While Royal Navy ships protect the London Olympics others have rushed to prevent a pirate attack in the Middle East. The minehunters HMS Middleton and HMS Pembroke were in the Gulf of Aden on their way home when they received a distress call from the MV New Delhi Express. The 40,000-tonne merchant ship, laden
Read moreOn Wednesday 12 crewmen were rescued by the Philippine navy after pirates hijack their barge and tugboat off Borneo Island. Philippine officials say that pirates seized the Malaysian barge and tugboat from its crew on Friday, while en route to Indonesia where they were scheduled to load iron ore for transport to Davao City.
Read moreJAKARTA: The handling tariff for general cargo with a status less than container load (LCL) in warehousing facilities at the port of Tanjung Priok was cut by 400% from the previous IDR650,000 per ton/M3 to IDR150,000 per ton/M3, commencing August 1, 2012. Secretary General of the Association of Temporary Hoarding Field in Indonesia (Aptesindo)
Read moreSouth Africa (SA) has placed its warships on station in the Mozambican Channel to counter the problem of piracy at sea. SA has arguably the strongest navy on the continent and the country is one of the top 12 sea-trading nations in the world. If it has not yet been directly affected by piracy
Read moreIt’s a bad time to be a pirate, at least in the American justice system.Piracy on the high seas is one of the oldest crimes on the books. But U.S. authorities are using 18th century law in new ways to go after people who may never actually climb on board a ship and the
Read moreWilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is expanding and upgrading its service stations in Shanghai and Guangzhou in direct response to market demand for Fire, Rescue and Safety (FRS) services says Jason Chew, General Manager China. “As demand for professional Fire, Safety and Rescue services in China continues to grow at a fast pace, we are
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