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HAMBURGER LLOYD SHORE TO SHIP
editorial
year, despite hearing increasingly negative
reports from the financial and political sector.
Dear colleagues,
What is important for us, our shipping
company and our staff in these times? Resignation, despondency and pessimism
will get us nowhere. We aim to counter
this with confidence and actively shape
our future. The general accusation from
politicians is that we have lived above our
means, accompanied by pessimistic calls
to stop buying.
Publication of our on-board magazine “The
Bridge” is intended to bridge the gap between you, our staff on board our ships,
and the RHL team on land. “The Bridge” is
also intended to give our close business
partners and corporate friends the opportunity to get involved in development our
young shipping company.
Feelings were mixed in the first few months
of the new year. Hamburger Lloyd was able
to report good news in terms of development and the result in the 2008 financial
Listening to these calls will threaten to
further weaken the export economy in Europe by declining domestic consumption.
Of course the economy has been plagued
by difficult, undesirable developments over
the last few years. However, rash analyses,
rushed measures and general condemnation of the banks, shipping companies
and their staff will not help us recover from
the consequences. We have practised
moderation and aim to continue doing so.
However, we would like to point out that in
all modesty and determination, this is our
chance in these challenging times.
Yours,
Dr Christian Olearius
Launching of RHL Felicitas
17 April was a big day for our first newbuilding RHL Felicitas. After one year of construction, it was the time to launch her
and let her feel the water for the first time.
At a total length of 294 meters, the Pana-
max Lady was looking perfect on this beautiful morning. The whole site team assembled together with the yard’s management
and many workers at the side of the huge
dry dock of the new Jiangnan Shipyard.
Following speeches by the Vice President
W. Geistdörfer, Site Manager (RHL Site Office, China)
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of the yard and Mr Brandhoff, the Technical
Director of RHL, she was set to sea accompanied by the good wishes from Site Manager
Mr Geistdörfer and the obligatory Chinese
fireworks.
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crew lists
C S AV V ENEZUELA | RHL AUDACIA
RHL AGILITAS
NE WBUILDING SUPER V I S I O N T E AM –
JIANGNAN SHIPYA R D C H I N A
Site Manager
Machinery Supervisor
Machinery Supervisor
Electric Supervisor
Hull Supervisor
Hull Supervisor
Hull Supervisor
Hull/Paint Supervisor
Paint Supervisor
Coordinator
Mr Geistdörfer Willem
Mr Qiu Jing Tao
Mr Xie You Zhong
Mr Ye Gui De
Mr Ye Yong
Mr Tian Long Fei
Mr Cheng Yin Xiang
Mr Zhou Ze Wen
Mr Jiang Lei
Mr Chen Hao
Rank
Master
Chief Officer
Second Officer
Third Officer
Trainee Nautical Officer
Chief Engineer
Second Engineer
Third Engineer
Fifth Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Fitter
Cook
Bosun
Able Seaman 1
Able Seaman 2
Able Seaman 3
Ordinary Seaman
Trainee Ordinary Seaman
Oiler
Oiler
Wiper
Steward
First name(s)
Dietmar
Suryadeb
Ioan
Cristian
Kurian
Gerd
Anatoliy
Stefan
Sayanta
Dehiwalage L. R.
Andre Dominic R.
