17 April was a big day for our first newbuil-ding RHL Felicitas. After one year of con-struction, it was the time to launch her and let her feel the water for the first time.

At a total length of 294 meters, the Pana-

max Lady was looking perfect on this beau-tiful morning. The whole site team assem-bled together with the yard’s management and many workers at the side of the huge dry dock of the new Jiangnan Shipyard. Following speeches by the Vice President

of the yard and Mr Brandhoff, the Technical Director of RHL, she was set to sea accom-panied by the good wishes from Site Manager Mr Geistdörfer and the obligatory Chinese fireworks. continued on page 2

No. 03

T H E B R I D G E I No. 03

N E W S L E T T E R

THE BRIDGEHAMBURGER LLOYD SHORE TO SHIP

Dear colleagues,

Publication of our on-board magazine “The Bridge” is intended to bridge the gap be-tween you, our staff on board our ships, and the RHL team on land. “The Bridge” is also intended to give our close business partners and corporate friends the oppor-tunity to get involved in development our young shipping company.

Feelings were mixed in the first few months of the new year. Hamburger Lloyd was able to report good news in terms of develop-ment and the result in the 2008 financial

year, despite hearing increasingly negative reports from the financial and political sector.

What is important for us, our shipping company and our staff in these times? Re-signation, despondency and pessimism will get us nowhere. We aim to counter this with confidence and actively shape our future. The general accusation from politicians is that we have lived above our means, accompanied by pessimistic calls to stop buying.

Listening to these calls will threaten to further weaken the export economy in Eu-rope by declining domestic consumption. Of course the economy has been plagued by difficult, undesirable developments over

the last few years. However, rash analyses, rushed measures and general condem-nation of the banks, shipping companies and their staff will not help us recover from the consequences. We have practised moderation and aim to continue doing so. However, we would like to point out that in all modesty and determination, this is our chance in these challenging times.

Yours,

Dr Christian Olearius

editorial

Launching of RHL Felicitas

W. Geistdörfer, Site Manager (RHL Site Office, China)

Despite last year being a very busy one for the whole site team, the new Jiangnan Changxing Shipyard managed to launch her on time.

This was only possible due to the very good work of the whole team. RHL would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere thanks to every member of the team.

Of course such a moment is cause for ce-lebration and the site team celebrated its success over a very nice dinner. We also organised a football match with the ship-yard. The representatives of our team were wearing strips in RHL colours (red, white and black), the GL was assigned the role

of referee and we witnessed an excellent 90-minute battle against the yard. The best part of the great match – we won 2:1!

The empty space in the dry dock did not remain empty for very long, of course. With the launch taking place on Friday, we had the chance to celebrate again as early as Monday – with the laying of the keel of our second newbuilding, RHL Fidelitas, a sister of the first one. The first block section was positioned in the dry dock accompanied again by impressive fire-works. No chance of any evil spirits – that’s for sure.

As work continues, the second lady is al-ready preparing herself for her launch and the number one is getting ready for sea trial, eagerly waiting to test her almost 46,000 kW for the first time. We shall keep you updated.

HEINRICH HEINE | RHL ASTRUM

Rank First name(s) Surname

Master Liaqat Ali ChaudhryChief Officer Rony ChowdhurySecond Officer Saptarshi MitraThird Officer Md. Masud RanaTrainee Nautical Officer Rahul SinghChief Engineer Ajit GeorgeSecond Engineer Renganathan RajanThird Engineer Rajiv MansotraFifth Engineer Jayan Muthuraj Electrical Engineer Kamalakar UppalaFitter Lambodar DasCook Guilbert BraganzaBosun Hasmukhlala Hadmat FulbariaAble Seaman 1 Julians ChinnathambyAble Seaman 2 Sujit Vasant MungerkarAble Seaman 3 Narshinhbhai Vitthalbhai TandelAble Seaman 4 Sijith Pushpangadan Chulliparambil Deck Trainee Ashis Kumar BaranwalMotorman 1 Jitendrakumar Sakar KamaliaMotorman 2 Sanjaykumar Ramanlal TandelWiper Faisal Asadi Messman Mohammad Ashfaq Syed

