Latest update: The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday, and two people remain missing. It was previously reported to be a 17-person crew. The crew size is 16. Watchstanders dispatched crews aboard two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station
Read moreDenpasar (ANTARA News) – The Indian Navy’s training ship INS Sudarshini has docked at Benoa Port, Bali to mark the 20 year relationship of India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN. “This is the 20th year commemoration of the India and ASEAN dialog partnership and a historical mission for the INS Sudarsini,”
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR – Indonesia Navy will beef up marine security in Bali for the following Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) on November 8-9, 2012. “BDF is annual agenda, but we still patrol in every prone regions,” the Commander of Navy in Denpasar, I Wayan Suarjaya, said on Saturday. Police, inhabitants, and fisherman are also involved in
Read moreThe use of the world’s oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that, this year, celebrates 40 years since it was first adopted. The “Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972”, usually
Read moreAt least 14 passengers headed to Spain have died when their craft sunk off the coast of Morocco. The sinking reportedly took place Thursday in the Mediterranean Sea off the Moroccan city of Alhucemas, according to a Moroccan official. The ship was headed from Morocco to Spain. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service sent a Spanish
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia has been asked to serve as a mediator and to take actions to stabilize the conflict in the South China Sea, Navy Deputy Chief Vice Admiral Marsetio said. “To help redress conflicts in the South China Sea, we have established cooperation with China and Vietnam in conducting coordinated patrols.
Read moreSomali pirates are still holding 11 foreign vessels for ransom with 167 crew members as hostages as of 30 September even as the number of ships signalling attacks by Somali pirates has fallen to its lowest since 2009, a global maritime organisation said on Monday. A report from the International Chamber of Commerce, International
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