A £16m restoration of the warship used by Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar has begun. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 12, 2011
India has detained a bulk carrier with a crew of 21 Ukrainian seafarers and two Irish security guards after finding four self-loading rifles and live cartridges, said to be for defence against piracy. The vessel has been named as the 2004-built, 55,137 dwt Genco Provence and the arrest took place in
Maersk and the U.S. Navy are testing algae-based biofuel on the container ship Maersk Kalmar. The ship is en route from Northern Europe to India. Maersk Kalmar has two key attributes that make it a suitable vessel for biofuel testing. The 300 meter-long container ship has a dedicated auxiliary test
The first Chinese aircraft carrier successfully wrapped up the second stage of its sea trials on Sunday… (ruvr) [mappress] Source: ruvr, December 12, 2011; Image: feverip
Hospital corpsmen assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted combat stress training Dec. 9 while deployed aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) as the ship conducted operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). The training required
Mexico’s Navy has accepted the first woman into the ranks of its special forces, an elite group… (zeenews) [mappress] Source: zeenews, December 12, 2011
With the development of an indigenous autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) at a cost of Rs 38 crore… By Chethan Kumar (deccanherald) [mappress] Source: deccanherald, December 12, 2011; Image: niust
Guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) returned to its homeport of Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10, after completing a seven-month deployment in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility (AOR). The first Sailor off the ship was Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Simon Johns, winner of the “First Kiss”
The fight happened after officers from two coast guard ships boarded the fishing boat to… (usatoday) [mappress] Source: usatoday, December 12, 2011
In a memorable Passing Out Parade, 138 Officer cadets of the 82nd Integrated Cadets Course passed out of the First Training Squadron, comprising of Indian Naval Ships Tir, Krishna, Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera, and the Sail Training Ship INS Tarangini. Vice Admiral KN Sushil, Flag Officer Commandin
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10, after a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th areas of responsibility. While in theater, Mitscher conducted maritime security operations and security cooperation efforts, and supported Operations
DRS Laurel Technologies has been subcontracted to provide the U.S. Navy with submarine combat and sonar systems. The systems will be designed around commercially available hardware and software. The five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity subcontract from Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy
HATLAPA MARINE EQUIPMENT, the OEM known for deck machinery, steering gear, compressors and flexible fleet support, has added another product range to its spare parts business. HATLAPA FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY LTD has been established as a new subsidiary business within the HATLAPA group. Based in Limas
BAE Systems, Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $58,238,299 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide Systems Engineering Integration support for the TRIDENT II (D5) Strategic Weapon System (SWS) Program and the SSGN Attack Weapon System (AWS) Program and Ohio Replacement Prog