FREMANTLE PORTS’ COMMUNIT Y NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER | 2015
New mooring system secures ships Glen makes Jo’s day
Glen Delbridge and Jo Newman reunited with her gold diamond
bracelet. She said it was not her best photo as she had been ‘crying
tears of joy’.
The power of social media and a Good Samaritan
make a strong combination.
On a Sunday afternoon in July, Port Services Officer
Glen Delbridge found a bracelet in Slip Street. An
hour later Jo Newman realised she had lost the
bracelet between parking in Slip Street and walking
around the Esplanade Winter Garden.
The ShoreTension mooring system in place with the line fed from the orange hydraulic unit on the wharf.
The ship is secured with another unit used at the stern.
An incident in which a ship broke its moorings
and hit an oil jetty in Rotterdam resulted in the
development of new mooring technology now in
use in Fremantle.
Two K.R.V.E. employees spent three weeks in
Fremantle training our staff on ShoreTension
and it has been integrated into our mooring
procedures.
ShoreTension, developed by Netherlands
company K.R.V.E. with the Port Authority of
Rotterdam, is a shore-based flexible mooring
system that puts mooring lines under constant
tension. For moored vessels, it reduces
movement caused by strong wind, currents or
passing vessels.
Port Services Officer Ian Fryer said
ShoreTension was “absolutely fantastic” from a
user’s perspective: “The ShoreTension system
has a 60-tonne pressure capability but we will
probably only need 24 tonnes.”
Fremantle Ports Harbour Master and General
Manager Port Operations Captain Allan Gray
investigated ShoreTension after last year’s
incident where a meteotsunami caused ship
AAL Fremantle to swing out from the berth and
hit the Fremantle rail bridge.
“It provides a notification system to Inner
Harbour team leaders, the North Quay patrol,
the security centre, the Harbour Master and
the signal station. In addition, ShoreTension will
provide us with useful data, such as how much
impact there is from suction and pressure waves
from passing vessels.”
Two units are required per ship. We now have
six, with six more units arriving before the end
of the year.
The system will be used on some container ships
and on ships at North Quay Berths 11 and 12.
These eastern berths are closest to the bridge
and where ships are most exposed to northerly
winds.
Manager Port Operations Kevin Edward
said specialised weather information service
Weatherzone had also been purchased to aid
forecasting of stormy weather and pressure
variances that contributed to meteotsunamis.
The Weatherzone system was especially
designed to suit Fremantle Ports’ requirements.
Not only was it 24 carat gold with 24 diamonds, it
had ‘massive sentimental value’ as her husband had
given it to her five years ago and her twin sister
wore one the same. She took a photo of her twin’s
bracelet and posted it on Facebook ‘hoping for a
miracle’. The post was shared almost 7500 times.
The wife of Glen’s colleague Takis Sintrikos saw the
post and Takis alerted Glen the next morning, along
with a number of other employees who had seen
it. Glen emailed Jo, spoke to her on the phone and
drove to her Myaree office to hand her the bracelet.
Jo said Glen wouldn’t take a reward. In an email to
Fremantle Ports she said: “You are lucky to have an
employee of this calibre who clearly values honesty
and is so humble in his approach. We need more
people like that in this world who are willing to
do the right thing without even having to give it a
second thought.”
Citing Fremantle Ports’ Values, Jo said Glen had
“well and truly demonstrated” them. As for Glen,
he said he didn’t accept the reward bottle of Moet
because: “You pay it forward and make people
happy, that’s it!”
Maritime Day 2015
10am-4pm Saturday 31 October 2015
Victoria Quay, Fremantle Port
Weatherzone information shows a violent thunderstorm
approaching the coast; each coloured dot represents a flash of
lightning.
Fremantle Ports’ Maritime Day is an annual free
expo that celebrates the maritime industry and
Fremantle Port, and features lots of displays about
maritime education and careers, children’s activities
and musical entertainment for all ages. There will
be a number of ships and vessels to board.
Signal Station now a Ferrari
Matt Zilko and his fellow Vessel Traffic Service
Officers are pleased with the refurbished
Signal Station tower on top of Fremantle Ports’
administration building, especially with the new
radar and computer equipment.
“The V3000 radar and tracking is a highperformance system," Matt said. “Its tracking
capacity is better than the previous system, it’s
much more user-friendly and it will aid the move
to a paperless office with electronic charts.”
An upgraded Voyager Port Management System
also went live recently. Voyager is an electronic
notification system where shipping agents
enter information about vessel particulars and
requirements, such as berthing, tugs, mooring,
garbage, water, vessel work or the need for
lifeboat drills. You can see the new public interface
by clicking on Shipping Movements on our website.
