The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), based in London, is responsible for regulating the safety of international shipping and preventing pollution and comprises 176 member states. Russia has been a member since 1958 and has always been re-elected to the IMO Council. Last year, for the first time, Russia did not receive enough votes...
More nations have joined the coalition with the United States to send a final warning to the Houthi militant faction in Yemen, which has attacked shipping in the Red Sea several dozen times since November 2023. In addition to the USA, the co-signatories now include Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan,...
Russia once again shipped crude oil across the Arctic Ocean last year. This included the crude oil tanker "Primorsky Prospect" (approx. 113,900 tonnes, 250 metres long), which belongs to the Russian state tanker company Sovcomflot (SCF). It is one of the few tracked cargoes on this route from Ust-Luga in Russia in the Baltic Sea, along...
Just a few days after Russia's president signed a law at the beginning of November withdrawing from the international treaty to stop nuclear tests, the Russian navy demonstrated its nuclear deterrent potential: a nuclear-capable Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the newly commissioned nuclear submarine Imperator Alexander III in the White...
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...
Denmark may inspect ships in the Baltic Sea to monitor sanctioned Russian oil exports. As part of the oil price cap on Russian crude oil introduced by the EU, the G7 countries and Australia, the dominant Western insurers are not allowed to insure Russian oil cargoes priced above 60 dollars per barrel. Russian exporters are circumventing...
China is expanding its expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. According to the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources, the national polar observation and monitoring network is being continuously improved and the construction of the fifth Antarctic research station "Inexpressible Island" on the edge of the Ross Sea is being accelerated. In the meantime, the 40th Antarctic expedition is being prepared and the 13th mission in the Arctic has been...
Why only now? After Ukraine's self-built surface drones have repeatedly caused damage to the Russian aggressor's naval forces as far away as Novorossiysk at the other end of the Black Sea, a strategic rethink is now taking place - including in the media: in order to take preventive action against the threat posed by these naval drones, the...
A concerted act of Russian-Chinese sabotage? Or simply a maritime mishap? Finally an official sign from Finland! We took some time in the editorial office to gather information from open sources and waited until the overall picture became clearer. It's about the damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline and two communication cables...
With the commissioning of its first indigenous aircraft carrier in 2022, the Indian Navy took the step from buyer to manufacturer. Many components on board come from local production. With its first indigenous aircraft carrier, which is also the Indian Navy's largest warship to date, India is moving ever closer to a blue water...
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