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Marine Engineering[edit]
Articles of Interest[edit]
COSCO[edit]
On August 27, 2011, the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) downplayed a bitter entanglment with some international ship owners over unfinanced charter payments on dry bulk vessels. The president of COSCO said that they had over 400 ships with qualifed charters but that the unpaid charter scandal was blown out of propportion becasue the percentage of unpaid charters was ery small in comparison to the number of charters. This year, COSCO has more that doubled its yearly revenew in just 6 months. The Greek shipping comany, DryShips, and Economou have already arrested more than 3 COSCO ships to pressure them into settiling the dispute. Analyists said that COSCO had money reservs availabel to pay the dispute. Wallis, K. (August 27, 2011). COSCO to settle leagal disputes. South China Morning Post. p.04.
China Ocean Shipping Company's head, Wei Jiafu, accused several shipping companies of making hefty orders of shipping vessels into an already overcapacitated industry. COSCO said that the industry should put some kind of standard in place to deal with all the overcapicitation. COSCO itself has some orders in place for 2014. they plan on having 38 new container ships, 18 of which will be dry bulk vessles. Wallis, K. (March 31, 2011). COSCO president warns of carrier overcapacity. South China Morning Post. p. 08.
Marine Salvage Essay[edit]
In my comparison of the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_salvage) and the Oxford Encyclopedia article on Marine Salvage, I came to the conclusion that the article in the Oxford Encyclopedia was much better. It was much more efficient in the sense that it flowed smoothly. It much better written and gave a much better overview of the subject. In the Wikipedia article for Marine Salvage, the article gave a very brief overview of the subject such as what it meant to be a salver and what they do involving the removal or fixing of a sunken or damaged ship. It then gave a list of different kinds of salvaging like, offshore salvage, harbor salvage, cargo and equipment salvage, wreck removal, afloat salvage, and clearance salvage. Each of these sub topics was very brief in their explanation of the use and purpose. This article also had only one cited source, which according to Wikipedia’s rules is reliable. On the other hand, the article in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History was very detailed. It began with an extended history on marine salvage such as different laws that were instated as the years went by. It then went into great detail on the laws and regulations in the US on salvaging and in other parts of the world. It then talked about the environmental issues associated with salvaging, such as dealing with ships that are carrying oil or hazardous materials. The section for all the laws and regulations in the article was very detailed with the sub topics on different kinds of law was very informational. The article also talked about the different kinds of vessels used for marine salvage. For each section (law and vessels) there was an extensive bibliography all of which were reliable sources because it is known that the Oxford Encyclopedia is a reliable source that only uses reliable sources. The readability of the Wikipedia article in comparison to that of the Oxford Encyclopedia is very poor. The article in the encyclopedia is very well written. It goes in chronological order in addition to being detailed. The Wikipedia article just threw facts out in no particular order just to get the information out. It was not well organized and basically just listed a bunch of related things with very little detail. If I were to choose a source for research I would choose the Oxford Encyclopedia over Wikipedia because of the high reliability of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History.
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FESCO (Far East Shipping Company)[edit]
Japanese-Russian Shipping:
On June 3, 1958, the Japanese and soviet shipping organizations reached an agreement on fair shipping between their respective countries. It was made possible by the Japan-Nakhodka Line (J.N.L.) and the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO). The agreement made sure that both sides participated equally, making sure that two ships were assigned to each of the countries each month. Also, if the cargos of the ships were too large, on the Japanese side, then the Russians could add more ships to their fleet on the water. This was only doable if the Japanese ships were to only enter the port of Nakhodka, which was a very small port that was not big enough for many ships at the same time. The ships that ran every month usually carried normal goods such as chemicals, machinery and other such things. If the cargo was passengers, then the Russian ships would carry them on the basis that passengers were not commercial cargo, but the “most-favored nation” (Vladivostok) rule was recognized in favorable ports in each respective country. (Vladivostok).
FESCO growth in recent years:
In 2011, the Far East Shipping Company/Group (FESCO) reported that they had achieved a major growth in the “main spheres of activity” (Kitagawa) in which they operate. FESCO also reported that the spheres in which they saw the biggest growth include: intermodal and rail container transportation, forwarding and transshipment of containers. FESCO reported that, in comparison to 2010, they have achieved an increase of 15 percent by exceeding their previous sea shipping units by 430 thousand units. They also reported that, in the sphere of railway container transportation, they experienced an increase of 30 percent and the total amount of containers that passed through the ports of Vladivostok and Vostochny increased by 27 percent (Kitagawa). Obviously FESCO is pleased with these outcomes as it means that their business strategies are working, as they should.
Types of Vessels and Depots:
The FESCO Group has many business assets that has helped it climb to the standard at which whey are at today. They own 50 vessels with different types of safe and state of art modern accommodations. These include: mail line vessels, diesel and locomotive shunters, icebreakers, freight-liners, and container equipment (Kitagawa). Their depots include water supply depots and on-land terminal complexes. FESCO also owns 19 thousand rail cars. All of this allows them to provide a customer with speedy and trustworthy transportation of goods.
Change in Fuel Emissions:
Many of the largest shipping companies are agreeing to cut the amount of emissions at the Kwai Chung port. They will do this by using less sulphur rich fuel. 13 shipping companies have already agreed to the new proposal, all of which are a part of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association. FESCO, COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), Hanjin Shipping and other companies have agreed to start looking into converting to the different fuel. The cost of changing fuel could cost the companies upwards of 500 thousand dollars.
Ice Breaking and Antarctic Missions:
FESCO does many operations involving breaking ice paths for other shipping companies or research vessels passing through the North or South poles. On December 29, 2005, “the Russian icebreaker finished clearing a 70-mile channel to the American scientific polar station at McMurdo Sound through the ice off the Antarctic coast” (BBC).
