Detailed below are ten of the world’s biggest ships for the year 2012. Kindly note the list is only based on the length of the ships. 1. E-Class Container Ships Under the ownership and operation of the shipping conglomerate Moller-Maersk, the E-Class container vessels are still the largest ships in the world in 2012
Read moreJakarta: Port operator PT Pelindo II is seeking a presidential decree to hurry up the building of Sorong Port in West Papua. Issues with land acquisition has seen the project slip behind schedule. If the decree comes in Q1 next year then the state run port operator is confident it can get the planned
Read moreOn Monday, a cargo ship and fishing vessel collided off China’s southern coast, near the Guangdong province. Nine mariners are missing as a result of the accident. The cargo ship sank near Shanwei following the collision with the Hong Kong-registered fishing vessel. 11 crewmen were catapulted into the water from the cargo ship, with
Read moreSouth Korea officials informed that Somali pirates finally have freed 4 sailors from South Korea after 19 months of captivity. This was possible after the pirates received the money they wanted. A palm oil tanker with 25 sailors was attacked off the coast of Kenya in April last year. Later, Somali pirates released the
Read moreIMO‘s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), meeting at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012, agreed that rules to require passenger safety drills to take place prior to, or immediately upon, departure should be made mandatory, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident. The Committee approved draft
Read moreSingapore’s High Court has given more time for debt-ridden Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) to continue its restructuring plan. The High Court of Singapore has granted an extension of the section 210 filing until 10 January 2013, thereby continuing the protection of BLT’s assets through that time, according to John D. Noonan, ceo of BLT
Read moreAn Italian court sentenced eight Somali pirates to between 16 and 19 years in prison for attempting to hijack an Italian-flagged cargo ship in 2011 after one of Europe’s biggest piracy trials. The crew of the Montecristo locked themselves in the engine room after their ship was boarded by gun-toting pirates off the coast
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