It has been reported the state-run port operator operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia will develop a bulk liquid storage area at Gresik Port. It is believed the site will be able to handle up to 500,000 tonnes a year and it will cost in the region of IDR 141.7 billion (€9.1 million).As far as I konw,it…
The head of the government’s border protection regime has admitted Australia has not bought a single boat under the Coalition’s controversial Indonesian boat buy-back policy. After repeated refusals by the Abbott government to reveal the status of the widely ridiculed policy, announced in the heat of the election campaign, Lieutenant-General Angus Campbell finally revealed…
The Annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies was held in Tokyo on 17 and 18 October 2013. The meeting unanimously welcomed the IMO theme for 2013 of ‘a sustainable maritime transport system’ and its recognition of the three pillars of sustainability; environmental, social and economic. Furthermore, the Tripartite meeting emphasised that…
The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting for its 28th session in London, is expected to adopt key resolutions and amendments relating to the Organization’s mandatory audit scheme, paving the way for the scheme to come into effect by 2016 once amendments to mandatory instruments have entered into force. The 28th Assembly…