On Friday, Fairfax Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard reported on another ordeal at sea, over ten days between 27 April and 7 May. The story as we know it so far raises disturbing questions about Australia’s adherence to its rescue-at-sea obligations. On 27 April, a boat left from an unknown location in Indonesia carrying 48
Read moreA new car terminal has opened at Sumatra’s largest river port, Boom Baru. Operated by Pelindo II (also known as IPC), the 2 sq km terminal can handle 300 cars a day. “The strong demand for four-wheeled vehicles in Sumatra has prompted IPC to make use of spare land around the port,” the port operator
Read moreOslo. The high seas that cover almost half the Earth’s surface are a treasure trove with little legal protection from growing threats such as over-fishing and climate change, according to a new international group of politicians. “High levels of pillage are going on,” David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, told Reuters. He will
Read moreMultibeam sonar manufacturer WASSP Ltd has announced details of the company’s latest range of multibeam sonar’s, now for all commercial applications. “Although WASSP was originally designed for commercial fishing, when the company first started promoting WASSP globally in 2006 most of the interest came from scientists and surveyors mainly because WASSP multibeam sonar technology
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