Puruk Cahu (ANTARA News) – Rescue workers are still searching for 7 missing passengers of a speedboat capsized on Saturday in the Barito river in the regency of Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan. “Currently in addition to police, the military and local people take part in the search,” local police officer Adj. Comr. Yudhapatie told
Read moreMEYER WERFT completed today its new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker, the CORAL ENERGY, for the Dutch owner Anthony Veder, based in Rotterdam. It is the first ship of a new gas tanker type which is equipped with an eco-friendly dual-fuel engine. The tanker is operated with natural gas bringing the emissions of the
Read moreNigeria has emerged as a new center for piracy, with the number of attacks steadily increasing despite the government’s naval assets, authorities say. In December 2012 alone, gunmen attacked three commercial vessels within six days, ransacking the ships and taking a total of nine crew members hostage, The Wall Street Journal reported. In 2012,
Read moreJAKARTA—PT Mitrabahtera Segara Sejati Tbk added 3 barges and a floating crane in Q-4 2012, so it projected to boost Company’s revenue last year. Mitrabahtera Segara President Director Rico Rustombi said the Company has 72 barge and 6 floating crane in September 2012. Based on audited financial report on 30 September 2012, Mitrabahtera booked
Read moreNew regulations aimed at improving the energy efficiency of international shipping entered into force on 1 January 2013. The amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) were adopted in July 2011.They add a new chapter 4 Regulations on energy efficiency for ships to MARPOL Annex VI, to make
Read moreQinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that is being designed to transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal turbine field installations on
Read more29 crewmembers aboard the oil tanker PRATIBHA TAPI have been stranded about four nautical miles off a Mumbai port for nearly three months. The mariners’ conditions are heavily deteriorating due to lack of food, water, and fuel; many have fallen ill. The crew of the TAPI has apparently not been paid for a month,
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