AE News 2009 - 2 - Anglo-Eastern Group

Contents 

Dockwise commit fleet 

to AESM for 3 years P 2 

Humboldt Express in 

rescue mission P 3 

Yacht carrier participates 

in FAMEX 09 exercise P 3 

Dangers of the Sea P 3 

Competence Management 

System launched by AESM P 4 

Training course for 

Ship Welfare Visitors P 4 

Chelsea Bridge earns praise 

From Vietnamese for STS P 5 

Mighty Servant 1 gets naval escort P 5 

LPG Sylvie finds time for the 

important things in ilfe P 6 

New vessels in steady growth P 7 

Saga Spray 300th ship to enter 

technically managed fleet P 8 

New vessels in steady growth P10 

Onboard reception for 

APL Washington, in Hamburg P13 

Where is the ship? P13 

Sports Tournament on 

MV Atlantic Olive P14 

US Coast Guard Award 

for Anglo-Eastern P14 

1st seminar for Ukraine office P15 

Ferry transported from 

Canada to UAE P15 

Fancy dress party 

onboard ‘Morning Haruka’ P16 

AESM win Super 10s tournament P16 

Indoor Karting for 

Antwerp office staff P16 

Rating builds chemical 

tanker in his cabin P17 

Sports tournament for Rubin Grace P17 

Super Servant 4 

loads nuclear reactor P18 

1st corporate football competition 

kicks off in India P18 

Table Tennis – sport of the high seas P18 

Relaxing in chilly Hudson Bay P18 

Challenges and opportunities 

abound for 2010! 

2009 is behind us: a year full of challenges 

and yes, some opportunities, as things go 

when a market crashes. This year promises 

more of the same. 

The major challenge for us in this 

market is the fact that the cost basis of 

the shipping equation, the bit we are 

responsible for, has not changed a lot. 

We continue to see a crew shortage; new 

buildings are still leaving yards fully 

manned and the new building pipeline is 

still in full production. 

The regulatory environment in which we 

operate continues to become stricter and 

more demanding by the day. The crew 

shortage has created a loss of expertise both 

onboard, in the maritime industries and the 

administrations, who are using the same 

manpower resources. These will require 

many years to catch up! 

Dockwise commit fleet to 

AESM care for next three years 

from left to right: seen signing the contract, Peter Cremers, CEO; Marco Schut, Vice-President Operations, Dockwise; 

Marcel Liedts, Group Managing Director and Eugene van Dodeweerd, Manager Fleet Supervision, Dockwise. 

A recent meeting in Hong Kong, saw the 

Management of Dockwise, represented by 

Marco Schut, Vice-President Operations 

and Eugene van Dodeweerd, Manager Fleet 

Supervision commit to a further three year 

contract for the Dockwise fleet of semisubmersible 

vessels. 

In a small signing ceremony, Anglo-Eastern’s 

CEO, Peter Cremers (seen here signing 

Mr Peter Cremers, CEO, Anglo-Eastern Group 

Mushrooming regional regulations with 

increasingly subjective interpretation base 

– all with the best of (politically driven) 

intentions – but making life oh so difficult 

for the people who matter most in the 

equation: the Seafarers on board. 

(cont. P5) 

the contract) said: “The Dockwise Fleet 

of semi-submersibles is one that requires 

a high degree of technical knowledge and 

experience, in order to maintain the Fleet 

at optimum efficiency at all times. We are 

obviously pleased at the show of confidence 

displayed in Anglo-Eastern by Dockwise and 

look forward to our continued association 

for a further three years.” 

2 No.2, 2009

Humboldt Express 

in rescue mission 

In late October, the MV Humboldt Express 

enroute to Gibraltar from Valencia, in the 

Mediterranean Sea, spotted a small fibre 

boat with around 10 people sitting in the boat 

with raised hands, showing blue coloured 

flags, shouting and whistling for help. 

Weather was moderate with a mild wind. 

Attempts to communicate with the boat 

failed and we could not identify the nature 

of distress. We turned around in a reciprocal 

course to locate the boat and survivors and 

when the boat was in sight again, at 1628 LT, 

we contacted the nearest coastal rescue station 

- Cabo de Gata Signal station - and passed on 

the available details of the survivors. 

They advised our vessel to remain in the 

position until rescue team arrive at the 

scene. Meanwhile the vessel approached 

the estranged boat and awaited the rescue 

boat from shore. A rescue helicopter 

arrived at the scene and conducted a close 

inspection of the survivors until the rescue 

vessel “Gaurdia Civil” arrived and rescued 

the survivors. 

Throughout the time, vessel was on standby 

and drifting. 

Spanish warship calls upon 

yacht carrier to participate in 

FAMEX 09 exercise 

The Spanish naval vessel seen approaching the ‘Super Servant 3’ 

Survivors in the dinghy 

Rescue ship approaching the survivors 

Dangers of 

the Sea 

An unusual photo of a “sprout”, taken onboard the 

MV New Orleans Express in the Gulf of Mexico, by 

Chief Officer, Sumit Shravan Upadhyay, during the 

passage from New Orleans to Charleston. 

The Navy contingent seen boarding the ‘Super 

Servant 3’ as part of the FAMEX09 exercise 

The Super Servant 3, sailing from Toulon, 

France with a cargo of luxury Yachts (last 

October) was called upon to participate in a 

Naval Exercise (FAMEX 09). 

The Spanish warship requested possibility 

of boarding. 

The vessel was boarded by the Spanish 

boarding team and after an hour of 

exercises, the boarding team left and the 

Super Servant 3 increased its speed back to 

sea speed and continued its voyage. 

Capt. Mykola Bulgaru, 

Master Super Servant 3 

No.2, 2009 3

Anglo-Eastern launches 

Competence Management System 

Anglo-Eastern launched its Competence 

Management System (CMS) at Mumbai on 

7th December 2009. Sean Gomes, chief 

officer on the tanker fleet, was the first 

officer in Anglo-Eastern to be presented 

the CMS Record Books. Sean Gomes joined 

AESM in June 2004 and has been sailing 

on Aframax tankers carrying crude and 

products. On being handed the CMS Record 

books, he commented: “Future with AESM 

looks bright and prosperous”. 

