REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDA ACEH – About 27 new islands emerge in the marine in Simeulue, Aceh, on the aftermath of earthquake and tsunami in December 2004. The new islands are showing the signs of life. Before the tsunami, the number of small islands in Simeulue was only 41. “Now it is 68,” the Deputy Regent of
Read moreThe Centre has decided to deploy armed Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel aboard Indian merchant ships for a fee to thwart attacks by pirates. This is the first time a government force would provide security to merchant ships. “The CISF has chosen 100 men for training to be deployed on merchant ships,” said
Read more‘USS Fort Worth Commissioning: Photo credit Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin-led team’s second Littoral Combat Ship, ‘USS Fort Worth’ (LCS 3) commissioned by U.S. Navy in Galveston, Texas. USS Fort Worth, the second of the Freedom-variant in the LCS class, successfully passed Acceptance Trials in May and was delivered to the U.S. Navy in June,
Read moreBMO is proud to announce the first sale of the Vessel Black Box to Frisia Offshore, Germany. The Vessel Black Box is a flexible, integrated vessel movement monitoring system. Innovative sensor solutions from the aerospace industry are used, with superior performance and much lower cost than conventional sensors used in the offshore industry. A
Read moreJakarta (ANTARA News) – Japanese ship FB Horieri Maru, which was carrying 22 crew members, including five Indonesian workers, sank off the Japanese coast after colliding with Panama-registered MV Nikkei Tiger on Saturday last week. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) team has so far rescued nine people, including four Indonesians. “The four Indonesian people
Read moreFollowing a collision with a large cargo ship off northeast Japan, 13 crewmen from a 22-man fishing vessel are missing, according to the Japanese Coast Guard. The 119-ton Horiei Maru and the 25,047-ton Panamanian Nikkei Tiger [pictured in thumb image] collided about 900 kilometers east of Sendai in the Pacific Ocean around 2:30 a.m. Sunday,
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUKABUMI – Police have arrested 23 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan planning to cross to Australia in Cisolok and Pelabuhan Ratu in Sukabumi, West Java. The head of the public relations sub-division of the resort police, Adjunct Commissioner Siswanto, meanwhile said Sukabumi waters has often been used by illegal immigrants an asylum to cross
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