EU Naval Force and Combined Task Force 151 Work Together to Ensure No Safe Haven for Pirates In Indian Ocean Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand, under command of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) worked in close co-operation with Turkish warship TCG Gemlik of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) to apprehended nine suspected pirates at…
IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012. The busy agenda includes discussions on passenger ship safety; the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS); and consideration of matters related to piracy and…
Jakarta: Development at Batam Ampar port, costing some $37m, are set to be finished in 2014, expanding the port’s North Pier so that the whole port can handle 1.2m teu a year, around twice today’s amount. The pier’s length is being expanded from 400 m to 1,100 m while the depth alongside is being…
The question as to whether creditors will accept Berlian Laju Tanker’s (BLT) restructuring looks set to be settled on 2 January 2013. Creditors of BLT recently voted 98% of creditors, representing 95% of claims value voted in favour of an extension on date for the ultimate vote on the restructuring. Jakarta courts have now…