HMS Westminster has begun four weeks of intensive training off the South Coast as she prepares for a challenging deployment in the new year to tackle criminal activity on the oceans. The Portsmouth-based frigate faced some rough seas off Plymouth as she conducted a replenishment at sea to transfer s
JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard will deliver corvette Soobrazitelny to Russian Defense Ministry on Oct 14, reported the shipyard’s press service. Being the first serial ship of Project 20380, corvette Soobrazitelny has vital differences from the lead ship, corvette Stereguschiy commissioned in 2007. Ove
Thanks to the efforts of motivated Sailors aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), the crew collected 35 pounds of can tabs, Oct. 9, which will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Program. George H.W. Bush Sailors empty nearly 4,000 cans each day. For most, that means 4,000 pieces of trash. Howeve
Pirates have seized a tanker and its crew off the Nigerian coast, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) monitoring group says… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, October 11, 2011;
Italy is to station military forces on its merchant vessels to guard against attacks by Somali pirates, shipping sources said on Tuesday, … By Barry Moody (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 11, 2011;
Austal’s US shipyard has celebrated the official start of fabrication for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV 3), one of seven Austal-designed 103 metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) under contract with the US Department of Defense. “The race is on,” said Austal USA President and Chief
Military administration agencies of Black Sea Fleet (BSF) are passing comprehensive tests in accordance with working plan of Russian Defense Ministry Inspection. In particular, inspection group headed by Principal Military Inspector Gen Lt Gennady Borisov held ceremonial review of the fleet’s top-ra
At a time when Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai is visiting the island nation, Sri Lankan Navy has opened fire in the air to threaten a large… (ibnlive) [mappress] Source: ibnlive, October 10, 2011
On 7 October EU NAVFOR warship FGS KOELN successfully disrupted a suspect Pirate Action Group’s (PAG) supply boat, a whaler, operating in the Somali Basin about 200 nautical miles East of Tanzania. The whaler had been located previously by a Norwegian Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPR
US Navy’s Aegis-carrying ships will be stationed in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain under US plan of missile defense deployment in Europe, said American officials on Oct 5. According to their statements, that decision was made by the US Administration and agreed with Spanish government, reports ITAR
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) large landing ship Caesar Kunikov called at Greek port Corfu on Oct 7, told Black Sea Fleet Information Support Group to Central Navy Portal. Upon arrival to the port, cruise commander Capt 2 rank Sergei Zvyagin and the ship’s commanding officer Capt 2 rank Sergei Larchuk paid
Procuracy addressed a notification to JSC Rybnoye, shipowner of seiner Donets collided with nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Svyatoi Georgy Pobedonosets in Avachinskaya Bay, reports RIA Novosti referring to a representative of Far East Transport Procuracy. The incident occurred in
The 7th meeting of the Training Awareness and De-confliction (TRADE) group took place on 4 October at the Operational Headquarters of EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA in Northwood. “TRADE is a very useful tool to co-ordinate and de-conflict training by different stakeholders”, said Rear Admiral Christia
Sailors assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) participated in a community-relations (COMREL) event at the Regional Institute for Active Learning (RIA), during a port visit to Bahrain, Sept. 29. Nine crew members assisted students with math and English and also read books and made ball
