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Chemical leak from Susan Maersk under control

No pollution has harmed the waters A minor toxic chemical leak from a Danish container ship at Yangshan Deep-water Port has been controlled while no pollution has harmed the waters, following three days of emergency response and cleanup work, Shanghai authorities said Wednesday.The furfuryl alcohol leak from Susan Maersk was reported shortly before 9 pm on Sunday, Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration said."The leak occurred at a rate of 1 to 2 drops per minute," Huang Yongchang, a press officer for the maritime safety department of Yangshan Deep-water Port, told the Global Times Wednesday. "But, it only affected the docks; the waters were not polluted at all."Cleanup work resumed on the docks after the container ship was removed Tuesday, after which final checks and monitoring of the situation showed that safety risks had been removed, he added. Furfuryl alcohol has a medium-level toxicity classification in China.The cause of the leak is still under investigation.Source: People's Daily Online

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Fatal accident on board Anna Maersk during man over board-drill

One dead and one injured The "Maersk Anna" was hit by a fatal accident on Mar 28, 2012, in the Japanese port of Kobe, in connection with a man-overboard drill. The suspension of a lifeboat failed, and it crashed into the water from a great height. A Filipino crewmember was killed, while a Danish officer was badly injured.The relatives have been informed and also the relevant authorities. AP Moller - Maersk has sent a psychologist and a representative of the company to Kobe to help the crew and the authorities. An investigation was ongoing.The company was working closely with the authorities to clarify the cause of the accident. Until the cause has been established, all the company's container ships received orders not to carry out man-overboard drills.Source: Vesseltracker

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Maersk CEO Sick Leave Extended By 6 To 8 Weeks

Chief Executive Nils S. Andersen will undergo corrective surgery Danish shipping and oil conglomerateA.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSK-B.KO) said Monday that Chief Executive Nils S. Andersen's sick leave has been extended by six to eight weeks to undergo corrective surgery in connection with the prosthetic cardiac valve he got late December last year.It was previously planned that Andersen would resume his duties today Monday, the company said, adding that the surgery is scheduled for Wednesday 28 March.Until now, and going forward, the executive board will run theA.P. Moller-Maersk Group. During Andersen's absence, the individual members of the executive board will refer to the Chairman of the Board, Michael Pram Rasmussen."We have a real strength in having a top executive management team, which works closely together and has in-depth knowledge of each other's business areas, and at the same time has the needed authorization to take swift decisions. The management team will also be able to handle the extension of Nils S. Andersen's sick leave without any loss of momentum," Michael Pram Rasmussen said in a statement.At 1017 GMT, shares were down 1.6% at DKK43,160.00.Source: Jens Hansegard,Dow JonesNewswires

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Maersk sees bleak freight outlook, capacity reduction

Maersk CEO urges industry to stop buying bigger ships Global maritime firms are starting to take container ships out of operation as rising fuel prices and falling freight rates erode profits, the head of industry leader Maersk Line said on Thursday.Around 5 percent of the global container capacity, or 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), are in lay up, an industry term for taking vessels out of action, said Soren Skou at Maersk's Singapore offices on his first overseas trip as CEO.That figure could soon increase to more than 1 million TEUs, a level not seen since 2009 when trade was severely hit by the financial crisis, he added.Firms only usually take a vessel out of service when it is no longer profitable to operate on a daily basis. It is a last-resort measure but many shipping companies are struggling for a fourth year, hit by overcapacity, weak demand for cargo, high bunker fuel prices and depressed freight rates."We do not have any lay up ships at this point. But we are certainly not ruling out laying up ships over the summer if the market is growing less than what we expected," Skou told reporters.Last year, overall freight rates were 8 ...

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First tanker leaves new Iraq export terminal

Terminal is first of four to hugely boost export capacity The first tanker left a new floating oil terminal off the coast of southern Iraq on Tuesday, sources said, inaugurating a new route Baghdad expects will raise its exports to record levels.The Maersk Hirado began filling from the new single point mooring (SPM) terminal on Thursday.Two sources at Iraq's South Oil Company said the ship had left on Tuesday carrying 2 million barrels for delivery in North America. That suggests the new terminal has increased Iraq's exports by more than 300,000 barrels per day (bpd).The terminal is the first of four which are each ultimately expected to have capacities of 850,000 bpd, more than doubling Iraq's export capacity.The terminals are being built by Australia's Leighton Holdings. The launch of the first one had been held up for weeks by bad weather in the Gulf.Iraq's oil production has been held back for decades by infrastructure crippled by decades of sanctions and war, including a lack of export capacity on its small strip of Gulf coast.Its oil minister said this month it was producing oil at a rate of more than 3 million barrels per day for the first time since 1979. ...

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New Lerwick Harbour deep-water facility opens

To support a major subsea project in the North Sea Fugro Symphony berthed at the new quay to start work A new deep-water facility at Shetland's Lerwick Harbour has been brought into operation to support a major subsea project in the North Sea.The work, completed ahead of schedule, will make the facility available for use by Technip, which has been awarded a contract by Maersk Oil North Sea UK.The support vessel Fugro Symphony has berthed to collect 270-tonne reels for installation as part of the project.Lerwick Port Authority said the new quay would attract more trafficSource: BBC News

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Maersk ship will dock as scheduled

Maersk Bratan container ship will dock at Auckland today The Maersk Bratan container ship will dock at Auckland today, as scheduled.The shipping line withdrew its Southern Star service last year, in favour of the Port of Tauranga.Its Bratan container ship is due in this morning and a spokesman says it'll be status quo today, despite the ongoing industrial action.Ports CEO Tony Gibson claims the unions have released a statement saying Maersk is keen to withdraw all of its services."We've not had any confirmation otherwise from Maersk, in fact the opposite. They've told us that they're watching the situation very closely, they'll continue to support the port yes."Mr Gibson says Maersk is a valuable customer and it's very important the lost service is returned to Auckland quickly.Source: Newstalk ZB

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Maersk Drilling Heads Offshore Namibia

Contract of $34 million for the use of Maersk Deliverer semi-submersible drilling rig Danish industrial conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) said Wednesday its oil exploration services unit Maersk Drilling has secured a contract worth $34 million for the use of its Maersk Deliverer semi-submersible drilling rig.Maersk Deliverer is to carry out work offshore Namibia for Enigma Oil & Gas Ltd., a subsidiary of Chariot Oil and Gas Ltd. (CHAR.LN). The contract has a duration of 60 days and is expected to commence at the end of March.Maersk Deliverer is one of three ultra deepwater development semi-submersibles in Maersk Drilling's fleet. Since it was delivered in 2010, it has been constantly deployed offshore West Africa.Source: Dow Jones Newswires, Flemming Emil Hansen

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