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Photos: BRISE (3), Kirsten Nijhof (1)<br />

news @<br />

THE CREW NEWSLETTER OF THE BRISE GROUP NO.15 1/2012<br />

DEAR COLLEAGUES<br />

AT SEA AND ASHORE,<br />

The past<br />

twelve<br />

months have<br />

held some<br />

unexpected<br />

challenges<br />

for us. BRISE<br />

vessels were directly affected by<br />

the consequences of the events<br />

that were dominating the news<br />

in 2011, such as the political<br />

changes in North Africa and the<br />

earthquake in Japan. Ships sailing<br />

under our management were<br />

operating in these regions at the<br />

time, and our colleagues in charge<br />

had to decide quickly whether we<br />

could still operate safely in these<br />

areas. Developing competence<br />

solutions to problems of different<br />

kinds strengthens our organiza<br />

tion, in particular when many<br />

companies and individuals from<br />

the BRISE network are involved.<br />

Colleagues from Euroasiatic,<br />

A&A Shipping, SKULD Germany,<br />

Windsor Hamburg, IONA and<br />

BRISE were instrumental in<br />

mastering diverse challenges. At<br />

a time when the shipping industry<br />

is already challenged by very dif<br />

si tuation in Eastern Africa and<br />

political uncertainty it is comfor<br />

ting to know that we at BRISE also<br />

manage to deal well with matters<br />

that are far beyond our usual<br />

scope of experience and training.<br />

Yours faithfully<br />

Kai-Erik Clemmesen,<br />

Managing Partner<br />

IN B RIE f ASHORE ABOARD<br />

Emergency Towing Booklet<br />

now on every vessel<br />

STRANDGUT takes<br />

you back into the 70’s<br />

The MV CEMISLE in Poland<br />

First BRISE Crew Seminar<br />

fo C u s<br />

The crew seminar was held prior<br />

to the traditional Christmas party,<br />

which took place in the evening<br />

of the same day, and about 50 of<br />

different lectures and a workshop<br />

under the headline of “Promotion<br />

of Safety and Security”. Thomas<br />

Leszek Brancewicz talked about<br />

the Safety Management System<br />

(ISM code) and the prevention of<br />

drug smuggling, Artur f ryza pre<br />

sented the latest on the MaintStar<br />

software and Jens E. Borowski<br />

gave some important insights<br />

into ISPS including some crucial<br />

references to piracy attacks. The<br />

presentation and workshop fo<br />

cussed on practical requirements<br />

Diploma of attendance to<br />

1 st BRISE Crew Seminar<br />

“Promotion of Safety and<br />

Security”<br />

This is to confirm that below mentioned person attended the<br />

1 st BRISE Crew Seminar held in Szczecin on 25<br />

Attendant:<br />

Name: Zbigniew<br />

Surname: Rogowski<br />

Rank: Chief Mate<br />

th November 2011.<br />

Seminar Program<br />

1. Safety Management System<br />

- ISM code<br />

- Maintstar - New standard of the planned maintenance<br />

2. Ship Security<br />

- Piracy attacks<br />

- Drug smuggling at merchant vessels<br />

Szczecin, 25 th November 2011<br />

Managing Director<br />

Kai-Erik Clemmesen<br />

BRISE Bereederungs <strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG · Schaarsteinwegsbrücke 2 · D-20459 Hamburg<br />

Fon (040) 38 99 67-0 · Fax (040) 38 99 67-33<br />

Web http://www.brise.de · eMail fleet@brise.de<br />

Komplementär: <strong>Brise</strong> Bereederungs-Verwaltung <strong>GmbH</strong> – HRB 74373<br />

