Falklands’ oil equipment arrives in vessel with giant computer-controlled kite
One of the strangest ships ever to visit the Falkland Islands this week lay at anchor in Port William after making a hasty departure from FIPASS. Had it not left the dock, an ongoing legal wrangle involving its owners could have caused it to be detained there indefinitely – rendering a significant proportion of FIPASS unusable by other vessels, perhaps for a very long time.
The German owned 433ft MS Beluga SkySails looks like any other modern container ship, but a strange stumpy mast on its foredeck is a clue to the fact that this is the world’s first ship partially powered by a giant computer-controlled kite, similar to a huge paraglider, of up to 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft).
The kite is attached to the ship by a rope system and is deployed from an automatic pod.
The system can control the kite at heights between 100m and 500m to maximise the benefit of the wind which, at such heights, is more constant than at sea level.
With the price of oil at its present high, it is estimated that the system, which can be potentially retrofitted to any ship, could save an average 87m cargo ship nearly €300,000 a year.
The Beluga SkySails arrived in Port William on Saturday March 12 carrying some 5,000 tonnes of oil and gas equipment for Rockhopper Exploration, which it began to discharge at FIPASS the following day.
But while it was in the Falklands, the Chief Executive Officer of Beluga Shipping was accused of fraud and the company, along with subsidiary Beluga Chartering, filed for bankruptcy protection due to alleged financial irregularities in their published figures.
The fear from the Falkland Islands point of view was that the parent company might be unable to pay its creditors, rendering the vessel effectively ownerless, and a court might then issue a detaining order which would require it to remain tied to the FIPASS dock.
When the Russian Academy of Science owned cruise ship Akademik Ioffe was detained in the Falklands in the 1990s because of unsettled debts incurred at a German shipyard by a sister ship, it was some months before she was allowed to go on her way.
At the time of writing, Beluga Sky Sails was still awaiting its fate.
Lewis Clifton of Byron Marine told the Penguin News he had heard rumours of new owners but, if this was the case, they had so far failed to make any comment with local agencies. (PN).-
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Still this article shows that it is now of urgent importance that the FIG stop dithering and get a proper deep water port facility up and running.
They both like kites? Two things in common.
Nice thing to have with all that wind coming from Malvinas.
Let's see how long our posts No. 4 and 5 are allowed to exist.......
You boys just don't think things through, do you?
1) My post No. 4 was carefully worded and not to be ”libellous” no offensive or misleading words where used, anyhow, it was deleted………
2) Darwin Lewis Clifton has been publicly penalized in Britain for his financial misdeeds.
www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/final/darwin_clifton.pdf
3) I ”seem to remember” several Argentinean politicians and leaders being accused of worst things, without any shadow of proof, by some posters in here.
I don't remember the editor reacting.
www.flickr.com/photos/61199179@N06/5571059971/sizes/l/
Don't you agree Think? On the ship...
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Freedom of speach............................... the British way .......
Brainwash anybody?
www.flickr.com/photos/61199179@N06/5571670080/sizes/l/
I suppose unless you're on message in Argentina you're not a Peronist and therefore unworthy.
However, if you openly embrace the brainwashing they give you a brown shirt and a flag to wave.
2 Marcos Alejandro,
“Beluga Shipping and Lewis Clifton have one thing in common: corruption”
It is IMPERATIVE that Argentine corruption be known, but don't talk about British corruption… that's just “libellous”.
LOL
Come on Lewis Clifton, quit deleting our posts!!
www.flickr.com/photos/61199179@N06/5571670080/sizes/l/
Suuuuure.
I've seen bias and censorship of opposing views in various Argentine leaning sites and groups, and they get (quite rightly) criticized.
“Maybe they'll just delete you to save themselves time.”
Maybe this site is 100% BRITISH and by deleting me they'll prove my point. ;-)
You're detective skills are as good as that American Fred guy who spent several cringeworthy posts telling me that I'm Nicodin (as far as I remember, I wasn't even agreeing with him on the thread).
Still, it says EN in the web address, so there's proof that it's run by Brit imposters. If it was really from Uruguay it would surely say UR, or ARJR. Nothing to do with the language at all
It backfired on them.
The implication is that Lewis Clifton is connected with this ship in some way apart from merely being a shipping agent. I'm quite sure that's not what anyone means, but if you do you'd better have a plan. I'd sue you.
