Two tanker hijackings in about a month in the South China Sea and Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of seaborne oil trade, have fueled fears piracy could be on the rise in the area, potentially driving up ship insurance premiums. On Nov. 7, pirates hijacked a tanker carrying marine gasoil in
Read moreJAKARTA— Indonesia Logistics Association (ALI) estimates national logistics service industry will reap US$170 billion or equals to IDR1,951 trillion in 2014, supported by the rise in goods distribution related to general election. Head of ALI, Zaldy Mashita, said the prediction shows its growth trend is still at two-digit percentage. “National logistics is predicted to grow
Read moreMORE than 1100 asylum-seekers have been stopped from coming to Australia by boat as the Australian Federal Police and its Indonesian counterpart greatly boost their offshore disruption activities. As the government continued to fend off criticism it had botched the relationship with Jakarta following a high-seas stand-off over the weekend, The Australian has been
Read moreNATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD warship HDMS ESBERN SNARE boarded two small craft and detained nine suspected pirates, following an attack in the area the previous day Yesterday the Danish flagged vessel TORM KANSAS reported she was attacked unsuccessfully by pirates in the Indian Ocean, but the ship’s armed security team repelled the attack.
Read morePirates hijacked a second tanker in a month off the Malaysian coast near Singapore, Asia’s biggest oil-trading hub, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Ten pirates armed with guns and knives boarded a vessel about 7.3 nautical miles (13.5 kilometers) west of Malaysia’s Pulau Kukup in the Strait of Malacca, forcing the crew to
Read moreGreek authorities have detained a cargo ship carrying large quantities of weapons and ammunition, the country’s coastguard said on Friday. The vessel was lacking proper U.N. documents for arms shipments in conflict zones and the size of its cargo appeared to be larger than indicated on its loading documents, a coastguard official said on
Read moreA South Korean container ship nearly sank after it collided with the Marshall-Island cargo vessel Eleni off the coast of Vietnam. No casualties were reported. Late Thursday night, the Heung A Dragon was carrying containers from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City when it collided with the Eneli – which was departing from
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