All CMS tasks focus on gaining knowledge, 

understanding and integrating it for 

practical application on board ship. The 

focus should be on actually doing the task 

and getting one’s hands dirty – it is simply 

a tool to achieve that higher goal, and 

maintain records. 

In 2007, AESM, with the help of DNV, 

analyzed past accidents and identified 

competencies which were found to be 

among the root causes of past accidents 

and near misses. This exercise aimed to 

bridge the gap between competencies learnt 

through STCW courses and other essential 

competencies which are required for 

shipboard operations, but not necessarily 

covered in STCW courses. This CMS book is 

a culmination of those efforts. 

The Competence Management System 

(CMS) is structured on the STCW format. 

The CMS – Competence Management 

System – is intended to provide :- 

• a management system for enhancing and 

monitoring the competence for each rank 

for specific ship types based on the analysis 

of incidents and feedback obtained from 

ships and ship superintendents. 

• the training requirement based on the 

competence mapping for each rank and 

ship type. 

• a platform for shore based training and 

practical on board peer-to-peer-learning for 

all ranks 

• standards covering officer competencies 

which go beyond STCW (Standards of 

Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) 

• requirements of the INTERTANKO TOTS 

– Tanker Officer Training Standards. 

Meanwhile, INTERTANKO’s TOTS (Tanker 

Officer Training Standards) also identified 

similar competencies (many of them 

common to those identified by AESM). 

These requirements grew out of the 

perception that officer competence across 

the tanker industry did not universally meet 

with some of the charterers’ expectations. 

As a result, tanker owners are increasingly 

finding themselves subject to “time in rank” 

and “time with company” requirements 

which can be difficult to comply with. 

The CMS combines the training needs 

identified by AESM and INTERTANKO TOTS 

in the best possible manner. 

CMS is an extension of the aims of TOTS. Anglo- 

Eastern Competence Management System 

covers all ship types managed by AESM. 

Various staff from the Training Centre and 

the Quality Assurance Department along 

with staff from the Operations and Technical 

Departments have contributed towards the 

completion of this project. 

K.N.Deboo 

A training course 

for Ship Welfare 

Visitors 

Social Workers and Chaplains of all 

denominations often visit ships in port, they 

are independent on any shipping company 

or Government organizations and therefore, 

while always welcome, have a need to know 

and learn the right procedures, etiquette 

and so on. The Nautical Institute has an 

established Ship Welfare Visitors Course 

and is becoming a regular event on Anglo- 

Eastern’s calendar. 

Attendees of the 6th Ship Welfare Visitors Course 

outside of Anglo-Eastern’s Maritime Training Centre 

in Mumbai 

The 6th Ship Welfare Visitors Course was 

conducted at Anglo-Eastern Maritime 

Training Centre on the 21st and 22nd 

November 2009. 24 participants from across 

the country attended the course conducted 

by Dr. Suresh Idnani, President of the 

International Medical Health Association 

(IMHA) and Trustee and South Asia 

Regional Co-ordinator of the International 

Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare (ICSW). 

The first course was also conducted at 

AEMTC in December 2006. 

This course trains the chaplains, social 

workers, welfare activists on the shipboard 

organizational structure, seafarer’s duties 

when in port and at sea, ship types and the 

cargoes they carry, daily routine and the 

hardships faced. This prepares the ship visitor 

to answer queries posed by the crew when he 

boards the ship. A visitor’s main activities are 

providing services a seafarer would need when 

the ship touches port, after a long voyage. 

Today, due to Security concerns, many ports 

do not permit shore leave for the crew. 

The Ship Visitor then becomes one of the 

most welcomed individuals on board, a 

true friend, compared to all the others who 

board the ship with the motive of penalizing 

the seafarer, in case he makes a slip up. 

The services provided by a Ship Visitor 

ranges from bringing a laptop with free 

In the photograph are Capt. Vinay Singh, Director-Fleet Personnel India, Capt. K.N.Deboo, Director and Principal, internet use, mobile SIM cards for sale, 

Anglo-Eastern Maritime Training Centre, Capt. Karamjit Singh Sodhi, senior master with Anglo-Eastern and chief 

architect of the CMS project. (cont. P5) 


Chelsea Bridge earns 

praise from Vietnamese for 

STS operations in 2009 

The LPG/C CHELSEA BRIDGE had an 

extremely successful year of continuous 

ship to ship transfer operations in 2009. 

Petrovietnam Gas Trading Company, the 

time charterers have commended the vessel 

for its safe performance throughout the year 

and expressed their desire to continue using 

the Chelsea Bridge for STS operations in the 

coming year. 

A delegation from PV Gas Trading visited 

the ‘Chelsea Bridge’ on December 23, 2009. 

The delegation included: 

1. Ms Pham Thi Kim Phung 

- Manager of Import & Export Dept 

2. Mr Pham Quang Hoa 

- Manager of Admin & HRS Dept 

3. Ms Hoang Thi Thuy Trang 

- Officer of Import & Export Dept 

4. Mr Nguyen Huy Ha 

- Officer of Sales Dept 

5. Mr Trinh Minh Hoai 

- Officer of Sales Dept 

6. Mr Do Thanh Tung 

- Officer of Admin & HRS Dept 

And in appreciation for the vessel’s 

performance, the Master, Capt. Gagandeep 

S Walia, was presented with a Certificate 

of Appreciation for conducting safe 

and successful STS transfer operations 

throughout the year 2009. 

Moored to 3 anchors in the Song Go Gia 

river off Vungtau, Vietnam, with nearest 

land about 0.1 nm for the whole of 2009, 

an astonishing figure of approximately 324 

cargo operations were recorded. The break 

up being 310 discharging operations and 14 

loading operations for a total cargo quantity 

handled of approximately 300,000 tonnes. 

Small pressurized 1600 dwt LPG vessels are 

like babies, to this mother vessel, that come 

and load themselves nearly every day. Once 

a month, on an average, she loads herself 

up by a similar sized vessel. 