Erusappan
Bipinchandra J
Nikunjbhai
Mahendrakumar
Sandip
Nihar
Mohammed Althaf
Devendrakumar
Jayantibhai
Majahar Iqbal
Suresan
Surname
Huttenlocher
Sarkar
Dandu
Bragaru
Kurian
Helmers
Akhmedov
Chiriac
Guha
Perera
Buschhardt
Selvam
Tandel
Tandel
Tandel
Mukherjee
Patra
Majal
Tandel
Tandel
Mulla
Kolavayal
HEINRICH HEINE | RHL ASTRUM
Rank
Master
Chief Officer
Second Officer
Third Officer
Trainee Nautical Officer
Chief Engineer
Second Engineer
Third Engineer
Fifth Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Fitter
Cook
Bosun
Able Seaman 1
Able Seaman 2
Able Seaman 3
Able Seaman 4
Deck Trainee
Motorman 1
Motorman 2
Wiper
Messman
First name(s)
Liaqat Ali
Rony
Saptarshi
Md. Masud
Rahul
Ajit
Renganathan
Rajiv
Jayan
Kamalakar
Lambodar
Guilbert
Hasmukhlala Hadmat
Julians
Sujit Vasant
Narshinhbhai Vitthalbhai
Sijith Pushpangadan
Ashis Kumar
Jitendrakumar Sakar
Sanjaykumar Ramanlal
Faisal
Mohammad Ashfaq
Surname
Chaudhry
Chowdhury
Mitra
Rana
Singh
George
Rajan
Mansotra
Muthuraj
Uppala
Das
Braganza
Fulbaria
Chinnathamby
Mungerkar
Tandel
Chulliparambil
Baranwal
Kamalia
Tandel
Asadi
Syed
Launching of RHL Felicitas continued
Despite last year being a very busy one
for the whole site team, the new Jiangnan
Changxing Shipyard managed to launch
her on time.
This was only possible due to the very good
work of the whole team. RHL would like to
take this opportunity to express its sincere
thanks to every member of the team.
Of course such a moment is cause for celebration and the site team celebrated its
success over a very nice dinner. We also
organised a football match with the shipyard. The representatives of our team were
wearing strips in RHL colours (red, white
and black), the GL was assigned the role
of referee and we witnessed an excellent
90-minute battle against the yard. The
best part of the great match – we won 2:1!
The empty space in the dry dock did
not remain empty for very long, of course.
With the launch taking place on Friday,
we had the chance to celebrate again as
early as Monday – with the laying of the keel
of our second newbuilding, RHL Fidelitas,
a sister of the first one. The first block
section was positioned in the dry dock
accompanied again by impressive fireworks. No chance of any evil spirits – that’s
for sure.
As work continues, the second lady is already preparing herself for her launch and
the number one is getting ready for sea
trial, eagerly waiting to test her almost
46,000 kW for the first time. We shall keep
you updated.
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MAT THIAS CLAUDIUS | RHL AURORA
Rank
Master
Chief Officer
Second Officer
Third Officer
Cadet
Chief Engineer
Second Engineer
Third Engineer
Fifth Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Fitter
Cook
Bosun
Able Seaman 1
Able Seaman 2
Able Seaman 3
Able Seaman 4
Ordinary Seaman
Ordinary Seaman
Motorman
Oiler
Oiler
First name(s)
Deepak Kumar
Ziaul Hasan
Satish Kumar
Sanjay Jayram
Aniket Ashok
Purnendu
Soni Shankar
Madduma Bandarage
Vivek Anand
Ram Chander
Ram Najar
Tarun
Poovali Kooneri
Suil Joe
Pareshkumar Govanbhai
Babd Kottilamgad Veedu
Imran
Blaine Gerard
Vishalkumar Mangaldas
Bareyil
Subir
Pareshkumar Sukkarbhai
Surname
Kothiyal
Mahmud
Pilla
Vaghadia
Pednekar
Ghosh
Moni
Perera
Sharma
Singh
Chauhan
Sarkar
Sivadasan
Albuquerque
Tandel
Ganesh
Rashid
Desouza
Mangela
Ambujakshan
Podder
Tandel
RHL AGILITAS
Rank
Master
Chief Officer
Second Officer
Third Officer
Trainee Nautical Officer
Chief Engineer
Second Engineer
Third Engineer
Fifth Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Fitter
Cook
Bosun
Able Seaman 1
Able Seaman 2
Able Seaman 3
Ordinary Seaman
Trainee Ordinary Seaman
Motorman
Motorman
Engine Trainee
Messman
First name(s)
Udayantha Kumar
Ishtiak
Anand
Bhupendra Shriram
Bhupendra Jagjeet
Muhammad Akbar
Rathindra Nath
Dewage Manjula Susantha
Naeem
Akhilesh
Kamlesh Mani Raghav Mani
Venghat
Christine Valerian
Agnel Dason
Himat Bava
Dilipkumar Pranbhai
Deepak Vilakathara
Reivo
Hamjed Daud
Nileshkumar Babu
Gopal Prasad
Pushparajan
RHL AQUA
Surname
Kariyawasam
Wahid
Rai
Poonia
Saun
Khan
