Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia has been very windy over the past two weeks as the impacts of Cyclone Narelle that has been developing in Australia and Typhoon Bopha which has been hitting the Philippines. In many Indonesian regions, ships and boats could not sail and fishermen have been warned to be cautious due…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Bad weather conditions have made production of oil and gas in Indonesia to drop, according to upstream oil and gas sector regulator SK Migas. The agency spokesman, Hadi Prasetyo, said here on Monday based on initial reports oil production was estimated to drop minimally 4,900 barrels a day. “Production activities in the…
[UPDATE] The tug Christos XXII, damaged after the vessel it was towing collided into its side off Torbay yesterday, is now stable with risk of pollution very low. Attention has now turned to the towed vessel, an ex-German Naval training ship the Emsstrom, which had been listing too heavily for salvors to get onboard.…
Electric propulsion has a promising future in the shipping industry among other ship propulsion systems. Siemens along with Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand will launch world’s first electric ferry, which will serve the route between Lavic and Oppedal from 2015 onwards. The world’s first electrically powered ferry will be 80 meters and will be able to carry 120…