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Ferguson's Second Ferry Departs on Builder's Sea Trials
Scottish shipbuilder Ferguson Marine is hoping to bring the construction of the ferry Glen Rosa to an end early next year. This fo...
Read More >>Xi Jinping Completes His Military Purge, Including PLA Navy's Top Admirals
In the latest issue of The Maritime Executive magazine, the thorough-going purge of China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) was des...
Read More >>Philippines Gets New U.S.-Built USVs to Patrol South China Sea
The Philippine Marine Corps has received two US-made unmanned surface vessels (USVs), adding to the autonomous fleet the Armed For...
Read More >>Executive Interview: Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General, IMO
There are challenges galore, but that doesn't faze him. The charismatic leader of the IMO sees challenges as temporary obstacles –...
Read More >>Second Military Cargo Convoy Casts Off From Kaliningrad
The other half of the large military cargo convoy, which formed up in the Port of Baltiysk at the end of October, has now also lef...
Read More >>Analysis: China's Naval Drills Suggest Preparation to Isolate Taiwan
The massive Chinese naval exercises around the South China Sea, East China Sea and Philippine Sea last week were structured to pre...
Read More >>Uncertainty Surrounds Possible Attack on Oman's Strait of Hormuz Lighthouse
Uncertainty surrounds suggestions made that Iran has mounted an attack on navigational aids mounted on the Omani-owned Didamar Isl...
Read More >>Royal Navy Picks Ocean Infinity to Set Up "Atlantic Net" Sub-Hunting System
The Royal Navy has picked Ocean Infinity to use its autonomous capabilities for support of the future Atlantic Net sub-hunting pro...
Read More >>Russia Warns Europe Against Interference With the Shadow Fleet
Russia's top diplomat has warned that Moscow could take action against European countries that interfere in "shadow fleet" tanker...
Read More >>U.S. Honors USS Houston War Grave Wreck With Plaque
About 650 US Navy sailors and marines who died when their ship was sunk by the Japanese in Indonesian waters during World War II h...
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