Port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia III and construction company Adhi Karya plan to begin building a Rp 2.5 trillion ($257 million) automated container transporter this year that will connect Tanjung Perak Port and the under-construction Teluk Lamong Port in Surabaya. “We will realize it soon,” said Husein Latif, the commercial and business development director at…
Cargo ship XINCHUAN 8 struck a pier of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge early Sunday morning, and sank shortly after. A rescue team from the Nanjing municipal maritime relief center was dispatched to the accident scene. All 18 crewmembers were safely rescued before the vessel sank completely. It was damaged significantly in the allision…
India and China will order 100 new naval ships and submarines each by 2032 due to changing global security environment and increasing reliance on the sea for trade in the strategic region, according to a US-based naval consultancy. The new orders would include nuclear and conventional submarines and new aircraft carriers, a balanced mix…
On June 3, the United States begins a capital murder trial against three alleged Somali pirates, accused of killing four Americans at sea. If convicted, the defendants could be sentenced to death. While more pirates are being convicted in courts around the world, the kingpins who profit most from the crime continue their work…