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The maritime side of the war: Crisis in the Black Sea Part III

The maritime side of the war: Crisis in the Black Sea Part III

Gepostet von | 16 Jun 2022 | , , , , , | 0

Russia calls for sanctions to be waived Wheat prices rose to a record high in March and the rise in food prices has sparked protests in many developing countries and contributed to an acceleration in global inflation rates. The United Nations is trying to negotiate a deal to allow Ukrainian grain to be shipped out of Black Sea ports such as Odessa. Russia has stated that it wants sanctions lifted as part of the deal. Without access to the sea, Ukraine is focusing on alternative routes to reach its target of 2 million tonnes per month. It hopes to ship 700,000 to 750,000 tonnes per month from two small...

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Aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" to be completed soon

Aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" to be completed soon

Gepostet von | 15 Jun 2022 | , , | 1

The state news agency TASS has announced that the final conversions and repairs to the "Admiral Kuznetsov" will take until September of this year. The aircraft carrier "Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov" (project 1143.5), classified as a heavy flight deck cruiser, is considered the flagship of the Russian Federation Navy. But in reality, the flagship was built several years ago. The ship's last deployment was in 2016/17 in a convoy of eight ships, including the cruiser "Piotr Veliky" and two Udaloy frigates, based at the new Russian base in Tartus off the Syrian coast, where the carrier aircraft carried out 420 attacks on the...

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Shahid Mahdavi: New supply ship for the Iranian naval forces

Shahid Mahdavi: New supply ship for the Iranian naval forces

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A satellite photo published by the Associated Press (AP) on 27 May 2022 shows the "Shahid Mahdavi" in the flooded dry dock of Shahid Darvishi Marine Industries, a shipbuilding company near Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz. The shipyard, which manufactures and services both military and civilian units, is considered one of the most modern and leading shipyards in the Persian Gulf. The military part is located in a complex for the construction and repair of surface ships and submarines around 40 kilometres west of the southern Iranian city. According to experts, the "Shahid Mahdavi" is the conversion of the Iranian "Sarvin". She left Bandar Abbas in July 2021...

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The maritime side of the war: Crisis in the Black Sea Part II

The maritime side of the war: Crisis in the Black Sea Part II

Gepostet von | 15 Jun 2022 | , , , , , | 0

Is there a tanker war 2.0? The Russians have not been silent on this issue. They blame the food shortage on the fact that Ukraine has mined its own waters and that Russia has announced the lifting of some sanctions and the opening of humanitarian passages to allow ships to leave. Currently, Russian grain and oil are flowing from the eastern half of the Black Sea via the Kerch Strait and the port of Novorossiysk. The Russians have stationed their navy centrally in Sevastopol in the Crimea. The Gulf of Odessa is a contested sea in which the Russians have rare...

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Albania offers NATO a former Soviet naval base

Albania offers NATO a former Soviet naval base

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Albania has offered NATO a naval base to underline the small country's value to the alliance "in these difficult times", the office of Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said on 26 May 2022. Prime Minister Edi Rama said the Pashaliman naval base, located 180 kilometres south of the capital Tirana, could represent "added value" for the alliance. Albania, which joined NATO in 2009, has joined the United States and the European Union in condemning Russia's war in Ukraine. The Pashaliman base in the Bay of Vlora was built in the 1950s when the Soviet Union deployed 12 submarines here....

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