In spite of this stressful, rigorous schedule 

of cargo operations and considering the 

vessel’s age, Chelsea Bridge has stood as 

an example and has been successfully 

able to carry out all concerning operations 

in a safe manner. On an average basis, a 

crew member completes about 200 cargo 

operations in his ‘contract’. 

Gagandeep S Walia 

Master, LPG/C Chelsea Bridge 

Mighty Servant 1 gets naval escort 

The Belgium EUNAVFOR frigate “LOUISE-MARIE” provides an escort for the giant, but vulnerable semisubmersible 

“MIGHTY SERVANT 1 – as it passes through the pirate infested waters of the Gulf of Aden (GOA) 

with its cargo of the lower section of a semi-submersible rig on board. 

Challenges and opportunities abound for 

2010 - cont. (P2) 

Add to this the pressure to reduce crew 

numbers, overtime, food allowances (all 

Déjà Vu in a bad market, but this time in 

a different supply and demand situation), 

and one can easily imagine that we (the 

ship managers) do have more than our 

share of challenges on hand. 

Obviously, and understandably, working 

for ship owners, who at best barely cover 

the operating expenses of their ships, is 

never going to be easy. 

Opportunities are there as well: new owners 

coming into the market that are in need of 

Ship Management as well as consolidation, 

which is also a factor. Luckily for us the 

opportunities come at time when AESM 

has an excellent reputation in the markets, 

globally. 

So as a group we keep on going in our 

tracks, always adjusting our structures and 

resources to the fleet expansion; creating 

jobs and promotion opportunities for the 

best ones on board. 

We are in the process of establishing our 

presence in Brazil, we are upgrading our 

facilities in Manila and Ukraine, and of 

course our Maritime Academy in Karjat, 

which will see - in a few months’ time - the 

first batch of Deck Cadets graduating and 

joining our fleet. 

In these difficult times for you, our Ship 

Owner clients, let me thank all of you for 

your continuous support. We have seen 

some important contract renewals going 

through (details in this issue) making us 

confident that we will be able to continue 

our efforts to put adequate and properly 

trained resources at your disposal for riding 

out this storm. 

The forecasts vary from source to source, 

but let’s hope on a general weather 

improvement in 2010. 

Ship Welfare Visitors - cont. (P4) 

library books and DVDs for exchange, a van 

to take the crew to the nearest marine club 

or shopping mall, to being a tourist guide 

giving the crew an informed view of the 

good eating places or where they can find 

the best night life in town. 

The major part of the course deals with 

Safety aspects of boarding the ship and 

moving around within the ship, be aware 

of the restricted areas within the ship, and 

the art of communication and dealing with 

people. 

K.N.Deboo 


LPG ‘Sylvie’ finds time in hectic schedule 

for the important things in life 

Despite frequent Cargo/Port/operations, 

Canal transits, heavy weather, internal 

Audit, USCG inspection and CDI/Vetting 

inspections, still the enthusiastic Indian 

crew of the ‘Sylvie’ has kept its perspective 

and managed to combine important dates 

and national dates with a continuing 

positive outlook on ongoing betterment and 

improvement seafarers standards. 

1) Celebrating the” Spirit of Freedom” 

at Sea 

LPG/C Sylvie had a very royal celebration 

on (National Day) August 15th - everybody 

joined together to celebrate the occasion 

with the true spirit of “freedom” and pride 

of being “Indian”. A ceremony was marked 

with speeches and patriotic songs after 

flag hoisting by Captain Kunwar Satyendra 

Singh – then discussing the glorious past, 

progressive present and challenging future. 

Even Biryani was made in TRICOLOUR, and 

the crew was highly motivated. As is the 

tradition on Gas Carriers, a good party was 

had by all - absolutely dry and still people 

participated and enjoyed themselves to the 

fullest. 

2) Inaugural ceremony for Videotel on 

Demand, Computer based training 

On August 18th, our VOD CBT was installed 

successfully on board LPG/C Sylvie and all 

crew members assembled in the ship’s office 

for the formal inauguration. The ribbon 

cutting was done by the Supernumeries, 

Mrs. Shelly, W/O C/E Mr. Manoj Kumar 

Kalra and Mrs. Chetna, W/O 2/E Mr 

Hetalkumar. 

The LPG/C Sylvie on the high seas 

Use of the CBT was demonstrated by the 

Master, Captain Kunwar Satyendra Singh 

and the highly motivated crew of Sylvie 

demonstrated their commitment to training 

by taking active interest in upgrading their 

knowledge through the CBT programme. 

3) Safety celebrations 

This year, Mahatma Ghandi’s birthday 

was celebrated in unique style, with the 

crew choosing October 2nd, to organized 

a Safety night on board LPG/C Sylvie; as 

a way of the enthusiastic crew paying 

homage to Mahatma Gandhi by celebrating 

his birthday with the following events: 

1. Quiz on topics covering shipboard 

Quality, health, safety & environment 

2. SMS/ISM presentation by 2/O Mr. 

Nikhil Bhardwaj with PowerPoint slide 

The enthusiastic crew of the ‘Sylvie’ celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday with a ‘safety night’ 

show and Explanation 

3. NPDES/MARPOL/Pollution prevention/ 

Environmental compliance issues, training 

and presentation by 3rd Eng Mr. Gogol Bose 

4. Familiarization of anti-piracy manual 

and Security procedures by C/O Mr.Vinod 

Kumar Sharma 

5. Fire risk and related safety issues on 

board by 2nd Eng Mr Hetal Kumar 

6. Presentation and training on Gas/ 

Chemical suit & SCBA by 3/O Mr Babuji A. 

Hameed. 

7. Behavior based safety training by C/E Mr. 

Manoj Kalra 

At the end of the event awards were 

presented to encourage and motivate staff 

for their active participation in making the 

safety system on board successful. 

Finally thanking all on board for their 

efforts and suggestions, the Master, Capt. 

Kunwar Satyendra Singh concluded the 

training by emphasizing the importance of 

Team work and effective communication. 

