The Singapore Port Authority’s decision to pull out of a 40-year contract to operate the new Gwadar deep sea port in southwestern Pakistan, now to be taken over by the Chinese, is causing consternation in India and the United States. Located at the entrance of the Persian Gulf and about 460 km from Karachi,…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDA ACEH – About 27 new islands emerge in the marine in Simeulue, Aceh, on the aftermath of earthquake and tsunami in December 2004. The new islands are showing the signs of life. Before the tsunami, the number of small islands in Simeulue was only 41. “Now it is 68,” the Deputy Regent of…
The Centre has decided to deploy armed Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel aboard Indian merchant ships for a fee to thwart attacks by pirates. This is the first time a government force would provide security to merchant ships. “The CISF has chosen 100 men for training to be deployed on merchant ships,” said…
‘USS Fort Worth Commissioning: Photo credit Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin-led team’s second Littoral Combat Ship, ‘USS Fort Worth’ (LCS 3) commissioned by U.S. Navy in Galveston, Texas. USS Fort Worth, the second of the Freedom-variant in the LCS class, successfully passed Acceptance Trials in May and was delivered to the U.S. Navy in June,…