On Christmas day, an oil tanker began listing near Labuan. Nearly 400 gallons of oil out of the 53,000 gallons in the ship’s hold spilled in the surrounding waters. About 30% of the vessel has sunk. The tanker, RAMAI DUA, sent out a distress call to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, but search and
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian government has drawn up a roadmap for the development of ships of 300,000 deadweight tonnage (dwt) by 2025, to reduce the country`s dependence on imported ships, according to a minister. Currently, the national shipbuilding industry is able to produce cargo ships, passenger ships and tankers of 50,000 dwt,
Read moreJakarta, Dec 26 (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Industry is keen on developing the national shipbuilding industry by introducing an incentive in the form of government-paid import duties (BMDTP), particularly for the raw materials of ships. “Currently, ships are not subjected to import duties, while the raw materials of ships are subjected to import
Read moreThe Korean government to honor Singaporean shipping company owner for his efforts to successfully rescue Korean sailors from Somali pirates. Four South Korean crew members were kidnapped by Somali pirates on April 30, 2011 aboard the MT Gemini, a tanker operated by Singapore-based Glory Ship Management, and after 582 days of captivity, they were
Read moreThe MV HAN SPLENDOR sank 165 miles east of Batan Island in the Batanes province of the Philippines on Sunday, forcing the 17 sailors onboard to abandon ship. Passing ship, MV JIN FU, rescued the 11 Myanmar and six Korean sailors from their life rafts just hours after their ship sunk. The Philippine coast
Read moreJAKARTA: PT Trada Maritime Tbk will allocate US$200 million capital expenditure in the next five year for purchasing 30-50 tugboats and barges. The Company’s President Director Danny Sihanouk de Mita said the purchase is intended to meet the company’s plan to increase the transshipment contract in 2013 as much as US$750 million. Trada Maritime
Read moreJAKARTA: PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) managed to earn IDR8 billion revenue until the last week of this year from the number of cruise ship visits during 2012. The Company’s spokeperson Edi Prayitno said the revenue includes anchoring services, mooring, tug boats, water boats, pontoon supply, and passengers passage in Pelindo III port
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