REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SHANGHAI – Indonesia enhances the cooperation on joint exercise with China as an effort to expand military and defense cooperation between both countries. The cooperation not only on officer exchange form but also on joint military excercise. “Indonesia and China have conducted joint exercise between Indonesian Army and Chinese Special Forces,” Vice Minister of
Read moreNo one was hurt when the periscope on USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), a Los Angeles-class submarine, struck a vessel while operating in the Arabian Gulf Jan. 10 at approximately 5 a.m. local time. Jacksonville surfaced from periscope depth to ascertain if there was any damage to the unidentified vessel. The vessel continued on a
Read moreThe new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel featuring Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines, the first such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 MWe of power, has successfully completed all the required full 100% load tests. The tests were carried out at the Cosco shipyard in Dalian, China and
Read moreThe trial of 11 suspected Somali pirates who were arrested by the Dutch Navy on high seas after they allegedly fired a rocket propelled grenade at a merchant ship , began this week. Dutch naval officers – some of whom were in court to give evidence when the case opened – also rescued 17
Read moreMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced plans to install a ballast water treatment system on a very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) currently in service. This will be the first such onboard system installed by any Japanese shipowner on an existing VLCC. The company chose the JFE Ballast Ace developed
Read moreTwo crewmen are missing and nine remain adrift on a lifeboat after their cargo ship, MV Emeline, sank off Selayar Islands. The ship was carrying cement and departed from Soekarno-Hatta Seaport heading to Banyuwangi, East Java, on Tuesday. It is believed to have encountered inclement weather and rough seas. The Makassar Search and Rescue
Read moreThis article deals with the evolution of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. It was proclaimed in 2012 that the Somali pirate business model had been broken by a combination of coordinated naval patrols, heightened vessel security, and the ubiquitous presence of armed guards aboard valuable ships. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) attributed only 71
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