Just no small stuff: India's navy was able to report two launches and a missile shot within a few days in mid-May. Both the "Surat", a Project 15B destroyer of the Visakhapatnam class, and the "Udaygiri", a Project 17A frigate of the Nilgiri class, were christened and launched at Mazagon Docks Ltd in Mumbai. "Surat" is the...
Losses for Russia, but not massive Russia's seaborne crude oil exports from its western ports to Asian countries, especially India and China, rose again to more than 1 million barrels per day and could rise further. Overall, however, crude oil deliveries remained virtually unchanged until 13 May,...
Egypt expects the Suez Canal's revenues to reach around 7 billion US dollars by the end of the current fiscal year, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on 21 May. Tourism revenues are expected to reach between $10bn and $12bn by then despite the Ukrainian crisis, he added. The...
The European Commission introduced the so-called "solidarity routes" at the beginning of May to improve connections between the EU and Ukraine for grain exports, while Ukrainian ports remain blocked due to the Russian invasion. Croatia's Adriatic ports could provide an alternative route for the transport of grain from Ukraine,...
The Russian guided missile cruiser "Москва", "Moskva", hull number 121, sank on 14 April 2022. The previous afternoon, information spread that the lead ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet had been hit by coast-to-ship missiles. The Ministry of Defence in Moscow confirmed the sinking without mentioning the missile attack. Tass reports that as a result of a fire...
The interest and the gloating continue unabated. It has now been revealed that a "front man" may have hidden Russian yachts worth a billion dollars. In the race to seize the assets of sanctioned Russian billionaires, the US authorities are claiming that a Russian tycoon acted as a "front man" for two...
The first woman to head the US Coast Guard (marineforum reported: https://marineforum.online). Vice Admiral Linda Fagan has now been confirmed as the new commandant, officially making her the first woman in uniform to head a branch of the armed forces. The decision was made late Wednesday evening during the closing session and was approved without a dissenting vote by the senators...
A $150 million superyacht owned by Leonid Mikhelson, Russia's second richest citizen whose gas company is the target of US sanctions, has stopped transmitting its location after it was last seen heading for the Bahamas. The 85-metre-long "Pacific", which has space for two helicopters, was last seen on 8 May shortly after 9 p.m. local time....
The "Baba Ali", a Seychellois fishing vessel, was transiting through the Seychelles Economic Zone when authorities intercepted it in May 2021 with a drug cargo. As part of an operation coordinated by the Seychelles Air Force, the Seychelles Coast Guard and the National Information Exchange and Coordination Centre, the authorities intercepted the...
.... but the Gulf of Guinea remains a global hotspot Piracy off the West African coast has fallen dramatically since 2021 - by almost half. But the region remains the world's piracy hotspot, according to Dryad Global. In its 2021/22 annual report, the maritime security company...
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