Category: Marines from all over the world

An aircraft carrier for Turkey?

On the occasion of the Spanish-Turkish intergovernmental talks that have just taken place in Ankara, President Erdogan offered the Spanish President Pedro Sanchez extended cooperation opportunities in shipbuilding for the future. This could involve a somewhat larger aircraft carrier as well as new submarines similar to the S-80 type currently under construction.

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Brazil - Dramatic images: Sailing training ship in distress

As a seafarer, you don't want to have to look at these pictures, but as a chronicler of maritime events, you can't close your eyes to them. The Rio Guayas through the centre of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, home to 3 million people, can be a killer! At its narrowest point, a smart pedestrian bridge was built from the city to the green island of Santay in 2014, but in 2017 and 2018, two military units failed in their attempt to defy the fierce tidal current to catch the open passage. After the delicate-looking bridge had only recently been repaired, the Ecuadorian Navy asked the President of Ecuador via the Ministry of Defence to dismantle it again in mid-September.

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