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Scandinavian Shipping Gazette
February 25, 2005
 Editorial:IMO
running scared of the EU. It is all too easy to regard
the “cordial” contact between the International Maritime
Organisation (IMO) and the EU Commission as a natural process. But,
when the IMO Secretary General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos shakes hands
with the EU Transport Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, he would be
wise to count his fingers.
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| Preparing
for the unthinkable. Norway finds itself slightly out on
a limb in its efforts to deal with the continuous increase in oil
shipments from the Russian Murmansk area. Admittedly Norway is going
through the motions and has appointed “places of refuge”,
in adherence to IMO regulations, and has also researched safety at
sea and its own oil spill contingency under the title “On the
safe side”. |
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Sweden's marine industry: Successful
without domestic shipyards. When one of the world’s leading
shipbuilding nations decided to close down its shipyards the forecasts
for the suppliers were rather gloomy. Despite that they did not give
up and today Sweden’s marine industry is working worldwide with
great success. |
Special feature: IT & Communications
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The wheelhouse of a modern vessel is crammed with
all kinds of instruments and devices for safe operation of the ship.
Despite all that, good seamanship and full control of the “old”
navigation methods is a must for safe shipping – even on a
fully integrated bridge.
PHOTO: PÄR-HENRIK SJÖSTRÖM
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Anything they can do, we can do too. If
acronyms were money, the satellite navigation industry, which is
completely awash with them, would be as rich as Croesus.
A
danger for seafarers!
A lot of times people overlook the cardinal rule of safe navigation
which goes back hundreds and hundreds of years.
Estonia got storm warning from newspaper. The
storm on 8–9 January will remain in the nightmares of many
inhabitants in coastal areas of Estonia for decades.
Finding the optimal route. Accurate
weather forecasts are essential to optimize the routing of any ocean-going
vessel from port to port.
World map of the main storm areas. This is an important tool in
vessel routing combined with regional weather forecasts.
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IT – not everyone’s doing it right.
Many ship managers long ago bought the IT story if not actually
the equipment itself. Now the pace of adoption is by general consent
picking up, though still, for some analysts, not fast enough.
The first tug simulator to train Svitzer-crew.
How does one go about teaching hundreds of navigators to
sail a tug, ensuring optimal safety towage during arrival or departure
from a port?
New tool for pilots. Ever since the Rocknes accident south
of Bergen in January last year, when 18 people lost their lives,
the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has worked incessantly
to rectify obvious flaws in inter-departmental communication and
not least in routines to provide pilots with fully up-to-date navigational
charts and other vital information.
Simulating
a tough reality. Norwegian
offshore supply services provide jobs for thousands of seafarers
at a time when the fleet under Norwegian flag is reduced year by
year. To work the supply vessels operating in the North Sea, the
Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea and in many other part of the
world is a tough and challenging job.
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| Also in this issue: News review, Market reports,
Safety and Security, Technical News, Fleet News, Market Reports, Finance
& Insurance, Sinaval Exhibition – constantly growing, High-quality
wartime production. |
Next english issue, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, is due March 24, 2005.
Latest update 18-10-2006 8:49
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