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HMS Hanseatic Marine Services offers you a long tradition in ship supplies, spare parts and catering services. Our offices are located in Hamburg, Singapore, Kiel, Rotterdam and Antwerp.For more than 160 years, we have been servicing container-ships, bulk carriers, tankers, general cargo vessels, oil rigs, passenger vessels, navy vessels, river cruise ships and ferries
of international shipping companies at all European and overseas ports. We cover the full range of ship supplies from provisions to bonded and all technical stores as well as spare parts. For the cruise and hotel industries we are specialised in food and beverage products, consumables and hotel equipment. For more than 750 cargo ships we manage a worldwide catering service at fixed rates.
Huge and modern warehouses in Hamburg, Kiel and Singapore supply ships in all European ports as well as Singapore and Malaysia. Every day hundreds of pallets leave our warehouses for ports all over the world either in our own fleet of state of the art reefer trucks with separate temperature-controlled
compartments or through certified trucking companies. For vessels at overseas ports in America, Africa, the Middle and Far East we arrange supplies by sea container or air freight.
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Global commitment to customer orientated quality services.
Our range of food and beverage supplies is infinite: from local products to a great number of specialities from all over the world. More than 13,000 different food and beverage items are permanently in our inventory. Our experienced purchasers and our constant quality controls ensure that our customers receive first-class quality products at competitive prices.
We offer all kinds of cleaning supplies from chemicals to vacuum cleaners, tableware or galley utensils from glasses to spoons, plates to saucepans, all kind of kitchen equipment or cloth and linen products.
Spare Parts
Our supply scope covers the smallest items such as a fuse, to the largest engine spare parts, such as the crankcase for a main engine and everything in between. A long-term and strong relationship with our supplier network guarantees efficiency and ensures delivery of genuine quality spares within shortest notice. HMS is an authorised dealer for Sauer & Sohn.
Deck- & Engine-Stores
Our Technical Department delivers all deck, engine, electrical stores, stationery, medical supplies or nautical equipment: Ropes/hawsers, marine paint/painting equipment, pneumatic/electrical tools, machinery equipment, screws/nuts, measuring tools and all kinds of nautical equipment. HMS is selected representative for Henry Company (RamNek®), Hempel and Unitor.
Bonded Stores
HMS supplies everything for your canteen or cafeteria. The product range covers all kinds of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages up to the highest standards as well as duty-free chocolates, sweets or snacks, perfumes and cosmetics, clothing and travelling products, all kinds of electronics, watches and jewellery.
Cabin Stores
Third-Party Logistics Services
We provide multiple logistics services: transportation, ware-housing, cross-docking, inventory management, packaging, documentation, customs clearing and freight forwarding. All services are tailor-made to suit your special needs and to minimise your costs, time and energy.
On average, our team members – all with solid background in the marine industry – supply over 15,000 different technical items per month to all kind of vessels. More than 4,000 items of all kinds of technical equipment are available from stock. Regardless of what your vessel‘s needs are, HMS will have a solution 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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KIELConnecting the North and Baltic Sea
world. At this perfect location HMS offers a 24 hours / 7 days a week supply service covering the full range of international trade, navy, cruise and ferry vessels requirements. Our 70 qualified experienced members of staff provide an extensive supply service for our 19,000 standard provisions, bonded stores, deck/cabin stores, technical equipment, spare parts as well as Duty Free items. HMS offers complete customs clearance services for all deliveries. HMS Hanseatic Marine Services represents continuity of product range and a flexible reliable one-stop cooperative partnership with our customers. HMS Kiel is an authorized agent for Unitor and Hempel.
The newly built office and a state-of-the-art logistics centre of HMS Hanseatic Marine Services GmbH & Co. KG in Kiel is located right at the Kiel-Canal locks, the gateway for the trade between the countries of the Baltic area with the rest of the
HAMBURGThe Traditional Gateway to the World
The head office of HMS Hanseatic Marine Services GmbH & Co. KG and a state-of-the-art logistics centre are located in the port of Hamburg. The site comprises 29,000 sqm including a warehouse with a capacity of 9,000 sqm, an advanced cold storage and freezer warehouse with 2,000 sqm as well as 1,800 sqm office space. We offer the full range of ship supplies out of our warehouse containing around 19,000 standard items.
