Ankur Varma, third officer on the oil tanker M/V Cotton, opened his cabin door at five minutes to midnight on July 14 to find two men pointing AK-47s at him. “They just pushed me into the cabin with the guns in my chest and they told me to stay silent,” Varma said in a…
Korea will develop a next-generation marine navigation system by 2018 to help with the United Nation’s effort to enhance safety and security of commercial shipping on the high seas, the government said. The Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries said the government is seeking to take the lead in so-called e-Navigation, a concept developed under…
China vowed to continue its active participation in the international cooperation in the fight against Somali piracy. Liu Jieyi, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, who is also the rotating president of the Security Council for this month, made the remarks after a council meeting on Somalia piracy. “China supports operations to…
Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board joined the 2013 International Maritime Education and Training Expo (IMEEX) located at the polytechnic Maritime Science in Semarang. The event was started on 18 until 20 November 2013. Thus, it was followed from many government and private institutions such as Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board, Directorate General of Maritime…