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- First View : CIELO DI JARI
- Ngqura port’s new liquid bulk facility makes progress
- TNPA testing helicopter marine pilot transfer service at Port of Cape Town
- Controversy rages over DoT’s high cube container decision
- Taking transformation of Island View precinct another stage further
- NSRI rescues ill seafarer off immobilised chokka boat
- Former RMS St Helena sold again and returning to the UK
- CMA CGM confirms its intention of turning CEVA into a leading logistics provider
- Hundreds of UK troops deploy on Exercise Trident Juncture
- ClassNK releases ‘ClassNK MRV Portal (IMO DCS)’
- Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
- Cruise News and Naval Activities
- Pics of the Day : ADFINES SKY
- The masthead today (Tuesday) is of the Port of Ngqura Container Terminal
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The 39,202-dwt bulk carrier CIELO DO JARI (IMO 9735452) makes her departure from Durban earlier in the month bound for Richards Bay, where she is currently at anchor. Flagged in Liberia, the 180-metre long, 30m wide ship was built in 2016 at the Zhoushan Shipyard in north-eastern China and is owned by D’Amico Dry DAC of Dublin, Ireland and managed by D’Amico Dry Ltd of the same address. This picture is by Trevor Jones
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NGQURA PORT’S NEW LIQUID BULK FACILITY MAKES PROGRESS

Phase 1 involving the infrastructure necessary to service the new liquid bulk terminal at the port of Ngqura near Port Elizabeth has been completed. This includes the construction of a new access road from the N2 to the location where Oil Tanking Grindrod Calulo Holdings (OTGC), the private terminal operator, will build the new Tank Farm.
This was disclosed at a meeting that Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) held recently with stakeholders to discuss progress on establishing the Port of Ngqura as an additional petroleum trading hub for Southern Africa.
TNPA has also completed the detailed design of the new Port Entrance Plaza and the new main access road, including the pipe line servitude that will form the link between the new Tank Farm and the port.
Phase 2 is to commence in November and will include the landside development – forming the link between the Tank Farm and the berth.
The port authority will provide infrastructure for the new OTGC Tank Farm by equipping Berth B100 to function as a liquid bulk berth. It will also construct a new access road from the Tank Farm to the berth. In addition TNPA will provide all the associated services and construct a new port entrance on the eastern side of the Couga River.
According to the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) agreement OTGC will plan, fund, construct, maintain and operate the new liquid bulk handling facility in the port. The concept engineering design and the relevant surveys have been completed and construction is due to start during November 2018. The design caters for 200,000 cbm of bulk storage and final total capacity of 790,000 cbm. The planned commissioning is at the end of 2020.
Phase 1 will cater for dedicated jetty pipelines, bulk storage for up to 200,000 cbm, road loading with a Vapour Recovery Unit (VRU), state-of-the-art firefighting facilities and site drainage facilities. Provision has been made for the receipt, storage and distribution of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
The infrastructure will be designed to provide the following services – to accommodate vessel sizes of up to 100,000 deadweight tonnage, road loading facilities, inter-tank transfer/recirculation facilities, stock accounting in real time, office facilities for customers and an independent laboratory.
The Partnership
This Joint Venture between Oiltanking, the Grindrod Group and Calulo has the following strengths – international terminal operating expertise, local knowledge and sound experience and business expertise, and is a majority South African owned Level 1 BBBEE company. It is committed to the technical, operational, Health, Safety, Security, Environment (HSSE) and management standards of oiltanking activities in SA.
The deep-water Port of Ngqura is a strategic location for the facility as it can accommodate vessels up to 100,000 deadweight tonnage. The facility has the potential to establish itself as a global transhipment and trading hub for West and East Africa and as such it will reduce reliance on the Port of Durban for transhipments to coastal ports.
PE Tank Farm