Hamburg and Kiel currently employ over 200 and Singapore about 95 multilingual, highly trained and experienced staff. Our staff will give guidance, provide and manage solutions for any of your supplies and logistic demands. We are your flexible and reliable partner in ship, hotel and offshore supplies as well as in coating solutions and marine repairs.
Today, HMS is one of the leading marine suppliers in the world.
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SINGAPOREOur Hub to South East Asia
In Singapore, HMS Far East’s new 12,550 sqm facilities showcase the latest cold storage/freezer warehousing and together with our in-port warehouse in Tanjung Pelepas both ensure our customer orientated quality service throughout the Far East. To cater to all needs from provisions over bonded stores to all technical items HMS Far East also provides the full range of ship supplies for containerships, bulk carriers, tankers, general cargo vessels as well as cruise liners. Additionally, we service an impressive number of oil rigs, construction sites
and international hotels as well as military and peace-keeping forces. Our high standards of quality as well as our competent and flexible range of services have made us an accepted leader in our industry in Europe and Singapore.
Today HMS Far East Pte Ltd. is one of Singapore’s leading suppliers to the shipping and offshore industries and is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.
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IMO agrees to reduce
ship pollution
The International Maritime
Organization (IMO) has
adopted regulations to
reduce emissions of green-
house gases from inter-
national shipping. The
regulations will come into
force on 1 January 2013 –
all new ships will have
to be built to energy
efficient standards and
existing ships will have
to implement energy effi-
cient management plans.
Philippines will celebrate
the Day of the Seafarer
The Philippines govern-
ment is marking the
international Day of the
Seafarer – 25 June – as
the “Day of the Filipino
Seafarer”. “The Filipino
seafarers deserve respect,
recognition and gratitude
for their invaluable con-
tribution to the national
development efforts of the
country“ a government
statement said. There are
around 330,000 Filipino
seafarers deployed world-
wide, making up almost
a quarter of all Filipinos
working overseas.
Flag States Condemn
Acts of Violence Against
Seafarers
Three of the largest flag
states, accounting for
around 40% of the world’s
commercial shipping ton-
nage, have signed an agree-
ment condemning the acts
of violence against sea-
farers by pirates.
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The Royal Navy ‚E‘ class destroyer HMS ELECTRA - commissioned in 1934 - rescued 980 passengers of SS ATHENIA - the first british
merchant vessel torpedoed in World War II on September 1939. Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea, HMS ELECTRA was a witness to
many naval battles, including the Battle of the Denmark Strait and Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse.
USCG Issues VHF DSC/GPS
Safety Alert
The Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security
and Stewardship of the US Coast Guard issued a Marine
Safety Alert 04 - 11 on September 1 which envisages that
mariner’s safety is endangered when VHF radio distress
alerts by Digital Selective Calling (DSC) lack location
and Identification information.
Approximately 90% of VHF DSC distress alerts received
by the Coast Guard do not contain position information
and approximately 60% do not have a registered iden-
tity. The Coast Guard cannot effectively respond to a
DSC distress alert sent from such a radio despite its new
marine radio network Rescue 21. This means that search
and rescue efforts may normally be suspended when no
communications with the distressed vessel can be estab-
lished; no further information or means of contacting
the vessel can be obtained from other sources; and no
position information is known.
The alert instructs merchant ships to first obtain a
Maritime Mobile Installation Identity (MMSI) and
enter it into the ship’s radio. MMSI numbers are issued
by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The vessel has to ensure any information originally provi-
ded is updated as changes occur. FCC regulations require
that DSC - equipped radios „use MMSIs assigned by the
Commission or its designees“ (47 CFR 80.103(b)). There-
after, the ship’s radio is required to be interconnected to
a GPS receiver using a two-wire NMEA 0183 interface
on all DSC - equipped marine radios and on most GPS
receivers. Instructions should be provided in the radio
and GPS operators’ manual.
UK To Celebrate Merchant
Navy Day On Sept 3
The Red Ensign flag flied over the headquarters of the
Department for Transport to mark the UK‘s twelfth
Merchant Navy Day on September 3. The significance
of the date is that it is the anniversary of the sink-
ing of the SS ATHENIA, the first British merchant
vessel lost during WWII which was torpedoed 250
miles off Ireland. She had onboard 1414 passengers and
crew bound from Liverpool to Montreal. Among the
passengers were many American women and children
going home. 980 were rescued by the destroyer ELEC-
TRA and the Norwegian freighter KNUT NELSON.