Historic collection on
electronic database
Our records management team is currently
cataloguing and indexing our historical
collection into our electronic database. Once
complete, the index will cross-reference other
electronic indexes, such as the State Library
and others. The oldest State archives found
were annual reports from between 1903 - 06.
Vessel Traffic Service Officer Matt Zilko (right) and Deputy Harbour Master Stuart Davey in the refurbished Signal Station
Kaylene Dunn with annual reports from 1903 - 06
Development on North Quay
high-voltage
reclaimed land
upgrade
Our first app
Development of reclaimed land at Rous Head
by port-related businesses is well advanced.
The additional land has allowed for the rail
terminal to be extended and a truck facility
with weighbridge to be built. Facilities to
support the container trade have been
established by Rous Head Cargo Services,
Toll Transport and QUBE Logistics. ACFS Tyne
will be developing the last parcel of land.
Fremantle Ports has been progressively
upgrading the high-voltage electrical network
on North Quay since 2012. Ten new substations
and interconnecting cables have already been
installed, with the remaining three due before
March next year. The goal is to replace all the
old switchgear and some high-voltage cabling and
install a fibre-optic SCADA network connecting
back to Fremantle Ports’ administration building.
The modern replacements reduce the risk of
unplanned outages, minimise outage recovery
time through commonality of spares, and can
be operated and monitored remotely. Our
people do not have to be in switchrooms during
switching operations, removing the risk of injury.
Our current high-voltage network feeds more
than 100 customers at North Quay and
Rous Head. From an environmental perspective,
the project implemented a new and innovative
way of recycling old transformer oil for
regeneration into diesel fuels.
Our first mobile app was developed in house
to provide information to container transport
company truck operators on the new Chain of
Responsibility legislation requirements that came
into effect in April. This legislation recognises
the responsibilities of others in the road
transport chain, beyond the driver and operator.
The legislation introduces legal accountability
throughout the transport chain. The app had
proved its worth with more than half the 500
truck drivers who service the port downloading
it by the end of June.
Sophie Gillespie, who was involved in developing the app, shows
what it looks like on her phone.
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Community support
Foxy the centre of attention
Every dog has its day, and speakers at
Fremantle Ports’ 2015 Workplace Giving Program
launch were outshone by an adorable beagle-cross
called Foxy.
Staff voluntary payroll deductions this year are
supporting literacy in local areas and cats and
dogs in need, like Foxy.
Representatives from the two charities being
supported, the Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation
(DSF) of WA and the Homeless and Abused
Animal Rescue Team Inc. (HAART), spoke to
staff in August about the work of their charities
and where our funds would be used. The DSF
partnership is supported by our fundraising
partner United Way.
DSF funding will be used to reduce the gap in
literacy through the BOOST parent training
program run by speech pathologists. Parent
workshops will be held in the Fremantle Education
District (which includes Kwinana) where there
is a waiting list for services, and parents will be
provided with comprehensive home resource kits.
Our funding will support almost 200 students.
HAART funding will assist with foster and
adoption programs, help run a volunteer program
and pay for food, vet and other animal care costs.
Fremantle Ports CEO Chris Leatt-Hayter
presented each charity with an initial cheque
of $2000. Fremantle Ports is matching payroll
deductions. Last year, workplace giving
contributed $20,000 to the Disabled Surfers’
Association.
Note: HAART has found Foxy a new home.
Marine Industry
Excellence Award
At the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce’s
Fremantle Business Awards in June, the
Marine Industry Excellence Award, sponsored
by Fremantle Ports, went to TAMS Group with
a highly commended certificate to IFAP.
Eric Wilson OAM
Congratulations to Eric Wilson, a long-term
member of Fremantle Ports Inner Harbour
Community Liaison Group, on being awarded
the Order of Australia Medal earlier this year.
Eric helps ex-POWs of the Japanese on the
Burma Thailand Railway. He organises and leads
tours to Thailand, plays a major role in the
Dawn Service at Hellfire Pass and Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery, and helped establish the Burma
Thailand Railway Memorial Association. Eric,
who has been swimming at Port Beach since
1942, is the co-founder of the Port Beach Polar
Bears Swimming Club.
Her Excellency the Hon Kerry Sanderson AO, Govenor of
Western Australia presented Eric Wilson with his award
Victor Paino
At the Workplace Giving launch were (from left) Tim Allan (United Way), Kim Bloor (DSF), Employee Engagement Coordinator
Katie Mitchinson, CEO Chris Leatt-Hayter and (in front) Kim Burke (HAART) with Foxy
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Congratulations as well to Victor Paino for
being made a life member of the International
Ship Suppliers Association at its Diamond
Jubilee Convention in Singapore earlier this
year. Victor and his brother Sam developed
Sealanes, a food service, seafood distributor
and ship suppliers business, based on their
father Salvatore’s business that opened in
Fremantle in the early 1920s. Victor retired
from the business in 2004 after 50 years in
the industry.
