FINN(COM) DAILY RECORD FOR 19 JANUARY 2004
(With Relevant Articles from FIBS)
Compiled by J. Brock (FINN)
The Norwegian Crown is due in Stanley tomorrow Tuesday 20th January 2004. There will be 1,005 passengers and the vessel will anchor in Port William. There are shore excursions planned throughout the day. The ETA is 0900hrs and ETD is 1600hrs.
The Royal Princess will be calling in to Stanley on Wednesday 21st January 2004. The ETA is 0800hrs and ETD 1800hrs. She will be anchored in Port William. There are shore excursions planned throughout the day.
Best wishes
Debbie
Debbie Summers
Sulivan Shipping Services Limited
Stanley
Falkland Islands FIQQ 1ZZ
http://www.sulivanshipping.com
WOOL REPORT: for the week ending Friday 16th January 2004
Auctions
The Australian market’s Eastern Market Indicator jumped 4.5% this week with demand for super-fine Merino wool, 20 microns and finer, mostly responsible for the movement. Broader merino types of 21 to 23 microns increased but not to the same extent, whilst Crossbred wool dropped in value for several micron indices. The EMI rose 30 cents on Wednesday and added a further six cents on Thursday.
In New Zealand the Fine Indicator was not quoted. The Medium Indicator added three cents to 519 NZ cents. The Strong Indicator lost another seven cents to 369 NZ cents, whilst the Lamb Indicator lost the same to close at 372 NZ cents.
The Cape Wools Overall Merino Indicator soared 18.8 percent from 2,813 SA cents to 3,343 SA cents from their last sale on 10th December 2003. The Cape reflected Australian prices and weaker rand currency movements of the last month.
The first British auction of Scottish wool had an 83% clearance of 2.08M kilos offered. The British Indicator was unchanged from 10.12.03 at 79 p/kg.
Currencies
The Australian dollar traded weaker towards the end of the week at 2.35 A cents/£ whilst the New Zealand dollar was around 2.69 NZ cents/£. Currency movements continue to have significant effects on wool values, such that all Australian micron indices 24µ to 30µ moved within the range +/- 2 pence when converted to sterling.
FWG Agency
We received good interest for all fleece and oddment types this week. All additional supplies of Falkland wool would be much welcomed by our speciality customers.
Many thanks for all the bale specifications received of late.
With Regards
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FIBS NEWS DIRECT: MONDAY, 19 JANUARY 2003
TELEPHONE SILENCE HITS CAMP:
Telephones across the West and in the South of East Falkland have been out of order this morning after a fault developed around Mount Pleasant. Cable & Wireless say the fault will be fixed as soon as possible. Emma Edwards (EE) from Customer Services told us this:
EE: The problem was first noticed this morning at 0830 and we noticed that the whole of West Falkland and all of the South of East Falkland had gone off air. And, it appears to have been a problem at Mt. Pleasant Peak. Within 5 minutes our engineers were heading off down the MPA Road to Mount Pleasant Peak to sort out the problems. Whenever we do notice serious problems within the Camp Telephone Network, we do notify the Royal Falkland Islands Police and anybody else – FIBS and so on – just to make sure to try and get the message out to let people realise we know you have a problem and that we do have an engineer who is going to sort everything out for them.
