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North Atlantic Freight Rates To Rise By 10 Percent Starting September 1st this year, U.S. exporters will be charged an average of 10 percent more for con- tainerized shipments to Europe as North Atlantic ocean carriers raise the official freight rate for the sec- ond time this year. With prevailing freight rates ranging between $1,500 to over $4,000 for a 40-foot container, the North Atlantic conference an- nounced that shippers of contain- erized cargoes will have to pay $200 more per 40-foot container, or $100 more on a 20-foot box, unless they are able to negotiate a discounted rate. On other cargoes, exporters will pay $5 to $10 more per ton, an increase of 5 to 15 percent. These increases are in addition to an identical rate increase that occurred on May 1st this year. When combined with several similar moves from last year, many North Atlantic shipping rate charges are 30 per- cent higher than two years ago. While steamship companies de- fend the increases by saying they are necessary to restore their profit- ability, shippers argue that the in- creases are going too far and could dampen trade and restrain the economy. New Marpol Rules On Marine Pollutants Spilled From Containers/Tanks A new annex recently added to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of Ships (Marpol) is designed to prevent ma- rine pollution by dangerous sub- stances carried in shipboard con- tainers and portable tanks. The International Maritime Or- ganization (IMO) announced that the Marpol annex has been accepted by 48 countries whose merchant fleets equate to half of the world's commercial tonnage. The new marine pollution regu- lations will require parties to the convention to establish detailed re- quirements on packing, marking, documentation, stowage and quan- tity limitations for dangerous car- goes carried in packaged form, such as freight containers, portable tanks or road and rail tank cars. Wijsmuller Transport Delivers BP Riser Jacket To North Sea The Dutch heavy-lift specialist Wijsmuller Transport B.V. is trans- porting British Petroleum's newly built 7,300-ton riser jacket to the North Sea, reported to be the largest jacket ever transported by a self- propelled heavy-lift vessel. In May the jacket was loaded at the Hyundai Heavy Industries ship- yard in Ulsan, South Korea, by the semi-submersible, heavy-lift vessel Mighty Servant 2. The distance of the voyage from Korea to the North Sea is 12,000 nautical miles. The jacket was loaded by means of the skid-on method. Skid beams of 5.5 feet high and a total length of 410.1 feet were laid out on the deck of the Mighty Servant 2. For the heavy-lift vessel the skid beams, skid shoes, load-out support and seafastenings meant an extra load of 1,600 tons. BP's riser jacket loaded aboard the Mighty Servant 2. During the 7-hour, nighttime, skid-on operation the Mighty Ser- vant 2 was continuously ballasted in order to keep her leveled with the quay. After its arrival this summer in the North Sea, Heeremac's crane vessel DB 102 will perform the lift- off operation and installation of the jacket. 1992 Maritime Directory & Marine Industry Census Order Now! $145.00 The All New Edition contains over 10,000 companies-Names, Titles of key personnel vessel operators, shipbuilders, boatbuilders worldwide with telephone and fax num- bers and details of facilities. This edition will be the most valuable reference source you will refer to. MARITIME DIRECTORY c/o Maritime Reporter 118 East 25th Street New York, NY 10010 Telephone (212) 477-6700 Fax (212) 254 6271 • DIRECT DRIVE • HIGH STARTING LINE PULLS • ROPE CAN COME OFF AT ANY ANGLE • SEVEN SIZES AVAILABLE CAN BE ELECTRICALLY-HYDRAULICALLY OR AIR POWERED JEAMAR WINCHES INC. 1051 Clinton St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14206 TEL (716) 854-3211 FAX (416) 889-3795 Circle 235 on Reader Service Card The Seaward Marine Fender Protecting Vessels and Port Facilities Worldwide For Over 15 Years Seaward International is the world's largest manufacturer of foam filled marine fenders and flotation products. Our reputation for delivering the highest quality, best performing products to serve the military and commercial marine industry is unequaled. Seaward Products and Services include: • Dock Fenders • Ship Fenders • Lightering Fenders • "Donut" Pile Fenders • Foam Filled Marine Buoys • Flotation Products • Urethane Marine Coatings • Specialty Elastomeric Materials As an elastomer technology corporation solving the problems of fendering, flotation, energy absorption, abrasion and corrosion, Seaward International has the experience and resources needed to solve your problems. >> Visit us at OTC Booth #1513 Jfar^Q For information contact Seaward International, P.O. Box 98, Clearbrook, INTERNATIONAL.INC. Virginia 22624. Telephone: (703) 667-5191, Fax: (703) 667-7987. 68 Circle 258 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