This OTGC development in the Port of Ngqura will enable the decommissioning and remediation of the existing liquid bulk facilities in the Port of PE.
As part of the cut over strategy and subsequent to the commissioning of the Ngqura facility, the PE Tank Farm operators will wind down operations over a period of four months. During this period it is envisaged that no further related shipments will be received in the Port of PE. TNPA is working closely with the PE Tank Farm operators to compile a decommissioning and remediation plan, which once approved by Department of Environmental Affairs, will be executed after the four month ‘winding down period.’
Cost of the Project
The estimated investment by OTGC for Phase 1 of the Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility will be R800 million. TNPA, being the port authority responsible for investment in basic port infrastructure, will invest R1.2 billion in common user infrastructure for future terminal operators and port users at the Port of Ngqura’s Multi-Purpose Terminal (Finger Jetty) i.e. the B and C series berths in the port.
Berth B100 is the common user berth where liquid bulk vessels will call and where OTGC will install loading arms to load and discharge cargo for the liquid bulk facility.
Other basic infrastructure include access roads, bulk water and electricity services and an entrance plaza to allow for liquid bulk, hazardous and abnormal cargo to enter the port through a separate entrance which ensures a safe cargo working environment.
Timelines of the Project
TNPA and OTGC signed the agreement in December 2016. With projects of this nature, once the agreement was signed, OTGC could then proceed to engage with stakeholders such as regulatory authorities, potential customers and funders for the development of the facility. These matters have now been addressed and TNPA and OTGC also aligned on the optimal design for Phase 1 of the facility to be constructed at Ngqura.
This took slightly longer than anticipated, but the development period of 24 months will commence on 1 November 2018 and TNPA says that it looks forward to having an operational terminal at the Port of Ngqura by 1 November 2020.

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TNPA TESTING HELICOPTER MARINE PILOT TRANSFER SERVICE AT PORT OF CAPE TOWN

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has commenced exploring the pros and cons of introducing a helicopter service at the Port of Cape Town to assist with operations during major swells and to increase the availability of service during stormy conditions.
Weather related disruptions and high swell conditions have plagued the Port of Cape Town recently, which has at times impacted on port operations and the use of pilot boats to…[restrict] transfer marine pilots onto and off vessels.
Physical testing of the marine helicopter operation took place between 28 September and 5 October at the port using a helicopter that services the Port of Durban.
Port of Cape Town Harbour Master, Captain Alex Miya, who recently transferred from the Port of Durban, said: “Richards Bay and Durban are the only ports in TNPA’s complementary port system which uses helicopters to transfer marine pilots. Our recent successful test exercise indicated that this is a viable service to offer at the Port of Cape Town.”