The Red Ensign is the official flag of the commercial
shipping fleet of the UK and its crown dependen-
cies and overseas territories. The UK has the eleventh
largest merchant fleet in the world and the fourth lar-
gest in European continent. The Merchant Navy Day
initiated in 2000 in the UK, offers an opportunity to
honour those seafarers who have given up their lifes to
the industry as well as the chance to celebrate success
and look ahead to the future of British shipping.
In a statement, the UK Shipping Minister said that
the country has a rich and proud maritime heritage
covering many centuries and expressed confidence that
this will continue long into the future.
He further added that it is often forgotten that over
20,000 merchant seafarers lost their lifes in the WWII
alone, doing a job that was crucial to the war effort.
On Merchant Navy Day, tribute is paid to them and
the other men and women of the Merchant Navy who
have lost their lifes over the years.
The Royal Navy ‚E‘ class destroyer HMS ELECTRA - commissioned in 1934 - rescued 980 passengers of SS ATHENIA - the first british
merchant vessel torpedoed in World War II on September 1939. Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea, HMS ELECTRA was a witness to
many naval battles, including the Battle of the Denmark Strait and Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse.
UK To Celebrate Merchant
Navy Day On Sept 3
The Red Ensign flag flied over the headquarters of the
Department for Transport to mark the UK‘s twelfth
Merchant Navy Day on September 3. The significance
of the date is that it is the anniversary of the sink-
ing of the SS ATHENIA, the first British merchant
vessel lost during WWII which was torpedoed 250
miles off Ireland. She had onboard 1414 passengers and
crew bound from Liverpool to Montreal. Among the
passengers were many American women and children
going home. 980 were rescued by the destroyer ELEC
TRA and the Norwegian freighter KNUT NELSON
The Red Ensign is the official flag of the commercial
shipping fleet of the UK and its crown dependen-
cies and overseas territories. The UK has the eleventh
largest merchant fleet in the world and the fourth lar
gest in European continent. The Merchant Navy Day
initiated in 2000 in the UK, offers an opportunity to
honour those seafarers who have given up their lifes to
the industry as well as the chance to celebrate success
and look ahead to the future of British shipping.
In a statement, the UK Shipping Minister said that
the country has a rich and proud maritime heritage
covering many centuries and expressed confidence that
this will continue long into the future.
He further added that it is often forgotten that over
20,000 merchant seafarers lost their lifes in the WWII
alone, doing a job that was crucial to the war effort.
On Merchant Navy Day, tribute is paid to them and
the other men and women of the Merchant Navy who
have lost their lifes over the years.
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No 8/Dec. 2011
UK approves armed guards on ships
The United Kingdom has become the latest state to approve the use of armed guards on board its flag ships in a bid to counteract the continuing threat of piracy stemming from Somalia. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that vessels sailing under the UK flag would be permitted to carry armed guards.
Container reliability improves
Thirteen of the Top 20 container lines equalled the 63% on - time industry average. Container service reliability has improved during the third quarter of 2011. The proportion of 3,281 ships arriving on time at selected ports in the third quarter of 2011 rose by 8 percentage points against the previous quarter to 63%.Maersk Line retained its posi - tion as the most reliable of the Top 20 carriers. APL took second place, while Hyundai Merchant Marine came third.
UN launches blueprint for „green“ oceans
The United Nations has launched a Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sus- tainability to improve the management of oceans and coastal areas. The plan looks at the role of the oceans in regulating the climate, pro- viding highly nutritious food, and sustaining livelihoods and economies. It points out that although the ocean accounts for 70 per cent of the Earth‘s surface, only one per cent of it is protected.
Despite weak freight rates and a poor time charter environment, containership operators are ordering ever larger vessels. Though this may seem counter - intuitive, it reinforces a trend that is at least five years old.