HEALTH COMMITTEE:
Dr. Bernadette Paver’s letter to the newspaper has been dismissed as a cynical attempt to mislead the people of the Falklands by Director of Health, Norman McGregor-Edwards. At this afternoon’s Health and Medical Services Committee Meeting, Mr. McGregor-Edwards says allegations that Doctors are working too many hours and putting patients in danger because they are so tired. He said that it purports to be whistle-blowing in order to bring to the Public’s attention that the Director of Health and Social Services and others are ignoring a situation which over-worked and stressed doctors are endangering the health, if not the lives of Falkland Islands residents. An alternative view is that her letter is a cynical attempt to mislead the people of the Falkland Islands in pursuit of a campaign to gain better employment conditions for her colleagues. He said he very much regretted that Dr. Paver had gone to the press rather than using FIG whistle blowing procedures. Mr. McGregor-Edwards said there’d be no increase in doctors’ work-load and the system had worked well for many years. Including on call time, doctors at KEMH work up to 82 hours a week. In the UK, GPs are allowed to opt out of on call but Mr. McGregor-Edwards said this wasn’t possible in the Falklands. The cost of bringing out an extra doctor to cover on call would be £60,000.00 for 6 months, which would have to come out of the existing budget. He also said he had taken steps to make things easier for doctors such as the decision taken at today’s meeting concerning giving ship de-ratting work to private companies. He had also extended the distance from Stanley that doctors could travel while on call, to give them more freedom. And, expected to provide them with Irridium and mobile phones. Dr. Paver alleged in her letter that one specific mistake at KEMH had been due to tiredness. Mr. McGregor-Edwards said it was never established that tiredness had been the cause of the mistake. Chief Medical Officer, Roger Diggle, said doctors were now told to notify him if they felt they were too tired to work. Dr. Diggle added, “Doctors are human and humans make mistakes. However, all our training is designed to minimise mistakes. The level of mistakes made here in the Falklands appears to be very low but one can be one too many. There is clear evidence that tiredness increases the frequency of mistakes. Following the one incident in which tiredness may have played a role, no other doctors have stated they were unable to work due to tiredness. It’s a theoretical risk and one that we would like to do something about but the Director of Health has already indicated why that might not be possible.”
BOMBILLA HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE:
Bombilla House has burned down. The Police and Fire and Rescue Service were alerted by Stanley Tower this morning after an Islander flew over and saw the smoke. The Fire Brigade drove out to the farm just after 0900 and the owners of the property were found and told. It’s not yet known the cause of the fire.
FIDC BIDS FOR INDEPENDENCE:
FIDC is making moves to declare clearly its independence from Government and to establish a reputation as a private and independent body. A paper due to go before the development board tomorrow says FIDC should separate from Government at an operational level. It says some aspects of the current arrangement could continue such as using the FIG telephone system and pension scheme management. The report says that at the moment some Departments treat FIDC as a private entity and others as a public body and that it affects its commercial credibility and causes a great deal of confusion. It recommends publicly opting out of FIG to clear up doubts in the minds of the public and other Government Departments.
MAERSK:
FIDC wants to pay the Stanley Harbour Port Fees for the shipping giant, Maersk, when it’s ship the “Florence” comes into Stanley on Sunday. Maersk is making a trial trip to see if the “Florence” can be berthed and serviced at FIPASS. If it’s successful, she will return of February the 8th to collect loaded 40ft containers. And, there are hopes Stanley will then be included in her two-weekly round trip, which also includes Montevideo and Ushuaia. FIDC has already encouraged the trial by underwriting costs that don’t relate to shipping specific cargo and is keen to encourage Maersk by paying a total of £12,000.00 in harbour fees for the two visits. But the Corporation says it doesn’t want to offer on-going subsidies to the Company. A paper to be considered by FIDB tomorrow warns that the initiative is risky and may not come to fruition.
FIODA:
The AGM of the Falkland Islands Operatic and Dramatic Association was held at the end of last week. Sixteen members turned up for Thursday’s meeting, re-electing the Committee including Norman McGregor Edwards as Chairman. Graham Didlick stood down from the Committee and was replaced by Geoff Pring. Plans were laid out for productions in the coming year, including a murder dinner in mid March, a panto in April, Variety Show in Farmers’ Week and a big comedy show along the lines of ‘Allo, Allo’ late in 2004. If they can fit it in there hopes to host in a Medieval banquet complete with singers, fools, sword fights and the rescue maidens. There will also be a second murder dinner later in the year.
HARBOUR AND FISHING NEWS:
Things were fairly busy in the Harbour over the weekend. On Friday, the RRS Earnest Shackleton arrived alongside FIPASS after leaving Mare Harbour. She has now left the Islands. Three vessels, two Japanese Jiggers and a Spanish Trawler, Jose Antonio Norres, came in for licensing on Saturday. On the same day, the reefer, Invincible came into Berkley Sound for bunkers. And the Korean Trawler, Pratadina 28, came into the sound for repairs to her engine. Sunday saw the Korean trawler, Excellent 8 tranship to Reefer, Frost Delphi and this morning, the Falkland Islands flagged vessel, Sil arrived alongside FIPASS to discharge cargo. There are 12 vessels fishing in the Zone, where catches are said to be good.
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