Victoria Quay news
B Shed ramp
now compliant
Warm haul for St Pat’s
New warming apparel donated by staff through
a Winter Appeal sundowner for St Patrick’s
Community Care Centre at B Shed in June was
handed over to St Pat’s just before a cold spell.
The goods included new winter wear and blankets
donated at the event plus winter wear bought with
funds raised by staff, and toiletries donated by
Spearwood Girl Guides. Pictured are
Melanie Watkins (left) from St Pat’s,
Nicole Passarelli, from Rottnest Express which
donated event prizes, and Franco Andreone of
Fremantle Ports.
The ramp on B Shed’s south side has been
modified to ensure it is compliant for wheelchair
access. The ramp provides wheelchair access to
the ferry terminal, cafe and the middle section of
B Shed where events and industry functions are
held. Wheelchair access is also available through
the eastern entrance and the cafe.
Heron injured by
fishing hooks
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Enviroment news
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Cool ideas for
cartridge recycling
Local photographer Bob Somerville saw this
Nankeen Night Heron near C Shed on Victoria
Quay in August. The heron was injured by
discarded fishing hooks and line. Fremantle Ports
has ‘Reel it in’ boxes along the wharf at
Victoria Quay for fishing detritus and urges the
fishing community to use them to prevent injuries
to wildlife.
In 2014-15, Fremantle Ports recycled 74.8kg of
cartridges, ink and toner bottles, contributing
to the 3.2 million kg recycled Australia-wide.
Port Environmental Advisor Rebecca James
said there were “some pretty cool products
being made out of this potential waste, such
as 100% recycled toner cartridge rulers and
Enviroliner felt pens made from empty ink
cartridges”.
“Larger items include E-wood which is a
95% recycled substitute for timber and is
naturally resistant to rot, termites, moisture
and UV,” she said. “Fremantle Ports has used
it in several applications as it is ideal in a
marine setting. Another exciting new product
is Toner Pave, an asphalt mix made with
recycled printer toner through a process
that is 40% more energy efficient than the
manufacture of standard bitumen
(see www.closetheloop.com.au).”
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Even more cruise ships this year
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Climate research
vessel in Fremantle
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The high-tech JOIDES Resolution research vessel,
one of the world’s biggest floating scientific
research facilities, visited the port recently. On a
mission to gain valuable insight into our climate
future, the ship was taking a group of leading
international scientists on a two-month ocean
expedition up the WA coast to drill up to one
kilometre beneath the seabed. The $20 million
International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
Indonesian Throughflow Expedition 356 is the
first-ever expedition to examine the climatic
conditions of the past five million years off the
western coast of Australia. Current records date
back less than half a million years.
Radiance of the Seas departing from Fremantle
With the Fremantle Passenger Terminal having
its busiest cruise season in 2014-15 since the
early 1970s, cruise passenger numbers are set
to rise again this financial year with 56 ships
expected.
New ships to call will be Legend of the Seas,
Explorer of the Seas and Pacific Eden.
Last financial year 117,565 passengers passed
through Fremantle Port from 43 ship visits;
34 calls were ‘turnaround’ visits, meaning that
on those calls, all or most of the passengers
disembarked at Fremantle with a new group
of passengers embarking.
Highlights for the year were the maiden voyages
of MSC Orchestra and Pacific Jewel and the
successful turnaround of 8000 passengers from
two ships on the same day.
Our Small Craft crews are very happy with a
new all-weather pilot boat which has the speed,
safety and comfort necessary to keep up with
the shipping movement schedule even on the
busiest days.
with busy shipping schedules and with speed
selections for fuel economy easily achieved
during moderate shipping schedule periods.
Top speed is 33 knots but at highly-efficient fuel
consumption rates it still produces 22 knots.
Berkeley (pron. Barklee), leased since June, has
exceeded the highest expectations of the pilot
vessel masters, according to Small Craft Team
Leader Jamie Strickland.
“At 18.5 metres measured length and just over
19 metres overall with a 6.1 metre beam, the
designers have achieved the perfect-sized pilot
vessel to operate on our coast and particularly
for the wave periods and sea states encountered
off Fremantle,” Jamie said. “Berkeley is far
superior to all other pilot vessels some of us
have operated around Australia and in some
overseas ports. Supporting regional WA naval
architects and boat builders is a bonus.”
