RIYADH: The Royal Saudi Naval Forces concluded the “Morjan 17” mixed bilateral exercise with their Egyptian counterparts in the Red Sea on Monday, the Kingdom’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. Ali Al-Bahri, the director of the exercise, said the maneuvers aimed at promoting cooperation between the Saudi and Egyptian naval forces to take advantage of […]
Italian shipyard Fincantieri announced that it has delivered to Qatar the first patrol vessel of the “Musherib” class. In total, Qatar will receive two Doha class plus Doha class corvettes and an LPD (similar to Algeria‘s “Kalaat Béni Abbès“, which is a version of the Italian “San Giorgio“), for €4 billion plus €1 billion for […]
The Italian Navy and Air Force assets participate in the NATO-led Neptune Strike 2022 from 24 January to 7 February 2022 in the central Mediterranean..
During a regular patrol over Norway's surrounding seas, a Norwegian P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) detected and observed a group of five Russian Navy ships off the Norwegian coast.
The Russian-Chinese joint naval exercise Peaceful Sea-2022 took place in the western part of the Arabian Sea.
Russia‘s Defence Ministry announced that the country‘s Navy will conduct exercises in all areas of responsibility of its Fleets and in cooperation with China and Iran. These exercises, it was announced, will take place in January and February. “The Russian Navy will conduct a series of exercises in all areas of responsibility of the fleets,” […]
According to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, “signatures have been signed” with the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for the construction and development of three new advanced Dakar-class submarines. The value of the contract has been the subject of controversy, as it seems that the final price for the total arms “package” has been increased […]
The US Navy‘s Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Missouri arrived in the Japanese port of Yokosuka for a scheduled visit amid heightened tensions with China in the Indo-Pacific region. The information was published by the US Department of Defense on 10 January 2022. USS Missouri (SSN-780) is the seventh Virginia-class submarine and the fourth ship […]
317 acts of maritime piracy and robbery were recorded worldwide in 2021 by the MICA Center. A decrease compared to 2020 particularly in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa. In 2021 the Caribbean and Singapore Strait were the most affected areas. For this new edition, the Maritime Information Cooperation & Awareness Center (MICA Center), […]
The USCGC Clarence Sutphin is the last of six FRCs to be home-ported in Manama, Bahrain, in support of the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest overseas presence outside the United States. The cutter also marks the 170th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period […]