At a recent customer forum in Cape Town, TNPA Chief Operating Officer Nozipho Mdawe said a fully-fledged feasibility study is being undertaken and TNPA will be engaging with customers to determine the best approach.
“The process includes engaging with major customers to establish their level of interest and to test whether the service cost would be acceptable. We are also debating whether the service should be shared between the Western Cape ports or dedicated to one port,” she said.
Mdawe said two options are being explored. The first involves stationing one of the existing TNPA helicopters in Cape Town to service the Western Cape ports, while the second entails partnering with a private helicopter company to render the service as and when swell conditions dictate or when there are insufficient pilot boats to meet the number of vessel calls.
TNPA has an existing fleet of three AgustaWestland (AW 109) helicopters to service the Ports of Durban and Richards Bay but through its Fleet Replacement Programme has procured two new helicopters valued at around R250 million from Italian global high-tech company Leonardo S.p.A. The two new aircraft are expected to be delivered by June 2019.
The Port of Cape Town is also seeking to replace two of its workboats by 2019/20 and a request has been made to bring forward the replacement of two tugs and two launches to 2019/20 instead of 2020/21 in order to meet industry needs.[/restrict]
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CONTROVERSY RAGES OVER DoT’s HIGH CUBE CONTAINER DECISION
The government has placed a moratorium on any punitive measures arising from the continued use of high cube containers on South African roads which will be in effect for one year from 1 January 2019 until 1 January 2020. During this 12-month period law enforcement agencies will gather data to enable a smooth transition for when the period expires.
That was one of the outcomes arising from a short-notice meeting held last Thursday in Cape Town by the Department of Transport and headed by the minister, Dr Blade Nzimande.
He met with representatives of the freight logistics sector but minus any…[restrict] representatives of one of the more important stakeholders, the Road Freight Association.
Speaking the day before, the acting CEO of the Association, Gavin Kelly, said the RFA reserved its rights on the matter but would not be attending the meeting on the following day because of the short notice given – less than one day. He said the association received the invitation to the meeting on the evening of Wednesday.
“It is impossible for the association to send proper representation to this “meeting” at such short notice – commitments have been made and diaries are full at this time of the year. In addition – there is no guarantee that this meeting will not be a repeat of the previous meeting recently held in Cape Town.
Kelly said the RFA stands by its correspondence sent to the Minister of Transport in June 2018 – “to which we have not had the courtesy of a reply. We hold the Minister to the contents thereof.”
Earlier, the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that a potential ban in South Africa on the use of high cube containers on standard trailers could cause “chaos” and damage fruit export industries.
There were fears that the high cost involved with converting to low-bed trailers – around R300,000 – was such that many businesses associated with the fruit and other industries would not be able to afford and would go out of business.
The meeting went off the following morning in which Nzimande was joined by officials from the Department of Transport, Port Regulator, Transnet Port Terminal, SANRAL and representatives of the Western Cape government. Also present were some other representatives of the freight logistics sector.
The meeting discussed the implementation of regulation 224 (b) of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 under the National Road Traffic Act, of 1996.
This provides that any vehicle, other than double-deck busses, may not exceed an overall height limit, including load projections of 4.3 metres.
The High Cube container (which is now the most common 40ft container is use worldwide, has an overall height of 2.9m compared with the 2.6m for a standard container. It means that a vehicle transporting a standard container with an overall height of 4.3m would not be permitted to transport a high cube container.
In acknowledging that the deadline for the enforcement of the regulations is fast approaching and in order to ensure that a smooth transition is guaranteed, the meeting agreed that, despite the seven year lapse since the agreement by government and the industry to deal with the compliance to the Act, the following shall immediately apply:
1. The immediate establishment of an inclusive Technical Task Team constituted of the Department of Transport officials and the industry to facilitate and ensure that the unintended consequences of the lapse are minimised before the expiry of the present moratorium;
2. The meeting agreed to place a moratorium on the application of punitive measures and that Law Enforcement Agencies collect data for the purposes of the smooth transition when the period expires. This moratorium will be in effect from 1 January 2019 to 1 January 2020.
3. The Technical Task Team is expected to report progress on its work including the research to be led by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in June 2018.
Nzimande said that industry must use the moratorium period to ensure that it adheres to “all the laws of the country which are aimed at levelling the playing ground for all economic variables without degrading public infrastructure such as road and associated services.
“In doing so, the industry must also be active participants in the implementation of the National Road Safety Strategy; the Comprehensive Maritime Transport Policy, in particular Coastal shipping and observe all Labour Relations laws including sectoral determinations,” he emphasised.[/restrict]
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TAKING TRANSFORMATION OF ISLAND VIEW PRECINCT ANOTHER STAGE FURTHER

Transnet National Ports Authority held a further stakeholder meeting regarding progress with implementing its Island View Precinct Strategy. This was a follow up to a similar meeting held in April this year.
This strategy aims at introducing greater participation of historically disadvantaged persons in the terminal operations at Durban’s Island View, the country’s largest and most strategically important collection of liquid bulk terminals and facilities.
According to Transnet this is to “enhance the country’s supply of…[restrict] strategic liquid bulk commodities, while encouraging new entrants into the market.”
The engagement session followed various one-on-one tenant meetings and industry forums where TNPA has engaged with affected tenants and stakeholders since April 2018.

