The head of I.M. Skaugen SE, the Norwegian company that owns the tanker ship Norgas Cathinka, has defended the decision of the ship’s captain to leave the scene after he was involved in a deadly collision in Indonesian waters on Sept. 26. “From what we have learned so far, we believe our captain has
Read moreBATAM, KOMPAS — Petugas Direktorat Jenderal Bea dan Cukai kembali menegah penyelundupan minyak mentah di Kepulauan Riau. Jika sebelumnya petugas menegah tanker pembawa 980.000 liter minyak mentah, dalam tangkapan kedua di pekan ini petugas menegah tanker yang lebih besar pembawa 1.300 ton minyak mentah. Kepala Bidang Bimbingan Kepatuhan dan Layanan Informasi Kantor Bea dan Cukai Batam Basuki
Read moreTwo tanker hijackings in about a month in the South China Sea and Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of seaborne oil trade, have fueled fears piracy could be on the rise in the area, potentially driving up ship insurance premiums. On Nov. 7, pirates hijacked a tanker carrying marine gasoil in
Read moreSingapore: A product tanker owned by Wilmar caught fire yesterday, and the crew have lost control of the ship. The 30,000 dwt vessel, Theresa Bitung, flagged in Tuvalu, suffered the fire in its engine room some 272 nautical miles southeast of Vung Tau off Vietnam. All crew left the ship yesterday, picked up by
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