A new car terminal has opened at Sumatra’s largest river port, Boom Baru. Operated by Pelindo II (also known as IPC), the 2 sq km terminal can handle 300 cars a day. “The strong demand for four-wheeled vehicles in Sumatra has prompted IPC to make use of spare land around the port,” the port operator
Read morebest essay writing service p> Ghana’s navy detained suspected pirate ship and arrested crew members on suspicion in the hijacking of an oil products tanker off Gabon 30 days ago. It is disturbing that pirate attacks in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea become more and more frequent destroying the shipping business in the region. According
Read moreThe United States Coast Guard has declared that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is on the right path to the successful implementation of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code in Nigeria. The leader of the US Coast Guard team to Nigeria, Mr Tivo Romero made this declaration at
Read moreJAKARTA (Agencies) – At least four people have died after a boat carrying Australia-bound asylum-seekers sank, amid ongoing debate over the new policy, officials said on Wednesday. The boat sank off the Indonesian island of Java, the transit point for people-smugglers. At least 157 people have been rescued. It is not clear how many
Read moreMoscow (ANTARA News/AFP) – Russia “over the next few days” will be sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria, the Interfax news agency said on Thursday. “The well-known situation shaping up in the eastern Mediterranean called for certain corrections to the
Read moreThe ‘Maersk Kampala’, situated south of the Suez Canal, continues to fight a fire in the two foremost cargo bays of the vessel. Crew are all accounted for and safe in the accomodation area with no injuries reported. The owners report that the ire originated in one container at the bottom of a stack
Read more(SeeNews) – Sep 2, 2013 – State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) IV would start building the Makassar New Port in 2014, after getting the construction permit and approval for the master plan as well as the detailed design of the project from the country’s Ministry of Transportation, The Jakarta Post reported on
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