JAKARTA— Minister of Transportation, E.E. Mangindaan, extends deadline of dispensation of foreign vessel use for three types of offshore vessels which should have ended this year. Those vessels are offshore construction vessel, dredging vessel, salvage vessel, and undersea construction vessel. The Minister states the policy is to prevent the absence of those three vessels…
A potential ecological nightmare was revealed in Gulf of Paria . Group of concerned people said at least 1 out of 12 derelict ships is leaking diesel and oil into the water and someone of the maritime authorities need to take responsibility. Jonathan De La Rosa and Steven Valdez, members of the Trinidad and Tobago…
In order to welcome Christmas day in 2013, Regional Coordinating Center of Merauke carried out the social activities of renewing the color of St. Petrus Paulus Church, Saturday (14-12-2013). The team of IMSCB led by the Head of RCC Merauke, Maritime Sergeant Mayor Ade Kurniawan handed the paint and the kits to the church…
A U.S. guided missile cruiser operating in international waters in the South China Sea was forced to take evasive action last week to avoid a collision with a Chinese warship maneuvering nearby, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement on Friday. The incident came as the USS Cowpens was operating in the vicinity…