The joint report is an update of the first report on the Human Cost of Piracy for 2010, launched in London by Oceans Beyond Piracy in June last year. This report includes a statistical analysis of the threats of violence caused by acts of piracy as well as the first published findings collected as
Read moreOn behalf to build the cooperation between Indonesia Agency for Nuclear Energy (Bapeten) and Indonesia Maritime Security Coordinating Board (IMSCB) on surveillance and security of Nuclear transportation in Indonesia water teritory, team of Indonesia Agency for Nuclear Energy visit IMSCB on June 5th 2012. This cooperation is set out in standard procedures (SP). Follow-up
Read moreSince 2007, 3500 seafarers have been held captive by pirates operating out of Somalia and 62 have lost their lives; today, more than 200 seafarers are still being held, often beaten and tortured, with no contact with their loved ones, while hundreds of seafarers are preparing to sail through waters where the pirates operate.
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NUNUKAN—Plunder against fishermen in the water of Indonesia-Malaysia border, especially in the water near Kalimantan, was increased recently. “Plunder was rampant,” said Navy Commander of Sei Pacang, First Lieutenant Nasution, in Sebatik, East Kalimantan, on Wednesday (20/6). He admitted that robberies was happened several times to fishermen in the island of Sebatik Nunukan
Read moreCargotec will supply eight Kalmar super quay cranes and two Kalmar barge quay cranes to the APM Terminals Maasvlakte II expansion project. The cranes have an outreach of 25 containers, are semi automated and have twin lift and tandem lift capability. A Dutch financial daily estimates the investments in the cranes to amount to
Read moreOn 16 June on board EUNAVFOR French flag ship Marne, Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis and his staff hosted the new Dutch Commander of Task Force 508 (NATO – operation Ocean Shield), commodore Ben Bekkering. The flagships, FS Marne and HNLMS frigate Evertsen, had rendezvous north of the Horn of Africa, protected from the
Read moreBrussels is to study the consequences of a terrorist attack on a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas, oil or chemicals. The European Commission’s mobility and transport directorate has called for tender documents on the study — the latest in a series of maritime security reports — to be submitted by August 15. The purpose
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