A patrol vessel sailed out from a Shanghai port Monday on a 62-day visit of four countries, Shanghai maritime authorities said. The Ministry of Transport dispatched “Haixun 01” to make goodwill visits to Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Malaysia. The vessel will carry out communication activities and promote bilateral and multilateral drills and work exchanges,
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia as a big maritime nation needs to have an ocean law for an integrated maritime management, Minister of Marine and Fisheries Sharif Cicip Soetardjo said. Indonesia must have a law on maritime affairs, Executive Chairman of the Indonesian Maritime Council (DEKIN) Sharif C. Soetardjo said in a workshop on
Read moreMOMBASA, Kenya – A Kenyan court sentenced nine Somali citizens each to five years in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of violently hijacking a vessel, MV Magellan Star, in the Gulf of Aden in September 2010. The nine were captured by international anti-piracy forces before being handed over to Kenya to be
Read moreRANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to “de-escalate” a contentious territorial dispute with Japan and deal with the matter through diplomatic channels, Obama’s national security adviser said on Saturday. Obama told Xi “the parties should seek to de-escalate, not escalate, and the parties should seek to
Read moreMANILA, Philippines – Listed port giant International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has tapped state-run port operator PT Pelabuhan IndonesiaII (Persero) Tanjung Priok Branch for stevedoring services for 15 years. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), ICTSI corporate legal affairs manager Benjamin Gorospe III said the company through its indirect subsidiary
Read moreMoscow (ANTARA News) – Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security but which comes as Moscow faces off with the West over Syria. In what is Russia’s first permanent naval deployment in the Mediterranean since Soviet
Read moreFourteen Indian sailors are now safe, after pirates, who took control of their cargo vessel yesterday morning, June 5, in the Gulf of Aden, abandoned the attack hours later after EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona, together with NATO counter piracy Dutch warship HNLMS Van Speijk, closed in. This type of cargo vessel, known
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