2022 Staff Wide Newsletter VAM

STAFF-WIDE NEWSLETTER VAN AMEYDE MARINE April 2022 2-3 7 8 12 UKRAINE CONFLICT ROBERT CHESTERS ANTANAS RV TRITON Messages from Hanna Who joins us the Glob- PETRUŠKEVIČIUS McAuslands on tour! Kivelä and colleagues al Business Develop- Article from; Vakarų Ekspresas ment Manager Van Ameyde Marine Newsletter 1

UKRAINE CONFLICT UKRAINE CONFLICT HAnaansntaasKiaivUelläia,nMcahxeynmkoKostiuchenko and Dear Colleagues, On Thursday 24th of February Russia has launched a devastating attack on Ukraine. VA Krogius has office in Kiev and two full time staff members as well as regular consulting surveyors located in the Odessa region. Several of us have communicated regularly with colleagues from Ukraine office, Maxym and Danylo. ear colleagues, Colleagues and our clients from all over the world It’s hard to write or say anything. have presented support for Ukraine and wishes for Honestly, it was not a wonder. It’s just history repeating. I suppose Dthe peaceful resolution. Latest information is that Maxym and his family as well as Danylo with his everyone understands it. I’m not going to describe family are safe and well. We have confirmed that if each and every history period when russia be- they need to or when they want to, we shall sup- comes aggressive. We can do it privately when we port them getting out of Ukraine and relocate. meet. Several VA Krogius staff members have relatives One of the most urgent things that I’d like you to in Ukraine. The situation affects us all. We contin- understand is that our skies are technically open. ue our normal work but the general atmosphere is We have our Air Defense and it performs at its best sad. Please contact me if you have any questions level possible. Still there’s no possibility to cover or need support with contacting clients or other 100% of attacked territory to prevent bombing contacts from Russia, Ukraine or Belarus. Our team of Ukrainian cities. Also, Russia attacked Kharkiv will try to help. using its aircrafts and shelling the city from its air Please see below messages from our colleagues. territory. Maxym is also sharing resource for live updates Why do we see so many civilian deaths? This is and link to donate to the Ukrainian Armed forces. due to air strikes from Russian and Belorussian Anastasia from the Van Ameyde head office shared territories – either shelling from planes or using of a message about how we can help Ukrainian peo- ballistic rockets. Ukraine needs its air space to be ple. In case you have any questions or need help backed up by allies. That is why it’s so important with translations, please don’t hesitate to contact to insist on this eitherfrom NATO countries or the Maxym or Anastasia. EU’s. Hanna Kivelä Our land troops do their job efficiently. And they ******************************** showed it from the first day of invasion. 2 Van Ameyde Marine Newsletter

UKRAINE CONFLICT We had our time to prepare. But after latest pres- ******************************** idential elections, further evolution of Ukrainian Dear colleagues, armed forces just was paused. I’m sure our current Your support to the Ukrainian people would mat- President (who plays his role really good, as I can ter greatly. Should you be willing to help, here are say) understands it now. some ways to do that: With sufficient covering of our skies, we will • Different ways to donate can be found succeed faster in this war and safeguard risks of through: https://linktr.ee/RazomForUkraine massive civilian deaths. • International committee of the Red Cross: Propaganda. Really, there’s an enormous amount https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/eu- of fakes, brutally and cynically combined informa- rope-central-asia/ukraine tion from russia. This is also a part of war. Keep • Read and share information from official that in mind. I know you will. Ukrainian or European sources. The following link I don’t want to write too many words, I thank all of is a telegram channel from Ukrainian parliament, in you for all support you personally and your coun- English: https://t.me/verkhovnaradaofukraine tries provide. • Speak up and join demonstrations to sup- Here’s resource for live updates for you. This is our port Ukraine local law and media company LIGA.NET, which is • Donate to animal shelters on the territo- the biggest provider of legal sources, analytics and ry of Ukraine. Animals are suffering now without legislation information. They are really cool in that, food/water/electricity as a result of the bombing. so their media part is also very diligent company. Hostomel is a reliable animal shelter in need of The link: https://news.liga.net/politics/chronicle/ funds: https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/ russian-invasion-in-ukraine-tanks-and-rocket-at- s9cfffc7b41da tacks-on-cities-breaking-news In case you have any questions, doubts or need In addition, our National Bank of Ukraine has help with translations, please don’t hesitate to opened a separate account for Ukrainian Armed contact me directly. forces. This is for donation to our army. All infor- Every action matters! mation to multicurrency account is here. Please, Ukraine needs you now. Please, help us. join. A little act of help is worth more than a thousand https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsional- words of regret. niy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-ko- Thank you from me personally and on behalf of all shtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi Ukrainians. If you hesitate, just think of it as an investment Anastasia Ulianchenko into Ukraine and Europe’s safety, peace on our [email protected] continent. Maxym Kostiuchenko [email protected] Van Ameyde Marine Newsletter 3