The purpose of the policy is one of transformation, which intends that future operators of the facilities and terminals will be 51% black-owned.
A similar policy aims at ‘transforming’ other terminals and facilities throughout the port system at all ports.
As far as Island View is concerned, a precinct on which the whole of South Africa and much of the surrounding countries are dependent, all affected leases will be advertised through an open tender process. Existing operators will be able to participate in the Section 56* process but would need to fulfil the stringent transformation requirements of Transnet SOC Ltd.
Participants in the RFQ/RFP process will be required to meet certain transformation criteria such as Level 4 BBBEE and preference will be given to participants with 51% Black ownership in the Terminal Operator company. There will be a separation of Cargo Owners and Terminal Operators, with cargo ownership limited to 49% of the Terminal Operator company.
To encourage new port entrants, members of a bidding Joint Venture (JV) who currently hold a Terminal Operator Agreement with TNPA may not hold in excess of 49% of the bidding JV.
Future lease tenure will be aligned with the condition assessment of existing sites and with Terminal Operator investment plans, but will be capped at 25 years.
As required by the Act – including TNPA’s Regulatory Mandate for Property as set out in Section 11 together with TNPA’s Lease Management Policy – TNPA must follow a public process for service providers to provide port services and facilities.
TNPA says that is proposes that expired leases would be extended for 24 months to allow for a smooth transition with the implementation of the IVP strategy.
“We have engaged with all affected tenants and a draft lease extension agreement was circulated for comments,” said TNPA’s Acting Executive Manager for Real Estate, Gary Young.
“This was revised to take into consideration tenants’ feedback. A shortened extension agreement was drafted and circulated to all tenants to give effect to the 24 months extension and market rentals. The lease extension commencement date remains 1 May 2018.”
Asset ownership as set out in lease agreements is to be addressed during the 24-month lease extension period. Extensions will in general be on the same terms and conditions, but rentals will be market related, taking into account the asset valuation outcome. Immovable assets at existing sites will transfer to TNPA at the end of the 24-month extension period.

“To date we have made some progress in implementing the strategy. Industry has been requested to provide feedback on the proposed Operating Model and our lease extension approach, and comments have been taken into consideration in our revised planning,” said Chief Executive of TNPA, Shulami Qalinge.
“We expect to issue an RFQ by February 2019, followed within a few months by an RFP, with April 2020 earmarked as the period when the transition of new Terminal Operators into the Island View Precinct will commence.”
Qalinge said TNPA was aiming to address the slow transformation in the Island View Precinct where lessees have historically enjoyed tenancy in excess of 50 years. She thanked Industry stakeholders and Island View Precinct tenants for their cooperation and input during the process to date.
The majority of the precinct’s footprint is occupied by cargo owners who act as terminal operators. They are responsible for landing, shipping and/or storage of South Africa’s petroleum, diesel, chemicals, oils, lubricants and aviation fuel.
In terms of the operating model of the new policy, TNPA is in the process of appointing a liquid bulk expert to advise on this and industry has also been requested to provide feedback on the proposed model.
TNPA has also appointed an independent service provider that has been on site since August 2018 to conduct condition assessments on 17 lease sites that are reaching or have reached expiry dates. This will help to determine the present condition of assets, the remaining economic life of assets and the potential presence of environmental contamination. The service provider will also consider available environmental reports from existing terminal operators.

The service provider’s Final Assessment reports are expected by December 2018 and will serve as a key input into the RFP process to allow bidders to submit bids, taking into consideration the asset condition on each site.
* Section 56 of the National Ports Act mandates TNPA as landlord and ports master planner, to contract with private terminal operators to design, build, rehabilitate, develop, finance, maintain and operate port terminals or facilities. The timeline is as follows:
TNPA expects to have appointed a Liquid Bulk Expert and Legal Transaction Advisor by the end of Oct 2018. Condition Assessments are expected to be completed by December 2018. An RFQ is expected to be issued by February 2019 and qualifying bidders to be determined by April 2019. Thereafter an RFP will be issued by July 2019 with a briefing session anticipated by August 2019. The RFP is expected to close by January 2019 and adjudication of bids and selection of preferred bidders will be completed by March 2020. April 2020 will then see the transition of new Terminal Operators into the Island View Precinct.
TNPA says it is open to comments and suggestions, which may be sent to ivs@Transnet.co.za
Note: The stakeholder session was closed to the media.

