Due to lack of effective anti-terrorism measures in many Yemeni ports USCG to impose conditions of entry into US waters. The regulations came about following a Coast Guard finding that Yemeni ports do not maintain effective anti-terrorist measures along with an assessment that Yemen presents a significant risk of introducing instruments of terror into
Read moreAs of 1st September 2012 the EU’s counter piracy task force (EUNAVFOR) will be augmented by the addition of the offshore patrol vessel RELAMPAGO of the Spanish Navy. The RELAMPAGO, a member of Spains newest BAM class of warships, is a high performance, modular vessel capable of being adapted to a number of roles
Read moreThe development of the Northern Sea Route will change the balance of powers in the sea shipping market, said Gleb Ivashentsov, deputy director of the Russian APEC Study Center, at the APEC Economic Leaders’ briefing in Vladivistok. Russia has traditionally been a bridge between Europe and the Pacific. However, its Pacific ports and trunk
Read moreAll Asian shippers wil have to pay higher freight charges to European container ship operators from September 2012. From September 1, Denmark-based Maersk, the world’s largest container line, will implement a general freight increase of 250 U. S. dollars per TEU and 500 U.S. dollars per FEU on all shipments from the Far East
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Southeast Asian states to present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes in the South China Sea to “literally calm the waters.” And she urged all involved to make “meaningful progress” on a process for ending conflicts by November.
Read moreEuropean Union Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta, NATO and Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) – the big three – call upon the shipping industry to continue to take anti-piracy measures despite the current downward trend in piracy events. In a recent report published by the International Maritime Bureau it was announced that
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG – A joint team of military and police officers have caught 93 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka attempting to go to Australia. The chief of the 0319 Mentawai Military Region, Lt. Col, Josafat Duka, said when asked for his confirmation on the case on Saturday on the illegal immigrants were found in the
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