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BY MARK ROWE
THREE 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.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) has welcomed the conviction of a band of pirates in an Indian court, as a welcome and rare example of a country prosecuting piracy in international waters. Seven-year labour camp sentences were handed down to 14 Indonesian pirates for hijacking the Japanese-owned Alondra Rainbow off Indonesia in October 1999, along with its aluminium ingot cargo.…

BY MARK ROWE
PERTAMINA, Indonesia’s state oil company, has nominated South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co to build two very large crude carriers as part of the company’s US$300m program to buy 12 new oil tankers to ship refined oil products.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE AMERICAN Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) is urging its government to take action against Indonesia’s ban on textile imports from all countries. The ATMI said the move flies in the face of international rules and its chairman, Van May, says a fair response would be for the United States to immediately prohibit all imports of Indonesian textile goods which totalled US$350 million last year, until the ban is lifted.…

Keith Nuthall
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties for Indian exports of polyester textured filament yarn into Europe, after European Commission investigations concluded that under-priced consignments were damaging EU producers.

Brussels has formally proposed that Indian exports are saddled with a 7.9% anti-dumping duty, with lower duties being levied on products from companies that cooperated with Commission inquiries into the problem.…

BY MARK ROWE
SAND quarrying in Indonesia has been suspended for two months amidst claims by mining companies that they cannot afford new taxes and royalties imposed by the central government; investors have also blamed complicated licensing procedures designed to reduce smuggling.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CONCEPT of nation building is not new. Powerful governments have for centuries sought to create pliant political administrations which would do their bidding, without being directly under their control. It is, after all, in noone’s interest for a territory to descent into chaos.…

BY MARK ROWE
INDONESIAN textile producers have warned that their industry faces thousands of job losses as smuggled used garments flood the Indonesian market. The past few months have seen a rise in smuggled goods from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the United States and some European countries.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Bureau is warning cargo owners to beware of two growing threats posed by pirates, to small tankers and barge-towing tugs. The IMB has warned of an increase in attacks on tugs and barges, reporting two hijackings of these vessels in Indonesian waters alone since early September.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE INDONESIA The Indonesian textile market is being hit hard by a black market in used garments made overseas, according to the Indonesian Textile Association. At least 480 million pieces of used garments are shipped into the country every year, from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the United States and European countries, it said.…