:-)
Anyway...
So, it's ok for Mercopress to use the word “Corruption” against Argentina on this article: en.mercopress.com/2011/03/28/wikileaks-corruption-rampant-in-argentina-says-us-german-spanish-diplomats
But we the readers are not allowed to use the same word on this one, that's just “libellous”.
;-)
If you express an opinion about someone that has a bearing on the lawfulness of their conduct or their reputation and can't back it up with any evidence, and write that opinion in a public place, then it's libel.
I can call you a plank because you have provided us with the evidence and because being an idiot isn't illegal (although it should be IMHO).
You can't call someone corrupt because that would be illegal and harms their reputation.
And I didn't say I was going to sue you. Keep up.
Quoting the opinion of a source is not.
But then you judge people by your own standards, just because politicians and corruption are synonymous in Argentina does not mean they are elsewhere.
“”
Who else were you planing to sue? We are the ones making the accusation, plank.
Ever sinde we started commenting on this post our comments have been deleted, they threatened to delete our accounts and threatened to sue... haha
Come on Brits it's just a stupid blog don't be such pussies.
You want to see libel? Look at the comments below every photo of CFK on Mercopress. But that's ok, right? Because it's agains Argentina. ;-)
Wankers
1) Darwin Lewis Clifton continues to balance on the edge........
2) Ain't he the Alma Mater of the Megalomanic Deep Sea Harbour Project?
3) Ain't he the Golden Boy that convinced ~15% of Malvinas population to invest heavily in South-Atlantic Oil shares?
Carefull Malvineros..... It's a jungle out there!
Not exactly corruption...so Ja libellous, unless you can prove that buying shares in your own company with your own fortune is corruption :)
“Lewis Clifton of Byron Marine told the Penguin News he had heard rumours”
Hey guys he only heard rumours :-)))
www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/final/darwin_clifton.pdf
www.malvinahousehotel.com/index.php?page=history
”(Malvina is an old Scottish name, once popular in the Falklands, and is unconnected with the Argentine name for the Islands).“
Uh, Scottish??
Once popular, until 1833 you mean?
”Islas Malvinas (Spanish language name): comes from the French sailors who frequented the islands during the 1690s. They came from St. Malo in Brittany, France, so others often referred to them in French as the “Malouines”.“
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_etymologies
Everything in ”the Falklands” is a lie, everything.
paragraph 2.5
“The FSA accepts that Mr Clifton’s conduct was not deliberate, in that he did
not consider at the time whether the information he was given was inside
information; he was however reckless in that he failed to consider what should
have been a clear and obvious risk that purchasing the shares before the
information was generally available would result in his requiring Byron to
engage in market abuse”
”Byron was looking for investment opportunities in the oil and gas sector and
had an existing shareholding in Desire. It wished to increase its shareholding
over the long term and did not seek to realise any profit after the
announcement on 25 February 2008 (which supports the FSA’s conclusion
that Mr Clifton’s conduct was not deliberate).“
”Mr Clifton did not seek to conceal Byron’s purchases, and he disclosed them
to the chairman of Desire, without prompting, on 8 February 2008.”
he was stupid and amateurish, but certainly not corrupt, making false accusations based on not reading your sources, dear me, you wouldn't make a good journalist :)
Martin, Malvina (as opposed to Malvinas) is an old Scots Gaelic name for girls, since the majority of current inhabitants are descendent of the original Scots and Cornish (traditional Gaelic speaking areas in the UK) settlers, it is no surprise many words of the old country were present.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina
Educate yourself boy, you might learn something about the islands you heinously covert so dearly rather than spouting trash talk :)
I would imagine the caveat is there on the website as a result of twits from Argentina seizing on the name and making more of it than it is.
Once popular, until 1833 you mean?”
Others have already demonstrated your stupidity, but i'll add to it i guess.
The Scottish term Malvina comes from folklaw of the celtic bard, Ossian who had a daughter called Malvina. She fell inlove with a warrior called Oscar, he died and Malvina's tears turned purple heather white, It is the reason why Scottish people wear white heather as good luck.
The exact date of the story is unknown, it is thought to be around 600BC. A Few years before the falklands were an issue.
1.1.
