Sri Lanka today released 136 Indian fishermen who were apprehended for allegedly poaching in this country’s waters, a day after India convey… (dailypioneer) [mappress] Source: dailypioneer, February 18, 2011;
Norway, Russia send joint expedition to the dump sites for submarine reactors in the Kara Sea this summer. Will it be safe to lift the old r… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, February 18, 2011;
THE Royal Australian Navy’s newest and biggest warship has been launched at a Spanish shipyard… By Mark Dodd (theaustralian) [mappress] Source:theaustralian , February 18, 2011 In 2007 the federal government selected the Spanish design ahead of a rival French bid for a smaller 24,000 tonne Mistral c
A 33m-long submarine is being assembled at a munitions factory in Chongjin, North Hamkyung Province, a source has revealed… By Im Jeong Jin (dailynk) [mappress] Source: dailynk , February 18, 2011;
The U.S. Maritime Administration has awarded contracts totaling $77 million to three companies to operate 10 National Defense Reserve Fleet ships through July 27, 2015. The contracts were awarded to Ocean Duchess Inc. of Houston, Texas for $16,618,430; Keystone Ocean Shipping of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. for
Lockheed has been awarded a contract to provide engineering services in support of the US Navy’s AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 undersea warfare system. The $13.4m contract is a modification to a previously awarded contract by the US Navy for work on the warfare system. The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 is a surface ship combat
Austal employee, Byron Walpole, was presented with the prestigious Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN) 2011 National Young Achiever of the Year Award at a defence industry ceremony held in Canberra this week. Mr Walpole was the recipient of the Western Australian Young Achiever Award in l
Iranian warships, which Israel reported would cross the Suez Canal overnight, did not enter the canal with the daily convoy on Thursday that… (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, February 17, 2011;
The Royal Australian Navy Adelaide Class frigate, HMAS Melbourne, will return to Garden Island, Sydney, on Friday 18 February following a six-month deployment to the Middle East. HMAS Melbourne departed Fleet Base East for the Middle East on 16 August 2010, carrying 230 men and women, for a six-mont
DENMARK’s 6,300-ton command and support ship Esbern Snare, part of NATO’s counter-piracy mission, intercepted a pirate mothership and arrested 16 suspected pirates, but later returned them to Somalia having seized their cache of AK47s and RPGs, reported Lloyds List. Two skiffs were first spotted on
Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad) plans to deliver Project 11711 large landing ship Ivan Gren to Russian Navy in 2012, reports press service of… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: rusnavy, February 16, 2011;
The Navy will issue a global tender for procuring six next generation submarines worth over Rs 50,000 crore by the end of this year… (business-standard) [mappress] Source:business-standard , February 16, 2011;
A South Korean cargo vessel, which was being chased by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, was rescued by the Chinese navy, China’s state media sai… (koreantimes) [mappress] Source: koreatimes, February 16, 2011;
Five hostages have been dramatically rescued from pirates by a Plymouth warship after being held captive for 92 days… (thisisdevon) [mappress] Source: thisisdevon, February 16, 2011;
