The Australian government is starting construction of a new surface shipbuilding yard in Osborne, South Australia, and has unveiled the design of the shipyard. The construction of the shipyard will be a $535 million project and is the latest in a series of significant infrastructure announcements su
After signing a 7.5 million euro contract to design the Finnish Navy’s four Squadron 2020 project multirole corvettes, Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) is bringing in Deltamarin Ltd for help with design work. The two companies signed contracts for the basic design of deck outfitting and machinery fo
The US Navy has selected Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for the restoration of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the US Naval Sea Systems Command has announced. While the start date, scope, cost and the time required to fully restore the ship have not yet been determined, NAVS
German Navy tender FGS Rhein is returning home after a five-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the EU-led migrant crisis operation Sophia. The tender is set to return to her homeport in Kiel on August 28 after spending five months in the Mediterranean where she helped save lives and fight
After entering the Black Sea on August 18, the crew of the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) will be visiting Romania on the first port call of their Black Sea deployment. After conducting a replenishment at sea with the Turkish Navy replenishment oiler TCG Y
German and Norwegian defense ministers formally marked the start of a joint undertaking to acquire six Type 212 air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines. Over the course of the next seven years, Norway will receive 4 and Germany 2 submarines. Additionally, the two countries are to cooperate on na
The US Navy has relieved the 7th Fleet commander of his duties after the latest in a spate of US warship collisions in the Pacific. Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Tuesday removed three-star admiral Joseph Aucoin from his position after the USS John S. McCain collided with oil
Ships from NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 1, led by Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Otto Sverdrup, trained with ships from the Danish Task Group (DATG) in waters of Kattegat on Tuesday. The SNMG1 is on a routine maritime situational awareness patrol for NATO in the North sea and the Baltic Sea. I
The Canadian government is granting Nova Scotia boat builder Rosborough Boats funds to design a stronger and lighter line of Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) that will be used by Canada’s Navy. Rosborough Boats is being granted more than CAD$500,000 in the form of a repayable contribution. The
NATO ships deployed to operation Sea Guardian spent the larger part of August working with ships from the European Union-led operation Sophia with the aim of improving collaboration in the Mediterranean Sea. The ships worked in the central Mediterranean Sea August 3 through 20 in part to further ref
Remains of an unidentified number of US Navy sailors have been found in the flooded USS John S. McCain compartments, US Navy Adm. Scott Swift said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at Singapore’s Changi Naval Base, where the US destroyer docked after a collision with an oil tanker, Swift further said t
The Royal Malaysian Navy announced that it is launching the country’s first littoral combat ship (LCS) in a ceremony on August 24 in Lumut. The vessel will bear pennant number 2501 and will reportedly be named KD Maharaja Lela. Also referred to as Second Generation Patrol Vessels, the six ships in t
The US Navy’s second Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams was floated out by shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO on August 19. During the float out, NASSCO moved the ship from a graving dock to one of its piers for the next phase of construction. As part of the process, seawater flow
As the search for the 10 missing USS John S. McCain sailors continues, the US chief of naval operations has ordered a pause in navy operations worldwide in order for fleet commanders to “assess practices”. US Navy Adm. John Richardson directed the navy to take an “operational pause” in all of its fl