MD UPDATE ROEFSPEUAAKTFRRAAIRAIENTRIIAOSNN Update from McAuslands Following the recent events in Ukraine P&I In view of the War in Ukraine repatriation of clubs are seeing increased requests from their seafarers to the Black Sea regions will now members for guidance in connection with the come with its own complications where Van repatriation of Ukrainian Seafarers particular- Ameyde Peoples Team are able to offer P&I ly at the end of their Seafarers Employment clubs and its members assistance to Seafar- Agreement (SEA). Additional to this and in ers terminating contracts at UK ports wishing view of the present crisis in Ukraine many to return home. Ukrainian seafarers are requesting to be re- leased from their employment contract before Through our excellent cooperation with UK the original termination date. Border Force Van Ameyde’s Peoples Team can provide members with support on clearance In most cases the contract of employment formalities from the vessel, obtaining neces- provides that crewmembers should be repat- sary visa’s, transportation, hotel accommoda- riated to their country/place of origin. How- tion, medical & PCR support prior to onwards ever, when it is not practical or safe to return departure to their final repatriation destina- the seafarer to their home country or place of tion. engagement then, subject to the applicable law of the contract and the ship’s flag state, Additional to this Van Ameyde`s People Team Members may agree to an alternative place can provide regular updates on Foreign Office of repatriation, with the consent of the crew- advice on Russian sanctions & their effects at member. An Owner’s obligations to that crew- UK Ports. member shall continue until that repatriation is completed. 4 Van Ameyde Marine Newsletter

RENEWABLES RENEWABLES UPDATE Get to Know: Our Renewables Project Manager, James Curley, recently provided the Marine Warranty Survey for a consign- ment of 79 metre blades on behalf of Vestas Wind. Robert Chesters has recently joined the Van Ameyde Marine Group as the Global Business Development Manager. READ MORE ON PAGE 7 We have been wind projects so look forward The total number of Covid represent- to being busy there for the tests administered year next couple of years. to date; ing Vestas Despite the challenges faced 3362 in Turkey by the attending surveyors, we have successfully com- Van Ameyde Marine 5 for the last 6 years. pleted all current projects in Our remit includes attending Ukraine, with the last of our throughout the loading and UK surveyors departing to lashing of the V162 blades return home on Sunday. The which were stowed 5 high, vessels are still arriving into the highest stow of blades Ukraine and we have con- out of Izmir, Turkey to date. tinued to provide seamless A great job done and it looks surveyor cover by utilising pretty impressive too. our experienced Van Ameyde Krogius partners in Kyiv. In other renewable news, we have renewed our relation- We have also won contracts ship with Vestas and Nordex for 2022 with Vestas in Reun- in South Africa for upcoming ion Island and Taiwan.

