Asian Shippers Face Rise in Ocean Container Freight Rates

  All Asian shippers wil have to pay higher freight charges to European container ship operators from September 2012. From September 1, Denmark-based Maersk, the world’s largest container line, will implement a general freight increase of 250 U. S. dollars per TEU and 500 U.S. dollars per FEU on all shipments from the Far East…

Clinton warns against coercion in South China Sea dispute

  REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Southeast Asian states to present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes in the South China Sea to “literally calm the waters.” And she urged all involved to make “meaningful progress” on a process for ending conflicts by November.…

The Big Three Counter-Piracy Task Forces Urge Ship Owners to Keep Up Their GuardThe Big Three Counter-Piracy Task Forces Urge Ship Owners to Keep Up Their Guard

  European Union Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta, NATO and Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) – the big three – call upon the shipping industry to continue to take anti-piracy measures despite the current downward trend in piracy events. In a recent report published by the International Maritime Bureau it was announced that…

Illegal immigrants nabbed in West Sumatra

  REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG – A joint team of military and police officers have caught 93 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka attempting to go to Australia. The chief of the 0319 Mentawai Military Region, Lt. Col, Josafat Duka, said when asked for his confirmation on the case on Saturday on the illegal immigrants were found in the…