A ferry with about 200 passengers on board capsized in Bangladesh on Monday in a river southwest of the capital, Dhaka, and about 100 people were unaccounted for, the chief of the district administration said. Low-lying Bangladesh, with extensive inland waterways and slack safety standards, has an appalling record of ferry accidents, with casualties sometimes
Read morePT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo II), a state-run Indonesian port operator, plans to raise $1.25 billion in syndicated loans to help finance the expansion of its North Jakarta port. A weak port infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s largest economy pushes up logistics costs and makes it harder for businesses to expand operations. The company has appointed
Read moreFiremen at Brazil’s Santos Port struggled on 3rd August to contain a blaze at two sugar warehouses, operated by producer Cosan SA, which threatens to disrupt exports from the world’s biggest sugar producing nation. The fire broke out at the sugar terminal at 4:30 pm local time and 12 fire trucks were still trying to
Read moreHighlights of the Past Month: •Last month has seen less pirate activity in Indian Ocean region but increasing number of serious incidents on South- China Sea. The main sources reported at least 4 suspicious events in the Red Sea area, 2 serious incidents near Nigeria, 1 hijacking near Ghana and possible 1 robbery attempt near
Read moreJAKARTA – Supply Chain Indonesia urges the government to perform revitalization to the ports in Indonesia in order to support the acceleration of goods mobilization. Setijadi, Chairman of Supply Chain Indonesia, said that the damage of Comal Bridge brings impact to the transportation acceleration both for the passengers or goods which may get back to
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BAKAUHENI — A total of 56,638 Idul Fitri travelers crossed the Sunda Strait to Java through Bakauheni Ferry Ports in Lampung (Sumatra), four days after Idul Fitri on Friday. Data at the Inland Waterway Transportation Service (PT ASDP) showed on Friday that the reverse flow of Idul Fitri travelers consisted of 14,553 pedestrian passengers
Read moreAsian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to finance the construction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal at Port Qasim. An agreement to this affect will be signed with the government of Pakistan and Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited (ETPL) soon. Reliable sources said the ADB has agreed to favourably consider the request of ETPL for the
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