Geschäftsführer: Kai-Erik Clemmesen · HR A 94743<br />

UST-ID-Nr.: DE 208809581 · Steuer-Nr. 0210203540<br />

All staff that<br />

attended<br />

received this<br />

‘Diploma of<br />

Attendance’<br />

“BRISE is planning<br />

to repeat this kind of<br />

seminar on a regular<br />

basis.”<br />

arising from ISM code and IMO/<br />

ILO conventions. The general pur<br />

pose was to get feedback from the<br />

1<br />

the company’s Safety Manage<br />

ment System should be improved<br />

to minimize and prevent the risks<br />

of shipboard operations and ac<br />

cidents. All staff that attended re<br />

ceived a ‘Diploma of Attendance’<br />

from Mr. Kai Erik Clemmesen to<br />

day long workshop. After that the<br />

traditional Christmas party started<br />

and all guests enjoyed themselves<br />

with good food and entertaining<br />

talks. As the feedback of the au<br />

dience was very positive, BRISE<br />

is planning to repeat this kind of<br />

seminar on a regular basis.<br />

Before the Christmas party the Crew Seminar held many interesting and important information in store for the participants


2 BRISE IN BRIEf<br />

rECIPE<br />

huntEr’s PorK<br />

This hearty recipe was<br />

handed to us by cook Zelazko<br />

sylwester, who was cooking<br />

for the crew of the MS<br />

CEMSEA at the time of this<br />

contribution:<br />

Ingredients:<br />

1.5 kg Pork (boneless)<br />

½ teaspoon Salt<br />

2 tablespoons L ard<br />

Sauce:<br />

200 gr Smoked bacon<br />

200 gr Sausage (thin)<br />

4 Pickled cucumber<br />

4 fresh ceps (or dried mushrooms<br />

instead)<br />

1 spoonful Tomato paste<br />

½ glass dry red wine<br />

¼ teaspoon Pepper<br />

Browned flour:<br />

1 tablespoon flour<br />

1 tablespoon Lard<br />

Salt the pork and then fry it in<br />

warmed­up brown lard. Pour<br />

some water into the pan, cover<br />

it and let the pork stew. Cut the<br />

smoked bacon and sausage<br />

into cubes. Slice the cucumbers<br />

and ceps and fry them<br />

together, but separately from<br />

the pork. Add two spoons of<br />

water and let them stew until<br />

they get soft. Chop the onions<br />

and fry them a little bit. Add<br />

tomato paste to the onions and<br />

fry them for one more minute.<br />

Add the sauce to the sausage<br />

and bacon and mix them<br />

together. After that, add the<br />

wine and pepper to the<br />

sauce. Then prepare<br />

browned flour out of<br />

flour and warmed warmedup<br />

lard, add it to<br />

the sauce and<br />

mix it. Slice<br />

the pork and<br />

serve it with the<br />

sauce.<br />

When two BRISE vessels meet<br />

PrEss<br />

In December 2011 the magazine<br />

ISS Report featured a short article<br />

on the MV EGERNSUND (OXL<br />

OCEANIC). It reported on the fact<br />

that the vessel carried a catamaran<br />

One of these two great pictures was<br />

sent to us by D/Cdt Kanila Weerasinghe<br />

of the MV SANDWIG. He captured<br />

the moment when two sister<br />

ships (MV SANDWIG and MV KAP­<br />

PELN) lay side by side in the Miami<br />

harbour in December 2011. The other<br />

picture features the CEM­vessels MV<br />

CEMISLE and MV CEMSOL side by<br />

side in the Brunsbuettel lock in february<br />

send by the agent Sartori & Berger.<br />

flEEt<br />

EMERGENCy ToWING<br />

BooklET (ETB)<br />

As of January 2012 at the very<br />

latest, every vessel above 500<br />

GT has to be equipped with<br />

an Emergency Towing Booklet<br />

(ETB). There have to be three<br />

booklets on board: one stored at<br />

the forecastle, one at the bridge<br />

and one in the ship’s office. One<br />

manual also stays with the BRISE<br />

office. The emergency towing<br />

procedures have been elaborated<br />

individually for each BRISE<br />

