Since 2007, 3500 seafarers have been held captive by pirates operating out of Somalia and 62 have lost their lives; today, more than 200 seafarers are still being held, often beaten and tortured, with no contact with their loved ones, while hundreds of seafarers are preparing to sail through waters where the pirates operate.…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NUNUKAN—Plunder against fishermen in the water of Indonesia-Malaysia border, especially in the water near Kalimantan, was increased recently. “Plunder was rampant,” said Navy Commander of Sei Pacang, First Lieutenant Nasution, in Sebatik, East Kalimantan, on Wednesday (20/6). He admitted that robberies was happened several times to fishermen in the island of Sebatik Nunukan…
Cargotec will supply eight Kalmar super quay cranes and two Kalmar barge quay cranes to the APM Terminals Maasvlakte II expansion project. The cranes have an outreach of 25 containers, are semi automated and have twin lift and tandem lift capability. A Dutch financial daily estimates the investments in the cranes to amount to…
On 16 June on board EUNAVFOR French flag ship Marne, Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis and his staff hosted the new Dutch Commander of Task Force 508 (NATO – operation Ocean Shield), commodore Ben Bekkering. The flagships, FS Marne and HNLMS frigate Evertsen, had rendezvous north of the Horn of Africa, protected from the…