Makassar (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian navy has caught a boat load of 71 illegal immigrants from Myanmar and Iraq in South Sulawesi. Patrolling navy ship caught the motorboat on Monday night in the sea off the Sinjay regency on its way to Australia, regional navy spokesman Mayor Darmawangsa said. The boat, KM Andi,
Read moreThe collided gas tanker Norgas Cathinka, its crew members and cargo arrived safely at the entrance of the port of Singapore. They have been released from its over 6-month detention in Indonesia. All the crew members, save for 2, are also freed or have been allowed to leave the country. There are 2 seamen
Read moreRoyal Grace was hijacked 1 year (2nd March 2012) ago by Somali pirates. The Panama registered chemical tanker officers and crew members now are free. Maybe a ransom has been paid for their release. Details are expected to be announced soon but it is known that the hostages were from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Read moreTen days after removal of the ill-fated USS Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef [pictured above], a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel has now reportedly ran aground along the northern part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site late Monday evening (April 8). Commodore Enrico Evangelista of Philippine Coast Guard District Palawan said that based on the report
Read moreCiting a series of technological breakthroughs, Navy leaders announced plans Apr. 8 at the Sea-Air-Space exposition to deploy for the first time a solid-state laser aboard a ship in fiscal year 2014. “Our directed energy initiatives, and specifically the solid-state laser, are among our highest priority science and technology programs. The solid-state laser program
Read morePAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Samoa News, April 3, 2013) – Eighteen Indonesians labeled as “ship jumpers,” who have been housed at American Samoa’s Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) for over two weeks, are being sent back to Indonesia, says Chief Immigration Officer Tamasa Dennis Fuimaono. Tamasa told Samoa News that two weeks ago a
Read moreProduct tanker controlled by Laliotis Group has been attacked by pirates off the coast of Nigeria. Sea Hermes, 45, 879 dwt (built 2004), is in trouble since 30 March. There was also another incident on 4 April when a supply vessel (name not known) was attacked by pirates 57 nautical miles west southwest of
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