Dumai, Riau (ANTARA News) – PT Pelindo I said it has invested more than Rp600 billion to modernize the Dumai port as 0a hub port in the past three years. Facilities have been built to facilitate crude palm oil exports (CPO) from the country`s largest palm oil producing province. The facilities include a liquid…
Kuala Lumpur. One person is confirmed dead and about a dozen are still missing two days after an overloaded ferry capsized in rough rapids on a remote Borneo river, Malaysian police said on Thursday. The accident happened Tuesday on the Rajang river, Malaysia’s longest, deep in the interior of the vast island of Borneo…
A wrecked navy transport ship perched on a remote coral reef could be the next flashpoint in the South China Sea, where China and five other claimants bitterly dispute territory. The Philippines is accusing China of encroachment after three Chinese ships, including a naval frigate, converged just 5 nautical miles from an old transport…
* Nigerian pirate gangs spreading across the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea * Regional navies, coastguards overwhelmed * Violence threatens economies of some of world’s poorest nations * Western nations backing regional efforts to tackle problem (Reuters) – As the afternoon sun glinted off the waters in Ivory Coast’s port of Abidjan, a team of…