The government has opened Cikarang Dry Port in Karawang, West Java, as a new import entry gateway for a number of products to ease the burden on Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, the country’s biggest port by volume. Food and beverages, traditional medicine and health supplements, cosmetics and home medical supplies, apparel, footwear, electronics
Read moreIn addition to loot the boatload the armed pirates also holding the crew and damaging communications equipment and boat engines, before they fled leaving the victim. “They move so fast and the just leave. The piracy is very unsettling and harmful the shipping world and should immediately stopped,” said Hanafi Rustandi, Chairman of Asia Pacific
Read moreChina will come under the most concerted diplomatic pressure yet to rein in its assertive moves in the disputed South China Sea when the United States uses a regional security meeting this weekend to rally support for a freeze on provocative acts. The push by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the ASEAN Regional
Read moreMaersk Drilling has taken delivery of its second ultra harsh environment jack-up, XLE-2, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore on time. The rig will start its mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea in approximately two weeks, where it will commence a five year contract with Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske). The rig, which
Read moreKendari, Southeast Sulawesi. A ferry sank in the waters off the coast of Southeast Sulawesi early on Tuesday morning, killing three passengers, the state-owned Antara news agency reported. Buton Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Fachrurozzi told the state wire that the KM Uki Raya 01 departed from Baubau, a city on Buton island, to Wangi
Read moreAuthorities in Bangladesh investigating the sinking of a ferry with nearly 250 people on board have lodged murder charges against the owner and five others, including the captain, taking an unprecedented step in a country where such disasters are all too common. The ferry, the MV Pinak-6, went down on Monday in a river swelled
Read moreMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the company has earned recognition from the ports of both Long Beach and Los Angeles, California, for its efforts to ensure compliance with standards that call for vessels to slow down within 40 nautical miles (nm) of the shore. The Port of Long Beach introduced the Green Flag Program
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