The FSA gave you, Darwin Lewis Clifton (“Mr Clifton”) and Byron Holdings Limited (“Byron”), a Decision Notice on 19 January 2009 that, for the reasons listed below and pursuant to section 123 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”), the FSA had decided:
(1)
to impose a financial penalty of £59,500 on you, Mr Clifton, for requiring Byron to engage in behaviour which, if engaged in by Mr Clifton, would have amounted to market abuse between 19 November 2007 and 8 February 2008 (“the relevant period”); and
(2)
to impose a financial penalty of £86,030 on you, Byron Holdings Limited, for engaging in market abuse in the relevant period in breach of section 118(2) of the Act.
REASONS FOR THE ACTION
Summary
2.1.
Desire Petroleum plc (“Desire”) was founded in 1996 in order to explore for oil and gas in the Falkland Islands. It is a company incorporated in the UK whose shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (“AIM”). Mr Clifton was a founding director of Desire in 1996 and has been a non-executive director since May 2005 (he was not a director at Desire between November 1999 and May 2005). He is also a director of and shareholder in Byron Holdings Limited (“Byron”), a Falkland Islands incorporated company.
2.2.
Mr Clifton was aware, by 19 November 2007 at the latest, that Desire was in advanced discussions with another company in relation to an agreement for that company to “farm-in” to Desire’s exploration prospects, i.e. enter into a joint venture drilling arrangement. This constituted inside information. Desire issued an announcement on 25 February 2008 that it had concluded the farm-in agreement (which was still at that stage subject to certain awards and approvals by the Falkland Islands Government). At close of trading on that day Desire shares were worth 46.5p, a rise of around 36% on the price at close of the previous trading day.
2.3.
Mr Clifton directed Byron to purchase shares in Desire on fo
No. and no, I suspect.
32 Martin_Fierro
Thanks, you've cheered me up again today with another laughable show of ignorance. The name 'Malvina' existed long before you lot turned it into a swear word. Look it up in Wiki if you don't believe me.
You do know that what you have posted isn't the conclusion is it? Or even where the phrase “corruption” is used :)
I doubt you even know what you're posting :) because you're absolutely clueless, you just post this stuff, because it might make us brits “feel Bad”, trouble is you don't read it and it makes you look like an utter tool.
So ja More crap, spouting people are “corrupt” when clearly the FSA judgement couldn't be further from such an allegation, and is libellous.
Well done yet again for proving absolutely nothing other than the fact your braincells couldn't even power a microwave made for fleas :)
Revenue hope
“Lewis Clifton won't tell me how much oil he thinks there may be. But it's clear he's banking on a bonanza. Mr Clifton is the managing director of Byron Marine, one of several British and Falkland Islands companies involved in the exploration.”
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8527579.stm
You're full of shit, it's that simple.
Malvinas come from 'Malouines', it's French not “Scottish” you ignorant clowns. Get your head out of that sheep's ass you live in and learn something.
www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ossian/oss17.htm
You really are a clueless idiot aren't you Martin, when the truth doesn't fit your narrative of the world....whine like a little bitch and hurl abuse at those around.
PS numbnuts, we were talking about the word MALVINA, not “MALVINAS”, suddenly putting an S at the end doesn't suddenly make it a bastardised version of a French name, its like me putting “hausen” at the end of every English word and then saying its German, doesn't make it German....tool!
Clearly your as clueless about your own mother tongue as about your incestuous obsession with the Islands.
I don't think even your conspiracy theories involving the dolphin people and Darwin Clifton could extend back to the Gaels :)
or search in google “Hotel Malvina: la importancia de los nombres”
in 1830 in Malvinas was borned the daughter of Vernet
lol
I'm having a tantrum?
hahaha...
Sorry... Malvinas come from 'Malouines', it's French not “Scottish”.
That's it. ;-)
www.babyhold.com/list/Celtic_Baby_Names/Malvina/details/
www.meaning-of-names.com/irish-names/malvina.asp
www.meaning-of-names.com/english-names/malvina.asp
www.meaning-of-names.com/celtic-names/malvina.asp
www.meaning-of-names.com/gaelic-names/malvina.asp
www.babynology.com/meaning-malvina-f34.html
www.mybaby.net.au/baby-name-full-detail/malvina/3275/1
www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Malvina.html
www.baby-names-meanings.net/meaning/malvina.html
I could continue but i think i've made my point.
