A lot of people fear that piracy could increase because most of the defense budgets of the maritime countries are cut. Anti-piracy operations and patrols will be hit. Military forces patrolling the region of Somalia will be reduced. The rate of pirate attack is going down, probably 40% of this is the presence of
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – The Ministry of Maritime and Fisheries affairs (KKP) has successfully released and repatriated 11 Indonesian fishermen after being detained by Malaysian authority. KKP Minister Sharif C Sutarjo said here on Monday that the 11 fishermen from Langkat, North Sumatra, were caught by Malaysian authority on March 1, 2013. In his
Read moreIn a shipyard in South Korea workers are building the world’s largest ships – Maersk Line’s 400m long Triple-E container vessels. Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed up to bring you every stage of construction from design to maiden voyage. In this six episode TV-series, Discovery Channel has exclusive access to document every stage
Read moreSailors onboard a Royal Navy warship saved the life of a Japanese fisherman who had suffered a serious head injury off the coast of Africa. HMS Argyll was on operations approximately 20 miles off the Cape Verde coast when she received news that a fisherman onboard the trawler Wakashio Maru No 82 had been
Read moreThe salvage of a grounded cargo ship has been delayed due to severe weather. The vessel ran aground on Saturday off the coast of Northumberland. The M/V DANIO is stuck on rocks on the Farne Islands about 3 miles (5km) from the mainland, and has about 27 tons of diesel fuel and 1,500 tons
Read moreA 45-year-old fisherman from city’s Kasimedu harbour is feared dead after a ship collided with a fishing boat in the early hours of Saturday. Two others, who were rescued by another fishing boat two hours later, said a cargo vessel rammed their boat about 13 nautical miles (25km) from Chennai coast. Viji, 35, and
Read moreJava and Sumatra will receive the bulk of funding for 40 infrastructure projects worth IDR337trn ($34.8bn) under the next phase of the Indonesian government’s Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic Development (MP3EI) over the next four years from 2014 to 2017. The MP3EI is a 15-year, IDR4,000trn infrastructure development blueprint.
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