With his weather-beaten face creasing into smiles, 30-year-old fisherman Zhang Leilei said he felt “reborn” the moment he arrived in Beijing after more than 570 days at the mercy of Somali pirates. Zhang was among 26 rescued crew members of the Xu Fu 1 trawler, a Taiwan ship with 13 fishermen from the Chinese…
Hanoi (ANTARA News/AFP – Vietnam and the Philippines on Tuesday lashed out at China`s moves to establish a military garrison in the South China Sea, amid escalating tensions in the disputed waters. Hanoi filed a formal protest with Beijing against the plan outlined by China this week to station troops in Sansha in the…
In a move to boost business and improve efficiency at the country’s seaports, the government has called on several arms of state port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia to set up a container terminal company. The seaport operators that will be affected are Pelindo I, Pelindo II, Pelindo III and Pelindo IV. State Enterprises Minister Dahlan…
The prosecution of Somali pirates has gone global. Today, ten nations on four continents have convicted Somalis who were involved in the epidemic of piracy and armed robbery at sea which began in 2008, and at least six other nations have cases pending. Any nation can arrest suspected pirates on the high seas—piracy is…