MARINAThe Quarterly Newsletter of

The Hong Kong Institute of Marine Technology and The Hong Kong Joint Branch of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects

and The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology

香港海事科技學會及皇家造船師學會暨輪機工程及海事科技學會香港聯合分會季刊

Vol 1 : March 2012

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Hong Kong Maritime Forum InaugurationCeremony

In the evening of 15 Dec, 2011 (Thursday) at PoliceOfficers’ Club – Causeway Bay , Hong Kong differentmarine related organizations gathered together for theHong Kong Maritime Forum Inauguration Ceremony.Convener of the Forum was Mr So Ping Chi who startedthe ceremony by giving an welcoming speech thenfollowed by Ms Eva Cheng, Secretary for Transport andHousing who gave on encouraging speech and shestressed that marine industry is the key industry in HongKong and the formation of this Maritime ForumInauguration Ceremony is a proof to show the unity ofall marine related organizations to up keep Hong Kongas an International Maritime Centre.

The highlight in the evening was signing of theCommemorative Signing Book by member associationsof the Forum. Other functions included lion danceshow, toasting, dinner and entertainment as well aslucky draw.

We all trust that the Government of HKSAR is fullyaware of the importance in keeping Hong Kong as an

International Maritime Centre and it is time for them toact immediately.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

HKJB and HKIMT members visited LNGCarrier “Dapeng Moon” on 6 January 2012

A total number of 10 members of HKJB and HKIMTattended a ship visit to the LNG Carrier ‘Dapeng Moon’on 6.1.2012 while the vessel was alongside at Da PengBay, Shenzhen, China for unloading. The vessel was the2nd LNG ships built in China and is currently registeredin Hong Kong.

The delegation gathered at the border in the afternoon of 6.1.2012 and was met by the Assistant General

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Group photo of representations from HKJB & HKIMT

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Signing on the commemorative signing book

Manager of the China LNG Shipping (International)Co., Ltd (CLSICO), Capt. Qi C. Z., who thenaccompanied the delegation all the way to the ship.During the bus ride to the ship, Capt. Qi spent time toanswer members’ enquiries on the construction andoperation sides of the ship. After going through theonboard security procedures, the delegation was greetedby Capt. Andrew Shearer, Master of the “DapengMoon”. Capt. Shearer then introduced his Chief Officerand Chief Engineer who later led the delegation to visitthe ship’s deck department and the engine departmentrespectively. The delegation spent almost an houronboard and gained an in depth knowledge of the ship.The ship’s particulars are as follows:–

Ship Type: Liquefied Gas Carrier, IGC Code ShipType 2G (-163�C, 500kg/m3, 0.25bar).

Length and Gross tonnage: 278 meter in length and97,000 gross tonnage

Cargo Capacity: total 147,000 m3 in 4 tanks.

Built by: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.Shanghai

Main Engine: one set of 27,000 KW steam turbinebuilt by KHI Ltd. of Kobe

Classification Society: ABS

On behalf of the participants, HKJB and HKIMT wouldlike to thank CLSICO on the well arrangement of thisship visit.

(Ir Y.M. Cheng)

Group photo taken onboard at the wheelhouse:Hong Kong delegation with Ship’s Capt. Andrew Shearer (Center),Capt. Qi, (6th from left), Chief Engineer of “Dapeng Moon”(5th from left). In the photo, 6th from right was Mr. K.F. Tang,Chairman of HKIMT and 4th from left was Mr. Y.M. Cheng,Chairman of HKJB.

The view of LNG Carrier “Dapeng Moon” on deck

The two Chairmen presented souvenir to “Dapeng Moon”Capt. Andrew Shearer and Assistant General Manager of CLSICO,Capt. Qi.

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HKJB 36th AGM

The 36th AGM for HKJB was held on 10th Jan, 2012 atthe banquet room A of the Police officer’s club inCauseway Bay, HK.

Before the start of the formal AGM business, StudentPrize – Award Ceremony was presented to final yearmechanical engineering students from HKPU of theproject on alternative green fuel to normal diesel fuel inorder to reduce NOx and COx etc.

As usual, annual report was presented by chairman Ir Y. M.Cheng then followed by financial report by the HonTreasurer, Ir K. F. Tang. Also nomination and election formembers of 2012 HKJB committee were held accordingly.

After the AGM, a Special Meeting was held formembers of 2012 HKJB committee in order to elect

chairman and new sub-committee composition of thenew HKJB committee.

Looking for the coming years, we trust that HKJB canassist HK on how to up – keep Hong Kong as anInternational Maritime Centre after the signing up of theHong Kong Maritime Forum Inauguration Ceremony.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

Guangdong – Hong Kong – MacauMarine Industry Lunar New Year Party 2012

On the 13 Jan, 2012, a group of delegation of about 14 members representing NEAD of IMarEST, HKJB,HKIMT and HKIE-MMNC Division went to Guangzhouto attend the 1st Guangdong – Hong Kong – MacauMarine Industry Lunar New Year Party 2012. Apart from providing the social environment, the mainpurposes of this function were to allow participants fromthe maritime industries among the three regions toexchange ideas and views on how to keep survival in thecoming depressed ship building industry; how to up-grade all levels of service to meet competition and how tocontribute the steady development in the marine relatedfields.

