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Maritime News 15 Apr 14
Maritime News 15 Apr 14
SAFETY
The ship owner said the ill of lading was released y the local port agents following an email purportedly from the ship owner! 5The cargo owner now has no realistic chance of ta1ing deli#ery of the shipment,5 the statement said! A chec1 y IM@ re#ealed that there was no trading record of the charterer and that a long chain of ro1ers and intermediaries were in#ol#ed in the transaction! In the meantime, the charterer managed to con#ince the ship owner that the freight money was forthcoming and to egin the #oyage! They did this y sending a document that apparently confirmed the freight had een remitted y the charterer! 8owe#er, no money arri#ed after a few days and the owner contacted the ,ypriot an1 that supposedly issued the documents to chec1 its wherea outs! The owner was told no such remittance had een made and the an1 later confirmed the document was a fa1e!
the authorities not to allow the entry of the ship, which was carrying 2,000 tons of fin whale meat from Iceland! 5>hale meat * Dust li1e rhino horn * is illegal in (outh Africa,5 said 9reenpeace Africa E6ecuti#e )irector Michael "2@rien "nye1a in e6plaining their action! 5The #essel has left (outh African waters without the possi ility to refuel,5 he added!
5>e hope this film will encourage e#eryone in the industry, from the engine room to the oardroom, to ta1e a loo1 at how they and their colleagues eha#e and thin1,5 said F$8 maritime training producer ,hris Goung! "ur aim is to encourage etter understanding and teamwor1, regardless of your position in the maritime world! @eing shortlisted for this prestigious award is a testament to those who wor1ed so hard to turn this difficult o Decti#e into such a successful reality,5 he added!
SHIPPING DATA
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Market snapshot: (April 11) Dry Index BDI 1002 Capesize Index BCI 17 ! #ana$ax Index B#I 7 2 &'pra$ax Index B&I !27 (andysize Index B(&I %%" -27 -7" -% -! -"
E0C,A1+E RA/E2
)e* +ork (Mon Cls) ,-n C'rren.y in /&D Britain (#o'nd) 10"727 Canada (Dollar) 00!121 China (+'an) 001"0 2'ro 103 23 India (4'pee) 0001"" Indonesia (4'piah) 000000 7 5apan (+en) 0000! 32 )or*ay (6rone) 001"7" #hilippines (#eso) 00022% #oland (7loty) 003307 4'ssia (4'8le) 00027 &in-apore (Dollar) 007! 1 /kraine ((ry9nia) 0007"! /&D in ,-n C'rren.y 00%!7 100!"1 "021!0 007231 "002000 111 %000 10107100 %0!"72 1101"00 300200 3%0! 30 102%2! 13000%0