MENAS Gets New Multipurpose Light Tender
Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) introduced its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a special naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards’ Royal Schelde facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. The vessel, the third MENAS ship to bear the name Relume, was christened by Mrs Chantal E Mitropoulos, wife of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos. vessels could perform. salvage capabilities. organization,” said John Gyles, Chairman of MENAS. its core activities using less ship¹s time than in the past. maritime safety and environmental protection in ways that extend beyond the organization¹s traditional role of maintaining aids to navigation. that has built more than 3,000 vessels over the past 30 years.
Menas Cuts Navigation Dues
The Middle East Navigation Aids Service (Menas) is cutting, with effect from July 1, 2006, its navigation dues tariffs for ships calling at ports in the Middle East Gulf. In addition to cutting its tariff for navigation dues by 50 percent, Menas is also overhauling its dues-charging structure to rationalize its impact on different classes of users. Smaller vessels, i.e. those below 15,000 net registered tons (nrt), that currently pay relatively little and incur proportionately heavy administrative costs will be exempt from all dues. At the other end of the scale, rates for larger vessels will be capped at dues equivalent to those of a 40,000 nrt vessel. This latter adjustment recognizes that disproportionate charges are currently levied on larger vessels, particularly tankers.
