Four Indonesians survive shipwreck off Japan

  Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Japanese ship FB Horieri Maru, which was carrying 22 crew members, including five Indonesian workers, sank off the Japanese coast after colliding with Panama-registered MV Nikkei Tiger on Saturday last week. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) team has so far rescued nine people, including four Indonesians. “The four Indonesian people…

2 Ships Collide Off Northeast Japan, 13 Crewmen Missing

  Following a collision with a large cargo ship off northeast Japan, 13 crewmen from a 22-man fishing vessel are missing, according to the Japanese Coast Guard. The 119-ton Horiei Maru and the 25,047-ton Panamanian Nikkei Tiger [pictured in thumb image] collided about 900 kilometers east of Sendai in the Pacific Ocean around 2:30 a.m. Sunday,…

Police arrest 23 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan

  REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SUKABUMI – Police have arrested 23 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan planning to cross to Australia in Cisolok and Pelabuhan Ratu in Sukabumi, West Java. The head of the public relations sub-division of the resort police, Adjunct Commissioner Siswanto, meanwhile said Sukabumi waters has often been used by illegal immigrants an asylum to cross…

PT Terminal Petikemas Indonesia to come on line in 2014

  Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Four state port operators will establish PT Terminal Petikemas Indonesia to operate container terminal in six main ports in the country. PT Terminal Petikemas Indonesia, which will operate container terminals in the ports of Belawan of North Sumatra, Batu Ampar of Batam, Tanjung Priok of Jakarta, Tanjung Perak of Surabaya,…