Officials have confirmed a fatality as a result of an accident at the Port of Tampa. A 56-year-old worker was killed after pipes fell onto him and three other men working inside a ship docked at the port. Hercules Gilmore was pronounced dead on the scene. Only one of the three other laborers involved
Read moreSamudra’s revenue for the third quarter ended 30, September 2012 increased 1% compared to the same quarter last year. Samudera is a regional shipping line serving the Middle East and the Indian Sub-continent in the west, South East Asia and Indo-China at the center and the Far East to the north. This extensive network
Read moreThe London-based International Maritime Board (IMB) has urged the Indonesian government to heighten security at its ports and in its waters due to increased instances of armed robbery and piracy over the past few months. “While seafarers continue to be on their guard against the threat of piracy, robbery is still a danger to
Read moreSome ship operators hiring private armed guards to protect their vessels from hijack by Somali pirates aren’t reporting attempted attacks, the London-based International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting center said. Following are comments from Pottengal Mukundan, the bureau’s director, at the Hanson Wade Combating Piracy conference in London yesterday: “Vessels with private armed security are
Read moreSeven suspected Somali pirates were captured by international naval forces and 20 Iranian sailors rescued over the weekend, at a time when Somali pirate attacks have fallen to their lowest level in three years as tougher navy action and private armed security teams deter gangs. On Friday 19 October, the European Union Naval Force
Read moreJapan’s Coast Guard saved 64 Chinese seamen from their burning cargo ship, on Sunday. All awhile, the two nations remain in an acrimonious argument over small islands. The coast guard was signaled by Taiwan authorities on Saturday about a fire on the Ming Yang and sent patrol ships and aircrafts to the scene about
Read moreThe 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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