Pirates have seized a merchant ship in the Red Sea and have taken it south towards Somali waters in the first successful hijacking in the region since 2012, maritime officials said on Sunday. The vessel, identified as the MV Marzooqah, sent a distress signal on Saturday evening in the Red Sea and was then
Read morePirates have seized a merchant ship in the Red Sea and have taken it south towards Somali waters in the first successful hijacking in the region since 2012, maritime officials said on Sunday. The vessel, identified as the MV Marzooqah, sent a distress signal on Saturday evening in the Red Sea and was then
Read moreBatam, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) – Australias participation in the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2014 in the Indonesian Riau Islands provinces waters has been cancelled, stated exercise director Commodore Amarulla Octavian. “The cancellation follows the two countries agreement due to political problems,” he explained here on Thursday. Initially, the Australian navy was invited and
Read moreBatam, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) – Australias participation in the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2014 in the Indonesian Riau Islands provinces waters has been cancelled, stated exercise director Commodore Amarulla Octavian. “The cancellation follows the two countries agreement due to political problems,” he explained here on Thursday. Initially, the Australian navy was invited and
Read moreThe Chief Executive of Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board ¨Vice Admiral Bambang Suwarto¨ attended the Ceremony of sow flower in order to commemorate the Dharma Samudera Day 2014 on Wednesday 15 January 2014. Thus, the event was held on Indonesian War Ship ¨KRI Banda Aceh¨. As the inspector ceremony was the Minister of Defense,
Read moreThe Chief Executive of Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board ¨Vice Admiral Bambang Suwarto¨ attended the Ceremony of sow flower in order to commemorate the Dharma Samudera Day 2014 on Wednesday 15 January 2014. Thus, the event was held on Indonesian War Ship ¨KRI Banda Aceh¨. As the inspector ceremony was the Minister of Defense,
Read moreBatam, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) – Around five thousand residents of Natuna and Anambas islands will be involved in the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2014 in the Indonesian Riau Island provinces waters from March to April, exercise director Commodore Amarulla Octavian stated. “It will also involve around four thousand to five thousand local people
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