Bunker Services & Oily Waste

NIMC Bunker Services NIMC aquires GNOME location file software for the Namibian coast. Ship Waste Disposal Instructions Proof of Oily Waste Collection MARPOL Regulations on Slop Waste oil reuse  Vessle Slop Requirement What is Bunkering?  Offshore Bunkering is the terminology used in the shipping industry to describe the selling of fuel, from specialized vessels (ships) designed for that particular task, transferring fuel from one ship to another i.e. ship to ship transfer of fuel (heavy, medium and light fuel, gas oil and marine diesel.) The bunkering business supplies offshore deliveries of food and freshwater is world recognized business as the fishing fleet and all ships require fuel for fishing and transportation of cargo, oil and container service. The  Management Team consists of various experts from fields like; finance, administration, Ship’s Master, Marine Surveyors, piloting, quality tanker ship management, crew management, operation of oil and chemical tankers, operation of ship to ship transfer, engineering management and supervision, international port management, safety management systems implementation and environmental, chemical and educational expertise. Namibian Strategic Considerations  (The market) NIMC have spent considerable resources researching the potential of Namibia as the location for its Offshore Supply operations.  From a strategic perspective Namibia offers the following advantages:   The Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles (340 kilometres) is on the international sea lane for all north and south bound traffic between the United States, the Gulf, Europe and the Far East;  All traffic originating in Monrovia heading towards South Africa passes within 19nm of Walvis Bay and 3nm of the Port of Luderitz, compared to Durban that has a deviation of 65nm for east/west bound traffic; Walvis Bay is considered a “gateway” to  Southern African Countries and offers a well maintained infrastructure of rail, road and air links from Europe into the SADC region. A substantial tonnage of cargo is transported by rail and truck from Namibia to central and eastern African countries – this is a growing trend; Recent expansion at Cape Town Harbour has seen increased traffic and congestion. Port authorities have been requesting vessels to use Walvis Bay and Luderitz, where transport to destinations like Johannesburg are made faster by container trucks via Botswana, cutting four days off the shipping time. There is a possiility that Polbassa 2000 will build an oil refinery with a production capacity of 110 000 barrels per day at Walvis Bay. This will increase the traffic of tankers delivering crude oil from Nigeria and Angola; Chevron Texaco have taken over the drilling and exploration of the Kudu gas field that runs the length of the Namibian coast, This Gas Field will come on stream in 2011, and increase tanker and gas tanker trafic in this region; Weather conditions in Namibia are very stable with calm seas most of the year. Walvis Bay has an expected average of 350 bunker days a year compared to Cape Town’s 110; Slop Collecting The Collection of Slop will take place in two forms. Number 1, slop will be to collect from the passing vessels during the supply of  bunker to the vessel and number 2,  is to collect from the local fishing industry and harbour anchorage. How do we know slop will be discharged by vessels? Under section 157.15 of the Protection of the Marine environment the clause states  that all vessels under and over a 70 000 DWT must have slop tanks to store oily residue, oily mixture, cargo tank washings etc. The slop volume per vessels is determined by its usage. Thus a cargo vessel  will have a storage capacity depending on DWT, Propulsion system and auxiliary systems. Example = An small Vessel with a 4500 DWT will typically have a cargo tank capacity of 5100 m3  at 98%. For the propulsion system the bunker (fuel) capacity needed is 15.6 tonnes of MGO per day. Thus a 450 mt3 tank capacity is required for propulsion only, excluding auxiliary system. Slop tank requirement is therefore 300 mt3 for this vessel. Based on the  example it is clear that ABS will be able, with little effort, to provide more that enough slop oil for the power Plant. Further expansion will be enable by increasing the ABS operation. See the Feasibility Study on the Oil Treatment Plant. MARINE WASTE SERVICES WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES ( at sea) • Aqueous and oily waste collection, treatment and disposal (Sludge, bilge water, oily cleaning materials, oily cloths, oil and fuel filters) • Solid waste collection and disposal ( food waste, meat products, plastic, other non-hazardous solid waste) • Sewage  • Exhaust Cleaning residue    TANK CLEANING    • Salt Water Tanks (Ballast Tanks)  • Heavy Oil Tanks  • Fuel Oil Tanks  • Sewage Tanks  • Void Spaces  • Tank Tops    Bunker Market Size in Namibia Luderitz Walvis Bay Furthermore there are a large number of merchant ships, coastal freighters, container vessels and Service vessels from Angola’s Offshore Crude Operations,  passing Namibia on a daily basis either south or north bound for Europe, Asia, USA or vice versa. Many of these vessels are far too large and deep drafted to call Walvis Bay or Luderitz harbour.  The larger vessels have to proceed to Cape Town or Durban where offshore bunkering facilities are available. Ship owners have indicated that should these vessels be able to refuel offshore Namibia within Namibia’s Exclusive Economic Zone, it will dramatically change Namibia’s trading pattern, with a substantial increase in employment and foreign income, as a result. NIMC have enter into a joint venture with a world leader in Bunker Brokering, who presently bunker in excess of 5 million tons annually. We have already established a number of customers and we will secure our market shares by long-term agreements. Customers have indicated that they will be ready to sign up long term contracts as soon as start up takes place. NIMC's key personnel will be experienced professionals, Captains and Chief Engineers with extensive experience in bunkering. Many will be consultants from leading European Maritime Companies.  Personel currently being reqruited. 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