CSAV VENEZUELA | RHL AUDACIA

Rank First name(s) Surname

Master Dietmar HuttenlocherChief Officer Suryadeb SarkarSecond Officer Ioan Dandu Third Officer Cristian BragaruTrainee Nautical Officer Kurian Kurian Chief Engineer Gerd Helmers Second Engineer Anatoliy Akhmedov Third Engineer Stefan ChiriacFifth Engineer Sayanta GuhaElectrical Engineer Dehiwalage L. R. Perera Fitter Andre Dominic R. BuschhardtCook Erusappan SelvamBosun Bipinchandra J TandelAble Seaman 1 Nikunjbhai TandelAble Seaman 2 Mahendrakumar TandelAble Seaman 3 Sandip MukherjeeOrdinary Seaman Nihar PatraTrainee Ordinary Seaman Mohammed Althaf MajalOiler Devendrakumar TandelOiler Jayantibhai TandelWiper Majahar Iqbal MullaSteward Suresan Kolavayal

RHL AGILITAS

crew lists

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Launching of RHL Felicitas continued

NE WBUILDING SUPER VISION TEAM – J IANGNAN SHIPYARD CHINA

Site Manager Mr Geistdörfer WillemMachinery Supervisor Mr Qiu Jing TaoMachinery Supervisor Mr Xie You ZhongElectric Supervisor Mr Ye Gui DeHull Supervisor Mr Ye YongHull Supervisor Mr Tian Long FeiHull Supervisor Mr Cheng Yin XiangHull/Paint Supervisor Mr Zhou Ze WenPaint Supervisor Mr Jiang LeiCoordinator Mr Chen Hao

RHL AGILITAS

Rank First name(s) Surname

Master Udayantha Kumar KariyawasamChief Officer Ishtiak Wahid Second Officer Anand RaiThird Officer Bhupendra Shriram PooniaTrainee Nautical Officer Bhupendra Jagjeet SaunChief Engineer Muhammad Akbar KhanSecond Engineer Rathindra Nath SenThird Engineer Dewage Manjula Susantha WarshamanaFifth Engineer Naeem UddinElectrical Engineer Akhilesh KumarFitter Kamlesh Mani Raghav Mani TripathiCook Venghat NarayananBosun Christine Valerian JamesAble Seaman 1 Agnel Dason GomezAble Seaman 2 Himat Bava FulabariaAble Seaman 3 Dilipkumar Pranbhai TandelOrdinary Seaman Deepak Vilakathara RaviTrainee Ordinary Seaman Reivo Silva Motorman Hamjed Daud PedekarMotorman Nileshkumar Babu BariaEngine Trainee Gopal Prasad DubeyMessman Pushparajan Vaniyan

RHL AQUA

Rank First name(s) Surname

Master Ashley Anthony AlmeidaChief Officer Amit MaheshwariSecond Officer Asghar AliThird Officer Teena JoeyTrainee Nautical Officer Danish Rafiq Modak Chief Engineer Dhanesh Kumar KalyanasundaramSecond Engineer Saibu K VarippyreddyThird Engineer Nicolau Alex D´SouzaFifth Engineer Vendant Kamalkant ChoudhuryElectrical Engineer Krishan Kant SoniFitter Lalbahadur Ramlakhan YadavCook Vicente James FernandesBosun Mohamed Firoz KhanAble Seaman 1 Tandel Navitbhai MohanbhaiAble Seaman 2 Tandel Nareshkumar BhagwanjiAble Seaman 3 Mahmood Abdul RahimanOrdinary Seaman Rajesh Antu Dessai Trainee Ordinary Seaman Prashant Ramprajwalit MishraMotorman Tharthis AntriasMotorman Lalji Gopal DivechaWiper Tandel Dinarkumar DevchandbhaiMessman Bhagwan Singh