Sen
Warshamana
Uddin
Kumar
Tripathi
Narayanan
James
Gomez
Fulabaria
Tandel
Ravi
Silva
Pedekar
Baria
Dubey
Vaniyan
Rank
Master
Chief Officer
Second Officer
Third Officer
Trainee Nautical Officer
Chief Engineer
Second Engineer
Third Engineer
Fifth Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Fitter
Cook
Bosun
Able Seaman 1
Able Seaman 2
Able Seaman 3
Ordinary Seaman
Trainee Ordinary Seaman
Motorman
Motorman
Wiper
Messman
First name(s)
Ashley Anthony
Amit
Asghar
Teena
Danish Rafiq
Dhanesh Kumar
Saibu K
Nicolau Alex
Vendant Kamalkant
Krishan Kant
Lalbahadur Ramlakhan
Vicente James
Mohamed Firoz
Tandel Navitbhai
Tandel Nareshkumar
Mahmood
Rajesh Antu
Prashant Ramprajwalit
Tharthis
Lalji Gopal
Tandel Dinarkumar
Bhagwan
Surname
Almeida
Maheshwari
Ali
Joey
Modak
Kalyanasundaram
Varippyreddy
D´Souza
Choudhury
Soni
Yadav
Fernandes
Khan
Mohanbhai
Bhagwanji
Abdul Rahiman
Dessai
Mishra
Antrias
Divecha
Devchandbhai
Singh
Swine flu
WHO declares H1N1 the first pandemic in 40 years
In April, when we noted the first signs of
a flu epidemic, we immediately informed
all RHL ships, especially those frequently calling at Mexican ports, and provided
all ships with face masks, gloves and the
antiviral drug “TAMIFLU”. Meanwhile, the
World Health Organization declared an
influenza pandemic on 11 June 2009 and
advised governments to prepare for a
long-term battle against an unstoppable
new flu virus. However, at the same time,
the German press confirmed that a
vaccine could be developed, which will be
available on the market after some tests
in September.
soap and hot water, avoid any direct skin
contact, don’t share for example glasses
or cutlery with others
nausea/vomiting, diarrhoea, body aches,
joint pains, fever, sore throat, headaches,
fatigue, decreased energy, rarely death
Who are prone to infection?
What to do?
People who have a lot of contact with
others (i.e. people who work at an airport, in
a hospital or supermarket, etc.) aged 30–50,
pregnant women or people suffering from
chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes
or obesity are at the highest risk according
to WHO.
If you observe one or more of the above
symptoms, immediately inform the master
and officer in charge. Ideally, a blood test
will be done to investigate if you are infected by H1N1. This will be done as soon as
possible upon arrival at the next port of call.
In the meantime, you will be treated with
TAMIFLU, which will immediately help you.
In normal circumstances, you will be fine
again after just a few days.
Although we all should not ignore the
influenza virus H1N1 (swine flu), it is also
strongly recommended that we avoid any
panic and simply bear in mind the following very important rules:
The swine flu symptoms reported when
infected are similar to the symptoms of
the influenza virus most are familiar with.
The good news is that most people who
become infected will be fine and will not
have any long-term complications. Those
who have a compromised immune system,
or are older or pregnant may be at a higher
risk of complications or serious respiratory
illness. The most common swine flu symptoms include:
Cough, congestion, nasal congestion,
• When in port, especially in regions where
swine flu is prevalent, please avoid any shore
leaves and always wear face masks
• Look after yourself and maintain a strict
hygiene, wash your hands regularly with
What are the symptoms?
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Where and how many people are infected?
According to the WHO chart, the H1N1 virus
has been detected worldwide. A total of
about 60,000 cases are known (equivalent to
0.0008% of the world population), of which
146 people have died. For easy comparison,
40.3 million people worldwide (equivalent
to 0.59% of the world population) were
infected by HIV and 3.1 million died from
AIDS in 2008.
Stevedore Damages
We have noticed in the past that difficulties relating to stevedore damages have
often occurred and are therefore taking
this opportunity to write an article about
this very important and costly matter.
