Jakarta: Indonesia’s minister for tourism, Mari Elka Pangestu, has said Indonesia is working to develop ten ports to be capable of receiving cruise ships in order to boost calls to the archipelago. Bali, Belawan, Flores, Lombok, Pare Pare, Probolinggo, Semarang, South Kalimantan and Tanjung Priok are all in line for cruise infrastructure development, which…
The container ship MOL COMFORT split into 2 parts, the aft part sank and the fore section is being towed to the coast of the Sultanate. Salvage tugs had to tow the vessel in Oman but the information is not confirmed. It is known that the after part sank and 1,700 containers with it,…
Update: Good progress has been made in containing and cleaning up the oil spill resulting from the collision between the South Korean-registered bulk carrier, Oriental Pioneer, and the Bahamas-registered bulk carrier, Atlantic Hero. There has been no further spillage of fuel oil from Oriental Pioneer. As a precautionary measure, an oil boom and an…
An Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. Yemeni forces intercepted the ship, the Jihan 1, off Yemen’s coast on January 23. U.S. and Yemeni officials said it was carrying a large…