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NSRI RESCUES ILL SEAFARERS OFF IMMOBILISED CHOKKA BOAT

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) was again busy at the weekend starting on Friday, 12 October, with the evacuation of a sick seafarer on board a chokka fishing boat (squid) lying immobilised at sea east of St Francis.
Paul Hurley, NSRI St Francis Bay duty coxswain, reports that late on Friday afternoon (16h26 to be precise), 12th October, the NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew was called on to launch the sea rescue craft…[restrict] Spirit of St Francis II. This followed a request for medical assistance made by the chokka fishing boat SANTA MARIA who had a 34 year old local crewman onboard suffering Haemoptysis and abdominal pains.
The fishing boat, 24 nautical miles East of Port St Francis, was not able to steam towards port as her crew was in the process of repairing the motors.
“We rendezvoused with the fishing boat and the patient was transferred onto our sea rescue craft,” reports Hurley.
“After ensuring that the crew of Santa Maria were safe and that repairs to their motors were well under way we headed back towards port and the patient, who was in a serious condition, was placed on oxygen and medical treatment provided and he was stabilised by our NSRI medics onboard our sea rescue craft en route back to port.”
On arrival in Port the patient, now in a stable condition, was transferred into a Private Care ambulance and was transported to hospital for further medical care.[/restrict]
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FORMER RMS ST HELENA SOLD AGAIN AND RETURNING TO THE UK

The former mail ship and supply vessel RMS ST HELENA, which was sold when an air service replaced the need for a passenger ship to operate between Cape Town and the mid Atlantic ocean island of St Helena, has been sold again and is…[restrict] returning the UK ownership.
The ship was renamed MNG TAHITI with the intention of her becoming a guard or ammunition ship for armed guards employed on protecting other ships sailing in pirate-threatened seas.
That venture has not proven successful by all accounts and only months later the ship has been sold, this time to a Jersey Island concern registered as St Helena LLP and addressed at 28 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
The ship manager is Wilson Yacht Management of Hessel, UK while the commercial manager is also the St Helena LLP company shown above.
The ISM manager is Wilson yacht Management.
En route back to the UK the passenger/cargo ship has gone into dry dock at Gibdock, the Gibraltar dry dock, presumably for survey and maintenance.[/restrict]
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CMA CGM says that it has the “strategic ambition to accelerate CEVA’s turnaround and create value for all stakeholders, as discussed within the Board of CEVA during the last few weeks.”
CMA CGM plans to unlock CEVA’s potential by the following initiatives:
* Using its operational expertise and turnaround track record to…[restrict] reinforce CEVA’s management and organisation and help it deliver a quicker and deeper turnaround.
* Generating new commercial opportunities. As a leading shipping company, CMA CGM intends to generate new commercial opportunities for CEVA, particularly through its long-standing relationships with customers looking for more integrated end-to-end offers.
* By leveraging business complementarities between CMA CGM freight management activities and CEVA. CMA CGM will contribute its freight management activities thereby reinforcing the CEVA platform and delivering scale benefits.
* By supporting CEVA’s reorganisation and development strategy and supporting accelerated investments to secure CEVA’s IT transformation, driving renewed commercial success and operational efficiencies.
As part of this strategic plan, CMA CGM is considering an increase in its shareholding of CEVA with a view to providing the company with the required stability to achieve its transformation.
CMA CGM says it supports CEVA’s Board of Directors decision not to engage in the unsolicited offer it has received.
CMA CGM’s project objective is to turn CEVA into a more profitable entity and better position the company to seize significant value-creation opportunities to benefit CEVA, its employees and shareholders.
CEVA rejects DSB bid
CEVA meanwhile has announced that it has turned down an offer from global transport and logistics company DSV to acquire total control of the company. Ina statement the Board of Directors of CEVA Logistics AG said that it “has received a non-binding proposal to acquire the company at the price of CHF 27.75 per share in cash.
“The Board of Directors of CEVA Logistics carefully reviewed the proposal with the support of its legal and financial advisors and unanimously concluded that the proposal is not in the best interest of the company and its shareholders.
Specifically, the Board of Directors concluded that the proposal significantly undervalues CEVA’s prospects as a standalone company particularly as CEVA Logistics together with CMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM) as a strategic partner has been exploring measures to enhance performance in order to unlock CEVA Logistics’ full potential.
The proposal is therefore inadequate. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has decided to not engage on the basis of this unsolicited proposal.”[/restrict]
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HUNDREDS OF UK TROOPS DEPLOY ON EXERCISE TRIDENT JUNCTURE

On 10 October hundreds of UK troops arrived in The Netherlands as part of an epic 2,500km road move to Norway for Exercise Trident Juncture, NATO’s flagship exercise in 2018.
In Norway, UK Armed Forces personnel will contribute to the…[restrict] large-scale and complex exercise which will test NATO’s most important founding principle of collective defence in an Article 5 scenario – when an attack on one is an attack on all.

