Pirates have killed sixteen Bangladeshi fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, according the police statement on Monday. The killings occurred in Kutubdia, an island off the coastal town of Cox’s Bazaar in southeastern Bangladesh. The dead fishermen were dumped in the Bay of Bengal. “We have come to know that the bodies of sixteen…
PT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk (the “Company”) wishes to announce that it has made significant progress in its continuing effort to implement an effective restructuring of its liabilities. The following update bears out the progress so far: PKPU proceedings in Indonesia The Company announced on 15 March 2013 that the requisite majority of its…
Dozens of passengers were evacuated from a tourist ferry off the coast of Istanbul on Tuesday 2013/04/02 after a fire started on the vessel, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries. Turkish television showed smoke pouring from the back of the vessel, several hundred metres (yards) from the shore, as two other…
At the meeting, agreement was reached about the counting of fishing vessels and, thus, the adoption of the international safety regulations – the so-called Torremolinos Protocol – has come closer. In the autumn of 2012, the so-called Cape Town Agreement was concluded by the IMO. The purpose is to adopt international safety regulations for…