“They have delivered a remarkable pilot
boat. It has excellent sea-keeping capabilities
and incomparable comfort of ride as well
as excellent stability, hull interaction,
manoeuvrability, wheelhouse visibility and
layout,” he said. “The boat has spacious belowdeck compartments and engine room, a world’s
best WA-built fendering system and improved
fendering fixing design. There is very little spray
onto the foredeck and wheelhouse.”
Berkeley is powered by two heavy-duty MTU
engines chosen for cruise speeds that can cope
US and Indian navies visit
Manager External Affairs Ainslie de Vos (pictured)
toured the amphibious assault ship USS
Bonhomme Richard with a media group in June.
New Berkeley is a sleek machine
Jamie said mid-west companies Southerly
Designs, Dongara Marine and Fine Entry Marine
had teamed up to design and build a pilot
vessel incorporating hull-design innovations and
improvements progressively developed in the
WA rock lobster industry but until now not
incorporated into mainstream pilot vessels.
JOIDES Resolution research vessel at D Berth, Victoria Quay
New pilot vessel Berkeley
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“It was a well-organised tour, with a chance to
chat to the commanding officer, Captain
Jeffrey Ward and other personnel,” she said.
“The extensive medical facilities were particularly
interesting, with several operating theatres, a
large intensive care unit, radiology, chem lab and
blood bank.”
Bonhomme Richard was accompanied by
USS Preble and USS Green Bay. The US naval visit
was associated with the biennial military training
exercise Talisman Sabre 2015.
Indian navy ships INS Satpura and INS Kamorta
were in Fremantle in June for a goodwill visit.
Satpura is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate
and Kamorta is the first of four anti-submarine
Kamorta-class stealth corvettes.
The two ships had been conducting training and
security patrols in the Indian Ocean. The Royal
Australian Navy’s first bilateral maritime exercise
with India will be held in September in the Eastern
Fleet exercise areas off the east coast of India.
Education report
Studying our records management
Year 9 Careers Day
Sixty Year 9 students from a number of
schools will participate in Fremantle Ports’
Careers Day on 28 October. Careers Day
is for students who have a strong interest in
learning more about education, training and
employment opportunities within the
maritime sector.
Careers Day complements Maritime Day
which will be held on 31 October by
providing targeted information workshops
and activities where students can meet skilled
people and have an in-depth introduction to
the maritime industry.
Kaylene Dunn (right) explains records management to teacher Ann-Marie Murtagh
We’ve hosted Kwinana Industries Council
(KIC) iWomen, iMen and iDiversity students at
Fremantle Ports and in August we welcomed our
first iTeacher.
Ann-Marie Murtagh, a business teacher in
the Education Support Centre at Warnbro
Community High School, spent a day with
Records Management/Freedom of Information
Coordinator Kaylene Dunn.
Ann-Marie said the day’s industry experience
was organised through KIC as she needed to
be industry current for teaching Certificate I in
Business.
Kaylene showed Ann-Marie the full gamut
of what records management involves from
registering mail to our policy and procedures, our
Recordkeeping Plan, the State Records Act 2000,
the retention and disposal schedule, the business
classification scheme and our website.
Ann-Marie said she had learnt about the breadth
of Fremantle Ports’ business and was impressed
with the quality checking and attention to detail
she saw.
“I can bring back the policy and procedures,
archiving and record management to the
classroom,’ she said. ‘It’s been very interesting and
I haven’t seen this element of business before.”
Students will have an opportunity to
participate in a number of activities provided
by maritime industry providers and educators,
including Svitzer, Challenger Institute of
Technology - WA Maritime Training Centre,
Total AMS, IFAP and the Leeuwin Ocean
Adventure Foundation. Murdoch University
will provide information about research
programs sponsored by Fremantle Ports that
include the study of seagrass restoration,
dolphins and little penguins.
Activities will include a ‘speed careers’
workshop, an expert panel, knot-tying
workshop, ship and vessel tours, Svitzer tug
tour, Maritime Ship Simulator demonstration
and ship-handling exercises, tour of the
aquaculture fish-tank farm and hatchery
(Challenger Institute), safety demonstrations
and a diving and communications workshop.
Gilmore Clontarf
Academy visit
Gilmore Clontarf Academy students and
teachers had a tour of the harbour on
FP Response in July. Before the tour, the
students and teachers briefed a number
of Fremantle Ports staff on the academy
for Aboriginal boys at Gilmore College, in
Kwinana. As well as their academic work,
the boys engage in healthy lifestyle programs,
environmental rehabilitation initiatives and
visit corporate partners to learn about career
prospects in the region.
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