vessel and have been distributed<br />

among the fleet. They include a<br />

calculation of the vessel's towing<br />

force, drawings of fore and<br />

aft deck showing possible emergency<br />

towing arrangements, inventory<br />

of equipment on board<br />

that can be used for emergency<br />

towing and sample procedures<br />

to facilitate the preparation for<br />

an emergency towing operation.<br />

It is advisable that all crew members<br />

be familiar with the location<br />

and the content of this booklet<br />

and check whether all advice is<br />

sound and plausible. This will insure<br />

short reaction times in the<br />

event of an emergency and will<br />

also prevent any changes on the<br />

vessel from interfering with these<br />

guidelines. Also make sure to always<br />

keep an issue at the location<br />

prescribed to comply with<br />

the necessary standards.<br />

Contact: Jens E. Borowski;<br />

fleet@brise.de<br />

MV EGERNSUND carried ferry<br />

ferry with the name of KILIMAN­<br />

JARO III from Hobart to Zanzibar.<br />

The ferry is now on a daily shuttle<br />

service between Zanzibar and Dar<br />

es Salaam.


Photos: BRISE (9)<br />

sErIEs<br />

MARPol: Annex VI<br />

In this issue we conclude our series<br />

on the “International Convention<br />

for the Prevention of Pollution<br />

from Ships” with Annex VI. This<br />

last Annex deals with regu lations<br />

for the prevention of air pollution<br />

from ships. It comprises rules for<br />

the construction of ships as well<br />

as operational guidelines. When it<br />

comes to air pollution from ships,<br />

there are many different substances<br />

that have to be taken into account.<br />

Therefore the regulations<br />

deal with these substances and<br />

their sources separately. Ozone<br />

Depleting Substances are one<br />

example. They can emerge from<br />

air conditionings, refrigerators or<br />

provision cooling plants. These<br />

devices have to be monitored<br />

carefully to prevent any leakage<br />

1<br />

of harmful substances. Maintenance<br />

works, leaks or refilling of<br />

this equipment needs to be recorded<br />

in the “Ozone Depleting<br />

Substances Log Book”. Nitrogen<br />

Oxides (NOx), which are released<br />

when burning fuel, are also a concern.<br />

To minimize those emissions,<br />

changes to new engines<br />

have to be carried out, e.g. by<br />

installing common rail devices to<br />

control fuel injection. The limits for<br />

these emissions are continually<br />

being reduced. Sulphur Oxides<br />

(SOx) are another example. They<br />

are created when burning bunker.<br />

These emissions can either<br />

be reduced by installing special<br />

filters (called scrubbers) in the<br />

exhaust system or by using only<br />

low sulphur fuel. At present IMO<br />

allows a worldwide maximum limit<br />

of 3,5% of sulphur in the fuel. Yet,<br />

there are special emission controlled<br />

areas, like the North Sea, the<br />

Baltic and––as of this summer––<br />

North America, where the maximum<br />

limit is only 1%. As of January<br />

2015 this limit will be lowered<br />

even further to 0.1%, while the<br />

worldwide limit is planned to be<br />

0.5% starting in 2020. There are<br />

also regulations concerning volatile<br />

organic compounds. These<br />

deal with emissions from cargo<br />

oil tanks of tankers. An efficient<br />

method to monitor these emissions<br />

is to use a vapour collecting<br />

return system that pumps the gas<br />

from the ship’s empty tank back to<br />

the onshore oil tank while loading.<br />

The winter in Europe started late, but it brought a lot of ice. Here are some<br />

of the <strong>best</strong> winter impressions we received from our colleagues on the MV<br />

