REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Indonesia and Australia strengthen its cooperation to minimize the impacts of illegal immigrants crossing to Australia through Indonesian waters. “The accident often happens in the middle of the sea and threatens their life,” Indonesian Minister of Defense, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, said after welcoming the visiting Australian Minister of Defense Stephen Francis Smith at
Read moreDuring the reporting period of 29 August to 4 September 2012 there have been no piracy related incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA). However, there have been continued reports of suspicious activity in the Southern Red Sea (SRS) and Bab-al-Mandeb (BAM) during the past week. Pirate activity can still take place during the
Read moreKorea’s first naval rescue and salvage ship launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard. The 3,500-ton Tongyeong will go through a series of tests before being handed over to the Navy next year. The Navy’s older rescue ships, the Pyeongtaek and the Gwangyang, were second-hand, bought from the U.S. Navy in 1996
Read moreSix new suspected Somali Pirates have appeared before the Seychelles court on September 3 for the offence of acts of piracy on the high seas and have all been remanded for 14 days. Aged between 15 and 38 years old, the suspected pirates arrived in the country on Saturday, September 1 having left the
Read moreChina will take over the Pakistan’s strategically located Gwadar Port in southwestern Balochistan after Singapore decided to pull out of a 40-year port management and development contract signed in 2007. Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and its partners – Aqeel Kareem Dedhi (AKD) Group of Karachi and the National Logistic Cell (NCL) – are
Read moreDue to lack of effective anti-terrorism measures in many Yemeni ports USCG to impose conditions of entry into US waters. The regulations came about following a Coast Guard finding that Yemeni ports do not maintain effective anti-terrorist measures along with an assessment that Yemen presents a significant risk of introducing instruments of terror into
Read moreAs of 1st September 2012 the EU’s counter piracy task force (EUNAVFOR) will be augmented by the addition of the offshore patrol vessel RELAMPAGO of the Spanish Navy. The RELAMPAGO, a member of Spains newest BAM class of warships, is a high performance, modular vessel capable of being adapted to a number of roles
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