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MAT THIAS CLAUDIUS | RHL AURORA

Rank First name(s) Surname

Master Deepak Kumar KothiyalChief Officer Ziaul Hasan MahmudSecond Officer Satish Kumar PillaThird Officer Sanjay Jayram VaghadiaCadet Aniket Ashok Pednekar Chief Engineer GhoshSecond Engineer Soni Shankar MoniThird Engineer Madduma Bandarage PereraFifth EngineerElectrical Engineer Ram Chander SinghFitterCook Tarun SarkarBosun Poovali Kooneri SivadasanAble Seaman 1 Suil Joe Albuquerque Able Seaman 2 Pareshkumar Govanbhai TandelAble Seaman 3 Babd Kottilamgad Veedu GaneshAble Seaman 4 Imran RashidOrdinary Seaman Blaine Gerard DesouzaOrdinary Seaman Vishalkumar Mangaldas Mangela Motorman Bareyil Ambujakshan Oiler Subir Podder Oiler Pareshkumar Sukkarbhai Tandel

Ram Najar Chauhan

Purnendu

Vivek Anand Sharma

In April, when we noted the first signs of a flu epidemic, we immediately informed all RHL ships, especially those frequent-ly calling at Mexican ports, and provided all ships with face masks, gloves and the antiviral drug “TAMIFLU”. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization declared an influenza pandemic on 11 June 2009 and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable new flu virus. However, at the same time, the German press confirmed that a vaccine could be developed, which will be available on the market after some tests in September.

Although we all should not ignore the influenza virus H1N1 (swine flu), it is also strongly recommended that we avoid any panic and simply bear in mind the fol-lowing very important rules:

• When in port, especially in regions where swine flu is prevalent, please avoid any shore leaves and always wear face masks

• Look after yourself and maintain a strict hygiene, wash your hands regularly with

soap and hot water, avoid any direct skincontact, don’t share for example glasses or cutlery with others

Who are prone to infection?

People who have a lot of contact with others (i.e. people who work at an airport, in a hospital or supermarket, etc.) aged 30–50, pregnant women or people suffering from chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes or obesity are at the highest risk according to WHO.

What are the symptoms?

The swine flu symptoms reported when infected are similar to the symptoms of the influenza virus most are familiar with. The good news is that most people who become infected will be fine and will not have any long-term complications. Those who have a compromised immune system, or are older or pregnant may be at a higher risk of complications or serious respiratory illness. The most common swine flu symp-toms include:Cough, congestion, nasal congestion,

nausea/vomiting, diarrhoea, body aches,joint pains, fever, sore throat, headaches,fatigue, decreased energy, rarely death

What to do?

If you observe one or more of the above symptoms, immediately inform the master and officer in charge. Ideally, a blood test will be done to investigate if you are infec-ted by H1N1. This will be done as soon as possible upon arrival at the next port of call. In the meantime, you will be treated with TAMIFLU, which will immediately help you. In normal circumstances, you will be fine again after just a few days.

Where and how many people are infected?

According to the WHO chart, the H1N1 virus has been detected worldwide. A total of about 60,000 cases are known (equivalent to 0.0008% of the world population), of which 146 people have died. For easy comparison, 40.3 million people worldwide (equivalent to 0.59% of the world population) were infected by HIV and 3.1 million died from AIDS in 2008.

Swine fluWHO declares H1N1 the first pandemic in 40 years

We have noticed in the past that difficul-ties relating to stevedore damages have often occurred and are therefore taking this opportunity to write an article about this very important and costly matter.

In general, the party who caused the dama-ge will be responsible for the damage. Much like if somebody crashes into your car, this person should be responsible for the repair or replacement of your car. In shipping, it is basically the same, and for such circum-stances, a stevedore damage clause has been included into a charter party.

Such a stevedore damage clause containsthe following wording:

• Boxtime Charter Party: “… the charterers shall pay for the stevedore damage whe- ther or not payment has been made by stevedores to charterers … .”• NYPE 46: “… Charterers shall pay for stevedore damages … .”

