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the bridge - RHL | Reederei Hamburger Lloyd
THE BRIDGE N E W S L E T T E R No. 0 3 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) T H E B R I D G E I No. 03 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. continued on page 2 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. T H E B R I D G E I No. 03 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? T H E B R I D G E I No. 03 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 T H E B R I D G E I No. 03 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: • • • • • 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: • • • • • • • • • 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 T H E B R I D G E I No. 03 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] imprint 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. • • • • • 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: B R I D G E 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 T H E editor‘s note I No. 03 Layout: Stil.3, Designbüro Pictures: RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd, M.M.Warburg & CO KGaA, fotolia