GOING GREEN MCAUSLANDS MOVING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES We are transferring our surveying team to fully electric vehicles. We are ful- ly committed to the Global Net Zero Policy. We already have several of our surveyors driving EV’s, with the rest committed to changing in the coming months. This is something that we are particularly proud of, and encourage others to do the same. THOMAS LUNDELL - CLAIMS AND RECOVERIES MODULE 3 We would like to thank Thomas Lundell for your recent undertaking of the virtual Claims and Recoveries Module 3 seminar and examination organized by the Lloyd’s Agency Department. The exam papers have now been marked and we have received the results as follows from Rebecca Waddingham: “We are delighted to advise that you have passed the Claims & Recoveries Module 3. Many congratulations on this excellent result. We will update our website to show your result and a certificate will be sent to your office.” We also want to congratulate Thomas for the hard work and passing of all there examination modules. Congratulations! 6 Van Ameyde Marine

ROBERT CHESTERS ROBERT CHESTERS JOINS VAN AMEYDE MARINE NETWORK Rob joins us as the new Global Business Develop- ment Manager for the Van Ameyde Marine Network Van Ameyde Marine are delighted to Rob’s ambition for the role is to align all of the Van announce the appointment of Rob Ameyde Marine companies with a common com- Chesters as their new Global Busi- mercial development and marketing strategy. This ness Development Manager. is to provide a global Marine Surveying solution Rob joins Van Ameyde Marine with twenty-three that meets the requirements of our principles be years’ experience in the Maritime Services Sector. that P&I Clubs, Ship Owners, Marine Insurance Rob worked with Wilhelmsen Ships Service, where Companies or Maritime Law Firms. he held global commercial sales and business development positions in the UK, Norway and The Rob is from Liverpool, UK and will be based from Netherlands. More recently, Rob held the position our Hull, UK office (Van Ameyde McAuslands), of Managing Director at Oceanic Technical Solu- whilst working closely with our regional Van tions, working with vessel owners to improve their Ameyde Marine offices in Rotterdam (Van Ameyde machinery and reduce their overall environmental Marine), Helsinki (Van Ameyde Krogius) and Singa- impact. pore (Van Ameyde Seasia). Van Ameyde Marine 7

ANTANAS PETRUŠKEVIČIUS ANTANAS PETRUŠKEVIČIUS Studied for thirteen years, graduated three times from Maritime School. by Dalia Bikauskaitė Antanas Petruškevičius is a captain born in As a child, he knew he would be a sailor. “I independent Lithuania. He is no longer sailing found a fourth-grade drawing in which I had to Africa, he works as an assistant stevedor- already painted myself with a uniform,” the ing master at AB Orlen Lietuva. He was one of interviewer recalled. Probably influenced by the first students to acquire a new specialty the fact that his older brother sailed into the and be able to work on ships as both pilots sea, was a motorist on the ship. Of course, and mechanics. However, when it became Antanas read books about the sea as a child, clear that two-in-one shipping companies did including Aloyzas Každailis’ book “Ships and not need specialists, it took a long time to Sailors”. There was a lake near the house, look for a job. so they sailed in a wooden boat. He played a lot of sports. In the 12th grade he was the “There were 9 illegals on our ship,” settled in champion of both running and skiing in Varė- Dakar, guarded by two Portuguese police of- na district. He spent his summer vacation in ficers. At that time, the final of the European Klaipeda. The third brother stayed in Dzūkija, Football Championship took place in Portugal. and Antanas and his elder dropped anchors in The Dakar people said they liked football and the Lithuanian port city. asked on the radio. The police provided them with a radio receiver. They put it in a metal In 1993, A. Petruškevičius, at the age of 17, bucket and launched it in full sound, and they started studying at the then Klaipėda Higher themselves escaped through the porthole, but Maritime School (now the Lithuanian Higher one remained, ”said A. Petruškevičius about Maritime School). He wanted to study navi- his adventures at sea. gation, but there was only one candidate left. Lecturer Idmontas Ervinas Lukauskas offered Thrown anchor in Klaipeda to choose a new specialty - navigator with the right to manage ship power plants. Said A. Petruškevičius is from Dzūkija. His family to receive two diplomas: both a captain and a lived in Sapiegiškė village, Varėna district. chief. engineer. “I studied for three 8 Van Ameyde Marine

