Control to ask of commercial movements. They were informed
of the cruise ship departures and pledged that they would ensure
none of their race got close.
So much for promises.
BITE OF BLUFF
HISTORY
Baron Innerdale was a
3029 tonne steamship
loaded with grain and
timber from Karachi
on the way to Liverpool. In August 1904 she ran aground
in bad weather at Hallaniyah, the largest island of the Kuria
Muria Islands.
After three days the captain ordered abandonment of the ship
in two lifeboats. The smaller lifeboat, with six crew was never
seen again. The bigger lifeboat, with the captain and 17 crew,
apparently made it to Masirah. What happened there remains
unclear, but most likely an incident sparked a fight between
crew and locals resulted in the massacre of the crew, except one
boy passenger. Reports of the slaughter resulted in Sultan Faisal
visiting the island and investigating the incident.
A number of islanders were subsequently tried and convicted
in Muscat. They were shot at the site of the massacre and the
sheikh was banished from the island. A monument was built in
1943 close to where the incident took place.
Baron Innerdale was found by the SS Prome three days after
her abandonment and the eight remaining crew were rescued.
Baron Innerdale was eventually refloated, making it to Bombay
and visiting New Zealand, including Bluff, in 1911.
IN WITH NEW OUT WITH OLD SAYS MAERSK
Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou said if shippers' demand falls
when his company's mega 18,000-TEUers come on stream,
older smaller ships will be withdrawn to take up the slack on the
Asia-Europe route.
"As we introduce new and larger ships, if the market is not
growing, we will pull out other capacity to make the balance
for us," said Skou in an interview with in-house magazine,
Maersk Post.
"We didn't make money on our Asia-Europe routes in 2012,
including those served by Daily Maersk," Skou said. "A lack
of growth in Europe has curtailed demand, at the same time
supply increased.
"However, [Daily Maersk] has been well received and is
currently easily the most reliable in the industry. I am cautiously
optimistic that in 2013 we will make money in this part of the
world," he said.
The company plans to put the first five Triple-E ships
into service between Asia and Europe this year, and the
magazine notes that it comes at a challenging time, with
volumes shrinking on the trade lane five percent in 2012, and
expectation of only one percent growth in 2013, according to
Alphaliner.
Maersk does 30 percent of its business between Asia and
Europe, Skou said. "The key is to manage capacity – that is to
act responsibly to ensure we do not contribute to oversupply
in the industry – that can only lead to rates collapsing." Skou
said the mega ships will have the lowest costs in the industry,
consuming 35 percent less fuel than the 13,100-TEU ships
they will replace.
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