New technology to deter pirates is a key topic for discussion at this year’s SMM conference in Hamburg. Westmark BV’s patented P-trap anti-boarding device is now providing ship-owners with a non-lethal barrier to harden vessels against pirate attacks. The P-trap will be displayed to the public at th
Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious ship Oosumi (LST4001) arrived in Vinh, Vietnam, in Nghe An province to begin the humanitarian civic assistance mission known as Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12), July 10. Both vessels are
The Algerian navy ship ANS Soummam (937) arrived in New York City for a 5-day port visit, marking the first time an Algerian navy ship has ever visited the United States, July 9. Soummam transited the Atlantic Ocean as part of a training program for officer trainees from the Algerian Naval High Scho
HMS Diamond has sailed through the Suez Canal for the first time as she begins her maiden deployment in earnest. It took 14 hours for the Type 45 destroyer to pass through the 100-mile canal linking the Mediterranean with the Middle East, where she’ll spend the next six months. The 100,000-tonne Gre
Survey ship HMS Echo has discovered an underwater mountain the size of the Rock of Gibraltar as she sailed through poorly-mapped waters in the Red Sea. The ship came across the huge feature while searching for volcanoes on the seabed – and also located a WW2 wreck off the Libyan coast as her 19-mont
The helicopter carrier HMS Ocean will sail up the River Thames to berth at Greenwich on Friday evening (July 13) and will be open to visit by the public on Sunday (July 15) – a unique opportunity to tour the largest ship in the Royal Navy Fleet. After training exercises in May, HMS Ocean has [&helli
Navy Seabees and members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) broke ground at two separate locations for maternity wards scheduled to be completed July 18 as part of Pacific Partnership 2012. The wards will expand the scope of care offered at local health clinics in Cambodia. After a tradition
Republic of Kazakhstan Naval Forces Commander Rear Admiral Zhandarbek Zhanzakov visited Polish Navy. During his visit Rear Admiral Zhandarbek spoke with Commander-in-Chief of Polish Navy Vice Admiral (three star) Tomasz Mathea, visited Polish Naval Academy and Polish Army’s Diving Training Center. K
The warships group from Russia’s Northern, Baltic and Black Sea Fleets, sending to the Mediterranean Sea, will hold an exercise there… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, July 13, 2012
EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) French flagship FS Marne visited the Republic of the Seychelles between 6 – 10 July 2012 and EU Force Commander Rear Admiral Jean-Baptiste Dupuis welcomed the opportunity to strengthen the cooperation and coordination in the fight against piracy between the Seychelles and
On 13 July 2012, Rear Admiral Rainer Endres (German Navy) handed over the role of Deputy Operation Commander (DCOM) of the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia – Operation Atalanta to Rear Admiral Gualtiero Mattesi (Italian Navy). The handover was conducted at the EU NAVFOR Operation Headq
The Sea Breeze 2012 Second Phase has been launched in Odesa involving Ukrainian, American, Turkish, and Georgian ships. During the exercise, the Navies of different countries work closely with coast and naval services. According to Ukrainian Captain First Rank Denis Berezovsky, militaries from 17 co
Guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) departed Odessa, Ukraine, July 12, after a four-day port visit in support of Exercise Sea Breeze 2012 (SB12), the largest multinational maritime exercise this year in the Black Sea. While underway, Jason Dunham will participate in combined training
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) returned to Naval Station Norfolk July 10 after completing sea trials, a four-day underway period to test the carrier’s systems and overall mission readiness. Sea trials were a part of Truman’s 16-month docking planned incremental availability (DPIA)
