Dryad Maritime’s Ian Millen analyzed this “good news, bad news” situation for us: On Sunday, we heard the good news of the release of Hai Soon 6, following its hijack on 25th July off Ghana. Not long after this news from the IMB, Dryad relocated the vessel in exactly the place we expected – off…
JAKARTA – Kesatuan Nelayan Tradisional Indonesia (KTNI) mendukung kebijakan pemerintah yang membatasi pemakaian solar bersubsidi di stasiun pengisian bahan bakar nelayan (SPBN) dan solar packed diesel nelayan (SPDN). Selama ini memang ada indikasi solar bersubsidi justru digunakan oleh pemilik kapan di atas 30 GT (gross tonnage). Ketua Dewan Pembina KTNI Riza Damanik mengatakan, pihaknya mendukung…
JAKARTA – Cuaca buruk telah mengganggu kegiatan pelayaran, seperti keberangkatan KM Dharma Kartika III dari Pelabuhan Sampit Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur, Kalimantan Tengah, menuju Surabaya, terpaksa ditunda, karena gelombang laut tinggi. Demikian pula, jalur penyeberangan dari Pelabuhan Sampalan, Nusa Penida, menuju Kusamba, Kabupaten Klungkung, Bali, ditutup. “Kami sudah memanggil pihak kapal untuk mempertimbangkan agar tidak berlayar,…
A ferry with about 200 passengers on board capsized in Bangladesh on Monday in a river southwest of the capital, Dhaka, and about 100 people were unaccounted for, the chief of the district administration said. Low-lying Bangladesh, with extensive inland waterways and slack safety standards, has an appalling record of ferry accidents, with casualties sometimes…