At the beginning of the year, the Royal Navy acquired the offshore supply/construction vessel TANGAROA TOPAZ and had it refitted and repainted by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool as its first multi-role ocean surveillance ship. Now, in mid-October, it was commissioned as a multi-role ocean surveillance ship under the name RFA PROTEUS with the...
As 2023 draws to a close, a new year is just around the corner. As usual, marineforum will continue to observe, categorise and comment on German and international maritime events for you in 2024. We will keep you up to date with the latest events online and go into more detail in the printed issues...
When a Canadian Lockheed CP-140 Aurora, a version of the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, was on an eight-hour UN mission in international airspace over the East China Sea, a Chinese Chengdu J-10 closed to within five metres of the wings, while a Shenyang J-16 kept to the side. The Aurora...
After strengthening maritime cooperation with Vietnam in May 2023, the Philippines has now also entered into talks with Japan on a reciprocal agreement that would allow the deployment of armed forces on each other's soil in light of growing tensions in the region. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos...
After a delay of several years, the first ship of the US Coast Guard's newest class has been christened. The christening and launching of the first unit of the US Coast Guard's (USCG) HERITAGE class took place on 27 October at the Eastern Shipbuilding yard in Panama City, Florida. The name of the new class reflects the fact that all the...
The trend towards equipping navies with high-performance standard support vessels from the civilian sector is continuing around the globe. After Chile decommissioned its deep-sea tug Lautaro at the beginning of 2022, an adequate replacement had to be found quickly to maintain national connections along the 4000 kilometres of coastline...
They really want to do it now! A series of four conventional submarines of the Riachuelo class (modified Scorpène class, 75 m, 1900 tonnes) is currently under construction at the state shipyard in Itaguai. Based on this design, the Alvaro Alberto da Motta e Silva attack submarine (SN-BR), three times the size, is now being built in...
New from the #MaritimeConvention. A must-see interview with Dr Moritz Brake, Corvette Captain in the Reserve, long-time member of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V. (MOV). He shares his experiences and emphasises how valuable the connection and networking within the association structure has been for his career. An important concern: Creating tangible content to get young people interested in maritime...
Spain's government has given the green light for the stationing of two more US Navy ships, bringing the number of US destroyers stationed in Rota to six. In 2014, the USA began stationing a total of four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG 51-119, max. 9700 tonnes displacement) permanently in Europe. The order for these...
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