JAKARTA – PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II Tanjung Priok Port branch has reaped IDR1.6 trillion revenue in semester 1 from the target of IDR3.4 trillion until late this year. General Manager of Tanjung Priok Port Ari Heryanto, said the port sets to reap IDR3.4 trillion until late this year, up to semester 1, the port
Read morePirates attacked a Malaysian oil tanker in the Malacca Straits and siphoned off its load, the Malaysian navy and officials said on 16th July, the latest in a series of hijackings raising tension in Southeast Asia’s busy sea lanes. The attackers stole 2,500 metric tonnes of oil and damaged the navigation equipment of the MT
Read moreAnnounced in 2012, the world’s first green-ship equipment certification centre opened for business earlier this month in Gunsan, Jeonbuk, Korea. The Korean Register – an IACS member class society – is a founding partner in this ground-breaking project. Costing a total of 30 billion won (US$29.4 million), the new centre will test, evaluate and certify
Read moreBanda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA News) – India has detained eight fishermen from Aceh on charges of stealing fish in the Indian waters, said head of Aceh provincial Maritime and Fisheries affairs office, Raihanah. “Eight of Acehs fishermen have been detained in India for allegedly fishing in the Indian waters,” Raihanah said here on Monday. According
Read moreBatam, Indonesia. In the dead of night, as his fuel tanker sailed through the narrowest section of one of the world’s busiest waterways, Capt. Thiwa Saman was wrenched from sleep and pitched into a waking nightmare. Three men with guns and swords were banging on his cabin door. Other pirates had already stormed the bridge,
Read moreMAKASSAR – PT Pelindo IV, a port operator in Eastern Indonesia, scooped total revenue of IDR1.16 trillion in the first 6 months of this year. Finance Director of Pelindo IV Budi Revianto said the biggest contribution was made by container terminal services under the percentage of 38% to total revenue. The operational performance of the
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PUNGESTI — Around 20 Greenpeace activists blocked access to a shale gas exploration site in Romania on Monday, in a third attempt to scupper the drilling operations of US energy group Chevron. Protesters locked hands and sat in front of the entrance to a drilling position in the northeastern village of Pungesti. They prevented
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