NEWS LETTER Volume 1, Issue 1 28 th January 2013 I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Foreign Maritime news 1 National Maritime news 2 Weekly weather report For Western Africa 3 Market index 4 Piracy on World s Seas Reaches Five-Year Low Naval and armed guard protection is working, but the seas off East and West Africa remain dangerous, warns IMB. Piracy on the world s seas has reached a fiveyear low, with 297 ships attacked in 2012, compared with 439 in 2011, the latest International Maritime Bureau s (IMB) report revealed on January 16 Maritime Labor Convention Will Offer Protections to Maritime Workers In 2012, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations group dedicated to advocating for laborers around the world, announced that the Maritime Labor Convention will go into effect in August 2013 after Russia and the Philippines ratified it. Ratification of the convention required signing by at least 30 countries representing 33 percent of world shipping. The United States has not signed the convention. Shipping Industry Bodies Urge Continued Application of Anti-Piracy Measures The International Maritime Organization, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO), the International Association of Dry Cargo Ship owners (INTERCARGO), the International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA), and the International Shipping Federation (ISF), welcome the recent decrease in the number of attempted and successful attacks against ships by Somalia-based pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean.
Zircon Marine Weekly Newsletter Page 2 FG moves to improve maritime security Nigeria has commenced the process towards domesticating the Maritime International Law in order to ensure maximum security for her vessels on the high seas. The Minister of State for Defence, Olusola Obada, stated this in Abuja while holding a meeting with the committee set up by the government on the issue which involves all maritime stakeholders. Mrs. Olusola Obada Minister of State for Defence government must put a stop to corruption, to make the system work US moves to expand Nigeria s maritime The United States of America (USA), has commenced moves to partner with Nigerian government in expanding the nation s maritime sector through jobs creation. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Terrence P. McCulley, who disclosed this at the weekend, while addressing the Nigerian contingent to the International Workboat Show which held in New Orleans, USA, however warned that government must put a stop to corruption, to make the system work.
Zircon Marine Weekly Newsletter Page 3 Marine Forecast for Off-shore Lagos 28 th Jan 2 nd Feb 2013 Seas: SSW 1 meters at 12 Winds: SW 10 to 13 knots conditions with moderate choppy seas. Small long period Seas: SSW 1 meters at 12 Winds: SW 11 to 15 knots Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 10 Winds: SSW 8 to 11 knots long period Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: SW 5 to 7 knots Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 11 Winds: SW 9 to 13 knots Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 10 to 13 knots period Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 11 Winds: SSW 5 to 6 knots period Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: S 1 to 1 knots Seas: SW 0.9 meters at 11 Winds: SW 8 to 11 knots Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 11 Seas: S 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: NNE 10 to 13 knots Seas: S 0.9 meters at 10 Winds: ENE 9 to 13 knots
Zircon Marine Weekly Newsletter Page 4 Marine Forecast for Off-shore Escravos 28 th Jan 2 nd Feb 2013 chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 12 Winds: SW 8 to 11 knots period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 12 Winds: SW 10 to 14 knots chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: SW 7 to 9 knots chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 11 chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.7 meters at 12 Winds: SSW 7 to 10 knots chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.7 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 9 to 12 knots chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: SSW 8 to 10 knots chop. Small long period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: SW 9 to 12 knots period Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: S 6 to 8 knots period Seas: SW 0.7 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 3 to 4 knots chop. Small long period 10 Winds: ENE 8 to 11 knots chop. Small long period Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: ENE 9 to 12 knots
Zircon Marine Weekly Newsletter Page 5 Marine Forecast for Off-shore Tema 28 th Jan 2 nd Feb 2013 period Seas: SSW 1 meters at 12 Winds: SW 10 to 14 knots period Seas: SSW 1 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 11 to 15 knots Seas: SSW 1 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 9 to 13 knots Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 12 Winds: WSW 9 to 13 knots Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: SW 8 to 10 knots Seas: SW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 7 to 9 knots Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 10 Winds: SSW 9 to 12 knots Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: SSW 6 to 9 knots period Seas: S 0.9 meters at 10 Winds: SE 2 to 2 knots Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: SW 7 to 9 knots period Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: SSW 4 to 5 knots smooth seas. Small short period wind waves. Seas: S 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: ENE 4 to 5 knots
Zircon Marine Weekly Newsletter Page 6 Marine Forecast for Off-shore Lome 28 th Jan 2 nd Feb 2013 period Seas: SSW 1 meters at 12 Winds: WSW 11 to 15 knots Seas: SSW 0.9 meters at 12 Winds: WSW 9 to 13 knots Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 8 to 11 knots Seas: SSW 0.8 meters at 11 Winds: WSW 9 to 12 knots 11 Seas: SW 0.7 meters at 11 Winds: SSW 8 to 11 knots 10 long period 11 Winds: SSW 5 to 7 knots long period Seas: S 0.7 meters at 10 Winds: NNE 4 to 5 knots chop. Small short period wind waves. 10 long period Seas: S 0.7 meters at 11 Winds: SSE 4 to 6 knots Seas: S 0.8 meters at 10 Winds: NE 9 to 13 knots
Zircon Marine Weekly Newsletter Page 4 ZIRCON MARINE LIMITED 302, WHARF ROAD APAPA, LAGOS. Market Index as at 28 th Jan 2013 Phone +234 709 800 3863 Fax +234 709 800 3863 E-mail info@zirconmarine.com Zircon Marine is a fully indigenous Nigerian Company that provides marine logistics services to the shipping sector of the oil and gas in Nigeria and the entire Wes-African sub region We re on the Web! www.zirconmarine.com