It seems that there is no respite to the worries of the Indian mariners held hostage by the Somali pirates. A set of conditions has been given by the pirates for the release of the Indian hostages, giving a clear indication that the process will be delayed further. In a letter sent to OMCI…
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The Education and Culture Ministry`s Director of Museum And Cultural Heritage Preservation, Surya Helmy, has stated that Indonesia will soon have a Navy museum, which will be set up inside a warship. “This museum will be built inside a warship belonging to the Indonesian Navy and then be placed on…
Jotron AS played a pivotal role in the introduction and production of the AIS-SART – an alternative to the traditional Radar SART. The Tron AIS-SART will, from 5th October 2012, be “Wheel Marked” in accordance with European Council Directive 96/98/EC with latest Commission Directive 2011/75/EU (7th amendment). This means that from this date, the…
An explosion on the board of a beached tanker in Alang, India has killed 6 people and injured 1 other. The fire broke out at nearly 12.45 pm on Saturday on the one-hundred-sixty-three-meter MT Union Brave at the Alang-Sosiya Ship Recycling Yard. Information indicate that the fire broke out after the people working onboard used blow…