Containership operators cannot control freight rates, especially in a post liner conference competitive envi-ronment. They can however control the unit cost of shipping each TEU, through economy of scale. Ordering ever larger containerships is a direct consequence of this cost management. At a recent conference in Istanbul, Braemar Seascope Research Manager Mark Williams highlighted the strong correlation between the price of bunker fuel oil - the largest single cost per TEU movement - and the average size of containerships ordered over the past 10 years. The strength of the relationship is confirmed by the fall in bunker prices and average TEU capacity of new buildings ordered in 2009, though of course the ships ordered in 2009 will likely be delivering into a higher bunker price environment in 2012 and later. If bunker prices continue to rise, there will eventually come a point at which naval architects will find it harder to build bigger ships. The Malaccamax concept
and port operators will find it harder to continually upgrade facilities. The new eco designs for containerships will become ever more important in liner companies' cost management strategies.
News
„Power and Beauty“ is the title of the winner in the Cook&Galley Photo - Daniel Siudak on board M/T YUKON STAR during a Mediterranean Sea passage.
Orders for bigger containerships are in response to rising bunker costs
Merry Christmas,Season's Greetingsand a prosperous and a happy 2012
We wish you and your families, your relatives and friends all the very best for the coming year. May your seas be calm and grant you always a happy return.
Your HMS Editorial Staff
and port operators will find it harder to continually upgrade facilities. The new eco designs for containerships will become ever more important in liner companies' cost management strategies.
Daniel Siudak on board M/T YUKON STAR during a Mediterranean Sea passage.
Orders for bigger containerships are in response to rising bunker costs
Merry Christmas,Season's Greetingsand a prosperous and a happy 2012and a prosperous and a happy 2012
We wish you and your families, your relatives and We wish you and your families, your relatives and friends all the very best for the coming year. May your seas be calm and grant you always a happy return.
Your HMS Editorial Staff
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No 9/Feb. 2012
New Safety Drill PolicyThe global cruise industry announced a new emer-gency drill policy requi-ring mandatory muster for embarking passengers prior to departure from port. The new muster po-licy is effective immedia-tely, exceeds existing legal requirements by calling for the mandatory muster of all embarking passen-gers prior to departure from port. On rare occa- sions when passengers arrive after the muster has been completed, pas-sengers will be promptly provided with individual or group safety briefings.
Tired watchkeepersAn EU research study has found that some ship watch patterns carry an increased risk of fatigue. The research found that the sleepiness mostly took place on six hours on /six hours off watches (6/6), with at least one occur- rence of falling asleep on watch detected among 45% of officers on the midnight to 6 am watch. There was also one occurrence for about 40% of those on the midnight to 4 am watch in the four hours on /eight hours off (4/8) group.Watchkeepers were found to be most tired at night and the afternoon, with sleepiness peaking towards the end of night watches. The research also found clear evidence of perfor-mance deterioration by the end of the watch, particu-larly at the end of night watches and among those on the 6/6 pattern.
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An „Old Lady“: Nevertheless, the 1982 commissioned POLARSTERN of German Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Research is one of the most successful polar research vessels in the world. To date it has successfully completed more than 50 expeditions
to the Arctic and Antarctic and visited the North Pole three times.
North Pole sea ice half as thick as 2001Sea ice floating near the top of the world appears to be half as thick as it was 10 years ago, according to reports from a premier German research icebreaker on a nine - week mission to survey the Arctic Ocean from one side to the other. The 387 - foot POLRARSTERN plowed through floes at the geographic North Pole at exactly 11:42 p.m. ADT on Aug. 21, 2011 according to a report posted by the ship’ s owner, the renowned German Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.Initial measurements of sea ice have averaged about 0.9 meters or about three feet — 1.1 meters thinner than comparable measurements taken in 2001, the last time the Polarstern visited the North Pole and a season when observed floe depth matched the long-term average.
But in what could be a disconcerting harbinger for the 2010 melt season — about to reach its low point during the next three to four weeks — the ice thickness measured by Polarstern scientists this summer is almost exactly the same as measurements taken in the central Arctic in 2007.That’s the year the polar ice cap shrank to its all - time summer minimum — a dismal record that the current overall ice cap has been flirting with off - and - on for weeks.The Arctic “is now experiencing a similarly small ice cover as the year that went down in the annals as the one with the lowest extent of sea ice since the beginning of satellite measurements in 1979,” according to chief scientist Ursula Schauer, an ocea- nographer from the Institute, in this story filed from the North Pole.
