Koi Heads WIMA Again
Bulk carrier Dahlia Harmony has been berthing at Suva’s King Wharf for a more than a week offloading clinker by grabber onto hopper and then to trucks for the Pacific Cement Pte Limited (PCPL) in Lami.
Swire Shipping Limited (SSL) when contacted could only confirm that they were the local agents for the vessel.
“We are the local agents for Dahlia Harmony but we are not in the position to comment further,” SSL sustainable development management associate Virashna Singh said yesterday.
PCPL chief executive officer (CEO) Sowani Tuidrola confirmed that the clinker were designated for their Lami factory.
“I cannot comment on the magnitude of the clinker we are expecting,” Mr Tuidrola said.
Dahlia Harmony had arrived on August 2, 2020 from the Port of Kanda, Fukuoka, Japan and is expected to depart later this week.
On the Fiji Ports Terminal Limited August vessel schedule, Dahlia Harmony is expected to depart today, de
Tanker JS Cougar is anchored at the Suva harbour on August 6, 2020.
pending on weather conditions. On the same schedule Dahlia Harmony is due to be at the Lautoka wharf on August 15 (Saturday).
Its next destination after Lautoka is Auckland in New Zealand.
Clinker is an important component in the making of cement. It is a dark grey nodular material made by heating ground limestone and clay at a temperature of about 1400 °C – 1500 °C.
The nodules are ground up to fine powder to produce cement, with a small amount of gypsum added to control the setting properties.
Work at cement factories is deter
mined with the availability of clinker.
Fiji’s cement industry consists of Pacific Cement Ltd, which owns a 0.215Mta grinding plant at Lami, and Tengy Cement (Fiji) Co Ltd, which operates a 0.3Mta grinding plant in Lautoka.
Dahlia Harmony was built in last year and is sailing under the flag of Liberia.
It’s carrying capacity is 38582 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 9.5 meters.
Her length overall (LOA) is 179.99 meters and her width is 30 meters.
Meanwhile 11 bulk vessels and tankers have called into the Port of Suva the last week.
Of the 11 ships, five were tankers carrying Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and fuel.
The tankers were MT Laperouse, MT Heracles, MT Kiribora, JS Cougar and High Trader.
The other vessels ships and a bulk clinker. were vessel container carrying
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Jane Koi was re-elected president of the Women in Maritime (Fiji) while Faranisese Kinivuwai is now their legal officer at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Suva last Thursday. In her acceptance speech Ms Koi thanked the members for their confidence in the executive committee’s leadership.
“We look forward to connecting, engaging and involving members and key stakeholders in the maritime industry at all levels of progress earmarked to be achieved,” Ms Koi said.
“The formalisation of a localised Strategic Plan for Fiji WIMA is a priority and will be looked into by the new executives,” she said. WIMA (Fiji)’s 2018 and 2019 audited financial statements were presented at the AGM along with a review of the past two years Annual Report.
The highlight of the AGM was the election of executive committee members for the 2020-2022 term. The newly elected executives: Jane Koi (President), Michelle Rama (Vice-President), Ashika Chand (Secretary), Jeanette Rama (Treasurer), Faranisese Kinivuwai (Legal Adviser), Anaseini Tukana (Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji Representative), Virashna Singh (Public Relations & Communications Officer), executive members: Asena Sitela and Stella Hanfakaga.
- Karalaini Waqanidrola