Bengkulu (ANTARA News) – Newly built wave breaker of Bengkulu port facing the Indian Ocean has collapsed hit by big waves and strong winds. The 100 meter wave breaker built at a cost of Rp14.5 billion and was only officially commission last month collapsed on natural disaster not because of defect in construction, Pieter
Read moreThere might be a broad welcome for the conclusions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Symposium on the Future of Ship Safety held in London at the organisation’s headquarters earlier this month. This was an opportunity for those who are on the receiving end of the regulators’ activities to suggest that there was room
Read moreAs Washington has assessed the implications of Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical energy chokepoint, a crisis has loomed in another critical maritime energy corridor: the Gulf of Guinea. Why We Should Be Watching the Gulf of Guinea As Washington has assessed the implications of Iranian threats to
Read moreThe Mary Maersk docked in the port of Antwerp in October. With a length of 399 metres, beam of 59 metres and capacity of 18,000 TEU this Triple E-class vessel is the newest and largest container carrier in the world. According to her master the call was “smooth and problem-free,” setting a new milestone
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