DATE: May 28, 2013 COUNTRY: Indonesia PORT: Benoa Dredging to accommodate large cruise ships Access channels to three Indonesian cruise harbours will be dredged this year to meet international demand from large cruise ship companies. The three harbours are: – Benoa harbour in south Bali; – Tanjung Perak, the harbour of Surabaya, capital…
Sydney. Aerial surveillance of a remote Indian Ocean area near where 28 life jackets were found four days ago revealed no evidence of a ship wreck, an Australian government spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The discovery of life jackets on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands off Western Australia on Friday has prompted fears that an asylum-seeker…
Two IMO resolutions on ballast water management and climate were finalised at the meeting, where the NOx requirements were also considered. Agreement was reached about a solution to when the Ballast Water Management Convention can enter into force. Furthermore, as regards the climate issue, the Committee succeeded in agreeing on a resolution on technical…
Armed pirates attacked an oil products tanker off the coast of Nigeria in West Africa and abducted an unknown number of crew, security sources said on Tuesday. Increasing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region, which includes Africa’s No. 1 oil producer Nigeria and is a significant source of cocoa and metals for world…