Solbes: "Si el precio del crudo sube quien más lo utilice parece lógico que lo pague"
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THE European Maritime Safety Agency will start the first inspections of the port and ship inspection services of European Union member states in September.
EMSA executive director Willem de Ruiter said that the EU regulation laying down the procedures for carrying out the inspections was due to come into force this month.
Member states would normally be given six weeks prior notice that an inspection was due to be carried out, he said, but would be expected to accept inspections at shorter notice in exceptional circumstances.
"Since the security threat is not expected to disappear overnight, the exercise is expected to continue indefinitely," he said.
He insisted that EU inspectors would not carry out inspections of ships and ports as such but would "inspect the inspectors".
"I don't think we need a large army of inspectors because our role is to inspect the inspectors. It's not so difficult to verify whether a national organisation or agency is doing its job properly.
Speaking at a conference in Nantes, France, on the first year of application of the International Ship and Port Facility Security code(ISPS), Mr. de Ruiter also detailed EMSA's plans for adding to the oil response capacity of EU member states, saying that he could not elude the subject in an area which had been so seriously affected by the Erika and Prestige disasters.
He said that the agency planned to place one large vessel in each of four priority areas it had identified - the western approaches of the English Channel, the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal, the northern Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea.
It would sign stand-by contracts with commercial operators, he said, and was planning to launch a tender procedure shortly with a view to signing contracts before the end of the year. Contracts for a second vessel in each of the four priority zones would be signed next year.
The captain of Corsica Ferries has been handed down a six month suspended jail sentence by a French court for polluting Corsican waters in May 2004.
Francesco Deluca, captain of the Mega Express, will also have to pay euro10,000 of the euro500,000 ($610,000) fine imposed against the ferry operator.
Corsica Ferries declared itself shocked by the court's decision.
"We are victims of a tough interpretation of the law, with no distinction whatsoever between real polluters and respectable owners who care about the environment. Everybody knows this pollution was accidental; why would we have polluted our own trading area, so close to the coast and during daylight? We are going to appeal this decision," said Pierre Mattei, director general of Corsica Ferries.
On May 12, 2004, the Mega Express was seen with a 22km oil slick in its wake when the ship was only a few miles off the Cap Corse (northern Corsica) en route from Bastia to Nice.
Court evidence suggested that the ship lost about 300 liters of oil that day.
Hace veintinueve años ocurrió un naufragio y murió una persona, aunque casi todo el mundo recuerda el suceso por la marea negra que produjo. Otra peculiaridad del accidente fue que concurrieron en él al menos tres errores achacables a esta “empresaâ€, lo que además de suponernos una ruina en términos de prestigio involucró patrimonialmente al Estado en un desaguisado de cinco mil millones de pesetas. Pocas cosas nos hacen más humanos que equivocarnos, y es lÃcito suponer que ante tamaña crisis se produjeran enormes presiones pero, a mi juicio, las “contramedidas†adoptadas constituyeron un último error que, sin entrar en otras consideraciones, lo complicó todo sin beneficiar a nadie. El “pagano†resultó ser el Capitán del buque que..... leer más
Desde la web de Grijalvo, que vuelve con fuerza, una nueva e interesante historia de Batracius, más cercano en el tiempo tenemos la varada y reflotamiento del RosalÃa D’Amato en La Coruña.
Y algo parecido, en otras aguas y con más muertos. (Recorte del LLoydlist)
NORWEGIAN prosecutors have dropped charges of dereliction of duty against state hydrographers in the capsizing of the Rocknes, which killed 18 seafarers off Bergen last year.
The National Mapping Agency was cleared after legal authorities ruled it could not be found responsible for the loss of the bulk freighter and its crew.
The state cartographer and hydrographic office had stood accused of failing to map underwater rocks that tore into the Rocknes in freezing water on January 19.
The prosecutor found no punishable offence and shelved the charges against the agency, which it said had published maps and distributed the updated information featuring the rocks in 2003.
Although the investigation exonerated the agency for the loss of Bergen owner Jebsen’s bulker, which was carrying aggregate stone cargo from Eikefet to Emden, it said the investigation revealed weaknesses in communication.
The National Mapping Agency and the pilot authority the National Coastal Directorate were found to have failed to liaise adequately, news agency reports said.
