Eleven Indonesian pirates, who were arrested after hijacking the Malaysian vessel Zafirah in November 2012, will be extradited to Indonesia today via Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Yesterday Colonel Cao Xuan Trang, deputy commander of the Border Guard of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, had a meeting with…
Singapore. It’s 12 p.m. on Friday, and a truck is approaching the gateway of Pasir Panjang cargo terminal in Singapore. The driver registers his fingerprint, while the people from the control room make sure everything is checked out, and after 25 seconds he receives clearance without the use of any paper document. Welcome to…
* Shipping in oil-rich Gulf of Guinea largely unprotected * Somali hijackings drops as counter-piracy stepped up (Reuters) – Armed hijackers pose a growing threat off Nigeria’s oil-rich coast, where commercial ships do not enjoy the protection of naval security that has dramatically reduced Somali piracy on the other side of Africa. The Gulf…
The Coast Guard received a distress called from the tug Delta Captain at 2:55 p.m. Saturday and immediately launched rescue crews; a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Monterey, the Coast Guard Cutter Sockeye — an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat homeported in Bodega Bay — and an HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station…