ANTANAS PETRUŠKEVIČIUS years quite intensively. Mechanics teach- the last three years as the commander of the ers demanded that we learn everything that hovercraft Christina. “We got that newly built mechanics need, and navigators - everything ship from England. We were trained to work that navigators need. Students, navigator or mechanics, went home after the lectures, and on it by instructors from England, Finland and we were still sitting until half past seven in Sweden. It was quite an interesting period: the evening. Then such a group of ours was we worked intensively, there were a lot of assembled for the first time, later there were rescue work, business trips, we had to take several more, ”the interlocutor recalled. courses in Sweden and Finland. He graduated at the age of twenty. When try- ing to work, she faced a challenge: not a sin- Coastal fishermen were accustomed to notic- gle company was told that she did not need ing a potentially approaching inspection ves- such specialists, she wanted either a mechan- sel pulling ashore by boat to avoid inspectors ics or a navigators. Some of his classmates inspecting. While patrolling Christina once, went out to sea to work as ordinary sailors. we saw that the fishermen were pulling away In 1996, the creation of the Coast Guard from us, so we first sailed to the beach and Ship Division was started in Klaipeda, which waited. They were very surprised, because needed specialists. Antanas got a job and Coastal fishermen were accustomed to notic- immediately re-entered the Maritime School ing a potentially approaching inspection ves- - he studied part-time only in navigation to sel pulling ashore by boat to avoid inspectors have only a diploma of navigator, not a dou- inspecting. While patrolling Christina once, ble specialty. I had to take a vacation when we saw that the fishermen were pulling away the sessions started. He graduated from this from us, so we first sailed to the beach and school for the second time in 1999. waited. They were very surprised, because they had not seen such things that the ship In 2001, A. Petruškevičius entered the Mar- would float on the sand, “Antanas said. itime School for the third time, because he wanted to have a higher non-university edu- The first trip is 8 months cation. “I had two higher education diplomas, and I needed a higher education diploma to After working in the Coast Guard Team (PAR) work. After learning a year and a half, I got of the State Border Guard Service for six a higher non-university education. Then, in years, A. Petruškevičius began to think that order to receive a higher university education, some other activity should be undertaken. I studied at Klaipėda University for another 5 For he was still drawn to the sea that was years, I completed a master’s degree. I stud- beyond. However, many companies wanted ied for thirteen years, I think I have already the new employee to have extensive seafar- finished my studies, ”he said. ing experience and only one offered to sail for two weeks. This is how he got into the fishing Asked if he liked to study constantly, to face fleet of a Lithuanian and Estonian company challenges in taking exams, and after all, he that worked in the North Atlantic. As captain did not have a normal holiday while studying, of the PAR vessels, he began his seafaring he joked: “The word” likes “is not appropriate career as a fourth mate. in this case.” Sailed on a trip with a 101-meter-long fish- At the age of 20 he became the captain ing boat Zunda, the so-called super, to catch of the boat redfish and mackerel. Half of the crew were Lithuanian and half Estonian. They fished in At the beginning of his working career, A. the Canadian, Icelandic, Greenlandic, Petruškevičius worked in various border ships. They had speedboats “Škvalas”, which were obtained from Poland. “A meeting is taking place in one of those boats, crews are be- ing formed. People introduce themselves: mechanic, sailor and so on. The commander points to me and says, “Here is your Ataman sitting. I turn around and there is nothing be- hind me. At that age, I became the captain of the boat for twenty years, “he recalled. When those boats were written off after a while, Antanas worked on other ships, and for Van Ameyde Marine 9

