A boat carrying around 50 people, thought to be asylum-seekers, has foundered off the Indonesian coast with people in the water, Australian authorities said on Wednesday. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the government was aware of the incident near Cilograng, Indonesia, but no Australian authorities were involved in the rescue. “We understand the incident…
On Monday, 11 November 2013, the EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta Flagship, HNLMS Johan de Witt, has hosted the Contact Group of Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) during the Counter Piracy Week in the port of Djibouti. Government representatives from all over the world took the opportunity to see how the EU…
The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued piracy report for October 2013. During this month, a total of 16 incidents reported, comprising of 15 actual incidents and one attempted incident. Of these incident occured during last month, two were piracy incidents and the remaining were robberies against ships. The two piracy incidents occurred in…
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The patrol boat of IMSCB ‘KN Bintang Laut 4801’ secured 248 illegal Indonesian Labors in Batu Besar marine territory. The personnel of Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board ‘Batam 1st Satgas’ managed to capture a speed boat equipped with 5 engines ‘1,000 horse power’ carrying 248 illegal Indonesian…