AN Indonesian search-and-rescue launch was en route to rescue about 100 asylum-seekers from a smuggling boat in distress off southwest Java. The rescue vessel was expected to reach the fishing boat, adrift and leaking in medium seas in the southern Sunda Strait, late last night. An oil tanker, Baltic Galaxy, stood by the distressed…
Hanoi (ANTARA News) – Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Vietnam People’s Army met with the visiting Director for Policy of Singaporean Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Cheng Siak Kian here on Tuesday. Chieng Siak Kian briefed Vo Van Tuan on the outcome of the working sessions between…
Specilaist livestock carriers ‘MV Galloway Express’ and ‘MV Ganado Express’ have been named at the COSCO Shipyard in Guandong, China. These livestock carriers are the first two in a newbuilding programme of four next‑generation livestock vessels, being built for Vroon in Guangdong. The vessels have a cargo capacity of approximately 4,500 sqm and a…
The maritime industry has recently seen a decrease in Somali piracy, but many pirates have turned to a new criminal activity: protecting illegal fishing boats off the Somali coast. The Associated Press reported that many pirates in the country now “provide ‘security’ for ships illegally plundering Somalia’s fish stocks – the same scourge that…