ANTANAS PETRUŠKEVIČIUS Norwegian areas, in the Irminger Sea, near from Europe in big bags, and from Africa - the Faroe Islands. I had to work various jobs, quite large mahogany logs, about 1 meter in even in a fish shop. The trip took an un- diameter and about 7 meters long. It used to planned time instead of 5 months 8. be that one log weighed about 11 tons, ”the interviewer shared his memories. “It was interesting that in the autumn we caught sea bass at a depth of 700 meters, Illegally lived better than the crew and in the spring - at a depth of 300 meters. During those 8 months, we were only ashore In 2004, a ship carrying 12 people between for two days: one in the Faroe Islands, when Europe and Africa “boarded” 9 illegally in we were refueling, and the other in the Neth- Dakar. The crew noticed them only after erlands, when we unloaded our produce on sailing. When the ship arrived in Portugal, A. the way home. We returned to Tallinn in No- Petruškevičius, who was called on holiday, vember, there was about 5 cm of snow, and it also arrived there. was difficult for us to raise our legs, because walking on board they were very real, ”said “In Portugal, 8 illegally fled, only one did not the captain. want to run. Then both helicopters and boats searched for the fugitives, and the action took place like in a thriller. Two were not found, and six were brought back to the loading ship, some of them slightly scratched. In- spection inspectors who arrived warned that if journalists found out about the illegal and if they complained that they were missing something, it would be bad. Our company brought them all kinds of razors and other things. We will not live as well as they do, ”said A. Petruškevičius. One of the inspectors advised them to lie to the illegals that Greece had agreed to accept them so that they would not try to flee again. “But we had to return them to the port from which they entered the ship illegally, name- ly Dakar. We have already dropped anchor right next to the port, waiting for further instructions from the company. The boat was surrounded by local fishing boats. Our “pas- sengers” started communicating with them, shouting. So they found out that it wasn’t Greece, but Dakar, that we took them home, very angry, even slammed the metal doors. Anyway, we didn’t bring them back. He sailed Red wood from Africa When the immigration service arrived in Da- kar, we thought our hardships were over. But After that voyage, which lasted for 8 months, one of the illegal ones pointed a finger at our A. Petruškevičius worked for the former boatman and said he had given him € 1,000. Lithuanian company Vortika, serving as the The situation changed, then we became the second assistant captain. At that time, its culprits, even though the boatman had ma- last two river-sea vessels, the Vesta and the laria at the time they boarded the ship, was Šiluva, were already on sale. And later he was barely alive lying in his cabin and could not already working on foreign ships, becoming a take that money. It took another 3-4 hours captain in 2018 working on a high-speed ship. to explain before we finally took those “pas- sengers” out. Oh, we had business, unfortu- He worked mainly on ships carrying general nately I can’t tell you everything. During my cargo, which sailed on the line Europe-Afri- communication with the Dakar people, the ca, sailed to the ports of Portugal, Spain and knowledge of the French language, which I West Africa. “We mostly transported cement acquired at the Nedzingė school, was useful“, - A. Petruškevičius remembered the story with the illegals. 10 Van Ameyde Marine