In general, the party who caused the damage will be responsible for the damage. Much
like if somebody crashes into your car, this
person should be responsible for the repair
or replacement of your car. In shipping, it
is basically the same, and for such circumstances, a stevedore damage clause has
been included into a charter party.
Such a stevedore damage clause contains
the following wording:
• Boxtime Charter Party: “… the charterers
shall pay for the stevedore damage whether or not payment has been made by
stevedores to charterers … .”
• NYPE 46: “… Charterers shall pay for
stevedore damages … .”
Kindly note that, due to the fact that owners do not have any contractual relation
to stevedores within a Charter Party, the
stevedores will be considered as charterers’
servants. If the crew are driving the cranes,
they are working on the charterers’ behalf
and with the additional wording “crew to
be considered as charterers’ servants”, the
crew has to be considered as charterers’
servants while they are doing cargo operations in the port. You may wonder why we
are sticking to these formalities but if you
take the above wording into consideration
you will come to the conclusion that again
the charterers are responsible for stevedore damages.
What is the procedure when a stevedore
damage has occurred?
The master should issue a detailed report
outlining the event, the extent and cause
of the damage immediately, but no later
than the vessel’s departure. Furthermore,
as much evidence as possible should be
collected proving the stevedore’s or crane
driver’s negligence and digital photographs
should be taken as evidence. After having
issued the reports and collected the evidence,
such as the damage report together with
the digital photographs, the documentation should immediately be mailed to the
owner’s technical department for a prompt
investigation of the incident. Thereafter, the
master should endeavour to obtain written
acknowledgement from the responsible
party. Even if the stevedores or agents, prior
to the vessel’s departure, refuses to sign
such an acknowledgement, it is important
to send the relevant reports to the charterers and to the charterers’ agents always prior
to the vessel’s departure. The stevedore
damage clause has been slightly modified
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in the past, i.e. the charterers can only be
held responsible if the master has sent the
relevant damage report to the charterers
and to the charterers’ agents, prior to the
vessel’s departure. If the vessel fails with
this reporting procedure, the damage will
be assumed by the owners. Consequently,
a stevedore damage report must be issued and sent to the owners, charterers and
charterers’ agents prior to departure, even
if a person has not been found who has
acknowledged/signed the same.
In the event of serious damage, or if the
vessel’s seaworthiness is affected, also try
to arrange a survey via the local P&I or Hull
& Machinery representative, otherwise
proceed as above.
To summarise what to do:
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take/secure evidence
inform technical department
issue damage report
try to get acknowledgement
if required, arrange for a survey with P&I
or Hull & Machinery
• inform charterer’s agents and send report
• inform charterers and send report
Prior to a new employment of a vessel we
will always send a letter of instruction,
which includes all relevant Clauses, including a stevedore damage Clause and the
relevant measures to be taken.
cookbook
Hamburger Lloyd is a global company
with a wide variety of land and sea staff
from various backgrounds. We are as
diverse as the food we eat and the beverages we drink.
Here in the offices of Hamburger Lloyd we
have a few passionate cooks and we think
that even on board our vessels, not only
the cooks can cook. That’s why we plan to
develop a HAMBURGER LLOYD cookbook
and are cordially inviting every member
of staff on board and ashore, and all those
who read our newsletter “The Bridge” to
take part.
Deadline is 1 September 2009
Recipes and pictures to be sent to:
Please be as accurate as possible when
listing measurements and ingredients. All
measurements should be to serve approx.
4 people. Enclosing a photo of yourself and
the finished dish is sure to make our Hamburger Lloyd cookbook a “delicious” joint
achievement by all members and friends
of the global HAMBURGER LLOYD team!
RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd
GmbH & CO KG
Dornbusch 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
[email protected]
Send us the recipe of your favourite dish
– the first thee entries will be rewarded
with fantastic prizes!
