Malaysia differed with fellow Southeast Asian claimants in the South China Sea on the threat posed by China, dismissing concerns about patrols off its coast. Malaysia is not worried about how often Chinese ships patrol the areas it claims in the waters, Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in an interview in Brunei on Wednesday.…
A tall ship that broke its mast off the coast of Shark Bay last week was originally thought to be an asylum-seeker vessel. Indonesian tall ship Kri Dewaruci broke its mast at Steep Point, about 50km off the coast of Shark Bay last Wednesday, August 21. The 58m ship with its 155 crew was…
It’s been about two weeks the Indian ship MV Desh Shanti has been detained by Iran and both the sides have still not been able to resolve the matter. According to reports, MV Desh Shanti was carrying oil from Iraq to India when the ship was apprehended by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in…
Libya warned on Monday it will attack and destroy any tanker illegally exporting oil after forces last week fired at a Liberian-flagged tanker close to the country’s largest crude oil export terminal. The tanker, which sought to load crude oil that armed protesters blocking the country’s main export ports were attempting to sell illegally,…