#ships

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Attack on Chinese boats in Mekong river kills 11

Eleven Chinese were killed and two missing after their cargo boats were attacked in the golden triangle area of the ...

Somali pirates release greek-owned ship

Somali pirates have released a Greek owned bulk carrier with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, about 490 nautical ...

US dismisses Iranian long-range naval reach

The United States Wednesday treated an Iranian claim that it would send ships close to US waters with derision, saying ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

Storm Haitang to hit central Vietnam

Tropical Storm Haitang is forecast to hit central Vietnam and the country`s northern parts of the Central Highlands in ...

Govt prepares programs to improve fishermen`s welfare

Indonesia has the world`s second longest coastlines after Canada, and therefore it is not surprising if around 60 ...

More aggressive action on pirates, EU

European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to ...

Indonesia boosting international defense cooperation

The year 2011 has witnessed significant defense cooperation forging activity between Indonesia and a few other ...

TNI to modernize its main armament system

Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI), with the support of the government and the parliament, is determined to ...

Govt to allocate Rp99 tln for main armament systems

The government will allocate Rp99 trillion for the maintenance and purchase of main armament systems until 2014, ...

S`pore tourists to Bali up 30.97 pct

A total of 62,893 Singapore tourists visited Bali in the first seven months of 2011, up 30.97 percent from 48,020 in ...

State enterprises to synergize to strengthen national connectivity

Sixteen state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have agreed to cooperate in the provision of logistics services to strengthen ...

Somali pirates free Kuwaiti oil tanker

Somali pirates say they freed a UAE-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker after a $12-million ransom was paid.The 105,846 ...

ASEAN SOM to discuss nuclear-free zone concept in Surabaya

An ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Surabaya, East Java, on June 7-11, 2011 is to put discussions of the ...

RI proposes joint action in dealing with pirates

Indonesia will call on the member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to jointly deal with ...