SAND DREDGERS
February 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWETHREE Belgian-owned dredgers detained for nearly seven months by Indonesian authorities for alleged illegal sand mining in the Riau islands, south of Singapore, have finally been released. Dredging International - the owner of the Lange Wapper - and Jan de Nul - the owner of the Vasco da Gama and Alexander Von Humboldt - are understood to have agreed to pay fines demanded by Indonesian authorities for the release of their dredgers. The owners denied accusations that the dredgers were mining sand without proper permits and argued that they held ...
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