Two Journalists on Intercepted Asylum Boat

Two journalists were found on a people-smuggling boat intercepted off northern Australia, officials said Monday, with reports they had spent three days at sea and were badly sunburnt. The pair, a Dutch citizen and a US national, were on board a vessel carrying 57 passengers that was detected by the navy’s HMAS Armidale off remote…

Sailing Industry Faces Tough Challenge

  MAKASSAR— Sailing industry faces tough challenge in this year along with the rise of fuel price, labor cost, port cost, and lingering anxiety ahead of ASEAN Economic Community 2015. It is delivered by Head of Indonesia National Shipowners Association (INSA), Carmelia Hartoto, in a speech in Dissemination of Oil & Gas and Sea Transportation…

The Netherlands-Indonesia Water Challenge Announced

    A prominent group of organisations from the Dutch water sector is announcing the first Indonesia-Netherlands Water Challenge. Under the theme Coasts & Ports Indonesia: People, Planet & Profit, the program aims to engage young Indonesian talent with the important challenges of sustainable coast and port development in their country. They will be given…