Where did we say “Malvinas” is Scottish? We quite accept that the word Malvinas comes from the Breton name “Malouines” (ironically Breton is a form of old Gaelic LOL!)
However we are talking about the word “MALVINA”, you know the Malvina house house hotel? The one you had a little hissy fit about back up in 32? And suddenly thought that because of its similarities it must therefore be referring to the islands? and thus the product of some grand conspiracy XD
I shall remind you:
”I was looking at the Penguin News site, (boring) clicked on the MALVINA House link.
www.malvinahousehotel.com/index.php?page=history
”(Malvina is an old Scottish name, once popular in the Falklands, and is unconnected with the Argentine name for the Islands).“
As you can clearly see there is the removal of the letter ”S”, so by removing S from MALVINAS it becomes a totally different word, completely unconnected in any way to the word MALVINAS, its just a mere coincidence that the Anglicised spelling of an ancient Gaelic name, happens to be similar to the Iberianised spelling of a Breton name.
You really are pretty dense if you have not yet figured that out yet :)
par example (an example more suited to your clearly lower standards of intelliegnce) - OOOH look your name Martin is like the word the word “Martian” but with the word “a” removed, must you therefore be from the planet Mars? Because of the eeeer....similarities between the two names?
Of course not Thick Arse!
Catch up martin, the rest of humanity has already stop walking around on their knuckles :)
Rhaurie,
To be pedantic, no it isn't. Breton is like Welsh and Cornish from the Brythonic branch of Insular Celtic languages, whereas the Gaelic languages are from the Goidelic branch of Insular Celtic languages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_Celtic_languages
Still ironic though when you think about it, that the name “Malvinas” (As opposed to MALVINA - in case poor little Martin gets confused again XD) holds its origins from the British isles :)
Ossidans story of his daughter malvina was from 1762. So you are quite wrong.
Nothing wrong
Malvina Of Scotland (daughter of King Donald II and Princess Of Scotland) was born 920 in Scotland, and died Dec-06-940 in Scotland. She married Constantine MacGregor in Scotland, son of Dougallus MacGregor and Princess Spontana.
Oh look, more proof that you're wrong.
For Isolde that is always saying the isles were never argentinian.
I Think this debate has been extremely valuable.
It has definitively established, once and for all, that from now on, the aforementioned Islands should be forever called Malvinas.
Which person in its sane mind would ever Desire to name those South-Atlantic Crown Jewels after an old, ugly, gout ridden, long forgotten, inbreeded 5th Viscount of Falkland?
Instead of Malvina,……….. that Celtic protectoress of laws, immortal character from Scottish poet James Macpherson’s beloved masterpiece “Ossian” !
MALVINAS IT IS CHAPS……
Thanks for your invaluable research :-)
@59, lt's “inbred”, Cher Think, not “inbreeded”, told you that your spelling & grammar was giving you away. But your English is quite good.
I’ll write it 100 times on the blackboard.
Inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred, inbred,…………………
Now I’ll always remember who “taught” me :-)
A friendly advice:
Español, señor, niño, año etc. are words better avoided if you aren’t able to type the Spanish “Ñ”.
It doesn’t sound good… especially the last one :-)
So…. About Post 59…. We do agree that, from now on, we call them Malvinas…….. Right?
Filipino has a similar sound to the Spanish but they write it as ng.
Perhaps you Spanish speakers would like to humour me and write ng instead of.......................no? thought not!
Malvinas by International consensus then.......
About the missing “Ñ”
Easy mon cher…........................
Asuming you have a standard British keyboard......
1) Just hold down the “Alt Gr” key and then press the” ~” key (beside the “Enter” key)
2) Now, press the “n” key and ………. Voila!......... A Nice Spanish “ñ”
I'm always careful when sharing a bbq with friends from Spain to not comment on how much I like 'la polla', especially after saying how many 'anos' I have!
Regarding the naming of the Falklands/Malvinas/Frase Islands, is it really that important that everyone calls them by the same name?
There's another way, hold ALT then type 164 and let ALT go.
Happy you found a “new toy”; a “squiggly Spanish little snake” :-)
: P
They have it ...but they are not sure what is for.
www.malvinahousehotel.com/index.php?page=our-rooms
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