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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 150

This Week
Special News

Another veteran Aries cricketer hangs up his boots!


Aries Cricket will definitely be found poorer after this year, as Sarath, our veteran wicket keeper for many years announced his retirement from cricket. He follows the footsteps of Prabhiraj, our evergreen all-rounder who had announced his plans to quit Aries cricket after this years Annual matches. In a mail circulated amongst the staff, Sarath says I think it is time for me to retire from Aries Cricket Team. We have also seen lots of emerging young talents during the Sharjah Stadium matches who can represent Aries Group, now a known team in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman & UAQ cricket circles. It is easy to stop. Please make sure the game is continued in good spirits and taken to higher levels... Thanks for all the support given. Arise! has been a vocal critic of the veterans of Aries cricket for quite some time now. However, there is one important aspect that was brought to light by another of our veterans, who says it is now difficult for managing the minimum quorum of 11 players on a game day! It is a wake-up call to the youngsters, who are supposed to take over the mantle It is not only playing that our veterans excelled in, but also ORGANISING the game booking grounds, arranging matches, ensuring team attendance, purchasing cricket gear and so on. This is where the youngsters are YET to prove themselves. The challenge was thrown by Prabhiraj. While congratulating Sarath on his achievements, he adds Somebody should now take the responsibility and this game should go on. It is easy for non-playing captains to cry for retirement. Let us see who all could carry on with cricket after 30 and marriage. Outsiders don't even know the pain behind in organizing a team and other arrangements. While we reject Prabhirajs contention that only those who play cricket have the right to criticize the players, we do join him in endorsing the challenge to the young cricketers in Aries.

Marine & Offshore News

Aries News

Special News

REGISTER NOW for the ARIES DESERT CHALLENGE 2012 !! Take part in the adventure drive of the season !
The DAY Meeting Point Time 18th May, Friday 1st Emarat petrol Station, Sharjah-Kalba Road 3 PM

Register your names TODAY with Mr. Shaj at admin or by emailing to to admin@ariesgroup.ae. Last date for registration is on or before 16th MAY2012.

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Marine & Offshore News

Daewoo starts construction of worlds biggest container ship

South Koreas Daewoo is set to build a 400-meter container ship for Danish shipper Maersk. The vessel is the first of 20 such container ships that Daewoo will build by 2015 under a $3.6 billion order from Maersk. South Korean shipbuilder has started work on the worlds largest container vessel, with a deck big enough to accommodate four football pitches. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said the 400-meter-long ship will carry up to 18,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers. It would be delivered to Danish shipper A.P. Moeller-Maersk in the second half of 2013. The vessel is the first of 20 such container ships that Daewoo, one of South Koreas three largest shipbuilders, will build by 2015 under a $3.6 billion order from the Danish company. Denmarks Crown Prince Frederik on April 12 attended a ceremony marking the start of the vessels construction at Daewoos shipyard at Okpo on the south coast.

After delivery, the platforms will operate in the Franco and Nordeste de Tupi prospects, located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, off the coast of south east So Paulo, Brazil. Work on the project is expected to commence in June this year, with conversion of the hull of the first vessel, P-74 scheduled to be concluded in March 2014. The conversion of the P-75 hull is scheduled to be completed in October 2014 while the P-76 and P-77 hulls are expected to be completed in 2015. After the conversion of the hull, the vessels will be installed with oil and gas processing and production plant modules, and the units will be fully integrated, which involves their installation in the hulls. This work will be carried out at a different location and agreement in this regard is expected to be signed by April 2013.

Land For LNG Power Plant Soon- Kochi


Government of Kerala and Petronet LNG Limited, promoters of the LNG terminal coming up on Puthuvype island, are learnt to have reached an understanding on land for an LNG-based power generation facility. Sources here said that the government had identified 50 acres for the project, the original extent requested for by PLL, which proposed setting up a 1,250 mw plant using the advantages of the proposed plant's proximity to the LNG receiving and re-gasification facilities. Though the proposal for setting up the power plant was made more than two years ago, the project could not go ahead as the land required for the project was not immediately available, technicalities holding up the transfer of land for the project. However, the State government is learnt to have cleared the differences of opinion on a claim made by a government agency over the land now identified for the power project. Though only about 30 acres have now been cleared for the project, government is making all efforts to clear the remaining 20 acres at the earliest, sources said. Meanwhile, Cochin Port Trust has received the

Petrobras signs contract for VLCC vessel hull conversion

Petrleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has signed a $1.7bn deal with a consortium of Brazilian industrial construction companies Odebrecht, OAS and UTC Engenharia for the hull conversion of a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC). It is part of the plan to convert four Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) vessels into four oil platforms; P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77. The vessel conversion work will be carried out in the Inhama shipyard in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The shipyard has already been leased by Petrobras and is being remodeled to meet the company's demands. Each of the platform vessels planned for conversion will have the capacity to produce up to 150,000 oil barrels per day and compress 7 million m of natural gas per day.

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Union shipping ministry nod for building an exclusive jetty for receiving LPG. The permission was granted after a meeting recently convened by the Union shipping secretary, sources here said. The proposal for a dedicated facility for receiving shipment of cooking gas was proposed in 2009 by Indian Oil Corporation. The project was meant to solve the problem of the perennial shortage of LPG in the State. A State government review of the project in the second half of 2011 had found out that the proposal for the LPG jetty was almost in an abandoned stage. Subsequently, State government engaged Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation as the nodal agency for overseeing the project implementation. Sources here said that the Cochin Port Trust would build the LPG receiving jetty with financial backing from Indian Oil Corporation. The new jetty is being built after IOC abandoned the idea of using Cochin Oil Terminal for receiving shipments of LPG. It was earlier proposed that the LPG jetty could be built along the multi-user liquid terminal (MULT), proposed by the Cochin Port Trust. However, the MULT project has been held up for various reasons.

The vessel, a 31m catamaran named MS 'Tranor PlanetSolar', is equipped with 537 square meters of solar panels used to recharge 6 blocks of lithiumion batteries with every sunrise. Rated to 93 kW, the propulsion package and efficient hull design generates enough power for the vessel to reach speeds of up to fourteen knots. The 'Tranor PlanetSolar' is the brainchild of Raphael Domjan of Switzerland, who in the Spring of 2004 first envisioned the expedition based on his love of Jules Vernes novels. Years later, construction began at the Knierim Yachtbau shipyard in Germany and she was eventually launched in March 2010. Finally, in September 2010, the MS 'Tranor PlanetSolar' left Monaco with a four-man crew in hopes of sailing around the world strictly on solar power. Nineteen months later; after crossing the Atlantic and Pacific, passing through both Panama and Suez canals, and navigating the treacherous waters of the Gulf of Aden, 'Tranor PlanetSolar' completed its journey, breaking records for fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by solar boat and longest distance ever covered by a solar electric vehicle along the way. Now, the journey will be put together into a book and documentary film scheduled to be released in September. The vessel itself will undergo a retrofitting to allow for more passengers and will be available for charter to adventurers looking for a bit of green history. Life @ Aries

Solar powered ship first to circumnavigate globe

Congratulations!!!

Last week the worlds largest ship running solely on the power of the sun cruised into Hercule Harbor in Monaco, officially completing the worlds first circumnavigation for a 100% solar powered ship.
Mr. Sohan Roy Chief Editor

Congratulations to Mr. Vijesh Vijayan of UT division on his marriage with Ms. Litty
Mr. Gireesh Menon Editor Email: ariesnews@ariesgroup.ae

Mr. Sudheer B/Jessen A/Sumi J/Jaydev S/Sreenivasu Editorial Board

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