CEMSOL (1), MV LANGBALLIG (2, 3) and MV GLUECKSBURG (background)<br />

2<br />

3<br />

Contact: Enno Gebhardt;<br />

fleet@brise.de<br />

BRISE IN BRIEf<br />

3<br />

fIvE QuEstIons<br />

for MarCIn JabłońsKI<br />

1. When did you start working<br />

for a& a and why?<br />

After I graduated from Maritime<br />

Academy in Szczecin in 2002<br />

I was looking for a job that would<br />

allow me to work in the office<br />

but also periodically on board a<br />

ship. Therefore in May 2003<br />

I started working with A&A Shipping<br />

Co. Ltd.<br />

2. What exactly are your<br />

responsibilities?<br />

My responsibilities are to source<br />

officers and ratings for BRISE and<br />

to maintain a good pool of ex crew.<br />

We are the link between seafarers<br />

and the owner. In addition it is my<br />

job to keep the office running as<br />

efficiently as possible.<br />

3. What do you like <strong>best</strong> about<br />

your job?<br />

What I like <strong>best</strong> is that every day<br />

brings something different. There<br />

are so many various matters to<br />

deal with that there is no place for<br />

boredom or routine.<br />

4. When you travel, which part<br />

of the world do you like most<br />

and why?<br />

There are still many places in<br />

Poland I feel I need to see.<br />

However if I could go to Odessa<br />

in Ukraine or Saint Petersburg in<br />

Russia I would be very happy.<br />

5. What input would you like to<br />

read in upcoming editions of<br />

news@brIsE?<br />

I do like BRISE ABOARD where I<br />

can read about BRISE ships, life<br />

on board and about their crew.<br />

The photo gallery with some<br />

snap shots of everyday life is a very<br />

good supplement to this.<br />

In this part we introduce<br />

colleagues from all different<br />

parts of BRISE. If you have any<br />

suggestions who might be next<br />

in this column, please send us<br />

an email to news@brise.de


4 BRISE ASHORE<br />

DoCKIngs<br />

There were three dockings at<br />

the beginning of 2012. The MV<br />

CEMBAY arrived at the Husum<br />

Shipyard for her intermediate<br />

survey on the 17th January and<br />

entered dry dock upon arrival<br />

for a periodical bottom survey.<br />

The MV CEMISLE was docking<br />

in Swinoujscie in January for an<br />

intermediate and a bottom survey.<br />

There was also some maintenance<br />

work on deck and the<br />

engine exhaust was overhauled.<br />

And finally, the MV KOLLUND is<br />

due for a periodical bottom survey<br />

and her intermediate class survey<br />

by the end of April at the latest.<br />

Maintenance work on the ballast<br />

water tanks is also scheduled.<br />

staff nEWs<br />

Kachina barmbold has<br />

success fully completed her<br />

apprenticeship and will continue<br />

to work for BRISE for at least<br />

six months.<br />

stefanie busch<br />

from the accounting<br />

department has<br />

been on maternity<br />

leave since January.<br />

Her tasks have been<br />

taken over by a new<br />

colleague: Paul<br />

Kirschner.<br />

furthermore olga say is back<br />

from maternity leave. She is assisting<br />

in the technical department<br />

and responsible for the vessels<br />

MV BIRK and MV SANDWIG.<br />

sErIEs<br />

learning from disaster: BNWAS<br />

In our series “Learning from disaster” about different regulations and their backgrounds, Jens<br />

