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(c)2006 WavyLine.com	Issue No 330 20 Mar 06
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Editor: Sam Ignarski
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In this issue:

1. Welcome
2. Cruising on Cargo Ships
3. New Judicial Arrangements Mooted for Dubai
4. Chinese River Traffic
5. WiFi for the Square Mile
6. And Finally...

1. Welcome

Poem of the Week

Politics

How can I, that girl standing there,
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Spanish politics?
Yet here's a traveled man that knows
What he talks about,
And there's a politician
That has read and thought,
And maybe what they say is true
Of war and war's alarms,
But O that I were young again
And held her in my arms!

William Butler Yeats

New Readers this week include:-

Luigi Gozzi of the Concordia Consultancy
Recruiter Helen Jenkins of Fast Stream in Southampton
Michael Murphy,Publisher, Freighter Travel Review
Snr Raffone of Generali Corporate in Argentina
Leslie Blake of Surrey University

News of Readers

Peter Barrett left Heath Lambert last month and has now joined the Marine Liability Department at Willis in London.

Note from the Editor

Mr Chen Ding An, the lawyer and correspondent from Shanghai who was visiting London this week, complains that the coverage in this e-zine of matters Chinese has been patchy. We agree and promise to carry more news from that dynamic market--see item 4 below for a start.

May we kindly ask our Readers in China to send in news? It does not matter if this in Chinese. Women shuo hua. Well--hai keyi.

Enjoy.

2. Cruising on Cargo Ships

Kevin Griffiths writes:-

Recent changes to the Australian trades have seen passenger routings on cargo ships "all change" as of this month.

With the acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd by Maersk and CP Ships (including Contship Containerlines) by Hapag-Lloyd, the previous eastabout and westabout round-the-world service came to an end in February and have been replaced with two 84-day pendulum services, weekly out-and-back via Suez and fortnightly via Panama. In addition, Hamburg Süd have added a fortnightly 84-day round voyage via Panama.

Of a total of twenty-four ships involved in these trades, not all carry passengers, but half of them, or a dozen, do These include five vessels trading via Suez (the "Adelaide Express", "Aenne Rickmers", "Alexandra Rickmers", "CMA CGM Utrillo" and "Leda Trader") and seven trading via Panama - including four CMA CGM/Marfret vessels ("CMA CGM Latour", "CMA CGM Manet" and "CMA CGM Matisse" plus "Marfret Provence") and three Hamburg Süd ships ("Cap Van Diemen", "Cap Victor" and "Cap Vincent").

Not everyone knows such cargo ship voyages are still available and can all be booked through The Cruise People Ltd in London.

http://www.cruisepeople.co.uk

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3. New Judicial Arrangements Mooted for Dubai

Jasamin Fichte writes:-

We may have an interesting story for Bow Wave as we understand there is a prospect of a maritime court being established within the Dubai International Finance City (DIFC), one of our free zones which will have its own court as part of Dubai Courts, however, the judges will be a retired English Judge (admiralty division) and a judge from Singapore. The advantage of this is that Dubai will have judges allowing the parties to conduct the proceedings in English who will also be able to understand
the ins and outs of shipping. It will also be possible to conduct arbitration proceedings within the DIFC and this would solve another lot of problems because the UAE has yet to ratify the New York Convention which renders the best London Award as valuable as the paper it is printed on.

We will report on developments during the coming months

4. Chinese River Traffic

We understand from our correspondents that the new expanded port of Chongqing on the Yangtse (known to some of our readers as Chung King) has been operational officially since the beginning of this year. It covers an area of 533,000 sqaure meters and has two berths capable of supporting an annual turnover of 280 000 TEUs. There is also provided a ro-ro berth with a capacity of 150 000 vehicles. The port has further plans for expansion and a second expansion phase is due to commence within the next year with a view to completion by 2009.

5. WiFi for the Square Mile

One of the techie sources of information which enriches your editor's daily reading is Silicon.com which recently carried a piece on the plans to make WiFi access available throughout the city of London. The item is sceptical whether the office classes will take great benefit and comfort from this and reckons that the initial take up will be 20 000 people or so. Sounds a bit on the low side to us.

Read the article at:-

http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39157003,00.htm

6. And Finally...

As we pass and commemorate St Patrick's Day here in England we give due thanks to transport broker David Frugtniet for these thoughts on the demon drink:-

"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."

Jack Handy

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. "

Frank Sinatra

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

Henny Youngman

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
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"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."

Stephen Wright

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.
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"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"

Brian O'Rourke

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Benjamin Franklin

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
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"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."

Dave Barry

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
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To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!

Dave Howell

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.
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And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his
buddy Norm.

Here's how it went:

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection isg ood for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.

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