This was followed by his four golden rules 

for making the QHSE system effective: 

* Always comply with rules, regulations, 

standards, policies, checklists and 

procedures 

* Always intervene in unsafe and noncompliance 

situations 

* Always treat your colleagues with respect 

* Always keep upgrading/updating your 

knowledge & skills. 

Capt. Kunwar Satyendra Singh 

Master, LPG/C SYLVIE 


New Vessels continue to enter Fleet in 

steady growth, as we enter new decade 

Mineral Dalian : July, 2009 

The “M.V. MINERAL DALIAN” joined the Anglo-Eastern fl eet (Antwerp) on July 16, from 

the COSCO Shipyard, Dalian. The new 180,000 dwt capesize bulk carrier is classed by 

Lloyds, Belgium fl agged and owned by Bocimar International NV. 

On October 09, a newly built container ship, was taken 

over by Anglo-Eastern at the STX Shipyard, Jinhae, 

Pusan, Korea. The vessel is a 34,600 dwt, 2,700 teu 

container ship, classed by NK, and fl agged in Panama. 

NYK Silvia : October, 2009 

Anglo-Eastern develops relationship with 

Greek owner, Phoenix Energy Navigation 

Anglo-Eastern, HK recently added full 

technical management of two new capesize 

bulk carriers (Athenian Phoenix and 

Corinthian Phoenix) belonging to Phoenix 

Energy Navigation, bringing their total fl eet 

to 6 ships, for this owner. The two sister 

Athenian Phoenix : July, 2009 

On July 15, the owners, Athenian Phoenix Enterprises SA took 

delivery of their 180,000 dwt capesize from the Hyundai Heavy 

Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, Korea. The ship was Panama fl agged 

and classed by ABS, when it was handed over to Anglo-Eastern for 

technical management of the vessel. 

ships were built at HHI, Korea of about 

180,000 dwt and powered by Hyundai B&W 

6S70MC-C7 main engines. 

These ships are long term chartered to 

Cosco and made their maiden voyages from 

Korea to Australia, for discharge in China. 

At Dampier, the Corinthian Phoenix was 

presented with commemorative plates by 

the Dampier Port Authority and the shipper 

Rio Tinto. 

Corinthian Phoenix : September, 2009 

The M.V. Corinthian Phoenix was handed over to its owners, Corinthian Phoenix Enterprises SA on 

September 30, by the Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, Korea – at which time the vessel 

also entered our Anglo-Eastern’s technical management service. The 180,000 dwt capsize, is classed by 

ABS and Panama fl agged. 


Saga Odyssey : August , 2009 

The MV SAGA ODYSSEY was built in 2008 by Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan, and has been taken over for 

technical management, as of August 28, by Anglo-Eastern. The vessel is a 46,589 dwt bulk carrier classed by 

DNV and flying a Hong Kong flag. 

Saga Monal : August, 2009 

The MV SAGA MONAL, was taken into the Anglo-Eastern fleet on August 31, at Rotterdam, Netherlands. 

Built in 1996 at Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Japan; the vessel is a 56,700 bulk carrier and is 

classed by DNV and flying a Hong Kong flag 

Saga Wind : September, 2009 

The MV SAGA WIND was taken over by Anglo-Eastern for technical management, 

on September 18, in Qingdao, China. Built in 1994 by Oshima Shipbuilding, 

Japan and classed by DNV; the vessel is a 47,053 dwt bulk carrier and flies the 

Hong Kong flag. 

Saga Spray mar 

enter Anglo-Eas 

management 

The gradual acquisition of the complete Saga 

fleet coincided with the Anglo-Eastern fleet 

reaching the 300 ship mark. This milestone was 

reached some 12 years after the MBO (with an 

initial 38 ships on the books) led by CEO, Peter 

Cremers; Group Managing Director, Marcel 

Liedt; Group CFO, Richard Wong and a small 

Saga Beija Flor : October, 2009 

Built in Japan at Oshima Shipbuilding, in 1997, the MV SAGA BEIJA FLOR was taken 

over by AESM for technical management on October 07, at Qingdao, China. The vessel 

is a 46,990 bulk carrier, flying a Hong Kong flag and classed by DNV. 


ks 300th ship to 

tern’s technical 

group of senior management staff. 

The event was marked by a brief ceremony, on 

the occasion of a visit to Anglo-Eastern’s Head 

Office by Saga’s management; and a memento 

of a framed photo of the ‘Saga Spray’, with a 

suitable inscription was presented. 

Saga Morus : October, 2009 

The 56,816 dwt bulk carrier, MV SAGA MORUS was 

taken over for the full technical management by Anglo- 

Eastern, as of October 15, at Mumbai, India. The vessel 

was built in Japan at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, 

classed by DNV and flying the Hong Kong flag. 

Saga Voyager : October, 2009 

The MV SAGA EXPLORER 

joined the Anglo-Eastern fleet at 

Nanjing, China, on December 02. 

Built in 2006 at Oshima 

Shipbuilding, Japan, the vessel 

is 46,589 dwt bulk carrier, flying 

a Hong Kong flag and classed by 

DNV. 

Saga Journey : December, 2009 

Anglo-Eastern took over technical 

management of the MV SAGA 

TUCANO on December 14, at 

Ancona, Italy. The vessel is a 

47,032 dwt bulk carrier, built in 

1998 at Oshima Shipbuilding in 

Japan. She is flying a Hong Kong 

flag and is classed by DNV. 

October 07, saw the MV Saga 

Voyager being taken over for 

full technical management by 

Anglo-Eastern at Vlissingen, The 

Netherlands. Built in Japan, in 

2001, by Oshima Shipbuilding, 

the vessel is a 46,882 dwt bulk 

carrier, classed by DNV and 

flagged by Hong Kong. 

Saga Explorer : December, 2009 

A 46,589 dwt bulk carrier, 

the MV SAGA JOURNEY was 

taken over by Anglo-Eastern on 

December 07 at Vlissingen, The 

Netherlands. Built in 2007, by 

Oshima Shipbuilding, Japan, the 

vessel is flying a Hong Kong flag 

and is classed by DNV. 

