JAKARTA: PT Pelindo III to build new modern passenger terminal in January 2013 to increase passenger capacity in Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya. The construction phase I is scheduled to begin in January 2013 and to be completed by the end of 2013. The total area of passenger terminal reached 16,500 m2 with 4,000 people…
Eight pirates were arrested by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) while they were in the midst of robbing a ship off the coast of Tanjung Stapa in Pengerang, Malaysia. MMEA (Southern Region) Maritime First Admiral Adon Shalan said the Indonesian pirates approached the ship [reports state as Merlion Dua in a wooden boat.…
The shipping industry is one of the most fast-paced and ever-developing streams, which give rise to the facet of healthy competition among various shipping companies, vying for absolute operational superiority. 2012 has seen several noteworthy trends in the shipping domain, with several shipping line companies gaining forefront prominence. The liner fleet of these cargo…
In July last year President Boni Yayi of Benin sent a worried letter to the UN secretary-general. His country was being threatened by the activities of pirates, who were scaring shipping away from the ports on which his country’s revenues depend. He wanted international help of the kind which had been deployed against piracy…