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Royal Navy Joins Migrant Interdiction Effort in English Channel

The Royal Navy is set to join the effort to patrol the English Channel as an increasing number of foreign migrants attempt

U.S. Navy Opts for Block Buy for Two Ford-Class Carriers

On New Years' Eve, the Pentagon finalized plans to buy the third and fourth Ford-class aircraft carriers at one time in a money-saving "block buy" deal.

Shutdown Hits Coast Guard Academy, NOAA and MARAD

An estimated ten percent of the U.S. Coast Guard's employees have been furloughed due to the partial government shutdown

Ukrainian Gunboat Fires Shots to Halt Suspected Smugglers

On New Year's Eve, the Ukrainian gunboat Pryluky intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel in the Black Sea by firing warning shots across its bow. 

Kraken Completes Successful Sea Tests of KATFISH with Elbit Systems

Kraken Robotic Systems Inc., has completed a series of successful sea tests of its KATFISH towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar system with Elbit Systems

Royal Austalian Navy Seizes Illegal Drug Shipments

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized more than 900 kilos of heroin worth approximately $279 million*

Optimarin ballast system chosen by Royal Caribbean for trio of ships

Royal Caribbean International has chosen Optimarin to provide its USCG-compliant Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) for three flagship vessels.

cIntercepts Five Tons of Hashish in Gulf of Aden

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Chung-Hoon seized more than five tons of hashish from a stateless vessel in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden

HII gets additional $228m for Enterprise

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’s Newport News Shipbuilding a $228.m million

Captured Ukrainian Sailors Lose Court Appeal

An appeals court in Russian-occupied Crimea has decided that five Ukrainian Navy sailors captured by Russian forces in late November will not be released

Building Resilience

A recent story in Wired, a popular technology magazine, makes for uncomfortable reading for any employee at AP Møller Maersk

Yang Ming Launches Two 14,000 TEU Ultra Large Container Vessels

Two new 14,000 TEU full-container vessels built for Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd

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