SURABAYA—PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I, II, III and IV agreed to work together to form a subsidiary enterprise engaged in container service. At this early stage they will bind together with five ports with the similar sharing stock composition by 25%. According to the plan, the subsidiary enterprise of PT Pelindo I-IV namely Indonesia Container…
Computer-based training (CBT) specialist, Seagull, has been awarded Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) approval for a new, comprehensive ship security training package that is in full compliance with the Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and Code. These new security training courses will be available during September of this year. The revised STCW, which came…
“More than 396,000 Louisiana jobs are tied directly to a statewide maritime community spearheaded by the 30-plus deepwater and shallow-water ports spread throughout the state,” said Louisiana State University Alumni Economist Dr. James Richardson in a presentation to the Louisiana House Transportation Committee. Citing the recently completed economic impact study of Louisiana’s maritime industry…
Thuraya Telecommunications Company unveiled today at CommunicAsia 2012 in Singapore its SF2500 maritime satellite voice terminal, developed jointly with partner Addvalue Communications Pte Ltd. Thuraya is using its existing success in providing satellite communications to more than 140 countries around the globe to diversify into selected vertical sectors. Having sold over 600,000 handsets worldwide,…