Kindly note that, due to the fact that ow-ners do not have any contractual relation to stevedores within a Charter Party, the stevedores will be considered as charterers’ servants. If the crew are driving the cranes, they are working on the charterers’ behalf and with the additional wording “crew to be considered as charterers’ servants”, the

crew has to be considered as charterers’ servants while they are doing cargo opera-tions in the port. You may wonder why we are sticking to these formalities but if you take the above wording into consideration you will come to the conclusion that again the charterers are responsible for steve-dore damages.

What is the procedure when a stevedoredamage has occurred?

The master should issue a detailed report outlining the event, the extent and cause of the damage immediately, but no later than the vessel’s departure. Furthermore, as much evidence as possible should be collected proving the stevedore’s or crane driver’s negligence and digital photographs should be taken as evidence. After having issued the reports and collected the evidence, such as the damage report together with the digital photographs, the documenta-tion should immediately be mailed to the owner’s technical department for a prompt investigation of the incident. Thereafter, the master should endeavour to obtain written acknowledgement from the responsible party. Even if the stevedores or agents, prior to the vessel’s departure, refuses to sign such an acknowledgement, it is important to send the relevant reports to the charte-rers and to the charterers’ agents always prior to the vessel’s departure. The stevedore damage clause has been slightly modified

in the past, i.e. the charterers can only be held responsible if the master has sent the relevant damage report to the charterers and to the charterers’ agents, prior to the vessel’s departure. If the vessel fails with this reporting procedure, the damage will be assumed by the owners. Consequently, a stevedore damage report must be issu-ed and sent to the owners, charterers and charterers’ agents prior to departure, even if a person has not been found who has acknowledged/signed the same.

In the event of serious damage, or if the vessel’s seaworthiness is affected, also try to arrange a survey via the local P&I or Hull & Machinery representative, otherwise proceed as above.

To summarise what to do:

• take/secure evidence• inform technical department• issue damage report• try to get acknowledgement• if required, arrange for a survey with P&I or Hull & Machinery• inform charterer’s agents and send report• inform charterers and send report

Prior to a new employment of a vessel we will always send a letter of instruction, which includes all relevant Clauses, inclu-ding a stevedore damage Clause and the relevant measures to be taken.

Stevedore Damages

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cookbook

Hamburger Lloyd is a global company with a wide variety of land and sea staff from various backgrounds. We are as diverse as the food we eat and the be-verages we drink.

Here in the offi ces of Hamburger Lloyd we have a few passionate cooks and we think that even on board our vessels, not only the cooks can cook. That’s why we plan to develop a HAMBURGER LLOYD cookbook and are cordially inviting every member of staff on board and ashore, and all those who read our newsletter “The Bridge” to take part.

Send us the recipe of your favourite dish – the fi rst thee entries will be rewarded with fantastic prizes!

Deadline is 1 September 2009

Please be as accurate as possible when listing measurements and ingredients. All measurements should be to serve approx. 4 people. Enclosing a photo of yourself and the fi nished dish is sure to make our Ham-burger Lloyd cookbook a “delicious” joint achievement by all members and friends of the global HAMBURGER LLOYD team!

Recipes and pictures to be sent to:

RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd GmbH & CO KGDornbusch 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germanyinfo@hamburger-lloyd.de

Ingredients:

• 15–20 medium-sized scampi • 500–700 g spaghetti• 4–5 tomatoes • Salt/pepper• 5–7 young and fresh garlic gloves• 2–3 pinchs of sambal oelek • Half a bunch of Italian parsley• 3–4 spring onions• Olive oil

1 Cook the spaghetti al dente (approx. 8 minutes, making sure it‘s not too soft) and put to one side

2 Remove the shell and head of the scampi then wash thoroughly, put them on a piece of kitchen towel to dry

3 Blanch the tomatoes and peel off the skin, chop the Italian parsley, cut the tomatoes in small pieces

4 Shell and squash the garlic with some oil and salt in small bowl, it takes a while and the garlic should be very slushy

