Earlier this week, EU Naval Force confirmed that the Malaysian flagged Motor Vessel MV Albedo, held by armed pirates in an anchorage close to the Somali coast since November 2010, had sunk in rough seas. An EU Naval Force warship and Maritime Patrol Aircraft closed the scene to search for survivors. During the aerial…
Japan’s Defense Minister, Itsunori Onodera [seen above], announced that the country is heavily extending its maritime security operations, including a focus on anti-piracy efforts. The foreword to the Defense of Japan 2013 (Annual White Paper) Digest is below: Japan’s security environment is encompassed by various issues and destabilizing factors, some of which are becoming…
(SeeNews) – Jul 9, 2013 – Indonesian state-owned port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia III, or Pelindo III, plans to invest USD 10.75 million (EUR 8.4m) in the construction of fixed cranes at the Gresik, Batulicin and Lembar ports. Pelindo III signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the project with a consortium of Indonusa Harapan…
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu welcomed his counterparts, Raymond Benjamin, Secretary-General, ICAO, and Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary-General, WCO, to IMO Headquarters on Monday, July 8, where the three considered the further enhancement of collaboration between the Organizations in the fields of aviation, border and maritime security and facilitation. ICAO and the IMO perform their roles as…