HITS Selects AMOS for Six Ships

SpecTec Asia Pacific – Singapore won a contract with PT. Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi Tbk (HITS) Indonesia to supply AMOS Business Suite solutions for six vessels.

The six vessels comprise four product tankers, a chemical tanker and a dry bulker, as well as the office site. There is an option for another seven ships, based on the successful implementation on the initial six. The project was officially kicked off June 2, 2008, and entailed a two-week Requirement Study into PT. Humpuss’s Business Processes, Work Procedures and Requirements Study for each department. HITS is an international shipping company and part of Humpuss Group with fully integrated business lines covering a wide range of shipping transportation solutions including Technical Management, Crew Management and Ship Agency Services. Established in 1992, the company is one of Indonesia’s national shipping companies, and it owns and operates tankers for LNG, Oil, Chemical/Methanol, as well as container vessels, tugs and barges. The company has been listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange since 1997, and is preparing to expand in the region. HITS is exploring the expansion of its business in the shipping industry, while seeing to improve its service quality, adding and upgrading its fleet of vessels and improving on its crew management expertise. HITS concentrates on eight business sectors: Gas Transportation, Oil Transportation, Chemical Transportation, Industrial Coal Supply Chain, Dry Bulk Transportation, Crew Management Services, Ship Agency Services, and Technical Ship Management.

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Hapag-Lloyd prospectus out, NOL still favourite: FT

Hamburg: The prospectus of the most keenly sought boxline acquisition since P&O Nedlloyd was snapped up five years ago is now doing the rounds.

German transport and tourism group TUI is hawking its containerline Hapag-Lloyd as an instantaneous way for other shipping firms to close the gap with Maersk Line, the world's number one. Prospectuses are understood to have been dispatched to the top 15 boxlines this week. The paper continues to maintain NOL of Singapore is the frontrunner, a buyout that would catapult it from seventh to third in the global box rankings, squeezing past France's CMA CGM. However, various parties from within the city of Hamburg are expected to club together to try and counter any bid. TUI forecasts that the ongoing delivery of 14 new ships will raise Hapag-Lloyd's capacity from 5.5m teu in late 2008 to 6.7m teu in 2010, giving it a healthy 4.8 per cent share of global capacity. "The company forecasts that this 21.8 per cent increase in capacity will be matched by the growth of revenue and outpaced by profit growth, or underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. "The dollar-denominated prospectus restates Hapag-Lloyd's 2007 sales of just over €6bn as $8.1bn and forecasts they will rise 19.8 per cent to $9.7bn this year. This total is forecast to rise 20.6 per cent to $11.7bn by 2010,".
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'Saga Odyssey' calls at Port of Vancouver on maiden voyage

The Port of Vancouver, USA, recently welcomed the ‘Saga Odyssey' on its maiden voyage to the port.

The vessel is commanded by Captain Timothy J. Smith of Yorkshire, England, who has been sailing for 30 years. The ‘Saga Odyssey' was built in Japan and delivered in May 2008. It is nearly 200 metres in length, has deadweight of 46,550 tonnes, has ten holds and hatches and two 42-tonne gantry cranes. The crew of 23 people for the vessel's first visit to the Port of Vancouver USA, was from England, Scotland and the Philippines. The vessel discharged approximately 9,500 metric tonnes of steel from the Far East and Asian ports at Port of Vancouver's Terminal 3, stevedored by Ports America. The ‘Saga Odyssey' is owned by Saga Shipholding, Norway and operated by Saga Forest Carriers.

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'Earthrace' thunders into Oman for penultimate port stop of world record attempt

‘Earthrace', the world's fastest eco-boat, arrived at Salalah Port, in the Sultanate of Oman, for the penultimate port stop of its world record attempt.

‘Earthrace' is a 24-metre tri-hull wavepiercer that runs on biofuel, and is attempting to break the world record for the fastest powerboat to circumnavigate the globe. The crew is hoping for a speedy refueling, before setting off up the Red Sea to Suez, the last port stop before returning to Spain. If all goes to plan, the crew hopes to storm into Valencia on June 27, smashing the record by 13 days. However, they will be battling against adverse weather conditions as they head up the Eastern coast of Africa and later in the Mediterranean. ‘Earthrace' has overcome many obstacles during its journey, the most challenging of which being the replacement of the boat's driveshaft and propeller after hitting sea debris in Palau. A rapid turnaround during the last port stop in India helped the crew claw back valuable time which was lost during these repair works. "We're so close to the end of the race that I can almost taste the world record," said Skipper Pete Bethune.
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Multraship takes delivery of new multipurpose tug

Dutch company Multraship has taken delivery of a new multi-purpose Azimuth Stern Drive tug, ‘Multratug 17', from the Vega Shipyard in Bandirma, Turkey.

The vessel is 35.7 metres in overall length, with a moulded beam of 11.50 metres, and has a multi-role capability for harbour, escort and sea towage, as well as full fire-fighting and salvage roles. It has FiFi 1 fire-fighting, salvage, escort towage and oil recovery notations, and is powered by two Caterpillar engines, delivering 70 tonnes bollard pull. The ‘Multratug 17' has a double drum winch aft and a single drum winch forward and a free running speed of 13.5 knots. It is classed by Bureau Veritas and is registered under the Netherlands flag. Multraship's new tug is to start work straight away, going on charter to Offshore Marine Contractors. Initially, it will be involved in rig moves in the North Sea, and next month is scheduled to tow a jack-up platform from Rotterdam to the Robin Rigg windmill park in the Irish Sea.

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