The salvage of a grounded cargo ship has been delayed due to severe weather. The vessel ran aground on Saturday off the coast of Northumberland. The M/V DANIO is stuck on rocks on the Farne Islands about 3 miles (5km) from the mainland, and has about 27 tons of diesel fuel and 1,500 tons…
A 45-year-old fisherman from city’s Kasimedu harbour is feared dead after a ship collided with a fishing boat in the early hours of Saturday. Two others, who were rescued by another fishing boat two hours later, said a cargo vessel rammed their boat about 13 nautical miles (25km) from Chennai coast. Viji, 35, and…
Java and Sumatra will receive the bulk of funding for 40 infrastructure projects worth IDR337trn ($34.8bn) under the next phase of the Indonesian government’s Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic Development (MP3EI) over the next four years from 2014 to 2017. The MP3EI is a 15-year, IDR4,000trn infrastructure development blueprint.…
U.K. maritime intelligence provider Dryad Maritime are to release a specialist report, ‘Special Advisory Southeast Asia: Disorganized theft to organized crime,’ which will focus on the rise of targeted hijackings in Southeast Asia. The advisory to be released on March 18, 2013 provides an overview of the security situation and the increased threat from…