three skiffs. “A SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, from Farragut, was immediately dispatched to monitor the pirates while the suspected pirate skiffs were boarded,” the statement added. Eleven suspected pirates were held briefl y “while the mother skiff was destroyed and sunk,” it said. “After ensuring that the suspected pirates had no means to conduct any more attacks, all 11 were released on the two small skiffs,” according to the statement from the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet. The USS Farragut is part of the US-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 coalition carrying out counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Also on Thursday near the Seychelles, the USS Nicholas captured fi ve suspected pirates who had opened fi re from a small boat. 50 Link May 2010
News INTERNATIONAL Australia may expand the tracking of vessels beyond the northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced, as a salvage crew prepared to drain oil from a Chinese coal vessel stranded in the marine park. The ship ran aground four days ago in broad daylight in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. Getting the oil off the Shen Neng 1 will take time and it will be “days before there is an actual attempt to fl oat the vessel and get it off the shoal,” Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority chief scientist Dave Wachenseld told the media. Australia, the largest exporter of coal, is trying to protect an area named a United Nations World Heritage site in 1981 that attracts millions of tourists and scientists each year. The ship left the Port of Ship tracking at Great Barrier Reef Gladstone last month carrying 65,000 metric tons of coal for export to China, and about 975 tons of fuel oil. As much as 4 tons of fuel oil was spilled and has been contained by dispersants, Wachenseld said. A white plume of sand, pulverized coral and rock, mixed with toxic paint from the ship’s hull, remained visible around the stranded vessel, he added. “There is without question an immediate footprint of this wreck hitting the shoal and this plume of potentially toxic material moving away,” he said. Tourism Icon The Great Barrier Reef marine park, larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living object visible from space, is more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles) long and runs almost parallel to Australia’s Queensland coast. The reef, about 65 kilometers wide in some parts, is a breeding ground for humpback whales and is host to the world’s largest collection of corals, more than 1,500 species of tropical fi sh, more than 200 kinds of sea birds and reptiles including sea turtles May 2010 Link 51
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