Arctic Sea: approaching Damietta, Egypt

Great Lakes Feeder Lines recently took delivery of a second multi-purpose ship, the 4,705-deadweight-ton ice-class Arctic Sea. The Arctic Sea will be used to carry breakbulk, project, bulk and containerized cargo. It has two box-shaped hold and a combined lift capacity of 45 metric tons. The vessel will call Canadian and U.S. ports.

GLFL president Aldert Van Nieuwkoop said GLFL plans to use the vessel in a regular “European style” breakbulk and container coaster service from Lake Erie to Montreal. GLFL already operates another multipurpose vessel, the Dutch Runner, on a regular weekly service between Halifax and St. Pierre and Miquelon, islands that are French territory off the coast of Newfoundland.

“We are looking at possibly adding a third vessel by the end of summer,” Van Nieuwkoop said. “This year is looking a little busier than last year. More steel is moving, more steel mills are kicking up again…. We are careful, but optimists.”
Great Lakes Feeder Lines was successfully formed in continuation to its founders forming Canada Feeder Lines, a now Dutch based European shipping company with no further ties to Canada, Great Lakes Feeder Lines, its founders, or to trading vessels in Canada or the United States.


The Arctic Sea was the vessel involved in an alleged hijacking off the coast of Sweden during the summer of 2009.
http://www.breakbulk.com/transportation/great-lakes-feeder-lines-adds-second-vessel


methanol plant damietta

Arctic Sea: Estonian 'mastermind' controversial

"In addition to Laar, other senior government figures
faced scandal in 2001 in connection with the planned
privatization of the country’s national railway, Eesti
Raudtee. Media scrutiny revealed that a convicted felon,
Italian-born Antonio Angotti, was among the managers
of the international investment group that had been
awarded purchase of the railway and that President Meri’s
national security adviser, Eerik Kross, had assisted Angotti
in entering the country. Kross resigned his position in April. "[2002]
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current events

Eerik Kross, Hans, now, not by expansion of the Russian market, but restriction of the political interests of "defense". Russia's interest is on the low-voltage line konfliktikolle and perhaps also political control of the market in Estonia, not the expansion of the market



Hans H. Freedman: Eerik, I am talking about Russia's increasingly more õnnestuvatest attempts to expand its gas market, and expand the activities of Russian companies in their own toorainemaardlates, Shell, and others capturing the rest of the world influenced by the mining companies to go. It also extends the power of the state of mass communication, the last one fell Kommersandi activist publishing.

Eerik Kross: Moscow's gas policy is still first of a new era of aggressive security policy. Moscow believes that global supplies of gas if the checks, then checks to consumers. In reality, it is not so easy, because consumers will depend on the good cooperation of the supplier to the consumer in the same way. Woe to the fact that the Russian gas sector is currently behaving jõupoliitilistest positions, but the economic and commercial positions in the light.


Eerik Kross: Baltic Sea gas pipeline itself has no security threat. Security threat is the way they were in Germany and Russia agreed. Such records management means that the EU and in other cases may be behind the country's neighbors to agree on anything and we do not know where the boundaries of the possible arrangements
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Arctic Sea- the movie

EerikNKross [on Twitter]

1. It looks like the Russian Prosecutor's Office has decided to talk to me through media. Can answer their q-s in Twitter, more modern.
















Hope is not a plan: the war in Iraq from inside the Green Zone
By Thomas S. Mowle 2007



Office of the Secretary of Defense, Developing Iraq’s
Security Sector
The Coalition Provisional
Authority’s Experience
xxi
Acknowledgments
This report would not have been possible without the help of numerous
individuals. At RAND, Tom Sullivan provided invaluable statistical
support. Nora Bensahel, David Gompert, Walter Slocombe, and
Ambassador Richard Jones provided frank and insightful reviews,
which greatly improved the report.
During the preparation of this report, former and serving coalition
officials gave generously of their time to check facts and to provide
their interpretation of decisions and events. We are particularly
grateful to Fred Smith, Bruce Fein, Douglas Brand, Matt Sherman,
Celeste Johnson Ward, P.J. Dermer, and Eerik Kross.


Estonia's diplomatic representatives to the United Kingdom:

Kaja Tael, Ambassador (2001–2006)
Raul Mälk, Ambassador (1996-2001)
Riivo Sinijärv, Ambassador (1993-1995)
Allan Sepp, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. (1992-1993)
Eerik Niiles Kross, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. (1991-1992).