With some 150 aircraft, 40,000 participants and 10,000 vehicles, this is the largest collective defence exercise NATO has seen in over a decade.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson commented: “NATO is the bedrock of defence where Britain plays a leading role. Whenever the call comes, the UK is foremost in stepping up to support our friends and allies across the globe.
“This exercise demonstrates the strength of our collective defence. Together we are ready to tackle any threat, from any direction.”
Earlier in the week British Army vehicles and equipment were loaded onto Channel Tunnel trains before arriving in The Netherlands as part of the complex logistical task of transporting a Battlegroup to Norway – a journey that includes road, rail and ferry.

Members of the Royal Logistics Corps are lending their expertise in support of the road move while in Norway soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment*, the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and supporting units will train together with NATO allies.
Introductory videos from Norway’s armed forces are to be found here [1:48]
and here [1:01]
and here [1:12]
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Edited by Paul Ridgway
London
*Affiliated to The South African Irish Regiment.
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CLASSNK RELEASES ‘ClassNK MRV PORTAL (IMO DCS)’
Classification Society ClassNK has released ‘ClassNK MRV Portal (IMO DCS)‘, a software service for the reporting, monitoring and verification of shipping CO2 emissions in line with the IMO DCS regulations that will come into effect in 2019.
The implementation of fuel consumption data reporting regulations has been ongoing in an effort to reduce GHG emissions and the EU-MRV (European Union – Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) regulations for ships operating in the EU area began in 2018. The upcoming IMO DCS regulations require all globally operating ships over 5,000gt to collect fuel consumption data and create an annual fuel consumption data report to submit to their flag administration or recognized organization for verification.
‘ClassNK MRV Portal’ was launched in 2017 to facilitate compliance with EU MRV regulations, and has now been updated to support IMO DCS. The software consists of on-board data sending functions, an on-shore data management system, and also a function for submitting an annual fuel consumption report. Moreover, the software is capable of efficiently connecting with third-party packages or in-house logbook software without any added on-board tasks and allows users to submit necessary data reports to ClassNK through the system.
Speaking on the occasion, Corporate Officer, Director of Survey Operations Division Yoshinori Kozeki said: “We are very excited and proud to offer this major update to our ClassNK MRV Portal software solution. There is no doubt that the added convenience will prove beneficial to users, and the industry will now be able to smoothly respond to the upcoming IMO regulations.”
Instructions on how to register and further details of the software are available through the link below for those who will begin gathering data to comply with IMO DCS. Users of “ClassNK MRV Portal” for EU-MRV can use the software for IMO DCS without any additional registration. PRESS RELEASE
URL: www.classnk.or.jp/hp/en/activities/statutory/seemp/index.html
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QM2 in Cape Town. Picture by Ian Shiffman
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At this time of year clear sunny days are not always to be relied on over Durban for many of the days, making for bright sunny conditions for a photograph of a ship a difficult task at times. Fortunately this won’t be for long and soon it will be sunny skies and, well…. no not a Chevrolet but as good as one can wish. Meanwhile, the ships keep coming and one of the chemical and oil product tankers to call was ADFINES SKY (IMO 9580986), a Maltese-flagged 19,118-dwt tanker owned by Swiss interests and managed by ABC Maritime of Nyon, Switzerland and built in 2011 at the Zhoushan Shipyard in Zhoushan, China. The tanker is 162 metres in length and 23m wide and is shown here entering port ahead of a voyage to Port Louis in Mauritius, where she is due this morning. This picture is by Keith Betts
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