E. Borowski provides you with some essentials on the BNWAS (Bridge Navigational Watch<br />

Alarm System):<br />

All BRISE vessels<br />

now have<br />

to be equipped<br />

with and have<br />

to make use of<br />

a Bridge Navigational<br />

Watch<br />

Alarm System<br />

(BNWAS). Its<br />

purpose is to monitor the presence<br />

and awareness of the officer<br />

on watch (OOW) on the<br />

bridge and to alert another qualified<br />

OOW if the responsible OOW<br />

is unable to fulfil his duties. After<br />

a series of incidents in which<br />

busInEss<br />

New charter<br />

The economic situation remains<br />

rather difficult. Luckily all our vessels<br />

are still underway, yet it is<br />

becoming more and more challenging<br />

to obtain new charter contracts<br />

and rates are in any event<br />

far from being reasonable. As of<br />

20th february the MV GLUECKS­<br />

vessels collided with non­moving<br />

and well­known objects (like islands),<br />

it was suspected that the<br />

cause of these accidents lay in<br />

the fact that the OOW was either<br />

not present, asleep or otherwise<br />

unable to attend to his duties.<br />

Therefore the system frequently<br />

checks on the OOW by making<br />

him press a certain button as a<br />

response to visual and acoustic<br />

alarms. According to SOLAS,<br />

the BNWAS has to be in operation<br />

whenever the ship is at sea.<br />

All BRISE vessels are already<br />

equipped with a BNWAS. By<br />

BURG has a new charter contract<br />

with A.P.Møller­Mærsk A/S<br />

until at least the end of May and<br />

possibly until the end of November.<br />

She will be sailing in a service<br />

between the Mediterranean<br />

and West Africa. The MV MIS­<br />

SUNDE (MSC LONGONI) and the<br />

right of continuance, the existing<br />

Bridge Alarm Systems or dead<br />

man switch devices may be<br />

used if they comply with the new<br />

regulations. But this has to be<br />

checked for every vessel individually<br />

and the devices may need<br />

to be updated.<br />

Each crew has to make sure<br />

that the system is in good working<br />

order and complies with the<br />

current regulations. If in doubt,<br />

please contact fleet@brise.de.<br />

Contact: Jens E. Borowski;<br />

fleet@brise.de<br />

MV ARNIS have already extended<br />

their charters with MSC for at<br />

least five months starting in April.<br />

And finally, the charters for the MV<br />

ULSNIS and the MV RINKENIS<br />

(MSC EQUATOR) have also been<br />

extended. They will be sailing for<br />

MSC until at least September.<br />

Winter in the Hamburg harbour as<br />

seen by the MV GlUECkSBURG


Photos: BRISE (7)<br />

MorE<br />

Strandgut<br />

This edition’s very special STRAND­<br />

GUT was handed to us by Jerzy<br />

Maciejewski 2nd/Mech (MSC<br />

LONGONI) and it takes us back<br />

in time...<br />

“Back in the 70's, a seafarer’s<br />

life was very different from today.<br />

Vessels had numerous crew<br />

members and port stays were<br />

longer. Therefore the crew had<br />

more time to organize various<br />

cultural and social activities in<br />

their leisure time, such as baptisms<br />

at sea when passing the<br />

Equator, ping­pong, checkers<br />

and chess tournaments, Sunday<br />

sports, wrestling and even<br />

boxing. These events brought<br />

out many artistic talents among<br />

the seamen, such as painting,<br />

sculpting, writing, and singing<br />

seamen's ballads and melodies<br />

(shanties). And seamen also did<br />

a lot of sports. The picture shows<br />

a commemorative medal from a<br />

flEEt<br />

MV kEGNAES<br />

HAS BEEN SolD<br />

About a year ago, we informed<br />

you that four new vessels joined<br />

the BRISE fleet. The owners of<br />

these specialized project­cargo<br />

and heavy­lift ships asked us to<br />

take over the management due<br />

to the fact that the previous ship<br />

manager had become insolvent.<br />

In expectation of improved<br />

market conditions in 2011, there<br />

was confidence that all the ships<br />

would have a long­term future in<br />

the BRISE fleet. Regretfully the<br />

freight and charter markets also<br />

in this market segment have become<br />

even more difficult. Both the<br />

vessels’ owners and the financing<br />

banks are unwilling to give further<br />

financial support in uncertain<br />

times. As a result, the first vessel of<br />

the quartet MV KEGNAES, which<br />

was trading under the time charter<br />

name OXL BAMBOO, was sold<br />

sports competition from 1971. It<br />

is the silver medal for the high<br />

jump. The competition was organized<br />

for crews in the port of<br />

Genoa and 62 ships participated.<br />

However, the shipping business<br />

fIgurE of thE Month<br />

to German buyers in December<br />

