Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock), the UK’s leading engineering support services company, announces that it has acquired LGE Process (LGE) from The Weir Group PLC for an enterprise value of £23 million. LGE will be combined with Babcock’s Design Services (DS) business unit, within the Marine
The Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yury Dolgoruky was commissioned… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, January 2, 2013; Image: Flot
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) landing ships Nikolai Filchenkov and Azov passed the Turkish Straits on Dec 27 and soon will… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, January 2, 2013; Image: Flot
During the morning of the 26 of December, after more than two weeks at sea on board his flagship, Force Commander of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia – Operation Atalanta, Rear Admiral Pedro García de Paredes, had a meeting with both the Djiboutian Chief of the Navy and the Chief of the Coast
Just 12 days after EU Naval Force warship BNS Louise Marie apprehended five suspect pirates at sea off the Somali Coast, the Belgium frigate has once again located a suspect skiff – this time with three men on board. The warship, which is operating as part of the European Union’s counter-piracy miss
1. January US Navy to Deploy Third Carrier Group to Persian Gulf The US will dispatch another carrier strike group led by USS Enterprise to the Persian Gulf in March 2012, reported US Navy on Jan 25. The carrier group based in Norfolk, VA will also include a guided missile cruiser and three [&hell
Sevmash shipyard recently marked a start of construction of a nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine in Russia. Rubin Central Design Bureau designed the submarine which will be used for multi-purpose research missions in remote areas of the oceans and will also take part in a search and rescue
HMS Illustrious has arrived at the Mediterranean island of Malta for a five-day visit. More than 1,500 sailors and marines lined the deck of the Portsmouth-based helicopter carrier as she entered the port of Valletta. As well as an onboard reception for the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the ship will
Research ship Seliger built by JSC Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia) was delivered to Russian Navy today, on Dec 25. Signing ceremony of acceptance certificate and hoisting… [mappress] Russian Navy, December 26, 2012; Image: Military Photos
Russian landing ships Azov and Nikolai Filchenkov left Novorossiysk for Syrian port Tartus with marines and several combat vehicles onboard, reported… [mappress] Russian Navy, December 25, 2012; Image: Sevastopol
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has not received any instructions fr om Russian defense ministry… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 24, 2012
Pacific Fleet (PF) destroyer Marshall Shaposhnikov moored at Iranian port Bandar Abbas, reported… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, December 24, 2012; Image: Flot