‘USS Fort Worth Commissioning: Photo credit Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin-led team’s second Littoral Combat Ship, ‘USS Fort Worth’ (LCS 3) commissioned by U.S. Navy in Galveston, Texas. USS Fort Worth, the second of the Freedom-variant in the LCS class, successfully passed Acceptance Trials in May and was delivered to the U.S. Navy in June,
Read moreBMO is proud to announce the first sale of the Vessel Black Box to Frisia Offshore, Germany. The Vessel Black Box is a flexible, integrated vessel movement monitoring system. Innovative sensor solutions from the aerospace industry are used, with superior performance and much lower cost than conventional sensors used in the offshore industry. A
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – Japanese ship FB Horieri Maru, which was carrying 22 crew members, including five Indonesian workers, sank off the Japanese coast after colliding with Panama-registered MV Nikkei Tiger on Saturday last week. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) team has so far rescued nine people, including four Indonesians. “The four Indonesian people
Read moreFollowing a collision with a large cargo ship off northeast Japan, 13 crewmen from a 22-man fishing vessel are missing, according to the Japanese Coast Guard. The 119-ton Horiei Maru and the 25,047-ton Panamanian Nikkei Tiger [pictured in thumb image] collided about 900 kilometers east of Sendai in the Pacific Ocean around 2:30 a.m. Sunday,
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUKABUMI – Police have arrested 23 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan planning to cross to Australia in Cisolok and Pelabuhan Ratu in Sukabumi, West Java. The head of the public relations sub-division of the resort police, Adjunct Commissioner Siswanto, meanwhile said Sukabumi waters has often been used by illegal immigrants an asylum to cross
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – Four state port operators will establish PT Terminal Petikemas Indonesia to operate container terminal in six main ports in the country. PT Terminal Petikemas Indonesia, which will operate container terminals in the ports of Belawan of North Sumatra, Batu Ampar of Batam, Tanjung Priok of Jakarta, Tanjung Perak of Surabaya,
Read moreJAKARTA: Reduce long queues at Merak Harbour Crossing, PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry buy four used shipsfrom British, KM Port Line worth Rp400 billion. Business Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Port Prasetyo said one of the four KM Port Line are ordered from the UK will arrive on 29 September 2012. Even oneother unit (Port Line 1) is already in the shipyard in Batamto test the feasibility. “Two of the four (Port Line 1-2) will be operated from the port of Merak-Bakauheni, the rest, two more ships, the Port Line 3-4
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