• SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
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    Indonesia works with Singapore over the sunken ferry in Sunda Strait

      REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MERAK – Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) is coordinating with Singapore’s Transportation Committee to investigate the collision involving Bahuga Jaya and Singaporean flag tanker Norgas Cathnika. The accident took eight lives and 207 other reascued alive. Chief of Indonesian KNKT, Tatang Kurniadi, said that every international ship could freely pass Indonesia’s archipelagic sea

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    • SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
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    Indonesia Port Corporation II implements the largest Port Community System in the World with SOGET

      The Indonesia Port Corporation II has chosen the solutions provided by SOGET and Microsoft Corp. to implement the largest Port Community System in the World. The System will initially be deployed in Jakarta, before further expansion to other Indonesian ports. Indonesia is the largest archipelagos in the world with 17,508 islands and 111 commercial

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    • SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
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    Nato Shipping Center: Weekly Piracy Update

      During the reporting period of 19 September to 25 September 2012, there was one reported piracy-related incident in the High Risk Area (HRA), an attack reported in the Arabian Sea. Specific areas of suspected and known Pirate Attack Group (PAG) locations can be found on our PAG map. PAG map is also available on

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    • SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
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    Non-Lethal Defense Against Maritime Piracy Unveiled

      A TEAM of technology visionaries has today unveiled what it believes is the most effective way to end maritime piracy, and save lives and billions of dollars each year. The WatchStander system was originally developed for the US naval fleet but has been modified and adapted over the past two years for use by

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    • SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
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    NTSB Recommends the Coast Guard Become More Proactive in Managing Vessel Separation in Houston Ship Channel

      The collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011 was likely caused by the inappropriate response of the pilot of the Elka Apollon to changes in bank effect forces as the vessel transited the Bayport flare, causing the vessel to sheer across the channel and into

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    • SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
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    The Vripack Liquid, The Research Vessel Re-Invented

      The Vripack Design Studio has been munching over this one for several years and in the recent year she has grown to be the Vripack vision of the Research Vessel Yacht 2.0 (RVY). Therefore her internal project name has long been Turmoil II. The main reason for this is her striking long forward part

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    • SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
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    Industry Celebrates World Maritime Day – September 27, 2012

      The World Maritime Day theme for 2012 is “IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic”, which will focus on the Organization’s roots and raison d’etre, i.e. safety of life at sea. One of the consequences of the sinking, in 1912, of the Titanic, in which more than 1,500 people lost their lives,  was the

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