There were about 40 tables filled up the whole banquethall of the hotel. During the whole evening, various

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Student prize award photo with both chairmen of HKJB & HKIMT

dancing teams and singing teams coming from differentorganizations performed their best talented shows.

From this functions, old friends and new friends mettogether to exchange their views under the friendly andrelaxed atmosphere.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

Questions to CE candidates on4 February 2012

Representatives from HKJB and HKIMT did attend theabove function on 4 Feb., 2012 at Duke of WindsorSocial Service Building. The main purpose for thisfunction was to get the feedback from CE candidatesregarding their views on the transportation matters inHK. There were about 100 attendance andrepresentatives from the marine field did ask a fewquestions which included how to sustain and tomaintain H.K. as an International Maritime Centre. Wetrust that a clear strategic and action on this matter canbe heard in the near future.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

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CE candidate Mr. Leung

CE candidate Mr. Tang

Seminar on Cost Reduction Gets Strategic

A joint evening talk on the above subject was held on 20th Feb., 2012 (Mon) at the HKIE – HQ. It waspresented by Mr. Richard Wong – President of COST-PRO. About 80 participants had attended this seminar.

Mr. Wong stressed that organization should have astrategic plan on cost reduction. However one shouldnot concentrate on labour cuts only, instead theorganization should aim at reduction on other non-coreindirect costs. He explained that a 20% cost reductionon non-core indirect costs would give rise to 40%increase in net profit. The followings are the highlights

of some of the challenging point for cost managementas suggested by Mr. Wong:–

• Multiple suppliers and multiple order points.

• No internal benchmark data on purchases.

• Staff and management have limited time andresources to address non-strategic costs.

• Employees with limited purchasing experience aremaking buying decisions.

In brief, Mr. Wong said that the key success factors forcost reduction included the following:–

• Top support

• Clear terms of reference

• Structured cost cutting process

• Less red tape, more changes

• Strictly monitor implementation

The participants were really impressed by the examplesand the ideas as suggested by Mr. Wong which hadgiven them a good fundamental principle on how toreduce their daily operation experiences.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

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Mr. Richard Wong was presenting his talk

Full house attendances to Mr. Richard Wong's speech

CE candidate Mr. Ho

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Shipping Hong Kong Week 2012

3 business conferences on the theme of “The Businessof Crisis Media Management” were held duringFeb / March, 2012 in Hong Kong, The titles of the 3business conferences are:

• The Business of Crisis Media Management28th Feb; 2012(Tuesday) at HK Jockey Club,US$795

• The Business of Risk Management29th Feb; 2012(Wednesday) at RenaissanceHarbour View Hotel, Wanchai, HK. US$895

• The Business of Shipping1st March, 2012 (Thursday) at Renaissance HarbourView Hotel, Wanchai, HK. US$895

The registration fees include:

• admission to the “Business of Crisis MediaManagement” Conference.

• the networking lunch.

• the post conference drinks reception.

• all conference documentation

• a pass to shipping HK week’s opening cocktailfunction for all Business Conference delegates onthe evening of Monday, 27 Feb, 2012.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

Later Development on the IMO effort ofReducing Green House Gas from Ships as aResult of MEPC 63

The MEPC 63 was held between 27 February and 2March 2012, and one of the major items discussed wasReducing Green House Gas from Ships.

At the last MEPC session (MEPC 62), a new chapter in MARPOL Annex VI has been adopted for the

mandatory application of EEDI (Energy EfficiencyDesign Index) and SEEMP (Ship Energy EfficiencyManagement Plan). During MEPC 63, this matter wasfurther developed.

For use when smoothly and uniformly implementingthe new regulations as in MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 4, the following guidelines were adopted atMEPC 63:

• 2012 Guidelines to be used when calculating theenergy efficiency design index of new ships

• 2012 Guidelines on the survey and certification ofthe index

• 2012 Guidelines on the drawing up of the SEEMP

• 2012 Guidelines for Calculation of Reference Linesfor Use with the EEDI

In addition, below are notes of various discussions onreduction on Green House Gas emissions, which wereconcluded at MEPC 63:

• The cubic correction factor fc is applicable only tochemical tankers issued with a IBC CodeInternational Certificate of Fitness.

• Calculation of reference line for container ships hasbeen based on 70% of DWT, while the line isplotted against 100% DWT.

