In addition to loot the boatload the armed pirates also holding the crew and damaging communications equipment and boat engines, before they fled leaving the victim. “They move so fast and the just leave. The piracy is very unsettling and harmful the shipping world and should immediately stopped,” said Hanafi Rustandi, Chairman of Asia Pacific…
China will come under the most concerted diplomatic pressure yet to rein in its assertive moves in the disputed South China Sea when the United States uses a regional security meeting this weekend to rally support for a freeze on provocative acts. The push by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the ASEAN Regional…
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its second ultra harsh environment jack-up, XLE-2, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore on time. The rig will start its mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea in approximately two weeks, where it will commence a five year contract with Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske). The rig, which…