Refrences:
Vladivostok. (2012). FESCO group achieves significant growth in 2011. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?
Kitagawa, T. (1972). Legal aspects of Soviet-Japanese trade. NC, Duke University School of Law.
Wallis, K. (2010). Container lines agree to cut ship emissions. South China Morning Post.
BBC. (2005). Russian icebreaker clears path to US Antarctic base. BBC monitoring former soviet union.
Updated FESCO Information[edit]
Japanese-Russian Shipping Relations:
On June 3, 1958, the Japanese and Soviet shipping organizations reached an agreement on fair shipping between their respective countries. It was made possible by the Japan-Nakhodka Line (J.N.L.) and the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO). The agreement made sure that both sides participated equally, making sure that two ships were assigned to each of the countries each month. Also, if the cargos of the ships were too large, on the Japanese side, then the Russians could add more ships to their fleet on the water. This was only doable if the Japanese ships were to only enter the port of Nakhodka, which was a very small port that was not big enough for many ships at the same time. The ships that ran every month usually carried normal goods such as chemicals, machinery and other such things. If the cargo was to be passengers, then the Russian ships would carry them on the basis that passengers were not commercial cargo, but the “most-favored nation” rule was recognized in favorable ports in each respective country.
FESCO Growth in Recent Years:
In 2011, the Far East Shipping Company/Group (FESCO) reported that they had achieved a major growth in the main spheres of activity in which they operate. FESCO also reported that the spheres in which they saw the biggest growth include: Intermodal container and Rail container transportation, forwarding and Transshipment of containers. FESCO reported that, in comparison to 2010, they have achieved an increase of 15 percent by exceeding their previous sea shipping units by 430 thousand units. They also reported that, in the sphere of railway container transportation, they experienced an increase of 30 percent and the total amount of containers that passed through the ports of Vladivostok and the Vostochny Port increased by 27 percent. FESCO is pleased with these outcomes as it means that their business strategies are working, as they should.
Types of Vessels and Depots:
The FESCO Group has many business assets that has helped it climb to the standard at which whey are at today. They own 50 vessels with different types of safety and state of art, modern accommodations. These include: mail line vessels, Freight liners, container transportation vessels, diesel and Locomotive shunters, and icebreakers, such as the Kapitan Khlebnikov, and Container equipment. Their depots include water supply depots and on-land terminal complexes. FESCO also owns 19 thousand rail cars. All of this allows them to provide their many customers with speedy and trustworthy transportation of goods.
Change in Fuel Emissions:
Many of the largest Shipping companies are agreeing to cut the amount of emissions at the Kwai Chung port. They will do this by using less sulphur rich fuel. 13 shipping companies have already agreed to the new proposal, all of which are a part of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association. FESCO, COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), Hanjin Shipping and other companies have agreed to start looking into converting to the different fuel. The cost of changing fuel could cost the companies upwards of 500 thousand dollars.
Ice Breaking and Antarctic Missions:
FESCO is involved in many operations including breaking ice paths for other shipping companies or research vessels passing through the North or South poles. On December 29, 2005, a Russian icebreaker finished clearing a 70-mile channel to the American scientific polar station at McMurdo Sound through the ice off the Antarctic coast.
History of the Far East Shipping Company:
In 1880, the SS Moskwa departed from Odessa and arrived in the port of Vladivostok. This event sparked the beginning of the regular passenger and cargo voyages from European countries to the “Far East”. Also in 1880, the Volunteer Fleet Agency (Dobroflot) was created and stationed in Vladivostok. In 1909 The Volunteer Fleet Agency was governed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and new regulations made the Agency change the scope of its engagement on foreign trade. They would now mainly focus on trade that was in favor of Russian industries and commerce. A few years later in 1911, the SS Kolyma made a voyage from Vladivostok to the Kolyma estuary delivering 400 tons of government cargo. This voyage created the sea route to the Eastern Arctic In 1923, the Volunteer Fleet Agency had acquired 12 ships including two of which are a kind of Auxiliary ship. They restored trade between Vladivostok and Soviet ports in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. By 1935, Dobroflot acquired many more vessels and become FESSCO (Far East State Shipping Company) after the government had adopted the Charter of State of Shipping Companies. FESSCO was later shortened to FESCO.
FESCO Shipping Accidents:
On January 21, 2010, the Russian vessel Ivan Makarin experienced severe vibrations throughout the ship. When the crew was able to investigate, they noticed that one of the propeller blades was missing from a four blade propeller. The Vessel drifted 150 miles before FESCO redirected an icebreaker to go tow in the Ivan Makarin. In November 1995, a FESCO owned freighter, Kapitan Byankin was suspected of having crushed a small leisure Yacht, off the coast of Australia, killing three members of a family of four. The only survivor was the mother who was found on the North East coast of Australia. The ship is suspected of the accident because of its planned position around the time of the accident. Also when the ship came back to port, the bow had white streaks smeared on it.
Refrences:
Vladivostok. (2012). FESCO group achieves significant growth in 2011. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?
Kitagawa, T. (1972). Legal aspects of Soviet-Japanese trade. NC, Duke University School of Law.
Wallis, K. (2010). Container lines agree to cut ship emissions. South China Morning Post.
BBC. (2005). Russian icebreaker clears path to US Antarctic base. BBC monitoring former soviet union.
FESCO. (2006-2012). 1880-1934. First steps. Far Eastern Shipping Company.
Los Angeles Times. (1995). Freighter Did Not Cause Yacht Accident, Agents Say. Featured Articles From The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 23, 2012, from http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-30/local/me-8740_1_yacht-accident.
Lucasrutherford (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2012 (UTC)