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Indon Minister: No ill will intended in naming of warship

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa In an interview with the Singapore media yesterday (11 Feb), Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has assured Singapore that no ill will or malice was intended in the naming of an Indonesian warship after two marines who were involved in the bombing of MacDonald House in Singapore...

3 ship ‘contacts’ in SG port in less than 2 weeks

Another ship collision occurred yesterday (10 Feb). The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it received a report yesterday of the collision of Liberia-flagged container ship Hammonia Thracium and Panama-flagged chemical tanker Zoey in the Singapore Strait, off Sebarok Island, about 10 km south of Singapore. As...

Another expression coined by Government agency – ‘Contact’

A TRE reader sent in the following recent press release from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) about a collision between 2 ships in Singapore waters on 30 January 2014: [ LINK ] 30 January 2014 Contact between vessels NYK Themis and AZ Fuzhou At about 0410hrs on 30 January 2014 (Singapore time), the Maritime...