Announced in 2012, the world’s first green-ship equipment certification centre opened for business earlier this month in Gunsan, Jeonbuk, Korea. The Korean Register – an IACS member class society – is a founding partner in this ground-breaking project. Costing a total of 30 billion won (US$29.4 million), the new centre will test, evaluate and certify
Read moreBanda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA News) – India has detained eight fishermen from Aceh on charges of stealing fish in the Indian waters, said head of Aceh provincial Maritime and Fisheries affairs office, Raihanah. “Eight of Acehs fishermen have been detained in India for allegedly fishing in the Indian waters,” Raihanah said here on Monday. According
Read moreJAKARTA. Lamanya waktu tunggu bongkar muat peti kemas atau dwelling time di pelabuhan Tanjung Priok merupakan salah satu pekerjaan rumah pemerintah yang belum bisa dipecahkan hingga saat ini. Dampaknya, biaya logistik yang mesti ditanggung pengusaha tergolong tinggi. Kini, Kementerian Perdagangan yang menyiapkan jurus agar dwelling time di pelabuhan Tanjung Priok bisa dipangkas sehingga lebih cepat.
Read moreBATAM, KOMPAS – Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut kembali menangkap pencuri harta karun di perairan Kepulauan Riau. Dua kapal bcserta 24 awaknya ditangkap saat membawa 675 keping kcramik yang di angkut dari kapal karam di sekitar Karang Heluputan, Bintan, Kepulauan Riau. Mei lalu, TNI AL menangkap penjarah dari lokasi yang sama Bahkan, kala itu, TNI
Read moreBatam, Indonesia. In the dead of night, as his fuel tanker sailed through the narrowest section of one of the world’s busiest waterways, Capt. Thiwa Saman was wrenched from sleep and pitched into a waking nightmare. Three men with guns and swords were banging on his cabin door. Other pirates had already stormed the bridge,
Read moreMAKASSAR – PT Pelindo IV, a port operator in Eastern Indonesia, scooped total revenue of IDR1.16 trillion in the first 6 months of this year. Finance Director of Pelindo IV Budi Revianto said the biggest contribution was made by container terminal services under the percentage of 38% to total revenue. The operational performance of the
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PUNGESTI — Around 20 Greenpeace activists blocked access to a shale gas exploration site in Romania on Monday, in a third attempt to scupper the drilling operations of US energy group Chevron. Protesters locked hands and sat in front of the entrance to a drilling position in the northeastern village of Pungesti. They prevented
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