MIMA News Flash

MIMA NEWS FLASH
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January 2008

News: 1 - 15 January 2008

Container rates ‘must rise’
Global pirate attacks up 10% in 2007
Government to combat illegal fishing
India-Malaysia defence and economic cooperation
India, Malaysia up defence cooperation through training and maintenance of high-tech equipment
Indians angry as lines raise rates
Indonesian Navy foils pirate hijack
Indonesia tackles human error
MARPOL ‘not being taken seriously’
MMM to dump Philippine operations
Navy role crucial in curbing piracy
PSA records 13% rise in box traffic
PTP volumes rise 14%
Salvors back emergency guidelines
Ship prices to rise in 2008
Slow reporting hampers piracy fight
Special panel to ease relations

News 16 - 31 January 2008

Bajau Laut learning new fishing tricks
Business activities needed in outlying islands
Consultant to study sustainability of Brunei's marine fisheries
Conserving Sabah’s treasure trove
Container rates ‘must rise’
Greece gives $1m for straits
Indonesian agree to install seven radars from US in Makassar Strait
Japan grants aid to Malaysia for maritime security
Malacca fund set for April debut
Malacca Straits security boosted with RM14.6 million grant
Malacca Strait user fund to be set
Malaysia, Thai sea exercise in April
Malaysia's MISC in $980 mln reverse bid for Ramunia
MISC abandons shipyard for offshore
MISC in reverse takeover bid for Ramunia
Oil shipments through the Hormuz strait
Ports where rights are thin on the ground
Ramunia accepts MISC offer
Ramunia acquires MMHE in RM3.2 bln reverse takeover deal
Ramunia surges after accepting MISC's takeover bid
Ramunia wins RM2bil contract
RI agrees to install 7 radars from US in Makassar Strait
Scientists sound alarm over starfish threat in Indonesia
RM14m boost for Straits of Malacca security
Ship prices to rise in 2008
Straits air surveillance to include Thailand
US grants 15 patrol boats to Indonesia

[News compiled are extracted from various news sources and updated by MIMA Resource Centre. The copyright of the news remain with the copyright owner of the news reports. The information compiled are distributed with good intention and we do not in any way accept responsibility for any error or misfortune resulted from the news. The information does not in any way represent any opinion or comment from the Maritime Institute of Malaysia.]

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