The 26,000 dwt stone and gravel discharge bulker had a local pilot aboard but charges against him were also drop-ped due to lack of evidence.
- A former chief of Bergen cement carrier specialist Tordenskjold, Tor Johan Stuve, has been jailed for at least a fortnight pending investigations into alleged fraud.
Norwegian police arrested the fallen shipping executive, who had been in Spain, following his return to Norway.
Mr Stuve is the subject of an investigation into his role in the insolvency and closure of the bulk specialist in 2003.
Training commitment
7.42 A unique feature of the UK's tonnage tax scheme is the minimum training obligation requirin teach shipping company entering the scheme to recruit and train one officer trainee each year for every 15 officer posts in its fleet. The cumulative training commitment for 2004-05, comprising elements of the commitment for the previous two years, is for over 1,200 trainees.
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Mercante Charlie llamando a Sierra, de la misma compañÃa.
- Sierra, Sierra me recibes
- Sierra, Sierra me recibes
- Fuerte y claro Charlie vamos a un canal
- Canal 68 Sierra
- Subiendo
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- A ver, Sierra esta ocupado, vamos a otro
- 77 Charlie
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- No te oigo en ese canal. Hay mucho ruido, vamos al 70, Sierra
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- Tampoco, se oye Charlie, prefieres babor con babor o estribor con estribor
- Ya estoy cayendo a estribor Sierra
- Ok, Oye, que tal todo
- Bien, estamos sin salir de lÃnea con Italia y vosotros
- A Baleares ....
- Charlie, Sierra, si ya han maniobrado dejen libre el canal 16
Embarcación deportiva pidiendo ayuda
- Patrullera, Patrullera, me ayudan a arriar las velas.
- Voy con rumbo vertical a ustedes.
A todo esto, la autoridad marÃtima de Singapur ha publicado una circular para evitar abordajes "asistidos" por VHF. Ya que cada vez hay más forofos por aquellos lares del uso del VHF para acordar maniobras

Ship detained over pollution suspicion
An Italian tanker has been detained by French authorities on June 12 over suspicions that it polluted the French Mediterranean coast, the Fairplay Daily News reported.
A French navy surveillance aircraft observed tanker San Matteo with a 6.8km oil slick in its wake as the ship was sailing 268km south of Marseilles last weekend.
The ship was ordered to immediately proceed to Marseilles for police questioning, and arrived at the French port under escort of a French navy frigate.
The ship's owner, Petrolmar of Italy, will have to pay Euro300,000 ($360,000) bail before it is allowed to sail, and the ship's captain will be asked to appear before a local court at a later stage.
The 5,400dwt tanker built in 2004 was on a voyage from Cadiz in Spain to Leghorn in Italy when stopped by the French authorities.

On Tuesday 14 June the European Parliament's Transport Committee holds a public hearing with representatives of the port industry and the European Commission to examine the latter's new draft directive on market access to port services. The previous port services directive was narrowly rejected by Parliament's plenary in November 2003, following strong disagreements over key points of the legislation.
Although the port sector is in principle covered by the EU Treaty's fundamental freedoms (free movement of workers, goods and services and freedom of establishment) and by competition rules, there is still no regulatory framework for port services.
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BACKGROUND
During the first 4 months of 2005, the MAIB has been notified of three significant collisions involving harbour tugs. In the first incident, a tug running stern first ahead of a merchant vessel lost control, turned broadside across the bow of her charge and was holed beneath the waterline. In the second, a tug guiding the stern of a merchant vessel moving stern first lost control, struck the stern, and ended up with her tow line wrapped completely round her bridge superstructure. In the third incident, a tug attempting to pass a line to a merchant vessel underway lost control, ran in under the bow and struck the bulbous bow. Fortunately, in two cases the damage was reasonably minor; in the third, the tug had to be beached. No lives were lost, however the consequences could have been much worse.
The common theme to all three of the above incidents was that the tug master, although in each case quite experienced, was operating a tug with an unfamiliar propulsion system, and was attempting a manoeuvre with that system for the first time. The tug propulsion systems in the three incidents were not the same, however, each required a very different thought process on the part of the tug masters to manoeuvre the vessels effectively and safely when compared to the systems they were accustomed to. The key point is that, although the tug masters had a wealth of professional experience, they had received insufficient training and familiarisation with the systems they were using when the collisions occurred.
