State-owned port operator PT Pelindo II, or the Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC), said the construction of Sorong Port in West Papua would be delayed until 2013 from its original plan for the fourth quarter of this year due to problems with land acquisition. Pelindo II corporate secretary Yan Budi Santoso said problems had occurred…
During the reporting period of 26 September to 02 October 2012 there were no piracy related incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA). In the period we received one report of suspicious activity in the Southern Red Sea (SRS) Bab-al-Mandeb (BAM) and Gulf of Aden (GOA). Masters are still reminded to remain vigilant while…
The head of I.M. Skaugen SE, the Norwegian company that owns the tanker ship Norgas Cathinka, has defended the decision of the ship’s captain to leave the scene after he was involved in a deadly collision in Indonesian waters on Sept. 26. “From what we have learned so far, we believe our captain has…
Details on Hong Kong’s fatal ship collision are beginning to slowly emerge throughout the week, although investigators estimate that it will take about six months to pin who exactly was response for the incident that left nearly 40 people dead. Original report: Passenger Vessel Collision Results in One of Hong Kong’s Most Deadly Maritime…