Saga Tucano : December, 2009 


LNG Akwa Ibom : July, 2009 

LNG Adamawa : July, 2009 

On July 30, the sister vessel of the LNG AKWA IBOM, the LNG ADAMAWA joined Anglo- 

Eastern’s technical management at Algeciras, Spain. Built in 2005, at the HHI Shipyards 

in South Korea, the vessel is a 79,633 dwt / 142,656 cbm LNG carrier, classed by Lloyd’s 

Register and flying a Bermuda flag. 

RTM Gladstone : October, 2009 

The LNG AKWA IBOM entered Anglo-Eastern’s management on July 27, at Las Palmas, Spain. 

The vessel was built in 2004 at the HHI Shipyard in South Korea and is a 79,633 dwt / 142,656 

cbm LNG carrier, classed by Lloyd’s Register and flying a Bermuda flag. 

Lyla : September, 2009 

September 29, saw the MV Lyla, 

being taken over under our 

technical management, at STX 

Shipyard, Korea. The Patron 

for the official launch of this 

vessel was Lyla Dushas (after 

whom the vessel was named), 

the young daughter of Mr Sotiri 

Dushas, President and CEO of 

Alba Maritime Services S.A. 

The 179,570 dwt capesize bulk 

carrier was classed by ABS and 

flagged by Marshall Islands. 

The MV RTM Gladstone entered the management of Anglo- 

Eastern (UK) Limited on October 08, being handed over at 

the Namura Ship Yard, Imari Japan. The vessel is a 90,338 

dwt bulk carrier, classed by Lloyd’s Register and UK flagged. 


Brazilian mining 

giant chooses AESM 

to manage capesize 

vessel 

Three capesize bulk “ore” carriers, owned by the ‘VALE’ group, 

recently joined the Anglo-Eastern fleet and we are please to 

welcome our first Brazilian shipowner to the Anglo-Eastern 

family. 

Ore Moatize : October, 2009 

The MV Ore Moatize became part of the Anglo-Eastern managed fleet on 

October 29, being taken over in Inchon, South Korea. The 150,393 dwt bulk 

carrier was built in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1997, classed 

by LRS and Liberian flagged. 

Ore Guaiba : August, 2009 

The MV Ore Guaiba was taken over in management by Anglo-Eastern on 

August 11, at the Qingdao Anchorage, China. The vessel is a 169,147 dwt 

bulk carrier, built in 1999 in Korea by SAMHO shipyard. It was classed by 

BV and flies a Liberian flag. 

Ore Alegria : October, 2009 

On October 13, the MV Ore Alegria joined the Anglo-Eastern fleet at the 

Qinhuangdao Anchorage, China. The Liberian flagged 160,089 dwt bulk 

carrier was built in 1997 by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea and classed 

by LRS. 

Genco Hadrian : December, 2008 

The MV Genco Hadrian, was the first of three sister ships taken over as newbuildings on 

behalf of Genco – on December 29, from the Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engg. Co. 

Ltd., Korea. The 170,000 dwt capesize bulk carrier was classed by Lloyd’s Register and 

flagged by the Marshall Islands. 

Mr Swapan Biswas, attended the launch ceremony on behalf of Genco. 

Genco Commodus : July, 2009 

On July 22, the MV Genco Commodus, was taken over for full technical management by 

Anglo-Eastern, from Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea. The 

newbuilding, a 170,000 dwt capesize bulk carrier was flagged Marshall Islands and classed 

by Lloyd’s Register. 

Genco Maximus : September, 2009 

Handover of the MV Genco Maximus, took place on September 18, at the Sungdong 

Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea. The vessel was a 170,000 dwt bulk 

carrier, classed by Lloyd’s Register and flagged by the Marshall Islands. 

The handover celebrations were attended by Mr. Steve Vassilakis (Genco Shipping, NY) and 

Genco’s site representative Mr. Kulwant Singh. 


CMB Coralie : October, 2009 

M.V. CMB CORALIE was taken over for technical management on October16, from the 

Chengxi Shipyard, China. The 53,463 dwt handymax was classed by Bureau Veritas 

(BV) and is flying a Hong Kong flag. 

Ocean Primero : October, 2009 

Cape Canary : November, 2009 

November 10, saw the vessel MV Cape Canary, enter Anglo-Eastern’s 

managed fleet, from the Kawasaki Shipyard Sakaide, Japan. The 

182,557 dwt, capesize bulk carrier is flying a Panama flag and was 

classed by NK. 

Ocean Primus : October, 2009 

The MV Ocean Primus entered Anglo-Eastern’s technical management at 

Ambes, France on October 21. The vessel is a 4,400 cbm / 4,444 dwt LPG 

carrier built in England (at the Richard Dunstan (Hessle) Ltd, Humberside 

shipyard) in 1992, classed by Lloyd’s Register and UK flagged. 

Anglo-Eastern took over the technical 

management of the MV Ocean Primero 

on October 14, at Sines, Portugal. The 

3,200 cbm / 3,542 dwt LPG tanker was 

built in 1992, in the Netherlands by Y.V.C. 

YSSELWERF B.V. shipyard. The vessel was 

classed by Lloyds Register and is UK flagged. 


Onboard reception for 

owners of APL Washington 

The owners of the APL Washington, recently 

arranged an onboard reception for guests, 

while in Hamburg port, on November 21st, 

2009. The APL Washington is one of the 

newer post-panamax 7,000 teu/85,595 dwt 

container vessels 

Some 24 guests were received by 

representatives from Synergy (on behalf of 

the owners): 

1) Mr. Symeon Boeros (Fleet Manager) 

2) Mr. Savvas Georghiades (Finance Director) 

3) Mr. Panayiotis Evangelou (Treasurer) and 

the Master, Capt Ravinder Ghandi. 

After a brief introduction, the 

guests were presented with a 

small booklet containing the 

ship’s details & photos. Mr 

Symeon Boeros and the Master 

welcomed guests and explained 

the safety precautions for the 

guided tours. As the gathering 

was fairly large, two groups 

were formed for the tour of the 

vessel’s deck, the engine room 

and the accommodation. 

