A French fishing vessel discovered by a Royal Navy patrol ship to be overfishing hake and using irregular nets has been fined £13,600 in fines and costs. While patrolling along the West Coast, in an area known as the Trouser Leg, HMS Severn made a routine boarding of the Bara Brenn which was fishing
The UAE and Turkey will conduct counter-piracy naval exercises on Sunday to promote security and stability at sea, while contributing to the… By Samir Salama (Gulf News) [mappress] Source: Gulf news, June 24, 2011
THE Royal Navy warship HMS Portland has arrived in Leith for the start of a six-day visit during which it will be the focal point of the Arm… (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, June 24, 2011;
NURC’s mine reacquisition and neutralization efforts focus on Autonomous Surface Vehicle carrying and guiding an automated ROV (aROV) close to the mine target utilizing advances in sonar image processing and target tracking, autonomous navigation and control, and collaborative autonomous systems mis
As for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Mistral contract is a confirmation of unique interstate relationship between Russia and France. “Mistral is a separate issue. It simply proves absolutely unique nature of our bilateral interstate relations”, said Putin at the meeting of the Russian-F
In Aksaz on Friday 17 June, Commodore Michiel Hijmans handed over command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 to his Turkish counterpart, Commodore Sinan Tosun. Commodore Hijmans and his staff have led this NATO flotilla for the past year. The multinational flotilla SNMG2 forms the maritime component
On Thursday 16 June, during a patrol for the Frontex border control operation in the Mediterranean, naval ship HNLMS Mercuur intercepted 400 kilos of cannabis. The two crew members of the boat, who threw the drugs overboard, were arrested by the Spanish authorities. HNLMS Mercuur spotted the suspect
Russian aerobatic team Rus will demonstrate piloting skills in the skies of St. Petersburg. The 30-minute long air shows will be held on June 30 and July 3 – at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 5th International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS). Pilots will fly L-39 training jet airplanes. At t
Despite the accident at More shipyard (Feodosiya, Ukraine), delivery schedule of Zubr class air-cushion landing ships to China will be maintained, reports Censor.net. According to the shipyard’s property administrator Roman Marchenko, delivery schedules will be fulfilled despite the accident (breaka
Britain’s newest operational warship – HMS Dauntless – has arrived in the world’s largest naval base ready to show international navies what she can do. Fresh from working with the Americans’ newest carrier, the USS George H W Bush in the Western Approaches, the Portsmouth-based Type 45 has made her
Sailors participating in FRUKUS 2011 received firefighting and damage control training at the Farrier Firefighting Facility at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 21. FRUKUS 2011, scheduled for June 20 to July 1 in Norfolk, Va., is an invitational exercise designed to enhance communication and interope
Russian warships continue to secure commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden and near the Horn of Africa, reports Northern Fleet Information Support Group. On June 22 Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Severomorsk completed escorting of the first 7-ship civilian convoy through the piracy-hazardous wa
