The IMO Council has unanimously agreed to award the prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2012 to 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), for…
The dwelling time issue has not even finished yet but Tanjung Priok Port is now experiencing another fundamental problem that sparked high economic cost and severe inefficiency. The main problem this time is a severe congestion in distribution line. As the result, freight operators from and to major ports in Indonesia suffered financial loss…
Merak, Banten (ANTARA News) – At least seven out of 42 ships of the “roll on roll off” (roro) are not worthy to be operated for mass homeward exodus ferriage before Idul Fitr in 2013, official said. Head of Merak seaport administration, Baptis Soegiarto said here on Wednesday that his office has checked the…
Somali piracy has fallen to its lowest levels since 2006, focusing attention on violent piracy and armed robbery off the coast of West Africa, the International Chamber Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s latest global piracy report reveals. Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) recorded 138 piracy incidents in the first six months…