Amver tanker, attacked?

Various news agencies have reported the Amver participating tanker M. Star suffered damage after a possible attack in the Straight of Hormuz. MOL stated in a company press release that their ship was attacked at approximately 0530 hours local time while sailing to the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. The release went on to say that the damage seemed to come from an "... external attack..."

The Marshall Island flagged tanker enrolled in the Amver system in December, 2008 and has earned two Amver participation awards.

It is unclear who attacked the M. Star. What are your thoughts on the damage?

Photo credit: MSNBC

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Welcome Wednesday!

Is that time of the week already? It sure it. These weekly posts remind us who is the key to Amver. While there are plenty of important parts of Amver; marketing (that's us!), coordination at Coast Guard headquarters, and the technical people of the Coast Guard Operations Systems Center that ensure the Amver messages and computers work properly, the key to Amver is you. If you don't enroll we won't succeed. We won't be able to save lives. Often the lives saved are yachtsmen or recreational sailors. Other times the survivors are migrants. Still other times the survivors are your fellow mariners.

Amver works because we leverage our partnerships. The Commandant of the Coast Guard has set a course which includes strengthening our partnerships. The 43 ships listed below have just helped strengthen our partnership of saving lives at sea. Help us welcome them to the Amver family.

• HOEGH BEIJING
• REEM ISLAND
• DIANA ISLAND
• MAGIC STRIKER
• TPC LYTTELTON
• THEMIS LEADER
• RUDOLF SCHEPERS
• FRONT ENDURANCE
• SAN FRANCISCO BRIDGE
• AROWANA DISCOVERY
• CS SORAYA
• SEVILLA KNUTSEN
• EMPIRE STATE
• PISSIOTIS
• SUPERIOR PESCADORES
• PARAMOUNT HAMILTON
• STI MATADOR
• BALTIC COUGAR
• IGNAZIO
• ALPINE MAYA
• ORIENT VESTA
• MAERSK MISHIMA
• ASTORIA BRIDGE
• GARNET ACE
• ESHIPS DANA
• HANSE EXPLORER
• NORTHERN LIGHTS
• SULTAN
• DREAM SEAS
• SUNRISE SERENITY
• KAMBANOS
• KINGFISHER
• NEW BREEZE
• MARIANNA
• TAI HUNTER
• PUMA
• HANDY BAY
• MEGACORE HIBSCUS
• NORTH CAPE
• ARCTURUS VOYAGER
• AS FANCONIA
• HAMMONIA BAVARIA
• FOTINI LADY

Have you enrolled in Amver yet? We're ready for you to join the team.

Photo credit: Fotolia

Thank you note from Eagle Beaumont survivor

We don't often hear from the survivors rescued by Amver ships. It is a real treat when we do hear. Recently the Amver enrolled tanker, Eagle Beaumont, rescued a sailor off the coast of New Jersey. Here is the note the survivor left on the Amver blog.

My name Is Marcelo the sailor rescued from this event. I am very grateful for this distinct and worthy organization. I nearly lost my life and thank God the tanker was there when the mayday was radioed out. Then after words by speaking with a worker of the ship i found out that the tanker had a fire in the engine compartment and therefore the ship delayed 6 hours performing repairs before finding me in trouble. If you believe in God this is certainly a sure event to give Him the credit because otherwise he would not have had found me. Upon resuming trip I was left in Philadelphia save and sound. God be praised. Thank you AMVER, you saved my life. Continue this marvelous work and never take for granted what you do. What you do is the utmost importance and it truly saves lives.

Yours,

Eraldo Marcelo Kopp

Photo credit: Fotolia

Amver box ship rescues 6 fishermen

Six men aboard the ill fated fishing vessel Tanya Rose were rescued by the Amver participating container ship CSAV Rahue (former Northern Debonair) on July 18, 2010 after their vessel started sinking approximately 475 miles north of Kauai.

United States Coast Guard rescue authorities launched a C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point and queried the Amver system diverting the Liberian flagged container ship. The CSAV Rahue enrolled in the Amver system on November 7, 2007.

According to Captain Budynsky, master of the CSAV Rahu, they had been in contact with the Coast Guard aircraft which dropped dewatering pumps to the sinking fishing boat. Captain Budynsky reported waves were about 6 feet with winds at 8 miles blowing from the east.

The CSAV Rahue maneuvered near the Tanya Rose as the crew abandoned ship into a life raft. Within an hour of abandoning ship, the crew had been rescued by the CSAV Rahue.

The CSAV Rahue, managed by Norddeutsche Reederei H Schuldt of Hamburg, Germany, was able to rendezvous with another fishing vessel and transfer the six survivors to the fishing vessel. The CSAV Rahue continued on its voyage to China.

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Photo credit: crew of the M/V CSAV Rahue

Eagle Beaumont rescue photos

Here are some pictures sent to us by the crew of the Amver participating Eagle Beaumont. You may recall the Eagle Beaumont recently rescued a sailor off the coast of New Jersey. Our thanks go out to Captain Chander Bhan Berwal and his crew for a great rescue!









Photo credit: Crew of the M/V Eagle Beaumont

Welcome Wednesday!

42. While it may be just a number, it's the number of vessels enrolling last week. 42. That number is helping us reach 1,000 ships faster than any other time. We are on tap to break our annual enrollment record by almost 900 ships if the current trend continues. You can help us reach 1,600 ships enrolled in one year by telling your colleagues about Amver and its benefits. In the meantime, please help us welcome our latest members.

• CMA CGM RABELAIS
• TAMPA
• SANKO BIRDIE
• AQUAVICTORY
• PATRIARCH
• UASC SITRAH
• YUAN HENG
• DOMINIA
• MOL DIRECTION
• STOLT GULF MIRDIF
• JAWOR
• PACIFIC CONDOR
• ALPINE AMALIA
• PRIAM
• BRAVO
• GO ACAMAR
• MAERSK MERIDIAN
• KOTA LUMAYAN
• GAUNTLET
• BLOCK
• COSCO INDONESIA
• HANJIN SANTOS
• STANLEY PARK
• MAERSK NIJMEGEN
• SELENE LEADER
• SKS DRIVA
• ORIENT DREAM
• TOPAZ JURONG
• CAPE NASSAU
• JIN HYANG
• JAY
• KOHINOOR
• CO-OP AKENBONO
• WAWASAN JADE
• ORKAN
• ANL WARRINGA
  
• ITAL FIDUCIA
• MILYWAY
• AL SALMY 1
• AFRICAN HALCYON
• MOL MAESTRO
• LIJMILIYA

We hope you will consider enrolling in the Amver system and helping us reach our goal of over 1,600 ships helping ensure no all for help goes unanswered.

Photo credit: Fotolia

Amver awards in Bermuda

The United States Consulate in Bermuda hosted an Amver awards ceremony recently to recognize the seven Bermuda shipping companies nine ships earning awards. In all, there were a combined 45 years of service represented by the award winning vessels.

Companies earning awards included Container Ship Management, Frontline, Gearbulk Pool, Golden Ocean Group, Nordic American Tanker Shipping, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Berumuda), and Teekay Shipping.

The Royal Gazette reported United States Consul General Grace Shelton stated "It is always a pleasure to focus attention on the good that can come from working together to achieve a common result, and that is especially true when lives are at stake on the high seas. The success of Amver is the direct result of ships like yours that put safety first. Your participation in Amver is another example of the partnership between not only the United States and Bermuda, but also among ships around the world."

Your ship could be earning Amver awards. Simply enroll in the network and report at least 128 days in a year. Then you start earning awards!

Photo credit: U.S. Consulate Bermuda