ANTANAS PETRUŠKEVIČIUS I didn’t like the work of the port dis- gate during the storm in 2019, coordination patcher of other works,” he said. A. Petruškevičius has also worked in the “I’m out of wood and I’m out of the At- fleet of Klaipėda State Seaport Authority. “I lantic” returned from the sea and worked during the holidays on the ships of the Port Author- A. Petruškevičius married in 1998. He met ity” Viesulas “,” Šakiai “, when he was still his future wife Šarūne in Klaipėda, when she a member of the management, in the high- came to the port city to learn solo singing. speed catheter” Žaibas “for a year and a half. That Antanas studied for so long, she did not But I only worked as a port dispatcher for two blame, she is currently studying gestalt psy- months because I didn’t like that job. Come chotherapy at Kaunas Gestalt Study Center. and sit in the office. And we, the sailors, are They have three sons. 22-year-old Tautvydas such people that we want space, action. I sit will definitely not be a sailor anymore, he has and think: it is not necessary to sit like this been studying industrial design in London until retirement. I apologized to the leaders for the last year. The middle son Saulius is and immediately sailed to sea, back to my eleventh, he loves warfare. The little Tadas is Africa, ”he said. only eleven years old, he loves to play chess, he already participates in tournaments. They For a year now, A. Petruškevičius has been both attend music school as well. working at AB Orlen Lietuva at the Būtingė oil terminal as an assistant stevedoring master. Fun in my house. Even if I’m away some- “We moor the tankers in Būtingė at the SPM where, with current technology, I communi- buoy and unload them. I like cate with everyone. I raise the children, as this job because it lacks challenges and re- usual, remotely (laughs), “said the captain. sponsibilities, and I can spend more time with “Mushrooms germinate in fungal places” my family, which I think is a top priority in “I like to play sports in my free time, but now life, ”he said. I do it a little less often. Prior to that, A. Petruškevičius worked for And anyway, mushrooms: both squirrels and several years as the chief captain of the boletus are always in my house - dried, fro- tugboat SL Tengiz serving the Būtingė termi- zen and various. It would be a shame to tell a nal. In addition, he has been working for five man not to have them in Dzūkija. Mushroom years as a representative of the surveyor`s picking is as simple as picking apples in your company Van Ameyde Krogius in Lithuania, garden from apples. If you know the forest, performing the work of an independent expert go and gather, spend 2-3 hours, and some- related to ships, cargo and insurance events. times only an hour. I once asked an elderly “One of the memorable works was the coor- person where to find mushrooms for me. He dination of the Polish yacht Lilly W, which was replied cleverly, “Mushrooms germinate in thrown in Smiltynė near the Klaipėda port fungal places.” Van Ameyde Marine 11

VA MARINE CAROLINE SCHERRER VISITS THE NETHERLANDS In November our Houston based consultant cide on educated predictions for the following chemist, Caroline Scherrer, decided to take rounds. Aside the studies into the teams, we the leap over the Atlantic Ocean for a long understand that some local US based sources overdue visit to The Netherlands. were consulted for opinions, which once more shows that our line of business is not only During her stay she visited the Van Ameyde about what you know, but also about who you Marine Rotterdam office, to meet as many know… colleagues as possible and to add some faces to the names. In the end, after some nerve wracking weeks she did persevere as number one and hit us The primary objective of her visit, however, Dutchies where it hurts the most: in the heart was to collect the trophy which she won dur- of our national pride, soccer. ing the European Championship soccer held last June/July. A very impressive achievement, especially for someone from a country where football isn’t During the Championship we organized a even played with a perfect spherically shaped bracket amongst the colleagues in which Car- object. oline participated. She managed to take the lead in the ranking from day one and stayed All in all, we take it that the trophy will re- in that position throughout, with the excep- ceive a honorable display and we can all tion of only a few days. In spite of the time agree to a “congratulations, well played and difference, great efforts were made to follow well deserved!” up on the various games to be able to de- 12 Van Ameyde Marine

RV TRITON MCAUSLANDS TOUR THE RV TRITON In February and March, Van Ameyde The Triton was designed as a demonstrator to McAuslands Senior Surveyor, Eric Casson, prove that the trimaran concept would work lead guided tours of the RV Triton for col- successfully in a large warship. Following her leagues. The Triton is moored in Hull, behind launch in 2000, the ship began an extensive the Siemens Windfarm Blade factory. series of trials in 2001, which covered gener- al ship handling, performance, sea-keeping In August 1998, the UK Ministry of Defence behaviour, but also areas more specific to (MoD) awarded a contract to construct the its design for which the Royal Navy had no trimaran, at a cost of £13.5m. RV Triton was experience. The Triton also undertook the first launched in May 2000 and delivered in Au- helicopter take-off and landing on a trimaran. gust 2000. Triton then began a two-year risk reduction trials programme for the UK Min- Please enjoy the pictures we took of our istry of Defence and the US Department of tours. Defence. The vessel’s three parallel hulls are reflected in her name which refers to the maritime god Triton who carried the three-pronged spear, the trident. The outriggers are thinner and much shorter than the dominant central hull. Van Ameyde Marine 13

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