Singapore: Indonesian shipowner Samudera Shipping Line Ltd has announce that the group has sold 3,426 dwt chemical tanker, Sinar Bunyu, and 350 dwt oil barge unit, Cumawis 110. The company, which has over 50 vessels in the fleet, said that the sales are in line with the groups strategy to maintain a balanced business
Read moreSURABAYA—PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III allocates IDR170 billion for improvements and upgrading of facility in Benoa port, Bali. Chair of PR Division, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III Edi Priyanto, said the fund is spent on various projects such as strengthening east and south docks worth IDR100 billion. The construction of domestic terminal spends IDR8 billion
Read moreAn asylum seeker boat bound for Australia has got into difficulty off the Indonesian coast, leaving three people dead. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency Basarnas says the boat was off Cipunaga on the south coast of west Java when it was hit by huge wave about 6.00am yesterday (local time). The boat limped back
Read moreIsrael’s Defense Ministry is looking for more money to purchase four German missile boats to protect the country’s offshore gas fields. The Defense Ministry plans to ask the Finance Ministry for an additional $853 million to buy the vessels. The Cabinet has tasked the army with protecting the privately owned gas fields, but has
Read moreAustralian authorities said Friday they had rounded up all 27 asylum-seekers who arrived undetected on the country’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island, adding they were lucky to survive. How the group, believed to be ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar, came to land on the island was not known but reports said they had survived
Read moreMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Astomos Energy Corporation for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier. The LPG carrier on order features its world-class energy efficiency and outstanding versatility enabling it to flexibly accommodate the requirements of major LPG terminals. Completion and delivery of the newly ordered carrier
Read moreEarlier this week, two ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) passed through the Suez Canal en route to taking command of NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD later this week. SNMG2 flagship ESPS ALVARO DE BAZAN and Turkish frigate TCG GELIBOLU will soon join the Ukraine frigate UPS HETMAN SAGAIDACHNY to form NATO
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