One group was led by Mr. Symeon Boeros 

& Mr. Panayiotis Evangelou along with the 

Mr. Symeon Boeros (Fleet Manager, Synergy) conducting a tour of the engine room for invited guests 

Where is 

the ship? 

The crew of the MV Saga Adventure, 

enjoying a ‘White Christmas’, in the port of 

Ust Luga, Russia. In the photo you can see 

the crew standing on a snow covered hatch 

cover, with the complete deck of the Saga 

Adventure blanketed in snow. 

Group Photo with Master & Mr. Savaas on focsle 

Chief Officer, while a second group was 

led by the Master, C/E and Mr. Savvas 

Georghiades. The guests were shown 

around the deck, Engine room and the 

accommodation block in turns and both 

groups finally met up in the wheelhouse 

around noon time. 

After being showing the wheelhouse, the 

guests were taken down to the officer’s 

smoke room for drinks followed by a lavish 

Indian buffet lunch, as requested by owners. 

All the guests (who were mainly bankers 

with their families), were highly impressed 

by the vessel and asked various questions 

and obviously enjoyed their stay on board 

and relished the Indian lunch. 

Synergy personnel Mr. Savvas Georghiades 

and Mr. Panayiotis Evangelou (who also 

sailed on board from Southampton to 

Hamburg) along with Mr. Symeon Boeros 

(on behalf of the owners) thanked the 

Master and all crew on board for the 

excellent hospitality shown to them and 

their guests and for helping to make the 

social event such a great success. 


Sports tournament on MV Atlantic Olive 

Last August, over an 18 day voyage, the 

whole crew had an the unforgettable week 

– where an onboard sports tournament was 

organized. 

We loaded on for a voyage from Lake 

Charles, USA to West Africa and the day 

after departure, the Captain announced that 

we would be organizing sports tournaments 

starting one week later. 

The one week period was given for the 

preparations. Tournaments consisted of 

Table Tennis, Darts, Playstation-2 Car 

Racing and Soccer. All crew members were 

encouraged to participate in the maximum 

number of events. 

And the crew’s response was really 

overwhelming and far beyond anyone’s 

expectations. A sports committee was 

formed consisting of Captain, 3/O and 3/E. 

Pools were formed and dates were fixed of 

whose game with whom and when. 

Then came the much awaited 7th August, 

when tournaments began. 

I had never seen so much of enthusiasm, 

keenness and at the same time, nervousness. 

PS2 gaming, under the opinion of many, 

was for adolescents and not for mature 

audiences, but contrary to public opinion, 

the generation of participants varied from 

20 to 44 and the PS2 tournament turned out 

to be a most stiff and challenging terrain for 

all. It provided us with a brief insight into 

the sheer competitiveness of all and finally 

a winner. Not a single crew member missed 

a single game. 

Darts attracted most number of participants 

and as anticipated was liked by most. We 

started with league matches first. Every 

single match saw the best of the friends enter 

into sheer gaming rivalry. The audiences 

were filled with euphoria and the moral was 

sky high with the spectators shouting their 

hearts-out. After league matches we had 

quarter finals and competition grew…… 

like the saying goes “when the going gets 

tough, tough get the going”. One week of 

practice made a lot of difference. Those 

who knew nothing about the game believed 

in themselves and gave their fullest in the 

tournament. Every afternoon was filled with 

cheering, joy, laughter, excitement and what 

not. Then came the semi-finals. Amidst all 

the cheering when there is a silence at a 

critical juncture, one could easily hear the 

heartbeats of the semi-finalists. 

On 15th August, the Independence Day, 

after saluting the National Flag and 

expressing our gratitude towards our nation, 

everyone prepared for the thrilling Finals. 

All the finals were mind blowing, neck 

to neck, and one couldn’t tell beforehand 

who would win. Though winner could be 

only one, according to me each and every 

one of them is the winner. The hard work, 

keenness, enthusiasm shown by all was just 

wonderful. 

The whole tournament left long lasting 

memories which will be cherished by all 

of us for a very long time. At the end of 

the day, Master announced that this was 

At a recent Shipowners lunch, 18 Hong 

Kong shipowners and managers were 

recognized for their efforts in assisting in 

rescue operations involving the US Coast 

Guard – known as the AMVER awards – the 

18 owners and managers were recognized 

for their continued participation in the 

automated mutual assistance vessel rescue 

system, set up by the US Coast Guard. 

Martin Murphy, chief of the economic 

and political section at the US Consulate 

(representing the US Coast Guard) presented 

Anglo-Eastern with the major award for 

their vessel – MV Endurance – of a small 

Globe to mark the milestone of having been 

on the AMVER register for 25 years. Plus a 

pennant for each of the 18 ships that Anglo- 

Eastern has had in the scheme for the past 

5 and 10 years, and those entered recently. 

Making the presentations at a Hong Kong 

Shipowners’ Association lunch, Martin 

Murphy said there had been a 23% increase 

in the number of Hong Kong-managed ships 

joining AMVER. 

just the beginning and there’s much more 

to come. 

It came like an adrenaline shot to everyone 

and all of us are now looking forward to the 

same anxiety, closeness and brotherhood 

which were seen during the fortnight gone 

by. In the end, I would like to say that this 

tournament has left us, the crew of Atlantic 

Olive, as “ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY”. 

Maninderjit Singh Basi 

Third Officer 

Some of the Winners and Runner’s Up (from L to R): 3/E Varun Guga Chandersekaran, Cadet Shivam Tyagi, 

Capt. Mohit M Mathur, 3/O Maninderjit Singh Basi and AB Ramakant Zalte. 

Anglo-Eastern comes away with 

major US Coast Guard award 

Mr Martin Murphy, of the US Consulate, presenting 

the award – for having a vessel on the AMVER register 

for 25 years – to Mr V K Gupta, Joint Managing 

Director, Anglo-Eastern Ship Management. 

Overall, 41 ships from 17 countries made 

rescues or helped rescue people last year 

and some 139 ships from 28 countries were 

contacted to assist in rescue operations. 

Overall, 197 survivors were rescued in 

2008. 


