Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Trans-Pacific trade in the Asia-Pacific region can increase the capacity of Indonesia ports, said Ronald Apriliyanto Halim, a researcher at Delft University of Technology`s Transportation and Logistics. “Based on the current international trade development, Indonesia has the potential to be active in global maritime network as a transhipment port, which
Read moreDrydocks World will be delivering the pioneering Prelude FLNG Turret Modules to Shell very soon. The first Module, the bogie support structure – standing 22 meters high, with a diameter of 30 meters and weighing 1,300 tons – will be transported to Korea to integrate with the Prelude FLNG vessel. Other modules will
Read moreThe Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is close to arriving in the port of Murmansk after being boarded by Russian authorities last week following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling. The ship arrived under tow in the fjord near Murmansk around 10:00 local time this morning accompanied by a tug boat and the Russian Coast
Read moreprofessional writing service p> Afraid of being the next target, captains and sailors are taking their own precautionary measures to ensure that they do not become the next victims of pirates. B. Pravin, who has been a sailor for six years, said that crewmen had to be constantly on the alert for any attacks by
Read moreNew York (ANTARA News) – Indonesia has issued a warning against Australia`s plan to implement its policy on boat people, which violates Indonesia`s sovereignty. Foreign minister Marty Natalegawa reiterated the country`s stance at a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop at the U.N. Headquarters here on Monday. Natalegawa and Bishop met
Read moreThe number of national-flagged vessels operating in domestic waters has doubled to over 12,000 as of July, nearly eight years after the implementation of the cabotage principles in 2005. Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) data shows that the number of Indonesian vessels rose 207.5 percent from 6,041 in 2005 to 12,536 by the
Read moreThe Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargo and Containers (DSC) Sub-committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved proposed changes to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention that will require verification of container weights before loaded containers are placed aboard ships. Misdeclared container weights have been a long-standing problem for the transportation industry and
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