A Belgian tanker has been seized by the Nigerian Navy for illegal bunkering off the coast of Bayelsa. The ship’s crew has also been detained by authorities. The MT St Vanessa was intercepted last week with 15 crew members onboard, including 6 Romanians and 9 Philippines. According to the Global Times, officials from the…
Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port will start testing the operational implementation of its new port clearance system Inaportnet on July 1. The system, to be coordinated by the directorate-general for sea transportation, along with the accompanying Tradenet system for import-export permits, is expected to lead to the full implementation of the National Single Window in…
Six days ago on the high seas 13 kilometres east of Masirah, Oman, Somali pirates attacked a commercial dhow, boarded her and took a terrified seven-man crew hostage at gunpoint. On the same day of June 20 only a few hours later, Somali pirates in a dhow – possibly the same one that just…
On June 20 a bulk carrier stuck a fishing boat in the South China Sea, killing one and leaving four missing. The Philippines suspect a Hong Kong vessel may have rammed the Filipino fishing boat. On Monday the Philippine Coast Guard released a statement saying that the fishing boat, AXL John was accidentally struck…