Ukraine office hold 1st in-house seminar 

On December 7th, our Ukraine manning 

and training office held it’s first ever two 

day seminar. 

Mr. Igor PISHENIN (Deputy of Director of 

Ukrainian State Inspectorate of Licensing) 

was our VIP speaker and he gave us a 

presentation of the latest changes in STCW 

convention and specific points relevant 

to National (Ukrainian) licensing and 

certification. 

This was followed by a review and followup 

Internal / External Audits and PSC 

reports for the past six months – by Capt. 

Andriy BOYKO - Navigation, Document 

The classroom in full swing during Odessa seminar 

Control and Record Keeping, Training. 

Mr. Volodymyr KATUNA – Maintenance 

and Tests, Operational Safety, Environment 

Protection then provided us with a summary 

of the latest European Sulphur Directive 

(which comes into force on 1st January, 

2010). This left us with the conclusions 

that we need to conduct a 20 minute test of 

the OWS during handover of CH/ENG – to 

insure that the bilge tank isn’t contaminated 

with chemicals or sludge; and to arrange 

complete cleaning of Engine Room during 

every dry dock. 

On the second day, Mr. Vadym MOSTOVY 

– FFE and LSA maintenance and tests, 

reviewed and followed up Internal / 

External Audits and PSC reports for the last 

6 months. 

Capt. Andriy BOYKO then looked at the 

Company Safety Management System and 

reviewed latest requirements / review 

of major accidents and incidents. This 

concluded that: 

- company onboard IT Policy to be 

implemented and strictly followed 

- to keep Situation Awareness on highest 

safety level under control of Senior Officers 

- Appraisal Reports system to be strictly 

followed 

After lunch, our external speakers, 

Professor L. POZOLOTIN, and Professor 

V. TORSKIY, both from Odessa National 

Maritime Academy gave us some updates 

and guidelines on: 

* SOLAS – last updates in respects to 

Navigation, LSA, FFE – practical conduct. 

* Long Range Identification and Tracking 

– latest requirements and standards for 

equipment. 

* ILO convention – latest updates and 

requirements. 

Some 34 people attended the Seminar and it 

was deemed a success by all present. 

MV SWIFT loads “PACIFICAT VOYAGER” in 

Vancouver 

Last August, saw the first of three 

“Pacificats” being loaded onto Dockwise’s 

semi-submersible heavy load vessel: 

SWIFT, for transport to Abu Dhabi, from 

Deep Cove, North Vancouver BC. 

Originally, the first vessel, was built as the 

Pacificat Voyager, for B.C. Ferries, but never 

sailed. The whole project of the three fast 

ferries was a failure, amount to over 450 

million Canadian dollars. The problems 

of high fuel consumption, the waterjets 

frequently being damaged by floating logs, 

the wash of the ships caused damage to 

shore and property which meant having to 

reduce speed to a third inland and being 

able to carry trucks was too much for the 

company and the whole project was sold to 

an Abu Dhabi company. 

The United Arab Emirates company is 

known for building yachts and remodeling 

vessels and hopes to be able to fix the 

Capt. Andriy BOYKO 

QHSE Training Superintendent 

problems, for later use in the Middle East. 

The “Pacificat Voyager” ready to cross the high seas after being loaded onto the semi-submersible heavy lift 

vessel: SWIFT 


“Fancy dress” onboard 

“Morning Haruka” 

On the eve of Indian Independence Day 

celebrations, the MV Morning Haruka’s 

crew organized a fancy dress party. 

It was a delight to see the offi cers and crew 

coming out to party, in fl ying colours and 

brilliant ideas, abundant with creativity & 

enthusiasm!. They mesmerized everyone 

with their stupendous performances, while 

displaying their disguises. 

announced ‘winners’ by the Honorable Judges - 

1st - ‘The Mummy’ - Cdt. Atul Satre. 

2nd - ‘Old man’ - E/Off Vipin Kaushik. 

3rd - ‘Rajnikant’ - 4/E Sunilkumar Varma 

Dandu. 

The winners were rewarded with monetary 

prizes and Certifi cates, and all of us - with 

memories to treasure!! 

Capt. Vishal Varshney 

After rigorous tests, the following were Master, MT Morning Haruka 

(from left to right) 2/Off Anant Batra as ‘Dr. Batra’; A/Mstr Ashwani Kumar as ‘Modern Gabbar’; Capt. Vishal 

Varshney as ‘Jilleilahi Akbar’; C/E Anant Thankappan as ‘Nuclear Scientist’; C/O Shrikant Mamgain (sitting) as 

‘Lagaan waala Bhuwan’; 4/E Sunilkumar Varma Dandu as ‘Rajnikant’; E/Off Vipin Kaushik as ‘Old man’; 

APOR Rajesh Chauhan as ‘Indian Cricket Fan’; STSM Apurba Maity as ‘Indira Gandhi’; 3/E Mithra Charimanda 

as ‘Sadhu’; O/S Khan as ‘Father Anthony Gonzalvez’; Oiler Thakorbhai Tandel as ‘Fisherman’; TRPM Vasupilli 

as ‘Mad Man’; A/B Vinay as ‘Adimanav’; Cdt. Atul Satre as ‘The Mummy’ 

Indoor Karting for Antwerp offi ce staff 

As seen in the Group photo below, last 

November 27, colleagues at the Antwerp 

AESM offi ce recently tried their hand at 

“karting” – as a team building event and to 

get to know each other a bit better outside 

of normal offi ce expectations. 

We had a nice evening and after the ‘warming’ 

round, qualifi cations and then the fi nals. 

Fastest on the track was Dimitri Liedts of 

the technical department, and no, we did 

not let him win because of his last name. 

Second place was taken by Bart 

Meulemeester from Accounts department 

and on third place we had Marc Stordiau, 

again from technical department. First 

girl at the fi nish was Lai Lai Lau from QA 

department in a 5th position. 

For those of you who may not know what 

Karting is, there is a second photo. 

Indoor karting, is where you have 

to compete against each other in 

small race cars on an indoor track. 

