Two people were killed and two injured in a fire at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Korea on April 21. The fire broke out on a newbuilding Hull 2657, an 84,000-ton LPG carrier being built for Dorian LPG, and expected to be completed next month. Around 60 firefighters and 18 fire trucks battled the fire…
Beijing: China’s Foreign Ministry has quashed reports that the Japanese bulker seized by the Shanghai Maritime Court was taken because of outstanding World War II debts. The Baosteel Emotion VLOC, owned by Mitsui OSK Lines, was arrested over a “regular business contract dispute” a spokesman for the ministry said. Earlier missives from the maritime court…
In an attempt to address the boat people issue, Indonesia has invited 13 countries to meet and seek ways to prevent asylum seekers from embarking on perilous journeys by sea. In a two-day international workshop titled Special Conference on the Irregular Movement of People, at the Foreign Ministry on Monday and Tuesday, representatives are expected…
Myanmar and the European Union as the Chairman of the ASEAN Regional Forum Defence Officials’ Dialogue (ARF) DoD, has organized a series of meetings of the ARF Defence Officials ‘ Dialogue (DOD) and the ARF Inter-sessional Support Group Meeting on Confidence Building Measures and Preventive Diplomacy (ISG CBM and PD) in Brussels, Belgium from 7-9…