As many as 27 sea patrol crew are under investigation for allegedly receiving US$4,000 in bribes from the crew of a Vietnamese vessel, which was caught illegally fishing in Tarempa waters, Riau Islands. Martime and Fisheries Resourcese Monitoring Task Force (PSDKP) chief Syahrin Abdurrahman said on Thursday that his agency had withdrawn two naval ships
Read more‘’The continuation of the criminal issues occurred on the Indonesian maritime such as illegal fishing, piracy, and the larceny of the natural resource were being the threat to the National Security’’ said the Chief of IMSCB ‘’Rear Admiral D.A.Mamahit’’ on the event of ‘’34th Captain of Patrol Ship Refreshment and Personnel of the Joint Operation
Read moreArmed pirates raided an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia and took three crew members with them, Malaysian maritime officials said on Wednesday, underscoring increasing threats to shipping in one of the world’s busiest waterways. The incident in the Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade, has
Read moreSydney. Australia’s immigration minister dismissed on Wednesday United Nations’ criticism of its asylum seeker policy, even as fresh evidence emerged of abuses at one of its detention centers in Papua New Guinea. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison hit back after the regional representative for UN refugee agency UNHCR said that Australia’s policy of sending asylum seekers
Read moreSentani, Papua Province (ANTARA News) – Bad weather in Yapen waters hampered the rescue effort of a sinking boat that carried 30 people in the area of Pasorae Strait to Kurudu Kaipuri waters of Papua. The Jayapura X Naval Main Base Commander First Admiral Rudy Bangkinas explained that bad weather was still continuing in Papua
Read moreTwo people were killed and two injured in a fire at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Korea on April 21. The fire broke out on a newbuilding Hull 2657, an 84,000-ton LPG carrier being built for Dorian LPG, and expected to be completed next month. Around 60 firefighters and 18 fire trucks battled the fire
Read moreBeijing: China’s Foreign Ministry has quashed reports that the Japanese bulker seized by the Shanghai Maritime Court was taken because of outstanding World War II debts. The Baosteel Emotion VLOC, owned by Mitsui OSK Lines, was arrested over a “regular business contract dispute” a spokesman for the ministry said. Earlier missives from the maritime court
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