For the year 2013, the shipping industry should continue to boost efforts to counter piracy and armed robbery, which will continue to be a threat, according to Peter M. Swift, chairman of the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP). Pirate attacks and armed robbery operating in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean have remained
Read moreJakarta: State-run construction firm PT Pembangunan Perumahan Persero is set to start construction this month on a much-needed alternative to Jakarta’s cramped Tanjung Priok port. Groundbreaking for the new Kalibaru port is imminent and comes as Jakarta groans over limited freight handling capacity. The Indonesian capital handles roughly two thirds of all the nation’s
Read moreAmendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching entered into force on 1 January 2013. The amendments, adopted in May 2011, add a new paragraph 5 to SOLAS regulation III/1, to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving
Read moreFor the third consecutive year, we capture the international e-Navigation community on board a vessel in arctic conditions for a heated debate on the current challenges in the field. Day one will feature speakers illuminating strategic views; day two will dive into more specific subjects trying to get all stakeholders on board. On day
Read moreA tug boat and a fully loaded Olympus 99 oil barge were hijacked by pirates in Nenek Strait, Batam, Riau Islands at 3 a.m. on Monday. Both crews were then marooned on an island. The hijackers changed names of both boats before they were apprehended by Batam Marine personnel and Riau Islands Water Police
Read moreAt Jakarta’s infrastructure monitoring nerve center, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter feed allows officials to respond in real time to any public complaints. But the only movement comes from the flowing screen images, since there is no one working
Read moreJust 12 days after EU Naval Force warship BNS Louise Marie apprehended five suspect pirates at sea off the Somali Coast, the Belgium frigate has once again located a suspect skiff – this time with three men on board. The warship, which is operating as part of the European Union’s counter-piracy mission – Operation
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