We all got a boiler suit, gloves and 

a helmet for safety reasons. It starts 

with a warming up round (6 minutes 

Anglo-Eastern 

win Super 10s 

Tournament 

Christmas was extra joyous this year as a 

proud and happy Anglo-Eastern cricket team 

won this year’s Hong Kong Shippers Super 

10s Tournament. 

Captained by Suvendu Mohanty, Anglo- 

Eastern topped the table in the Round Robin 

league in a strong fi eld which included a 

number of shipping companies such as New 

Asia, CCE and MSC. 

Then on Christmas Day, the team went on to 

win the fi nal – beating MSC in the fi nal of the 

Hong Kong Shippers Super 10s 2009 Cricket 

Tournament. 

The winning team - taking the Honours for this 

year’s Hong Kong Shippers Super 10s Tournament 

The group photo of the Antwerp offi ce 

staff and the indoor ‘Kart’ racing track 

to get used to to know the track 

and get to used), then there is 

a qualifi cation to see who has 

the fastest lap. And then fi nally 

you have the race. 

After the race we all enjoyed 

a nice buffet. 


Anglo-Eastern rating builds chemical tanker 

faster than the yard 

A rating on board the chemical tanker – 

Fairchem Charger – has built a replica of the 

Fairchem Charger recently delivered from 

the Usuki Shipyard in Japan. 

Motorman, Sameer Nuruddin Solkar, 

Motorman, Sameer Nuruddin Solkar looks at his own creation with pride. 

Faced with a long anchorage at TIANJIN, 

CHINA, the Master of the Rubin Grace 

decided to organize carom and table tennis 

tournament, to keep up the spirits of the 

crew. 

The event brought hidden talents in to 

light. Including a new champion, who 

only started learning the game after the 

tournament began. The crew members 

were very enthusiastic in exposing their 

talents. The matches were very tough and at 

resembled INDIA vs PAKISTAN encounters. 

It started with the opening match played by 

the Master. There were league and knockout 

matches. The central court was crowded 

and matches progressed like TENNIS finals 

between Federer and Nadal. 

Super numery on board also showed 

interest in playing both games. We can 

expect her to be a tough competitor for the 

next tournament, if held. 

Surprisingly, the new learner managed 

working on his own, using normal tools and 

materials and using his cabin as a shipyard, 

built the replica of the chemical tanker - 

faster than the yard, albeit a bit smaller. 

Motorman, Sameer N. Solkar, born in 1977, 

to reach the finale of the table tennis 

tournament, but unlike the movies, ended 

up as a runner-up. 

The finals of the carom tournament last for 

90 minutes and the winner’s margin was 

just one point. 

A scale model of the Fairchem Charger 

is an old hand at Anglo-Eastern. He was 

on board the Fairchem Charger from the 

time of delivery (in February 2009) and it 

took him just three months (5 hrs/week) to 

make the wooden vessel. During the long 

voyage and in rough seas, he just utilised 

his off-time in a very constructive manner. 

Most of the material used, was from garbage 

and ship waste. This was his first attempt of 

this kind and he was thrilled and happy that 

his efforts were appreciated. 

We say - what a talent! 

Capt. Devakinandan Edupuganti 

Master, Fairchem Charger 

Excitement at Tianjin Anchorage for Rubin Grace 

The big event came to an end with a grand 

presentation ceremony, followed by the 

“rock-on” barbeque party. 

Participants of the carom and table tennis tournaments on board the “RUBIN GRACE” 

Suresh Dhananjayan 

Third Officer 


Super Servant 4 loads nuclear reactor – 

a 1st for Dockwise and Anglo-Eastern 

In July of last year, Super Servant 4 became 

involved in the transporting of its first 

nuclear reactor. 

The vessel arrived in the port of Marina di 

Carrara, Italy, on July 09, 2009. 

The complete pre-loading and loading 

process took some 4 days, commencing the 

day prior to the ship’s arrival: with ramps 

being built, reactor resting stools installed 

and final position of the lowloaders (trailers) 

marked. Regular safety meetings with all 

parties were held and we were ready to go. 

Loading of the reactor and de-ballasting the 

vessel to keep the level with the ramp, using 

step by step method, was strictly followed. 

Capt. Oleg Starkov 

M.V. Super Servant 4 

Anglo-Eastern India, made a splash at 

the 1st Corporate football competition 

organized in Mumbai, by reaching the 

semifinals, defeating strong corporate 

teams in the round-robin league. 

The team lead by Francis Akkara and with 

the strong support of other team mates, 

managed this achievement without any 

prior practice. The Anglo-Eastern team 

performed as a well oiled machine in the 

field - with good team spirit, coordination 

and excellent foot work. 

The nuclear reactor getting ready to be loaded onto the Super Servant 4 

1st corporate football 

competition kicks off in India 

All team mates had represented their 

schools, colleges and clubs during their 

hay days and their childhood passion for 

the game was exhibited in the field, where 

they scored 5 goals against well coached 

corporate teams. Anglo-Eastern continues 

to show their mettle in the corporate field 

as well as in the football field. 

We wish the team all the best for future 

games as they can make an even bigger 

mark with better training and coaching. 

The Team Members: Francis Akkara, (Captain); Capt. Deepak Correa,(Vice Captain); N.Gopal Krishnan (Cocoordinator); 

Capt. Tescline Almeida; Capt. A. Dasgupta; Samson D’Souza; Snehal Parmar and Mr. Ejaz Khan. 

Table Tennis – 

sport of the high seas 

The MT Torm Nakskov is the latest of Anglo- 

Eastern’s fleet to hold a TT Tournament on 

the high seas. With 14 participants out of 

the crew of 20, it was highly popular and a 

trophy and certificate was presented to both 

the winner and runner-up. 

The Master, Capt. M K Singh (left) seen presenting 

the winning certificate to 3rd Off Mir Yusuf Mehdi 

Relaxing in chilly 

Hudson Bay 

The Master of the ‘Saga Discovery’, Capt. Inderdeep 

Duggal, took this photo of a polar bear on the recent 

call by the ‘Saga Discovery’ at Churchill, Hudson 

Bay, in October 2009; being careful not to disturb the 

sleeping giant of a bear.

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