Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 56,000 dwt type bulk carrier M.V. “OCEAN SPLENDOR” (MES Hull No. 1841) at its Tamano Works on 17th January, 2013 to Mingtai Navigation Co., Ltd., Taiwan. This vessel is a handy-max type bulk carrier of 56,000 dwt with a large cargo hold capacity
Read moreNeptune Maritime Security reports that Koda Maritime’s Serge Constant stated that the company is getting contradictory information about police operations, but it’s now certain that the tanker has been taken into Ghanaian waters. Armed men have seized an oil tanker off Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, officials say. The Panamanian-flagged vessel, ITRI, was attacked
Read moreTokyo (ANTARA News) – Three Chinese government ships Saturday entered Japanese territorial waters around disputed islands, Japan`s coastguard said, hours after a veiled US warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo’s control. The surveillance vessels sailed in waters around the islands known as the Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyus in China for nearly five
Read morecigarettes online p> Jakarta (ANTARA News) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday stability in the South China Sea is important and asked all concerned parties to contribute to maintaining it. “We all in Asia want to see our region stable, safe and peaceful. In the event of a problem, be it in the
Read moreBUKIT TINGGI, West Sumatra–Teluk Bayur Port in Padang West Sumatra is targeted to generate IDR130 billion profits this year. Pelindo II President Director RJ Lino stated that the target has been adjusted with the investment valuing IDR600 billion for the period of 2012-2013. “If all inventories have been completed and started, we target to grab
Read moreSince its explosion in 2007, piracy has become one more reason for the negative news coverage Somalia has been receiving the past two decades. However this year has been a turning point in the fight against piracy and many are celebrating the decline in the number of attacks as the end of the phenomenon.
Read moreA crew member was killed when the cargo ship he was on careened Friday in the Turkish province of Rize. The coast guard rescued the remaining eleven crew members. The body of 33- year-old Tarik Yilmaz was found onboard the vessel. The ship careened while unloading cement composites for the Unye Cement Company at
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