The Batam Port Office has reported that two container ships collided early Monday in the Malacca Strait. Batam Port harbormaster Jhon Kenedy said Italian-flagged MV Hanjin, which was transporting shipping containers, and fuel ship MT AI Garrafa collided on international waters between Batam and Singapore. “The incident occurred on the Malacca Strait. The sides
Read moreMalaysia expects to see more business to business relations with Indonesia. According to local Indonesian media, Malaysia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Dato Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim, said on Friday he expects the two countries to gain from a more integrated Southeast Asian region in the lead up to the implementation the Asean Economic Community in
Read moreThe luxury cruise liner MV Voyager called at Magam Ruhunupura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port in Sri Lanka on December 21, creating history as the first cruise vessel to call at the port. The vessel arrived with 365 passengers and 224 crew and was under the command of Captain Neil Broomhall. At the port in Hambanthota,
Read moreKupang. Bad weather, including strong winds and rough seas, has forced the closure of sea links operated by state ferry operator ASDP for an amount of time that remains to be detirmined, a company executive said on Saturday. Agus Suprianto, Operations Manager for the Kupang chapter of ASDP, said that the closures had been
Read moreThree Saudi Aramco workers are missing after one of the company’s offshore maintenance platforms sank on Friday. The remaining 24 crewmembers onboard were saved, but some suffered injuries. A search is ongoing for the three others — two Indians and a Bangladeshi. A statement from the oil giant said a thorough investigation into the
Read moreMakassar, South Sulawesi (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko, confirmed that TNI is studying the possibility of strengthening its submarine fleet with Russian Kilo Class submarines. “Currently we are still studying and calculating the plan to strengthen our defense in the water territory. “It would be great if we could
Read moreProsecutors in Taiwan indicted eight Indonesian fishermen Wednesday on charges of manslaughter in a July incident that allegedly left the Taiwanese captain and chief engineer of a fishing boat dead. The indictment said that the 98-tonne deep-sea fishing boat Te Hung Hsing No. 368 was operating in waters in the east Pacific July 15
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