Julia Gillard’s planned meeting with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono next week offers an opportunity for some fresh thinking on the familiar, but rapidly growing, problem of unauthorised boat arrivals and deaths at sea. But the chances of a breakthrough are slim for several reasons, including the complexity of the problem and the very different perspectives…
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) is announced the signing of a Letter of Award with Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), Malaysia. Under the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, BNS will build six Gowind-class corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy. Under the terms of this agreement, OSI will deliver six Integrated Navigation and Tactical Systems (INTS); included…
An Iranian ship captain has died after his cargo ship sank last week near an Omani port. Nine other Indian crewmen were rescued on Wednesday by the Omani Coast Guard and naval ships. The captain’s body was discovered the next day. According to local news reports, the vessel sank about 1.4 nautical miles from…
Norwegian Car Carriers (NOCC) made the following statement regarding an accident off Japan on June 23, involving a Japanese fishing vessel, and where efforts are under way to establish whether a NOCC vessel was involved: NOCC has been informed by the Japanese Coast Guard that, on 23 June 10:15 hours (LT), the Japanese flagged…