There were several issues discussed but yet to befinalised, such as the minimum power and speed for

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safe manoeuvring, interpretation of the phase in dates,EEDI framework not covered by the current EEDI (Ro-Ro, Passengers ships, LNG ships, etc.), development ofspeed/power trials standards by ITTC, development ofdraft guidelines for the calculation of fw, reliable andtransparent hull and propeller interaction performancestandards, etc.

With the technical and operational measures to increaseenergy efficiency in shipping having been adopted at MEPC 62, effort in developing the third element of IMO’s GHG policy (referring to A.963(23)) wasmade at MEPC 63, namely, Market Based Method(MBM).

At this MEPC 63, most of the outstanding issues fromMEPC 62 related to MBM were discussed but manycannot reach conclusions. The Committee agreed thatthe main issue now is the need for an impact assessment(positive and negative) on developing countries ofMBM.

The Committee deferred to MEPC 64 on the decision inrelation to:

• Resolution on Technical Co-operation and Transferof Technology (which form part of the agreedMARPOL Annex VI amendments on EEDI andSEEMP);

• Terms of reference for further impact assessmentof the proposed market-based measures forinternational shipping

(Ben Y. W. Lau)

“Sea” your Future – continued

Last issue we listed out quite a few exciting careersavailable in marine science, engineering andtechnology. Once you have some experience in certainmarine careers you can easily work on a freelance basis.This gives you the freedom to work where you like, forwhom you like and when you like, pay very much

depends on the nature of the job and the employer, butgenerally, salaries are very competitive. Manyemployers offer a range of benefits, such as privatehealth insurance for example.

In the marine environment, there are career opportunitiesall over the world. There are lots of interesting andexciting opportunities at home, but you may decide toemigrate and work for an employer overseas.

Don’t be put off a career idea because of other people’sstereotyped views of engineering, science and technology.For example, women are currently underrepresented inthese areas, so there are all sorts of initiatives to help,such as taster courses and special career events.However, equal opportunities legislation varies fromone country to another.

If you enjoy biology, maths, physics, geography,chemistry, electronics, computing or geology, then youmay well be suited to a marine career. There are plentyof ways to find out more, such as:

• Talking to your personal / careers advisor.

• Contacting the relevant organizations listed underthe different career areas, or looking at theirwebsites.

Will continue “Sea” your Future in the comingMARINA issues.

(Ir Tang Kai Fun)

Welcome to the following new memberswho have recently joined HKIMT

Fellow

• Mr. Laxman Kurmar

• Mr. Dias Richard Luis Francis

• Dr. Fung Ka Shuen (Transfer)

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HK Joint Branch Committee 2012,Office Bearers

Phone no. Fax no.CHENG Y.M.

Chairman 9093 7616 2542 4841

CHAN M.Y.Vice-chairman 6442 1205 2854 9416

LAU Y.W. BenHon Secretary 9866 3315 2845 2616

LUI K.L. StanleyAsst Hon Secretary 9159 8068 2545 0556

TANG K.F.Hon Treasurer 9729 8828 2543 0805

HKIMT Council 2011/12,Office Bearers

Phone no. Fax no.

TANG Kwong FaiChairman 2852 3089 2543 0805

SZETO Ka SingVice-chairman 2449 0281 2435 7559

FUNG K.S., DrHon Secretary 9033 5856 2687 5057

CHUEN C.W., Dr.Asst Hon Secretary 2687 5115 2687 5057

HUI K.Hon Treasurer 6404 8613 3857 1936

All correspondence should be addressed to the Hon Secretary, Hong Kong Joint Branch of RINA and IMarEST, G.P.O.Box 2516, Central, Hong Kong. All matters pertaining to MARINA should be addressed to the above contact address.

The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessary those of the Hong Kong Institute of MarineTechnology or the Hong Kong Joint Branch of RINA & IMarEST. The Joint Editorial Committee of bothinstitutes cannot accept the responsibility for the accuracy of information received by them in good faithand published in the MARINA.

The Committee expresses its thanks to those organizations who place their advertisements in MARINA insupporting its communication role for the interest of the maritime professionals. Details on advertisement fees areobtainable from the Hon Secretary.

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Member

• Mr. Gupta Sharad

• Mr. Chan Moon Chung

• Mr. Ben Lau

• Mr. Sandip Nandi

• Mr. Zhang Chun

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Apirl 2012

24 (Tuesday) HKIMT – AGM

26 (Thursday) Seminar on “Mediation”

27 (Friday) Annual Ball Review Gathering cum Dinner

May 2012

3 (Thursday) Career Talk at IVE (TY)

8 (Tuesday) HKJB – GCM

29 (Tuesday) & 30 (Wednesday)

Shipyard Visit and Football Match

June 2012

• Printing of MARINA Vol. 2 June issue

• Shipyard visit in Guangdong followed by footballmatch (date TBA)

• Dragon Boat Race at GD on 9 June 2012.

• Technical talk on Anvil Micrometer up to1000mm by Dr. Francis Wong of Standards &Calibration Laboratory on 22 June 2012 (Fri).