The North Pole visit marked the vessel’s third visit to the home planet’s most northern point. In 1991, the POLARSTERN and the Swedish research icebreaker ODEN became the first two conventionally driven ships to sail there. The POLARSTERN returned almost exactly 10 years later to the day with the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker HEALY.But the vessel’s most startling navigational feat might have occurred in 2008, when it performed the first circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean by traversing both the Canadian Northwest Passage and the Russian Northern Sea Route during a single 10,800 - nautical mile voyage.One of the world’s most sophisticated and versatile research vessels, the German - built POLARSTERN has conducted more than 50 separate missions since commissioned in 1982 and spends about 310 days a year at sea. Its double-hull construction allows it to bash through ice up to five feet thick while cruising at 5 knots, and can handle temperatures that descend to about minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit, making it cap- able of overwintering in the polar night. Its name means “Pole Star.”
Sea CateringYour Global Provisioning Management
…Catering…Catering
Today, HMS’ Sea Catering manages and provides professional worldwide Sea Catering for over 750 international container ships, tankers, ferries and research vessels. Our customers benefit from our experienced staff with strong background from the shipping and hotel industry, our strong market position as well as our global supplier network. HMS’ Sea Catering increases efficiency and reduces overhead of ship owners and ship management companies by taking over the complete procurement for provisions of the fleet and supplying through its audited supplier network of more than 400 suppliers worldwide.
Every supply is managed within a fixed “per-head/per-day-rate” that gives us a monthly budget and enables us to monitor
the customers’ costs. Based on this budget we co-ordinate with ships’ staff the required products in order to meet the needs of your crew. Our state-of-the-art ERP system allows us to provide you with critical data concerning the consumption of your fleet and related budgetary issues. HMS’ philosophy is to customise our Sea Catering service to your special needs and requirements, based on a standardised and successful system. Our system reduces the ship owners’ and managers’ budgetary risks, inventory bound capital costs as well as administration overhead while it ensures your crew’s satisfaction.
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Marine & Offshore RepairsPlurotech International Pte Ltd offers you emergency repair works as well as fabrication engineering works onboard vessels calling Singapore Port or plying along the Singapore anchorage. All fabrication works are carried out in our workshop or by our riding crews that enable efficient repair and engineering works carried out during sea voyage.
High Performance Coatings and Corrosion ControlProfessional technical expertise and corrosion control solutions for all corrosion related problems is provided by Plurotech’s Coatings Division.We manufacture user and eco-friendly water based rust con-verters which are our very own proprietary blend product. With strategic alliances with reputed paint manufacturers, we are also the exclusive distributors in the Far East for the supply of high performance coatings which are widely used in the marine and offshore industries.
Spare Parts DivisionThe Spare Parts Division supplies genuine as well as OEM spare parts at very competitive prices to your fleet. We are also able to supply our own brand of Induction Electric Motors with two years warranty.
Consumer DivisionThe Consumer Division provides corrosion solutions to Do-It-Yourself consumers who want to carry out their own rust repairs on household items or metal structures such as gates, railings, window grills, undercarriage of cars, water pipes, etc. with the use of our very own RustEx*21™.
Plurotech International Pte Ltd. offers you a wide range of engineering services… • Steel structure module fabrication and installation • Cell guide/hatch hover and accommodation ladder repair • Piping works • Underwater survey • All kinds of mechanical works and hydraulic system repairs • Repair service for automation/electrical and electronics systems, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems • Bow thruster and rudder repairs • Contact damaged/emergency collision repairs
… as well as a wide range of high performance coatings and rust removers • RustEx*21™ - 100% water based rust converter • CeRam-Kote Coatings - High performance flexible ceramic epoxy coatings • Royal Coatings - solvent-free ceramic loaded epoxy coatings • HoldTight® 102 Flash Rust Inhibitor - a water-based rust inhibitor
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HAMBURG HMS Hanseatic Marine Services GmbH & Co. KG Neuhöfer Brückenstraße 8 D–21107 HamburgPhone +49 40 31800–0 Fax +49 40 31800–1800hamburg@hms–services.comwww.hms–services.com
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SINGAPORE HMS Far East Pte Ltd
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