The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned to Astoria Sunday following a 61-day counter narcotics patrol off the coast of Central and South America. The crew of the 46-year old ship interdicted two suspected smuggling vessels stopping an estimated 2,300 pounds of cocaine worth approximatel
BMT Design & Technology (BMT) recently supported the Victorian Water Police with condition surveys on 15 of their fleet vessels. The task used BMT’s proven risk based survey tool to assess the vessels and develop an estimate of remaining life, for input into a vessel replacement strategy. The risk b
Adelaide class guided missile frigate HMAS Newcastle recently sailed into the Fleet Base East, Sydney, and opened its doors to curious visitors. The crew provided visitors the opportunity to hear their experiences at sea and upcoming deployment in the Middle East. The ship conducted a man overboard
SNMG2 Enters Black Sea for Warfare Exercises NATO ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) arrived today in the Black Sea to operate and train with ships from the Bulgarian, Romanian and Turkish Navies. Austal Rolls Out USS Gabrielle Giffords The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS
On Wednesday 4 March 2015 the EU Naval Force Croatian maritime team, which has been embarked on World Food Programme (WFP) vessel, MSM Douro, to protect it from pirate attack as it sailed along the Somali coast, has been awarded the Operation Atalanta medal for their outstanding efforts. The Croatia
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Ranger, once used for scenes in the movies “Top Gun” and “Star Trek IV”, is starting a 16,000-mile trip from Puget Sound, to a scrap yard in Texas. International Shipbreaking Limited has been contracted to dismantle the carrier at a contract price of a penny. Crosb
Italian Navy’s ITS Andrea Doria, moored at Abu Dhabi Mina Zayed Port, has participated at the 12th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and the Naval Defence and Maritime Security Exhibition (NAVDEX). At the end of a 6 month deployment as EU anti-piracy Mission Atlan
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton has arrived in the Black Sea to participate in joint NATO training exercises and maritime situational awareness operations with warships from several allied and partner nations. During the month of March, HMCS Fredericton and the five other allied warsh
Captain Simon Asquith OBE will sail his Type 23 frigate HMS Portland into her namesake port on Saturday March 7 for a short visit. The ship will remain in Deep Water Berth for 4 days. Primarily in Portland for a routine visit, HMS Portland will open to members of the public on Sunday March 8. HMS [&
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to homeport at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Sunday, following a 79-day, 13,000 nautical-mile patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Since their departure Dec. 12, 2014, the crew of Waesche patrolled international waters off the coast of Ce
The US Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington on March 2, following a 46-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. During the patrol, the crew aboard the Diligence was diverted to conduct a search and rescue mission of four Italian sailors aboard the 30-foot sailing vessel Alg
Today Spanish Navy warship, ESPS Infanta Cristina, joined the European Union’s counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia. The warship departed her home port of Cartagena in Spain on Wednesday, 18 February. Commanded by Lieutenant Commander David Duran Mayoral, the ship and
Australian Navy’s HMAS Parramatta embarked on an important mission in February – the Anti Ship Missile Defence upgrade. The upgrade will involve a seven month deployment for ship’s company as they transit west and return with HMAS Warramunga in September 2015 to her home at Fleet Base East while Par
US Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) changed command during a pierside ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, March 3. Capt. Timothy Kott turned over command of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser to Capt. Sean McLaren. Under Kott’s leadership, Mobile Bay was one of the most decorated ships
