The IMO Council has unanimously agreed to award the prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2012 to Dr. Thomas A. Mensah of Ghana, former President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Division at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), for
Read moreThe dwelling time issue has not even finished yet but Tanjung Priok Port is now experiencing another fundamental problem that sparked high economic cost and severe inefficiency. The main problem this time is a severe congestion in distribution line. As the result, freight operators from and to major ports in Indonesia suffered financial loss
Read moreMerak, Banten (ANTARA News) – At least seven out of 42 ships of the “roll on roll off” (roro) are not worthy to be operated for mass homeward exodus ferriage before Idul Fitr in 2013, official said. Head of Merak seaport administration, Baptis Soegiarto said here on Wednesday that his office has checked the
Read moreSomali piracy has fallen to its lowest levels since 2006, focusing attention on violent piracy and armed robbery off the coast of West Africa, the International Chamber Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s latest global piracy report reveals. Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) recorded 138 piracy incidents in the first six months
Read morePirates looted a chemical tanker and injured some of its crew off the coast of Togo this week, its government and a maritime agency said on Thursday, underscoring increasing threats to shipping in West African waters. Pirate activity has spiked in the Gulf of Guinea region, which includes Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast
Read moreSingapore’s Keppel Corp Ltd and Sembcorp Marine Ltd, the world’s top offshore rig-makers, stand to be among the winners from Beijing’s moves to tighten credit amid a downturn at China’s shipyards. The two companies have been under mounting pressure from Chinese yards offering generous payment terms, price discounts and help with financing. That may
Read moreTeluk Lamong terminal. The Indonesian government is committed to spend $99 million on a 50MW gas-fired plant to power the new Teluk Lamong Multipurpose Terminal at the port of Tanjung Perak in the city of Surabaya. The EPC contractor PT Rekayasa Industri will realise the project on behalf of the state-owned port operator, PT
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