SAFETY LESSONS
MAIB strongly urges that:
• All tug operators review their training schemes, to ensure that tug masters receive comprehensive familiarisation training before taking control of a tug which is equipped with a significantly different
propulsion system. Such training should incorporate instruction and
validation on all manoeuvres that the tug master is likely to be tasked in the port.
• All harbour authorities, pilots and tug operators regularly review the capabilities and limitations of their harbour tugs and their crews, to ensure a common understanding of each tug’s strengths and weaknesses. This should be supplemented for each towing task with a local appraisal of the intended operation to ensure the “tug to task†allocation is appropriate before the tow or move begins.
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Modificado el sistema de Reconocimiento de las titulaciones profesionales de la Marina Mercante (se modifica el Real Decreto 2062/1999)
Se consigue mayor eficacia y la unificación de criterios entre todos los Estados Miembros de la Unión Europea
El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado un Real Decreto por el que se regula el nivel mÃnimo de formación en profesiones marÃtimas. El Gobierno cumple asà con las condiciones comunes adoptadas por la Unión Europea en el reconocimiento de titulaciones marÃtimas profesionales expedidas por terceros paÃses en el marco del Convenio Internacional de Formación, Titulación y Guardia para la Gente de Mar.
El nuevo procedimiento cambia el sistema de reconocimiento de esas titulaciones. A partir de ahora, corresponde a la Agencia Europea de Seguridad MarÃtima la labor de asesoramiento y evaluación de los sistemas de formación y titulación de terceros paÃses, como apoyo de los servicios de la Comisión Europea, asà como de los Estados miembros. Se consigue de esta forma mayor eficacia y, a la vez, la unificación de criterios entre todos los Estados miembros.
La norma aprobada modifica un Real Decreto de 30 de diciembre de 1999 en el que se establecÃa un procedimiento para el reconocimiento de titulaciones profesionales emitidas por paÃses de la Unión Europea, asà como por terceros paÃses.
En cualquier caso, lo que no se modifica es lo relativo a la competencia exclusiva del Ministerio de Fomento, a través de la Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, en el reconocimiento de estos tÃtulos profesionales emitidos por otros paÃses, que es un requisito imprescindible para poder trabajar en buques de bandera española.
Por otra parte, el nuevo Real Decreto equipara la situación de los poseedores de titulaciones españolas con los de las titulaciones extranjeras, en cuanto a que en ambos casos se aplicará el silencio negativo de la Administración, una vez transcurridos tres meses desde el inicio del expediente sin que hubiese recaÃdo resolución expresa.
Además, el texto legal incorpora una enmienda del Convenio SOLAS, referente a las comunicaciones entre los buques y las autoridades de tierra.
Adaptadas las Titulaciones de la Marina Mercante y el sector pesquero a la demanda del mercado laboral
El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado un Real Decreto que modifica la normativa existente sobre condiciones generales de idoneidad y titulación de determinadas profesiones de la marina mercante y del sector pesquero.
El objetivo del mismo es dotar a los profesionales del sector de las atribuciones necesarias para dar cobertura a la demanda del mercado laboral del sector pesquero, facilitar el relevo generacional y, a su vez, dar cumplimiento a lo dispuesto en la normativa emanada de los organismos internacionales y, en especial, en el Convenio Internacional sobre Normas de Formación, Titulación y Guardia para el personal de los buques pesqueros de 1995.
Las últimos cambios realizados en esta materia en 2003, motivados por la necesidad de adaptar las titulaciones al incremento de las potencias de los equipos propulsores de los buques, con el fin de alcanzar caladeros cada vez más lejanos en la búsqueda de nuevas posibilidades de pesca, se han mostrado insuficientes y no han producido el efecto necesario en la demanda existente en el mercado laboral del sector pesquero.
Por esta razón, el Real Decreto aprobado hoy adecua las atribuciones de los Mecánicos Mayores Navales a las necesidades actuales en los buques de pesca y, a su vez, se aumentan las atribuciones de los Mecánicos Navales que ejerzan como oficial de máquinas en sus diferentes categorÃas en buques de pesca cuya jefatura corresponda a la titulación inmediatamente superior, como es el Mecánico Naval Mayor.