TEMPO.CO, Cilegon – Cilegon City Administration sets to build Warnasari Port, a 45-hectare project that will cost Rp. 600 billion (around US$55,68 million). “Everybody knows Cilegon has no natural resources except the sea. It can be used for the sake of the city’s welfare,” said Cilegon Mayor Tubagus Iman Ariyadi. Although a permit for…
The captain of the ill-fated M/V St. Thomas of Aquinas (STA) submitted himself for an initial investigation by the Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) today at the Headquarters of the Coast Guard District Central Visayas in Cebu City. Capt. Reynan Bermejo, vessel master of STA that was hit by cargo ship M/V Sulpicio…
The Dutch-flagged vessel Arctic Sunrise has been accused by the Russian transportation ministry for violating Russian and international law. The icebreaker was not close to any military or border guard vessels but was forbidden to enter the Northern Sea Route with the reason for thick ice. Russia had stopped the Greenpeace’s vessel over concerns…
The western African states have said clearly they do not have the naval, coast guard or customs resources to deal with the piracy evident in the Gulf of Guinea. Further, they do not say, but it is clear, they do not have the money to do it. Piracy is now confined to one principal…