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Monthly Piracy Report for April 2014

May 26, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On 29 April 2014 two armed pirates attacked the product tanker, SP Brussels approximately 35nm West of Bayelsa Province, unfortunately this attack resulted in the death of the Chief Engineer and injuries to the Third Officer. Two product tankers were hijacked in April 2014 in the Malacca/Singapore Straits. In both the attacks the pirates were heavily armed. Five incidents were reported in April 2014 at Pulau Bitan, Indonesia. Several attacks took place in the Singapore Straits in 2013 and 2014. Finally the EU NAVFOR warship, FGS Brandenburg managed to intercept a dhow in the Gulf of Aden on 26 April 2014.

Arabian Sea: 1
East Africa: 2
Malacca Strait: 7
South America: 1
South China Sea: 5
West Africa: 3
Indian Ocean: 3

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: anti-piracy, armed robbery, east africa, piracy, somalia, south china sea, west africa

Eniram Cleantech Company of the Decade

May 23, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Eniram Limited, the fast-growing Finnish provider of energy management technology and data analytic services to the shipping industry, today announced that it had been named by Cleantech Group (CTG), developer of the i3 market intelligence platform, as one of CTG’s five picks as a European Cleantech Company of the Decade. This one-off award was made in connection with the 10th anniversary Cleantech Forum Europe, held in Stockholm this year. The award was made in Stockholm’s City Hall, the venue of the annual Nobel Prize ceremony.

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Filed Under: OOW FOCUS Tagged With: Cleantech Group, Eniram, HSSQE

Strategic Planning with Aggregate Data

May 5, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

A sensor is a device that measures some kind of input from the physical world. On complicated technical systems such as vessels, there is an enormous amount of different sensors. The number of sensors will surely grow as the size and cost of sensors continuously decrease. A person technically trained is able to gain some information from a single sensor reading, but the information is much more useful when the data from multiple sensors and sources is combined and aggregated at a higher level. At a higher level the whole vessel can be seen as a moving sensor that is collecting data from environmental conditions as well as the performance of the vessel.

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Filed Under: FEATURED AUTHORS Tagged With: Eniram, fuel consumption, real-time data, Technical, voyage planning

Abandoned, but not Alone

May 3, 2014 by Officer of the Watch 1 Comment

Filed Under: VIDEOS Tagged With: abandonment, seafarers

Lifeboat Incident Onboard Bulk Carrier – Investigation Report

April 28, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

This investigation report refers to a lifeboat incident on board the Hong Kong flag bulk carrier Ma Cho that took place at Devonport, Tasmania 9 December 2002.

Smoke on the Water

April 27, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Filed Under: VIDEOS Tagged With: air emissions, CO2, NOx, SOx

Shipping Industry Secrets

April 26, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Filed Under: VIDEOS Tagged With: shipping

A Porthole of an Exit Window for Shipping Investments?

April 22, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

Momentum and, to a certain extent, freight rates and shipping asset prices have improved meaningfully since last year; while this time last year most vessels – including large vessels such as capesize bulkers and supertankers – were earning barely cash break-even freight, there have been a few windows of opportunity here and there since then.

Serious Injury of Scaffolder Onboard Offshore Platform – Investigation Report

April 21, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

During the dismantling of scaffolding on Oseberg B 7 May 2009, a scaffolder was seriously injured as he fell 14 meters from the scaffolding and down on to the cellar deck. He was evacuated by rescue helicopter to Haukeland hospital in Bergen, and later died at the hospital.