Jakarta. Twenty-six asylum seekers who tried to make the journey from Indonesia to Christmas Island were found stranded on Argopeni beach in Central Java’s Kebumen district on Monday after being sent back by the Australia navy. “Based on a report we received from a navy post on Logending beach… the immigrants’ boat was stranded at
Read moreJAKARTA-Pelindo II allocated up to IDR1 trillion to expand the dock facilities and the general goods dwelling landscaping and containers in the Tanjung Priok Port in 2014. Pelindo II Tanjung Priok Port branch General Manager, Ari Henryanto said investment allocation derived from company’s budget is aligned with the work program of Tanjung Priok port that
Read moreSolopos.com, JAKARTA – Indonesian Maritime Security Sharing Center (Pikmi) records 150 maritime crime cases in Asian waters during 2013 with 77% of them is minor crime category in form of on-board robbery referring to the report of Information Sharing Center – Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ISC-ReCAAP)
Read moreThe Papua New Guinea Defence Force says it’s still trying to ascertain details about an incident involving one of its patrol boats and five Indonesian fishermen who went missing in PNG waters. The Indonesian navy has intensified sea patrols off Merauke, near the PNG border, after ten fishermen were reportedly intercepted by a PNG Defence
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — PT Pertamina will put into operation a world’s largest most sophisticated liquified petroleum gas (LPG) tanker with a capacity of 50,000 tons. Pertamina Gas I is the type of “very large gas carrier” (VLGC), Hanung Budya, the marketing director of the state energy company said. Pertamina Gas I, to start operation on
Read moreKupang, East Nusa Tenggara. On New Year’s day, 45 asylum seekers in a ramshackle wooden boat slid ashore on a small island off the Australian city of Darwin. Four others had been swept overboard that morning in rough seas and were believed dead. The survivors, from Africa and the Middle East, stumbled onto the beach,
Read moreThe Indonesian Navy has intensified patrols in the waters off Merauke bordering Papua New Guinea (PNG) after five fishermen who were forced by the PNG Navy to swim ashore went missing. “We are deploying 25 marines from the Eastern Fleet to strengthen 12 marines from the local naval base for routine patrols,” the XI/Merauka Main
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