2011 after one year under BRISE<br />

management. The other three<br />

ships are also being marketed to<br />

potential buyers around the world.<br />

We are presently in a position to<br />

avoid discussions on a sale with<br />

regard to the majority of the ships<br />

in the BRISE fleet. Prices for ships<br />

has changed substantially, affecting<br />

the work and free time<br />

of the crew serving on board.<br />

As a result, some cultivated marine<br />

traditions have unfortunately<br />

been slowly disappearing.”<br />

In the whole brIsE group, there are at present on average about<br />

1,100 transactions in the orderstar program per month.<br />

are also very depressed, similar to<br />

charter rates, and we aim to trade<br />

all vessels until market conditions<br />

allow for a structured and planned<br />

fleet renewal programme in our<br />

strategic BRISE markets.<br />

Contact: Kai Erik Clemmesen;<br />

fleet@brise<br />

No longer in the BRISE fleet: MV kEGNAES (ex SCAN ATlANTIC)<br />

BRISE ASHORE<br />

<strong>best</strong><br />

<strong>practice</strong><br />

raDar oPEratIon<br />

WIthIn loW rangEs<br />

In order to avoid the danger<br />

of colliding with any objects in<br />

the berthing process, we would<br />

like to add a certain procedure<br />

in our pre­arrival and departure<br />

checklists, as a BRISE vessel<br />

was in danger of colliding with<br />

a pier recently. Approaching the<br />

berth in dense fog, the crew<br />

changed the range on both<br />

radars down to 0.50 NM. Because<br />

of faulty magnetrons, this<br />

resulted in the failure of both radars.<br />

fortu nately the berth was<br />

well illu minated and the Master<br />

managed to bring the vessel<br />

alongside safely. Yet, to avoid<br />

any situations like this, we kindly<br />

ask you to do the following:<br />

n Please add to the pre­arrival<br />

and departure checklists to<br />

verify that radars are working<br />

within the low ranges of 0.75,<br />

0.50, and 0.25 NM. Please<br />

make sure that you know how<br />

the radars are performing<br />

before you turn them down in a<br />

dangerous situation like the one<br />

mentioned above.<br />

n Check your maintenance<br />

plan to make sure that magnetrons<br />

are being changed at the<br />

intervals recommended by the<br />

radar’s producer<br />

n If malfunctions are observed<br />

during the tests mentioned<br />

above, initiate an OrderStar<br />

requisition for spare parts or<br />

service to rectify the problem.<br />

5


6 BRISE ABOARD<br />

rEPort There are about 5,200 nm and a difference of 25C°<br />

between Kingston in Jamaica and Swinoujscie in Poland. As<br />

her charter contract had ended, the MV CEMISLE made her<br />

way from the Caribbean to dry dock in cold Europe<br />

“The journey from Jamaica to<br />

Swinoujscie took us three weeks”,<br />

C/O Pavel Malinowski tells us.<br />

“When we left there it was 25°C. Now<br />

in Poland it is freezing. Luckily we had<br />

very good conditions on the trip. Throughout<br />

the whole crossing of the Atlantic<br />

there was no storm, even though it is winter<br />

now.” Yet, the journey was not quite a cruise<br />

vacation. Malinowski: “Even if we are at sea,<br />

there are always many things to do. In addition to<br />

the standard bridge watch and all other standard<br />

procedures, we painted the upper parts of the ship.<br />

Unfortunately there was no opportunity for a barbecue<br />

or any other festive moment because of the swell. The<br />

ship was rolling very hard and it would have been very<br />

difficult to have a cosy get­together. And as we made it<br />

to Swinoujscie without taking bunker, there was no oppor­<br />

Visiting the MV CEMISlE we did<br />

not find her loading (as in the first<br />

picture) but waiting for her turn in<br />

dry dock with a very busy crew<br />

MV CEMISlE<br />

tunity to go for a walk on shore either.”<br />

for C/E upali Jayasinghe, the long journey<br />

meant a little less work in the engine<br />

room: “My real hard work starts now as we<br />

are docking. With all the maintenance work,<br />

the painting of the hull, and the cleaning and<br />

overhauling of nearly every device in the engine<br />

room, our team will be very busy.” When we met<br />

the 11­man crew under the command of Master<br />

antoni front, they were waiting for their turn in<br />

dry dock. Due to bad weather in Poland there have<br />

been delays in the shipyard. Yet, the colleagues – who<br />

come from Poland, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and the<br />

Ukraine – were in good spirits. The MV CEMISLE remained<br />

in drydock for one week. following the stay at the<br />

yard MV CEMISLE has commenced with employment in<br />

the Baltrader system. Initial cargoes are being carried within<br />

Scandinavia and from Germany to the UK.


