China said on Thursday it had lodged a formal complaint with the United States after the U.S. Senate passed a resolution expressing concern about Chinese actions in the disputed East and South China Seas. The U.S. resolution, passed on Monday, listed several examples of worrying Chinese behaviour, including China’s issuing of an official map
Read moreAN Indonesian search-and-rescue launch was en route to rescue about 100 asylum-seekers from a smuggling boat in distress off southwest Java. The rescue vessel was expected to reach the fishing boat, adrift and leaking in medium seas in the southern Sunda Strait, late last night. An oil tanker, Baltic Galaxy, stood by the distressed
Read moreHanoi (ANTARA News) – Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Vietnam People’s Army met with the visiting Director for Policy of Singaporean Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Cheng Siak Kian here on Tuesday. Chieng Siak Kian briefed Vo Van Tuan on the outcome of the working sessions between
Read moreSpecilaist livestock carriers ‘MV Galloway Express’ and ‘MV Ganado Express’ have been named at the COSCO Shipyard in Guandong, China. These livestock carriers are the first two in a newbuilding programme of four next‑generation livestock vessels, being built for Vroon in Guangdong. The vessels have a cargo capacity of approximately 4,500 sqm and a
Read moreThe maritime industry has recently seen a decrease in Somali piracy, but many pirates have turned to a new criminal activity: protecting illegal fishing boats off the Somali coast. The Associated Press reported that many pirates in the country now “provide ‘security’ for ships illegally plundering Somalia’s fish stocks – the same scourge that
Read moreHalliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced. A criminal information charging Halliburton with one count of destruction of evidence was filed in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Halliburton has signed a cooperation and
Read moreIndonesian waters remain a hotbed for pirate attacks and petty theft, despite global drops in reported attacks on shipping vessels, a recent report revealed. Worldwide, the total number of pirate attacks has fallen from 177 in the first half of 2012, to 138 in the first half of 2013, according to the research conducted
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