Singapore: Two tankers were hit by pirates on March 6 and a bulker was also attacked this morning, all near Singapore, according to an alert by the Information Sharing Centre of Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). ReCAAP urges all vessels transiting the area to enhance vigilance
Read moreJAKARTA – Chairman of Central Executive Board of Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI) Iskandar Zulkarnain said the 2015 Asean sole market highly enable the increase of shipping and logistics activities via sea transportation. “Thereby, the service in the port needs an escalation, especially on logistics distribution,” he said to Bisnis.com (3/6). Further he said
Read moreMAKASSAR – State-owned ports operator PT Pelindo IV plans to immediately conducting land reclamation and construction of dock as part of the first stage of the mega project Makassar New Port (MNP). For the reclamation process, the company prepared IDR100 Billion from internal treasury. Managing Director of Pelindo IV, Mulyono, explains that the reclamation will
Read moreLiputan6.com, Cilegon – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to attend The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas)’s 42nd Anniversary in Dermaga Pelabuhan Indonesia II, Merak, Cilegon, Banten. The event will also be attended by ministers and local heads. In Basarnas’s anniversary on Wednesday, March 5th 2014, two Catamaran-type new vessels owned by Basarnas having
Read moreJAKARTA— Ministry of Transportation will approve proposal by PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) to increase tariff upper limit of local sea transportation soon. Director of Sea Traffic and Transportation, Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, said he is now almost completing tariff evaluation proposed by Pelni. Yet, he explained the rise in tariff
Read moreJAKARTA – PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) obtains additional capital investment totaling IDR308.57 billion. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono currently confirmed the removal of State Property (BMN) at the Ministry of Communications which financed from Revenues and State Budget. As showed in Indonesia Cabinet Secretariat website on Monday (03/03/2014), the President has signed the Regulation No.6/2014
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, OSAKA — The Japanese Coast Guard announced that its teams rescued an Indonesian sailor and found the bodies of three sailors on Monday, one day after they went missing with three other crew members, following a fire on board a tuna fishing boat in waters far off the western Japanese island of Shikoku. The
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