Photos: BRISE (6)<br />

A chat with the Chief<br />

This time we took the opportunity to talk to the MV CEMISLE’s C/E Upali Jayasinghe (46)<br />

Upali Jayasinghe (r.) and superintendent<br />

Markus Hartmann<br />

n@b: Did you always want to<br />

work at sea?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: Yes, that’s<br />

why I studied Marine Engineering<br />

at the University of Moratuwa in<br />

Sri Lanka.<br />

n@b: How long have you been<br />

working at sea, when did you<br />

become a C/E and how long have<br />

you been working for BRISE?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: I have been<br />

working at sea for 27 years now<br />

and I became a C/E eight years<br />

ago. In January 2011 I started<br />

working with BRISE and now I<br />

am on my second contract.<br />

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n@b: What do you like about<br />

working for BRISE?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: Working with<br />

BRISE is very nice because we<br />

are like a big family. I can call the<br />

office and there is always someone<br />

I can talk to.<br />

n@b: Where do you live? Do you<br />

have a family?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: I live in Kandy,<br />

Sri Lanka, and I have two sons<br />

ages 13 and 17.<br />

n@b: Where do you like to sail<br />

<strong>best</strong>? Which is your favourite<br />

ocean/region of the world and<br />

why?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: I prefer Asia because<br />

everything is familiar to me<br />

there. The people’s behaviour and<br />

their manners are nearly the same<br />

as in the region I grew up in. Also<br />

the weather is much better there.<br />

n@b: Do you have a favourite port<br />

of call? If so, which one and why?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: My favourite port<br />

is Singapore because it combines<br />

the <strong>best</strong> of two worlds. On the one<br />

hand, it is in Asia and, as I said,<br />

MEEt thE CrEW of thE Mv CEMIslE<br />

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1. gerry Manalo, 2nd/Off, Philippines, likes playing basketball<br />

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2. anton gunaratne, El./Off, Sri Lanka, likes watching movies and listening to music<br />

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that is my favourite region to sail.<br />

On the other hand, everything is<br />

as regulated and controlled as in<br />

the Western ports.<br />

n@b: What do you generally prefer:<br />

container vessels or bulkers?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: I like to go on<br />

bulkers because everything is<br />

less rushed than on a container<br />

vessel. The port stay is longer and<br />

in most cases the voyages are<br />

longer as well.<br />

n@b: What do you like to do during<br />

your spare time on board/at home?<br />

C C/E Jayasinghe: I like watching<br />

movies and spending time with<br />

my children. I also like to travel and<br />

see new places.<br />

n@b: How did you like the repositioning<br />

journey from the Caribbean<br />

to Poland?<br />

C/E Jayasinghe: I like long journeys<br />

and I did not mind it at all.<br />

Luckily we had very good weather.<br />

But as I prefer the tropical conditions<br />

in the Caribbean, I would<br />

rather have stayed there than<br />

come to Europe in wintertime.<br />

3. Cesar sola sabio, Motorman, Philippines<br />

4. Eugene stratiychuk, 2nd/E, Ukraine, likes arts, cars, swimming<br />

5. upali Jayasginghe, C/E, Sri Lanka, likes going on vacation, movies and playing games<br />

6. Pawel Malinowski, 1st/Off, Ukraine, likes long walks in the forest and cats of all sizes<br />

7. Mejoy Eugene, OS, Philippines<br />

8. fabre Davy, AB, Philippines<br />

9. antoni front, Master, Poland, likes spending time with family, mountain trekking, literature and history<br />

