Update – 3:45 p.m.: The latest reports claim that 10 bodies have now been recovered, and 16 mariners are still missing. 7 from one ship, and three from the first sinking on Sunday. Rescue operations are ongoing. Update – 8 a.m.: A total of three bodies have now been recovered, leaving another 23 still…
Japan and ally the United States sharply criticized China’s move to impose new rules on airspace over islands at the heart of a territorial dispute with Tokyo, warning of an escalation into the “unexpected” if Beijing enforces the rules. China’s government-run Xinhua news agency published coordinates for a newly established “East China Sea Air…
SURABAYA – PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III signed a purchasing contract for port operational support equipments worth US$68.2 million or IDR797 billion with a state-owned company from China, Dalian Huarui Heavy International Co. Ltd. PT Pelindo III Head of Public Relations Edi Priyanto said the company purchases two groups of items. First item is 8…
Dr. Thomas A. Mensah of Ghana, former President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Division at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has been awarded the prestigious International Maritime Prize, for his significant contribution to the work of IMO. IMO…