ICTSI inks Indonesia deal

  MANILA, Philippines – Listed port giant International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has tapped state-run port operator PT Pelabuhan IndonesiaII (Persero) Tanjung Priok Branch for stevedoring services for 15 years. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), ICTSI corporate legal affairs manager Benjamin Gorospe III said the company through its indirect subsidiary…

Russia announces permanent Mediterranian naval presence

  Moscow (ANTARA News) – Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security but which comes as Moscow faces off with the West over Syria. In what is Russia’s first permanent naval deployment in the Mediterranean since Soviet…

Indian Sailors Safe After EU Navfor Warship

  Fourteen Indian sailors are now safe, after pirates, who took control of their cargo vessel yesterday morning, June 5, in the Gulf of Aden, abandoned the attack hours later after EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona, together with NATO counter piracy Dutch warship HNLMS Van Speijk, closed in. This type of cargo vessel, known…

Pirates Release Pakistani Crew Kidnapped Off Nigeria

  Pirates have released five Pakistani crew they kidnapped from an oil tanker off the Nigerian coast two weeks ago, security sources said on Thursday. Increasing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region, which includes Africa’s No. 1 oil producer Nigeria and is a significant source of cocoa and metals for world markets, is jacking…