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Malaysia’s MISC Group has
taken delivery of the 150,200m^3
capacity Seri Cemara from South
Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries
as the fi nal unit in a series of
fi ve MOSS-Type LNG carriers
being long-term chartered to
compatriot oil major Petronas.
The 133,612gt vessel follows
sisters Seri Camellia, Seri
Cenderawasih, Seri Cempeka and
Seri Camar into service, which
measure 290m by 49m. The ships
are powered by Ultra Steam Turbine
(UST) powerplants and can operate
entirely on LNG for full compliance
with SECA regulations. JS The new MOSS-Type Seri C Class
lNG carriers use an Integrated hull
Structure (IhS) that encloses four
MOSS-Type spherical tanks. MiSCwaTerFrONT
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The fi re suffered by Maersk Line’s
162,051dwt Maersk Honam while
she was en route from Singapore
to Suez in March with a cargo of
7,860 containers proved again
how diffi cult it is to fi ght a fi re
within a load of containers.
Although it could not immediately
be determined what caused the
fi re, there was the potential that
a hazardous material, such as
calcium hypochlorite, may have
been involved, leading Maersk to
order that dangerous goods not
be loaded in areas close to living
sections and machinery spaces.
The false declaration of cargo
remains an important security
issue for the shipping industry,
as containers are not normally
inspected to verify their contents.
In recent years misdeclared
calcium hypochlorite, which has
a tendency for self-ignition, has
been found to be responsible
for fi res on at least eight
container ships, including three
of Maersk Line’s vessels. JS
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It is thought that all containers stacked forward of the house of Maersk
line’s 153,153gt Maersk honam were completely lost due to fire
damage. The fire resulted in the loss of five crew members. iNDiaN CgmaideN callers
During the spring Southampton
port welcomed a number of
maiden calls from both container
and cruise ships. The fi rst new
vessel to visit the port was the
ultra-large container ship CMA
CGM Antoine Saint De Exupery,
which arrived 10 March. At 400m
by 59m in size and with a capacityof 20,656TEU, she became the
largest container ship to visit
Southampton. She is deployed on
the CMA CGM FAL1 service, and
will be followed by CMA CGM
Jean Mermoz and CMA CGM
Louis Bleriot later this year.
March and April saw no fewer
than three cruise ships making
their maiden calls. The fi rst was
AIDAperla, which arrived on11 March, replaces AIDAprima,
and which will be a regular
visitor in 2018. The second was
Norwegian Bliss, the fourth
and largest of NCL’s Breakaway
class, which arrived on 21 April
after a two-night sailing from
Bremerhaven after her delivery.
The third was MSC Meraviglia,
which arrived on 26 April. She was
making the fi rst of four scheduledcalls this year and was one of three
MSC cruise ships which visited the
port during the last week of April.
MSC Magnifi ca had arrived on 23
April and was followed by MSC
Preziosa on 24 April. Other notable
callers in the last few months have
been CMA CGM New Jersey
and MSC Oscar on 22 February,
COSCO England on 25 March, and
Maersk Ahram on 16 May. AM