10. Mervin Cabahug, AB, Philippines<br />

11. Mario Cuenco, Cook, Philippines, likes playing basketball, watching movies and singing<br />

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BRISE ABOARD 7<br />

Country ProfIlE:<br />

thE PhIlIPPInEs<br />

In this edition of our series on home<br />

countries of our fellow colleagues,<br />

we’d like to give you a short introduction<br />

to the Philippines, the home<br />

country of six colleagues of the MV<br />

CEMISLE.<br />

name Republic of the Philippines<br />

Population 94 million<br />

Capital Manila<br />

language filipino and English<br />

general Information The Philippines<br />

is an archipelago of about<br />

7,000 islands situated in Southeast<br />

Asia in the Pacific Ocean and<br />

is bordered by Taiwan, Borneo,<br />

Vietnam and Indonesia. Trade,<br />

immi gration and colonization connected<br />

the people on the island<br />

with various cultures such as<br />

Malayan Rajahs and Chinese<br />

in fluences. In 1565 it became a<br />

colony of Spain and thus today<br />

the majority of the population is<br />

Catholic, but the Rajah past also<br />

left a minority of Muslims. In 1902<br />

it became an American colony and<br />

after a brief occupation by Japan, it<br />

became an indepen dent republic in<br />

1946. from 1956­1986 ferdinand<br />

Marcos established a dictatorship.<br />

In June 2010, Ben igno Aquino III<br />

was elected as the 15th president.<br />

Culture The Philippines is a very<br />

multi­ethnic country whose various<br />

influences can be seen in all parts<br />

of the culture. The ethnically diverse<br />

population includes indigenous<br />

people, Chinese and Spanish<br />

mestizos. During a naming reform,<br />

many people acquired a Spanish<br />

last name that they were required<br />

to choose from a list. More than<br />

170 languages are spoken there,<br />

including English, Spanish, Tagalog,<br />

different creoles and various<br />

indigenous languages. The country<br />

has a very high rate of literacy and<br />

education is very important to its<br />

people.<br />

A large percentage of the population,<br />

approximately 11 percent,<br />

lives and works outside of the<br />

Philippines.


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BULLETIN BOARD<br />

Photo gallery<br />

Here are some snapshots of everyday life at BRISE. If you have some entertaining<br />

photos to contribute, why not take part in our ongoing photo competition?<br />

(See details below)<br />

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1. Ice age on the Mv langballIg 2. the traditional Christmas party in sczcecin<br />

3./6. the brIsE office had a Christmas party as well. the fun ‘nail hammering competition’ was followed by a companionable dinner<br />

4. ‘stowaways’ on the Mv sanDWIg 5. a snapshot from the Mv CEMIslE 7. More ice on the Mv CEMluna<br />

8. the Mv gluECKsburg in the hamburg harbour with snow<br />

Participate…<br />

… and win! If you would like to<br />

be featured in the next issue,<br />

send a photo from your vessel or<br />

your office to news@BRISE and<br />

take part in our great photo competition.<br />

The <strong>best</strong> contri butions<br />

will receive a DVD package<br />

worth USD 50.00. The winners<br />

of this edition are the crews of<br />

the MV SANDWIG, MV LANG­<br />

BALLIG and MV CEM LUNA. We<br />

hope to see more photos from<br />

all of you in the coming weeks.<br />

And please do not forget our<br />

STRANDGUT series, about special<br />

things you have found, been<br />

given or bought.<br />

Dear news@BRISE team,<br />

E­mail from Aboard<br />

enclosed find some pictures of two sisters (MV SANDWIG and MV KAPPELN)* meeting in Miami, USA.<br />

Best regards<br />

Kanila Sapumal Weerasinghe<br />

D/Cdt MV SANDWIG<br />

* See the photo on page 2<br />

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From: Kanila Weerasinghe<br />

To: news@BRISE<br />

Subject: When two sisters meet …<br />

IMPrInt “news@BRISE” Issue No.15, 1/2012, März 2012 Circulation “news@BRISE” is published three times a year by BRISE Bereederungs <strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG, Schaarsteinwegsbrücke<br />

2, 20459 Hamburg, Germany, Phone +49 40 38 99 67­0, fleet@brise.de Editor-in-Chief Kai­Erik Clemmesen Concept Gordon Schacht Publishing, Hamburg<br />

Production Andrea Schneider, b3K design, Hamburg text Irmela Tölke, Kai­Erik Clemmesen, Jens E. Borowski, Enno Gebhardt, Niels Jøntvedt, Jerzy Maciejewski, Zelazko<br />

Sylwester reprint © BRISE Bereederungs <strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG 2012 Reprinting permitted – copy requested. All information is correct to the <strong>best</strong> of our knowledge. Contributions<br />

by external authors do not necessarily reflect the views of BRISE Bereederungs <strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG. No liability can be accepted for unsolicited photographs and manuscripts.<br />

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