On Sunday 7 October Romanian EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand, successfully completed her first “friendly approach” to a vessel just off the Somali Coast. Friendly approaches/boarding are conducted to gather intelligence by speaking with the regional trading and fishing communities in the area of operations as well as to make masters…
The Jakarta Globe reported that the port subsidiary of state controlled steel maker Krakatau Steel plans to build a 600 meter long dock at Cigading port in Banten. The Krakatau Bandar Samudera project is estimated to cost IDR 735 billion. It is intended to serve ships carrying production output from a JV between Krakatau…
Piracy and Robbery at Sea in September saw a rise in incidents in South East Asia, whilst the monsoon-hit East Africa remained relatively incident free until the latter part of the month. West Africa was low in activity, but one hijack occurred. South America (Caribbean) had a single incident. As the southwest monsoon approached…
Damen and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) have signed a contract for 14 Damen ASD Tugs. An extensive process of yard prequalification and tender evaluation finally resulted in an award to Damen this summer. The series consist of two types, with 9 tugs of Damen’s recently launched 3212 model and 5 units of the well-known…