After four years, the British landing ship Cardigan Bay returns home. The ship and crew were stationed in Bahrain as part of a forward deployment together with four minesweepers. During her time in the Persian Gulf, the Cardigan Bay, which belongs to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), served as a command and supply ship and...
Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer visited the US island of Guam last weekend. At the Apra Harbor naval base, she was given a tour of the USS Charleston, a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) of the US Navy. She also took the opportunity to talk to soldiers. Kramp-Karrenbauer is currently on...
It was a cold Friday with temperatures around zero degrees when the Werra left Kiel at the beginning of January. Under her commander, Corvette Captain Robert Lehmann, 61 servicemen and 10 servicewomen took their leave on board the tender and set course for the Mediterranean. As part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2)...
The Egyptian Navy will receive up to 168 RIM-116s in the Block 2 variant from Raytheon. The US Department of Defence has now approved a sale under the Foreign Military Sales programme. The contract includes the delivery of Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRPs) and is worth around 113 million dollars. A good quarter of the...
Just a few weeks ago, Hapag-Lloyd placed a major order for 150,000 containers in China. Now the German shipping company has gone one better and ordered a further 60,000 boxes. The first units are to be delivered as early as July, thus at least partially eliminating the current shortage. The reasons for the lack of...
Another of the country's warships is now travelling in the sea area around the Netherlands Antilles. HNLMS Holland was welcomed with 21 gun salutes from Fort Krommelijn on Curacao. The Holland is being deployed as a so-called station ship and will remain on site for several months. Most recently, this position was filled by the Groningen, a...
Together with the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Peter the Great (Project 1144), more than ten Russian units have been exercising in the Barents Sea. The minesweepers, submarines, submarine hunters and missile ships of the Northern Fleet, under the command of the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Oleg Golubev, trained a number of different scenarios. After leaving the base...
MAN Energy Solutions and Fairbanks Morse have been jointly awarded a contract by the US Department of Defence. The contract, worth a maximum of 170 million dollars, covers the maintenance of diesel engines on board Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships. During the five-year term, spare parts and services will be provided worldwide. The MSC fleet includes submarine tenders,...
At the end of last week, the Australian Navy's new supply ship, the NUSHIP Stalwart, left its shipyard in Spain, heading for the southern hemisphere. The ship, which was built at Navantia in Ferrol, is expected to arrive at her new home port of HMAS Stirling on Western Australia's Garden Island after a thirty-day voyage. Final work will be carried out there...
Fincantieri Marinette Marine has received an order from the US Department of Defence for the construction of another frigate. It will be the second ship of the future Constellation class, whose design is based on the French-Italian Fremm frigates. From the mid-twenties, they are to replace the US Navy's unpopular and weakly armed Littoral Combat Ships. To the...
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