Arctic Sea: Estonian security guy denies it all

Kross denied the allegations.

“The allegations that I ordered the seizure of the Arctic Sea are at variance with the facts,” he was quoted as saying by Estonian daily Eesti Paevaleht. “I believe that these fabrications are connected to my consultation services for Georgia on security matters. Georgia is not Russia’s best friend.”

Kross owns Trustcorp, a consultancy firm that has in the past few years been working with Georgian state agencies.
Latvian prosecutors said there was no evidence linking Kross to the Arctic Sea seizure.


http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/578444


"The argument that I ordered a hijacking, the Arctic Sea, not true," said Kross "I think it is an invention of the Georgian Security advice - Russia, Georgia is not just the greatest friend." Kross, confirmed that he is accused of hijacking Dmitri Savinsit because he rented office space. „"I know him like that and we sat in one office," said Kross.
"The Prosecutor's Office and the security police have checked every known criminal in terms of important linkages between individuals and Dmitri Savinsi, with whom he interacted with Estonia," said the Arctic Sea in Estonia process leading prosecutor Lavly alder."Today, the data gathered during the criminal-Eerik Kross Niiles occupation does not confirm the link between the Arctic Sea." -Google translation


http://www.postimees.ee/?id=37639

http://www.ohtuleht.ee/index.aspx?id=206537

Next spring, opens the doors to a spectacular eakatekodu Keila alongside Villa Benita, which founded by her husband ex-intelligence head Eerik Niiles Kross, Kross and Terje Linnamäe Margus businessman, .

http://innojairja.blogspot.com/2010/02/kes-on-krossi-uus-tsikk.html

http://www.gossip.ee/articles/3167

Kross went on inside a marriage

Businesswoman Terje Kross (38) security consultant in the marriage-Eerik Niiles Kross (42) broken. Eerik-Niilese pugenud heart is one of the southern belle domestic origin. Terje said they moved to leave the Niilesega Eerik-half years ago. Going into the marriage contract was signed in the autumn, and then finalized the divorce.

"Grew apart. We were both busy and good at their fields," says Terje, who is a luxurious Villa Benita eakatekodu owner. "We definitely complement each other, and we are now just that, as we have, because with a year spent on. It was both our decisions. Our lives do not come to the third persons. But if the relationship is a dignified completed, you want to, of course, both to pursue their personal lives and we will definitely do well - after all we are still young. I'm happy that one phase of life has been completed, "says Terje Chronic Kale Kross.

Thus, Terje and Eerik-Niilesel is behind the previous partnerships. When working at the State Chancellery chief coordinator, divorced Eerik-Niiles Kross, Cynthia married the American Babskiga. Terje is 18 years old daughter lives with Diana Klaisiga Janek. Klais, Klais, who was associated with allilmaga, tried to pull Terjet dark transactions. Early 90s, they lived in the U.S., where Terje request assistance from the Estonian embassy. There she met Eerik-Niilest.

Asian Glory: released - who paid the ransom?

The Asian Glory,was released on June 11 at noon. With a 4,000 car carrying capacity, it was enroute to Saudi Arabia from Ulsan carrying 2,405 automobiles and out of this number 2,388 were Hyundais.
Asian Glory was boarded by pirates off Somali coast on January 1 2010. But who paid the ransom? Hyundai Motor and Kia have asked for a quick and safe return of the crew but in an email to Bloomberg Hyundai quickly removed itself from any responsibility when it said: “As soon as the vessel embarks, all risks related to the vessel are the responsibility of the distributor. All payments for the cars have been made, while the cars are also insured.”The pirates reportedly demanded $15 million in ransom. Supposedly, the figure was the "insurance of the ship and the value of the cargo – all vehicles included".

Arctic Sea: It was Estonians, Germans and Israelis

An Estonian businessman contracted the hijacking of the merchant vessel “Arctic Sea”, a suspect has told a Moscow court. The pirate attack, which drew worldwide media attention in June 2009, was done for ransom.

The alleged organizer of the crime is Erik-Neiliss Kross – an Estonian businessman involved in oil trade and development – according to one of the arrested hijackers, Dmitry Savins.[Who has been a prisoner in Moscow since 2009]. more

Savins told a Moscow court that he helped Kross, his business partner and friend, to hire people for the attack and was the one in charge of the operation. Kross planned the hijacking for purely financial reasons. He needed money to cover debts he had accumulated as a result of the economic crisis, which had hurt his business greatly. Crew - also in custody -story more

According to the defendant, two other people had been involved in arranging the crime – Sergey Demchenko from Germany and Aleksey Kertsbur from Israel. The man didn’t provide any proof of his accusations.


