• OCTOBER 5, 2012
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    Salient Federal Solutions Expands Leadership Presence in the Transportation and Logistics Software Engineering Division

      Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), a leading provider of information technology, engineering, and intelligence analytic services to agencies in the intelligence, defense, homeland security, and federal civilian markets, today announced the appointment of James Patterson as Vice President and Derek Oliver as Chief Technical Liaison of the Transportation and Logistics Division supporting Salient’s existing

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    • OCTOBER 5, 2012
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    Sorong Port delayed due to land problems

      State-owned port operator PT Pelindo II, or the Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC), said the construction of Sorong Port in West Papua would be delayed until 2013 from its original plan for the fourth quarter of this year due to problems with land acquisition. Pelindo II corporate secretary Yan Budi Santoso said problems had occurred

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    • OCTOBER 4, 2012
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    Nato Shipping Center: Weekly Piracy Update

      During the reporting period of 26 September to 02 October 2012 there were no piracy related incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA). In the period we received one report of suspicious activity in the Southern Red Sea (SRS) Bab-al-Mandeb (BAM) and Gulf of Aden (GOA). Masters are still reminded to remain vigilant while

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    • OCTOBER 4, 2012
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    Tanker Owner Defends Ship’s Captain in ‘Hit and Run’ Ferry Accident

      The head of I.M. Skaugen SE, the Norwegian company that owns the tanker ship Norgas Cathinka, has defended the decision of the ship’s captain to leave the scene after he was involved in a deadly collision in Indonesian waters on Sept. 26. “From what we have learned so far, we believe our captain has

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    • OCTOBER 4, 2012
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    Update: Details on Hong Kong’s Fatal Ship Collision Emerge, Recovery Continues

      Details on Hong Kong’s fatal ship collision are beginning to slowly emerge throughout the week, although investigators estimate that it will take about six months to pin who exactly was response for the incident that left nearly 40 people dead. Original report: Passenger Vessel Collision Results in One of Hong Kong’s Most Deadly Maritime

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    • OCTOBER 4, 2012
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    Indonesian shipper hopes for $2 billion debt restructure by year-end

      Indonesia’s PT Berlian Laju Tanker (BLTA.JK) (PTBL.SI), the world’s third-largest chemical shipper, hopes to restructure its $1.9 billion debt by the year-end and will switch its focus to niche liquid chemical and gas transport, its founder and chairman said in a rare media interview. The country’s leading oil and gas shipper defaulted on several

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    • OCTOBER 3, 2012
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    3D Vessel Tracking: A New Course in Port Traffic Control

      Marine operators and entities have long struggled with the most efficient, effective means to monitor and manage traffic in increasingly busy ports around the world. The marine industry, unlike the airline industry, is unique in that mixed with high levels of commercial traffic is a broad and ever changing mix of personal watercraft of

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