Australia said Jakarta was free to bring up Canberra’s hardline asylum-seeker policy with the United States after the Indonesian foreign minister was reported as saying he would raise the issue with the visiting US Secretary of State. Australia’s “Operation Sovereign Borders” — which sees asylum-seeker boats turned back as a deterrent to people-smugglers —
Read moreAustralia said Jakarta was free to bring up Canberra’s hardline asylum-seeker policy with the United States after the Indonesian foreign minister was reported as saying he would raise the issue with the visiting US Secretary of State. Australia’s “Operation Sovereign Borders” — which sees asylum-seeker boats turned back as a deterrent to people-smugglers —
Read moreJAKARTA– Indonesian Transport Service User Council (Depalindo) urged the acceleration of reform Tanjung Priok port layout as the solution to reduce dwelling time of containers at the port. Depalindo Chairman Toto Dirgantoro said dwelling time issue is not just the responsibility of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelino) II as Tanjung Priok port operators but also
Read moreJAKARTA– Indonesian Transport Service User Council (Depalindo) urged the acceleration of reform Tanjung Priok port layout as the solution to reduce dwelling time of containers at the port. Depalindo Chairman Toto Dirgantoro said dwelling time issue is not just the responsibility of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelino) II as Tanjung Priok port operators but also
Read moreSolopos.com, JAKARTA – Indonesian Maritime Security Sharing Center (Pikmi) records 150 maritime crime cases in Asian waters during 2013 with 77% of them is minor crime category in form of on-board robbery referring to the report of Information Sharing Center – Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ISC-ReCAAP)
Read moreThe Papua New Guinea Defence Force says it’s still trying to ascertain details about an incident involving one of its patrol boats and five Indonesian fishermen who went missing in PNG waters. The Indonesian navy has intensified sea patrols off Merauke, near the PNG border, after ten fishermen were reportedly intercepted by a PNG Defence
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — PT Pertamina will put into operation a world’s largest most sophisticated liquified petroleum gas (LPG) tanker with a capacity of 50,000 tons. Pertamina Gas I is the type of “very large gas carrier” (VLGC), Hanung Budya, the marketing director of the state energy company said. Pertamina Gas I, to start operation on
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