Dmitry Savin, or Dmitri Savino Mālpils (Dmitrijs Savins on the passport), attributed the organization of the corporation owning the phantom vessel Arctic Sea to The Latvian Aquaship Ltd . Dmitris Savins, a resident of Latvia, was the chairman of a tanker company Pakri Tankers - a subsidiary of a larger Estonian company Alexela Logistics. Savin, apparently, is still one of the owners and other firms Juhtimise Partnerid, also associated with Alexela Logistics. Moreover, a couple of years ago the Savin firm rented office at the former coordinator of intelligence in Estonia Eerik-Niylesa Cross.

IRISL : Germany, and Hong Kong.

IRISL has been transferring nominal ownership of the ships to shell companies, mainly in Malta, Germany, and Hong Kong. IRISL already had operations in these locations, making them convenient spots to set up new front companies. IRISL (Malta) Limited, for example, now shares its office space in a low-rise apartment building in the city of Sliema with a host of newly formed companies, including Jackman Shipping Company, Newhaven Shipping Company, Lancing Shipping Company, Oxted Shipping Company, and ten others, each of which is now the new registered owner of an IRISL vessel. The same pattern was followed at IRISL’s German branch. The Hamburg address of IRISL Europe GmbH is now also home to “Seventh Ocean GmbH and Co.,” “Eleventh Ocean GmbH and Co.,” and “Twelfth Ocean GmbH and Co.” These companies are the new owners of the sanctioned vessels formerly known as “Seventh Ocean,” “Eleventh Ocean,” and “Twelfth Ocean,” which have been re-named “Gabion,” “Daffodil,” and “Dandle,” respectively.
http://www.iranwatch.org/enforcementnotebook/irislreport.htm here

Malta among the countries in which Iran is using to set up companies to circumvent current and future embargoes.

Other countries that are mentioned are Cyprus, Hong Kong, Germany and the Isle of Man.

Iran’s state shipping company is carrying out a systematic campaign of deception to protect its international trade from current and future sanctions at the United Nations Security Council.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (Irisl), which has close links with the country’s notorious Revolutionary Guards, is to be singled out in sanctions that are being voted on in the Security Council today.

The organisation’s campaign of deception is outlined in a report released last month by the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control into Irisl’s reconfiguration. The report details at least 80 ships out of a known fleet of 123 that have been renamed in the past two years, with telltale names such as Iran Gilan substituted by innocuous-sounding English titles such as Bluebell and Angel. One was renamed Alias, the report states.

The report named “shell companies” that have been set up in locations from Malta to Germany to run supposedly independent shipping lines.

These secretive shell companies could come under review if a potential embargo is placed against Iran, and Malta-registered entities could be banned under international law. here

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), which has as its Mediterranean hub the Malta Freeport, is in the PSI’s sights. With some 150,000 TEUs per annum, IRISL generates more than 10% of the Freeport’s existing business. It is the Middle East’s largest commercial shipping company – and it has set up base in Malta as well.
And the Freeport is certainly a matter of interest for the US. The US Department of State and Department of Defence joint report to Congress, an annual report justifying military grants to Malta, described the Malta Freeport in 2005 as a “potentially serious weapons of mass destruction (WMD) transhipment threat.” It claimed the greatest concern to the US on the Freeport is the potential movement of WMD and missile-systems-related items. “The threat of WMD and dual-use material transhipment through the Maltese Freeport is potentially serious. In 2004, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) established Freeport as its Mediterranean hub. Also, Malta is close to other states of interest (Libya and Algeria).”
With nearly one-third of all international maritime traffic passing through Maltese waters, the Freeport also serves as a transit link in the flow of goods to and from “sensitive areas” such as Libya, Iran and the Balkans. And although the PSI won’t grant the US a carte blanche to board Maltese-flagged vessels, the target will include transhipment operations for goods destined to the Middle East.
And yet, trafficking in weapons of mass destruction is not the real problem because, except for North Korea, no states are known to have exported WMDs. That’s because nonproliferation is not about intercepting complete weapons systems in transit, but to prevent the shipment of the ingredients to build WMDs. These ingredients – components, technologies, and production materials associated with WMD — are far more elusive because they have civilian as well as military uses and their trade is not illegal. here

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