Spaghetti Scampi di Sorrento
Recipe of Hauke Pane
Ingredients:
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15–20 medium-sized scampi
500–700 g spaghetti
4–5 tomatoes
Salt/pepper
5–7 young and fresh garlic gloves
2–3 pinchs of sambal oelek
Half a bunch of Italian parsley
3–4 spring onions
Olive oil
1 Cook the spaghetti al dente (approx.
8 minutes, making sure it‘s not too soft)
and put to one side
2 Remove the shell and head of the scampi
then wash thoroughly, put them on a piece
of kitchen towel to dry
3 Blanch the tomatoes and peel off the
skin, chop the Italian parsley, cut the
tomatoes in small pieces
5 Stir the parsley, tomatoes and one to two
teaspoons of the garlic (2) in a bowl and
put to one side
6 Mix the remaining garlic (4) with some
oil and 2–3 pinchs of sambal oelek in a
bigger bowl, add the scampi and marinate
for some time
7 Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a deep pan
(making sure it doesn‘t get too hot). Use a
teaspoon to remove the marinade from the
scampi (6) and store in a small bowl. Roast
the scampi gently (just for a minute on both
sides) and put to one side
8 Reduce the heat and make sure the deep
pan is not too oily
9 Fry the spaghetti briefly and stir in the
scampi (7), parsley/tomato mixture (5) and
the remaining marinade (6/7)
10 Add salt and pepper
4 Shell and squash the garlic with some oil
and salt in small bowl, it takes a while and
the garlic should be very slushy
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Buon appetito!
staff
Stefan Schindler
Superintendent (35)
engine outfitting items. Soon he also became
deputy side manager. After another year at
sea, working as a second engineer, he was
offered the job as site manager for 12 newbuildings in Romania. Mr Schindler was
responsible for a team of 12 engineers,
officers and masters to supervise the shipbuilding process.
In June 2008, he joined Reederei Hamburger Lloyd, to become a superintendent
for, at this time, three vessels. Now
Mr Schindler is responsible for technical
and nautical support as well as purchasing
and the supervision of the five “A-class”
vessels Auroa (Matthias Claudius), Astrum
(Heinrich Heine), Audacia (CSAV Venezuela), Agilitas and Aqua.
Stefan Schindler was born in Southern Germany and lived far away from the coast.
Only once every two to three years during
family holidays on a North Sea Island he
was able to see and feel the sea. It was in
these early days that he developed a fascination for ships.
After finishing school, he joined the navy
for his mandatory military service. He spent
one year working on a minesweeper in the
Baltic Sea in the engine department.
Mr Schindler is married; his wife was working as an officer at sea and in a newbuilding department of a big liner company
in Hamburg, but is currently at home looking
after their two sons aged 4 1/2 and 18
months. He used to enjoy playing football,
ice hockey and tennis, participating in all
kinds of sports whenever possible. However, all of these activities have been
neglected badly in the past view years. At
the moment he is most happy acting as a
climbing frame for his two sons.
The editorial team of “The Bridge” newsletter deeply regrets that, due to time constraints, the 3rd edition cannot be published
until the end of the second quarter. Edition no. 4 is scheduled on time for September and edition no. 5 for December 2009.
You are invited to write your own stories!
Articles to be sent to:
RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd
GmbH & CO KG
Dornbusch 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
[email protected]
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Editor:
RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd
GmbH & CO KG
Dornbusch 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
What he likes:
He returned to his home town and started studying mechanical engineering, but
soon returned to the sea and started his apprenticeship as a ships mechanic, learning
the skills of an able seaman and motorman.
After finishing his training, he sailed as a
bosun and motorman.
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Being with his family
Playing and watching football
Playing tennis
Riding bikes
Sitting in the shadow of trees and
reading books
He completed his studies at the University
of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and left
with a masters and chief engineers degree.
After sailing for some time, he was offered a job as a multipurpose newbuilding
superintendent in Korea, responsible for
steel block inspections as well as deck and
What he doesn’t like:
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Tel.: +49 (0)40 8788 968-0
Fax: +49 (0)40 8788 968-29
E-mail: [email protected]
www.hamburger-lloyd.com
Editorial Team: Nery Barth, Michael
Brandhoff, Wolfgang Görz, Hauke Pane,
Stefan Schindler
• Immigration procedures whenever you
want to join or leave a ship
• Long discussions without results
• Messy stores on ships
• Vague failure descriptions
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