Pic: Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2013

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (May 22, 2013) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Arman Hajiomar, attached to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command, demonstrates how to use a Special Operations Forces-Tactical (SOF-T) tourniquet during a subject matter expert medical symposium exchange during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2013. More than 1,000 Sailors and Marines…

BLT secures US approval for Indonesia court decision

  BERLIAN Laju Tanker has won US court approval for its petition to recognise an Indonesian insolvency decision, according to chief executive of its US-based subsidiary Jack Noonan. In a hearing yesterday, a judge in the US Federal Bankruptcy Court in New York agreed to recognise the March decision under an Indonesian court process known…

Taiwan-Philippines dispute is an old fisherman’s tale

  A total of 22 Taiwanese fishing boats and their crew have been seized in the waters between Taiwan and the Philippines where the exclusive economic zones of the two countries overlap in the past decade, reports our sister paper China Times. Over the same period, nine vessels have been detained for fishing illegally in…

Costa Concordia Shipwreck Captain to Face Manslaughter Trial

  The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which capsized off Italy’s west coast last year killing 32 people, will face trial for manslaughter as well as other charges, an Italian judge ruled on Wednesday. The giant Costa Concordia flipped on its side outside the Tuscan port of Giglio in January last year after…