proportions, threatening the very future of the international shipping industry, which is the lifeblood of world trade.

Recent reports have identified a current officer supply requirement of 498,000 in 2008, with an officer shortfall of 34,000. This figure is expected to rise to a projected officer shortfall in 2012 of 83,900. (237 hits)

International Maritime Organization (IMO) is one of the Agency's Special United Nations (UN), which handles of Maritime issues.

Founded formation based on the Convention on 6 March 1948 in Geneva and starts on 17 March 1958. In the early formation called IMCO (Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization).

Since the 1st of May 1982 the name has changed to the International Maritime Organization, in short, IMO. Headquarters in: 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom.  (107 hits)

Fuel Prices for Industry in June 01, 2008 Jakarta, Saturday, May 31 2008 (17:00) Based on the Decree of PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO)'s Corporate Senior Vice President of Marketing and Trading No. Kpts-077/F00000/2008-S0 on Pertamina's Economical Selling Fuel Price dated May 28, 2008, effective by June 01, 2008 at 00.00 WIB, PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) determined new prices of non subsidized fuel for international Bunker and customers excluding household sectors, micro business, transportation and public services; the prices are listed as follows:  (137 hits)

[Article adopted from www.pertamina.com]
Based on the Decree of PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO)'s Corporate Senior Vice President, Marketing and Trading No. Kpts-766/F00000/2007-S0 on Pertamina Fuel Economical Selling Price dated November 29, 2007, effective by December 1, 2007 at 00.00 WIB, PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) determined new fuel price for customers excluding household sector, small businesses, transportation, and public service also price for international bunker.... (310 hits)

JAKARTA 3 September - Indonesia has approved nine centres for verification of Seafarers' Identity Documents, ready for its imminent ratification of the ILO Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (2003). Seafarer organisations are hoping for an early ratification that would pave the way for Indonesian seafarers to be allowed into US ports.... (272 hits)

CIMA (Consortium of Indonesia Manning Agencies) is the legitimate association on Indonesian manning company, was founded on 12th of September 1990 with the head quarter at Sakti Plaza Kav. 2. South Jakarta, Telephone : 62.21.83700902, 62.21.92865634, 62.21.931159953, Facsimile : 62.21.83700903, e-mail address : info@manningagent.com CIMA has a vision to protect Indonesian seafarer while working aboard foreign vessel, tools for expanding the maritime labour market abroad and educating the seafarer through working on foreign vessel. The function is to unite, protect and to struggle for the interest our members and to maintain the business ability, reach a common goal to provide our principal with good and capable seafarers from Indonesia. (472 hits)

Port sector is a very strategic sector in effort to developed of national economics because its determining the fluency commerce of the goods yield for the foreign exchange.
The Indonesia geographical position is far from the importer and exporter countries, was claimed for the good port performance and can be function as infrastructure that assisting to improve the competitiveness in international marketing and also yield more the foreign exchange as well...  (131 hits)

Nampaknya masuk akal, bila sebuah kapal harus dirancang dan dibangun pola pikir para pengguna dan cara kerjanya, dengan memperhatikan juga kondisi kondisi lingkungan yang kemungkinan akan dihadapi selama masa pakainya.  (141 hits)

Bukan masalah kemampuan , tapi secara kodrat menurut saya bagi seorang wanita yang lebih dominan emosionalnya dari pada rationalnya tidaklah cocok menggeluti profesi sebagai pelaut, bagaimana pendapat anda ???
Pada April ini, buat wanita indonesia tentunya mempunyai arti yang khusus, maka kira kira siapa sang tokoh ini barangkali harus dirunut ulang dulu : Raden Adjeng Kartini atau sebenarnya lebih tepat disebut Raden Ayu Kartini, ( Jepara 21 April 1879 - Rembang, 17 September 1904 ), adalah seorang tokoh putri dari jawa dan Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia Kartini lebih dikenal sebagai pelopor kebangkitan perempuan pribumi... (1035 hits)