A lot of people fear that piracy could increase because most of the defense budgets of the maritime countries are cut. Anti-piracy operations and patrols will be hit. Military forces patrolling the region of Somalia will be reduced. The rate of pirate attack is going down, probably 40% of this is the presence of…
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The Ministry of Maritime and Fisheries affairs (KKP) has successfully released and repatriated 11 Indonesian fishermen after being detained by Malaysian authority. KKP Minister Sharif C Sutarjo said here on Monday that the 11 fishermen from Langkat, North Sumatra, were caught by Malaysian authority on March 1, 2013. In his…
In a shipyard in South Korea workers are building the world’s largest ships – Maersk Line’s 400m long Triple-E container vessels. Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed up to bring you every stage of construction from design to maiden voyage. In this six episode TV-series, Discovery Channel has exclusive access to document every stage…
Sailors onboard a Royal Navy warship saved the life of a Japanese fisherman who had suffered a serious head injury off the coast of Africa. HMS Argyll was on operations approximately 20 miles off the Cape Verde coast when she received news that a fisherman onboard the trawler Wakashio Maru No 82 had been…