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- Yet Another Pirate Attack near Somalia
With the high profile abduction of a French Yacht earlier this month, it seems the fun never stops off the coast of Somalia, if by fun, you mean piracy. According to the AFP,
A major Japanese oil tanker was damaged Monday in a chase by heavily-armed pirates off the coasts of Somalia and Yemen but no [...]
- New Jersey v. Delaware
The US Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments regarding the New Jersey-Delaware LNG terminal dispute previously covered at the blog here. The dispute centers on a proposed LNG terminal that energy giant BP wants to build on the Jersey side of the river.
Delaware has refused to authorize the construction of a 2,000-foot-long pier, which [...]
- Malacca Strait pwn3d
An editorial in the Jakarta Post lambasts the Indonesian government over its obstinate policies for protecting the Malacca Strait.
While we fully support the sovereignty of the three countries [Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore], we also want to remind them that all stakeholders in the strait have the right to play a role in ensuring the safety [...]
- Another Canal?
Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbaev, recently made president for life, proposed a new canal linking the Caspian with the Black Sea. Currently, goods flow through the Volga-Don shipping canal, which links the Volga to the Don. It runs from near Astrakhan, Russia on the northwestern shore of the Caspian to Rostov on the Sea of Azov. Claiming [...]
- Protecting SE Asian SLOCs
Indonesia’s Minister of Defense has called for maritime security assistance from Japan, China and Korea. This is big news for two audiences: the World and Japan.
First, the Malacca Strait is an extremely important sea line of communication (SLOC, some semi-related background here) handling 40 percent of the world’s maritime trade. It is also one of [...]
