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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has not renewed anti-piracy resolution off Somalia for the fight against piracy and armed robbery.
In December, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to allow international naval forces to continue using all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, only for the next three months.
In late February, the Federal Government of Somalia sent a letter to the United Nations expressing its opposition to further extent the resolution that allows foreign navies to enter Somali territorial waters to repress piracy. According to Somalia, the resolution has achieved its objectives and Somalia is building up its own maritime security capabilities.
Now that the resolution has expired, international navies can still fight pirates in the region, but not in Somalian territorial waters.
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Main Engine Damage is an expensive category of damage that is all too frequent. Statistically a vessel will suffer between one and two incidences of main engine damage during its life time. Considering the costly consequences for ship owners, it is important to identify the main causes of this damage and
examine how these can be prevented.
- Main engine claims account for 28% of all machinery claims and 34% of the costs, with an average claim cost close to US$ 650,000.
- The claims frequency has for the last ten years been steady at between 0.020 and 0.025 claims per vessel and year.
- Passenger vessels/ferries have the highest frequency with 0.066 claims per vessel and year.
- Vessels propelled by medium/high speed engines have a claims frequency 2.5 times higher compared with slow speed engines.
- Lubrication oil related failure is the most common cause of damage.
- The most expensive type of damage is on crank shaft/bearings with an average cost of Million US$ 1.2 per claim.
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Please be advised with the following update:
- unloading of Russian military equipment at Berdyansk Sea Port
Russian forces use Berdyansk Sea Port for their logistic purposes, in particular delivery of military
equipment for attacking Ukrainian territory. Recently Russian ship called Berdyansk port with armored
vehicles onboard, unloading was held by means of port cranes.
- mined waterways
According to information published by the Head of the Institute of Chornomorsk Strategic Researches,
Russian forces mined recommended waterways from Bosphorus to Odessa and thereafter made false
notification that anchor mines were laid by the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the entrances to the Ukrainian
ports, were torn off due to storm conditions and are currently drifting.
- export of corn
Due to blockade of the ports, Ukraine developed logistic options for export of agricultural products by
railway and land transport. It enables export of up to 600000 mt per month. Several thousands of corns have already been exported.
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Hong Kong Merchant Shipping published lessons learned from an incident where crewmembers entered a coal cargo hold without wearing self-contained breathing equipment.
The incident
A Hong Kong registered bulk carrier anchored at Navlakhi outer anchorage, India to prepare for discharging coal cargo. The bosun entered the cargo hold, fully loaded with coal cargo with the hatch cover opened, intending to climb to the top of the cargo pile to unlink a grab from a ship crane.
Unfortunately, after walking a few steps on the cargo pile, the bosun collapsed and slipped down to its edge where the oxygen level was insufficient to sustain life. In order to rescue the bosun, the carpenter and steward entered the cargo hold without wearing self-contained breathing apparatus, nevertheless they also fainted and rolled down to the edge of the cargo pile.