State-run port management company, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo II), is further modernizing the Panjang Port in Lampung to transform it into an international port as an alternative to the Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta. Besides modernizing port facilities and equipment in order to improve services and work productivity, PT Pelindo II will also revitalize
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security recognizes Westports for its security measures in the loading US-bound containerized maritime cargo. After the 9/11 attacks the United States instituted various initiatives to increase the layers of security, improve monitoring at points of entry, and strengthen information sharing both internally and globally, and the US Dept of
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MERAK – Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) is coordinating with Singapore’s Transportation Committee to investigate the collision involving Bahuga Jaya and Singaporean flag tanker Norgas Cathnika. The accident took eight lives and 207 other reascued alive. Chief of Indonesian KNKT, Tatang Kurniadi, said that every international ship could freely pass Indonesia’s archipelagic sea
Read moreThe Indonesia Port Corporation II has chosen the solutions provided by SOGET and Microsoft Corp. to implement the largest Port Community System in the World. The System will initially be deployed in Jakarta, before further expansion to other Indonesian ports. Indonesia is the largest archipelagos in the world with 17,508 islands and 111 commercial
Read moreDuring the reporting period of 19 September to 25 September 2012, there was one reported piracy-related incident in the High Risk Area (HRA), an attack reported in the Arabian Sea. Specific areas of suspected and known Pirate Attack Group (PAG) locations can be found on our PAG map. PAG map is also available on
Read moreA TEAM of technology visionaries has today unveiled what it believes is the most effective way to end maritime piracy, and save lives and billions of dollars each year. The WatchStander system was originally developed for the US naval fleet but has been modified and adapted over the past two years for use by
Read moreThe collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011 was likely caused by the inappropriate response of the pilot of the Elka Apollon to changes in bank effect forces as the vessel transited the Bayport flare, causing the vessel to sheer across the channel and into
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