5 Stir the parsley, tomatoes and one to two teaspoons of the garlic (2) in a bowl and put to one side

6 Mix the remaining garlic (4) with some oil and 2–3 pinchs of sambal oelek in a bigger bowl, add the scampi and marinate for some time

7 Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a deep pan (making sure it doesn‘t get too hot). Use a teaspoon to remove the marinade from the scampi (6) and store in a small bowl. Roast the scampi gently (just for a minute on both sides) and put to one side

8 Reduce the heat and make sure the deep pan is not too oily

9 Fry the spaghetti briefl y and stir in the scampi (7), parsley/tomato mixture (5) and the remaining marinade (6/7)

10 Add salt and pepper

Buon appetito!

Spaghetti Scampi di SorrentoRecipe of Hauke Pane

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the fi nished dish is sure to make our Ham-burger Lloyd cookbook a “delicious” joint achievement by all members and friends of the global HAMBURGER LLOYD team!

Stefan Schindler was born in Southern Ger-many and lived far away from the coast. Only once every two to three years during family holidays on a North Sea Island he was able to see and feel the sea. It was in these early days that he developed a fasci-nation for ships.

After finishing school, he joined the navy for his mandatory military service. He spent one year working on a minesweeper in the Baltic Sea in the engine department.

He returned to his home town and star-ted studying mechanical engineering, but soon returned to the sea and started his ap-prenticeship as a ships mechanic, learning the skills of an able seaman and motorman. After finishing his training, he sailed as a bosun and motorman.

He completed his studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and left with a masters and chief engineers degree. After sailing for some time, he was offe-red a job as a multipurpose newbuilding superintendent in Korea, responsible for steel block inspections as well as deck and

engine outfitting items. Soon he also became deputy side manager. After another year at sea, working as a second engineer, he was offered the job as site manager for 12 new-buildings in Romania. Mr Schindler was responsible for a team of 12 engineers, officers and masters to supervise the ship-building process.

In June 2008, he joined Reederei Hambur-ger Lloyd, to become a superintendent for, at this time, three vessels. Now Mr Schindler is responsible for technical and nautical support as well as purchasing and the supervision of the five “A-class” vessels Auroa (Matthias Claudius), Astrum (Heinrich Heine), Audacia (CSAV Venezu-ela), Agilitas and Aqua.

Mr Schindler is married; his wife was wor-king as an officer at sea and in a newbuil-ding department of a big liner company in Hamburg, but is currently at home looking after their two sons aged 4 1/2 and 18 months. He used to enjoy playing football, ice hockey and tennis, participating in all kinds of sports whenever possible. How-ever, all of these activities have been neglected badly in the past view years. At the moment he is most happy acting as a climbing frame for his two sons.

What he likes:

• Being with his family• Playing and watching football• Playing tennis• Riding bikes• Sitting in the shadow of trees and reading books

What he doesn’t like:

• Immigration procedures whenever you want to join or leave a ship• Long discussions without results• Messy stores on ships• Vague failure descriptions

Editor: RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd GmbH & CO KGDornbusch 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)40 8788 968-0Fax: +49 (0)40 8788 968-29

E-mail: info@hamburger-lloyd.dewww.hamburger-lloyd.com

Editorial Team: Nery Barth, Michael Brandhoff, Wolfgang Görz, Hauke Pane, Stefan Schindler

Layout: Stil.3, Designbüro

Pictures: RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd, M.M.Warburg & CO KGaA, fotolia

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staff

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Stefan SchindlerSuperintendent (35)

editor ‘ s note

The editorial team of “The Bridge” news-letter deeply regrets that, due to time con-straints, the 3rd edition cannot be published until the end of the second quarter. Editi-on no. 4 is scheduled on time for Septem-ber and edition no. 5 for December 2009.

You are invited to write your own stories!

Articles to be sent to:RHL Reederei Hamburger Lloyd GmbH & CO KGDornbusch 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germanyinfo@hamburger-lloyd.de