Damen Shipyards Group has been contracted by the Defence Material Organisation of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) and by the Swedish Forsvarets Materielverk (FMV) for the delivery of five Harbour and Seagoing tugs. Damen’s ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid design has been selected for the Royal Netherlands Na
Crewmembers of the German Navy ship FGS Hessen, attached to EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta, boarded three Iranian flagged dhows in the Gulf of Aden last week. FGS Hessen detected the three dhows drifting in the waters and contacted them via radio to ask if they needed any assistance. Crewmember
The Royal Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) fast fleet tanker Wave Knight and the US Coast Guard have seized 45 balls of cocaine south of the Dominican Republic, worth up to USD 99.4 million. The US Coast Guard patrol aircraft, RFA Wave Knight and a Coast Guard helicopter began the operation on 2
USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the U.S. Navy’s first of ten joint, high-speed vessels (JHSV) docked in Rota, Spain on Monday, January 27 for its first port call on its maiden deployment, aimed at building up relations with partner nations in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of West Africa and in the Gu
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping certified Saltwater Engineering B.V. on 26th of November 2013, enabling it to complete any kind of naval architecture works for Russian classed vessel or for vessels operating within Russian waters. Saltwater Engineering B.V. provides direct and accurate solut
Norwegian Navy Commodore Nils Andreas Stensønes assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) during a ceremony that took place aboard the new fleet flagship HNoMS THOR HEYERDAHL on Friday, 24 January 2014. Commodore Stensønes relieved from duty Commodore Henning Amundsen, who led SNMG
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine HMS Talent returned to her base-port of HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Monday, January 27th after a five-month deployment. The submarine’s deployment began with training and exercises in the Mediterranean aimed at building up the fighting capabili
EU Naval Force Ships ESPS Tornado, FS Siroco, and FGS Hessen met at sea with the US Navy ship USNS Joshua Humphreys for a joint replenishment at sea (RAS) on January 21st, 2014. Four ships with more than 600 crewmembers took part in the RAS, which was carried out successfully and quickly. EU Naval
Royal Navy type 23 frigate HMS Richmond has achieved another milestone in her navigational history by maneuvering her way thorough the the Panama Canal for the first time. Bound for maritime security patrols in the Caribbean, with this passage HMS Richmond joined numerous other Royal Navy warships
The Ukrainian Navy’s Frigate Hetman Sahaydachnyi started the second patrolling through the Gulf of Aden within the EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta on January 19th, 2014. The frigate recently finished the first patrolling of the area, which took place from January 5 to 15, after which it headed t
The German Navy frigate, FGS Schleswig-Holstein arrived in London on Friday, January 24th where it will stay until early this week. The visit comes in anticipation of the Schleswig-Holstein’s deployment on Cougar 2014 later in the year with the Royal Navy’s Response Force Task Group (RFTG). Cougar
Indian Navy’s First Domestically-Built Sub Ready for Sea Trials The Indian Navy will begin sea trials for its first domestically-built nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant, in a few weeks, as reported by the Zee News. INS Arihant is a 6,000-ton vessel built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (AT
