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Malaysian Government Planning to Ease Rules for Foreign Workers on Fishing Vessels
The Malaysian home minister Hamzah Zainuddin said that the government was considering relaxing the visa regulations for foreign workers doing jobs in fishing vessels in an attempt to boost the country’s fishing industry.
He released the statement today saying that the ministry was...
CHINA'S MARITIME MILITIA VESSELS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, A MATTER OF CONCERN FOR US & PHILIPPINES
Highlights
• The United States and the Philippines have raised concerns over the presence of maritime militia vessels of China near the Whitsun Reef in the disputed South China Sea
• The US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Philippine counterpart, Hermo...
ANOTHER PAIR OF CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSELS ENTER SENKAKU ISLANDS
Highlights –
- Another pair of Chinese coast guard vessels enter Senkaku Islands.
- Tokyo lodged protests against Beijing’s new law which allows the coast guard to use weapons when required.
- The two Chinese vessels intruded the wate...
JAPAN LIKELY TO EQUIP LONG-RANGE STANDOFF MISSILES IN TWO NEW AEGIS VESSELS
Highlights –
- Japan likely to equip long-range standoff missiles in two new Aegis vessels.
- The Cabinet Office on Friday approved the building of the two new vessels.
- The vessels are expected to take around eight years to be constructe...
INDIAN NAVY TESTS TERRITORIAL WATERS WITH FRONTLINE WARSHIP
- The Indian Navy has clandestinely sailed one of its frontline warships to the South China Sea for the first time since the Galwan Valley clash with China in the eastern Ladakh Valley which left twenty Indian soldiers dead.
- The Indian warship, which was not identified directly, ...
IMO to ban vessels from using fuels with a sulfur content above 0.5%
As of January 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) shipping body of the United Nations will ban vessels from using fuels with a sulfur content above 0.5% compared to 3.5% now.
Through reducing air pollution, the regulations are aimed at improving human health.
O...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to cut costs as it faces severe competition
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is considering selling one of Japan's largest shipbuilding plants to cut costs as it faces severe competition from rivals from China and South Korea, informed sources said Thursday.
The corporation considers the sale of Nagasaki's Koyagi plant to...