The Indonesian Navy says it will still rely on the domestic shipbuilding industry despite the fire that severely damaged the locally produced KRI Klewang-625 on Friday. The Rp 114 billion (US$11.91 million) vessel, made by local company PT Lundin Industry, caught fire while undergoing maintenance at the naval port in Banyuwangi, East Java. Tanjung…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Joint Search and Rescue Team has found the sunken ship Bahuga Jaya on Saturday night. But they did not locate any body near the ship. Bahuga Jaya was sinking on Wednesday in Sunda Strait after colliding with Norgas Chatinka, a Singaporean flag tanker. The Coordinator of the team, Saidar S Jaya, said…
State-run port management company, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo II), is further modernizing the Panjang Port in Lampung to transform it into an international port as an alternative to the Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta. Besides modernizing port facilities and equipment in order to improve services and work productivity, PT Pelindo II will also revitalize…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recognizes Westports for its security measures in the loading US-bound containerized maritime cargo. After the 9/11 attacks the United States instituted various initiatives to increase the layers of security, improve monitoring at points of entry, and strengthen information sharing both internally and globally, and the US Dept of…